daemon.exe error message at start up

Question

I receive the the preceded message after I boot up. I have done a search on my hard drive and found two files both named derivatives of daemon. The file names are cidaemon with one located in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 and C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache.  Help!?

Many thanks!

Answer 1

Hi,

1. Did you make any changes on the computer prior to this issue?
2. What is the complete and exact error message?

Let's check for the issue in clean boot state.

How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

Answer 2

I believe at this stage i uninstalled the Nvidea card then rebooted the PC to re-install.  After which all seemed to run fine again.  All the best

Mike

Answer 3

aps daemon.exe system error

Answer 4

I made a Recovery change back to Jan 15 2014 this morning. Since then, during Start-Up I receive the following message;

APSDaemon.exe System Error.

'This program can't start because MSVCR80.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.'

When I try a system search for APSDaemon.exe there is nothing found!

Answer 5

Hi,

1. Did you make any changes on the computer prior to this issue? None that I can recall.
2. What is the complete and exact error message?

daemonu.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. if your were in the middle of something, the information that you were working on might be lost.  for more information on this error click here: Error Signature szApp Name:daemon.exe szAppVer:1.3.5.0 szModName:daemon.exe szModVer:1.3.5.0 offset:00059c30

Let's check for the issue in clean boot state.

How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353