pc hang(windows XP)

Hello everyone. I have a compaq presario 5080us desktop pc, windows XP professional, Intel celeron processor, 797MHZ; 160mb ram.
when I bought it, it came with windows me, and 128mb ram.
I've had this pc for about a year. When I upgraded, I formatted my harddrive, and did a clean install. I also added another formatted hd with no OS on it; I just use it for storage space. I've had problems off and on with stability issues; but now it's at the point where I wanna smash the whole thing (LOL) Well, over the course of time things just gradually got worse; now I can't access certain services like helpctr.exe, as well as a few other exe files. Whenever I try to do a system restore, the only date that is available (always) is the same date that I'm trying to do the actual restore.
As of recent, my internet service wouldn't work (I have DSL), and whenever I try to repair it (start-connect to-> show all connections) I get a message "repair attempt failed" cause: flushing ARP cache ", I didn't use my pc for about a week, and all of a sudden my internet service worked again, thus eliminating the need for a repair operation. Now, for my latest problem, my pc continually hangs, and it takes about 5-10 minutes for a program to load up, a folder to open, or a right-click gesture.It also takes an extremely long time for boot-up/shut-down, and if I try to close a program, I usually get an end now prompt, followed by a send error report prompt. I've ran just about every antivirus and spyware/adware program I can think of. I've found a few bugs ie;spyware and adware. I have run a few of those "so called" memory booster programs to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you guys for taking the time out to help us out. <PEACE>

 

You don't have enough memory to run XP properly. I think that's the heart of your problem.

 

I agree with surferdude2 about your having too little memory. 256Mb minimum, 512Mb much better, 1Gb wonderful. So while there are some other things to check and probably to fix, they will only do so much for you.

- free space on the OS drive: you absolutely need at least 10% free for NTFS and 20% free for FAT32. More is better but you gotta have that much.

- with your XP install CD in the drive, click on start => run, key in

Code:

sfc /scannow

and OK. It should run pretty quickly and not tell you much unless you check the event log entry it will have made but any damaged or missing system files will be replaced with good copies.

- click on start => run, key in CMD and OK. Then

Code:

chkdsk c: /r

and answer yes to letting it run the check disk at next boot then reboot.

- move your all of your pagefile except 10Mb from the system drive to your data drive if there is room. See the picture.

- after the reboot from the pagefile manipulation, defrag.

 

ok...

I'm gonna do it right now, I'll repost when I'm done.
Thanx!

 

I tried...

I put in my xp cd, it self booted, and I exited out. i ran scannow, and I got a prompt for the cd. I keep on hitting retry, and I get the same prompt over and over again.

 

P.S.- Why do my posts appear across the screen, Instead of line
by line?

 

Do you have a regular XP CD or one of the 'recovery' CDs that come with some systems like DELL and others?

Not sure what you mean about the way your posts display. They look fine to me.

 

I have a regular windows xp cd.
actually, I found a way to get around the cd issue.
I took the I386 folder straight from the disk, put it in my c: directory, and
changed my source directory in regedit.
I ran scannow, restarted my pc, and now, I have an install icon next to my clock. When I hover over it, it says, TSA installer 100% complete.
What is this, and why can't I find it when I do a file and folder search.
I also ran hijack this, and here is a copy of my startup log.
Maybe this will shed some light.

StartupList report, 11/23/2004, 10:33:40 AM
StartupList version: 1.52
Started from : C:\Documents and Settings\mike millions\Desktop\HijackThis.EXE
Detected: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
Detected: Unable to get Internet Explorer version!
* Using default options
==================================================

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\netdde.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\cisvc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe
c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsescn.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows AdControl\WinAdCtl.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\clipsrv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\SRNMIC~1\SOLOSENT.EXE
C:\Program Files\Steganos Internet Anonym Pro 6\sia.exe
C:\Program Files\hopster\hopster.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsrte.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\pctspk.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\tcpsvcs.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\vssvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MsPMSPSv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmadmin.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\tsm2.exe
C:\Program Files\Steganos Internet Anonym Pro 6\sseagent.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\ts2.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\cidaemon.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\mike millions\Desktop\HijackThis.exe
C:\Program Files\Opera7\opera.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

