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Ok Pengenegs I'm just in the middle of following your intructions and I have a few questions. 1. At this point in our instructions when you say: go to start/run/type msconfig /click ok/click startup/ uncheck KB891711.EXE/click ok/exit have hijack this fix this one. O4 -...

hey Deogenes10 [/d]I used the MWAV scanner you suggested and it found a buch of stuff, i couldnt copy and past the results so i had to copy in manuually, UGH!!alot of the lines seemed to be about things other the viruses here's what it said: Object "Alexa Spyware/Adware" found in File...

Pechenegs I folowed your advice to fix what may have happend to my HOSTS file, some bad signs came up: I downloaded "HOSTER" and when loading up it said "couldn't find host file, Press OK to create one" so i clicked "OK" and then clicked "Restore Original HOSTS", like you suggested. I then...

AHH! after i opend my Host.sam file with notepad my CWshredder can't scan because it sais "HOSTS" file not found...! I have noticed that after i assign a file with "open with" it permantently changes its icon to match the chosen application. Has this instruction screwed up my hosts file?? Is...

I'm not sure what this instruction is supposed to mean... I am betting that some malware has altered your HOSTS file to point virus scanners to bad IP addresses. OPEN WITH.... Hosts using WORDPAD is "open with" a command line i'nm supposed to put in the "run" field or something else?? Also...

Hi i have a virus and my Norton Anti-virus freezes during "live- Update". here the symptoms i've been having.... really slow in-windows navigation,several seconds going up windows. 15-20 second delay when right-clicking icon in system-tray before context-sensitive window comes up. computer...

Ok i have a new symptom to report: When i go under "customize my desktop" and under "screen saver" there's setting for the "system standby" wich i set to turn off the monitor after a few minutes. After the screen turn's off i try to turn it back on, the screen does turn back on, it is...

ok sorry for not responding sooner: To answer Garebo:No i do not have an extension,i am plugging the screen directly into the wall plug. I've also tried putting it in a different outlet and am getting the same response. Also my montior is a View Sonic E790 so i'm surprised it might be dying so...

well the set-up in my computer room has not changed in 5 years. Could my screen be dying after only 5 years?? Shouldnt they last way longer than that?? Also, was also wondering if anyone knew if a hadr-drive problem could be causing this sort of behaviour or is that a long shot?

Hi , my screen is acting real funny. The screen picture jumps sundenly from being bigger then its normal wideness setting then goes back real quickly , before stabalizing. Like the picture is hiccuping. Other times it loks like its fluttering from brighter to darker at the same time it gets...

Just before i try some of the above suugestions i just need to clarify a few things: 1: Micker337's suggestion that i can delete all entries and they will be automatically reloaded: A) does that include items in the Universal Serial Bus controllers? cause that seems more serious. B) would i...

hi i think i might have a similar problem and i want to try this fix. When you said "used boot to F8 options, command prompt then performed: scandisk /all /autofix /surface" what do you mean by 'boot to f8 options'? And at the command prompt are those individual commands or long command line...

Mainly because of the "unknown device", i have uninstalled my drivers from a digital camera that i've returned, but the "my digital camera" icon under "my computer" is still there. Clicking on it majorly disrupts my system. I can't get rid of this icon. I know that whenever i pluged in the cam...

Hi i have a bunch of "DEVICE MANAGER" entries under various devices that apear in safe mode BUT dont appear in normal windows. I'm wondering if its safe to remove these entries. Epsecially the "unknown device" under Serial bus controllers, as i think it may pertain to another problem i'm...

Hi , i know this is an old thread but its short. Brief recap: I can't get rid of this "my digital camera" icon under "my computer" after unistalling all the software/drivers. Clicking on it still majorly disrupts my system. If ski is still around: i reinstalled the camera software and...

Hi i hope this is the right forum for my problem, I got this very poor quality 30 dollar digital camera/webcam/memory stick and needless to say it did not work very well. I uninstalled the driver and the software(Arcsoft) but there's one thing left over: Under "my comupter" where it has 'c'...

SOLUTION FOUND! this post is for anyone who's suscribed to this thread who was following it because they had similar problems. I've solved the problem finally. I have a VIA KT133 chipset. VIA offers a chipest driver update for this chipset, version 4.43. During installation i noticed one...

Hi, i have an ASUS AGP-V7100 video/display card with Nvidia GeForce2 mx GPU Chip. I uninstalled the "ASUS display" drivers in the add/remove programs list. I then updated my VIA chipset driver. I then ran a NVIDIA driver update from NVIDIA.com's driver archive. I got this message during...

Hi i need to upgrade my direct X to version 9.0. Right now i have what my pc calls DirectX 8.x [build 881]. But i'm wondering if it's safe to do so without upgrading my video and audio drivers first. In DirectX fax page is says: "your existing drivers should be as compatible with DirectX 9.0...

Hi i'm trying to uninstall microsoft office powerpoint viewer. When trying to use the add/remove programs utility i get a "windows installer" message saying : "The feature you are trying to use is on a network that is unavailable..... Click ok to try again or enter an alternate path to a...