Posts by caperjack

did you go to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\etfmon.exe.tmp and right click on it to delete it ,if that doesn't work try killbox to delete the file .
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php

check out daniweb spyware section for help ,follow top 6 read me post for programs to try .good luck .
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum64.html

fist i know little about proxy ,just seemed to me that it would be likely cause so i use my friend Google and find this to be your most likely problem to pinging and ipconfig .
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=2ho&q=ping++through+a+Proxy&btnG=Search&meta=.

I was referring to this:

yeah, and i thought you post was by the original poster ,i should read more carefully i guess .lol

To do what? Low level format, partition, format, test?

to make the drive usable ,it would do all of the above you mention depending on what you wanted to do .program like maxblast for maxtor drives

lol i get it now ,i would just connect another keyboard to it before looking as you may not see much ,also if the mouse is working ok then it may not be the connection as both are usually affected by bad dry connection

the drivers are not for the hard drive, but for the sata controller on the motherboatd

a quote from you first post

I am trying to make a driver floppy for my Western digital 80 gig sata hd

the drivers are not for the hard drive, but for the sata controller on the motherboatd

and the file should be on the mother board disk

i would have use the hard drive makers disk utility ,downloaded and put on a bootable cd

I suspect a dry contact at the ps2/mb connection,

dry contact ?? ,it maybe bad or loose at the point where its soldered to the motherboard

I'm full or errors to night ,i do have a system process in the image name section .

my guess is it a program wit ha bad driver or something like that ,maybe a virus scanner or or something try to get a update .

ignore what i said then, it doednt apply to your case

i hope to god you dont meana 386

lol

not sure if i understand the question, "IBM/Lenovo PC". Please forgive..as far as internal computer literacy, I'm about a "5" on a scale of 1-10. I'm pretty sure that my machine is "IBM" based. It's basically a "Compaq" brand with a 346 processor that i bought from Circuit City. I don't have it in front of me at the moment do don't quote me on that processor. It's something close to that though. Probably on the lower end as far as capabilities.

check event viewer for error info ,when you get there check system on the left.
type this into RUN .
eventvwr.msc

I'm sorry, I probably didn't make it clear. The process that's showing 99 when I hit ctrl-alt-dlete is "System". A lot of people confuse this with "System Idle Process". Two different things. From other posts that I've been reading on the internet, it appears that when "system" is reading 99, then there is some other internal hardware or driver issue. my problem is exactly pinpointing what that issue is after I've tried all that other stuff listed in my initial post.

yes you did i missed it ,anyway does it show a, image name [ ie: like winlogon.exe. using the cpu ],as on my computer, system ,shows in the user name category

actually i got it working.. i got the driver from a dell site.. and it works just fine.
thanks a lot for the everest program.. that was the key.

great to hear that it help with you problem

pick your OS here and download and install drivers ,see what happens .
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1700&lang=eng

alt+ctrl+del ,bring up windows task manager ,go to processes and it should show what programs [.exe ]using the 99% of the cpu

caperjack:
windows update isnt providing me with much

so it gave no hardware updates ,can you tell me if this onboard network or a addin pci network card .onboard plug will be higher up on the back of tower near the usb plugs and pci nic will be lower down on the back of tower .also i don't think belarc is best program to tell you whats in the box ,download and run Everest from link below ,and check out network settings in the left panel .
http://www.filehippo.com/download_everest_home/

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum64.html

no real problem its for your benefit actually,its where the log readers hang out .just check out the top 6 read me post before posting a new hijackthis log over there ,good luck

My OS is Win XP 2
Dell Inspiron 7500

I had to reinstall windows to get it to work again. The trojan is gone BUT the shortcuts still do not work.l

did you do a complete full reinstall ,or just a repair install ,by complete i mean did you loose all you current programs and data ,

unplug keyboard and make sure all pins are straight and plugged in properly,could be problem with the ps2 connection on the motherboard ,borrow a keyboard before you buy one just in case ,if its the ps2 plug you may want to buy a USB wired keyboard,but its most likely a faulty keyboard .

copy or type this into start/RUN--- eventvwr.msc
go to system on the left and check for error messages it may tell you more .I think the problem with a program that isn't shutting down properly .

also it could be a problem with your ram ,get and scan ram with windows mem test ,not the best one but will do and is easy to use
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Memory-Tweak/Microsoft-Windows-Memory-Diagnostic.shtml

Can it be recognized?

i don't under stand the question ,sorry, please explain

i would go to windows updates and do the custom scan , check for hardware driver updates ,it might have one for the nic.
it it a pci device or onboard nic.

going against forum policy here ,hijackthis logs are to be posted in the security section !

don't think directx will be the problem ,its with the chat room and you would be best served if you asked in the chat room ,one would think .
I don't so chat room and web cams ,but do remember a few years back helping with someone who did had the problem was with setting up the chat program and the webcam !

yes that info is usually in the registry ,not so much what it put there, as it is what it didn't remove when it was unistalled !
you can go to regedit ,and do a search for said program and delete all found ,but beware regedit is dangerous place when deleting .

running 98 and have the same issue I can't get off the blue screen however my cd drive stopped working so i have no way to run the cd. Laptop is used for internet only - does anyone have any suggestions as to being able to run the chkdsk/f from where i am. have tried to shut down and reboot multiple time and to F8 out of the start up???????????????????

