masu485
New Member
Hey, new here and was told this was the place to come if I needed some help with my computer messing up.
Problems started a few days ago when I got a random 'updating' loading bar that disappeared after less than a second. Problems include:
1. Computer Startup takes 5 minutes more than it used to.
2. Caused Ad-Aware Service to take up a large amount of memory. (I've since changed it from automatic to manual and still no change)
3. IE has some trouble loading. I check it in task manager processes, and see it just shut down before getting enough memory to show on screen, but when it gets on screen, it usually stays. I would have to try to open IE 14 or 15 times before it finally shows.
4. I have gotten the blue screen of death for the first time in 5 or 6 years, and my first time on XP. It is a darker blue and appears completely randomly. I have to restart my computer and then there's a message that my computer has just recovered from a serious error.
5. MSN Messenger doesn't appear on startup anymore like it used to.
6. Cannot use standby mode anymore. Computer just hangs on the screen that says 'preparing to standby'
Ran AVG anti virus and it found absolutely nothing. Spybot found one Trojan, but it appears it's unrelated to my problems here.
Ran MalwareBytes and Hijack This and will post log files.
Problems started a few days ago when I got a random 'updating' loading bar that disappeared after less than a second. Problems include:
1. Computer Startup takes 5 minutes more than it used to.
2. Caused Ad-Aware Service to take up a large amount of memory. (I've since changed it from automatic to manual and still no change)
3. IE has some trouble loading. I check it in task manager processes, and see it just shut down before getting enough memory to show on screen, but when it gets on screen, it usually stays. I would have to try to open IE 14 or 15 times before it finally shows.
4. I have gotten the blue screen of death for the first time in 5 or 6 years, and my first time on XP. It is a darker blue and appears completely randomly. I have to restart my computer and then there's a message that my computer has just recovered from a serious error.
5. MSN Messenger doesn't appear on startup anymore like it used to.
6. Cannot use standby mode anymore. Computer just hangs on the screen that says 'preparing to standby'
Ran AVG anti virus and it found absolutely nothing. Spybot found one Trojan, but it appears it's unrelated to my problems here.
Ran MalwareBytes and Hijack This and will post log files.