Vista - Device Manager Link Broken In System

10-21-2008

Thanks for the update. I'm wondering why ShellExView did not disable the
extension.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

"romano" <romano.3hmrbc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Previous Post.
>
> Hi to everybody with this particular problem.
> Apart from the device manager not opening I also had problems with
> opening certain applications from the start menu. I tried shellexview as
> suggested in other forums to no avail.
>
> I have finally solved my problem by deleting this context menu handler
> {FFFFE5C1-34AF-4d4d-B3D3- 5BB86A2BAA7B} which seems to belong to Virgin
> Broadband PC guard.
> The full path here:
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{FFFFE5C1-34AF-4d4d-B3D3-
> 5BB86A2BAA7B} = C:\Program Files\Zero Knowledge\Freedom\AVContextR.dll
> ..
>
> I'm sure I don't need to remind anybody to back up first but I don't
> know yet what repercussions I might get by deleting this value. If i get
> any I will post back
> Hope this has been some help
>
> Just to update this post I have since found no reference to the above
> files on my laptop.It seems that the context menu handler was left over
> from a previous version of PC Guard.
>
> After some research I have found that Zero Knowldge have ceased to
> exist.
> Here is a bit more info I have come across.
>
> AVContextR.dll file information
> The process Freedom belongs to the software Freedom by Zero-Knowledge
> Systems Inc (www.zeroknowledge.com).
>
> Description: File AVContextR.dll is located in a subfolder of
> "C:\Program Files". The file size on Windows XP is 73728 bytes.
> A .dll file (Dynamic Link Library) is a special type of Windows program
> containing functions that other programs can call.
> This .dll file can be injected to all running processes and can change
> or manipulate their behavior.
> The program is not visible. You can uninstall this program in the
> control panel. There is no detailed description of this service.
> It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other
> programs. It is not a Windows system file. Therefore the technical
> security rating is 52% dangerous.
>
> If anybody has any extra info please post.
>
>
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10-21-2008	#11 (permalink)
Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP n/a posts	Re: Device Manager Link Broken In System Thanks for the update. I'm wondering why ShellExView did not disable the extension. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog "romano" <romano.3hmrbc@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:romano.3hmrbc@xxxxxx Quote: > > Previous Post. > > Hi to everybody with this particular problem. > Apart from the device manager not opening I also had problems with > opening certain applications from the start menu. I tried shellexview as > suggested in other forums to no avail. > > I have finally solved my problem by deleting this context menu handler > {FFFFE5C1-34AF-4d4d-B3D3- 5BB86A2BAA7B} which seems to belong to Virgin > Broadband PC guard. > The full path here: > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{FFFFE5C1-34AF-4d4d-B3D3- > 5BB86A2BAA7B} = C:\Program Files\Zero Knowledge\Freedom\AVContextR.dll > .. > > I'm sure I don't need to remind anybody to back up first but I don't > know yet what repercussions I might get by deleting this value. If i get > any I will post back > Hope this has been some help > > Just to update this post I have since found no reference to the above > files on my laptop.It seems that the context menu handler was left over > from a previous version of PC Guard. > > After some research I have found that Zero Knowldge have ceased to > exist. > Here is a bit more info I have come across. > > AVContextR.dll file information > The process Freedom belongs to the software Freedom by Zero-Knowledge > Systems Inc (www.zeroknowledge.com). > > Description: File AVContextR.dll is located in a subfolder of > "C:\Program Files". The file size on Windows XP is 73728 bytes. > A .dll file (Dynamic Link Library) is a special type of Windows program > containing functions that other programs can call. > This .dll file can be injected to all running processes and can change > or manipulate their behavior. > The program is not visible. You can uninstall this program in the > control panel. There is no detailed description of this service. > It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other > programs. It is not a Windows system file. Therefore the technical > security rating is 52% dangerous. > > If anybody has any extra info please post. > > > -- > romano > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > romano's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/romano.htm > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/925746.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in >
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