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Thread ID: 51228 2004-11-15 01:17:00 NVIDIA graphics card problem Peter M (852) Press F1
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292247 2004-11-18 06:01:00 Tell us whats under startup in msconfig. Or take a snapshot and upload it to the PressF1 site Spacemannz (808)
292248 2004-11-18 06:29:00 > but the password in the Internet options/ connections
> is still getting changed. I have typed in a password
> 6 characters long, close the window & open it again
> straight away and the password is now 9 characters.
> Any ideas as to what is causing it and what I do
> next? There is no diallers showing in the start up.

win xp puts extra dots in the password field in order that others can't guess how many characters the password actually is. if you can still dial up to your isp with the "hijacked" password then what you have described sounds normal - it is your password with extra dots added.
viper (6375)
292249 2004-11-18 06:50:00 You seriously need to consider formatting, and reinstalling windows. It will speed up the system LOADS, plus, then you don't have to worry about spyware etc.

same as Prescott, I do my system about one a year, or if I do an upgrade.
crazy monkey (6347)
292250 2004-11-18 06:51:00 Spacemannz - the following are on the startup and all ticked:-
hpsysdrv
KBD
Rundll 32
wkfud
wksSb
wkDetect
RECQUARD
igfxtray
hkcmd
ps2
AUTOPLAY
dumprep 0-k
msmsgs
ctfmon
hp center
Peter M (852)
292251 2004-11-18 07:33:00 Hmm that igfxtray according to google has something to do with intel graphic drivers or something, BUT also says its spyware, or something that "phones home".

Untick this entry in startup. Hkcmd has something to do with igfxtray. Untick this too.

Untick those 2, then reboot. Then see what happens. I dont know what autoplay belongs to, or recquard. Theyre not in my startup.
Spacemannz (808)
292252 2004-11-18 08:09:00 a reformat is the best thing i done when i done a graphics card upgrade, cleaned it all out and is running way faster, i will do another in january just before school starts again :D Prescott (11)
292253 2004-11-18 09:43:00 Success! Now able to log onto net. The post about XP adding extra dots to my password was correct. My fault there. Was starting my password with capital - should be all small (doh) Sorry about that. Spybot removed 88 items and Adaware found another 5. Ccleaner removed 370.4Mb rubbish and found 120 issues to fix. Now running much better. Still need to tell her to get more ram. Definitely needs it. Once again thanks for the help. Peter M (852)
292254 2004-11-18 09:54:00 If it makes anyone feel better, or worse, or interested,

I have 3 Celeron 333's running Windows XP with 128MB of RAM. They run fine.

George
george12 (7)
292255 2004-11-18 20:41:00 > If it makes anyone feel better, or worse, or
> interested,
>
> I have 3 Celeron 333's running Windows XP with 128MB
> of RAM. They run fine.

but if you upgraded them to 256mb you'd notice that they'd run a whole lot better.
viper (6375)
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