PC Computer Weirdness

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

So, my computer is mega slow. It takes about ten minutes or so for it to boot up to where I can do anything with it like click on Firefox to launch it. And then when I click on it, it takes another two minutes or so for Firefox to start up.

Also, when web pages load, the pics don't load for awhile. I just get the border of the pic and the pic eventually loads but a long time after everything else does.

Any ideas?

BTD helped me the other day clearing out certain start up file thingies and it helped for a bit but not it's slow again.

I did an Ad Aware thing and a Windows Defender thing and an AVG thing and all of them say everything is ok.

ETA: Forgot to mention: I'm running Windows XP and have about 40 GB of space avail.

Start-> RightClick on My Computer->Manage->Event Viewer->Application

Do you see any red circles with X's in them? If so what's the matching source and event number?

Start-> RightClick on My Computer->Manage->Event Viewer->System

Do you see any red circles with X's in them? If so what's the matching source and event number?


Also, once it does finally come up is it ok after that or is it always slow?

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Start-> RightClick on My Computer->Manage->Event Viewer->Application

Do you see any red circles with X's in them? If so what's the matching source and event number?

Yes. Tons of them!
Source: userenv
Event number: 1041 (lots and lots of these!)

and

Source: MsiInstaller
event Number: 11706 and 11500 and 10005

and

Source: VBRuntime
Event Number: 1

and

source: MPSampleSubmission
Event Number: 5000

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Start-> RightClick on My Computer->Manage->Event Viewer->System

Do you see any red circles with X's in them? If so what's the matching source and event number?

Source: service control manager
Event Number: 7000 and 7009 and 7011

Source: sr
Event Number: 1

Source: system error
Event Number: 1003

Source: 59
Event Number: SideBySide

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Also, once it does finally come up is it ok after that or is it always slow?

Always slow...

Ok... scared here...

I did the Malwarebytes scan and this came up:



Trojan?!!! That's bad, right? Is it time to take off all my clothes and go screaming into the streets?!

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Trojan?!!! That's bad, right? Is it time to take off all my clothes and go screaming into the streets?!

Just so long as you're protected GC.... Sorry

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Just so long as you're protected GC.... Sorry

lol!


Should I just throw my laptop away and start over? Or should I put it in a box, put that box in another box, mail the box to myself and when it arrives SMASH it with a HAMMER?!