-=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:36:39 -0400

I downloaded this program and did not see the "crawler toolbar" checked 
before I clicked install and then tried to uninstall it, hope I did, I 
searched for crawler after using their uninstall feature for it, and found 
it in c\windows/prefetch or something like that.  My spyware Guard caught it 
as a BSO and I told it not to let it in or whatever, it was trying to change 
my homepage...eek.

Christine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 3:09 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes


> Actually, that makes a LOT of sense.  Several maker's are using ActiveX
> modules to 'read' what's installed on customer's systems like that (with
> permission, of course).  Belarc might show you that info, but I haven't 
> used
> that in a long time.  I prefer SIW (System Information for Windows) for 
> its
> thoroughness, but there are other favorites used by other members of the
> group that do similar things and can provide a wealth of info about a
> system.  You can get SIW below.
>
> http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
>
> Virtual memory looks much better now.        :O)
>
> Event Viewer entries may be old, so it's hard for me to know how much 
> weight
> to place on things without some idea of their age.  Those entries may be
> related to the scare you had yeaterday, or they may just be a fluke.  Your
> best bet is to wipe the contents of the Viewer and see what comes up from
> this point on.  To wipe a section, select the name of the section in the
> left pane and then go to Action > Clear All Events.  You'll then be asked 
> if
> you want to save a copy of the data about to be removed.  Of course, that
> choice is yours to make.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 2:04 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes
>
>
>> Gman, is there an easy way to see what memory I have installed like 
>> Belarc
>> program or something?  I did set to "system managed" for virtual memory
>> and
>> looks like the custom size I had is gone, and there is a bullet mark 
>> there
>> for "system managed" currently allocated 1534 now.
>>
>> No other bullet circles are marked in that window.
>>
>> I looked at event log viewer and saw some errors with my zonen alarm
>> starting up slow, there were some warnings also error on harddisk during
>> paging operation Event ID 51
>>
>> I went to help and support, from start menu then to Dell support, system
>> info.  I think the first time around, it had not read my computer's info
>> and
>> was showing me what came with it when I bought it, I have installed more
>> RAM
>> since purchasing it. I think then it connected somehow to my computer and
>> read what was in there, would that make sense?
>>
>>
>> Christine
>
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