Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Holy S*** good computer advice from Antonucci.(see-give a woman a pizza..and she will want more pizza-teach her how to bake.. well you get the idea.) Generally, a logical way to approach operating system problems is as follows- 1. Remove any recent programs, drivers et cetera that might have caused operating system issues. 2. Sure, go ahead and try a system restore from a previously saved point. 3. Sure, go ahead and run anti-viral/anti-spam software and see if that works. Ultimately however especially with windows Xp that has been on your computer for a few years, you will get the best results by reformatting your hard drive and reinstalling the operating system. (I would try this first-yes the hard drive can be a problem but he was nothing by trying to reinstalling operating system) I have a number of copies of windows XP and Vista I can send anyone who wishes-Microsoft lately usually does not give anyone a hard time that I have found by reinstalling and re registering the software. Windows 7 is a different story-I usually purchase my window 7 on Newegg.com ( " oem software " )-it's usually reasonably price.-building computers over the last 15 years and I can talk most people through the reinstallation process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Hi Lou,I would like a copy of windows XP. ThanksSangeetha Holy S*** good computer advice from Antonucci.(see-give a woman a pizza..and she will want more pizza-teach her how to bake.. well you get the idea.) Generally, a logical way to approach operating system problems is as follows- 1. Remove any recent programs, drivers et cetera that might have caused operating system issues. 2. Sure, go ahead and try a system restore from a previously saved point. 3. Sure, go ahead and run anti-viral/anti-spam software and see if that works. Ultimately however especially with windows Xp that has been on your computer for a few years, you will get the best results by reformatting your hard drive and reinstalling the operating system. (I would try this first-yes the hard drive can be a problem but he was nothing by trying to reinstalling operating system) I have a number of copies of windows XP and Vista I can send anyone who wishes-Microsoft lately usually does not give anyone a hard time that I have found by reinstalling and re registering the software. Windows 7 is a different story-I usually purchase my window 7 on Newegg.com ( " oem software " )-it's usually reasonably price.-building computers over the last 15 years and I can talk most people through the reinstallation process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Sangeetha- e-mail me your address lspikol@... I will get it to you. > > > ** > > > > > > Holy S*** good computer advice from Antonucci.(see-give a woman a > > pizza..and she will want more pizza-teach her how to bake.. well you get the > > idea.) > > > > Generally, a logical way to approach operating system problems is as > > follows- > > > > 1. Remove any recent programs, drivers et cetera that might have caused > > operating system issues. > > 2. Sure, go ahead and try a system restore from a previously saved point. > > 3. Sure, go ahead and run anti-viral/anti-spam software and see if that > > works. > > > > Ultimately however especially with windows Xp that has been on your > > computer for a few years, you will get the best results by reformatting your > > hard drive and reinstalling the operating system. (I would try this > > first-yes the hard drive can be a problem but he was nothing by trying to > > reinstalling operating system) > > > > I have a number of copies of windows XP and Vista I can send anyone who > > wishes-Microsoft lately usually does not give anyone a hard time that I have > > found by reinstalling and re registering the software. > > > > Windows 7 is a different story-I usually purchase my window 7 on Newegg.com > > ( " oem software " )-it's usually reasonably price.-building computers over the > > last 15 years and I can talk most people through the reinstallation process. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Remember when I used to cry for hrs after every IMPphone call?... Holy S*** good computer advice from Antonucci.(see-give a woman a pizza..and she will want more pizza-teach her how to bake.. well you get the idea.) Generally, a logical way to approach operating system problems is as follows- 1. Remove any recent programs, drivers et cetera that might have caused operating system issues. 2. Sure, go ahead and try a system restore from a previously saved point. 3. Sure, go ahead and run anti-viral/anti-spam software and see if that works. Ultimately however especially with windows Xp that has been on your computer for a few years, you will get the best results by reformatting your hard drive and reinstalling the operating system. (I would try this first-yes the hard drive can be a problem but he was nothing by trying to reinstalling operating system) I have a number of copies of windows XP and Vista I can send anyone who wishes-Microsoft lately usually does not give anyone a hard time that I have found by reinstalling and re registering the software. Windows 7 is a different story-I usually purchase my window 7 on Newegg.com ( " oem software " )-it's usually reasonably price.