Posted by Kwiksta
great job your doing here cycovision
sent my pc to pc world, and sent it back without doing a thing, saying that its not thier job to repair the annoyings but to check for annoyings....
the main problem im facing, is in the 'my computer' folder, (i have a vaio) which reads compact flash, smartmedia and memory stick, but a few months back, the memory stick icon was replaced with 'removable disk' it didnt bother me that much that the name and icon ahd changed, but whenever i insert a memory stick, the files are listed under compact flash
any help?
Posted by Cycovision
@tempsonyfreak
The only things I can think of are:
1. Did you install anything just before the icon changed, like a sync suite update or similar?
2. Try right clicking on the 'removable disk' and exploring through all of the properties tabs for it. You might see something in there that you can change to get it back to normal and working properly.
3. Get the latest drivers for the card reader from the Vaio site. Even though XP supports card readers natively, Sony do provide their own drivers for their built in card readers if I remember correctly (or is it Advent?
)
@Max
Yeah, you should be able to install it again without problems but I would recommend downloading a fresh copy from the limewire site, just in case.
Then, have a look at this to show you how to stop limewires more annoying side!
http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/ResNet/P2P/limewire.html
Posted by slattery69
alternativly have a look at some of the alteratives ie bit comet a good free program spyware free.
also if you dont have its check out peer guardian 2 from www.phoenixlabs.org as a nice run alongside your p2p program
Posted by max99
Cheers cyco
and slattery
Posted by BlueQuill
My PC has become a sloth.
So slow, so slow, so slow that it seems dead.
this is the configuration that I am using -
Microsoft Windows XP version 2002 Service Pack 1
HP Compaq dx6100
Intel P4 CPU 3.0GHz 120 MB RAM
It ws working ok till a couple of days ago,,its become very very slow now....
please help before i break it !!
Posted by dude_se
such a powerful pc and only 120mb of ram???? i would of said 128mb minimum for xp. get some more ram and just do the general bits and bobs like disk cleaner and defrag
dude_se
Posted by BlueQuill
have done both defrag and disk cleanup , but no use....
i mean just till a couple of days ago, my pc was my heaven..and now..its hell...worse than that...
something wrong with the registry??
pls help me..otherwise i may go mad soon
Posted by dude_se
installed anything new? oh make sure you do virus, spyware checks etc....
the registry cant go wrong for no reason
if your pc has been fully cleaned of all the crap and stuff then post here again
dude_se
Posted by BlueQuill
I have limewire and webshots installed on my pc.
My Norton Anti Virus is upto date and have done a complete check of my system. Also did a disk clean up and defragmentation.
The specific nature of my problem is as follows-
When I double click any icon (for eg. say My Documents) the entire computer freezes for anthing between a few seconds to a minute or so...even opening files causes this to happen.
simple apps like MS WORD etc take atleast a couple of mts to open and during these couple of mts the pc turns into a zombie !!
Similarly editing any thing anywhere causes that to happen......
My PC is clean of any virus...
What could be the problem??
Posted by dude_se
i would say the 120mb of ram. maybe your pc cannot cope anymore. i deffinately ass win xp machines should have atleast 256mb of ram. well mine has 192 but im upgrading soon. limewire shouldnt casue a problem but norton can be a bygger eating up your ram. try avg free and and another firewall. norton is the worst for eating up all your memory so with that amount of ram i would ditch it.
dude_se
Posted by BlueQuill
Ok....thx for ur adivse...
any good firewall u suggest??
Also one favor...if u have the AVG free can u gmail it??
Posted by dude_se
just go on google and type in avg free. i can email it if you want though. zone alarm is ok. i dont really know a lot about firewalls. its just a google thing really.
dude_se
Posted by BlueQuill
An e-mail would be great....pm'ing you my id.
