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1209191 2011-06-14 05:38:00 OK, so i ran "Autoruns for Windows" from the microsoft site, so i could stop a few things from booting up (a few ATI entries for my old video card which refused to go away).

I restarted my pc, and it now gets to the welcome screen, it stays there for a minute, then my screen is black with a cursor, and then finally after a while my desktop loads.

Also my internet connection has stopped connecting, and Cometbird will not open.

I have re-ticked the sutff i unticked, and restarted, but to no luck.

Now Cometbird and the internet driver will most likely just need reinstalling, but how can i fix this issue and get my pc starting up extremely quickly like it used to just 20 minutes ago?
goodiesguy (15316)
1209192 2011-06-14 05:45:00 O noes! Can you just do a system restore?

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
1209193 2011-06-14 05:48:00 Im restoring to yesterday. fingers crossed goodiesguy (15316)
1209194 2011-06-14 05:52:00 What else is in startup. Use ccleaner then go to tools / startup. Click on save to text file bottom right. Copy and paste the text in that to here somehow.

Same for whats installed. Tools / uninstall
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1209195 2011-06-14 05:55:00 I just did system restore (luckily it was turned on!) back to yesterday.

When it restarted it had a boot error, and insert system disc.

powering off the pc, turning it on and checking in the bios fixed this.

I started it up, and system restore has successfully fixed my pc.

Cometbird is working, so is my internet.

I now have faith in system restore, i never thought it could fix issues like this.

I must do a backup of my stuff though, as the most recent backup is from april.

EDIT: the Damn ATI thing has shown up again in task manager. how do i get rid of it? as msconfig doesnt remove it. If it helps i will figure out the name of it, as its conflicting with my new card.
goodiesguy (15316)
1209196 2011-06-14 05:57:00 Oh, cheers, glad it worked for you!

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
1209197 2011-06-14 06:02:00 Delete the entry in startup with ccleaner If your new videocard isnt ATI (its Nvidia) uninstall the ATI drivers Speedy Gonzales (78)
1209198 2011-06-14 06:05:00 The ATI Drivers are uninstalled, it's just this one file called "Ati2evxx.exe" which won't go away. goodiesguy (15316)
1209199 2011-06-14 06:12:00 Delete its entry with ccleaner then. You did uninstall it right. You didnt delete its folder without uninstalling it first? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1209200 2011-06-14 06:52:00 Yes i did uninstall it, but for some reason, that one file still seems to be there and starting up. goodiesguy (15316)
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