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    I dont know where this belongs.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by m4rc, Jan 21, 2007.

  1. m4rc

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    I would of posted in the same thread i made previously, but I think people would not see it if they did not play Steam games. This devious error is killing me! I took the most important parts of the picture out.

    enjoy my misery!

    is my pc overheating?
    *** notice the messed up fonts***

    thanks guys!
     

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    the screenshot doesnt show any fonts messed up? google dumprep.exe
     
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  3. m4rc

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    above the error you see ingame the messed up fonts. (after days of searching) Dumprep is a error-reporting tool. I purged it from my computer, turned it off, and my computer likes to pretend that it is still here.
     
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    Ok, look. This thing might as well be called a virus. Dumprep is in system32 folder. Try to delete it, and 20 seconds later, its back. So i tried to make a copy of steam.exe, rename it to dumprep.exe, but that didnot work. So any ideas guys on how to rename this or delete it perma?
     
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    I get the exact same error now and then when I play Valve games. It ONLY happens when I play valve games.

    Edit: BTW, Dumprep.exe is described as this:

     
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    Its evil, evilllllllll!!! Is there a way to replace the .exe with a fake exe, so windows stops reading it?
     
    m4rc, Jan 21, 2007
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