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 | Windows Memory mgmnt has it under its control. If you are looking at Task Manager, Available physical memory, and wondering why it is so big, possibly more than half your installed RAM, be assured that Windows and the processes running under it are using all the RAM they need. Available … |
| | "If we choose any of the other options (i.e. safe mode), it shows rows and rows of the same message "... Similar, but not the same... these are the names of drivers [services] and files windows is loading in safe mode. But then it broke, so no chance to use … |
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 | Does your machine have a video card as well as integrated graphics on the mb? try pulling the vid card and seeing if the machine can run with the IGP. |
| | For a far more complete listing of startups you should use the Misc Tools section of Hijackthis. Msconfig gives you results from just a few registry keys. |
| | Hello, Claire... go into Safe Mode, kill the iexplore.exe if it is running, rename MBAM.exe to MAMBO.exe, see if it will run as that. Rename hijackthis.exe also, try to run it. If you cannot run those, then perhaps a check for rootkits is called for... Download gmer.zip from [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/GMER_d5198.html[/url] -dclick … |
| | Norton/ symantec. The latest product seems to be performing better in the mix. Anyway, trot along to this page and get the correct removal tool for your version of Norton - use it to completely clean out your old AV. [url]http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039[/url] THEN, install your new AV. Mcafee? Ummm.... You may … |
| | Saying it in Latin will do the job... EGO subsisto quod coepi procer spooler muneris. effectus ut videlicet constupro lima. |
| | Get Process Explorer from Winternals. The tool for the job. It will show you the handles and dlls used by any running process. |
| | Re: File recovery A small point to make, just a general one... but if punters put the OS into its own partition and kept all data in other partitions they would have an increased chance of recovering deleted files. Windows, left alone for 15, 20 minutes, will start to reorganise its files so … |
| | It is pretty clear which browser he is using... " Nothing has been dl'ed or installed since the format with the exception of AVG and SpyBot." Apart from lobbing that bomb into the ruck I have nothing to add... |
| | If you wish it to be so... yes, you can change this. Go CP > System, Advanced tab, Performance Settings button. check the [bottom] item: use visual styles on Windows buttons ... A lot of style things will alter with this setting. |
| | "I am making a program that cleans your computer". I know computer types love to reinvent the wheel, spend hours of their lives doing it and then get a sense of achievment that may well be valid. but look... there is already a wonderful, free example of this wheel out … |
| | Try to reinstall over the top of it... that may give you the Repair installation option, in which case you can stop there. Or it may just reinstall and correct any settings, files. Then uninstall, if it will, and reinstall again. |
| | If it is a CRT or LCD monitor , do consider buying a new one. Cheaper... If it is a lappy.... wait for someone in here who knows. |
| | some groups are proud of their keygens, and they are clean. others i think are paid by developers to make keygens to teach ppl a lesson. you can test em b4 you run them, you know. and you can sandbox them also. |
| | choco, if all the sys does is restart whatever mode you choose to run Windows in from the choices menu then I am afraid that your only real option is to run a Windows Repair from an XP installation cd. during Setup ignore the first option to repair with the … |
| | Re: Win32TrojanTDSS "keeps playing. "heal the world" ". Oh dear.... hippy music, I'd be bothered, too. It is quite an infection you have there, this should clear most of it: Could you please delete that old version of hijackthis, and: ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] -copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside … |
| | your files are sure to be there, just that perhaps you have lost permissions for them. Try logging on using the native Administrator account [not you as an administrator] by usinf CtrlAltDel at logon and seeing if you can either change their permissions, or copy them. |
| | This, the DLL C:\windows|System 32\ rqRIaBRJ.dll is not a valid image... is the worrying bit. MoM.exe is a monitor, is all. Some legitimate files do have scrambled filenames, but that one looks suspect. Try this: MBAM: ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install … |
| | You must either enter your Recovery partition on your hard disk if it exists and copy over the system32/drivers/ntfs.sys file, or use a bootable cd such as an XP installation cd to copy that file from its i386 folder. Borrow one. |
| | You must either enter your Recovery partition on your hard disk if it exists and copy over the system32/drivers/ntfs.sys file, or use a bootable cd such as an XP installation cd to copy that file from the i386 folder. |
| | Get memtest86, or memtest86+ [they are pretty much the same]... the files you download will make a bootable floppy [or cd if you choose the iso]. Use the floppy to boot and check yur memory. One rror is failure. |
| | Avast by Alwil. Google for it. It is a free AV for home use, and good. Another is Comodo, a complete protection service, but you may not like the firewall unless you appreciate what it is doing for you.  |
 | Possibly time to reset the CMOS chip. It obviously has a data error in it, now, hence the checksum error [the data bits don't add up to what they used to, as a check]. So note the settings, then turn off the sysand pull the battery from the mb. Then … |
| | You have a hard disk problem. In recovery console, the chkdsk parameters should be as follows: chkdsk /p -corrects errors. chkdsk /r -recovers readable info from bad sectors. /r implies /p included. Cross your fingers. It does sound like you MBR is damaged. |
