Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Righto, turned on the computer this morning, was stupidly slow.Now im into my user area its still stupidly slow, also none of my desktop icons work, task manager wont open and the start bar has crashed.HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quigley Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Ctrl, Alt, Del then shutdown tabLog off from there then log back in.That should work.Doesn't solve the problem completely though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Run adaware and spybot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 If your that desperate I'd go for a re-format. Works wonders.Hope you've got all your stuff backed up, or have the ability to back it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted April 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Ctrl, Alt, Del then shutdown tabLog off from there then log back in.That should work.Doesn't solve the problem completely though.Task manager isnt openingRun adaware and spybot..None of my icons workIf your that desperate I'd go for a re-format. Works wonders.Hope you've got all your stuff backed up, or have the ability to back it up.Thats not really an option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocks370 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 reboot pcas soon as it starts restarting keep pressing F8 (do not hold it down)when Windows menu appears select safe modewhen in safe mode do virus/spware scanback up important documents (note you will not have USB support in safe mode)orremove hard drive and put it into another comp,run scans on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted April 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Right, update.did a system restore, seems to have sorted 50% of the problems, however now my start bar doesnt display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
python_man Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 does it not even display by pressing the windows key on your desktop.as the guys said run adaware ect. also avg might help sounds like a advanced trojanjust think yourself lucky you havent got one that opens and closes your cd drives.have a good clearout of old files and your pc should be sorteddefo run spywares ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted April 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Seems all good now, start bar displays on everyone elses bar my user account, and its back up to speed.Thanks for the help lads, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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