PROs!!! I need some help!..

[rAgAv]

hi,

I've got a really weird problem. Whenever my windows gets logged on, I
have to wait till all the programs start up before I use my mouse to
click on something. If I click on some part of the screen, say the
task bar, before all the programs start up, I can't use the task bar
till I re-log in. The task bar functions properly but doesn't respond
to mouse or keyboard input.

What is wrong here?

I tried scanning for viruses and spywares in safe mode. It was clean.

I thought that the problem might be in one of the start up programs.
so I used MSCONFIG to check out the start up programs. The following
were the only ones that I don't know the purpose for:-

CFTMON.exe in windows folder.
ALCMTR
RTHDCPL

Can any of you tell me what the problem might be?

Regards.

 

[Terry R.]

On 9/11/2007 8:20 PM On a whim, rAgAv pounded out on the keyboard

hi,

I've got a really weird problem. Whenever my windows gets logged on, I
have to wait till all the programs start up before I use my mouse to
click on something. If I click on some part of the screen, say the
task bar, before all the programs start up, I can't use the task bar
till I re-log in. The task bar functions properly but doesn't respond
to mouse or keyboard input.

What is wrong here?

I tried scanning for viruses and spywares in safe mode. It was clean.

I thought that the problem might be in one of the start up programs.
so I used MSCONFIG to check out the start up programs. The following
were the only ones that I don't know the purpose for:-

CFTMON.exe in windows folder.
ALCMTR
RTHDCPL

Can any of you tell me what the problem might be?

Regards.

Hi Ragav,

The 2nd & 3rd files are Realtek files, not malware. How much RAM do you
have on your system? I have client machines that do the same thing and
they only have 256 meg of RAM.

If you wait long enough, then everything is fine? If so, it sounds like
your system is bogging down loading everything. Try starting up in Safe
Mode and see how long it takes (reboot, press F8 continuously after the
1st screen until you get a menu, then select Safe Mode).

What AV software are you using? What CPU & speed? Hard drive speed,
5,400 or 7,200? Least expensive performance boost many times is more RAM.

--
Terry R.

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[rAgAv]

Actually, my hardware has nothing to do with this. I know this
because, it was working perfectly a couple of days ago. Then I
reinstalled my XP and installed a wrong driver or illegitimate service
pack ( I got SP3 pre-release from a programmer working for Microsoft).
Its probably caused due to that. I don't actually know. May be I have
to reinstall again.

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi rAgAv,

From the way you have described your "problem", and if I'm understanding you
correctly, things don't seem to work correctly unless you wait until all the
programs have loaded. Is that right?

If my understanding is right, then you have no problem. Clicking on most
anything while Windows is still initializing the startup group, will result
in some "flaky" behavior. Wait till everything loads and all is quiet, then
start clicking away.

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Curt

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| hi,
|
| I've got a really weird problem. Whenever my windows gets logged on, I
| have to wait till all the programs start up before I use my mouse to
| click on something. If I click on some part of the screen, say the
| task bar, before all the programs start up, I can't use the task bar
| till I re-log in. The task bar functions properly but doesn't respond
| to mouse or keyboard input.
|
| What is wrong here?
|
| I tried scanning for viruses and spywares in safe mode. It was clean.
|
| I thought that the problem might be in one of the start up programs.
| so I used MSCONFIG to check out the start up programs. The following
| were the only ones that I don't know the purpose for:-
|
| CFTMON.exe in windows folder.
| ALCMTR
| RTHDCPL
|
| Can any of you tell me what the problem might be?
|
| Regards.
| --
| rAgAv
|

 

[Daave]

Actually, my hardware has nothing to do with this. I know this
because, it was working perfectly a couple of days ago. Then I
reinstalled my XP and installed a wrong driver or illegitimate service
pack ( I got SP3 pre-release from a programmer working for Microsoft).
Its probably caused due to that. I don't actually know. May be I have
to reinstall again.

Why did you need to reinstall XP?

And addressing your original post in this thread, have you scheduled
your antivirus program to scan your hard drive at startup?

 

[Terry R.]

On 9/12/2007 6:05 AM On a whim, rAgAv pounded out on the keyboard

Actually, my hardware has nothing to do with this. I know this
because, it was working perfectly a couple of days ago. Then I
reinstalled my XP and installed a wrong driver or illegitimate service
pack ( I got SP3 pre-release from a programmer working for Microsoft).
Its probably caused due to that. I don't actually know. May be I have
to reinstall again.

It would have helped if you would have stated all that in the beginning.

--
Terry R.

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