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 | Hi Cara, it sounds as if windows is at least trying to load from the HD but has a problem with a driver or executable that it needs as a basic necessity. As a first way out - do you have a M$ XP install CD? Then set your BIOS … |
 | Re: Firewall problem Two firewalls is one too many. ZoneAlarm ensures that Windows Firewall is off, Comodo does not care - it probably knows stuff. Anyway, more than one is simply an unnecessary drain on your system. Comodo should be plenty of firewall for any user, plus it has a system defence included. … |
| | Any chance that it will start in Safe Mode? If so, go Control Panel>system>Advanced>Startup n Recovey Settings, uncheck Automatically Restart; set Write Debug Info to none. See if there is an error code on your screen when it next halts, and note any drivers/services mentioned. |
| | It is the trace of either a careless vundo infection, or a partial cure of the problem. This will start the sorting out: ==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 the application, then ensure that it is set to update and start, else … |
| | It can be Master if you put the 2nd drive on the secondary IDE controller, unless your optical drive is already Master on the secondary in which case make the hdd Slave there. |
| | Re: daum activex ActiveX pgms seem to pop up all over your sys. If you find then in C:\Windows\Downloaded Pgm Files directory you can simply delete them. With IE7 you can open IE, go Tools, Manage Add-ons, Enable or Disable Add-ons, select "Downloaded ActiveX Controls, select the ActiveX and delete it. Or do … |
| | In normal mode the screen turns blue only when ntoskrnl is executing. The kernel initialises the boot drivers loaded by ntldr after examining the currentcontrolset key for the order, then loads remaining drivers and services. If there are no error codes on the bluescreen than it could be ntoskrnl.exe that …  |
| | Going the F6 route is easier than using IDE Emulation for XP installation, and then switching back, because if you do not alter the reg and copy in the drivers before changing the BIOS modes you will get a bluescreen. Quite naturally, the procedure is well [as in profusely, not … |
| | You wish to delete all partitions? Then simply erase the MBR. How? There are tools to do that.. partition managers [Easus is one] or specialty tools [MBRWhiskey, TestDisk] [url]http://red.boot-land.net/index.html[/url] This dl contains both the GUI and commandline versions of MBRWhiz [or MBRWhiskey]. And I would have thought that JB's suggestion … |
| | Hello, apocalypse. Temporarily... =Windows Defender - please disable its Realtime Protection.... Open Windows Defender, click Tools, General Settings, Scroll to and uncheck Turn on real-time protection. Click Save and close Windows Defender. ==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 the application, then ensure … |
| | Re: trojan warning . That M&S job is a pretty cheap effort, caper... they couldn even be bothered, or didn have the nouse, to write a worm. A chain letter. Still, if you've got a big pool of dills... |
| | Would be interesting to see a rootkit scan result. You could do it yourself with IceSword, RKR or Blacklight or run this which includes GMER: ==Download this file to your DESKTOP: [url]http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe[/url] -IMPORTANT! : disconnect from the web, turn off your Antivirus, Antispyware and Firewall for the duration of this … |
| | you do not mention loading drivers for the new screen and ATI board...ATI pro driver? the monitor, tho, should be just a plug n play thing.....so check that ati driver. go to their site. |
 | Lessee, if you address the drive from the run command by entering G: does it open in Explorer? [Start, Run, type G:, press Enter]. Or it opens if you type G: into the explorer address bar? Then run this: ==Please copy the text in the box to a notepad [format/wordwrap … |
 | System Restore is limited in the amount of system file repair it can do . If you have different icons in explorer then your shell32.dll has likely been modified along with some other changes to make the File Protection System ignore it. To restore that file you would have to … |
| | If you drag the dump file into notepad, or open the xml file and slide yur eyeballs over them you may see a clue as to what is going on, ...or off, actually. A process name will be reported somewhere in there as failing, or a service, driver.. I dunno. |
| | Heya, pinki.... starting with the silly stuff first.... just ensure that your Function keys are activated at boot and not the alternates on the keys. Do you not even get to the screen with the several Mode choices? Thinking of slapping me cos you're not that silly? Okay, just check … |
| | I really dunno networking, but... if a client was setting his own background he would not need ActiveDesktop - it's just a picture the OS picks up, a reg key read. If you wish to force one over a network then surely that implies ActiveDesktop be enabled as it is … |
| | The Support tools package is also on the XP installation cd, and it will install to the folder you point it at. To find it, go Start, All Programs, Windows Support Tools and open the command prompt. It will have as a starting directory the folder of Support Tools. Or … |
| | There is a good collection there. As Bob said, run MBAM and post that log plus the log of a hijackthis scan run afterward. |
| | Just a query... I guess I under-utilise thumbdrives cos I only use them for file transport, but... all this only applies if you've formatted them to NTFS, right? Or running apps from them? |
| | Yep, the file has a corruption...it's from google. And even when it runs.... |
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| | Re: Trojan Problem ==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 the application, then ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via the icon. Select "Perform Full Scan", then click Scan; the application will guide you through the remaining steps. Make sure … |
| | This will clean some generally attacked sites in your machine and reset to defaults some files and registry data... ==Download SDFix from here: [url]http://downloads.andymanchesta.com/RemovalTools/SDFix.exe[/url] and save it to your desktop. Dclick SDFix.exe and choose Run to extract it to %systemdrive%, which commonly will be C:\ ** ==Download this temp file … |
| | In safe mode.. would you mind giving us a copy of your boot.ini? Paste into the Run window: control sysdm.cpl,,3 Startup n Recovery, Settings, press the Edit button. |