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Checking Windows NT UserInit:

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
UserInit = C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

UpdReg = C:\WINDOWS\UpdReg.EXE
Jet Detection = "C:\Program Files\Creative\SBLive\PROGRAM\ADGJDet.exe "
NvCplDaemon = RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
VSOCheckTask = "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask
VirusScan Online = "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe "
MCAgentExe = c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
MCUpdateExe = C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcupdate.exe
TkBellExe = "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
SoloSentry = C:\PROGRA~1\SRNMIC~1\SOLOSENT.EXE
Windows AdControl = C:\Program Files\Windows AdControl\WinAdCtl.exe

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Autorun entries from Registry:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

SIAPRO6 = "C:\Program Files\Steganos Internet Anonym Pro 6\sia.exe" /booting
hopster = C:\Program Files\hopster\hopster.exe
Tsa2 = C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\tsm2.exe

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Shell & screensaver key from C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI:

Shell=*INI section not found*
SCRNSAVE.EXE=*INI section not found*
drivers=*INI section not found*

Shell & screensaver key from Registry:

Shell=Explorer.exe
SCRNSAVE.EXE=*Registry value not found*
drivers=*Registry value not found*

Policies Shell key:

HKCU\..\Policies: Shell=*Registry value not found*
HKLM\..\Policies: Shell=*Registry value not found*

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Enumerating Browser Helper Objects:

(no name) - C:\Program Files\iMesh\iMesh5\iMeshBHO.dll - {00000000-6CB0-410C-8C3D-8FA8D2011D0A}
(no name) - C:\WINDOWS\nem220.dll (file missing) - {00000010-6F7D-442C-93E3-4A4827C2E4C8}
(no name) - C:\WINDOWS\localNRD.dll - {00320615-B6C2-40A6-8F99-F1C52D674FAD}
(no name) - C:\WINDOWS\systb.dll (file missing) - {01F44A8A-8C97-4325-A378-76E68DC4AB2E}
(no name) - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}
(no name) - c:\windows\ngpw34.dll - {2D7CB618-CC1C-4126-A7E3-F5B12D3BCF71}
(no name) - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F}
(no name) - c:\windows\ngsw31.dll - {E9147A0A-A866-4214-B47C-DA821891240F}
(no name) - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msbe.dll (file missing) - {F4E04583-354E-4076-BE7D-ED6A80FD66DA}

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Enumerating Task Scheduler jobs:

McAfee.com Update Check (MUSIC-mike millions).job

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Enumerating Download Program Files:

[{15AD4789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6}]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\WinAdCtlX.dll
CODEBASE = http://public.windupdates.com/get_f...175db52f3fd8:a2c609657aedc26a0559c58055eaf1e3

[WUWebControl Class]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuweb.dll
CODEBASE = http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...ls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1100576223123

[Update Class]
InProcServer32 = C:\WINDOWS\System32\iuctl.dll
CODEBASE = http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/CAB/x86/unicode/iuctl.CAB?38171.6313888889

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Enumerating ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad items:

PostBootReminder: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
CDBurn: C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
WebCheck: C:\WINDOWS\System32\webcheck.dll
SysTray: C:\WINDOWS\System32\stobject.dll
UPnPMonitor: C:\WINDOWS\System32\upnpui.dll

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End of report, 6,373 bytes
Report generated in 1.943 seconds

Command line options:
/verbose - to add additional info on each section
/complete - to include empty sections and unsuspicious data
/full - to include several rarely-important sections
/force9x - to include Win9x-only startups even if running on WinNT
/forcent - to include WinNT-only startups even if running on Win9x
/forceall - to include all Win9x and WinNT startups, regardless of platform
/history - to list version history only

 

Well, at a guess your TSA icon is either

"To backup a Novell server, one must run a Target Service
Agent (TSA) "

Or the game that lives in C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa
and is being fired off by
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\tsm2.exe
or
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\ts2.exe

With the minimum system you have, there is lots of stuff running at boot time that you don't need and really don't have the resources to run unless needed.

Take a look at Black Viper's web site and the detailed info on startup stuff.