-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Now I need HELP with a corrupted system!!!
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:18:39 -0400
Richard,
Congrats on the addition of a new hard drive. It rarely hurts to gain
extra space. As for your divorce, I'm sure it hurts like heck right now.
But I'm going to also congratulate you on that since it marks the closure of
something that wasn't meant to be. More to the point, it marks the
beginning of your next great adventure, opening up more doors of possibility
than you probably realize right now (and even more extra space).
The sound issue is one of those mysterious ailments that crops up now
and then. In most circumstances, it's the result of a bad Windows install,
probably caused by a spike that went through your home at the exact same
time an important support file was being copied to the drive (corrupting
it). Sometimes, the only cure is to wipe out the install and start over.
However, you might want to try the SFC /SCANNOW trick I recently mentioned
in another thread. It goes through all of your operating system files
looking for anything missing or corrupted and replaces them with copies from
your source disk. If the file in question is too far gone, SFC will not
recognize it and the wipe/reinstall comes back to the top of the list as
your best bet.
To deal with AntiVirus XP 2008, completely remove the new drive,
reinstall the old one, boot into it and follow the following:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-antivirus-xp-2008
OR
http://tinyurl.com/4ooc5t
If you run into any walls, give a yell.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Hulett" <pctechwantab@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:36 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Now I need HELP with a corrupted system!!!
> Background/ History of problem:
> During an update (of one of M$ critical BAND-AID updates) in came
> Antivirus XP 2008 (Careful everyone this is a bad virus/Trojan). Got
> frustrated so I bought a new larger HD (160GB from-->55-60GB) and Norton
> 360. Norton, Grisoft AVG Free didn't help matters. With a fresh install
> on the new HD, I went onto the internet with IE to get Firefox, then
> closed IE (I don't like M$ products). IE kept launching on its own and
> pop-ups. Sought help from www.windows.com forum and
> http://malwareremoval.com. Turns out there was a little critter that came
> crawling in. Now gone I hope. I'm going to put the original HD back into
> the Laptop/notbook and try to clean it also. Then use it as an external
> USB Back up HD.
>
> Now the other problem:
> for some unknown reason, my Audio is not working correctly. I'm having an
> audio conflict that blocking the audio drivers from installing and
> working correctly. Device manager says ENABLED but when you click on
> SOUND, SPEECH, and AUDIO DEVICES--> SOUNDS and AUDIO DEVICES--it
> says "NO AUDIO DEVICE". I've been able to Uninstall/Reinstall through
> Device manager. But now it is flashing a BLUE Crash Screen (To fast to see
> information) and the
> computer reboots. Here's an error that popped up last night after a
> reboot!
>
> Windows Cannot find
> 'http:oca.microsoft.com/resredir.aspx?sid=7822&Bucket=0xA_ALCXWDM%2bad02&State=1&ID=d62f0645-e469-466f-8933-53efd8de323d&LCID=1033&OS=5.1.2600.2.00010300.3.0'.
>
> Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for
> a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.
>
> I'm
> currently going through a Divorce, currently in Orlando, FL on a some what
> Vacation for a few more days then back to the KAOS, mostly thinging about
> what to do about my future, learning
> about divorce, child support, bankruptcy, etc... And trying to fix my
> computer. I'd like to get it working before I get back to CA!
>
> Thank you for any help.
> Richard
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