Computer problem

Hello, I'll try to give some background to fully explain the situation,
forgive me if it runs long. I've got a Dell Dimenion 4400 1.6, 1000MB RAM 19GB
hardrive, running winXP. I ran my virus scanner (Fixit Utilities4) a couple
weeks ago and it showed I had a trojan horse: TROJ_STARTPAGE.W in two different
files, which the program couldn't clean. I went online to trendmicro to get
info and followed their steps to remove it (removing various autostart entries
from the registry). After completing this the trojans were still there. I
went out and bought McAfee virusscan 2004 thinking maybe a newer different
software would do it. It didn't. I finally ended up deleting the two files
that the scan said were infected: C: programfiles\common files\microsoft
shared\msinfo\info32.exe and C: windows\system32\tapicfg.exe. I then ran
the all in one system checkup with Fixit utilities which scans the drive,
registry, etc. This takes awhile so did it before going somewhere. When I
returned the program had frozen. I was unable to ctrl-alt-delete or get the
computer to shut off with the power button so had to unplug and plug back in.
After restarting trying to open anything resulted in the computer running
incredibly slow, hourglass icon just sitting there. I could move the cursor
but nothing happened. Tried to ctrl-alt-delete unsuccessfully and again had to
disconnect the power to get it to shut off. After numerous episodes of this I
booted from the winxp cd and ran the repair install. Now everytime it boots
the harddrive beeps once and freezes on the welcome screen. If I
crtl-alt-deleteI get a message about the paging file being to small. I
followed the instructions to change this restarted but every restart it gives
me the beep and freezes on welcome then gives me the same paging error. I have
run the diagnostics on the hard drive by dbl-clicking going to properties, etc.
and it doesn't show any problems. If I try to run my Fixit program it
immediately closes when I select a scan to do. The McAfee program at start up
tells me that the virus scanner is expired even though I just installed it a
week ago. Anytime I try to open any Mcafee program I immediately get a crash
message and have to terminate the application. When I try to go online to
update it I can not access the internet. I can stay within my ISP (email,
newsgroups, etc.) but it won't go to any web sites. I've reinstalled my
internet software to no avail. I use both compuserve and AOL 9.0. On
compuserve attempting to access the internet it shows page loading but it never
loads. On AOL it immediately tells me there was a problem and aol is
restarting. It reconnects me but if I try to access the internet the same
thing happens. I have been able to play StarWars Jedi outcast with no problem
or sluggishness, but just opening system files or other programs and it just
runs unbelievably slow or not at all and I continually have to restart. I've
tried to uninstall McAfee to see if it was causing a conflict but I can't
because clicking on it even in unistall hardware/programs causes a crash. I've
tried to boot in safemode (f but it just beeps once or twice a screen pops up
for half a second and it goes to loading then the welcome screen. I haven't
recently installed any new drivers or hardware or anything that I can think are
the root of the problem. I can boot to BIOS and when I go through it it
doesn't look like anything is setup wrong although I don't know much about the
BIOS. I've tried to boot from the Fixit CD and run scandisk but my drive
doesn't show up on the select a drive to scan screen. If I just click scan
anyway it says it couldn't access drive C. I don't want to have to reformat
the drive, especially if this won't solve the problem, but am wondering if this
is my only remaining option.
Again I'm sorry for the long post, just want to give as much info as I can
hoping someone can give me some help as I am at the end of my rope. Any help
would be GREATLY appreciated.

MrScaryCain

Here is what I would do:

Try to boot and opt for last good boot (or some such wording)
Try to boot to safe mode and run "restore"
try to boot to safe mode and run "sfc" (have your win cd handy)
Try to boot to the "R" Repair Console and replace the 2 files you
deleted
If that all fails then you have no alternative but to reformat and start
over.
When you get squared away use McAfee and forget the other one.