| | If you must, use Safe Mode with Networking to dl this: ==Download this file to your DESKTOP: [url]http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe[/url] .....or this file: [url]http://subs.geekstogo.com/ComboFix.exe[/url] Right. Now run it in NORMAL MODE!! : -IMPORTANT! : disconnect from the web, turn off your Antivirus, Antispyware and Firewall for the duration of this scan. Don't … |
| | If the hardware is connected at startup, yes. BIOS sees and configures all hardware and passes that information to the OS. eg.. if there is even a USB thumbdrive connected it should be reported by BIOS. For hardware already connected at startup, if it is not seen [and configured] by … |
| | Does it happen with audio tracks on your hard disks? Or only with those played from optical drives? If the latter, go into Device Mgr and select your optical drive, > properties and uncheck Use digital audio playback. Just something to try... Does airforce training do that sort of thing …  |
| | Have you ever placed your email account into a public webpage, such as a site like this, or used it to fill out an application for something? If so it can be found by special bots which trawl webpages looking solely for email addresses [the @ gives them away...]. If … |
| | This I do not follow. My sister has an HP, she made the recovery discs; I see that the recovery partition exists still on her machine, and is still accessible by F11. Why cannot you access it still, unless you managed to delete the recovery partition and overwrite it? Admittedly … |
| | And rubbing with your fingertip with toothpaste is a great way to remove those minor scratches on the cd surface. True. So, pits washed with warm soapy water, and cleaned with toothpaste, it's all ready to go for a drive an get loaded.  |
| | Nothing shows in those logs. What is imageitencrypt used for..? I would follow up on crunchie's recommendation to scan with an online scanner [I like Panda...], especially after combofix found such a string of malware files. Especially. First: ==Download this temp file cleaner from [url]http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1[/url] --click in the download window … |
| | It's a baddie, and it has associated files in your machine.... Malwarebytes will remove it. |
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 | Nothing shows in that log, Michelle, as being out of place. You might use Hijackthis to generate a Startup log [Misc tools, check the List minor sections box]. If you see nothing that is unwelcome in that, then try running an antispyware scan to check for hidden software. This one … |
| | Hello, Jess... Uninstall these: System Search Dispatcher, Media Access Startup, Internet Saving Optimizer Start hijackthis, select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries listed below that still exist, and then press Fix Checked. O2 - BHO: System Search Dispatcher - {CDBFB47B-58A8-4111-BF95-06178DCE326D} - C:\Program Files (x86)\System Search Dispatcher\1.2.0.750\ssd.dll O2 - … |
| | Use environment variable setting. [control panel, system, advanced tab]. But some installers don't give any option to select where they write their temp files, don't use the environment variable - they just expect C: to be the system drive, and go there. |
| | And what happens if you put this into the address bar directly [it is yahoo.com] 69.147.114.224 Does http:// get immediately placed in front of it? And does Yahoo then load? There is nothing wrong in your log. Those two orphaned no-file entries, O2 & O3, are related to Symantec. Temporarily, … |
| | Use device manager to find the drivers you have, google them and updates may show in some of the articles. And use dev mgr to get device types, use them to google..eg, plug in your LAN type/make. You can also use the codes that look like this: PCI\VEN_1969&DEV_1048 - you … |
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| | A bsod can be caused by memory failures.... Simply download the correct version of memtest86 3.5 or memtest86+ 2.0.11 using another sys to load into a floppy or to burn a cd if you do not have a floppy drive... it creates a bootable medium. If using a floppy simp;y … |
| | Re: IE Redirect page "O1 - Hosts: 142.29.221.23 zenwsimport" ... is okay. From my limited knowledge of the web and its workings.... and Windows... what this entry does is simply point your browser to the IP 142.29.221.23 when you enter "zenwsimport" into the address bar, alleviating the need to type www, or wondering what … |
| | Is it a wireless mouse? bluetooth, or 2.4GHZ one? Move cordless phones away.... |
| | Do you have to port-forward in your router for that? |
| | For a start... ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] -copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside your program files or on your desktop and then... rename hijackthis.exe to imabunny.exe -in that folder start HijackThis by dclicking the .exe -CLOSE ALL OTHER APPLICATIONS and any open windows including the explorer window containing … |
| | "1. Explorer shows my DVD drive as a CD drive" Explorer will show you the drive type according to what disk type is currently in it, or was just in it. If you empty the drive and start a new explorer window you should see it represented correctly. "I have … |
 | Roz, do you have an antivirus service installed [just the one...]? I assume that BIOS runs at normal speed [say, 10 secs to where it commences Windows loading]?------ And then windows takes forever loading? Try to start in Safe mode; watch the drivers scrollling by on the black screen - … |
| | Re: Redirect virus Yes, you do have an infection there. Some is hidden. Your thread will probably be moved over to Viuses etc forum, but meanwhile.. ==Download this file to your DESKTOP: [url]http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe[/url] .....or this file: [url]http://subs.geekstogo.com/ComboFix.exe[/url] -IMPORTANT! : disconnect from the web, turn off your Antivirus, Antispyware and Firewall for the duration … |
| | Not overheating....? If it checks the drive when it restarts, it's likely the drive caused the error. Backup what is important ready for the day when it won't start at all.  |
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