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Yes I switched the video setting in the Bios from "Auto" to "PCI whatever" (even though it stated this would happen as soon as the card was inserted). Then when I fired up the machine and checked Device Manager, the onboard Intel G965 Chipset was not even listed anymore. All that appeared was...

I'm no hardware expert by any means, but it turns out that that the system is equipped with one PCI Express x16, one PCI Express x1 and two PCI slots(for once the manual was 100% correct). The card snapped into place instantly. Downloaded and installed the latest drivers and it's all been good...

Thanks Goom, So now, somewhat well informed, off to the local Computer shop I go. After a brief explanation of the situation, buddy tosses me this; http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX42968 I'll let ya know how it goes.... Nuffsaid.

Good Day All Thanks for the input guys, here's the update. I started from scratch and followed the recommendations provided above, here are the results. After the reset I was finally able to get access to the Dell Diagnostics which provides an extensive set of tools. All componets, including...

Hi All, Happy Friday. So here's the scenario... older Dell Dimension E520 running XP Pro, Pentium processor, 3 Gig RAM, 260 Gig HD, Integrated Video Intel G965 Chipset. This unit has served me well over the years, but over time has become slow and less responsive. As the machine is no longer...

Wow, accolades and I didn’t even participate… [blush] Nuffsaid.

ComboFix appears to have worked. There are no longer any mshta processes running in Task Manager. All scans performed after the fix come back clean. Nuffsaid.

goombawaho, "Don't wait too long to run it, since the baddies could be downloading fresh reinforcements." I think they already have. Although I think I got rid of ThinkPoint and switched the account it had infected to "Limited", there's now 10 - 20 mshta.exe processes running under this...

Good Day All, Well I finally got this sorted. In normal mode I removed the Bonjour service. This was actually quite simple to do despite all I've read about how difficult this is to get of your system. I simply used Control pannel to remove it, and poof, it appears to be gone. (I get a nag...

goombawaho, That's the problem, I already uninstalled AVG. There's no AVG folders under program files, there's nothing listed under Add / Remove Programs, but when I run ComboFix it states that AVG real time scanning is running. I don't get it.... Could something be running under a different...

Hey Again, The saga continues. Tried to run Combofix but it reports AVG real time scanning is running and it should be stopped before proceeding. Must be a mistake because I removed it twice using the tool Linney provided. Carry On Combofix. minutes later receive the message that the Maste...

.....hmmmm...... eh....... ahem.... not anymore. [blush] Nuffsaid.

Hi All, Looks like I got some work to do..... My plan of attack; Load and run RKILL.. Rerun MalwareBytes. Just to make sure Think Point is gone. (I think there's a little Cat and Mouse going on. My wife's been accessing Facebook while I've been attempting to clean this up. So it's possible...

Update (while I can) Ping Google.... Sent 238 Received 238 Loss 0% Sfc/scannow... Took awhile to run but returned to dos prompt with no messages. Assume We're good. Latest Malware scan .... totally clean Housecall..... 0 threats found. Question, with 1 gig, how many k in task manager would...

Hi Aagain All, Think We're up against 2 issues, Think Point and too many processes running with only 1 gig. Nuffsaid.

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the input so far, much appreciated. "Think Point". I caught this little bugger last week and thought I got fid of the bugger by stopping the hotfix.exe process using Task Manager then running the latest Malware Bytes scan anr removeing all offending entries. This...

Oh Yea, Checked this.. Proxy Server Settings of IE/ Tools/ Internet Options/ Connections/ LAN Settings ... zippo Nuffsaid.

Another update, I had already run the AVG remover tool before Linney's post. Found that on my own. Appears to have removed AVG completely so hoping AVG is a non issue at this point. I ran Chkdsk as suggested, came back clean. My Dell box came with XP Pro pre installed. The CD that was...

Thanks Linney, I'll explore them all. More observations, all done while in safe mode with networking; From a cold boot log on as an admin. Launch browser IE or FF don't matter, access internet no problem. Close browser and try to re launch, slight "busy signal" then nothing. Try again, same...

Hi Everyone, Win XP SP3 on a Dell Dimension 1 Gig ram. I cannot get on the internet with either IE or Firefox. It appears something is blocking access. I'm also going through AVG hell. It didn't install properly and I had a hell of a time getting rid of it. I tried a system restore to an...