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| Thread ID: 48811 | 2004-09-01 23:03:00 | Laptop Fan and Processor Running All The time | Winston001 (3612) | Press F1 |
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| 268117 | 2004-09-02 04:26:00 | There's a lot of suspicious stuiff there. "Microsoft Corporation" is notorious for loading packages which are security threats, and they often do it without asking. Some of this malware even loads any time the computer is on, not even connected to the Internet. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 268118 | 2004-09-02 04:36:00 | Hi Winston, have you loaded service pack 2 for XP yet? | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 268119 | 2004-09-02 04:37:00 | D'Oh! Consider my question revoked :) | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 268120 | 2004-09-02 05:38:00 | Not yet Andrew. One problem at a time :D Thanks Metla. I realise this takes peoples time so I am trying to do what I can myself. Disabled Startup items using Spybot (I assume the same result through msconfig if I used that?) No change. I'll try Diagnostic Startup and see what happens. Currently I have to force my PC to shutdown by holding the power button down for 10 seconds. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 268121 | 2004-09-02 05:46:00 | >> Disabled Startup items using Spybot (I assume the > same result through msconfig if I used that?) msconfig does indeed do the same thing,i have on occasion had entries in msconfig disapear after being disabled,and as such it wasn't quite so easy to re-enable them. If you do want to look in msconfig,have a look under the services tab and then click hide all ms services,this will then display services created by other programs (norton for instance drops about seven of them babies in there and doesn't remove them when uninstalled) Having said all that,i do believe your current problems are futher under the hood then the basic stuff i have just covered. I presume you have made back-ups of your data,if not then now is a good time to do so..... |
metla (154) | ||
| 268122 | 2004-09-02 07:47:00 | That fast.exe if its still in your system isnt part of XP (well its not on mine XP SP2). It maybe spyware as below. www.2-spyware.com |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 268123 | 2004-09-02 07:52:00 | Oops unless u use something like powertoys, which also uses fast . exe by the looks of it . BUT wouldnt that run from a program folder not system32? |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 268124 | 2004-09-02 08:56:00 | > Oops unless u use something like powertoys, which also uses fast.exe by the looks of it. > > BUT wouldnt that run from a program folder not system32? No, it looks like it belongs in System32. It might pay for Winston to check that he does actually have Fast User Switching enabled though, just in case. If there is only one user on his computer it would be better turned off. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 268125 | 2004-09-02 08:59:00 | > The only significant change to my system was at the weekend when I edited the Registry (based on MS advice) to enable my password to be retained in OE. It worked. Out of interest, if it were me, I would be be undoing that registry edit to see if it is the cause of your problem. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 268126 | 2004-09-02 09:14:00 | > C:\Program Files\Citrix\ICA Client\ssonsvr.exe What's this entry Winston? Are you on a thin client set-up? |
andrew93 (249) | ||
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