Icons Disappearing

ryby2 · 03-04-2008, 02:34 AM

Hi,
Im having a problem with my icon disapearing on my old computer whenever i start it up. They will appear for a little while and the they will flicker on and off for a little while until they don't come up completely. If you guys have any advice and could give me any help please respond.

Quentin_T · 03-04-2008, 06:11 AM

Any other info you can give will help. I.e. OS. Pretty much OS will do it. How old is it?

ryby2 · 03-04-2008, 12:40 PM

sory about that. its a dell inspiron 8400 and has windows XP on it. Its also around 4-5 years old

pies · 03-04-2008, 03:48 PM

Did you run a virus scan or spyware scan?
Did it just start happening?

ryby2 · 03-04-2008, 09:28 PM

ive run a virus and spysweeper scan and it didn't find anything. right now im using spysweeper. And yes it did just start happening....

oscaryu1 · 03-05-2008, 01:14 AM

Try AVG too.

Alien Ware · 03-05-2008, 01:16 AM

Sorry lol... i posted on a different forum with like the same problem

Campo · 03-05-2008, 01:57 AM

Normally it says if a post has been deleted doesn't it?

ryby2 · 03-07-2008, 01:22 AM

alright i believe now that it is a virus. Should i reinstall windows xp and everythign else?

azwebs · 03-07-2008, 02:09 AM

Can't think of anything much else, apart from corrupted Windows. If its that, you're screwed anyway. If you've got barely any programs, and a recent backup of data, go ahead. If you're like me with 180gb of crap, and hundreds of massive programs, wait a minute. You might want to download AVG 7.5 free. Just give it one run and see what it finds. I'm using it on my web server, never had any virus problems in the whole 3 years. Very good piece of freeware software. Try it out, see the results, and do what the program tells you to. If it can't find anything, the chances are Windows is corrupted, and that sooner or later, you'll get bluescreen. If AVG doesn't find anything, reinstall Windows.

03-04-2008, 02:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
ryby2 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	Icons Disappearing Hi, Im having a problem with my icon disapearing on my old computer whenever i start it up. They will appear for a little while and the they will flicker on and off for a little while until they don't come up completely. If you guys have any advice and could give me any help please respond.

03-04-2008, 06:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Quentin_T Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NH Age: 27 Posts: 268	Any other info you can give will help. I.e. OS. Pretty much OS will do it. How old is it? __________________ Main PC.....................\HTPC......................\Server.................. Intel Core 2 Duo 6700\AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+\AMD Athlon 3000+ Asus P5B-Deluxe WiFi\Biostar TF7050-M2\Asus A7N8X-Deluxe Rev2 2GB Kingston DDR2 800\2 GB Crucial DDR2 800\1GB Crucial DDR 400 WD 36GB Raptor + WD 500GB\250GB\320GB\500GB\160GB\2x 500GB BFG 8600 GTS 256MB\XFX 8500 GT 512MB\ATI X700 256MB O/C'd Sony HS95P(19"+17")\Sharp Aquos 42" LCD\Absolutely Nothing!!!! Boredom led me to do this...

03-04-2008, 03:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
pies Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Poland, OH Posts: 470	Did you run a virus scan or spyware scan? Did it just start happening? __________________ Desktop Case-Antec 900/Psu- Abs 800 watt Motherboard- Asus p5k Deluxe Wifi/Cpu- Intel Core 2 E8400 Ram- Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4gb ddr2 800/Gpu- sapphire ATI 4850 Hdd- 1.25tb/ DVD- Light ON/- Custom Water Cooling

03-05-2008, 01:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 9,829	Try AVG too. __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

03-05-2008, 01:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
Alien Ware banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 126	Sorry lol... i posted on a different forum with like the same problem Last edited by Alien Ware; 03-05-2008 at 02:00 AM.

03-04-2008, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
ryby2 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	sory about that. its a dell inspiron 8400 and has windows XP on it. Its also around 4-5 years old

03-04-2008, 09:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
ryby2 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	ive run a virus and spysweeper scan and it didn't find anything. right now im using spysweeper. And yes it did just start happening....

03-05-2008, 01:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
Campo banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 327	Normally it says if a post has been deleted doesn't it?

03-07-2008, 01:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
ryby2 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	alright i believe now that it is a virus. Should i reinstall windows xp and everythign else?

03-07-2008, 02:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
azwebs Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Age: 14 Posts: 200	Can't think of anything much else, apart from corrupted Windows. If its that, you're screwed anyway. If you've got barely any programs, and a recent backup of data, go ahead. If you're like me with 180gb of crap, and hundreds of massive programs, wait a minute. You might want to download AVG 7.5 free. Just give it one run and see what it finds. I'm using it on my web server, never had any virus problems in the whole 3 years. Very good piece of freeware software. Try it out, see the results, and do what the program tells you to. If it can't find anything, the chances are Windows is corrupted, and that sooner or later, you'll get bluescreen. If AVG doesn't find anything, reinstall Windows. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad QX6850 3.0Ghz 8GB Corsair 800Mhz DDR2 RAM (4 x 2gb) 6 x 500GB Hard Drive SATA II (3 Terabytes) Gecube HD 3870X2 1gb Dual GPU PCI Two 18x DL DVD Burners TV Tuner w/ Remote 2 Firewire Ports/8 CH Audio/Floppy/7 USB's 255mb Fibre Optic Broadband Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit

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