Re: Strange Behaviour

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No spyware and viruses whatsoever on the system


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Clayton,

Start by checking the system for unwanted spy and ad programs, these can
help:

AdawareII www.lavasoft.de
Spybot www.safer-networking.org

From MVP Richard Harper on cleaning up malware infested systems:
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm

This one can help you avoid these programs from being installed in the
first place:
Spyware Blaster: www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827315

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Since last week while working away on my system some icons in the taskbar
will look like 8-bit colour (mainly the Microsoft Outlook icon) when this
happens I can not click any icons on the desktop nor can I access the
control panel and the only way to fix the problem until it happens again
is to shutdown the system and restart, I can not do this by going to
Start/Shutdown, the only way is to Ctrl/Alt/Delete and shutdown that way.
When this problem happens I try click on icons on the desktop etc and
nothing happens, sometimes I get a message saying "There is not enough
free memory to run this program. Quit one or more programs and try again"
I have 2GB of memory and a video card of 256MB, CPU of 3.4GHz, so I'm not
really sure if this is a hardware or software problem. I have reinstalled
the video drivers using the latest version, BIOS is updated to the latest
version.
Please help me out here.

I am due to format and reinstall windows if need be


Cheers
Clayton






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  • Re: Strange Behaviour
    ... Windows help - www.rickrogers.org ... when this happens I can not click any icons on the desktop nor can I ... happens again is to shutdown the system and restart, ... I am due to format and reinstall windows if need be ...
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  • Re: Strange Behaviour
    ... Windows help - www.rickrogers.org ... happens I can not click any icons on the desktop nor can I access the ... Start/Shutdown, the only way is to Ctrl/Alt/Delete and shutdown that way. ... I am due to format and reinstall windows if need be ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Strange Behaviour
    ... Also after restarting the quick launch toolbar has disappeared ... happens I can not click any icons on the desktop nor can I access the ... Start/Shutdown, the only way is to Ctrl/Alt/Delete and shutdown that way. ... I am due to format and reinstall windows if need be ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Strange Behaviour
    ... Since last week while working away on my system some icons in the taskbar ... will look like 8-bit colour (mainly the Microsoft Outlook icon) when this ... Start/Shutdown, the only way is to Ctrl/Alt/Delete and shutdown that way. ... I am due to format and reinstall windows if need be ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Cannot logoff or reboot a workstation
    ... Open a command prompt and enter shutdown -f ... This will force it to kill any running processes and shutdown. ... you may have a trojan or spyware that MS Anti-Spy can't ... > Is there any other local policy that would cause this behavior? ...
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