wait, this is a virus? i show a couple instances of this running on my comp... is this file bad or is this file easily infected...? i'm curious now because i def have the file svchost.exe on my...

just curious, why is the letter name so important to you?

my drives are named c and f, and my cd rom drives d and e... i don't mind..

just curiosity i guess..

blue screen with white letters means xp to me..

that blue screen you see (if it is in fact xp) is the xp equivalent of scandisk and it is checking your comp for errors.. you should let it run all...

i agree with fake, it doesn't sound like anything that sounds like it could be caused by hardware.. is this a comp you bought or did you build it?

i have noticed windows xp is very touchy.. if you...

i have never heard of that before.. if you have already exhausted the option that it is something that can be corrected through adjustment of the monitor settings, i'm sorry to say it looks like you...

i have found that adaware is great but it doesn't always pick up everything..

run spybot because that is great at getting stuff that adaware misses, including host redirects which is what you have...

do the task manager thing.. i had a file called evntsrc.exe on my comp and whenever it ran it ran at 99-100% and slowed my comp down to a near halt.. it was a pain in the neck..

even if that isn't...

i wish i could be of more help.. i couldn't get the prob fixed, but then when i moved i had to of course shut everything down.. when i set the comp up again and turned it on, it would not start up...

i did what you said and it was there.. it turns out it has something to do with the real player automatic update.. i unchecked it and it has stopped showing up and the comp is running smooth..
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can anyone tell me what this is? all of a sudden it started showing up in my processes window, and when it runs it slows my comp down to a near halt.. i cannot find what program, if any, it is...

thanks hun! i tried that and it actually ran through a process which looked like windows was installing, which it didn't even go through when i actually installed it in the first place.. long story...

it does the same thing in safe mode.. stops at the blue startup screen.. :( how do i do a repair?

i am having a lot of trouble with win xp.. first of all, my comp freezes for reasons i cannot deduce.. it happens when i try to load anything from any of the cdrom drives, but not everytime.. it only...

how do i check the bios thing? what am i looking for? and how do i fix it if that is the problem?

it is homemade, the same comp i was talking about in my last thread..

-Antec Performance II SX1040BII SOHO File Server
-Genuine Intel Motherboard with integrated ethernet, graphics, and sound...

i am on a brand new computer.. everything works great but the comp keeps freezing on me and i can't figure out why.. it happens frequently and seems to happen especially when i use the cd drives,...

i meant format the completely.. the state they were in would not allow me to run windows at all.. i couldn't get to the step you were mentioning..

i have figured it out though.. i got XP installed...

every time i try to install windows, any version... i have tried 3.11, win 95 and win 98, it doesn't work.. win 95 and 98 freeze as soon as setup begins and i have to manually restart.. win 3.11 says...

alright, that is good to know.. thanks a ton for the info guys.. :) i'm going to try the windows update route tonight.. i'll let you know how it works..

no kidding?? i didn't know i didn't need an older version.. i will def try that..

i have been contemplating giving linux a try because this new comp is going to be a graphic/video editing...

ah, yeah... they didn't have drives that big when windows was released...

so do you think i might need to buy the full version of XP?

:!: i need help because i'm getting very frustrated with my new computer system.. i am building it myself, from scratch.. i have all of the components and they are all installed correctly..


the...

yes, i install it.. you almost have to because in order to download it you have to click on that little button "install now" on the flash download page.. :P

i think my comp does clean the temp...

my browser, and i mean all of them... opera, netscape, msn explorer or IE, all do the same exact thing.. they continue to tell me that i need the flash player plugin to view flash content.. i have dl...

yes, i have tried everything.. my comp is completely clean..

i am having trouble all of a sudden with internet explorer.. everytime i type an address into the location bar, it refuses to load and in the status bar it names an unrelated PHP url that as far as i...