Posts by caperjack

i've tried updating them but it said i have the latest one. could you tell me hoe to go about reinstalling them please. thanks

well if it says you have the latests one then it should be working ,when you right click on the desktop and go to properties /settings can you change it to 16 or 32 bit ,
When you right click mycomputer go to properties /device manager , click the + next to display adapter ,what do you see ,are there any yellow or red !!! around anywhere .
some time when we download driver on the net thery are zipped files ,they will need to be unzipped before you can install them ,sometime there is exe file within the folder we need to execute it to install dirvers ,some time we go through display adapers in device manager to install the drivers if there is no executiable .

hi, if there is anyone out there i'd really appreciate it as i haven't been able to restore my system back to when it was ok.

Hi did you, or have you been able to reinstall your video display drivers

not sure what they are ,but you should disable the guest acct if you haven't allready done so .
download and install and update ewido spyware removal tool 14 day fully working trial version here ,.
http://www.ewido.net/en/

Cheers for the reply mate, i've never tried using safe mode before, the layout of my desktop and folders looked completely different, it was a little disorienting :cheesy: , sadly though it did not work and i got the same error message as before.

Is there anything else i can try? thanks again.

hi ,in safe mode it looks different because the video drivers are not used ,and startup programs are not running ,anyway try this go to start /run type in CMD ,and
at the prompt ype DEL C:\My Shit\BitTorrent\BIT, note the space between DEL and C:\

have you tried doing it in safe mode ,safe mode hit f8 on bootup

Hi ,a little more info on you computer stats will help like what OS, make ,model and stuff .also right click on mycomputer /properties /device manager ,any yellow ! marks around display adapter.

That very revelent answer ,as standby is a problematic windows option ,and not necessary !

Stop using standby !

most likely downloading zips from gray area sites with[for] passwords ,If so you need to revisit the site and find the password there .

was worth a try ,sorry it didn't work

have a look here might be your problem
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246341/en-us

what I would do get another harddrive any size just one that works install it load windows on it ,if it runs then a fresh in stall on thecorrupt dive might fix your problem,
or go to this site get a copy of Knoppix on CD and boot to it and if you computer runs your ram is ok
http://www.knoppix.org/

you can bet you bottom dollar that you clicked yes to a license agreement that told you excatually what crap programs you were installing on you computer thats how they get away with it ,You didn't read it and said yes I bet !!!
Here is a very good program to read the agreement and tell you if it contained crap.from a legit site .called EulAlyser
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

You can save created Data,music,your IE favorites MYDocuments ,e-mails ,Addressbook ect ect . and stuff you downloaded from the net ,but not installed programs[you will need to re-install them after the format ] to the partition ,there is a lot of work to a re-install of windows ,mostly reinstalling all you programs ,as for drivers ,make sure you have the disks that came with computer or download needed drivers from the net and save to D:\

for shutdown ,right click on the desktop ,new /shourtcut icon , and put this info in the first field when asked ,sorry i don't know the restart one

%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00

Hi, this PROGRAM will show you what chipset your board has

If yo udo ALT+CTRL+Del ,go to processes ,what one is using all the cpu

well i cant be bothered and i just wanna install xp but will my comp get mess'd up and also how can i make it stop crashing??

if you don't know what you are doing then expext the worse when you do try to install windows xp over windows 2000,good luck ,just put the winxp cd in anf boot computer ,have fun

how do i uincrease my RAM

Take computer to computer shop and have them determine what type of ram is in it,and add some for you .

it has 256mb RAm is that alright??

that will work ,but more is better ,you should get at least another 128 meg installed

actually like gonehere is saying ,not likely explorer.exe ,because windows will not work right with out it .

ohh i got bout 18.5gb free..is that enough

Your confusing ram memory with Hard drive storage memory .
right click on my computer /properties ,and it will show how much ram you have .

you may/will need you windows cd in the rom for this ,
go to start/run type in SFC /SCANNOW ,not the space between C /

ok i have windows 2000 and want to install xp over it and would like step by step intruscstions and also is it safe to do that......

how muc memory du i need to intall xp aswell?how much memor will it need???

no such thing as 100% safe doing a upgrad with any version of windows .
memory ,i reccomend anthing over 256meg ,over 300 best .
.check this site for info on upgrading different window versions,
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/upgrade.php

try dragin and dropping the icon on the start button in regular mode so its there in safe mode .

????? HOW DO I CREATE A NEW USER??? Its Weird in that the SHOW QUICK LAUNCH IS CHECKED IN THE TASK SETTINGS.....

To the person who said use the ZIP FILE, WHICH ZIP FILE should I use ?

the easiest fix is the one on the site in the link in my last post .

It obviously has thermal paste on it, and what plastic are you talking about? The one that covers the CPU? If I didn't remove that I wouldn't have a machine right now! And my fan is way too quiet, 2250-2300 RPM, it never spins faster then that.