Posted by Cycovision
AVG Antivirus: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
I agree that you definately need more memory, but what worries me a little is that the slowdown occurs when you try to open a folder or application. That's often indicative of errors on the hard drive. chkdisk sometimes (although very rarely!) helps, but if I were you I'd be backing all of my stuff up just in case.
Hopefully, it'll just be down to Norton and / or spyware but bear in mind that it could well be your hard drive
Posted by BlueQuill
@cycovision
what could have possibly caused any error on my hard drive?? Anyway I can find out if its ok or not?? And if there is any error, any way to fix it??
Posted by dude_se
right click c drive. then properties. then error checking. then restart and it will do it. i would disable norton, install avg and buy some more memory first of all. then work from there.
dude_se
Posted by BlueQuill
Thanks mate for all your help.
Installed avg got rid of norton. Will also go for some more ram....Lets hope this fixes the problem..
Posted by dude_se
that should sort it out. if not post back here. more memory is a must anyway. just got myself a 128mb ram stick for £5 on ebay so they are not that expensive. just make sure you know which type to get.
dude_se
Posted by Coxy
Hey all. Ive got a Sony 1gb high speed memory stick PRO duo. At first it wasnt recognized by my phone, or my laptop via either the phone over USB or a Sandisk mem card reader. I put it in my Sony T33 camera and formatted it. It still wouldnt work. After numerous attempts i got the phone to see it. The laptop still cant see it and neither can the camera any more. When i try and use it in the card reader and click it in my computer i get an error with something to do with I/O problem.
Anybody know what to do?
Thanks
Posted by Cycovision
I've had quite a few people PM'ing and MSN'ing me about their computers slowing down due to virus infection, spyware and adware lately (not that I mind
) so I though I'd post a series of little tutorials on how to sort it out here.
Most of you are probably pretty clued up on spyware and adware but for the benefit of those who are not, here's how I perform our 'full service'. It starts of with a virus scan, which in the workshop is actually done with the PC switched off. We use an external hard drive carrier to hook the infected hard drive up to one of our PCs so that it shows up in 'My Computer' and then we get Norton to scan it. The idea is that none of the viruses will be running which gives norton a much better chance of deleting them. Obviously, most people won't have the facility to do that at home, so you have to go for Plan B which is as follows:
1. Update your antivirus software (if you still have internet access, if you don't just continue with this anyway). Once you've done that, you need to restart the PC in safe mode. To do this, restart the computer normally and, when you see the POST (Bios test) info on the screen, start tapping the F8 key repeatedly. On some computers, this might take you to a 'Boot menu'. Select the option that lets you boot from the hard drive and keep tapping F8 again. Almost immediately, you'll be presented with the Windows advanced options menu. Use the arrow keys to highlight 'safemode' and press enter.
2. If you're using Windows ME, 2000 or XP, you'll need to turn off system restore. This is because many antivirus programs can't remove infected files that have been archived in the system restore folders and besides, you don't want to restore the PC to a point where it was full of viruses! Click 'Start', '(all) programs', 'Accessories', 'System tools' then 'system restore'. Click on 'System restore settings' and tick the checkbox next to 'turn off system restore...'. Click 'OK' to any warnings you might get, then 'OK' again to close the system restore settings box. You can turn system restore back on again when your PC is nice and clean if you want.
3.Start up your antivirus program and do a full virus scan. Make sure that the scan will include all of your hard drives if you have more than one, and that it does a 'Full' or 'Thorough' scan as opposed to a 'quick' or 'smart' scan. Once it's finished, follow any instructions it might give you to remove and / or quarantine any infected files. If it finds some files that can't be removed, make a note of their names and folder location on a piece of paper for the next bit!
4. If your antivirus did fail to remove any infected files, it's usually for one of these two reasons: The file is an executable (a program) that is actually running (even in safe mode), or the file is within a compressed folder (.zip file, .cab file etc.). You'll need to take them out manually. Navigate to each infected file using 'My Computer' or Windows explorer and delete the file by highlighting it and pressing the Delete key. Bear in mind that some of the files and folders may be hidden. To get them to show up, open any folder (My documents will do), click on th 'Tools' menu, select 'Folder options', then click on the 'view' tab. Look down the list and you'll see an option to 'Show hidden files and folders'. Make sure it's ticked.
