cowboy357

Ok everyone I just wanted to update everyone. I shutoff AVG & NO freeze. But now I kinda feel nakid, hehe evidently My puter dont like it, any suggestions on what to replace it with that wont be as bad or worse . Thanks again, Cowboy

OK , Hazelnut, first off thanks gain for the links, I had read Your post before about static electricity & have tried it many times. As far as the WGA deal, at least i dont have that guys problems, hehe. & honestly I,ve done so many things trying to resolve this issue, i cant even remember what all I,ve done, But I,m perty sure i,ve run every test, fix ,Scan & even a few prayers here & there. I have wasted the last year trying to get things right in this only year old puter. including uninstalling everything I ever installed & reinstalling new and updated stuff, like IE 7 , AVG, spywareblaster, & superanti spyware. Everything except a complete reinstall of My Windows home xp sp2. Which will be My next step. & then all I,ll have to do , is spend the next month updating everything. I,ve also. fixed all phoneline problems & am positive I have no electrical issues, or power supply problems . & No I do not even have to be online for it to freeze. I have even tryed opening task manager & watching the processes to see if anything pops up during Or causing the freeze, and Nothing changes. So I,m perty much down to one thing. But I have received an offer from someone on this board to put all updates, & other stuff I have installed on disks for Me & mailing them to Me. as I,m not sure how to back stuff up Myself, and have no idea how to copy stuff to cd,s or floppys, Anyway sorry for the long read, & Yes I,m very frustrated. But thanks to ALL of You for the help & suggestions. On the upside I have learned a lot going thru this and hopefully will be of some help to others to repay the help I,ve received. Thanks again for your help . You to Andavari & rrigely & res45. Cowboy

Andavari, i allready did. & rrigely said it was fine & had Me run dialafix , & I couldn,t run it without problems. He checked with Djlizard & He,s the one that said I needed to do a new install. Now what ? I just got everything downloaded & updated , Any other Ideas ? Cowboy

Andavari, Once again thanks. But do I need to run that in the safe mode, ? because it wont let Me the other way. it says program allready in use. Would You like to run it on restart, I typed in Y & it still wouldn,t do it when I rebooted. Also My puter still freezes every morning at exactly 8.05 am. & nothing shows in the error logs as a problem & I have no scheduling enabled of any kind. Is it possible it has something to do with WGA notify calling home ? as it shows every time I run Ccleaner. I,ve asked this question several times with no response. I am running a legit copy.& why would it keep checking. Or Am I missing something. Thanks, Cowboy

Thanks Andavari, I uninstalled & installed the 7.5. & even the new IE 7, & superantispyware. about 10 hours of downloads on dialup . I kinda thought My problem was solved . But the it froze again. i posted a HJT & rrigely has been helpin Me but have concluded I need to Reformat. So I,m gonna wait & see How bad it gets before doing that, It would take Me forever to update & install all that crap again. Anyway thanks For Your advice & help. Cowboy

Sorry I forgot to add, that everytime I run ccleaner it shows. WGA error log & WGA notify, is that still calling home to microsoft everyday, Or am I thinking of something else? & could that be some of My problem ? sorry for the stupid questions . & thanks again. Cowboy

Andavari or anyone. My puter constantly freezes up. only choice is to shut down manually. I went to My error logs and the only things that show up at the exact time of freezes is ( AVG EMS & AVG 7updsvc ) I have still not been able to update to the 7.5. & have shut the automatic scanner off & the scheduler. But it still does it. I never had a freezing problem untill I installed a legal version of windows home xp sp2 . & I think I installed AVG free right after & have had the problem ever since. I,ve threw every scanner I can find at it & I,m clean. went to pcpitstop & did an online test with NO problems, & someone suggested windows live onecare, I installed it & as soon as I hit scan it froze again. I looked to see where it went and cant find it to uninstall. Any ideas on what to do. Or should I just start over with a clean install. ? I,m lost. & I also uninstalled Spyware docter. and advanced windows care beta. Thanks for any help. Cowboy

Folks I know this isn,t the best place to ask. but I,ve tried everywhere i could think of to find help, with no luck. this is My wifes new system on her work laptop, & it has serious conflicts with windows xp. Does anyone use this ? or in anyway familiar with it ? OR know where I might find any info or help trying to figure out what the problem is ? the company is a running a huge computer network & some have no problems at all. Hers seems to be a local problem & has to do with Her IP guys tweaking the system. The main frame system in Miami has no issues with it. Any ideas. thanks in advance . Cowboy

