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Posted by rjdriver on August 26, 2007, 12:25 pm
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>> "Tommy McClure" <tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> Bob wrote:
>>> > "Tommy McClure" <tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com> wrote in message
>>> >>
>>> >> 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
>>
>>
>
> Regarding Tommy's excellent advice, did you check to see how much free
> space is left on the drive? If it's not 2-3 GB, you (or the owner) should
> free some up. (Temp Internet files is good place to start). If there is
> enough, check the virtual memory setting and see if the owner has limited
> it in some way:
>
> Right click My Computer. Choose Properties, select the Advanced tab
> and under Performance, click the Settings button. Click the Advanced
> button, and under Virtual memory, note what the paging file size is. If
> it's 2GB or more, close the window. If it's less, hit the Change button
> and see if Custom size is checked. If it is, and there is more free space
> available than is designated, change it to System managed size, click OK,
> and close all the windows. Restart and see if things speed up a bit. If
> there isn't any extra free space, then you are back to making some. This
> is all assuming you feel you have the freedom to do this on someone else's
> system, of course.
>
> Once you have enough virtual memory, it it's still running slow, then
> look at programs running at start up, and you don't need to download any
> programs to get a pretty good idea what's going on. Start, Run, type in
> "msconfig". Choose the Start Up tab and take a look at what's checked.
> Here's where it gets a bit dicey if you don't know what you're doing, and
> also because it's not your computer. And MS didn't make it easy as they
> limit the size of the overall window. But you can scroll and widen the
> columns, which you'll need to do to be sure what each entry is, and
> program it's attached to.
>
> Don't uncheck anything you're not sure of, but look for obvious things
> like Real Player (RealPlay), Quicktime(qttask), etc. These do not need to
> run at start up. Open the command column to see the full path to help you
> decide what's what. If he uses an instant message program, it might be
> there. Turn it off for now. He can reset it to autostart later if he
> wants. Don't uncheck anything to do with the video card or chip, and
> leave alone anything that sounds like anti virus, anti spyware or
> firewall.
>
> Once done here, restart and see if your anti spyware apps will run
> better. And as someone else said, you should run them in Safe Mode.
>
>
> Bob
>
On second reading, I realized you had Windows 2000, which does not come with
msconfig, but you can download it here:
http://www.techadvice.com/specs/files_dl.asp?fnid=3398288
Bob
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