[pokeyone]

Hi.

this is my first post.

I have a Compaq Presario SR1603WM Desktop PC.

I get an Error message that states:
16 bit MS-DOS subsystem System/CurrentControlSet/Control/VirtualDeviceDrivers
Virtual device driver format in the registry is invalid.


Ran PC-Doctor5 which says the AMD processor fails the MMX, FPU, and SSE tests. here is an excerpt from the log:

Test Name: AMD FPU Test
Device Name: AMD Sempron™ Processor 3200+ CPU:0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Event Type: Test Started
Description: -
Time: 2009-03-05 11:29:20 EST
Engine Exit Code: ---

*Event Type: Test Finished
Description: Failed
Time: 2009-03-05 11:29:34 EST
Engine Exit Code: 4


Test Name: AMD MMXTest
Device Name: AMD Sempron™ Processor 3200+ CPU:0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Event Type: Test Started
Description: -
Time: 2009-03-05 11:29:34 EST
Engine Exit Code: ---

*Event Type: Test Finished
Description: Failed
Time: 2009-03-05 11:29:36 EST
Engine Exit Code: 4


Test Name: AMD SSE Test
Device Name: AMD Sempron™ Processor 3200+ CPU:0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Event Type: Test Started
Description: -
Time: 2009-03-05 11:29:36 EST
Engine Exit Code: ---

*Event Type: Test Finished
Description: Failed
Time: 2009-03-05 11:29:39 EST
Engine Exit Code: 4



I checked in REGEDITand found that VirtualDeviceDrivers is nowhere in the registry. The progression in the registry goes: HKEY_Local_Machine/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Video, then
HKEY_Local_Machine/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Watchdog
But NO HKEY_Local_Machine/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/VirtualDeviceDrivers entry is even in the registry?!

Can you help?

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[Broni]

16 bit MS-DOS error is often caused by an infection.

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