Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Pretty cool little program to download at the bottom of the page. http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1256 Caveats, YMMV My 2¢ Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
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. Restarted it this morning, so will see what it does. Think Im just gonig to buy a hard drive and start frmo scratch. 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. 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 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, and it now wants to restart computer. So, Im fixing to restart my computer. HOPEFULLY this was my problem. If I am never heard from again, you will know what happened. dave walton wrote: 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 PROTECTED] wrote: 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 firefox and has not solved the problem. I wonder if the spyware scan missed something too. You never know ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
How can I, the biggest computer maladroit any of you know, figure out what should be running on this machine when it is turned on? One issue: It is lately stupid slow (it is, btw, an HP Pavilion 555y), lots of freezing up (program not responding). Another is it takes almost four minutes on start up before you can do anything and those four minutes are spent with the hard drive churning non-stop, little light full on. Another issue: the kids somehow got my space, my space messenger, windows live messenger, aim, and something else to open every time I start this machine. I have to sit and wait until they are done with their gyrations to close them.and this is after I have to wait the initial four minutes. I'm running Spysweeper with the virus protection. It finds lots of crap every time it does a sweep. Doesn't seem to help performance, however. 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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Lots of questions but I'm a computer special needs guy solidly on the tech short bus. Thanks Bob R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 approval. This will also not run their crap when you want to use it. How full is the hard drive? Is it making any noise? When was the last time you defragged? When was the last time you ran scandisk to check for errors? How much RAM do you have? Most of those kiddie programs, AIM etc. start automatically. Right click on their ico in the bottom right corner and open them. Go into options and unclick start when windows starts or whatever wording they use. Check in the main menu/start for other programs listed there. Personally I'd swap to a Linux distro. All those messenger progs can be handled with ONE messenger prog in Linux. The distros out now are painless and intuitive. They run miles better than MS junk. You really won't notice the difference much after the first week. I think the user accounts and passwords are the best resolution. Perhaps a clean install? I can walk you through any changes you need to make if you want to phone me. It's easy stuff. Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 more computer questions, as you can see, I'm hip. Harry On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I, the biggest computer maladroit any of you know, figure out what should be running on this machine when it is turned on? One issue: It is lately stupid slow (it is, btw, an HP Pavilion 555y), lots of freezing up (program not responding). Another is it takes almost four minutes on start up before you can do anything and those four minutes are spent with the hard drive churning non-stop, little light full on. Another issue: the kids somehow got my space, my space messenger, windows live messenger, aim, and something else to open every time I start this machine. I have to sit and wait until they are done with their gyrations to close them.and this is after I have to wait the initial four minutes. I'm running Spysweeper with the virus protection. It finds lots of crap every time it does a sweep. Doesn't seem to help performance, however. 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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Lots of questions but I'm a computer special needs guy solidly on the tech short bus. Thanks Bob R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Pretty cool little program to download at the bottom of the page. http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1256 Caveats, YMMV My 2¢ Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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? Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:12 AM Subject: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background How can I, the biggest computer maladroit any of you know, figure out what should be running on this machine when it is turned on? One issue: It is lately stupid slow (it is, btw, an HP Pavilion 555y), lots of freezing up (program not responding). Another is it takes almost four minutes on start up before you can do anything and those four minutes are spent with the hard drive churning non-stop, little light full on. Another issue: the kids somehow got my space, my space messenger, windows live messenger, aim, and something else to open every time I start this machine. I have to sit and wait until they are done with their gyrations to close them.and this is after I have to wait the initial four minutes. I'm running Spysweeper with the virus protection. It finds lots of crap every time it does a sweep. Doesn't seem to help performance, however. 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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Lots of questions but I'm a computer special needs guy solidly on the tech short bus. Thanks Bob R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 one by one use the Search feature at the Bleeping Computer web site and use the recommendations they give for turning off the programs. WARNING DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR ANTI-VIRUS By mistake :-) . When you finish Click the Apply Button on the Bottom. Windoze will tell you You'll Need to Reboot. Reboot You will get a Dialog Box Stating you Have Changed Start up settings. There is a Check box that says not to show again. Check the Box and click Ok. Also there is a good, and best of all FREE, program to get rid of the Temp Internet files and other Crap on Your system. Originally named Crap Cleaner it has been renamed CCleaner can be found at: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds Download the Slim Version It doesn't have that darn Google Search bar included. Good Luck Any questions contact me here or off line at the above address. Russ W. Tech Committee Cajun Clickers Computer Club http://www.clickers.org/ Robert Rentfro wrote: How can I, the biggest computer maladroit any of you know, figure out what should be running on this machine when it is turned on? One issue: It is lately stupid slow (it is, btw, an HP Pavilion 555y), lots of freezing up (program not responding). Another is it takes almost four minutes on start up before you can do anything and those four minutes are spent with the hard drive churning non-stop, little light full on. Another issue: the kids somehow got my space, my space messenger, windows live messenger, aim, and something else to open every time I start this machine. I have to sit and wait until they are done with their gyrations to close them.and this is after I have to wait the initial four minutes. I'm running Spysweeper with the virus protection. It finds lots of crap every time it does a sweep. Doesn't seem to help performance, however. 