MrScaryCain wrote:
>
> Hello, I'll try to give some background to fully explain the situation,
> forgive me if it runs long. I've got a Dell Dimenion 4400 1.6, 1000MB RAM 19GB
> hardrive, running winXP. I ran my virus scanner (Fixit Utilities4) a couple
> weeks ago and it showed I had a trojan horse: TROJ_STARTPAGE.W in two different
> files, which the program couldn't clean. I went online to trendmicro to get
> info and followed their steps to remove it (removing various autostart entries
> from the registry). After completing this the trojans were still there. I
> went out and bought McAfee virusscan 2004 thinking maybe a newer different
> software would do it. It didn't. I finally ended up deleting the two files
> that the scan said were infected: C: programfiles\common files\microsoft
> shared\msinfo\info32.exe and C: windows\system32\tapicfg.exe. I then ran
> the all in one system checkup with Fixit utilities which scans the drive,
> registry, etc. This takes awhile so did it before going somewhere. When I
> returned the program had frozen. I was unable to ctrl-alt-delete or get the
> computer to shut off with the power button so had to unplug and plug back in.
> After restarting trying to open anything resulted in the computer running
> incredibly slow, hourglass icon just sitting there. I could move the cursor
> but nothing happened. Tried to ctrl-alt-delete unsuccessfully and again had to
> disconnect the power to get it to shut off. After numerous episodes of this I
> booted from the winxp cd and ran the repair install. Now everytime it boots
> the harddrive beeps once and freezes on the welcome screen. If I
> crtl-alt-deleteI get a message about the paging file being to small. I
> followed the instructions to change this restarted but every restart it gives
> me the beep and freezes on welcome then gives me the same paging error. I have
> run the diagnostics on the hard drive by dbl-clicking going to properties, etc.
> and it doesn't show any problems. If I try to run my Fixit program it
> immediately closes when I select a scan to do. The McAfee program at start up
> tells me that the virus scanner is expired even though I just installed it a
> week ago. Anytime I try to open any Mcafee program I immediately get a crash
> message and have to terminate the application. When I try to go online to
> update it I can not access the internet. I can stay within my ISP (email,
> newsgroups, etc.) but it won't go to any web sites. I've reinstalled my
> internet software to no avail. I use both compuserve and AOL 9.0. On
> compuserve attempting to access the internet it shows page loading but it never
> loads. On AOL it immediately tells me there was a problem and aol is
> restarting. It reconnects me but if I try to access the internet the same
> thing happens. I have been able to play StarWars Jedi outcast with no problem
> or sluggishness, but just opening system files or other programs and it just
> runs unbelievably slow or not at all and I continually have to restart. I've
> tried to uninstall McAfee to see if it was causing a conflict but I can't
> because clicking on it even in unistall hardware/programs causes a crash. I've
> tried to boot in safemode (f but it just beeps once or twice a screen pops up
> for half a second and it goes to loading then the welcome screen. I haven't
> recently installed any new drivers or hardware or anything that I can think are
> the root of the problem. I can boot to BIOS and when I go through it it
> doesn't look like anything is setup wrong although I don't know much about the
> BIOS. I've tried to boot from the Fixit CD and run scandisk but my drive
> doesn't show up on the select a drive to scan screen. If I just click scan
> anyway it says it couldn't access drive C. I don't want to have to reformat
> the drive, especially if this won't solve the problem, but am wondering if this
> is my only remaining option.
> Again I'm sorry for the long post, just want to give as much info as I can
> hoping someone can give me some help as I am at the end of my rope. Any help
> would be GREATLY appreciated.