Cowboy here. thanks. Yes mps69_1999 that is exactly what it is. & I guess They haven,t loaded whatever program it takes in Her laptop to run the file ,They sent Her. So Her IP guys will have to look at it when she goes back to work. Thanks again. Cowboy

I guess i,m just stupid. the only thing i could find to download only gave the option to open or save. No, next welcome, none of that crap, I clicked save & it started a 17mb download, never could get it, thats to big for dialup. Oh well I,ll just keep what i got I guess, Thanks again. Cowboy

This is Cowboy's wife - a peer at work sent me a file that I was unable to open, according to my laptop because I don't have the program to open it - I questioned her (briefly) and she said it was a very cool MicroSoft program where you tell it what you need to get gone it and in what time frame, and it makes a schedule for you??? Anyone ever hear of such a thing? And, if so, what the heck is it, and should I get it??? Thank you in advance for any info you can give me!! Mrs. Cowboy!!

Ok thanks for clearing that up Andavari. I guess I can just install it over the top of the other one without uninstalling it. is that correct ?. Thanks again. Cowboy

Andavari, I,m confused. I just got the new version a few days ago. Is this AVG or Ewido. and wasn,t it You that sais AVG was destroying itself? Just trying to figure out whether to download this version. Thanks Cowboy

Canary. I dont know why, but i had the same problem. i just went to the update site & downloaded all available updates, installed them . Then rebooted, Problem solved. Hope this helps. Cowboy

Hi hazelnut. I,m talking about the AVG anti virus. I,m still using the old free ewido. I Am waiting to here more about it before I update it. Hopes this answers Your Questions & thanks for the quick reply. Cowboy

I remember Andavari posted potential problems if you update this. So I have refused to. but it constantly tries to get Me to download the latest version & within seconds the puter freezes & I have to shut off & on manually.I,m thinking of uninstalling it . what would be a good replacement for a virus scanner ? & Is Anyone else having this problem. ? thanks in advance. Cowboy

OK Thanks to all for your responses. I haven,t made up My mind yet as what to do. BUT I now have options, & thanks for that. I tried etrust awhile back, & had nothing but problems. But now it makes Me wonder if AVG wasn,t causing a conflict with it even though I had disabled the realtime protection. & since my Wifes company laptop has Etrust installed that She also works from home with , ( corporate version ) I May give it another try, So thanks again & I,ll keep you posted. Cowboy

I aint no rocket scientist. but I use Ccleaner 3 times a day & have NEVER had any problems. And doubt I ever will as long as I dont mess with stuff I dont know about. like advance settings. Instead of bashing this fine freeware i,d suggest You look for other problems with something more reliable then NORTON. & You said You are running a newly updated NORTON . Hum ? Thats where I,d start lookin for problems. Just My opinion. Cowboy

Ok first off this is just my experience. So No flaming allowed, hehe. Awhile back after listening to pretty much all of You. I installed firefox. No fancy extensions or nothing. Long story Short I thought it sucked. it took Me 10 times longer for pages to load then IE, sometimes even longer. Mostly pages with pics. I belong to a custom paiting board & members post pics of theyre work for Critique. It was allmost impossible to view them with firefox. So I finnally uninstalled it. Ok Did I install it wrong? Didn,t know how to use it? Or would this be a normal problem that others have had. Cuz I,d sure give it another shot. allthough I dont have any problems with IE. Just Curious. Thanks Cowboy

Ok Update. My sister did what Glenn said & it opens fine. So its possibly a keyboard problem. as she seems to have no other problem. I,m still waiting for Her to send me a HJT log so I can post it. Andavari I tried to get Her to come to this sight But She doesn,t trust message boards. No matter How safe I tell Her it is. So I will post it if & when She sends it. Thanks for all the help. I,m also gonna save the links that Krit86lr gave , just in case. Cowboy

Ok Thanks, Krit86lr for the downloads & everyone else for the advice. I,m just waiting to here back from her now to see whats Up. Thanks. Cowboy

Sorry krit86lr. whats OS. & I,ll find out. She just installed windows XP home edition with sp2 & completely updated. Thanks Cowboy

Hum. Its a complete new install & the first thing she did was get the updates . So I wouldn,t think She could be infected. But I,m gonna have Her send me a log anyway. & if I dont see anything in it I,ll post it for the experts. Thanks Andavari. Cowboy

No biggy but She says She cant open task mgr to end processes. ( ctrl alt del ) does nothing any ideas ? Thanks Cowboy

Just wanted to thank everyone for there help. My Sister got Her disk I sent & She installed it with no problems & Were back in contact. So I dont have to get Her a new puter . Thanks to ALL. Cowboy