I have Win2K, on an ASUS A7V8X, 1024MB Corsair Extreme Ram, and a GF4 card, SB Audigy, all drivers kept upto date. Last time Avast updated itself, earlier today, I found that it had deserted it’s guard post but I get this message when I boot up:
The procedure entry point ?log@Clog@@QAAKHKGPADQAEKZZ could not
be located in the dynamic link library aswCmnB.dll.
The border on top of the window says “ashAvast.exe - Entry Point Not Found”
Have I lost a dll somewhere down the line? Hadn’t given me a sec’s worth of trouble in the 6 weeks or so since installing until this occurred. Your expert advice is much appreciated. Thank you.
please send me setup.log & setup.ini from your computer. It should be located in avast4\setup directory. Address is setup-support AT asw D0t cz. Please include copy of your original message for reference.
Then please try Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs / avast4 / Repair.
Techie, this is strange indeed… The function is there. Unless you have change the original name/path of setup file (downloaded), this was the cause, for me, in the past of the absence of Change/Repair function in the Control Panell applet.
My Control Panel applet says Change/Remove not Repair, and the path is correct as far as I can tell. The XP was OEM install and has not been downloaded or modified.
I will recommend you uninstall and install again with the full downloaded setup file… You know how to do. I suggest you perform an Silent Installation from the Enhanced User Interface so you will be able to save your settings…
Pardon me if I’m barking up the wrong tree but if you go one step further and click on the change/remove you will be presented with another window (an Avast one) that has the option to 1. change 2. uninstall 3, update or 4, repair.
Walker, are you using a XP system?
I could not get your ‘first’ step… My machine starts on the ‘second’, with the 4 options all displayed :
Anyway, if it works on techie computer, it could be a great solution.
Thanks for coming.
You’ve done it again… you know what I mean ;D ;D ;D
Yep XP… Go start → control panel → add/remove programs → click on the Avast Change/Remove option and up comes the Avast window with the options I mentioned.
Just when I read Techie saying he only had changw/remove, it seemed that he hadn’t gone that step further and actually clicked on it to bring up the next menu ;)… but I’m probably letting my mind wander again : hehe.
Thank you. I found the REPAIR function. It was as you said…one step further. I guess the other posts were one step short. hahaha
That is why I did not understand what Kubey said earlier.
Exactly what does the REPAIR function do? What files are checked?
Would be nice to know. I never knew such a function existed with Avast. I don’t think that it has ever been mentioned on the forum
I suppose the Repair function compares the presence (or not) and the version of the installed files with the same options (which residents, languages and so on) of the installation. I mean, it works as MSOffice (for instance) Repair function. If the version file is newer, nothing is done (of course, the file remains there and were not rolled back).
I think you may read more foruns… (joke) ;D This was discussed in other ones, at Wishlist for instance, I suggested to turn the default feature at Windows Installer to Repair and not Uninstall. avast! team prefer to make Change option the default one…
Technical is almost right. Setup checks if the files are exactly same as expected, rewrites nonconforming ones and resets all registry values (it shouldn’t change your settings though).
