Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:03 pm
Wolfy, your computer is so knackered now it's virtually beyond salvation unless you start again from scratch.
if you don't want to do that, and you won't back up and reinstall after a reformat, then this is q seriously what i suggest you do.
first, run Norton Windoctor and Disk Doctor and let them fix all the missing shortcuts and registry errors and truncatedfiles, and any disk problems there may be (and herien may lie a source of your troubles - your disks might well be knackered)
gon into the startup list and take out all media players, calender programs, fast startup programs, in fact everything but the critical windows stuff like rundll32 and systray and all the AV and Firewall stuff.
re-install W98 over the top, from boot. dont repartition or reformat, just install into the existing Windows directory.
once complete run Windows Update and update *everything* esp IE and DirectX and the security updates.
install a third party defrag utilty like Diskeeper and do a full defrag.
update your AV and run a full files and programs scan.
use Adaware and scan for spyware and remove the lot.
run Norton Windoctor and Disk Doctor and let them fix all the missing shortcuts and registry errors and truncatedfiles, and any disk problems there may be (and again i stress that herien may lie a source of your troubles - your disks might well be knackered)
gon into the startup list and take out all media players, calender programs, fast startup programs, in fact everything but the critical windows stuff like rundll32 and systray and all the AV and Firewall stuff.
tweak the system for optimal performance, theres plenty of tips around on how to do that, I've posted some and so have others, and you know where we are if you need some help.
now if that lot doesnt sort it then you are truly stuffed, young feller. very likely your disks are now so trashed that theyre on the point of physical failure, I'm sorry to say, then you probably will lose everything anyway. so backup now.
Edited by - Tawakalna al-Fedayeen on 3/24/2005 2:45:53 PM
if you don't want to do that, and you won't back up and reinstall after a reformat, then this is q seriously what i suggest you do.
first, run Norton Windoctor and Disk Doctor and let them fix all the missing shortcuts and registry errors and truncatedfiles, and any disk problems there may be (and herien may lie a source of your troubles - your disks might well be knackered)
gon into the startup list and take out all media players, calender programs, fast startup programs, in fact everything but the critical windows stuff like rundll32 and systray and all the AV and Firewall stuff.
re-install W98 over the top, from boot. dont repartition or reformat, just install into the existing Windows directory.
once complete run Windows Update and update *everything* esp IE and DirectX and the security updates.
install a third party defrag utilty like Diskeeper and do a full defrag.
update your AV and run a full files and programs scan.
use Adaware and scan for spyware and remove the lot.
run Norton Windoctor and Disk Doctor and let them fix all the missing shortcuts and registry errors and truncatedfiles, and any disk problems there may be (and again i stress that herien may lie a source of your troubles - your disks might well be knackered)
gon into the startup list and take out all media players, calender programs, fast startup programs, in fact everything but the critical windows stuff like rundll32 and systray and all the AV and Firewall stuff.
tweak the system for optimal performance, theres plenty of tips around on how to do that, I've posted some and so have others, and you know where we are if you need some help.
now if that lot doesnt sort it then you are truly stuffed, young feller. very likely your disks are now so trashed that theyre on the point of physical failure, I'm sorry to say, then you probably will lose everything anyway. so backup now.
Edited by - Tawakalna al-Fedayeen on 3/24/2005 2:45:53 PM
