The system file check should not have taken much time to run. The fact that it did indicates additional problems somewhere. Try this:...
Sorry - stuff came up and I won't get a complete analysis of your HJT log for a while. Maybe even not tonight so if anyone else has time, feel...
Hi Dan and welcome to the forum. The Hijackthis log is better like this than as an attachment. But based on your user status showing as...
Did you run the tool from safe mode? If not, you should try it. There is other stuff, not related, that also needs to go away. Get Ad-aware...
I notice you have Musicmatch and I'm about 99.9% sure that an issue with it is triggering ShellIconHiddenWindow. (note that you are seeing Shell...
Make sure Ad-aware and Spybot are updated then boot to safe mode and run them. They should remove enough stuff from there that you can run them...
Have you emptied your TIFs (temporary internet files) and history? If yes and still slow, get Hijackthis (quicklinks in my signature), after...
Dude - that makes you either Gandalf or Harry Potter. Which ever one, I'm impressed.
The others probably feel like I do at this point. Posts #14, #15, #18 all say for you to put Hijackthis into a normal folder of it's own and...
Boot to the recovery console (good article at the online M$ help site on doing that). Try the fixboot utility from the recovery console.
You can certainly use the XP install CD to upgrade to XP over an existing ME install. And if you put the CD in while you are in the ME gui, it...
The raw dump file won't be much good but if you follow the instructions in This thread by Joe Hobart, you will get an analysis file that will be...
Hi sniper and welcome to the forum. XP usually does well by simply upgrading a clean system (no spyware/viri/etc.) from an earlier OS. The one...
Ben may not be back on the forum this weekend but usually every week day in the evenings.
Check for any errors or warnings (both system and application logs) that happened at freeze time. Open any that look possible and read the detail.
The file is safe to delete. You need to turn System Restore off, reboot, and turn it back on after all cleaning is done. Safe Mode boot - on...
Move Hijackthis.exe to a normal folder. Maybe create a new one for it like c:\hjt or c:\program files\antispyware or something. Leaving it on...
Go to add/remove and if you have BarginBuddy installed, remove it. Download and update both ad-aware and spybot (see quicklinks in my...
What notifications, exactly?
Thanks mailman. Linda1627 - Answers should be on your reply in the security section (and there is more appropriate for this problem I think).
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