Hi there,
I’ve just uninstalled/reinstalled Avast Home after repeated RPC problems (tried following the advice in the FAQ’s but with no success)
After rebooting and memory test I’m now getting
Nope, never used Norton.
I’ve been using Avast for months without problem until yesterday. I’ve not installed any new software or made any system changes either.
Cheers
Rob
One of the Dll files in your computer may have become corrupted.
Since you have XP, you can try an Avast Repair.
Go into Control Panel, Add/Remove and check Avast.
It will not remove it, but give you a Repair option.
Click on Repair. When you are informed the Repair is complete, reboot the computer and try again.
Cheers for the suggestion, but I’ve already tried that (both before uninstalling and since reinstalling). Repair completes ok, but I’ve still got the same issue on reboot.
Still no joy.
I’ve just double checked that RPC is running too (since I can still generate the RPC error, as per the FAQ) - it is.
Any more takers?
Cheers for the advice so far guys.
Rob
I would recommend to use Windows Repair function since avast! is not recognized as Win32 application.
First you shuld uninstall avast! before repairing Windows.
You can start Windows Repair by inserting WinXP CD into drive,boot PC with it,select the same partition on which Windows is currently installed and select Repair when installer asks you if you want to delete current installation or to Repair it.
After this it’ll replace all missing registry entries and files but you’ll still have all the settings and files you had before Repairing Windows installation. After everything is finished,install avast! again and it should work like new
I installed it and it seemed to be just fine. However when clicking the icon it pops up with an RPC error. The RPC is set to start automatic so the FAQ hardly helps on that.
I also get the “non valid win32 app.” in the services log. And when I try and start the 2 services manually it returns error 193 (not valid win32)
Make sure there is no file called D:\Program.exe, D:\Program.com, D:\Program.scr etc. etc.
Due to the space in the path (between “Program” and “Files”), if there was a file with such a name, it’d actually be executed INSTEAD of the service…
Also, try opening regedit, going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and in the “avast! Antivirus” and “avast! iAVS4 Control Service” keys, enclose the ImagePath value (that holds the pathname of the service) in quotation marks.
Control Panel > Add/Remove programs applet > avast antivirus
Choose Change/Remove button and then at the window that pop up, choose ‘Repair’ function at left.
If it does not succeed, try uninstall/boot/install/boot again.