Infinite Recursion or The Little Laptop That Couldn't

Started by Eddie Teach, May 14, 2012, 07:27:09 PM

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Eddie Teach

May 14, 2012, 07:27:09 PM
So I'm having a problem with my laptop where it keeps restarting Windows Explorer every 30 seconds or so. The rest of the time it just gives the wait animation. Any command I give it basically stalls out without following through. Any suggestions?
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Barrister

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May 14, 2012, 10:33:05 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 14, 2012, 07:27:09 PM
So I'm having a problem with my laptop where it keeps restarting Windows Explorer every 30 seconds or so. The rest of the time it just gives the wait animation. Any command I give it basically stalls out without following through. Any suggestions?

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Eddie Teach

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May 15, 2012, 08:12:54 AM
I was thinking more along the lines of how to fix it without taking it to a shop, but I'll keep that in mind.
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Grey Fox

#3
May 15, 2012, 08:48:38 AM
Windows ?
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Eddie Teach

#4
May 15, 2012, 09:12:44 AM
Seven.
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katmai

#5
May 15, 2012, 08:22:45 PM Last Edit: May 15, 2012, 08:26:46 PM by katmai
stop dl'd all that porn.... what have you found by searching the web?


I mean about the problem, not porn...
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Eddie Teach

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May 15, 2012, 10:03:42 PM
I found a program called Windows Defender Offline which I could download onto a cd and use to boot the laptop up, currently 2 hours into the scan and crawling along.
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viper37

#7
May 16, 2012, 12:19:20 PM
This could help:
http://www.superantispyware.com/
if your problem is caused by malware.

Otherwise... hmm, let me think...  Maybe some kind of Linux distro like this one:
Trinity
You put it on an USB key and boot on it, use the anti-virus scan tools and such.

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Eddie Teach

#8
May 16, 2012, 01:35:13 PM
As removing the three items the previous 15 hour scan found didn't fix the problem ( <_<), I'm giving Viper's program a try.
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DGuller

#9
May 16, 2012, 03:35:35 PM
I seem to vaguely recall having this problem many years ago.  I don't remember what exactly it turned out to be, or how I fixed that.  Hope it helps.

Eddie Teach

#10
May 16, 2012, 05:41:32 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2012, 01:35:13 PM
I'm giving Viper's program a try.

Not such a good idea. The SAS program I dl'ed doesn't appear to be bootable and so I wasn't able to use it on laptop. Also, it managed to leave behind a file "saswinlo.dll" which I'm having a devil of a time removing from my old pc.
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Eddie Teach

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May 16, 2012, 07:17:33 PM Last Edit: May 16, 2012, 07:20:38 PM by Peter Wiggin
The disk drive is just about kaput. I tried hooking up an external one, but of course whatever virus is on it blocked me from installing the drivers for it.  :rolleyes:

Looks like I'm stuck with the slow, noisy emachine I've had 7 years. For now. :shifty:
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viper37

#12
May 20, 2012, 11:28:57 AM
Super Anti Spyware isn't bootable, no.  It's a freeware tool I often use to find malware on my computer, it's decent, not great.

The Linux tool though, should work from a USB key with it's own utility:
http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?content=0._QUICK_AND_DIRTY_GUIDE_TO_USING_TRK&front_id=12&lang=en&locale=en
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