I was just discussing this problem with my friend, he suggested hiding and unhiding the taskbar, no dice. locking and unlocking, still no dice.

End explorer.exe and restarting - i never...

dodgy connections?

I had a similar problem, but it always came back. I got an exchange on the laptop. Eventually.

BIOS was just turned off. There was 2 in there. one broke. Something like that. And her brother is still insisting on the Harddrive being the problem

uh, I didn't say that. what the hell.

I asked: I legitimate copy of vista?

A legitimate one this time?

It's been sitting in the same place for years. Also, it tends to die when you plug stuff in to the same adapter that the pc's plugged into

her brother says it's definitly a harddrive probelm because:
if it was a hardware prob, then the pc would restart at different times, but it restarts at exactly the same point each time

My friends' pc is stuck in the cycle of booting to the:

-run in safe mode
-run in safe mode with command prompt

-last know good configuration
-start normally

menu.

Get a legitimate one.

Explorer.exe and internet explorer are different things, IE is used to browse the net, explorer.exe is a windows porcess which, well lets you use it easily http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer.exe
...

Sure it doesn't say exploer.exe is closing?

Ddi you follow the instructions on the link i gave you?

To check your updates, I think they are in the add/remove panel (from control panel) near the bottom there should be a long list of...

I wouldn't upgrade. WM10 is alot better.

Do you have the KB900325 (Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005) and KB925766 (the October 2006 Update Rollup) updates? these are...

cheers, i disabled it through startup, we'll see what happens.

Do you think the alcmtr.exe could be causing my BSOD which are because of a "device clashing with windows" ? And is the scan on that site safe?

thanks for the info btw.

these two entries are alongside my normal hijackthis logfile:

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\dwtrig20.exe" -t (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 -...

you could try ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/

woudn't AVG and norton clash?

try looking here:

C:\Documents and Settings\hbk\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

replace hbk with your account name. You will need to show hidden folders (if not...

Do you use the full suite for Norton? because that might be why it's more expensive.

I used Avast! (free) as AV. Spyware Blaster and Windows Defender as AS and windows xp firewall. I'm still...

my computer > D: drive, wouldnt that open the folders to view surely?

I had the same problem on 3 different machines. If anyone can solve I shall be gratefull. :)

Ok, third ones gone as i emptied the temp folder. Screen dump of the locations of the 2 others. One looks like a floppy setup.. i dont have a floppy drive. and 98??? I bought the laptop in 06, having...

there's a version 3.1 on the microsoft website, I guess that would be the update :)

how do i test the windows installer?

I did that, but havent reneable it. (3 diff machines, never worked, whats the point?) this time i just got the corruprted files message.

Using avast to scan my windows xp media centre laptop it tells me the system volume information on both C: (main) and D: drives is password protected. Anyone know why? Or if it matters?
And the two...

for the record i formated the laptop (for fun) and they were still there so i guess the answer is yes. :D

Have you defragmeneted it?

start > all programs > system tools > deframgent

Might help. As for installing on a new harddrive you need a xp disk, which microsoft should be able to help with.

What model is it? Most come with a built in function to create your own CD for that sort of fixing.

Have you tried resetting your router (either through turning on and off, or a setting somewhere which your instructions should tell you). That could work.

Also your firewall might have flipped...

Yeah, try that. Or get rid of Norton, AVG or Avast work just as well and are free.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA)
Scan saved at 20:20:31, on 22/06/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe...

IMJPMIG command: "C:windows\system32\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG_1.exe" /spoil/RemAdvDef/Migration32

ImScInst command: "C:windows\system32\IME\ImScInst.exe /SYNC

TNTSETP command:...

Aye, i asked that first lol. She doesn't have it installed.

thanks guys :) i will let you know if succesful

ooooo ok.

Not if you take out the thing that boots the machine. :)

run scans disconnected from the net, and in safe mode if possible (hit f8 {i think} on boot and select safe mode. norton won't work but others should)

>Remove ticks from boxes for anything you don't recgonise.

Be careful though, something you don't recognise might be vital!