97'GlanzaVTurbo
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Are you having a laugh?? Trying to spam the I.T section you fool. Where did I put that ban button.......there it is.
Christy
Trojans and Viruses
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Are you having a laugh?? Trying to spam the I.T section you fool. Where did I put that ban button.......there it is.
Christy
Big_Daddy
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Wonder if somebody could help, ive given up on what could be causing it. Seems my start up menus seem to go missing for some odd reason (only the shorcut files in program menu, eg windows media player, outlook express, msn....
Ive tried so many things so i just formated and reinstalled windows. Few hours later it start happening again, so far neither norton antivirus, spy sweeper or avg could detect anything. Ive backed up the shortcuts but every tiume i restart they go missing and they replaced with a shorcut file which leads to the desktop???
Any suggestions
Ive tried so many things so i just formated and reinstalled windows. Few hours later it start happening again, so far neither norton antivirus, spy sweeper or avg could detect anything. Ive backed up the shortcuts but every tiume i restart they go missing and they replaced with a shorcut file which leads to the desktop???
Any suggestions
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Suspected_Psycho
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So it creating shortcuts to non existant shortcuts? .. weird!..
liamgtturbo
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have you tried to open windows in safe mode and see if it does the same boosting you could do a system restore and restore the computer to when it was working
avivra free edition will delete the file also if you want i could get u a serial number for any program that is not free u want to try liam
have you tried to open windows in safe mode and see if it does the same boosting you could do a system restore and restore the computer to when it was working
avivra free edition will delete the file also if you want i could get u a serial number for any program that is not free u want to try liam
97'GlanzaVTurbo
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Hows it going boosting?
So after you did a format did it resolve the issue then it started to happen again?? Was the format a destructive one or a repair of windows i.e did you lose all your data and applications you installed from the system??
It seems like a virus of some sort to me but if you did a destructive format that should have resolved the issue completely, I would recomended downloading Avast 4 Home edition and run that along with Super Anti-Spyware to see if anything comes up, just google them and it will bring you to the downloads for them.
Also how did you do a format did you use discs or was it a built in partition??
Christy
So after you did a format did it resolve the issue then it started to happen again?? Was the format a destructive one or a repair of windows i.e did you lose all your data and applications you installed from the system??
It seems like a virus of some sort to me but if you did a destructive format that should have resolved the issue completely, I would recomended downloading Avast 4 Home edition and run that along with Super Anti-Spyware to see if anything comes up, just google them and it will bring you to the downloads for them.
Also how did you do a format did you use discs or was it a built in partition??
Christy
97'GlanzaVTurbo
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Is the copy of Windows a valid copy or is it a custom built one aswell??
When you did the format did you test the computer without installing any programs or going online, this will determine if its something you installed or a virus.
Also did you run automatic updates after the format?? Because if a system restore resolved the issue for a few hours, that will remove any recent updates. Then after a few hours they downloaded again so try turning off automatic updates through the control panel.
Let me know
Christy
When you did the format did you test the computer without installing any programs or going online, this will determine if its something you installed or a virus.
Also did you run automatic updates after the format?? Because if a system restore resolved the issue for a few hours, that will remove any recent updates. Then after a few hours they downloaded again so try turning off automatic updates through the control panel.
Let me know
Christy
97'GlanzaVTurbo
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Is the problem resolved now then after installing Vista? There is a few problems with SP1 for Vista but overall not a bad operating system 
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Big_Daddy
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Is the problem resolved now then after installing Vista? There is a few problems with SP1 for Vista but overall not a bad operating system
Problem have been resolved with the menu disapearing, only problem i having is my sound card drivers, not compatible with vista as the driver dont suppport digital format for the 5.1!
97'GlanzaVTurbo
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What sound card do you have in your system?? Have you checked the manufacturer website for an updated driver??
Christy
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Big_Daddy
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Its intrigated sound card, part of the motherboard, called SoundMax Digital intrigated.
Vista have provided it with realtek digital 97 ac,97 which only support 2 channel on digital but on normal, the 5 channels dont sound right as the bass is not crips.
May just consider buying a creative sound blaster which full support vista.
97'GlanzaVTurbo
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Yeah you wont really get that good sound quality with onboard sound anyway. I would recomend the sound blaster its a great sound card and they dont have much known faults from my experience.
Christy
Big_Daddy
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Well this onboard was very good worked very well on xp because it was digital the sound was wicked, I know sound blaster is way better but for on board sound they very good in comparison.