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"My Computer" problems
I am running Windows 98 SE and had some virus problems. I
have hancled the virus problems but I am now having problems with the "My Computer" icon. When I double-click it, it feezes my desktop. If I startup my computer I can run everything normally but as soon as I double-click the icon it feezes. It also freezes when I try to open windows explorer. Has anybody come accross this problem, and if so, can you tell me how to fix it? Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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"My Computer" problems
(1) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is indicated. (2) Over-install IE. Try first without, but I believe it will request an internet connection. Perhaps it is best to let it connect, actually. If you don't care to get this fancy, just skip to step (c). (a) Turn off interfering programs. Use http://www.pcmag.com/ 's "StartupCop" or "EndItAll2". Or "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". Note what is unchecked, if anything. Then, go to the General tab & disable the entire Startup Group, by clicking "Selective.." & unchecking "Load Startup...". Reboot. (b) Perhaps, if you haven't got EndItAll2, then "Ctrl-Alt-Del" & end task all but Explorer & Systray. If this goes badly, start again from top, & skip it next time. (c) "START, Find, F/F, IE6Setup.exe". Click it in the Find window. NOTE: If you are IE5, then it's "IE5Setup.exe". If there are more than one (I have two each), click the one in "C:\WINDOWS\Windows Update Setup Files" or "C:\Windows Update Setup Files", as applicable. (d) Re-enable the Startup Group. That will automatically check all items. Go to the Startup tab & uncheck any noted in step (a). Reboot. (e) Perhaps go to Windows Update, to see whether it now offers criticals. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "John" wrote in message ... | I am running Windows 98 SE and had some virus problems. I | have hancled the virus problems but I am now having | problems with the "My Computer" icon. When I double-click | it, it feezes my desktop. If I startup my computer I can | run everything normally but as soon as I double-click the | icon it feezes. It also freezes when I try to open | windows explorer. Has anybody come accross this problem, | and if so, can you tell me how to fix it? Any and all | suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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"My Computer" problems
You have probably not handled *all* the malware problems, as this is a symptom of
some newer variants. Follow this complete procedu Update your anti-virus app and then run a full-system virus scan. Use CWShredder, the CoolWeb removal tool, available he http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe http://aumha.org/downloads/cwshredder.zip In addition, install Ad-Aware 6 free edition, start it, click its 'Check for Updates' link in the app to install updates, then use it to scan your system, and remove what it finds. Ad-Awa http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ Install, update and run SpyBot Search & Destroy, scan your system, and then remove the items in RED only. SpyBot S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations: http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or similar). Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet. Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums: http://forum.aumha.org/ http://forums.net-integration.net/ http://computercops.biz/forums.html http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=30 http://tomcoyote.org/forums/ http://www.lavasoftsupport.com http://boards.cexx.org/ The folks there will tell you what to remove. A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ and an in-depth tutorial is he http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm Additional reading: Dealing with Hijackware http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html and http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "John" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98 SE and had some virus problems. I have hancled the virus problems but I am now having problems with the "My Computer" icon. When I double-click it, it feezes my desktop. If I startup my computer I can run everything normally but as soon as I double-click the icon it feezes. It also freezes when I try to open windows explorer. Has anybody come accross this problem, and if so, can you tell me how to fix it? Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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