Chkdsk problem in win2k

[yo2tup]

when i open or close winamp, i get the error "Corrupt File. The file of directory C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Temp\~AXDF2E.tmp.gif is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility."

but when i run chkdsk, it says "chkdsk encountered an unspecified error" so it tries again 2 more times but it says the same thing and just boots up to windows (without finishing chkdsk, i guess).

how do i fix this? 😕
thanks!

 

[obenton]

Since it's just a temporary file, no harm done. By the way, it's not a good idea to run the computer as Adminstrator - best to keep that available for emergency repairs. Create a new user for yourself in the Administrator group for everyday use.

 

[igiveup]

Its just a .gif file also. Graphics files shouldn't be a problem. Try uninstalling and re-installing the program. That might repair the that file was corrupted.

Amen on the Administrator advice. Some unlucky guy was messing around with his security settings on his computer earlier this week and locked himself out of his computer as admin. If he had a backup admin level profile he would have been ok.

If you want to protect yourself from the lockout and other problems make an ERD (emergency repair disk) and backup the registry. Nice to have an up to date repair disk handy if something breaks too.

 

[yo2tup]

i just just reinstalled winamp and it's gone.

i'm new to win2k, just installed it a few weeks ago. how would i go about creating a new user? will there be anything different being in that rather than administrator? thanks

 

[obenton]

Help files explain in detail. Your new adminstrator group account will function the same as your current one, but as was pointed out, should it ever get fouled up you'll have the Adminstrator account to fall back on to fix the problem.

 

[Psychoholic]

<< Create a new user for yourself in the Administrator group for everyday use >>


You should never use an Administrator account for everyday use. Create a User or Power User account for that. If you need to run something as an Administrator either log on under the Administrator account or use the runas service. Using an Administrator account for your normal duties is just asking for trouble.

 

[obenton]

Actually, it's a trade-off. Many programs need to be installed by an Administrator (and Ulead Photoimpact even needs to be run by an Adminstrator), but then have problems if a user other than the one who installed the program tries to run it (an ICQ bug, for example, prevents it from remembering the user name and password of anyone other than the User who installed the program), requiring it to be entered manually every time you start the program). I had originally set up my wife as a Power User, on her computer, so she'd have a little better internet security, but ran into so many of those aggravating program problems that I finally gave up and transfered her to the Adminstrator group. For security, what I did was make her's a w2k/w2k dual boot, using the second (minimal) w2k installation to copy and store her main w2k disk, with the security setting of the storage directory (it's NTFS, so this is possible) allowing access only to my account, so that any internet intruder who broke into her machine could do nothing to the disk backup.

 

[Psychoholic]

<< Many programs need to be installed by an Administrator (and Ulead Photoimpact even needs to be run by an Adminstrator), but then have problems if a user other than the one who installed the program tries to run it (an ICQ bug, for example, prevents it from remembering the user name and password of anyone other than the User who installed the program), requiring it to be entered manually every time you start the program). >>


That's easily solved by making the user an Administrator, installing the software, then kicking them back down to User or Power User. There are a few programs that need Administrator access to run (Nero is an example) but these are few and far between. In these cases it's still best to use the runas command and use a normal account for the rest of your duties. I saw nothing at Ulead's site stating that Photoimpact must be run as an Administrator. Since I don't use it I may be wrong, so could you point me to the page that shows that it has to be run as Administrator??

Sounds to me like you don't know how to properly setup file, directory, and registry permissions. Hey it's your computer do what you like, just remember my words of wisdom if it ever gets fudged up and you have to start from scratch.

 

[obenton]

... got it from Ulead techsupport.

 

[obenton]

... and Runas shortcut won't work either - you've got to be logged in as an Adm.

 

[potz]

i'm always logged in as an administrator. leave the &quot;Administrator&quot; account alone, and just add a name for yourself and put yourself in the administrators group. as long as you don't do anything stupid running as an admin is fine.