I have just upgraded my desktop computer for one built for me, the last one I had, a small notice in a box came up about once a day, it said "an invalid arguement was encountered". Now it has happened again with my new computer.

Does anyone know why this is, or what it means? It doesn't seem to affect the computers performance.

Sounds like it's referring to TVF.

What is the complete message ?

What operating system ?

Does it happen when you open software ?

What is the complete message ?

What operating system ?

Does it happen when you open software ?

Thanks Spoonman, there are no other words in the message. I use Mozilla Firefox. I'm not sure about your last question, I will try and find out the next time the message pops up.

I don't think it ever happens more than once a day, I just delete it, it never seems to make anything any different. I happened with my old computer and is now happening with my new one. My friend is very computer literate, and he has never heard of it.

I have a 10 computer in the office and never had it.

If it happened with the old and the new computer: Is there anything that you use on both computers?

Same printer, same special device for something, same software (beside Firefox, Office, Adobe....), maybe some older software?

My first guess would be that it is either a driver or some "exotic" software.

I have a 10 computer in the office and never had it.

If it happened with the old and the new computer: Is there anything that you use on both computers?

Same printer, same special device for something, same software (beside Firefox, Office, Adobe....), maybe some older software?

My first guess would be that it is either a driver or some "exotic" software.

Yep. hence I asked what the operating systems is.

I reckon it is software for a device that has compatibility issues with win7 (assuming it is runing win7).

Update your Visual C++ Runtime Libraries.from the M/Soft site. That used to fix it.

I have a 10 computer in the office and never had it.

If it happened with the old and the new computer: Is there anything that you use on both computers?

Same printer, same special device for something, same software (beside Firefox, Office, Adobe....), maybe some older software?

My first guess would be that it is either a driver or some "exotic" software.

I use the same printer, but yes, I downloaded the same spyware software. I am going to uninstall it and see what happens.

I have a 10 computer in the office and never had it.

If it happened with the old and the new computer: Is there anything that you use on both computers?

Same printer, same special device for something, same software (beside Firefox, Office, Adobe....), maybe some older software?

My first guess would be that it is either a driver or some "exotic" software.

Yep. hence I asked what the operating systems is.

I reckon it is software for a device that has compatibility issues with win7 (assuming it is runing win7).

Sorry, I use Windows 8.1, my last computer was Windows XP. I think H90 has got the answer, I will know within the next two days.

Update your Visual C++ Runtime Libraries.from the M/Soft site. That used to fix it.

I will keep that in mind too.

Question.

Does the box appear right after you start your computer ?

If so, download this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

And check the programs that start automatically.

Edited October 5, 201411 yr by MJCM

Or you can go into Task Manager and disable everything in Startup, then selectively enable things until you get the error.

Tedious but effective.

^ +1

Also check your Scheduled Tasks, as it could be one of those

Update your Visual C++ Runtime Libraries.from the M/Soft site. That used to fix it.

I will keep that in mind too.

yes this Visual C++, caused me some errors (but can't recall which) and I needed not only the latest one, but also the older one to fix that.

That issue was in WinXP as this software doesn't run in Win 7 or newer.

But similar problems may exist in later Windows systems.

Old printer driver with some software that shows the printer conditions would be the first thing I would think for. If the error just causes that you don't see a message that you should only buy original toner, you'll never miss anything and therefor not think for the printer....

Visual C++ Runtime Libraries are also updated on my PC via Windows Update. But I have the following under Windows Update selected also.

- Select Change Settings - Enable "Give me updates for other ...."

Edited October 5, 201411 yr by MJCM