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Defrag problem
Defrag stops with a "contents of drive have changed" message every 10
secs or so and restarts. I have stopped all processes in Task Manager except for Explorer and SysTray, Task Scheduler is paused. I have checked for viruses with today's version of Trend PC-Cillin. Scandisk checks OK. This is a new problem, Defrag used to work OK. The only other fact I have is that the machine "seems" to be running a bit slower than normal, apps seem to take longer to start and close, explorer disk reads also seem slow. Looks like something is running in the background but what? Any ideas greatly appreciated. -- Best regards Richard Crosoer |
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Richard,
I would run not only an antivirus -- but also an anti-adware/anti-spyware program like Ad-Aware, www.lavasoftusa.com See also http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm -- mainly "Prevent browser hijackings" link. -- Mikhail Zhilin http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Tue, 10 May 2005 18:47:20 +0100, Richard Crosoer wrote: Defrag stops with a "contents of drive have changed" message every 10 secs or so and restarts. I have stopped all processes in Task Manager except for Explorer and SysTray, Task Scheduler is paused. I have checked for viruses with today's version of Trend PC-Cillin. Scandisk checks OK. This is a new problem, Defrag used to work OK. The only other fact I have is that the machine "seems" to be running a bit slower than normal, apps seem to take longer to start and close, explorer disk reads also seem slow. Looks like something is running in the background but what? Any ideas greatly appreciated. |
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"Richard Crosoer" wrote in message
... Defrag stops with a "contents of drive have changed" message every 10 secs or so and restarts. I have stopped all processes in Task Manager except for Explorer and SysTray, Task Scheduler is paused. I have checked for viruses with today's version of Trend PC-Cillin. Scandisk checks OK. This is a new problem, Defrag used to work OK. The only other fact I have is that the machine "seems" to be running a bit slower than normal, apps seem to take longer to start and close, explorer disk reads also seem slow. Looks like something is running in the background but what? Any ideas greatly appreciated. Windows normally loads all sorts of stuff in the background -- which is why Safe Mode is available on demand (usually by holding down Ctrl key during reboot.) Did you try running DEFRAG in Safe Mode ? -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/defrag.html
TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS WITH DISK DEFRAGMENTER http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/scandisk.html TROUBLESHOOTING SCANDISK PROBLEMS -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Richard Crosoer" wrote in message ... Defrag stops with a "contents of drive have changed" message every 10 secs or so and restarts. I have stopped all processes in Task Manager except for Explorer and SysTray, Task Scheduler is paused. I have checked for viruses with today's version of Trend PC-Cillin. Scandisk checks OK. This is a new problem, Defrag used to work OK. The only other fact I have is that the machine "seems" to be running a bit slower than normal, apps seem to take longer to start and close, explorer disk reads also seem slow. Looks like something is running in the background but what? Any ideas greatly appreciated. -- Best regards Richard Crosoer |
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I remember reading something about leaving the Start Menu activated.
Is someone pinging you or are you a master browser? "Richard Crosoer" wrote in message ... Defrag stops with a "contents of drive have changed" message every 10 secs or so and restarts. I have stopped all processes in Task Manager except for Explorer and SysTray, Task Scheduler is paused. I have checked for viruses with today's version of Trend PC-Cillin. Scandisk checks OK. This is a new problem, Defrag used to work OK. The only other fact I have is that the machine "seems" to be running a bit slower than normal, apps seem to take longer to start and close, explorer disk reads also seem slow. Looks like something is running in the background but what? Any ideas greatly appreciated. -- Best regards Richard Crosoer |
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In article , Mikhail Zhilin
writes Richard, I would run not only an antivirus -- but also an anti-adware/anti-spyware program like Ad-Aware, www.lavasoftusa.com See also http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm -- mainly "Prevent browser hijackings" link. -- Mikhail Zhilin http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Tue, 10 May 2005 18:47:20 +0100, Richard Crosoer wrote: Defrag stops with a "contents of drive have changed" message every 10 secs or so and restarts. I have stopped all processes in Task Manager except for Explorer and SysTray, Task Scheduler is paused. I have checked for viruses with today's version of Trend PC-Cillin. Scandisk checks OK. This is a new problem, Defrag used to work OK. The only other fact I have is that the machine "seems" to be running a bit slower than normal, apps seem to take longer to start and close, explorer disk reads also seem slow. Looks like something is running in the background but what? Any ideas greatly appreciated. Looks like it was a spyware problem. I had to upgrade to Adaware SE from V6 before it found the offending item ( along with 147 others!) Thanks for the help. -- Best regards Richard Crosoer Greenway Ltd 62 Wheelers Green Thatcham RG19 4YF UK Tel: +44 1635 876500 Fax: +44 870 056 1141 E-mail: http://www.greenway.co.uk |
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You are Welcome, Richard.
-- Mikhail Zhilin http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Wed, 11 May 2005 14:14:56 +0100, Richard Crosoer wrote: In article , Mikhail Zhilin writes Richard, I would run not only an antivirus -- but also an anti-adware/anti-spyware program like Ad-Aware, www.lavasoftusa.com ... This is a new problem, Defrag used to work OK. The only other fact I have is that the machine "seems" to be running a bit slower than normal, apps seem to take longer to start and close, explorer disk reads also seem slow. Looks like something is running in the background but what? Any ideas greatly appreciated. Looks like it was a spyware problem. I had to upgrade to Adaware SE from V6 before it found the offending item ( along with 147 others!) Thanks for the help. |
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