Re: Windows is great, except for a few things...

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You mentioned you have scanned for adware, but did you use all of the
scanners listed below?

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Use these spyware scanners to erraticate your spyware problem:
*Make sure you check for spyware definition updates for all of these
scanners before using them.

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4
http://www.safer-networking.org

Ad-Aware SE 1.06 Personal
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spyware Blaster 3.4
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Spy Sweeper 4.0.3 Build 405
http://www.webroot.com

XoftSpy 4.15
http://www.paretologic.com

CWShredder 2.15*
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

* = Use the standalone version of CWShredder.

TheGreatn00bini wrote:
> I was having a problem with my laptop recently where the display
> wouldn't work except for when my laptop was plugged into my TV. Long
> story short (Fn+F8 wouldn't work, updated video drivers didn't
> work,etc.), Dell told me to reinstall Windows XP. Now my computer is
> acting really weird and i'm pretty sure it's related to windows and
> not to the machine itself. Here are the symptoms:
>
> -Windows takes a LONG time to boot up
> -Winkey doesn't do anything (although keyboard test shows it's fine)
> -Media Player won't work (low memory error)
> -My wireless network connection works fine but internet explorer
> won't even begin to access a webpage once i've entered a URL
> -I can remote desktop to my work computer and everything works faster
> (except Winkey doesn't work)
> -When remoted, Media Player opens, but when I try to play music it
> says there may be a problem with my audio device
> -I get an "RPC server is unavailable" message when I try to use my
> Dell Resource CD (I thought it would solve the audio driver issue)
> -Every couple minutes, my system finds new hardware and tries to
> install a monitor
> -My device manager lists 5 monitors although I only have one display
>
> Does anyone know what may be causting this problem? I've run
> diagnostics on my computer, scanned for adware, etc. and there isn't
> anything out of the ordinary. I'd appreciate any help that can be
> offered.


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