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I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of
McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please? 
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October 9th 05, 08:21 PM
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Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs:
How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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October 9th 05, 08:21 PM
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Everything is running slow
Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs:
How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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October 10th 05, 10:00 AM
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Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the windows
folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff". Deleting all these will probably clear up the slowness problem. "glee" wrote in message ... Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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October 10th 05, 10:00 AM
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Everything is running slow
Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the windows
folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff". Deleting all these will probably clear up the slowness problem. "glee" wrote in message ... Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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October 10th 05, 03:03 PM
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I've not heard of that causing anything like the slowness the OP is describing, but
all the same: OFF: How to Turn Off Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321410 OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with 'fff' Appear in Windows Folder" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221438 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the windows folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff". Deleting all these will probably clear up the slowness problem. "glee" wrote in message ... Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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Everything is running slow
I've not heard of that causing anything like the slowness the OP is describing, but
all the same: OFF: How to Turn Off Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321410 OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with 'fff' Appear in Windows Folder" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221438 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the windows folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff". Deleting all these will probably clear up the slowness problem. "glee" wrote in message ... Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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I've looked in the Windows folder & there's a shedload of files all starting
with either ffc or ffff & ending in .tmp. Could they be the problem & should they be removed? "glee" wrote: I've not heard of that causing anything like the slowness the OP is describing, but all the same: OFF: How to Turn Off Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321410 OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with 'fff' Appear in Windows Folder" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221438 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the windows folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff". Deleting all these will probably clear up the slowness problem. "glee" wrote in message ... Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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October 10th 05, 08:26 PM
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Everything is running slow
I've looked in the Windows folder & there's a shedload of files all starting
with either ffc or ffff & ending in .tmp. Could they be the problem & should they be removed? "glee" wrote: I've not heard of that causing anything like the slowness the OP is describing, but all the same: OFF: How to Turn Off Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321410 OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with 'fff' Appear in Windows Folder" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221438 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the windows folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff". Deleting all these will probably clear up the slowness problem. "glee" wrote in message ... Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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October 10th 05, 09:06 PM
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Everything is running slow
Yes, and yes. That's exactly what the links Glen provided tell you how to
do. Delete the files and stop MDM from creating more. If you have MS Office installed, run the Setup and uninstall the Indexing tool, also. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "Allan" wrote in message ... I've looked in the Windows folder & there's a shedload of files all starting with either ffc or ffff & ending in .tmp. Could they be the problem & should they be removed? "glee" wrote: I've not heard of that causing anything like the slowness the OP is describing, but all the same: OFF: How to Turn Off Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321410 OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with 'fff' Appear in Windows Folder" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221438 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Betting its mdm.exe making a buttload of zero byte files in the windows folder. They're all temp files filename beginning with "fff". Deleting all these will probably clear up the slowness problem. "glee" wrote in message ... Do a clean boot and see if the slowness still occurs: How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=192926 http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm Follow the procedures here to ensure the problem is not with parasitic softwa http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm If the problems persist, I suggest you make sure the hard drive is OK, by running the diagnostics from the hard drive manufacturer's web site. If you don't know what brand the drive is, you can download the limited-use free edition of OnTrack Data Advisor from this location: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor When you click the download link on that page for Data Advisor 5.0 Free edition, you will be taken to a page to register with the OnTrack site, then you will be able to download the diskette creator file. The downloads are diskette creators. They are to be run once from a working Windows system and will guide you through the process of extracting the Data Advisor onto a 3.5" floppy disk. Download and Use Instructions: http://www.ontrack.com/dataadvisor/downloadinfo.asp As far as I know, Maxtor's diagnostics will also work with any brand of drive, and the older versions of Seagate Seatools also, but I am not sure about the new version. Hard Drive Diagnostic Programs by Vendor: OnTrack Data Advisor: http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/#dataadvisor IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test: http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/ Quantum/Maxtor PowerMax: http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm Seagate SeaTools: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html Download: http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/B7a.html http://www.seagate.com/support/seato...toold_reg.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... I think I got rid of the magazine disc program it was an earlier version of McAfee/Network Associates. Startup also painfully slow takes forever. Done Scandisc & Defreg but little improvement. Outlook Express also struggling to send attachments. Here are the details from MSINFO32 "Startup" KODAK Picture Transfer Software Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Kodak\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\pts.exe" Watch Startup Group C:\Windows\TWAIN_32\1200USB\WATCH.exe Digimax Viewer 2.1 Startup Group "C:\Program Files\Samsung\Digimax Viewer 2.1\STImgBrowser.exe" /s WinZip Quick Pick Startup Group "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE" ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\scanregw.exe /autorun SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme MPTBOX Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\CANON\MULTIP~1\MPTBOX.EXE POINTER Registry (Machine Run) point32.exe Dcfssvc Registry (Machine Run) c:\windows\System32\Drivers\dcfssvc.exe TPP Auto Loader Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\TPPALDR.EXE Multimedia Keyboard Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Multimedia Keyboard\MMKeybd.exe Onscreen Display Registry (Machine Run) C:\Program Files\Netropa\Onscreen Display\OSD.exe mps Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mps.exe /s Omnipage Registry (Machine Run) c:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe AVG7_CC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGCC.EXE /STARTUP AVG7_EMC Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGEMC.EXE AVG7_AMSVR Registry (Machine Run) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGAMSVR.EXE Hidserv Registry (Machine Service) Hidserv.exe run Machine Debug Manager Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MDM.EXE avgfwsrv Registry (Machine Service) C:\PROGRA~1\GRISOFT\AVG7\AVGFWSRV.EXE /srvfsys "glee" wrote: Please tell us the name of the program you installed from the magazine disc. Click StartRun, type MSINFO32 and click OK. In the left pane of the System Information window, click the + sign to expand the "Software Environment" category. In the left pane, click to select "Startup Programs"....they will appear in a list on the right. Press Ctrl-A on the keyboard, which will highlight everything in the list on the right. Press Ctrl-C to copy the list to the 'clipboard'. Open a reply to this message, click in the body of the message and press Ctrl-V to paste the list from the clipboard to the message, and post back to this thread. Also, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager and post back with what is listed there when you experience the slowdown. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Allan" wrote in message ... My computer has suddenly started running extremely slow no matter what I do, internet, OE or word. I had trouble with my Norton programme not responding & the computer was a bit slow then but I disabled it & downloaded a free trial of another programme from a free disk which came with a magazine which at one point said it had changed the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Since then my computer has run at a snails pace. I have got rid of that programme now & downloaded AVG which is working well but the computer is still so painfully slow to to point that sometimes programmes stop responding. Can someone tell me what to do to get it back to normal speed please?
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