Re: Computer dying - help needed please


Bob wrote:
"Tommy McClure" <tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com> wrote in message
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Bob wrote:
"Tommy McClure" <tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com> wrote in message
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Bob wrote:
I am using a borrowed laptop with very limited recouces in both
memory and HD size. It is running Windows 2000 and always has
been running very slow which is understandable. In the last
couple of weeks it has become virtually unsuable. Without going
into to much detail, I have not been able to get any ad/spy ware
programs to run (they hang up in various spots, some will not
start at all. AVG anitvirus found nothing wrong (after taking
about 10 hours to rum - 10 Gig HD). Trand Micro's online virus
check hung up on the following file all of last night. Does this
name mean anything to anybody? Sound like it has something to do
with an OE6 inistall. Any suggestions?

C:\winnt\$NtUninstallKB937143-IE6SP1-20070717.120000$\spininst

Thanks... Bob

You can probably clean that old laptop up if your friend is
interested. See this page on pc cleanup. http://tinyurl.com/2dzahq
, a bit old, but most principles still apply. [W2000 and above
have no scandisk programs included. It was determined that all MS
file systems are completely foolproof since WME and scandisk is no
longer needed. You can do, a disk check under disk properties /
tools / error checking [very simple check] ]
Don't forget Crap Cleaner "ccleaner", which automates much of the
cleanup that you used to do manually.

Tommy

One of the 1st things on the list is get rid of spyware. This is
one of the things that concerns me the most, I can't get one of
those programs to check anything. Spybot freezes while saying
"initializing scan", Adaware freezes with the message "scanning
process waiting for scanner". Might a virus be causing this? As I
said AVG found nothing and Trend Micro freezes up.

Bob

your laptop probably [very probably] is overloaded with unnecessary
crap programs. Things like hp printer and Adobe Reader update checks
and quick starts for mozilla or Adobe Reader. You probably won't be
able to do a proper scan unless some of those programs are unloaded
from memory, even if temporarily. I see this everyday. You probably
don't have enough memory either making this even more important.
10Gb should be enough if there's at least 1gb of free space. Also,
configuration of Spybot is important as well as using the very very
latest version. Some of the newer updates are not compatible with
the older main program files. This is important with adaware too. I
got rid of my Trend Micro stuff, AVG does just as well, costs less,
and is more ram efficient. Also scans with AVG are best in Safe
mode. This way trojans still being used can be deleted. Otherwise
you get a message "can't delete: file in use"

This link may help
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/security/spyware/spybot/ setup
and use of Spybot including scheduling automatic scans



I think you are probably right. I'll work om it from that angle.

Bob

here' s a couple of links to programs that somewhat automate the process /
startup programs

http://iknowprocess.com/ very nice process / startup manager real freeware

http://www.answersthatwork.com/TUT_pages/TUT_information.htm The Ultimate
Troubleshooter TUT startup manager process viewer $30 or trial ver limited
to 10 uses.

These would make process identification much easier. They both do very
similar things. The TUT is the best but costs $30 / a few features are
disabled for the trial version, which is still very useful.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/home_page.htm The home page for TUT, includes
a link to a very much more easy to use list of processes under "Task
Manager"


Tommy



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