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?
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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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.
Windows ?
Seven.
stop dl'd all that porn.... what have you found by searching the web?
I mean about the problem, not porn...
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.
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 (http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?content=TRINITY_RESCUE_KIT____CPR_FOR_YOUR_COMPUTER&front_id=12&lang=en&locale=en)
You put it on an USB key and boot on it, use the anti-virus scan tools and such.
As removing the three items the previous 15 hour scan found didn't fix the problem ( <_<), I'm giving Viper's program a try.
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.
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.
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:
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