Registry

[louie]

Hi all i got a error message come up (d3dx9_37.dll) so i downloaded a free registry software and it found 600 and somat errors but needed me to subscribe to the software,

does anyone no if this sort of software is any good at fixing these problems, and any sites i could get free software from thanks

[Vic]

does anyone no if this sort of software is any good at fixing these problems

Not usually. They are generally trojans. Running unknown software with high levels of privilege is a really good way to find someone else running code on your box...


and any sites i could get free software from thanks

http:///www.gnu.org/ is always a good place to start.

Vic.

[louie]

thanks for your reply vic what do u think is best to do in my sisuation, that link is saying not a valid address

[NeilX90]

Hi Louie,

Remove one of the '/'s from the address. Thusly :D

http://www.gnu.org/

Your error is probably a game or software not finding a particular .dll. Unfortunately, the distributions of DX9 are almost always never complete but most games etc. will add the missing files they need to run. Looks like this hasn't happened.

Having downloaded something that can only be described as ... of dubious origin... I would bite the bullet and go for a complete re-install of Windows. A virus or trojan scanner may pick up problems with your machine, it may not. I wouldn't take the chance.

However, if you want to have a look, there's an excellent free online virus scanner here:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/

[Helior]

i'm an advocate of a windows reinstall every now and then anyway, does wonders!

[Baggpuss]

Ive got a uniblue registry scanner that i run every so often, and it generally flags registry errors alot. Had no problem with the software fixing it tho.

[Nox]

I always do a full redistributable install of dirextx from the MS site after a windows install, though i'm still using aug 2008 - the nov one either didn't contain all the files I needed, or I (twice) downloaded the wrong one...

Nox

[louie]

thanks for your replys, could i run cccleaner first before i do a re-install, and would this fix the registry problems, 600 odd

if it does come to it can i to do a re-install, with windows activated, would i need to activate windows again, sorry this this my first ever build,

and is this the cause of BSOD

[NeilX90]

You don't have 600 problems in your registry. The program is a con, trying to frighten you into buying it.

What you may have now (due to downloading it) is a nice little trojan or virus, which will happily pinch your passwords, banking details or start using your PC as a spam emailer. Just some examples...

Re-install. Safest option. You may have to re-activate Windows when you re-install it, depending on which version you have, but this is not difficult and can be done online.

[louie]

Hey all thanks for your replys, i used ccleaner, and i also used Tuneup utilities 2008 that came free on front of a mag, used them both and my pc seems to be sorted, and i also re-installed the game and it seems to be working ok now too,and i also ran some checks to see if it was all virus free, thanks for your help, my pc actually seems to pc up and running ok for the first time since i put it together http://www.buildyourown.org.uk/forums/forumimages/icon_smile_big.gif just waiting on my replacement blu-ray drive