On 26 Nov 2003 09:03:20 GMT, (MrScaryCain) wrote:

> Hello, I'll try to give some background to fully explain the situation,
>forgive me if it runs long. I've got a Dell Dimenion 4400 1.6, 1000MB RAM 19GB
>hardrive, running winXP. I ran my virus scanner (Fixit Utilities4) a couple
>weeks ago and it showed I had a trojan horse: TROJ_STARTPAGE.W in two different
>files, which the program couldn't clean. I went online to trendmicro to get
>info and followed their steps to remove it (removing various autostart entries
>from the registry). After completing this the trojans were still there. I
>went out and bought McAfee virusscan 2004 thinking maybe a newer different
>software would do it. It didn't. I finally ended up deleting the two files
>that the scan said were infected: C: programfiles\common files\microsoft
>shared\msinfo\info32.exe and C: windows\system32\tapicfg.exe. I then ran
>the all in one system checkup with Fixit utilities which scans the drive,
>registry, etc. This takes awhile so did it before going somewhere. When I
>returned the program had frozen. I was unable to ctrl-alt-delete or get the
>computer to shut off with the power button so had to unplug and plug back in.
>After restarting trying to open anything resulted in the computer running
>incredibly slow, hourglass icon just sitting there. I could move the cursor
>but nothing happened. Tried to ctrl-alt-delete unsuccessfully and again had to
>disconnect the power to get it to shut off. After numerous episodes of this I
>booted from the winxp cd and ran the repair install. Now everytime it boots
>the harddrive beeps once and freezes on the welcome screen. If I
>crtl-alt-deleteI get a message about the paging file being to small. I
>followed the instructions to change this restarted but every restart it gives
>me the beep and freezes on welcome then gives me the same paging error. I have
>run the diagnostics on the hard drive by dbl-clicking going to properties, etc.
>and it doesn't show any problems. If I try to run my Fixit program it
>immediately closes when I select a scan to do. The McAfee program at start up
>tells me that the virus scanner is expired even though I just installed it a
>week ago. Anytime I try to open any Mcafee program I immediately get a crash
>message and have to terminate the application. When I try to go online to
>update it I can not access the internet. I can stay within my ISP (email,
>newsgroups, etc.) but it won't go to any web sites. I've reinstalled my
>internet software to no avail. I use both compuserve and AOL 9.0. On
>compuserve attempting to access the internet it shows page loading but it never
>loads. On AOL it immediately tells me there was a problem and aol is
>restarting. It reconnects me but if I try to access the internet the same
>thing happens. I have been able to play StarWars Jedi outcast with no problem
>or sluggishness, but just opening system files or other programs and it just
>runs unbelievably slow or not at all and I continually have to restart. I've
>tried to uninstall McAfee to see if it was causing a conflict but I can't
>because clicking on it even in unistall hardware/programs causes a crash. I've
>tried to boot in safemode (f but it just beeps once or twice a screen pops up
>for half a second and it goes to loading then the welcome screen. I haven't
>recently installed any new drivers or hardware or anything that I can think are
>the root of the problem. I can boot to BIOS and when I go through it it
>doesn't look like anything is setup wrong although I don't know much about the
>BIOS. I've tried to boot from the Fixit CD and run scandisk but my drive
>doesn't show up on the select a drive to scan screen. If I just click scan
>anyway it says it couldn't access drive C. I don't want to have to reformat
>the drive, especially if this won't solve the problem, but am wondering if this
>is my only remaining option.
> Again I'm sorry for the long post, just want to give as much info as I can
>hoping someone can give me some help as I am at the end of my rope. Any help
>would be GREATLY appreciated.

Are you related to Thor?! lol



Wishing you and yours a happy Thanksgiving season...

Trent

Try www.pandasoftware.com and use the Free Activescan! Left side of main
page. It cleans, kills and is very precise.

This will do the trick I am sure =0) Let me know how you make out.

