I have a few problems.. possibly caused by Trojan.. but .. the one that begins withe start up..
an Error message.. windows cant find . and then it display's 5 little boxes.. <I dont know how to put the character here.. >
then after closing that display.. it comes up with another that has .. 3x as many boxes. and it recommends I remove them from the registry
windows xp accidentally set an item as a desktop item on my computer how can I remove it?
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Quote: Scan subsection: System drivers
Entries found: 2
Entries:
Entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesCreative Service for CDROM
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In registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall "
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WMPNSCFG.exe of Windows Media Player 11 Will NOT DIE!!!!
I have done the following:
1. disabled it in MSCONFIG
2. checked it in SERVICES.MSC and it is disabled
3. ran highjack this and removed the 04 wmpnscfg.exe from the list
4. Deleted wmpsncfg.exe and the wmpnssci.dll from the cprogram fileswindows media player.
and the thing still is in msconfig startup after i opened and closed Windows Media player,so has anyone been able to totally remove this crap form startup?
I use WMP for everything but dont need all that other crap running i dont even have a network cable connected to my pc.
dose anyone know of a good all in 1 media player i could try instead?
No wonder you need a newer pc to run windows Vista, Microsoft puts so much crap in there programs and OS that even when its disabled or windows says it is ....... it still runs !!