Right on ,go forth and prosper !
Your the one here looking for help ,just offering some things to check that some people miss ,The computer will run with the protective plastic tape left on the heatsinc ,just run hot!!I've seen lots of new computers built with out thermal paste!!
I certinaly didn't mean the hard plastic packaging that the item was shipped in !

when you are checking the cpu fan to see if its working and remove to make sure it has thermal grease on it ,also make sure they removed the protective plastic off the bottom of the heatsinc

give this a try
Restore show desktop

when I open windows task manager on windows xp, I am not able to view cpu memory usage and also other buttons on task manager on the top are missing.Also close window button is missing on task manager. please help

should be just a simple double click of the mouse on the large blank area along the bottom next to end task button .

its in a temp folder go there and delete the content of the temp folder .
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [x07Nr3.exe] d:\documents and settings\paul\local settings\temp\x07Nr3.exe
(This one is suspicious)

You could fix these as they are only rescource hogs and not need in startup
O4 - Global Startup: Office Startup.lnk = D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA.EXE

O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Find Fast.lnk = D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\FINDFAST.EXE

is the motherboard compadiable with the cpu you are using !!
cold be a bus speed jumper on the board set wrong ,board may be overclocked to high

might i suggest .!
Good Read

Run at least 2 of these !
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

i've done both and its still not made a adifference also my internet explorer is running real slow, like if i type an address in the address bar it takes ages to load yet when i do it through my homepage google it displays straight away.
Sp2 won't download.

Basically i got my computer back from the factory today so it was completely bare so i connected it to the internet to install sp2, avg virus scanner, and ad-aware then all these problems started.

Would a anti hijacker help? coz that was sorted out my comppter last year when i had loads of probs.

If you mean it only had winxp ,and no security updates ,you mostlikely go the blaster worm .try the removal tool here
Microsoft

a bunch of X's after upgrade for me !!?)

it maybe gone because you are using style xp ,as indicated here .
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [STYLEXP] C:\Program Files\TGTSoft\StyleXP\StyleXP.exe -Hide

might i suggest ;
Run at least 2 of these !
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

EDIT : download ans run the foLLowing also .
Go
Here and Get Trojan-Hunter Fully working trial! and run a full scan

I agree that this discussion should be carried forward to help all of us! I am using IE and FF and don´t know what to do about the problem you have found. I hear that IE is full of holes and now that FF has a major flaw, what are we to do?

I say dont be so paronide and keeb using what everone you want ,setup some security and all be ok! check the links in my signature !!software tools ,for free security software

All that did for me was displayed some of the page code for pages I'd visited. Not a single thing that I'd entered from the keyboard was displayed, no matter how many times I tried.

I type a search for google in one tab ,opened the test page in another tab ,and clicked on the test and it showed what i typed in google ,i clicked test 3 times and it showed the google results ,and on the 3rd one firefor erooredand closed down .

Go
Here and Get Trojan-Hunter Fully working trial! and run a full scan
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To remove trojans there is a tool which needs to be downloaded and run.

1. Please download Stinger and save it to your desktop

2. Double-click on the stinger.exe file and open the tool

3. Choose your entire hard drive to scan.

4. Choose Scan Now

5. Stinger will fix anything that it finds

6. Click the File menu and select Save report to file

7. Post the log file results here in this thread.

STINGER

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Reboot to SAFE mode to delete files
How to start computer in safe mode

Please delete your temporary files by deleting all files and folders that are in those folders (do not delete the temp folder itself) like for example
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\
C:\Temp\
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp\
Also delete your Temporary Internet Files, be sure to also select delete all offline content.

Do a virus scan Please do an online scan, 2 would be better,

Micro World http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Make sure that you choose "fix" or "clean".

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Download then unzip and run CWShredder to clean up clicking "FIX" to have it remove all it finds.

CWShredder available from these places :-

Nor do I :), but somebody will. All you get in IE and Opera are X's instead of letters and digits.

Ok ,I just checked it with IE and its all X's ,but with firefox it actually says a lot about what im doing right now on the net .names and web addresses and other info ,Interesting !
I think i will install SuSe linux one of these days !! and give up on windows .!!:)

Test your Firefox (or other browser) here.

Keystrokes made whilst using FF can apparently be seen because of this exploit. Change those passwords I would be doing if I used Internet banking with FF.

Ok ,but i don't understand the info in the field when i click on the test now link ??????

a few things in you log ,still that are releated to Securi IE,do you have the mcafee filre wall by chance.Mcafee firewall info

StopZilla makes the open to debate kist .I personally would remove it and everything releated to it from my computer .
http://castlecops.com/CLSID.html

Hi ,im mean to go to another computer and download the program from the net ,not through you email .just go to www.google.com and search hijack this .download it and copy it to disk !
as for you restore if you can go to
Feb ,then try that .

unless you are living in some remote area ,it shouldn't really be that hard to go to another computer and download ,hijackthis and a few other programs to fix your problems
You say you went back to march 12 ,did you try going back further !

i attacheced a file to this post download it or someone with you email address maile it to you ,outlook should let it through ,and right click on it and change the extention .TXT to .EXE

why didn't you get adaware or spybot ,there free and do a better job .

I went to tools and then options and then security and every other spot there in options and I did not see a single thin that even looked like a box for attachments to be accepted even if harmful. If their is another name for attachments i dont know It. I tried to go over everything that mentions IE and downloads that would let things go through.

Sorry ,im using outlook express,anyway i have outlook and there is noting in securitys like express ,but in tools ,did you check rules and see if you have something set in there to stop certain file types .