-building computers over the last 15 years and I can talk most people through the reinstallation process. -- MD ph fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Because of the risk of viruses it might be a good idea to have 2 computers. One that runs your EMR and another that runs everything else. It is not a disaster if lose your e-mails but your EMR is another story. We have a networked emr and no one can touch our server except to run backups. Larry Lindeman MDRoscoe Village Family Medicine2255 W. RoscoeChicago, Illinois 60618www.roscoevillagefamilymedicine.com Remember when I used to cry for hrs after every IMPphone call?... Holy S*** good computer advice from Antonucci.(see-give a woman a pizza..and she will want more pizza-teach her how to bake.. well you get the idea.) Generally, a logical way to approach operating system problems is as follows- 1. Remove any recent programs, drivers et cetera that might have caused operating system issues. 2. Sure, go ahead and try a system restore from a previously saved point. 3. Sure, go ahead and run anti-viral/anti-spam software and see if that works. Ultimately however especially with windows Xp that has been on your computer for a few years, you will get the best results by reformatting your hard drive and reinstalling the operating system. (I would try this first-yes the hard drive can be a problem but he was nothing by trying to reinstalling operating system) I have a number of copies of windows XP and Vista I can send anyone who wishes-Microsoft lately usually does not give anyone a hard time that I have found by reinstalling and re registering the software. Windows 7 is a different story-I usually purchase my window 7 on Newegg.com ("oem software")-it's usually reasonably price.-building computers over the last 15 years and I can talk most people through the reinstallation process. -- MD ph fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Ron, Dell uses the Motherboard and certain identifiers on it as you license with MS, so the word is supposed to be, that all of the OS's they shipped in the last few years with at least most XP and Vista machines were their own Custom yet "Generic" discs.... No specific license numbers associated with it. Also do you still have the XP lable on the both of your machine??? That lable should have your specific code on it as well... NOW here is the catch as I was about to do a reformat on my D-830 XP Pro laptop workstation myself. There seems to be some doubts, back and forth on this in certain circles including at MS themselves, although the article there was pretty old, older than my machine by a good couple of years... That said, I got busy with other things and my machine just about cured itself some how of BSD (Blue Screens of Death) issues.... I am sort of wondering if certain updates from one software vendor to another were is serious conflict... the codes and reasons were not consistant or in the same vein, all over the map it seemed. Anyway, I never to to the bottom of this issue and some of the people I reached at Dell Tech support were less than reassuring and had no knowledge of this article I was refering to..... So I am in a holding pattern for the moment. My machine is out of warrentee as well but this issues of the BS's was never properly resolved so I am trying to hold them to it.... But if you could share with me what you learn as you try to work this it might be helpful for both of us.... So all of that said, you should be able to go to the Dell Support pages and simply download a fresh copy of XP because it is generic so there is no control or license issues with it. And with that I would bet that they would probably sell you one at a pretty reasonable price because it is not like there is a licensing fee issue to add to the price, so I would gather $15 to $25 bucks should just about do it. I even wonder if Dell users could copy and share operating system discs since again there is really no license issue in our cases.... either your motherboard is a valid registered Dell Motherboard or its not..... Lastly, I have heard that there are programs out there that can read your OS and dig out the licensing, activation codes for those that have lost them.... Hope that all sort of lays it out for you..... To: practiceimprovement1 < >Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:09 PMSubject: laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Thanks, . I will go to MS website and see about the XP OS. Ron, Dell uses the Motherboard and certain identifiers on it as you license with MS, so the word is supposed to be, that all of the OS's they shipped in the last few years with at least most XP and Vista machines were their own Custom yet " Generic " discs.... No specific license numbers associated with it. Also do you still have the XP lable on the both of your machine??? That lable should have your specific code on it as well... NOW here is the catch as I was about to do a reformat on my D-830 XP Pro laptop