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From: Big Bill on 14 Dec 2009 18:45 On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:17:27 -0800, "nooneyouknow" <nooneyouknow(a)spam.invalid> wrote: >Big Bill wrote: >> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:17:51 -0000, "meerkat" >> <waiting(a)meerkatmanor.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> "Jack" <nospam(a)invalid.not> wrote in message >>> news:qNDUm.79787$W77.29010(a)newsfe11.iad... >>>> Big Bill wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:06:55 -0800, "relic" <relic2(a)cjb.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Big Bill wrote: >>>>>>> I read where you can stop/disable some services on XP and make it >>>>>>> run quicker. I stopped/disabled a few. Now I no longer have the >>>>>>> copy to/move to facility available in my right click menu and I >>>>>>> get an alert box with system blah blah isass.exe come up when I >>>>>>> boot up. If I click OK on it while the system's rebooting, the >>>>>>> system reboots again. If I let the system completely reboot all >>>>>>> the way up, then click OK on the alert, the alert box disappears >>>>>>> and I can carry on as normal. I've done some research, run a >>>>>>> couple of tests, anti-viruses, and this doesn't appear to be a >>>>>>> virus. Looks like I messed up the OS (I can hear the cries of, >>>>>>> "Well, duh!!!" from here :-)). >>>>>>> Anyone got any idea how I can put this right please? I can live >>>>>>> with it but it's annoying, and also I miss the copy to/move to >>>>>>> facility, it's useful. I'd like to restore that if I can. >>>>>>> You're going to ask, which services did you stop/disable? I >>>>>>> forget. The list is off Robin Good's page though, >>>>>>> http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/04/12/slow_computer_speed_up_your.htm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I did some of them, can't remember which ones though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm on XPPRO SP3. Any help appreciated. :-) >>>>>> >>> Go to blackvipers page http://www.blackviper.com/ >>> >>> and d/load the XP SP3 pack, it`ll help you set up your Services bill. >>> >>> bw..meerkat >> >> Ah, that's good thanks, I didn't get any joy really from the others. >> Interestingly for the observers here I had a look at msconfig, just to >> see what I could see, didn't alter anything as I couldn't see anything >> amiss, rebooted and was stuck in safe mode. Tried rebooting into mot >> recent working config, still safe mode. System Restore didn't seem to >> be working, I got the message where it says it can't protect your >> computer which usually means it wasn't turned on. I used Barts to get >> in under the radar and restored a backed up copy of the registry >> (ERUNT). That simply made no difference. Hmmmm. Perplexed me a bit, >> that. I ran Spybot which found a dialer which I got rid of but that >> made no difference, I then ran malwarebytes which made no difference >> either but I did notice I had loads of backups for system restore, >> snapshots etc. Odd if it wasn't working! I ran msconfig in safe mode >> and tried system restore from there. It was working from there! It got >> my machine running again. How odd that SR worked and ERUNT didn't - >> what does that signify, anyone? > >It signifies that relic was right; you're dangerous. No, really, what does it mean? BB
From: Dr.Hal0nf1r�$ on 16 Dec 2009 00:27
Big Bill wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:17:27 -0800, "nooneyouknow" > <nooneyouknow(a)spam.invalid> wrote: > >> Big Bill wrote: >>> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:17:51 -0000, "meerkat" >>> <waiting(a)meerkatmanor.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> "Jack" <nospam(a)invalid.not> wrote in message >>>> news:qNDUm.79787$W77.29010(a)newsfe11.iad... >>>>> Big Bill wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:06:55 -0800, "relic" <relic2(a)cjb.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Big Bill wrote: >>>>>>>> I read where you can stop/disable some services on XP and make >>>>>>>> it run quicker. I stopped/disabled a few. Now I no longer have >>>>>>>> the copy to/move to facility available in my right click menu >>>>>>>> and I get an alert box with system blah blah isass.exe come up >>>>>>>> when I boot up. If I click OK on it while the system's >>>>>>>> rebooting, the system reboots again. If I let the system >>>>>>>> completely reboot all the way up, then click OK on the alert, >>>>>>>> the alert box disappears and I can carry on as normal. I've >>>>>>>> done some research, run a couple of tests, anti-viruses, and >>>>>>>> this doesn't appear to be a virus. Looks like I messed up the >>>>>>>> OS (I can hear the cries of, "Well, duh!!!" from here :-)). >>>>>>>> Anyone got any idea how I can put this right please? I can live >>>>>>>> with it but it's annoying, and also I miss the copy to/move to >>>>>>>> facility, it's useful. I'd like to restore that if I can. >>>>>>>> You're going to ask, which services did you stop/disable? I >>>>>>>> forget. The list is off Robin Good's page though, >>>>>>>> http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/04/12/slow_computer_speed_up_your.htm >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I did some of them, can't remember which ones though. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm on XPPRO SP3. Any help appreciated. :-) >>>>>>> >>>> Go to blackvipers page http://www.blackviper.com/ >>>> >>>> and d/load the XP SP3 pack, it`ll help you set up your Services >>>> bill. >>>> >>>> bw..meerkat >>> >>> Ah, that's good thanks, I didn't get any joy really from the others. >>> Interestingly for the observers here I had a look at msconfig, just >>> to see what I could see, didn't alter anything as I couldn't see >>> anything amiss, rebooted and was stuck in safe mode. Tried >>> rebooting into mot recent working config, still safe mode. System >>> Restore didn't seem to be working, I got the message where it says >>> it can't protect your computer which usually means it wasn't >>> turned on. I used Barts to get in under the radar and restored a >>> backed up copy of the registry (ERUNT). That simply made no >>> difference. Hmmmm. Perplexed me a bit, that. I ran Spybot which >>> found a dialer which I got rid of but that made no difference, I >>> then ran malwarebytes which made no difference either but I did >>> notice I had loads of backups for system restore, snapshots etc. >>> Odd if it wasn't working! I ran msconfig in safe mode and tried >>> system restore from there. It was working from there! It got my >>> machine running again. How odd that SR worked and ERUNT didn't - >>> what does that signify, anyone? >> >> It signifies that relic was right; you're dangerous. > > No, really, what does it mean? > It means that you should Google "System Restore" and "ERUNT" and learn the difference. -- Sharron Field Owner and Creator of kkomp.com http://kkomp.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/shazzalive Find me on Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/kkomp On Facebook too: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/shazzalive?ref=name For the most productive 3 days of your life visit this link: http://www.3daymoney.com/go.php?offer=kkomp&pid=1 For bloggers who want more traffic but don't know how to get it: http://www.maxblogpress.com/go.php?offer=shazoom101&pid=32 Creating an e-cover doesn't have to be difficult. Thanks to this software that allows me to create ecovers for FREE. ==> http://www.virtualcovergenerator.com/ecover/?actionscript=5105 |