I am using windowsXP on my laptop.After switching on my laptop, windowsXP prompt me to enter my password, and after entering the password and pressing enter,everything seems to freeze, and it takes a very long time for the desktop to appear.I scanned the system with Avast, and theres no virus found.
View 6 RepliesWhen I step away from the computer, the screensaver appears. When I return to resume working on it, the logon screen appears and I need to choose "myself" to re-enter the password. I can't remember how to set it to just continue working on the application after I "wiggle" the mouse.
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View 7 Replies View RelatedA friend of mine has been having malware problems, and I want to shut down system restore and run Ewido in safe mode. My question is, when I shut down system restore, and then turn it back on when I'm done, does it kill all restore points? Will that be a problem? Can't I just create a new one if needed? And last, won't new ones be created automatically over time? I've never done this,so I would like to be sure before I do.I probably need to stay away from this before I make a bad situation worse. She does have Avast, Ewido, Spybot,CCleaner,and Spyware Blaster. The problem is, she doesn't update or run them.I updated everything she had and ran them and everything is much better, but still a little bit slow. I thought maybe running Ewido in safe mode might get some that might be hiding in system restore. Would like to know if this is safe to do Thanks......Maggie
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I've already scanned with the microsoft spyware program and ad-aware and to no avail. I cant even change my wallpaper
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have no idea what the heck is going on. I have owned this dinosaur for 4 years and this is the first time she has let me down. The last couple of weeks when I am an in any window, ie Word, or even right now while I am typing this note, the page becomes inactive and I have to click on the page with my mouse to begin typing or make the page active again. I am running windows xp with service pack two. I really have no idea what is going on. I have scanned my computer weekly with Norton 360 and the last couple of weeks this is just getting more than annoying. I am about to throw it out the window and start all over.
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I had Norton AntiVirus 2004 Professional on my system, but Symantec refuses
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and UPS) due to a lightning strike and now I cannot reactivate or use Norton
AntiVirus 2004.
I downloaded a file (mpg) and scanned it for viruses and it was clean. I deleted the file but now I have an icon sitting on my desktop that won't delete. When I try it says: Cannot delete file, cannot read from source file or disk.I tried rebooting in safe mood and it still wouldn't delete, and of course 'system restore' didn't work.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedWhat is the read on Avast Antiviris? Any thoughts? The tech guy at Dell says its better than Norton or McaFee? and its free to download Reason I'm asking is because my McaFee has expired. Need something new..Dell Demension 3000 Windows XP
View 12 Replies View RelatedStarting about two Sundays ago (1/15), I've noticed that my laptop is painfully slow to start up (whereas it had not been before). I hadn't installed anything new (but I have installed things since). Everything goes fine, Windows starts, I get the welcome screen, that dissapears and my desktop show up but it takes at least 3 to 4 minutes before my icons and start bar show up. I just restarted now to test and it took 6 minutes. I ran Ad-Aware and scanned for virus' last Wednesday. Still crawling, but otherwise, once it starts, performance has not declined.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy computer had been running fine, but I was using Mcafee and I hated it, so I uninstalled it. Without having any antivirus software to replace it with right away. So, about a week later (aka today), my dad was helping me install a new printer when everything went crazy. It was taking forever for my computer to boot up, and then after it was 'ready' it was incredibly slow. Then it would go to a blue screen with some text on it (I wish I had written down what it said, but I didn't-something about an infection detected) and we would shut it down manually. Finally, we were able to restore the computer to an earlier date. The printer is no longer installed, but I think I still have a virus.
I just installed avast, which during a reboot it did a scan where I had lots of infected files, and several options as to what to do with them. A few of them were temporary internet files, and not thinking, I hit delete. I realized this was a bad idea, and for the infected files after that, I selected "move to chest."
I'm not sure where to go from here. A lot of them are c:system volume information\_restore... which might have something to do with why my speakers aren't working.
g'day guys,i am first time user here i have a balance digital laptop model cn4301,using windows xp-2 home edition,128mg ram,running avast anti virus latest version,superantisptware latest version,and adblocker plus,mozilla addon,problem is that browser is continually "not responding' and occasionally error message "virtual memory is low' i have just run hijack this
View 6 Replies View RelatedAvast has a whole page of awards, I use their free Anti-Virus program. Here is their clean-up tool.
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI did for a while activate the "prompt" alternative on Favorites/Tools/Internet Options/Privacy/Advanced to block unwanted cookies. Then I blocked cookies from a site that I usually visit, marking the "always." option. The result was that I was blocked from entering the site. I then reversed all of my previous actions, letting the browser deal automatically with cookies as it saw fit (greying out all the rest of the alternatives on that window), restarted the computer and returned to the site. But all I get is a pop-up saying "You must activate cookies on your browser", at various stages, sometimes after I give the password and all, sometimes as soon as the home window comes up. I repeated all the a/m actions several times, but with the same result. I have XP with SP2, IE6, Pentium d.
Any help will be appreciated - Amos.
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When I try to hibernate, I get this:
The device driver for the 'WDC WD6400AACS-00G8B0' device is preventing the machine from entering hibernation. Please close all applications and try again. If the problem persists, you may need to update this driver. That's my boot drive. It's a Caviar green. From what I've read, it's rarely a driver problem, but caused by something indirectly.
I have windows XP SP2 PemtiumIII. The computer supports standby and hybirnate mode, but comes back with error message complaining about "3D RAGE IIC AGP device preventing the machine from entering Standby". What shall I do?
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