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Thread #118476 Message #2562420
Posted By: Gurney
10-Feb-09 - 12:12 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Another another Problem
Subject: RE: Tech: Another another Problem
Ok.
40gig jumpered to 32gig. (It did contain 29.something but I've removed some video. Now about 19gig. Still very suspicious about that quantity.
Temporary files emptied.
CA antivirus, uninstalled, reinstalled, updated, run. Works OK, seemingly. Spybot, run. Ad Aware, run.
Intel 2.6., howebrew. Desktop. 512meg. XP pro. I didn't backup, but I have Restored to December, long before any trouble. So far, trouble noticed opening (opening only, not using) certain web programs, but whilst using Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter, so troubles are offline. I don't have a Restore disk, and the Windows XP disk won't overwrite because XP has come so far from the original installation. The (possibly) offending software has long gone, as far as Remove Programs and Find can tell. The download was from a Mirror I've used before. I am not sophisticated enough to understand what Ctrl/Alt/Del is telling me, but nothing obvious except ZoneAlarm and antivirus.
I have pals who know more than me about hardware, (consulted, "Might be the Harddrive!" but not software. There are professionals I've used (I live in a city) but I generally fix the bloody thing myself. Eventually. Sometimes with extreme measures, such as a VERY thorough formatting. I'd just like some ideas before I go to extremes. Chris.