go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and download file for a win98 boot disk [floppy] boot computer with and run scandisk ,chkdsk /f is winxp command .scandisk for win98 .you will need a floppy disk for this to work .the download when clicked on it will create the floppy disk

fine w/e

also, you can get windows updates without using windows update - just find the updates you need by googling and download them or altervatively use a program called WUD

I am a very argumentative person but i will stop here,by saying just one more thing ,they are not looking for windows updates they are looking to get network working .you suggested they use custom windows updates to see if it had a driver update for there onboard nic ,so it has nothing to do with Windows update download program ,it will not download the nic driver for them ! that it i said enough !!

using a flash drive or cd duh

please explain .as the windows updates need to scan the computer to find the nic in question to didplay a updated driver ,so they would need to connect to the internet on the computer .also they tried reloading drives and tried installing a pci nic

usurped .

now if i new that word i may have a suggestion .what was it suppose to be

vista has problems with some nvidia chipset network controllers , so i assume xp does too. check MS update for hotfixes (use custom not express)

that is a sound idea but they lost there network connection ,any ideas how they will getto windows updates !
i have had this problem with onbaord nics before but i have a usb -nic hub to get on and got to windows update to get he drivers ,also strange why the pci nic didn't work .something strange going on.
also you don't need to disable it in the bios as it can be disable in the device manager ,i have onboard and a pci device and do it that way

try right clicking on the file and choose "open with" ,choose from the list the program you want to use to open the file

You using IE or Firefox caperjack? Try it with the other browser, IE can run it in the browser itself, Firefox needs the download.

okI used ie6 to do it ,loaded the activex and it said max 512 ,installed 1024,now i had two 1 gig stick in last week.
i think my motherbaord says it takes up to 4 gig .

Made you look, did I? :) Option was added in SP2 and is very useful on BSOD reboots, especially those caused by a corrupt registry hive.

yup ,i have two computers running and just rebooted one ,cant believe i didn't see that there before as i use f8 a lot guess i just missed it .thanks

Also consider using this website:
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/loader.aspx?Agree=Yes
Download the scanner, run it and you will see what types of RAM you can use with your machine, and how much each slot can take. You can buy RAM from crucial as well if you want to.

i use the scan and it says i have 2 -512mb pc3200 true ,it says i have, 1024mb -true
but says maximum memory capacity is 524288 MB can this be true 5 hundred and 24 thousand megs of ram!!

unless it was burnt in multisession mode ,but that still only make the empty part of the disk usable ,the files on it can't be changed .

I'm referring to disabling restart on error from Boot Options (F8) screen NOT within Safe Mode. Changing behavior on error from within XP won't work if you can't boot in Safe Mode.

never seen that in the options before until now ,sorry

You could buy 2 sticks for under US$50.00.

please show me a link to site selling it that cheap

If you have XP SP2 installed, press F8 for boot options and disable reboot on error. That option is not available on boot menu prior to SP2.

Then, you may be able to see what the error is and post details here.

that sounds familiar ,but wit less detail

corel draw is a big program and will take longer to open than other programs ,like when i click on a picture to open in photo shop .it takes really long but that normal

hi
i dont know y but my my speaker doesnt work i think they said u have 2 install mixer divice so can u give a mixer divece

new to computer right !!
you need to tell us what make and model the computer is and what motherboard is in it and if it has onboard sound or a add in pci sound card installed

im only using p4 ,not dual core ,but when i do get the dual core i will leave it alone .not that ventures i guess

you missed the announcement, at the top of the page where you started this post ,about where to post hijackthis logs .
also as a former log reader, you left out one important thing ,you didn't describe the problems you are having ,sometimes this helps ,for best help ,click on the link below to go to security section where the log readers hang out , and post the log there .
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum64.html

WOW,"giving me a 2.44 instead of a 2.2" what a increase .not to debunk overclocking but as always i don't get it ,i wouldn't notice any difference in performance with that increase .i just upped a 1.7 i had to 2.8 for $35.00 ,bough a used 2.8 and the board was capable of taking it .now that increase i noticed !

we are not using the same version of nortons but i can go into my nortons and go to file system auto protect in the left side bar and go to exclude selected file and folder and direct it to any folder or file i want it to ignore ,its been a while since i used 2004 but i'm sure you can do similar setting as i can

This may help. It's a Blue Screen of Death questionnaire.

further investigation i find you can just make up a email address and it will give you answer ,but its just bull,with links to programs you have to buy to help fix your problem

This may help. It's a Blue Screen of Death questionnaire.

useless link ,3 basic ?'s then you have to put in your email address to get you evaluation. what a way to get someones email address ,then spam the s-hit out of them .

then it gives this a solution.

Hi jack,
Here are your answers

Question 1: Is Your PC Freezing Up When Norton AntiVirus Loads?

Your Answer: No

Your PC is running like it should! Great!

Question 2: Do You Get A Blue Screen Error When You Boot Up Your Computer?

Your Answer: Yes

Run a full scan to check for any conflicts in your
computer. Corruption of your registry is a possible reason
for the Blue Screen error. http://registrycleanercompare.blogspot.com

Question 3: How Much Random Access Memory Do You Have?

Your Answer: 1 Gigabyte

Great! This is the optimum amount of RAM you should have.

Ugh, this sucks, I gotta get two mobos..... 0.o It's going to be a huge drag.... and leach out most of what little money I got now...

why bother they were only junk lying around the garage for god knows how long ,throw them in the dumpster!

did you try a different power supply unit.!