Obviously, you have to be very carefull doing this, especially if you're deleting stuff from the windows, system, winnt or system32 folders. If you accidentally delete a legitimate file or if your not sure, just go to the recycle bin and restore it back again.
5. Done all that? Good, we're nearly ready for the next bit! First of all, you need to empty your temporary files and folders. Get on 'My computer' again and navigate to the following folders:
Windows 98 / Me:
C:\Windows\temp
C:\windows\temporary internet files
Windows 2000 / XP
C:\windows\temp
C:\windows\prefetch (XP only)
c:\documents and settings\(your user name)\local settings\temp
c:\documents and settings\(your user name)\local settings\temporary internet files
Delete the ENTIRE contents of each of those folders, including 'desktop.ini' or any 'system files' if it asks you for confirmation. One more thing, with 2000 and XP, you'll need to clear the temp files for all users in the documents and settings folders, not just your user name.
Sorted? Nice one! Now click on 'start', 'shut down the computer' and 'restart' to bring the PC back into normal mode for the next part.
By the way, if you haven't got an antivirus program and you can get on the internet OK, you can download AVG free edition from here:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
Posted by Coxy
Any help for me?
Posted by BlueQuill
@cycovision that was some great tip indeed. Definitely, you r THE pc guru. I bow to thee...
Posted by Cycovision
@Coxy
Sorry mate, just got in from work
Stick it in your card reader, click 'start', 'control panel', 'Administrative tools', 'computer management', 'disk management'. (I'm assuming you have XP?
)
Find the card in the list, left click to highlight it and then click the little 'x' on the toolbar to delete the partition. Then, right click on the card and select 'create partition' from the menu.
This'll start a wizard to help you partition and format the card. Just create the partition, don't format it. Once it's partitioned, put it in the device that you'll be using it in the most and format it there.
If it won't let you do any or all of the above, or if the problem still persists afterwards, you may well have a poorly card
Posted by dude_se
adware can be a bugger sometimes. did you meantion the program: "spybot search and destroy" because thats a good one for stuff like that. also "hijak this" is a great program for bigger problems with the registry but not for beginners.
dude_se
Posted by Cycovision
@dude
Yeah, they're coming in the next installments of the full service procedure
Posted by Coxy
Hey cyco.
As the PC cant recognise the card i cant format it. Ive just formated it in the PSP though.
Posted by Cycovision
Yeah, that's the whole point. Sometimes, even though though the card doesn't show up or can't be read in 'My Computer', it still appears in the administrative tools disk management part of control panel.
From there, you can do all sorts with it. Usually if a card doesn't show up in 'My Computer', it's either because the partition is corrupted or because it hasn't been assigned a drive letter, both of which can be sorted in disk management
Posted by dude_se
a good disk cleaner also works for me. cleans all my crap every startup.
dude_se
Posted by rrojas260
Quick question. If i put a ram module(card?) in a no compatible motherboard will it damage the motherboard or the ram slot?
I have a PC2700 ram module but i dont know if it will work on my dad's pc
Posted by Cycovision
It shouldn't do. SDRAM and DDR RAM have different edge connectors (DDR has one gap, SDRAM has 2) so it's pretty much physically impossible to put the wrong type of memory into a DIMM slot.
Usually, if you put the right type of memory in but the wrong speed (say, pc2700 into a board that only takes pc2100) bios POST gives you a beep code and the PC won't start up, but it doesn't usually damage the motherboard.
Safest bet, though, would be to type the motherboard model number into google and see if you can find what type / speed of memory it'll take.
Posted by rrojas260
The card in the pc says pc133 and my card is pc2700
Posted by Cycovision
Ahhh right!
