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I have news - good news.
One of my shipmates is a computer type and heard me moaning about my slow laptop.
He educated me about several things that really helped.
I've deleted a lot of files that I was reluctant to let go. I, also, did not realize the benefit of having a clean desktop and having almost all "shortcuts" on the desktop. As I made the changes, the speed of the laptop really started improving. Also, I've tried to really reduce the number of items that start up on boot-up. I've used msconfig in the RUN field to access the STARTUP tab. Now the laptop speed is nearly back to what I've come to know as normal.
Below is a copy of the log file from HJT after I've done as much of the above as I dared.
Let me know if this helps you help me. I haven't purchased anything yet. And, I now feel I have a fighting chance if I go directly online with my laptop.
This message / response is on the ship's laptop (via wireless internet connections) as I've always done during our troubleshooting.
Thanks again.............Hez
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 11:43:16 PM, on 7/28/2006
Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb07.exe
C:\HJT\v1991\HijackThis.exe
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://start.earthlink.net
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.heaven600.com/main.html
N1 - Netscape 4: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.google.com/"); (C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\boltons\prefs.js)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb07.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSConfig] C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe /auto
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [TClockEx] C:\Program Files\TClockEx\TCLOCKEX.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - (no file)
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {9B03C5F1-F5AB-47EE-937D-A8EDA626F876} (Anonymizer Anti-Spyware Scanner) - http://download.zone...ctor/WebAAS.cab
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WRNotifier - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WRLogonNTF.dll
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
