[dacam22]

hi guys

i have a serious problem

every time i boot up my computer it will get to the log on screen and then once i am there it will go slower then normal eg. takes forever to highlight the persons user name, and enter password

then it sits on the "loading personal settings" for about 10 minutes then once it loads up the wallpaper it sits at that stage for about 20 minutes and once it has loaded the icons and task bar it runs really really slow eg. you have to wait 10 mintues or more for each program to load

i eventually (with lots of paintence) got norton to run and it said that my firewall and other stuff was truned off, could this be a virus ?

also (if this is relevant) the night before i had installed the Eve Of Destruction for battlefield vietnam, also i download 5 extra custom made maps i scanned them with norton and it said no virusis

so really im not sure what the problem is, i cant rescan with norton cause it wont run in safe mode, also just 2 days after this problem my computer wont get past the boot screen i can still use safe mode, but when i try to run it normally it wont go past the boot screen

plz peoples i really need ur help with this otherwise i will have to fork out to get it fixed which i dont want to do, would a wipe of the hard drive fix the problem ?

thanx for ur help in advance

P.S good luck trying to solve this problem

[foxydude]

If your firewall has been turned off you may have been hit with a virus

I would recommend you run HiJack This .Post the HJT log into your next request. However on your next request post your item into the Malware Forum and cancel this entry

[foxydude]

OOPS! D'Oh! Forgot to give the link for HJT http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...ols/hijackthis

[padutch]

Try a system restore while in safe mode. go back to a date befor ths began

[dacam22]

thanx for the suggestionns i will try them right away

and i have tried a restore point but that didnt work

[dacam22]

uh now that hijack thing wont work

i am using my old pc at the moment cause the other one is buggerd but when i put the hijack thing on the other pc via usb it sez "not a vaild windows program" or something like that, any reason why this is ?

[Rich-M]

If you have a Windows XP cd you need to run checkdisk chkdsk /) from Recovery Console:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/How-t...p-t131922.html
You most likely have a dying hard drive

[dacam22]

im not usre that will work cause the version of windows on my laptop is not the same as the one on the disc, see the one on the disc is service pack 2

but the one on my machine is service pack 3, so what now ?

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by dacam22

im not usre that will work cause the version of windows on my laptop is not the same as the one on the disc, see the one on the disc is service pack 2

but the one on my machine is service pack 3, so what now ?

Any version of XP will be fine for that.

[dacam22]

ok i will give it a go, thanx for the help

[Rich-M]

Welcome...

[dacam22]

when i get to the windows setup bit, i press R and it sez it cant find a hard drive or some **** like that

will this problem never be fixed!!!

[hrlow2]

Try the HJT in "Safe Mode with Networking".

[dacam22]

ok i got HJT to work and the file attached is the log it made, hope that helps

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by dacam22

ok i got HJT to work and the file attached is the log it made, hope that helps

dacam,
Please don't post it as an attachment. Post the whole file in here as no one will open it otherwise.