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When I am online my computer is running a 110 MPH even when I am not clicking or typing. When I do click it sometimes takes forever to make the connection.
Anybody tell me whats going on in that stupid gray box?
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #1 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 8:23pm » |
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Don,
There are many ways to figure this out if you haave the time.
Most often, what you are probably seeing is a background process that fires up when it detects an idle CPU. These can be virus-checking, file indexing (windows 'feature'), updates being downloaded and stuff like that.
One thing that can give you a clue is the task manager. Hit alt-ctrl-del like you want to reboot the system, and you will probably see 'task manager' as a choice there. If you select the 'processes' tab, it will show you which process is eating CPU. To sort the list by CPU usage, click on the CPU column.
There are other programs to use as well that will tell you EXACTLY what starts up when you boot your system. I like one called Hijack This. Look it up in Google. It is a master at finding weird stuff that has installed without your knowledge.
-Shawn
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #2 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 8:26pm » |
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Man O man could I pick that post apart.....im gonna crash
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #3 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 8:26pm » |
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Have you run any anti malware programs like Spybot Search and destroy to see if you have any programs running on your system you don't knowabout?
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #4 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 9:07pm » |
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Ya, what fu and Kirk said, and,
Do you mean when you click on a link or book mark in your web browser that sometimes it takes for ever for the page to load? If so then you are just waiting for a slow server to respond and send you the data and waiting for the data to get through the various places to get to your computer. They don't call it the world wide wait for nothing.
or, it could be that your time to shutdown the hard drives is too short and you have to wait for them to spin up.
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #5 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 9:55pm » |
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Ok then.
I downloaded and installed "Browser Hijack Blaster".
I hope thats what you meant. Will this contraption prevent the hijack or just let me know what is doing the hijacking?
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #6 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 10:17pm » |
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Actually,
This is the one I spoke of:
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/
-Fu
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #7 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 10:24pm » |
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My pooter does the same thing......sumtimes it is downloading it's little RAM off and I'm not doin nothin...and it'll go on and on and on for a long time doin 'sumthing' and in the meantime I wait a long time for pages and links to come up or load. Downloader Spam'd Pam
I'm gonna check the link out too............
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #8 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 10:53pm » |
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HOLY SHIT!
The Hijack This gave me a list a mile long!
WTF do I do with it?
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #9 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 11:04pm » |
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don
save the log file according to the instructions on the web page and email me a copy of it
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #10 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 11:12pm » |
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Yeah,
Ditto what Grant said. Email me the log and I will tell you what's safe to keep.
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #11 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 11:13pm » |
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Don,
Calm down. lets eliminate all other possibilities before going ape shit.
I know not what browser you are using, however, MOST have some sort of inner program that checks for software updates and that sort of thing. So...........that been said it is possible that your software is simply searching for updates to older installations.
This hijack blaster thing I know little or nothing about. I have NEVER used or felt the need to use any sort of internet protection other than my routers firewall. reality is, there is little chance of getting a bug surfing and if you do it can be fixed by re-formatting your hard drive/s. I have been online for several years now and only gotten a bug 2 times, and one I'm not sure wasn't some sort of hardware malfunction.
Fubar's advice was one of the best, use the control +alt+del , (only do it once) and in the window that comes up are all the things running in your start menu. You can disable everything you arent using. Its a good idea to not disable your browser and essential items, so you need to know what you have loaded (as far as software goes) and what it looks like in your startup menu. The general rule is the more you have running that you don't need, the more of your systems recouses are being used , possibly causing lag or sluggishness.
It is aslo a good idea to keep your drives De-Fragmented, every time you delete something it leaves a hole in your registry and hard-disk and too many holes spills the beans, so, be sure you have defragged your system periodically. (if you have norton system works) its called optimization and Scan-disc is good for fixing errors on your drive/s.
try that and get back to me 
Good luck,
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #12 on: Dec 8th, 2003, 11:23pm » |
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OK. tommorow I will email all of youse guys da file.
Soon as I reread the website and get it right.
The cntl-alt-del deal shows me the list but some of the listings are cryptic. The only options I have are to "end task" or "shut down"
Thank God for "Go Back" !
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #13 on: Dec 9th, 2003, 10:59am » |
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This guy has some really good pointers on XP and 2000. Check out the "Services" page.
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #14 on: Dec 9th, 2003, 2:58pm » |
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Get a copy of FreeBSD 5.0. Put the 1st disc in. Then from the command line type:
./configure
make
make install
make clean
All will become clear to you. 
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #15 on: Dec 9th, 2003, 10:51pm » |
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Quote:Get a copy of FreeBSD 5.0. Put the 1st disc in. Then from the command line type:
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Re: Puter/internet question
« Reply #16 on: Dec 9th, 2003, 11:14pm » |
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on Dec 8th, 2003, 10:17pm, fubar wrote:
Thanks for posting this! I was able to fix some issues I have been having for quite a while now...
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