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[usckk]

Burn it.

[SequSpur]

I tried the restore also. It runs through the whole process and then restarts and comes back up with an error saying that it didn't work.

Also..... when you click on the task manager, it has all kinds of stuff running for some reason and it seems like the computer is just being taken over by something.

[timvp]

Yeah same ish happened to me one time. You have to stop programs from starting when you turn on the computer. Is this XP?

[SequSpur]

Yes. XP. Its about 2 years old. Its a Dell, I doubt if its covered. I ran adaware and it had 300 problems with that. I ran the antivirus program and it had 20 viruses on it and ran the spybot and it had 6 issues with that.

The only thing that is left to do is to fix this computer and fire my night shift. lol. Its funny.. I have women that work with me all day and there are no problems and then in the morning when I go in after the guys have left, there is porn and casino all over one of my computers. Typical.

[timvp]

Do a START > RUN ... and then type in 'msconfig'.

Then go to the tab called 'Startup' and uncheck everything that you don't need to startup when the computer is turned on. After you do that, restart the computer. Nothing extra should startup and then you can run adaware to get out any left over crap.

Then do a system restore and it's smooth sailing.

That will be $35. Payment due at next GTG.

Late.

[SequSpur]

I'll check it in the morning and we'll see.

Late.

[baseline bum]

Also, empty your \Windows\Prefetch folder.

The way I used to do it is to use the task manager, and then look up every process I didn't know on google, and then get rid of the BS. Also, doing a scan of all the executables and and dynamic link libraries is a good idea, using dir /o:d *.exe and dir /o:d *.dll to list all the files in order of their creation (usually your viruses will be among the newest files). \Windows and \Windows\System32 are the folders most bull is stored in for XP and 2000 (except its \Winnt instead of \Windows in 2000 or in XP if it was upgraded from 2000 or NT) and in \Windows and \Windows\System in ME and 98. Doing a scan using regedit is preferable to using msconfig.exe IMO, but you have to know your way around the registry or you can totally your system.

[Useruser666]

format c:

[mouse]

Bring your HD and a 12 pack I will fix it.