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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Lots of questions but I'm a computer special needs guy solidly on the tech short bus. Thanks Bob R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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 of all my spyware, have no viruses, but I still cant get IE to work, and firefox only works when it wants to. Russ Williams wrote: 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 one by one use the Search feature at the Bleeping Computer web site and use the recommendations they give for turning off the programs. WARNING DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR ANTI-VIRUS By mistake :-) . When you finish Click the Apply Button on the Bottom. Windoze will tell you You'll Need to Reboot. Reboot You will get a Dialog Box Stating you Have Changed Start up settings. There is a Check box that says not to show again. Check the Box and click Ok. Also there is a good, and best of all FREE, program to get rid of the Temp Internet files and other Crap on Your system. Originally named Crap Cleaner it has been renamed CCleaner can be found at: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds Download the Slim Version It doesn't have that darn Google Search bar included. Good Luck Any questions contact me here or off line at the above address. Russ W. Tech Committee Cajun Clickers Computer Club http://www.clickers.org/ Robert Rentfro wrote: How can I, the biggest computer maladroit any of you know, figure out what should be running on this machine when it is turned on? One issue: It is lately stupid slow (it is, btw, an HP Pavilion 555y), lots of freezing up (program not responding). Another is it takes almost four minutes on start up before you can do anything and those four minutes are spent with the hard drive churning non-stop, little light full on. Another issue: the kids somehow got my space, my space messenger, windows live messenger, aim, and something else to open every time I start this machine. I have to sit and wait until they are done with their gyrations to close them.and this is after I have to wait the initial four minutes. I'm running Spysweeper with the virus protection. It finds lots of crap every time it does a sweep. Doesn't seem to help performance, however. 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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Lots of questions but I'm a computer special needs guy solidly on the tech short bus. Thanks Bob R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 86 560SL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
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 installing Windows over a current installation, you can't do that (You could on a Mac even 10 years ago ... ) Looks like I ahev got rid of all my spyware, have no viruses, but I still cant get IE to work, and firefox only works when it wants to. Those you can remove (Add/Remove Software on Control Panel) and then reinstall. I'd still be wondering if there were something the anti-spyware/virus software missed. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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My experience trying to fix issues after a PC has been hosed isn't good. What has worked for me is: 1. Get a good-sized external USB drive and save all your personal files on it (pretty much everything in C:\Documents and Settings\Username) 2. Get a disk image backup program like Acronis. 3. Blow away everything on the old hard drive and reinstall the OS from scratch or a use the system restore CD/DVD if one came with your PC. 4. Make sure you have working firewall and anti-virus programs running. 5. Connect to the internet and get all the patches from MS, probably will require several iterations. 6. Reinstall your personal programs. 6a. Do a full image backup to the USB drive periodically in case one of your personal programs clobbers the machine again. 7. Do a full image backup after all programs installed but before loading your personal data files. This should only be a few gigs and may fit on one DVD. Save this backup to restore the PC next time instead of going through steps 1-6. 8. Copy your selected personal files from the USB drive to the Documents and Settings folder. Only copy stuff that you know what it is in case there is malware lurking. Some programs (like Outlook/Express, Mozilla, others) store mail, shortcuts, etc. in non-intuitive places and you may need to hunt for those files the first time. 9. Finally, if you have room on the USB drive, do another full image backup of the whole thing. I have found the free MS SyncToy program very useful for backing up selected data files (like email) on a daily/weekly basis providing you have an external hard drive (USB or NAS) to store it on. I also find it very convenient to create an applications folder on an external drive (USB or NAS) with subfolders for each of my personal software applications (and text files for associated keys). This makes reinstallation very fast compared to finding and swapping all those installation DVD/CDs. This worked fine for everything except Roxio Easy CD/DVD Creator 6 which fatally messed up the drive letter mapping when I installed it from my NAS. A final note, when I travel with a notebook PC, I find an external 2.5 in USB drive VERY convenient. It is smaller than the equivalent stack of CDs I would need to carry and I can easily copy email and other data from my desktop PC to the USB drive and then copy the updated files back to the desktop after the trip. These drives are reasonably priced now and much cheaper than a new notebook with a bigger hard drive. Scott Ritchey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 17:53 To: Mercedes Discussion 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 of all my spyware, have no viruses, but I still cant get IE to work, and firefox only works when it wants to. Russ Williams wrote: Bob, ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 program off line that may repair your Internet connection. Russ W. Craig McCluskey wrote: 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 installing Windows over a current installation, you can't do that (You could on a Mac even 10 years ago ... ) Looks like I ahev got rid of all my spyware, have no viruses, but I still cant get IE to work, and firefox only works when it wants to. