Re: unable to system restore

Understood. It's a lot of unfamiliar information to take in.

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captaintivo wrote:
Gerry,
I just disabled Norton and was able to restore to thursday, so I am
back to before I messed up the computer. Startup is now 3 minutes
without all the extraneous stuff in the tray. I think the creative
diagnostics relates to a Nomad MP3 player that predated my Ipod. I
no longer use creative, but the software is still there. I do use
Acrobat Reader. I am going to remove some unused programs and I will
try some of your other suggestions to clean up and speed up the
computer, but for now I just want to get away from the screen. I
appreciate all the help you've provided over the past few days.


newdot~1dll is a remnant of spyware that has been removed.
http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_019.html

Use Autoruns to remove it.

How did you come to have Creative diagnostics Agent installed. It's a
new tool to me.

Are you using Adobe Acrobat Reader?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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captaintivo wrote:
Just re-booted. It took about 6 minutes. Error message - Loading
C:\program1\newdot~1\newdot~1dll specified module could not be
found. hit ok, then startup continued. realplayer opened
automatically (never did before Friday) and I closed it
(non-responsive program message). I am going to remove this program,
as I use Also digimax viewer and creative diagnostics agent were in
tray. It took longer than normal to open internet explorer, which
previously opened within a few seconds.


You still have not answered this question.

Your memory peak is large. You should be able to gather more
information from Task Manager. With the Processes tab open select
View, Select, Columns and check the boxes before Peak Memory Usage
and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures for the 6 processes
using the largest amounts? You need to name the processes and
supply the corresponding figures

Originally you had two problems. A slow start up and an inability
to use System Restore to go back to an earlier point in time. It
seems to me that Norton Anti-Virus 2007 could be responsible for
both problems.

Norton requires lots of resources in terms of memory and CPU
capacity to run effectively. Many users have dumped it for this
reason. When you boot your computer most anti-virus programmes
automatically scan. Check your Norton to see when it is scheduled
to automatically scan. If it only scans automatically on a daily
basis then change the timing to a more convenient time. Also you
can test the impact of an automatic scan by rebooting after an
automatic scan has occurred and see if it boots in a significantly
shorter time.

Another feature of Norton is that it prevents registry changes
which System Restore tries to implement when you try to restore to
an earlier time. You need to turn off this Norton feature when
using System Restore to go back to earlier registry settings.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

However, I do not think using System Restore to resolve a slow boot
problem was the correct solution given what we now know about your
system.

What are your anti-spyware arrangements? What firewall are you
using?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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captaintivo wrote:
I will take care of what you suggested in the last 2 posts on
Sunday. I have Norton Antivirus 2007. I don't think I have Zone
Alarm. Thank you.

It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System
Restore on your C partition which is over generous. I would
reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My Computer icon on the
Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor on your C
drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag it
to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the
Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet
Files. Also select Start, All Programs, accessories, System
Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all
but the latest System Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

What version of Norton and what version of Zone Alarm do you
have?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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