Best,

Jack Barrett

http://windsurf_2.tripod.com

"MrScaryCain" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello, I'll try to give some background to fully explain the situation,
> forgive me if it runs long. I've got a Dell Dimenion 4400 1.6, 1000MB RAM
19GB
> hardrive, running winXP. I ran my virus scanner (Fixit Utilities4) a
couple
> weeks ago and it showed I had a trojan horse: TROJ_STARTPAGE.W in two
different
> files, which the program couldn't clean. I went online to trendmicro to
get
> info and followed their steps to remove it (removing various autostart
entries
> from the registry). After completing this the trojans were still there.
I
> went out and bought McAfee virusscan 2004 thinking maybe a newer different
> software would do it. It didn't. I finally ended up deleting the two
files
> that the scan said were infected: C: programfiles\common files\microsoft
> shared\msinfo\info32.exe and C: windows\system32\tapicfg.exe. I then
ran
> the all in one system checkup with Fixit utilities which scans the drive,
> registry, etc. This takes awhile so did it before going somewhere. When
I
> returned the program had frozen. I was unable to ctrl-alt-delete or get
the
> computer to shut off with the power button so had to unplug and plug back
in.
> After restarting trying to open anything resulted in the computer running
> incredibly slow, hourglass icon just sitting there. I could move the
cursor
> but nothing happened. Tried to ctrl-alt-delete unsuccessfully and again
had to
> disconnect the power to get it to shut off. After numerous episodes of
this I
> booted from the winxp cd and ran the repair install. Now everytime it
boots
> the harddrive beeps once and freezes on the welcome screen. If I
> crtl-alt-deleteI get a message about the paging file being to small. I
> followed the instructions to change this restarted but every restart it
gives
> me the beep and freezes on welcome then gives me the same paging error. I
have
> run the diagnostics on the hard drive by dbl-clicking going to properties,
etc.
> and it doesn't show any problems. If I try to run my Fixit program it
> immediately closes when I select a scan to do. The McAfee program at
start up
> tells me that the virus scanner is expired even though I just installed it
a
> week ago. Anytime I try to open any Mcafee program I immediately get a
crash
> message and have to terminate the application. When I try to go online to
> update it I can not access the internet. I can stay within my ISP (email,
> newsgroups, etc.) but it won't go to any web sites. I've reinstalled my
> internet software to no avail. I use both compuserve and AOL 9.0. On
> compuserve attempting to access the internet it shows page loading but it
never
> loads. On AOL it immediately tells me there was a problem and aol is
> restarting. It reconnects me but if I try to access the internet the same
> thing happens. I have been able to play StarWars Jedi outcast with no
problem
> or sluggishness, but just opening system files or other programs and it
just
> runs unbelievably slow or not at all and I continually have to restart.
I've
> tried to uninstall McAfee to see if it was causing a conflict but I can't
> because clicking on it even in unistall hardware/programs causes a crash.
I've
> tried to boot in safemode (f but it just beeps once or twice a screen
pops up
> for half a second and it goes to loading then the welcome screen. I
haven't
> recently installed any new drivers or hardware or anything that I can
think are
> the root of the problem. I can boot to BIOS and when I go through it it
> doesn't look like anything is setup wrong although I don't know much about
the
> BIOS. I've tried to boot from the Fixit CD and run scandisk but my drive
> doesn't show up on the select a drive to scan screen. If I just click
scan
> anyway it says it couldn't access drive C. I don't want to have to
reformat
> the drive, especially if this won't solve the problem, but am wondering if
this
> is my only remaining option.
> Again I'm sorry for the long post, just want to give as much info as I
can
> hoping someone can give me some help as I am at the end of my rope. Any
help
> would be GREATLY appreciated.

