"Eisboch" wrote in message


Thanks. It's not a huge issue, but more of a pain. My prior experiences
of
trying various monitoring and protection software like Norton and others
were that they bogged the computer down sometimes and were constantly
requiring you to upgrade, download, or something. Plus, my computer has
always run fine while my wife's computer which has every protection device
known to the computer world installed, is always slow and bogging down.
They are basically the same computer (HP 8000) running on the same home
wireless network.

Oh, well. Time to clean it up and add some antispyware, I guess.


Start Run Regedit

Look under: Hkey_ Local_ Machine Software MicrosoftWindowsRun

Get to know what's in there (runs at startup) so you can tell if something
gets added.
Most new crap will hide THERE, not in the statup folder of your start-menu
..

-W

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
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Start Run Regedit

Look under: Hkey_ Local_ Machine Software MicrosoftWindowsRun

Get to know what's in there (runs at startup) so you can tell if something
gets added.
Most new crap will hide THERE, not in the statup folder of your
start-menu
.

-W



Holy Crap! I just looked at that on this computer (not the one with the
problem).
How would you possibly know if something new was added? There must be a
ga-zillion files there.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Clams Canino" wrote in message
ink.net...



Start Run Regedit

Look under: Hkey_ Local_ Machine Software MicrosoftWindowsRun

Get to know what's in there (runs at startup) so you can tell if
something
gets added.
Most new crap will hide THERE, not in the statup folder of your
start-menu
.

-W



Holy Crap! I just looked at that on this computer (not the one with the
problem).
How would you possibly know if something new was added? There must be a
ga-zillion files there.

Eisboch


Be careful when editing the registry. Before you do make a new restore
point using "System Restore".

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message

I said LOOK - Don't edit. Unless you're SURE your editing out mal-ware.

-W

Be careful when editing the registry. Before you do make a new restore
point using "System Restore".

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
ink.net...

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message

I said LOOK - Don't edit. Unless you're SURE your editing out mal-ware.

-W

Be careful when editing the registry. Before you do make a new restore
point using "System Restore".





Sorry, I did not mean to infer that you were advising him to edit.

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..


Holy Crap! I just looked at that on this computer (not the one with the
problem).
How would you possibly know if something new was added? There must be a
ga-zillion files there.

Eisboch


Be careful when editing the registry. Before you do make a new restore
point using "System Restore".


You guys are pushing my small envelope of computer knowledge. I was
thinking that if I found something strange, I would edit one word in the
file ... add a letter or something .... and then see if the problem went
away. If not ... I could go back and remove the added letter.

But ... maybe I better let someone who knows what they are doing do it.

I had an old 486 computer running Windows 3.1 that I had not used for years.
I started playing with it... seeing how many files in the Windows directory
I could delete and still have the computer run. Kinda like playing computer
roulette.
I made it quite a ways before it gave up.

Eisboch

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message

You guys are pushing my small envelope of computer knowledge. I was
thinking that if I found something strange, I would edit one word in the
file ... add a letter or something .... and then see if the problem went
away. If not ... I could go back and remove the added letter.

You can do that... just run system restore FIRST (before you start playing)
to save your "pre-state".

-W

Better yet..... write down EVERTHING that starts under "run" and do a
web-search on it.

That bad ones ARE known and will appear.

-W

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Eisboch" wrote in message

You guys are pushing my small envelope of computer knowledge. I was
thinking that if I found something strange, I would edit one word in the
file ... add a letter or something .... and then see if the problem went
away. If not ... I could go back and remove the added letter.

You can do that... just run system restore FIRST (before you start
playing)
to save your "pre-state".

-W

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..


Holy Crap! I just looked at that on this computer (not the one with
the problem).
How would you possibly know if something new was added? There must be a
ga-zillion files there.

Eisboch


Be careful when editing the registry. Before you do make a new restore
point using "System Restore".


You guys are pushing my small envelope of computer knowledge. I was
thinking that if I found something strange, I would edit one word in the
file ... add a letter or something .... and then see if the problem went
away. If not ... I could go back and remove the added letter.

You are making this SO difficult for yourself.

Go he
www.securitytango.com

The site's run by 3 guys who have been handling problems like this since
forever. Read the page, then on the left, click "Let's Dance". You could
follow all the instructions completely, or just read and find the link to
the free virus scan - I don't recall its name, but it's there. These guys
have helped thousands of listeners via their radio show. One guy's the
network admin for the University of Rochester, and another's been building,
selling and servicing machines for many years. The 3rd guy - I dunno what he
does. Their suggestions are all 100% dependable.

Best time to start is when you do a clean windows install. Then check it as
you add your software.

I only have 2 things in mine - both for my Nvidia card. When I do a
ctrl/alt/delete and click
"processes" I only have 24 running - including the printer stuff. How about
YOU??? Heh...

-W

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
ink.net...



Start Run Regedit

Look under: Hkey_ Local_ Machine Software MicrosoftWindowsRun

Get to know what's in there (runs at startup) so you can tell if
something
gets added.
Most new crap will hide THERE, not in the statup folder of your
start-menu
.

-W



Holy Crap! I just looked at that on this computer (not the one with the
problem).
How would you possibly know if something new was added? There must be a
ga-zillion files there.

Eisboch