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Message posted by davyboy on 22�February�2006 at 10:13am - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

davyboy

Corfu

Hi Roseanne If you go to the my computer icon and right click a window will open. go to properties and left click another window will open then in general it will say System, Registered to and computer can you tell me what it says under System and Computer.

Davyboy.

Message posted by sandyaway on 22�February�2006 at 11:37am - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

sandyaway

Corfu

Roseanne I think the thing you could do that would speed your machine most, apart from making sure that you hav'nt got spyware lurking, would be to increase your memory. 256 these days is very much too small.
Also, dl a free registy cleanup tool. Your registry is bound to be full of unneccessary junk! Isn't windows wonderful!
Make sure you back up the registry before you do anything, however, or you may as well reinstall everthing from scratch and get a clean start.

Message posted by Dennis on 22�February�2006 at 11:48am - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Dennis

Roseanne

Now I have seen your report I suspect part of your problem is not enough memory. All the Windows XP system files and background processes (including AV software) use enormous amounts of memory BEFORE you start actually doing things. Close down any programmes you are working on and hold down CTRL...ALT...DELETE then click on Processes. Now look at Mem Usage to see what I mean !!

With modern software 256 MB is not enough to do much on your computer..and if you multitask ???. Extra memory is relatively cheap at present and if you use your computer for digital photos , music, games etc then get as much fitted as you can afford.

First I suggest running an online Virus scan from www.kaspersky.co.uk which will report on any bad files which have hidden themselves from other AV software which you run from your computer ( a common trick of viruses). It only tests but you can print out the report and then take advice on sorting out any problems. Then go for more memory.

Dennis

Message posted by Sailor on 22�February�2006 at 2:16pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Sailor

I agree entirely. Windows XP recommends more than 256mb memory. In addition to the above, your HD is quite small for what you are using it for, 20Gb, when most are in excess of 80Gb and upwards.

I was getting very similar problems Roseanne, a few months ago. With some help, I decided to have a PC made for me to my specifications. 160GB HD, 1Mb RAM, top notch graphics, audio, video cards, and much more. Made to measure so to speak, and it cost �400. If your happy with your screen, keyboards, printers etc, all you need is a PC.

Just a thought Roseanne.

Yammas, Chris.

Message posted by Roseanne on 22�February�2006 at 4:32pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Roseanne

Corfu

KASPERSKY ON-LINE SCANNER REPORT
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:30:50 PM Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Kaspersky On-line Scanner version: 5.0.78.0 Kaspersky Anti-Virus database last update: 22/02/2006 Kaspersky Anti-Virus database records: 167282

Scan Settings
Scan using the following antivirus database	standard
Scan Archives	true
Scan Mail Bases	true

Scan Target	My Computer
A:\ C:\ D:\ E:\ F:\

Scan Statistics
Total number of scanned objects	40564
Number of viruses found	6
Number of infected objects	518
Number of suspicious objects	0
Duration of the scan process	00:49:59

Message posted by Roseanne on 22�February�2006 at 4:38pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Roseanne

Corfu

dcakeb......

WHAT A SHOCKER!! AND I THINK THIS SCAN IS CORRECT...THE WORRYING THING IS IF THE COMPUTER PROTECTION I HAVE ISN'T IDENTIFYING THEM...HOW DO I GET RID OF THEMMM....

Message posted by Dennis on 22�February�2006 at 5:36pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Dennis

Roseanne

I think the Kaspersky web-site gives you the opportunity of sending the report and asking for advice.

If not, a very helpful place to go is the Forum on Castle Cops where you can ask advice and probably be invited to submit your results so they can be scrutinised. http://www.castlecops.com/f66-Virus_Prevention.html

The Kaspersky test is quite severe and possibly picks up files that other companies do not class as real viruses ...possibly the same with infected files..so don't worry unduly. Many of those files you will just be able to delete but check first in case they are important system files.

Some new viruses get into your computer past out-of-date AV software and then change that software to not recognise it even after you update it. So occasionally an online scan is recommended.

The report probably gives you the opportunity to click on the name of each virus name and read more about it. If not type the names of the 6 viruses (one at a time) into Google and you should then be able to find some details on any AV company's website (they usually call them different names )

If they are genuine viruses and you have done any backups onto CDs etc then make sure you scan them all.

Dennis

Message posted by Roseanne on 22�February�2006 at 5:37pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

Roseanne

Corfu

Isn�t IT great what we can learn from one another? I�m a great believe in this when learning how to do things on a computer�� I am your willing student�lol

I am going to delete all quarantine files on my Anti software (which doesn�t amount to the bad files Kaspersky look for)� Then I�ll use Kaspersky to scan again,,,just in case its picking some of these infected, files up from there�

..This might be what�s causing the problem.

But as you all said the memory or to upgrade this computer needs to be done�

Let see if, it hits back with the same amount��god I hope not�

Ad-Aware

AVG

Spy sweeper

Zone alarm I�ve deleted. it started to cause some problems�I�ll reinstall it later. And try again with it�

Secretmaker�

Firewalls

I feel as if I�ll on the right track..so that�s good..

Message posted by sean on 22�February�2006 at 6:15pm - IP Logged Legal Disclaimer

sean

Corfu

try this it may help

a small program to down load ccleaner

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

sean

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