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Posted by Bob on August 28, 2007, 6:54 am
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> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:03:15 -0500, Tommy McClure wrote:
>
> > 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
> SNIP ...
> >
> > 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
>
> One thing you can do simply, which may help in following some of the other
> suggestions, is to disable some of the stuff which runs automatically on
> startup.
>
> An easy way to do this is to download the sysinternals programme,
autoruns.
> Microsoft now owns the sysinternals software, but it can still be
> downloaded free. It's quite a small file and can be run simply by running
> the executable (no installation required)
>
> Click the "logon" tab and look at the list of stuff which starts
> automatically. You can disable anything you don't need just by unticking
> its entry in the list and re-starting the computer. The entries will stay
> there, and you can easily re-enable them again later if you wish.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John S
Thanks everyone. I've used many of the recommendations and thing are
looking up.
Bob
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