Yup, both excellent ideas... Running CHKDSK or similar should help see if there is any damage at least. On 9 Oct 2014 16:08, "Rich Mellor" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Judging by the symptoms, you could try starting the PC up in safe mode and > see if it is any better... > > However, I bet the lightning has caused damaged to a sector or two on your > main hard disk... > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/check- > your-hard-disk-for-errors > > Rich > > > On 09/10/2014 15:51, Darren Branagh wrote: > >> Wow... that is the weirdest thing I've ever heard... >> >> I would suggest backing up everything while it's still running.. the anti >> virus must have a real foothold on the system... disabling it restored the >> system to a sort of default status with only one monitor. >> >> If booting was so slow with it disabled, it's unlikely to be that at >> fault.. >> >> No idea where to go from here, apart from running a cleaner and maybe a >> defrag. >> >> Very, very mysterious. >> >> Darren. >> On 9 Oct 2014 15:43, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> OK, that was a VERY painful experience: >>> 1. My second screen (AOC USB monitor) stopped working after disabling the >>> anti-virus (now works after re-enabling). Absolutely no idea why. >>> Shouldn't >>> be any connection between them. >>> 2. Bootup took ages - I could see the desktop icons redrawing pixel by >>> pixel, not just icon by icon. >>> 3. Windows Live Mail must have lost its index, since it claimed there >>> were >>> no emails. It seems to have rebuilt the index now and all emails present >>> and correct. >>> 4. I disabled the wireless broadband for a while but the endless hard >>> disk >>> activity just continued even when it and the antivirus were off. >>> >>> I had a look at my backup program schedule as well. It says every >>> saturday >>> and sunday daily backup fails to run or fail to complete and Monday to >>> Friday backups reported as OK. This goes back several weeks. As far as I >>> know, nothing is differently setup for weekends the antivirus and backups >>> are set the same for every day. >>> >>> Gets more and more mysterious. >>> >>> Dilwyn >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Darren Branagh >>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 2:51 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues >>> >>> Ok, so it's not a swap space issue then... >>> >>> Maybe try using msconfig to stop any of the AVG files running at startup, >>> and see does it run any better when you restart? If you do that, >>> disconnect >>> your internet access temporarily to avoid getting a virus in the interim. >>> >>> Darren. >>> On 9 Oct 2014 14:47, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> C:\ 243GB free of 453GB >>> >>>> D:\ 282GB free of 454GB >>>> backup drive 1.44TB free of 3.TB >>>> >>>> Dilwyn >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Darren Branagh >>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 2:34 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues >>>> >>>> Svchost.exe is the Windows service host, you need this :) >>>> >>>> Looks like it's the AVG antivirus acting up. How much free space do you >>>> have on the drives? >>>> On 9 Oct 2014 14:30, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The ones generating most entries are: >>>> >>>> AVGrsa.exe - presume a scan must be running even if I can't find or >>>>> stop >>>>> it (scan settings are set to 'basic' for minimal interference when >>>>> machine >>>>> is busy) >>>>> >>>>> BackupNowEZ - my backup program which I have to use as the external >>>>> drive >>>>> is over 2TB so M$ backup won't work, in theory (hah!) this is disabled >>>>> temporarily - I think! no hard disk activity even though the process is >>>>> generating a lot of entries. >>>>> >>>>> svchost.exe (not sure what this is) >>>>> >>>>> monitor.exe (less than the other three) >>>>> >>>>> There are lots more processes listed, but very few entries compared to >>>>> these. >>>>> >>>>> Looks like it's the anti-virus but what is it up to since it's on >>>>> minimum >>>>> settings and shouldn't be running at this time of day anyway (it's >>>>> normally >>>>> set to run overnight and not to run at startup if a scan has been >>>>> missed) >>>>> >>>>> Dilwyn >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Marcel Kilgus >>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 1:54 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues >>>>> >>>>> Dilwyn Jones wrote: >>>>> >>>>> No, SATA drive, with Windows in C: drive part of the hard disk, and >>>>> >>>>> everything else in D: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Okay, one more. Download and run the "Process monitor" tool from MS >>>>>> >>>>> and check if any application is generating lots of entries. This might >>>>> be a somewhat painful process on a thrashing machine, though. >>>>> >>>>> Marcel >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>>>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> No virus found in this message. >>>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>>> Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: >>>>> 10/09/14 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>>>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> No virus found in this message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: >>>> 10/09/14 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> QL-Users Mailing List >>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: 10/09/14 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QL-Users Mailing List >>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> >> > > -- > Rich Mellor > RWAP Services > Specialist Enuuk Auction Programming Services > > www.rwapservices.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
