[Kintaro56]

I posted before about registry problems, and I downloaded a program that took care of that (Deep Reg or something? That computer is powered off).

Anyway, the pop-ups are gone, but now when I'm on the Internet, the connection just dies after about five minutes. It's a cable connection, not dial-up, so I don't know how this is happening. When I restart the computer, I can get another five minutes or so, but then it just dies out again. The computer is fine, but not the connection.

I also downloaded Zone Alarm, but I don't think that is the problem.

I hope this isn't too vague, but that's the best I can do.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mobo]

Download 'Hijack This!'. http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ or from http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadg...a8baee6434cfc13
Unzip, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the " scan " button will change into a " save log " button.
Press that, save the log , load it in Notepad, and copy its contents here. Most of what it lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.

 

[Kintaro56]

I actually did download "Hi Jack This", and it found all kinds of nasty things. I did however, delete all the backups it created.

What could cause the Internet to just stop working? It's a cable connection, and it works just fine on this laptop that I am using right now. On the desktop, the internet will run fine and then just cease to repsond.

I know very little about computers, so this will appear quite dumb, but I don't see any of the icons on the bottom of the desktop screen, next to the time. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

 

[harold.pohl]

One thing to take a quck look at when you keep getting bumped from the Internet is your computer's System Resources percentage. Do a right click on My Computer and choose Properties, then the Performance tab. On that tab look at System Resources. If it's below 80%, you may need to free up some things by unloading your System Tray (the things that start automatically and run in the background each time you start your computer). With all the Virus detection, Firewall stuff and other protective things you may have been downloading, your System Tray may be too full and sapping your System Resources. (Are there a lot of icons at the right hand end of your Task Bar?) There's a whole lot of help out on the Web for finding out which stuff you can do without in your System Tray. When you have researched that, do a Start > Run "msconfig" and choose the Startup tab. Go down the list and uncheck the ones you don't need. Do this carefully and knowledgeably, because there are some things you do need. After restarting your computer, see if the System Resources percentage is higher. Then try the Internet again.

Harold

 

[Kintaro56]

Thanks for the help!

I actually have 90% free on my System Resources, but the Start Up tab under "msconfig" was a little odd...I only have three things checked:

"tgbcde" (C:\\WINDOWS\tgbcde\module32.exe arg 1)

"RFX_auto_upgrade"

and

"EnsoniqMixer" (starter.exe)

Shouldn't I have a lot more than those?

Like I mentioned earlier, I lost all of the icons next to the clock at the lower right hand corner of the screen.

Thanks again!

 

[Kintaro56]

Geez...now I can't even get the Internet to run at all! Is there a way I can restore all of the "Startup" options?

 

[Krelian]

Your Other Post Refrence:
http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?p=1555599#post1555599

There is no way to restore it that I am aware of short of reinstalling or system restore.