Google Update

[4breezes]

I'm getting an occasional error message which I need help translating. It pops up about once a day, maybe less. I haven't seen any pattern. I've been seeing it for a week or two.

The error message:

GoogleUpdate.exe---Entry Point not found
The procedure entry point RtlCaptureContext could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll

I'm running W2K on an old AMD system.

[Steve R Jones]

Admin Tools->Services->Google Updates.....see if its there and if so - stop it and set it to manual.

[Midknyte]

http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/28/googleupdateexe/

It just means you have to manually update Picasa or whatever Google app. You could always try uninstalling the Google app, then reinstalling. It could also be a problem with your firewall software, if you have any.

[4breezes]

Thank you, sir. It was indeed set to automatic. It's now set on manual. So far as I know it's been on automatic forever. Why has it just become an issue? What will I lose by having it on manual?

[Steve R Jones]

The app will not automatically check for updates.

[4breezes]

I received the same error message this morning when I booted the system.

Google Updates is indeed set to manual. I checked after receiving the message. There must be another cause for this problem. Any thoughts?

[Train]

Disable it. But that may not work either. So they list some things to try at

http://www.google.com/support/forum/...e5643889&hl=en

I know I am.

[4breezes]

Disable it. But that may not work either. So they list some things to try at

http://www.google.com/support/forum/...e5643889&hl=en

I know I am.

I've taken this next step, and disabled Google Update. Did it as soon as I read the suggestion. Thus far it has worked. I have not had another instance of the pop-up, not yet.

Many thanks for the help.

[Train]

I followed the instructions and got rid of it.

Sure speeded me up.

[4breezes]

I've found that I have two instances of Google Update in the Services area. Both are disabled. I'm still getting random occurrences of the same error message. This is getting just a bit annoying.

Train, thanks for the link. I'll start going through the various solutions and applying them. This may take me a bit of time.

[4breezes]

Disable it. But that may not work either. So they list some things to try at

http://www.google.com/support/forum/...e5643889&hl=en

I know I am.

Working on it this weekend. I think I'm making progress. I disabled all the update services I could find, as mentioned above. I've followed the instructions and suggestions as shown in the above referenced thread. The exception is the fact that I do not want to mess with the registry. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I really screwed it up the only previous time I did anything there.

I disabled updates last night, and thus far have not had the pop-up error message appear. I'll give it more time, do nothing further at the moment, see how it fairs.

Thanks for the link.

[Train]

Hope that does the trick!

[Ol'Tunzafun]

I just uninstall it as soon as I have the desired program in place.

[4breezes]

It will be a week today since I last had the error message appear. I think I've got this one beat--fingers crossed.

In addition to the actions mentioned above, I deleted GoogleEarth and Picassa. I very seldom used GoogleEarth, and I much prefer Photoscape for my images. Neither is a program I will miss.

I greatly appreciate the help on this problem. Thanks to all who have contributed.

[Train]

Glad to hear it is now sorted.