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Boots up, but can't open a thing afterwards
My son uses windows 98.
Recently after he boots up he has not been able to open my computer or any programs. He can get into safe mode. Could the problem be corrected from there? Please help; he wants to use my pc. Thanks |
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Boots up, but can't open a thing afterwards
"Sue" wrote:
My son uses windows 98. Recently after he boots up he has not been able to open my computer or any programs. He can get into safe mode. Could the problem be corrected from there? Please help; he wants to use my pc. Thanks Boot the computer in Safe Mode and then use Start - Run - MSCONFIG Go to the Startup tab and uncheck everthing that is loading at Startup except for: ScanRegistry LoadPowerProfile (2 entries - both are needed) TaskMonitor. Make a list of all of the items that you unchecked. Shut down and restart the computer normally. It should now start up okay. WARNING:: Your antivirus software is no longer being loaded at startup. Do not go onto the Internet, download email, etc. until the antivirus protection has been loaded and is fully operational. Post the list of the startup items that you unchecked back here and we will look it over for possible culprits. If the computer still does not start up okay in normal mode then that indicates that there is likely a hardware related issue with some accessory device or other. Post the results back here, including the complete text of any error messages, if it does not start up normally. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Boots up, but can't open a thing afterwards
First of all I'd like to thank you Ron. My son's computer is working much better, however he is still unable to use his digital camera. Will rechecking Kodak EasyShare Software solve that problem? Here is the list of items unchecked: Taskbar Display Controls Reminder Yahoo pager System Tray AtiCwd 32 Atikey HPScan Patch Primax 3-D mouse EAPCIsetup hpsysdrv vsecomrexe Keyboard manager Winamp agent System tasks When U Save Dpi real Tray KodakCCS Stillimage Monitor IEDriver Pcsv Bart Station PPCRunonce slmss Mwsvm fash aqadcup Create CD Scheduling agent Vshwin32exe TweakICO ENCMonitor updater Pagoo reminder Scan Soft Product Registration Webshots Microsoft Works Calendar Reminders Reboot Kodak EasyShare Software Kodak Software updates Thanks again Sue -----Original Message----- "Sue" wrote: My son uses windows 98. Recently after he boots up he has not been able to open my computer or any programs. He can get into safe mode. Could the problem be corrected from there? Please help; he wants to use my pc. Thanks Boot the computer in Safe Mode and then use Start - Run - MSCONFIG Go to the Startup tab and uncheck everthing that is loading at Startup except for: ScanRegistry LoadPowerProfile (2 entries - both are needed) TaskMonitor. Make a list of all of the items that you unchecked. Shut down and restart the computer normally. It should now start up okay. WARNING:: Your antivirus software is no longer being loaded at startup. Do not go onto the Internet, download email, etc. until the antivirus protection has been loaded and is fully operational. Post the list of the startup items that you unchecked back here and we will look it over for possible culprits. If the computer still does not start up okay in normal mode then that indicates that there is likely a hardware related issue with some accessory device or other. Post the results back here, including the complete text of any error messages, if it does not start up normally. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." . |
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Boots up, but can't open a thing afterwards
You have a number of adware/spyware programs in that list. I suggest that you
re-enable all in msconfig, but do NOT reboot. This is so the entries can be correctly delete when you run the tools listed below. Then with all programs and windows closed, run the programs below, in the order given. Obviously you must download them first and install those that require installation. Update your anti-virus app and then run a full-system virus scan. Use CWShredder, the CoolWeb removal tool, available he 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/viewforum.php?f=30 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/ In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix it. The folks there will tell you what to remove. See the "housekeeping" you should complete before you post your log: http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075 A tutorial for using Hijack This is located he http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ 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 "Sue" wrote in message ... First of all I'd like to thank you Ron. My son's computer is working much better, however he is still unable to use his digital camera. Will rechecking Kodak EasyShare Software solve that problem? Here is the list of items unchecked: Taskbar Display Controls Reminder Yahoo pager System Tray AtiCwd 32 Atikey HPScan Patch Primax 3-D mouse EAPCIsetup hpsysdrv vsecomrexe Keyboard manager Winamp agent System tasks When U Save Dpi real Tray KodakCCS Stillimage Monitor IEDriver Pcsv Bart Station PPCRunonce slmss Mwsvm fash aqadcup Create CD Scheduling agent Vshwin32exe TweakICO ENCMonitor updater Pagoo reminder Scan Soft Product Registration Webshots Microsoft Works Calendar Reminders Reboot Kodak EasyShare Software Kodak Software updates Thanks again Sue -----Original Message----- "Sue" wrote: My son uses windows 98. Recently after he boots up he has not been able to open my computer or any programs. He can get into safe mode. Could the problem be corrected from there? Please help; he wants to use my pc. Thanks Boot the computer in Safe Mode and then use Start - Run - MSCONFIG Go to the Startup tab and uncheck everthing that is loading at Startup except for: ScanRegistry LoadPowerProfile (2 entries - both are needed) TaskMonitor. Make a list of all of the items that you unchecked. Shut down and restart the computer normally. It should now start up okay. WARNING:: Your antivirus software is no longer being loaded at startup. Do not go onto the Internet, download email, etc. until the antivirus protection has been loaded and is fully operational. Post the list of the startup items that you unchecked back here and we will look it over for possible culprits. If the computer still does not start up okay in normal mode then that indicates that there is likely a hardware related issue with some accessory device or other. Post the results back here, including the complete text of any error messages, if it does not start up normally. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." . |
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