AswinCoolsaet
Thu May 08 07:33:05 PDT 2008
check your kernel process time.
task manager -> 3th tab -> view -> kernel time.
Do you see a lot of red ? or a lot of green ?
what is the avarege red load ?
what is the avarage green load ?
"GaryB" wrote:
> Nass,
>
> First of all, thanks for a very thorough reply.
>
> I rebooted and tried to log on as Administrator. After 10 minutes of
> staring at the Welcome screen, I did a hard reboot and tried again. Same
> result.
>
> I have over the past year tested the memory both with the tool you suggested
> and with memtest. I have run the Hitachi Disk Test tool to test the hard
> drive. All cambe out OK.
>
> I have scanned with Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition, AdAware, Spybot S
> & D, several times each, all to no avail.
>
> I have previously cleared the cache of both Internet Explorer and Firefox.
>
> Once I can access again, I will look again at the Event Viewer for errors.
> In the past when looking, I found nothing remarkable - for some reason,
> although it was running, I was warned that the CPU fan was not running.
>
> I am considering doing an in-place upgrade but need to make a slipstreamed
> SP3 disk to do so, although about a year ago, I did that with a slipstreamed
> SP2 disk without any change in behaviour.
>
> Again, thanks for taking the time to post such a thorough response.
>
> "nass" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "GaryB" wrote:
> >
> > > On boot up, after logging on to a user account, it takes approximately an
> > > hour before (a) windows explorer will show more than My Documents (any
> > > attempt to browse to other directories is met with a search light and nothing
> > > more (b) I cannot use Internet Explorer to go to any sites (firefox works
> > > just fine) (c) this computer, which is the printer server, will not allow any
> > > printing, (d) I can't use any control panel applets, nor in MMC, expand any
> > > of the items in there.
> > >
> > > I upgraded to SP3 to see if that will fix the problem and now, on logon, it
> > > freezes at Configuring Outlook Express (I can complete logon by ending
> > > process Setup50.exe).
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Does it happen only with this particular user or it happen with all other
> > accounts including Admin?
> > What happen you if you logged as Admin, does behave okay?
> > If other accounts work fine i will look for a damaged/corrupt user profile.
> >
> > Use this tool to see what taken the most usage of the CPU on your machine.
> > ShellExView v1.19 - Shell Extensions Manager
> >
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
> >
> > Have a look in the Event Viewer and send us the error messages you will see
> > there in your next post:
> > Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it
> > later for this step to copy the error message on it.
> > Open a run command and type in:
> > eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel.
> > click on each of these:
> > Application
> > System
> > Security
> > Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow
> > exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the
> > causer.
> > On the Event error properties message you will see:
> > Up Arrow
> > Down arrow
> > Two pages
> > Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad
> > you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from
> > the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad.
> > Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient.
> > HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
> >
> > Please we need just the error messages with Red (X) and don't repeat the
> > error, just one of each kind and post them back in your next post.
> >
> >
> > Go through these Cleaning steps:
> > 1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
> > Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
> > you will see these Options:
> > General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
> > | Advanced .
> >
> > Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
> > [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
> > [Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
> > Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.
> >
> > Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
> > [&] Browsing
> > [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
> > = Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
> > browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
> > Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
> > the Non/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
> > later and see which is the culprit .
> > How to manage Add-Ons:
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
> > Scan for malware from here:
> > SuperAntispyware - Free
> >
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
> > RootkitRevealer v1.71
> > By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx
> >
> > Run a scan from here on-line:
> >
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
> >
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
> > Download Avast Cleaner (off-line scanner) from here:
> >
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
> >
> > Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (off-line scanner):
> >
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/
> >
> > You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memory test by
> > downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on
> > Reboot.
> >
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp.
> >
> > Download the Hijackthis and send the report to one of
> > many
> > forums for analysis and troubleshooting:
> > When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2
> > (
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php) is
> > the preferred tool to use.
> > It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. Post
> > your log to:
> >
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
> >
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
> >
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
> >
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7
> >
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html
> >
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
> > Or other appropriate
> > forums for expert analysis, not here.
> > Can you please send me a copy at to_you_rossREMOVETHIS@yahoo.co.uk , remove
> > the obvious to email me.
> > Let us know your progress.
> > nass
> > ----
> >
http://www.nasstec.co.uk
> >
> >