It's a no-go then
PC 133 is of the SDRAM type and PC2700 is DDR. Your PC2700 won't even fit in the slot, never mind work I'm afraid!
Posted by BlueQuill
Help !! As soon as i open the internet explorer, my pc hangs. It just dies..... Cpu usage goes upto 100 % and the computer hangs. I have to end the program. I am using windows xp. My pc is clean - no virus. Other apps run smoothly.
Posted by brownlad007
can anyone help me?
on one of my computers i keep getting blue screen errors AKA blue screen of death.
they seem to happen randomly.
mostly when my younger brother is playing online games on IE.
any ideas? cant be the memory as i have tryed 4 diferent sets.
BSOD errors are mostly different every time
Posted by Cycovision
@bluequill
Try these fixes:
IE Fix:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
followed by
Winsock Fix:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
For IE Fix, please read the web page that I've linked to carefully as it contains important instructions on how to use it. It's not long-winded or difficult, but you do need to read them.
If those two fail, I'm afraid you may be looking at reinstalling windows
@Brownlad007
Could you make a note of a few (say four or five) of those BSOD error numbers for me? I couldn't possibly guess what's causing it without those. It could be hardware or software, I really need to see the error codes
Posted by brownlad007
oh rite no prob
i wrote some down a few days, ill get them to ya
Posted by Cycovision
@brownlad007
Nice one
@Blue
PM Replied mate
After suggesting that he download a couple of fixes, Blue reminded me that he can't open internet explorer to download anything
I must have been having one of those days 
Posted by dude_se
gonna bump this thread. oh cyco i decided to get some more ram for my pc. now i have 320mb
dude_se
Posted by Chazzer3
Hi @Cyco,
In the bottom left hand corner of my screen, text displays info that says:
'Windows XP Professional
Build...........................bla bla bla'
Is there any way that I can get rid of that?
Thanks very much in advance for your reply!
Charlie -
Posted by Cycovision
Are you using a 'legit' version of windows? Thing is, Microsoft usually put the build number on their beta versions of new operating systems!
Other than that, and I appologise if this sounds really obvious, does the message appear regardless of what desktop wallpaper you use?
Any chance you can post a screenshot?
Posted by dude_se
more info is definately needed. could be the wall paper (doubt it), not a legit version of windows, spyware, etc...
dude_se
Posted by Alton_Towers
Yeah i agree with cyco, as with vista, in the corner it tells you what operating system you are running and the build number...
Posted by Chazzer3
Thanks for the replies, below is a screen shot.
I'm running XP Pro, it came with the Laptop, (Acer TravelMate)
See, bottom left?
I'm running quite a modifyed version of XP, and recently installed the MobyDock, and the writing has conflicted with the dock, which is the first time its actually been annoying
Any ideas?
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Posted by dude_se
its on the right, lol. anyway you say it was there from the start? all these tweaking programs might be the problem but wouldnt of thought so
dude_se
Posted by Chazzer3
woops
Anyway,
yes, it was there from the start, so do you know any programs that could remove it?
Thanks....!
Charlie -
Posted by dude_se
give me a min.
1/ Click the Start button
2/ From the Start Menu click Run
3/ In the Run dialog box type: regedit
4/ The registry editor will now open
5/ Now navigate to the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
6/ In the Right Hand Pane of the registry window scroll down the list until you come to PaintDesktopVersion
7/ Double click on the PaintDesktopVersion option
8/ The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears
9/ In the Value Data box type 0 (zero) and click OK
10/ Finally close the registry editor
11/ The next time you boot up your pc the build number should have disappeared
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Posted by Cycovision
Yup, I agree with that!
Nice work dude_se
Posted by dude_se
no probs.
tweaking the registry can be very useful sometimes. but when you bugger it up then its naaasty
dude_se
Posted by Chazzer3
Thanks so much guys! Its gone! YAY!
Posted by dude_se
another happy customer. this is a good thread
nice work cyco (and me
)
dude_se