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 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 installing Windows over a current installation, you can't do that (You could on a Mac even 10 years ago ... ) Looks like I ahev got rid of all my spyware, have no viruses, but I still cant get IE to work, and firefox only works when it wants to. Those you can remove (Add/Remove Software on Control Panel) and then reinstall. I'd still be wondering if there were something the anti-spyware/virus software missed. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 86 560SL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 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 program off line that may repair your Internet connection. Russ W. Craig McCluskey wrote: 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 installing Windows over a current installation, you can't do that (You could on a Mac even 10 years ago ... ) Looks like I ahev got rid of all my spyware, have no viruses, but I still cant get IE to work, and firefox only works when it wants to. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 86 560SL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 firefox and has not solved the problem. I wonder if the spyware scan missed something too. You never know ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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 PROTECTED] wrote: 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 firefox and has not solved the problem. I wonder if the spyware scan missed something too. You never know ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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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, and it now wants to restart computer. So, Im fixing to restart my computer. HOPEFULLY this was my problem. If I am never heard from again, you will know what happened. dave walton wrote: 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 PROTECTED] wrote: 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 firefox and has not solved the problem. I wonder if the spyware scan missed something too. You never know ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 86 560SL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
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 or other and do I want to reset it. I clicked yes, and it now wants to restart computer. So, Im fixing to restart my computer. HOPEFULLY this was my problem. If I am never heard from again, you will know what happened. dave walton wrote: 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 PROTECTED] wrote: 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 firefox and has not solved the problem. I wonder if the spyware scan missed something too. You never know ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 86 560SL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
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 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, and it now wants to restart computer. So, Im fixing to restart my computer. HOPEFULLY this was my problem. If I am never heard from again, you will know what happened. dave walton wrote: 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 PROTECTED] wrote: 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 firefox and has not solved the problem. I wonder if the spyware scan missed something too. You never know ... Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] O.T. Computer Trauma/Stuff Running in Background
To hell with lousy geeky computer forums, you guys are, as the kids say, bomb. Thanks Russ for this link. I was able to get rid of MANY things that were running at startup. I heeded Wilton's and Rick's advice and it helped also. Zedic made a great deal of headway in people's efforts to convert me 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 Trauma/Stuff Running in Background 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 one by one use the Search feature at the Bleeping Computer web site and use the recommendations they give for turning off the programs. WARNING DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR ANTI-VIRUS By mistake :-) . When you finish Click the Apply Button on the Bottom. Windoze will tell you You'll Need to Reboot. Reboot You will get a Dialog Box Stating you Have Changed Start up settings. There is a Check box that says not to show again. Check the Box and click Ok. Also there is a good, and best of all FREE, program to get rid of the Temp Internet files and other Crap on Your system. Originally named Crap Cleaner it has been renamed CCleaner can be found at: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds Download the Slim Version It doesn't have that darn Google Search bar included. Good Luck Any questions contact me here or off line at the above address. Russ W. Tech Committee Cajun Clickers Computer Club http://www.clickers.org/ Robert Rentfro wrote: How can I, the biggest computer maladroit any of you know, figure out what should be running on this machine when it is turned on? One issue: It is lately stupid slow (it is, btw, an HP Pavilion 555y), lots of freezing up (program not responding). Another is it takes almost four minutes on start up before you can do anything and those four minutes are spent with the hard drive churning non-stop, little light full on. Another issue: the kids somehow got my space, my space messenger, windows live messenger, aim, and something else to open every time I start this machine. I have to sit and wait until they are done with their gyrations to close them.and this is after I have to wait the initial four minutes. I'm running Spysweeper with the virus protection. It finds lots of crap every time it does a sweep. Doesn't seem to help performance, however. 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 how to get to that list and what I should have running and how to get rid of the crap? Lots of questions but I'm a computer special needs guy solidly on the tech short bus. Thanks Bob R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