workstation myself. There seems to be some doubts, back and forth on this in certain circles including at MS themselves, although the article there was pretty old, older than my machine by a good couple of years... That said, I got busy with other things and my machine just about cured itself some how of BSD (Blue Screens of Death) issues.... I am sort of wondering if certain updates from one software vendor to another were is serious conflict... the codes and reasons were not consistant or in the same vein, all over the map it seemed. Anyway, I never to to the bottom of this issue and some of the people I reached at Dell Tech support were less than reassuring and had no knowledge of this article I was refering to..... So I am in a holding pattern for the moment. My machine is out of warrentee as well but this issues of the BS's was never properly resolved so I am trying to hold them to it.... But if you could share with me what you learn as you try to work this it might be helpful for both of us.... So all of that said, you should be able to go to the Dell Support pages and simply download a fresh copy of XP because it is generic so there is no control or license issues with it. And with that I would bet that they would probably sell you one at a pretty reasonable price because it is not like there is a licensing fee issue to add to the price, so I would gather $15 to $25 bucks should just about do it. I even wonder if Dell users could copy and share operating system discs since again there is really no license issue in our cases.... either your motherboard is a valid registered Dell Motherboard or its not..... Lastly, I have heard that there are programs out there that can read your OS and dig out the licensing, activation codes for those that have lost them.... Hope that all sort of lays it out for you..... To: practiceimprovement1 < > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:09 PMSubject: laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 So you think Spydococtor is the best guard? Is it antivirus or anti malware or both? Does it run all the time or do you just use it to scan? If you hide your IP address, what drawbacks are there? CAn you still use programs like LogMeIn if your IP addresss is hidden? I don't know. spybot has a free version and it's supposedly not nearly as complete as the subscription version. I use spydoctor with performance toolkit and they pull up 100 pieces of crap just about every single boot. sometimes they pick up lots of crap out of the registry on a registry scan. I'm contemplating starting to run a hide your ip address program because of all the hacking and malware out there. That might actually solve the whole problem. I'm wondering if hiding your ip address is more effective than antivirus and malware programs. It used to be that if you stuck to run of the mill websites you'd be ok an not catch something bad. but I don't think that's the case at all now. We're sending out our ip address all day long and crap is coming in all day long. that's how you get all those ads with local references. every single one of those ads seems to know exactly where you are. imagine how good the bad guys are. I caught the worst malware of my life trying to pay dues for a professional society. I haven't gone back to try to pay again because I got so spooked. I still have to pay them. It took me a week before I was anywhere close to whole. laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com ======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com ======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com ======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com ======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com ======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com ======= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I don't know whether spydoctor is the best one. It's the one I currently use. About a year to two ago I did some research and it seemed to have the best write ups. as with most things, laziness and complacency can set in and that's apparantly happened to Norton and a few others. In any event, spydoctor does run at all times including an initial scan at boot up. It seems to keep things clean. But, I would think malwarebytes would do similarly. I do remember malwarebytes having good write ups also. I assume it is running at all time too? Malware and cookies and crap are so ubiquitous that you can't just scan periodically anymore. The hiding your IP address seems to make a lot of sense. I haven't tried it yet. I don't know whether it would disable certain log-in's but I doubt it. It seems that all log-in's that I can think of are login/password dependent. WK laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17890)http://www.pctools.com======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17960)http://www.pctools.com======= =======Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.(Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17960)http://www.pctools.com======= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Update: I thought things were better after I did a check disk, rescreened with deep scan with AVG and malware bites (also spy bot, advanced care…) But still think still is bed herein: something internal has deleted my system restore points and Google searches are consistently " redirected " to other sites. And worst, the hard drive runs almost continually and CPU is occupied 90-100%. This seems to be a vicious villain. I wonder if one of the screening tools I've downloaded is actually malware in disguise. Questioning this I deleted malware bites and now cannot reload it. Because Internet Explorer was a process that often times showed high percent CPU usage I decided to uninstall and reinstall it. On install was successful but now, using Firefox, I cannot reinstall it. It seems time to reformat the hard drive unless someone has another desperate suggestion. Thanks to all who have made useful suggestions, but sadly they have not solve the problem. Doesn't it burn you that someone anonymously gets satisfaction out of providing such time wasting and frustration for unknown citizens of our wired planet? Ron, Have you tried a system restore? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:10 PMTo: practiceimprovement1Subject: laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 First: I would want someone better than I to lead you thru this but basically in safe mode or some other lower level state without the entire OS running is sometimes the best time, way to run a scan because part of what these smarter bugs do is hide as they are scanned for hiding in all the nooks and crannies of the huge OS.... I bet if you googled some of this you would get some decent answers, same with going to the MS or Dell support sites.... Two: Try Kaspersky after removing any and all other security and screening programs as Kaspersky doesn't like to share at all.... Kaspersky is what I use these days and we have been very fortunate with it keeping us pretty damn clean and safe. I'm a believer.... Kaspersky will allow you to use it for Free!!!! So you can get the most recent version and the most recent updates and go from there. The Company is owned and named after its Russian owner I believe Ivan Kaspersky and so many of these nasties comes from the eastern side of the old iron curtain.... It can't hurt, that is for sure. Many people report how the first time they install Kaspesky it finds things their old programs gave them a clean bill of health on.... Lastly, perhaps the buggers are gone but now your OS is all messed up and missing links and the like. There is a "Safe" way to re-install your OS without reformating and wiping everything out and starting from scratch all over again... But first I would try to scan with the two ideas I just mentioned above... But in the end at this point, you have spent so much time and energy attempting to chase this one down, at some point it just might be worth simply cutting your losses and go ahead with a good clean install.... Make sure you spend the extra time and step and write "Zeros" to the entire drive, which then wipes the thing really clean of all old data, so there is a nice clean slate to start laying down the new one on..... Good Luck.... To: Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:28 PMSubject: Re: laptop problems Update: I thought things were better after I did a check disk, rescreened with deep scan with AVG and malware bites (also spy bot, advanced care…) But still think still is bed herein: something internal has deleted my system restore points and Google searches are consistently "redirected" to other sites. And worst, the hard drive runs almost continually and CPU is occupied 90-100%. This seems to be a vicious villain. I wonder if one of the screening tools I've downloaded is actually malware in disguise. Questioning this I deleted malware bites and now cannot reload it. Because Internet Explorer was a process that often times showed high percent CPU usage I decided to uninstall and reinstall it. On install was successful but now, using Firefox, I cannot reinstall it. It seems time to reformat the hard drive unless someone has another desperate suggestion. Thanks to all who have made useful suggestions, but sadly they have not solve the problem. Doesn't it burn you that someone anonymously gets satisfaction out of providing such time wasting and frustration for unknown citizens of our wired planet? Ron, Have you tried a system restore? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:10 PMTo: practiceimprovement1Subject: laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I would divorce ur PC and start dating a Mac.AdolfoSent from my iPad First: I would want someone better than I to lead you thru this but basically in safe mode or some other lower level state without the entire OS running is sometimes the best time, way to run a scan because part of what these smarter bugs do is hide as they are scanned for hiding in all the nooks and crannies of the huge OS.... I bet if you googled some of this you would get some decent answers, same with going to the MS or Dell support sites.... Two: Try Kaspersky after removing any and all other security and screening programs as Kaspersky doesn't like to share at all.... Kaspersky is what I use these days and we have been very fortunate with it keeping us pretty damn clean and safe. I'm a believer.... Kaspersky will allow you to use it for Free!!!! So you can get the most recent version and the most recent updates and go from there. The Company is owned and named after its Russian owner I believe Ivan Kaspersky and so many of these nasties comes from the eastern side of the old iron curtain.... It can't hurt, that is for sure. Many people report how the first time they install Kaspesky it finds things their old programs gave them a clean bill of health on.... Lastly, perhaps the buggers are gone but now your OS is all messed up and missing links and the like. There is a "Safe" way to re-install your OS without reformating and wiping everything out and starting from scratch all over again... But first I would try to scan with the two ideas I just mentioned above... But in the end at this point, you have spent so much time and energy attempting to chase this one down, at some point it just might be worth simply cutting your losses and go ahead with a good clean install.... Make sure you spend the extra time and step and write "Zeros" to the entire drive, which then wipes the thing really clean of all old data, so there is a nice clean slate to start laying down the new one on..... Good Luck.... To: Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:28 PMSubject: Re: laptop problems Update: I thought things were better after I did a check disk, rescreened with deep scan with AVG and malware bites (also spy bot, advanced care…) But still think still is bed herein: something internal has deleted my system restore points and Google searches are consistently "redirected" to other sites. And worst, the hard drive runs almost continually and CPU is occupied 90-100%. This seems to be a vicious villain. I wonder if one of the screening tools I've downloaded is actually malware in disguise. Questioning this I deleted malware bites and now cannot reload it. Because Internet Explorer was a process that often times showed high percent CPU usage I decided to uninstall and reinstall it. On install was successful but now, using Firefox, I cannot reinstall it. It seems time to reformat the hard drive unless someone has another desperate suggestion. Thanks to all who have made useful suggestions, but sadly they have not solve the problem. Doesn't it burn you that someone anonymously gets satisfaction out of providing such time wasting and frustration for unknown citizens of our wired planet? Ron, Have you tried a system restore? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:10 PMTo: practiceimprovement1Subject: laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 My computer guy charges $75 for diagnostic and has never failed me. Isn't it time to call in a computer doctor and save you from this misery? How much time have you put into this where you could have been treating patients? Time to splurge and call the doc!Good luck, Ron. WillSent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®Sender: Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:28:08 -0500To: < >ReplyTo: Subject: Re: laptop problems Update: I thought things were better after I did a check disk, rescreened with deep scan with AVG and malware bites (also spy bot, advanced care…) But still think still is bed herein: something internal has deleted my system restore points and Google searches are consistently " redirected " to other sites. And worst, the hard drive runs almost continually and CPU is occupied 90-100%. This seems to be a vicious villain. I wonder if one of the screening tools I've downloaded is actually malware in disguise. Questioning this I deleted malware bites and now cannot reload it. Because Internet Explorer was a process that often times showed high percent CPU usage I decided to uninstall and reinstall it. On install was successful but now, using Firefox, I cannot reinstall it. It seems time to reformat the hard drive unless someone has another desperate suggestion. Thanks to all who have made useful suggestions, but sadly they have not solve the problem. Doesn't it burn you that someone anonymously gets satisfaction out of providing such time wasting and frustration for unknown citizens of our wired planet? Ron, Have you tried a system restore? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:10 PMTo: practiceimprovement1Subject: laptop problems Something has corrupted my Dell laptop: it takes 30 min to become functional correctly (VERY slow for that period). Hard drive runs 80-100%, but no processes show sigificant activity. Multiple virus/malware scans done; no better. I am considering reformatting the hard drive (vs buy new computer) but dont have a disc for the Win XP Pro that came with it. Is there a way to get a copy of this to reload? If I buy a new or different machine, any opionions on whether Vista or Win 7 would be a good replacement for the XP pro or should I seek out one with XP pro? Thanks in advance for the opinions. Ron E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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