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

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.
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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.

"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)

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
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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

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

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

You are Welcome, Richard.

--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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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.