Please help with a strange happening
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From: Mike van der Merwe on 28 May 2010 13:44 Also posted in microsoft.public.basics Hi ! Please help with a strange happening Running Win XP Pro sp3 and all updates When I close down XP at night (or at any time), the computer closes all the programs and shuts down When I restart the computer again. It will boot OK Giving me the usual desktop with icons as well as everything in the task bar I can move the cursor around the desktop but when I double click on a icon nothing happens Also I can not get any of the icons on the taskbar to work But I have found out that if I "boot" into "safe mode" and go to a "restore point" Everything comes right except that I loose any settings I have made after the restore point (understood) To overcome this I have to create a restore point before shutting down When I start the computer I have to start in safe made and boot to the last restore point I have run sfc. /scannow Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool Malware Bytes Anti-malware Ad-Aware Ad-Watch Super Anti-Spyware Loaris Trojan Remover ESET Anti-Virus C Cleaner among others All coming up clean Looks as if the computer is not shutting down as it should Any suggestion TIA
From: Alias on 28 May 2010 13:58 Mike van der Merwe wrote: > Also posted in microsoft.public.basics > > Hi ! > > Please help with a strange happening > > Running Win XP Pro sp3 and all updates > > When I close down XP at night (or at any time), the computer closes all the > programs and shuts down > > When I restart the computer again. It will boot OK > > Giving me the usual desktop with icons as well as everything in the task bar > > I can move the cursor around the desktop but when I double click on a icon > nothing happens > > Also I can not get any of the icons on the taskbar to work > > But I have found out that if I "boot" into "safe mode" and go to a "restore > point" > > Everything comes right except that I loose any settings I have made after > the restore point (understood) > > To overcome this I have to create a restore point before shutting down > > When I start the computer I have to start in safe made and boot to the last > restore point > > I have run sfc. /scannow > > Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool > > Malware Bytes Anti-malware > > Ad-Aware > > Ad-Watch > > Super Anti-Spyware > > Loaris Trojan Remover > > ESET Anti-Virus > > C Cleaner among others > > All coming up clean > > Looks as if the computer is not shutting down as it should > > Any suggestion > > TIA > > > What happens if you close all your programs before shutting down? -- Alias
From: Mike van der Merwe on 28 May 2010 14:14 Thanks for the reply All running programs are closed Or are you talking about the ones on the right and left of the toolbar Mike "Alias" <aka(a)maskedandanymous.org.invalido> wrote in message news:htp07i$1qe$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mike van der Merwe wrote: >> Also posted in microsoft.public.basics >> >> Hi ! >> >> Please help with a strange happening >> >> Running Win XP Pro sp3 and all updates >> >> When I close down XP at night (or at any time), the computer closes all >> the >> programs and shuts down >> >> When I restart the computer again. It will boot OK >> >> Giving me the usual desktop with icons as well as everything in the task >> bar >> >> I can move the cursor around the desktop but when I double click on a >> icon >> nothing happens >> >> Also I can not get any of the icons on the taskbar to work >> >> But I have found out that if I "boot" into "safe mode" and go to a >> "restore >> point" >> >> Everything comes right except that I loose any settings I have made after >> the restore point (understood) >> >> To overcome this I have to create a restore point before shutting down >> >> When I start the computer I have to start in safe made and boot to the >> last >> restore point >> >> I have run sfc. /scannow >> >> Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool >> >> Malware Bytes Anti-malware >> >> Ad-Aware >> >> Ad-Watch >> >> Super Anti-Spyware >> >> Loaris Trojan Remover >> >> ESET Anti-Virus >> >> C Cleaner among others >> >> All coming up clean >> >> Looks as if the computer is not shutting down as it should >> >> Any suggestion >> >> TIA >> >> >> > > What happens if you close all your programs before shutting down? > > -- > Alias
From: Alias on 28 May 2010 14:20 Mike van der Merwe wrote: > Thanks for the reply > > All running programs are closed > > Or are you talking about the ones on the right and left of the toolbar > > Mike No, the running programs. I don't know what to tell you, then, sorry. > > "Alias"<aka(a)maskedandanymous.org.invalido> wrote in message > news:htp07i$1qe$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Mike van der Merwe wrote: >>> Also posted in microsoft.public.basics >>> >>> Hi ! >>> >>> Please help with a strange happening >>> >>> Running Win XP Pro sp3 and all updates >>> >>> When I close down XP at night (or at any time), the computer closes all >>> the >>> programs and shuts down >>> >>> When I restart the computer again. It will boot OK >>> >>> Giving me the usual desktop with icons as well as everything in the task >>> bar >>> >>> I can move the cursor around the desktop but when I double click on a >>> icon >>> nothing happens >>> >>> Also I can not get any of the icons on the taskbar to work >>> >>> But I have found out that if I "boot" into "safe mode" and go to a >>> "restore >>> point" >>> >>> Everything comes right except that I loose any settings I have made after >>> the restore point (understood) >>> >>> To overcome this I have to create a restore point before shutting down >>> >>> When I start the computer I have to start in safe made and boot to the >>> last >>> restore point >>> >>> I have run sfc. /scannow >>> >>> Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool >>> >>> Malware Bytes Anti-malware >>> >>> Ad-Aware >>> >>> Ad-Watch >>> >>> Super Anti-Spyware >>> >>> Loaris Trojan Remover >>> >>> ESET Anti-Virus >>> >>> C Cleaner among others >>> >>> All coming up clean >>> >>> Looks as if the computer is not shutting down as it should >>> >>> Any suggestion >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> >>> >> >> What happens if you close all your programs before shutting down? >> >> -- >> Alias > > > -- Alias
From: Twayne on 28 May 2010 14:25
In news:zMydnXF79LJpnZ3RnZ2dnUVZ8uWdnZ2d(a)saix.net, Mike van der Merwe <michaelvdm(a)telkomsa.net> typed: > Also posted in microsoft.public.basics > > Hi ! > > Please help with a strange happening > > Running Win XP Pro sp3 and all updates > > When I close down XP at night (or at any time), the > computer closes all the programs and shuts down > > When I restart the computer again. It will boot OK > > Giving me the usual desktop with icons as well as > everything in the task bar > I can move the cursor around the desktop but when I double > click on a icon nothing happens > > Also I can not get any of the icons on the taskbar to work > > But I have found out that if I "boot" into "safe mode" and > go to a "restore point" > > Everything comes right except that I loose any settings I > have made after the restore point (understood) > > To overcome this I have to create a restore point before > shutting down > When I start the computer I have to start in safe made and > boot to the last restore point > > I have run sfc. /scannow > > Microsoft Malicious Removal > Tool > Malware Bytes Anti-malware > > Ad-Aware > > Ad-Watch > > Super Anti-Spyware > > Loaris Trojan Remover > > ESET Anti-Virus > > C Cleaner among others > > All coming up clean > > Looks as if the computer is not shutting down as it should > > Any suggestion > > TIA Look for a program called UPHclean. I -think- it was a Sysinternals so it'd now be available from MS IIRC. Sometimes things go wrong at shutdown and this can help straighten them out. Anohter possibility, but a long shot of sorts, is to look for & run ntregopt. It will optimize (without changing the registry) the loading functions of the registry load. Perhaps between the two you would get some results. Read about & download UPHclean: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en http://majorgeeks.com/NTREGOPT_d4824.html HTH, Twayne` |