| | My sys, clean as, with no apps running, jus os processes and no page faulting [not accessing page file...], and not sitting long enough for windows file reorg to kick in, flicks the hdd light bout once a sec. No head movement though. I'm happy.  |
 | There are tools out there, so far not free afaik, that will run a scan of a pendrive whenever you insert one. Try a search, "antivirus pendrive thumbdrive". Of their efficacy I have not a clue. You can also configure a decent firewall so that such files are detected and … |
| | First one is easy: Go Start, Run, enter regedit Navigate to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Change [rclick and use Modify] RegisteredOwner to MyLilBunnykins Or if you prefer this will do it for you: ==Please copy the text in the box to a notepad [format/wordwrap unchecked] and save as fixkey.reg, as … |
| | THE-LJ0KJPSTCRG - who is that user!? In Event Viewer if you dclick on the oldest error of these: Error SideBySide THE-LJ0KJPSTCRG Error Service Control Manager BOBS ... ...what is shown as the Description? What modules are failing? Your SCM is quite unhappy at running some of your services, and I … |
| | Re: msconfig startup Listed for startup.. you want these pgms to be running when [or as] Windows starts? So you set this up using the Task Scheduler? And have you tried reinstalling those pgms? Still fail to start automatically? Personally, I prefer commonly used items to lie in the QuickLaunch bar, less frequently …  |
| | "net accounts" is the cmd you are looking for.. you run it in a cmd window. It is one of the net services commands, and help is here... Paste this into a run window: %windir%\hh.exe ms-its:%windir%\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm or on the net here: [url]http://www.ss64.com/nt/net_useradmin.html[/url] Of course, that method treats your wife as …  |
| | Re: Help With a description of the symptom such as that [brief, no detail] I'll aim for one or more of four things: software problem, power supply problem, poorly seated heatsink, or other hardware problem. Power off, unplug and get in the side, unplug n replug everything you can see including RAM, … |
| | taskkill is the command you want, and if you write your own batch file you will be so proud. Here is all the help you need for that: go Start, and paste into the Run window... %windir%\hh.exe ms-its:%windir%\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm Enjoy. |
| | You possibly have a dodgy bit of script calling it, instead of regsvr32.exe. Possibly you should be pleased about that. If MBAM does not find it post a hijackthis log.  |
| | You are joking, aren't you? Not using a virus database? These things, I woulda thought, take some huge collaborative effort. Course, the best AV is to cut the net cable n glue up all the I/O devices. Anyway...an you should know this... the key is: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000 Best of luck. … |
| | Another of the System Variables should be: ComSpec with a value C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe There seems to be no way to repair the command processor with a simple action, and seeing with ProcMon what is involved in merely opening a cmd window rather rules out a manual fix. |
| | I don't know how much RAM you have, but you need more.. :) ... what a lot of auto-start stuff! You have MyWay Search Assistant - do you wish to keep it? You can get rid of it if you wish... First see if it is listed in Add/Remove pgms … |
 | BIOS ran, right? It POSTed okay, then just stopped, with a black screen and blinking cursor? |
| | In Power Options do you have the sys set to restart if a failure occurs? Try setting it to No Restart. That is for any power problems. To prevent restarts resulting from software problems set your sys to not restart [uncheck the box] in Startup and Recovery options under System, … |
| | Ello puddin, your error indicates that ntfs.sys cannot deal with your hdd. Could be the driver itself, but a problem with the hdd itself or some interference from your AV are possible. So if you cannot restart in safe mode to disable your AV and run chkdsk /f as sugggested … |
| | Hello, polop... I'm not going to take the time to examine each of the pests and their usual actions. I know of malwares which deliberately search for and delete jpg and vid files. Damage is done. I can give you another forensic tool [free] which will scan your disk thoroughly … |
| | I think I would be concerned... when chkdsk detects bad clusters I think they are above and beyond the ones dealt with by the SMART system in the drive controller - that technology replaces bad sectors with spares from a hidden stash and its actions are invisible to the OS. … |
| | Re: Trojan BHO virus Hello, Marie, apologies to you for your posts being ignored. Did you use Hijackthis to fix these log entries: R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {5D60FF48-95BE-4956-B4C6-6BB168A70310} - (no file) O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll (file missing) O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter … |
| | Hello, shane... for a start I think you need a better Firewall. If you check the nod32 log entries you posted you will see that svchost.exe was contacting dangerous websites. Comodo Firewall Pro [free] would have alerted you to the fact that it was attempting to make web connections before … |
| | Hello, ritz, "operating system not found" is one of the messages encoded into the MBR of a hd. I can assure you that no matter the spinning of your cd, it is not being looked at. Your sys is trying to boot off the hd...ie BIOS is searching there for … |
| | Is it possible to extract the files from the thumbs.db file??? Thumbs.db contains only the low resolution thumbnails of your pictures that are displayed in explorer if you select that option in View. |
| | Hi, Frank.. consider that SysRes saves some of your registry and some info about your system files [not all of either] then it follows that in cases of damage to those areas a rolling back to earlier settings will be of help. Perhaps a bad pgm installation or a virus … |
| | What does Disk Management report for your drive? |
| | In Safe Mode try going to the login app you loaded [under program files] and start the uninstaller, if it exists. You login will have registry entries to start it running, so just deleting stuff will not work. You would just end up with no login screen at all. Sorta … |
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