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Thread ID: 125509 2012-07-03 09:19:00 HiJack log Weird system problem jupiter1 (2578) Press F1
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1285616 2012-07-06 05:05:00 Speedy,
Mobo = Elite (I think) model L4S8A2
Avast has been un-installed and all reference to it removed from the registry, hijack and startup (by Ccleaner).
I can not find any reference to avast anywhere else.

Agent,
No, this install of XP has always performed well.
Had a lot of trouble updating WinXP sp2 to sp3 over the past year or so.
With Speedy's help recently I was able to update to sp3 a few weeks ago.

This "slow down" has occurred in the past week only, I think MS tried to auto d/l some more updates which may have caused this
though nothing has been installed as far as I am aware.
HDD diagnostics indicate no problem with HDD. chkdisk and surface scan appear OK.
jupiter1 (2578)
1285617 2012-07-06 05:13:00 Speedy, Mobo is made by ECS model above is correct. jupiter1 (2578)
1285618 2012-07-06 05:46:00 Use the Avast removal tool (www.avast.com)

I see it is a sis-based system. I would say this has something to do with this prob
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1285619 2012-07-06 07:00:00 I see it is a sis-based system. I would say this has something to do with this prob

Well considering he said it's been working fine until this week I would be doubtful of that.
Agent_24 (57)
1285620 2012-07-06 07:39:00 Just up dated AdAware, Spybot, Malwerabytes and ms essentials and run all 4.

No nasties found by any of them !
Run Ccleaner and defrag.
jupiter1 (2578)
1285621 2012-07-06 07:47:00 Just powered of and then re booted.

25 secs to boot issues mentioned above seem to be slightly better, time will tell, stay tuned.

MS PERSITENTLY keeps turning on Auto updates.
I PERSITENTLY keep turning them off. I dont trust MS. I have had nothing but problems with them sinc my old 286 back in 1995 !
jupiter1 (2578)
1285622 2012-07-06 07:57:00 That's strange, when I turn updates off they stay off. I prefer to do updates manually. I let it notify me of new ones automatically though. Agent_24 (57)
1285623 2012-07-06 08:25:00 That's strange, when I turn updates off they stay off. I prefer to do updates manually. I let it notify me of new ones automatically though.

Yep, that's how I like it but it don't happen that way.
25 secs to boot is good though !
jupiter1 (2578)
1285624 2012-07-06 09:37:00 25sec boot is damn good. Slankydudl (16687)
1285625 2012-07-06 09:51:00 25 sec is a bit mis-leading.
That is to the desktop being ready.
windows is doing something causing lots of HDD activity for a further 2 to 3 minutes !
jupiter1 (2578)
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