I have installed and am running Avast with no problems. What do you suggest in the way of an anti-spyware program? I was running spyware doctor...
Might be more to it than that. I notice that the computer now does not get hot. There is a lower setting for the fan that runs almost constantly,...
Thanks, mcslc. Actually I am going to let things ride for now. The bios update seems to have done something. The fan is staying cool and has not...
OK... I just updated the bios, but what do you mean by "dell's power software "? I am not sure what that is.
Now I have watched the event happen while monitoring Everest sensor, which displays and updates the CPU temp. I noticed that shortly after bootup...
OK... I just watched it happen in PE. The processes that run most seem to be system:4, services.exe, svchost, and spoolsv.exe. There is also a...
Tom - One of the first things I did when this first started to happen was to open the laptop up and clean out the fan and adjacent parts. I found...
Process PID CPU Description Company Name System Idle Process 0 65.13 Interrupts n/a Hardware Interrupts DPCs n/a 0.66 Deferred Procedure...
process explorer log Process PID CPU Description Company Name System Idle Process 0 98.46 Interrupts n/a 0.77 Hardware Interrupts DPCs...
I have a program called Everest (lavasys) that can generate pretty comprehensive reports on hardware, etc. Should I upload one and if so, what...
tasklist does not work From a command prompt, when I type the command you specify, I get the following result: 'TASKLIST' is not recognized as an...
system info System - Dell Inspiron 9400 Processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz Processor Speed 1.69 GHz Memory (RAM) 1024 MB Operating...
I am posting this problem here at Broni's request. I have been having a problem with my Dell laptop for about a week now. When I start up, it runs...
ok... 2.5 hours and it is still saying 3% complete with one tick in the progress bar. It is going very slowly... not stopped dead, since it...
AVP tool running very slowly At 23 minutes the autoscan is still only 3% done. Is this ok?
latest HJT log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:08:58 AM, on 12/6/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)...
latest malwarebytes scan log Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.42 Database version: 3303 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer...
I followed your instructions to the letter and I have SUPERantispyware running... but very slowly. It has been running for 9.5 hours thus far and...
hijackthis.txt Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:44:16 PM, on 12/3/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)...
Combofix.txt ComboFix 09-12-02.08 - Robert Mickelsen 12/03/2009 19:50.4.2 - x86 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition...
Separate names with a comma.