"Trent©" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 26 Nov 2003 09:03:20 GMT, (MrScaryCain) wrote:
>
> > Hello, I'll try to give some background to fully explain the situation,
> >forgive me if it runs long. I've got a Dell Dimenion 4400 1.6, 1000MB
RAM 19GB
> >hardrive, running winXP. I ran my virus scanner (Fixit Utilities4) a
couple
> >weeks ago and it showed I had a trojan horse: TROJ_STARTPAGE.W in two
different
> >files, which the program couldn't clean. I went online to trendmicro to
get
> >info and followed their steps to remove it (removing various autostart
entries
> >from the registry). After completing this the trojans were still there.
I
> >went out and bought McAfee virusscan 2004 thinking maybe a newer
different
> >software would do it. It didn't. I finally ended up deleting the two
files
> >that the scan said were infected: C: programfiles\common files\microsoft
> >shared\msinfo\info32.exe and C: windows\system32\tapicfg.exe. I
then ran
> >the all in one system checkup with Fixit utilities which scans the drive,
> >registry, etc. This takes awhile so did it before going somewhere. When
I
> >returned the program had frozen. I was unable to ctrl-alt-delete or get
the
> >computer to shut off with the power button so had to unplug and plug back
in.
> >After restarting trying to open anything resulted in the computer running
> >incredibly slow, hourglass icon just sitting there. I could move the
cursor
> >but nothing happened. Tried to ctrl-alt-delete unsuccessfully and again
had to
> >disconnect the power to get it to shut off. After numerous episodes of
this I
> >booted from the winxp cd and ran the repair install. Now everytime it
boots
> >the harddrive beeps once and freezes on the welcome screen. If I
> >crtl-alt-deleteI get a message about the paging file being to small. I
> >followed the instructions to change this restarted but every restart it
gives
> >me the beep and freezes on welcome then gives me the same paging error.
I have
> >run the diagnostics on the hard drive by dbl-clicking going to
properties, etc.
> >and it doesn't show any problems. If I try to run my Fixit program it
> >immediately closes when I select a scan to do. The McAfee program at
start up
> >tells me that the virus scanner is expired even though I just installed
it a
> >week ago. Anytime I try to open any Mcafee program I immediately get a
crash
> >message and have to terminate the application. When I try to go online
to
> >update it I can not access the internet. I can stay within my ISP
(email,
> >newsgroups, etc.) but it won't go to any web sites. I've reinstalled my
> >internet software to no avail. I use both compuserve and AOL 9.0. On
> >compuserve attempting to access the internet it shows page loading but it
never
> >loads. On AOL it immediately tells me there was a problem and aol is
> >restarting. It reconnects me but if I try to access the internet the
same
> >thing happens. I have been able to play StarWars Jedi outcast with no
problem
> >or sluggishness, but just opening system files or other programs and it
just
> >runs unbelievably slow or not at all and I continually have to restart.
I've
> >tried to uninstall McAfee to see if it was causing a conflict but I can't
> >because clicking on it even in unistall hardware/programs causes a crash.
I've
> >tried to boot in safemode (f but it just beeps once or twice a screen
pops up
> >for half a second and it goes to loading then the welcome screen. I
haven't
> >recently installed any new drivers or hardware or anything that I can
think are
> >the root of the problem. I can boot to BIOS and when I go through it it
> >doesn't look like anything is setup wrong although I don't know much
about the
> >BIOS. I've tried to boot from the Fixit CD and run scandisk but my drive
> >doesn't show up on the select a drive to scan screen. If I just click
scan
> >anyway it says it couldn't access drive C. I don't want to have to
reformat
> >the drive, especially if this won't solve the problem, but am wondering
if this
> >is my only remaining option.
> > Again I'm sorry for the long post, just want to give as much info as I
can
> >hoping someone can give me some help as I am at the end of my rope. Any
help
> >would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Are you related to Thor?! lol

I think not but _you_ must be related to my arsehole, cause the resemblance
is overwhelming...

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 03:11:46 GMT, "Michael-NC"
<> wrote:


>I think not but _you_ must be related to my arsehole, cause the resemblance
>is overwhelming...

Hi, Michael Nut Case...how ya been?!

Yer email address says it all! lol



Wishing you and yours a happy Thanksgiving season...

Trent

1.Save all important programs to CD,zip disk or floppys

2.run Quick Restore,it will take the computer back to where it was the day you
bought it.(thats why you have to save everything important)