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  1. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop performance issue

    I did a clean boot from a windows xp cd, and the problem still occurs. Looks like its a hardware problem then?
  2. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop performance issue

    I did, any help? Or am I screwed and have to deal with this random jumping in the cpu usage?
  3. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop performance issue

    I went into safe mode and took a gander at the process and performance tab, at first the cpu seemed to be continuously around 2-4% usage, but then it started to jump around, a persistant 0 then 10, back to 0 then back to 10 would occur for a while, then numbers inbetween would start appearing...
  4. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop performance issue

    For the past couple of weeks, i have been getting a blip or freeze for a split second in the computer. It is a 6 month old inspiron e1705, and I don't have complete care, just the normal one year limited warranty. Anyway, what happens is everything on the computer, the mouse, music, video...
  5. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop spill...

    So i just got the computer back from the tech store, they cleaned everything on the inside out and said they ran all burn in tests and all hardware was good to go. Except, the problem is still here. The music skips at the same moment the mouse halts, video halts, just about everything stops for...
  6. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop spill...

    Yes, I know. Only problem is is that I bought what I wanted in the laptop, and that left me no extra money. I used my high school graduation money to buy the comp, and I have never had any incidents with computer spills before this. Oh well, techie today do we will see.
  7. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop spill...

    Now i am getting memory parity errors. The screen is also showing tiny dots when windows firsts boots and on the user login screen, tiny black dots that are spread out accross the screen. Is this due to the screen or could the dots be caused by something else in the computer? The spots with the...
  8. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop spill...

    Yeah i thought of contacting dell, i actually found out that the warranty they provide with the computer doesn't cover spills.
  9. BoyBigBrain

    Laptop spill...

    I knwo this is the PC hardware forums, but here goes. So my friend decided to spill coffee on my laptop. It still works perfectly fine, just the sound is now gargled. I was going to buy a sound card, but I'm not sure if i have any free slots. My motherboard is an Intel Calistoga i945GM/PM, intel...
  10. BoyBigBrain

    Quicktime Error

    Neither Worked. I was getting the error message before uninstalling quicktime and after i reinstalled it. The alternative didn't work either.
  11. BoyBigBrain

    Quicktime Error

    Hey guys. I recently started getting broken quicktime icons whenever i had to open any type of movie on a website in mozilla firefox. I uninstalled quicktime and firefox and reinstalled them. Now i am getting the message quicktime cannot run without the quicktime system extention version 5 or...
  12. BoyBigBrain

    Corrupt file reappering

    It doesn't show up in Process explorer, bit it shows up in filemon and rootkit revealer.
  13. BoyBigBrain

    Corrupt file reappering

    Even if i do run it in safe mode, the error pops up there as well. I will try though.
  14. BoyBigBrain

    Corrupt file reappering

    Hey guys. I would like to thank you all for the help, especially porkchopexpress since they pointed me to filemon, which described to me what the tenisp.ini2 file was doing. Filemon says that 3:54:48 PM explorer.exe:1512 CREATE C:\WINDOWS\Cursors\tenisp.tmp2 ACCESS DENIED COMPUTER1\Tim's Desktop...
  15. BoyBigBrain

    Corrupt file reappering

    Edit:, the C:/WINDOWS/Cursors/tenisp.ini2 file cam up in rootkit revealer. It says "Visible in Windows API, directory index, but not in MFT." What do i do with that file?
  16. BoyBigBrain

    Corrupt file reappering

    O2 - BHO: MSEvents Object - {EB1CE8AA-7F27-45D3-BA59-37AFBFB4437F} - C:\WINDOWS\Cursors\psinet.dll Can't get rid of that one, ran a scan twice and fixed it twice, as soon as it is fixed it comes right back. Used process explorer, nothing special running. Running rootkit revealer now, gotta see...
  17. BoyBigBrain

    Corrupt file reappering

    Downloaded Ewido and hijack, deleted all temp files, booted in safe mode and ran Ewido, ran chkdsk and the tenisp.ini2 was still there, even after chkdsk said that it had deleted the entry. What else can i do? Oh and here is my hijack this Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:11:33 PM...
  18. BoyBigBrain

    Corrupt file reappering

    Hey guys. I've had trouble with this for a couple of days. When i start my computer up and log onto any desktop i get an error saying C:/WINDOWS/Cursors/tenisp.ini2 is corrupt and and unreadable, and tha i need to run chkdsk. So i run shkdsk, it deletes two files relating to that file mentioned...
  19. BoyBigBrain

    Losing rights while copying to desktop

    I went to the second link in your post, the second one that gave the security tab access, but now the kids have gotten into it. They don't know what they are doing but i would rather them not have the chance to mess it up. is there anyway to remove those files that gave me the security tab? Or...
  20. BoyBigBrain

    Losing rights while copying to desktop

    Hey guys, I need some help with this. I have windows XP Home, and everytime i copy a file, folder, or anything to my desktop i lose permissions. Then i have to go to safe mode, and give myself persmission to use it again. What could be causing this? Is there anyway to change it? It says i can't...

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