Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-05 Thread Luther
I've used it, and still do. It's a good program. -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi) BioBeast '82 300CD (176 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine Quoting Rick Knoble

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-05 Thread kaleb
I tried doing a reinstall last night. It would hang up installing devices, restarted computer, install restarted, if finally made it thru installing devices, then was on installing network. Left it sitting, this morning, still on installing network. Cant even get install to work it seems.

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-05 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Mon, 5 May 2008 13:29:11 - (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only concern it, since Im running NTFS, will I be able to pull files out of different users my documents or will it give me a access denied. If you have admin privileges, you shouldn't have problems with that. Craig

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Jeff Zedic
The reason for the page size increase is the huge amount of graphics, scripts and annoying ads. The best thing you can do if you've got kids getting at the machine is to create a separate login account just for them. You retain administrator rights and they can't install anything without your

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Harry Watkins
Ditto Bob, you spoke for me also. Looking forward to hearing some tips on speeding things up. I read on a friends blog that about ten years ago, most pages consisted of only about ??? bits, bits or whatever, now they have more than ??? bits. A huge change, says he. Let me know if you have any

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Rick Knoble
I seem to remember once going to something like msconfig or something like that and seeing a list of all the stuff that should be running in the background and being amazed at all the crap that was running. I vaguely remember deselecting stuff and performance improved. Can anyone tell me

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread LarryT
check the amount of free spae on the hard drive - less than 30% free and it starts to have trouble fnding the space it needs to move files around. A virus is always a possibility - Lots of other possibilities - I assume you are running MS-XP? Have the latest versions uploaded and installed?

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Russ Williams
Bob, Start by going to this web site: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ Next open up the Run Command [ Start Run ] Type in msconfig Click OK. When System Configuration Utility opens up click on the Start Up Tab On the Left hand column you will see a list of commands Start at the top and

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Im thinking about just trying to do an install over my current install and see what happens. Not wipe it and start from scratch, but just do an overlay so to speak, see if it cleans something up. Looks like I ahev got rid of all my spyware, have no viruses, but I still cant get IE to work,

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 04 May 2008 16:53:29 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im thinking about just trying to do an install over my current install and see what happens. Not wipe it and start from scratch, but just do an overlay so to speak, see if it cleans something up. If you mean

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Scott Ritchey
List Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background Im thinking about just trying to do an install over my current install and see what happens. Not wipe it and start from scratch, but just do an overlay so to speak, see if it cleans something up. Looks like I ahev got rid

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Russ Williams
Bzzt Wrong You can install Widoze over the top of it self. The problem you will run into is the New install doesn't touch the Registry files so if there is junk in the Registry it will remain. Kaleb try using the Registry in CCleaner to get rid of the crap left behind. I'll send you a

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Yea, you can do an install over an install, I have done it many times. I have done the uninstall/install on IE and firefox and has not solved the problem. I wonder if the spyware scan missed something too. Craig McCluskey wrote: On Sun, 04 May 2008 16:53:29 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Thanks. I have run cccleaner often. And again since the problem has occured, that has not fixed it. Yea, send that program you are talking about, maybe it will help. Thanks, Kaleb Russ Williams wrote: Bzzt Wrong You can install Widoze over the top of it self. The problem you

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Sun, 04 May 2008 18:01:30 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea, you can do an install over an install, I have done it many times. I tried doing that at work recently but found no way to do it. Guess I must have missed something. I have done the uninstall/install on IE and

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread dave walton
Boot from the install CD and select the Install Windows option. If it finds an existing installation, it will then ask if you want to Repair it. If you select the first Repair option, it takes you to the recovery console. -Dave Walton On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Right now I am running in safe mode. Launched IE 7 and it would not connect. It had some deal I could click on something about joining some diagnostic something or other. I clicked it, said I have a problem with my winsock catalog something or other and do I want to reset it. I clicked yes,

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
no good, same problem Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Right now I am running in safe mode. Launched IE 7 and it would not connect. It had some deal I could click on something about joining some diagnostic something or other. I clicked it, said I have a problem with my winsock catalog something

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Rich Thomas
There is some command at the 'run prompt that will reset your IP stack, IPCONFIG or something like that? Maybe it got corrupted and IE is all ferklempt. --R Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: no good, same problem Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Right now I am running in safe mode. Launched IE 7 and

Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background

2008-05-04 Thread Robert Rentfro
to Linux. This pig is blazing fast now. This was a productive Sunday. Thanks smart guys. Bob R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Williams Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer