For the record: my hunch was right - I killed a shared printer, and suddenly my system burst into life, and re-boots normally. XP is a very odd OS.
And a bizarre symptom that backs up this theory (above): if I try to access the control panel networking applet through the Start menu, the...
Having wasted most of the day on this problem, I am now convinced that it is a network issue. I recently tweaked my home network while installing...
Many thanks for all the useful advice. I'm currently working through Process Explorer info and the event logs and I'll report back. Thanks again.
Blue, Thanks for the response. I used Adaware and Spybot, and Active Virus Shield. I can't link the problem to any specific install/uninstall.
Recently I'm having a very peculiar problem when I boot up my Windows XP machine... The boot process seems normal, but one or two utilities in...
Thanks for your reply, Toby75. A system restore's not an option, I'm afraid. I have it switched off. I have now spent the best part of three...
I may be in the wrong place after all. After endless hours of very boring experimentation, the problem seems to be related to the XP Plug and Play...
I may not be posting this in the right place, but I suspect a Trojan may be at the root of my problem. Over the last few days explorer.exe (and...
Thank you, Controler, that's very helpful. Of course, if I'd engaged the brain, the BoClean help file should have been my first port of call......
Yesterday I was downloading a file (the 1by1 MP3 player - via one of the mainstream download sites) when a trojan alert popped up from BoClean....
That seems to help - I excluded E-Trust and Admuncher, and told E-Trust to ignore Admuncher and BOClean. The spiking still occurs, but is much...
Treated myself to BOClean today. I've only been using it for a few hours, but I'm experiencing very frequent BOClean CPU spikes (up to 100%)....
Thanks for the response. I do have the latest drivers for the Siig card, but it's an old card and there are no further updates for it. The card is...
Brubaker, Did you ever get to a solution with this one? I had an identical problem and Acronis Support has been very helpful to me. Analysis of...
Exactly the same thing happens to me (When I click on "Create Image" the machine crashes and reboots). It also happened when I tried to click the...
Anyone any opinions on Prevx ? They've just launched a free home edition of their "host intrusion prevention" software (it's in beta). They...
That's great news. Thanks again. JohnK
Yellowhammer, Many thanks for your detailed help. I followed your instructions. Only hiccup: I could not find any file named Isac.exe, either...
Nightmare weekend! Within 24 hours, both my (home) desktop and laptop computers fell victim to hijackers. Seem like different infections, too....
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