[ngk0585]

The link you gave is to Uniblue registry scanner. I did the scan and the program will only do 15 registry fixes wihtout purchase of hte program and it says I have 2010 errors. Also the little thumbnail you attached is a result of what/ or which program? In any case I did not get it with either the uniblue or Hijack runs. I will purchase the uniblue and hope it does not destroy my system. I need to make some backups first to get my photography business secured.

[ngk0585]

I paid for the uniblue program and ran it. We removed almost 2000 Registry errors! I am still trying to figure out what programs I can delete. I run hijack OK and I get the 04 .exe list, but it is just a list. I am searching for a list of programs that XP needs and I will take the others out of startup list. - ngk

[ngk0585]

OK, I figured out the site you sent. I've turned off some startups as recommended. I'll play with it more.

[Megabite]

Registry cleaners are dangerous....they will always find things to remove.....I hope you have backed up the registry before you used that registry scanner

[ngk0585]

Uniblue seems OK. Don't know until something goes awry. It backs up the registry before running.It comes up with boot now. Lately, the only thing it comes up with are broken links apparently to files that I have moved around from disk to disk. I' trying to clean up my C drive so defrag will actually finish a run. It goes to about 70% and kind of stops. I have to cancel it. BTW, I went through the .exe files and seems like most of them I can leave at startup. I could uncheck the disk detectors, but I kind of like being able to put a disk in the drive and the PC recognizing that it is there. There are still a whale of a lot of other trash that is loaded and the Task Manager does not display. I an considering uninstalling Norton, Lavasoft and Spybot to see if they are the problem. Norton is a pain to reinstall tho' and I have 198 days left on the subscription. I will not be renewing because it is a dog. I turned off aluyscheduler and lucomserver programs that used to bring the PC to a screeching halt about every 30 minutes. Their tech support was no help either. Any ideas on other things to remove at startup?

[Phantom010]

Originally Posted by ngk0585

The link you gave is to Uniblue registry scanner. I did the scan and the program will only do 15 registry fixes wihtout purchase of hte program and it says I have 2010 errors. Also the little thumbnail you attached is a result of what/ or which program? In any case I did not get it with either the uniblue or Hijack runs. I will purchase the uniblue and hope it does not destroy my system. I need to make some backups first to get my photography business secured.

I never told you to use Uniblue. I've attached a picture of the exact spot you had to paste the .exe files from your 04 HijackThis log entries.

[ngk0585]

It was my mistake. I like the uniblue I think. Not sure if it is doing all it says, but it runs OK. And yes, I did use the link you suggested and checked the .exe programs. I did not have but a few and those were the disk recognition programs, Audio programs, or Norton utilites, and I don't know who is causing the problem. It has to be either the Norton, or one of the DLL's. Do all this stuff load from the .exe's I am allowed to see in the msconfig startup?

[Phantom010]

You have a lot more applications than that to uncheck, believe me.

Your problem is probably caused by a too large amount of applications loading with Windows.

You can also try a clean boot:

CLEAN BOOT TROUBLESHOOTING technique

First, restart in Normal mode.

Then,

Run msconfig and select the "Services" tab. Check "Hide Microsoft Services" and then disable the rest. Also uncheck "Load startup group" on the General page.

Now restart and test the issue at hand.

If no problems, run msconfig and recheck half the disabled items on the Services tab. Test again. If the problem recurs, uncheck half the items you just checked to narrow down the culprit.

If the problem didn't occur, check the other half, so all the Services are enabled -- proceed to do this on the Startup tab as well.

Get the idea? You want to isolate the problem to a specific startup if possible.

Note: if you already have items unchecked under msconfig > Startup and are in “Selective” startup mode – you should note what these are before beginning. They will need to be de-selected again.

[ngk0585]

I tried the clean boot technique. From the first step running the system with hide MS services and unchecked load staartup group. the system boots in about 45 seconds, but the EAX still stutters on the screen. I'm beginning to think I am going to have to totally reload the system from scratch. I am going to pursue the msconfig a little more trying to take everything out. Then I'm making a list of programs and looking for load disks. Unless there is another idea.