Problem with "cannot set property into main storage"

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello All,

I restarted my computer recently, and since re-boot, my avast icon has a little red O on it and the on- access scanner is not running.

I see this when starting the program.

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9291/avastscreenshot6qv.png

My version of Avast is the most current available 4.7.844 I think. My system runs Win 98.

I looked at the FAQ, but it said it’s directions do not apply to my version. Any help would be appreciated, I’m hoping this is a known problem. I considered re-installing, but I do not want to go to the hassle unless completely necessary.

Thanks in avance for replies.

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There is little hassle involved in reinstalling avast, other than the fact it could be that what caused this is still present.

Try a repair of avast. Add Remove programs, select ‘avast! Anti-Virus,’ click the Change/Remove button and scroll down to Repair, click next and follow. You need to be on-line to do this.
If that doesn’t work try, uninstall, reboot, install, reboot.

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Since version 4.7.807 a new data storage called SQLT is used by avast!
Which version are you using?

Maybe the Jet drivers (MDAC package) of Microsoft could help (http://www.microsoft.com/data).
There’s also an MDAC/Jet repair tool: http://www.macropool.com/en/download/mdac.html#Repair

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Is this the same issue as discussed by leomalev here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=21429.msg179203#msg179203 ?
I.e. do you see the same entries in your error.log file?

Thanks
Vlk

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Hi Vlk

Yes, I see exactly the same message!

Leonardo

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Yes, it’s nearly identical to Leonardo’s problem. It worked fine until a re-start, but the odd thing is, I had done a re-start after the update (As Avast requested) and nothing happened then.

I also have to resort to Task Manager to get into the main program, which once I’m in, seems to work normally. My on- access, active protection is disabled, and will not respond.

Thanks, I’m going to do a little searching, I’ll report back what I find.

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Here are a few lines from my Error.log file. There is a whole page of these,all similar, but some of them have slightly different messages.

06/07/2006 3:02:33 PM 1149710553 4294759171 Storage query “INSERT INTO LocalProperties (Object, Property, Val) VALUES (1145138800, ‘ScanAreas’, ‘QuickStartupMem’);” failed. Error description: “database is locked”.
06/07/2006 3:05:08 PM 1149710708 4294268193 Storage query “INSERT INTO LocalProperties (Object, Property, Val) VALUES (1145138800, ‘ScanAreas’, ‘QuickStartupMem’);” failed. Error description: “database is locked”.
06/07/2006 3:09:24 PM 1149710964 4294190797 Storage query “INSERT INTO LocalProperties (Object, Property, Val) VALUES (1354780464, ‘Report’, ‘None’);” failed. Error description: “database is locked”.

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I just got done un-installing, re-installing, and updating Avast. It took about 50 minutes and I still have my problem. NO on- acess protection.

I’m off to try Tech’s links…

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Yeah, 4 in a row, your getting tired of me bumping the thread…

Thanks Tech, turns out I needed Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1. Once installed and a re-boot, Avast on- access reactivated. It seems to be working fine now.

Thanks everyone for the assistance. :slight_smile:

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Glad that we could be useful in some way 8)

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Thanks Tech, turns out I needed Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1. Once installed and a re-boot, Avast on- access reactivated. It seems to be working fine now.

WHAT??? :o
Are you positive this was the case?

Because the new storage system has NOTHING to do with MDAC/Jet whatsoever. So it’s really very unlikely it would help…

Thanks
Vlk

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Hi

I guess Vlk has a point, because I also installed MDAC 2.8 SP1, but to no avail… I still can’t get past the splash screen…

Anyway, resident protection is still working flawlessly… :slight_smile:

Leonardo

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All I know is after I downloaded and installed the MDAC, upon re-boot, the little “O” or “inactive” symbol on my taskbar icon came off, and it is working now. ??? I can’t explain it, just glad it’s working.

If it cannot be explained, just blame it on Win 98. ::slight_smile: