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Chris Schumacher
I'm not putting up much hope that anyone has ever seen something like
this before, but I suppose there's no harm in asking.
Vital Stats: Windows XP - Home, 5.1.2600
Recently Windows has started to act truly bizarre.
Unless I open certain programs within the first few minutes after I
turn the machine on, they act very strangely. Note however that all of
these program work just fine if I open them up as soon as the computer
boots up. Since so many different programs screw up, I'm pretty sure
that this is a system problem and is not a problem with the system
itself.
Mozilla: The Mozilla logo comes up and freezes. This happens if I shut
down a (working) Mozilla window and try to start up the program again.
Eudora: (very old version) boots up, but is stuck in "connecting to
mail server" mode. It never connects to the mail server, and it's
impossible to stop it from trying. (clicking "Stop all tasks" doesn't
do anything).
Thunderbird: Never loads, though the program itself shows up in the
Processes list on the TaskManager.
Agent: Load ups perfectly fine but when you click on the Go
Online/Offline button, it "sinks" in and immediately pops back up. The
program freezes.
Spyhunter: If you try to update the program, the program freezes.
Internet Explorer: Loads perfectly, but never manages to connect to
any site.
(again, all of these program work properly if they're started in the
first couple of minutes of the system booting up).
Find: After a certain amount of time, the program stops responding. It
even minimizes itself without me telling it to.
Okay, now here's the strange part, every other program on the computer
works fine: (including, but not limited to, PowerDVD, Textpad, Visual
C++ 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe Photoshop
Elements, Winamp, all the start-up programs).
If the affected program are loaded up within a couple of minutes of
start-up, they run perfectly. Furthermore, if they aren't shutdown,
they continue to act within normally for as long as they're open. Even
after the other programs are affected.
I scanned for viruses twice, using the latest definitions from Norton,
as well as using Spyhunter to look for any spyware.
Recent changes: None that I'm aware of. You see, I'm not quite certain
when this problem started. I recall the problem starting with a
program called "Winhost" freezing like this, leading to my discovery
of it and wiping it out (it was spyware, apparently) removing it from
the registry and what-not. Of course shortly thereafter I downloaded
the latest version of Spyhunter, which might account for it, but the
problem seems to predate that, since I think it crashed Winhost.
Roughly a month ago I installed a new memory board in my computer, but
it was perfectly suited for my computer and I never noticed any
problems with it. I've heard that problems caused by small static
charges make take some time to manifest themselves, but does this seem
like a hardware problem?
I'd imagine that since all the programs that are affected are internet
clients that some kind of networking DLL might be damaged, but then
why can the programs load perfectly fine in the first couple of
minutes?
My startup log follows:
Bsx3
bxsx5
DVDSentry
Gravis Xperience Driver Support (joystick driver)
HotKeysCmds
IgfxTray
IMJPMIG8.1
MSPY2002
NAV Agent (Norton AntiVirus)
Phimea2002a
Phimea2002Sync
I could give more information, but I'm not sure where to start... I'm
hoping that someone recognizes these "symptoms" and has an idea what
could be causing it. Although specifics would be great, generalities
are probably what's going to solve this problem.
ANY help is welcome.
Thanks a ton.
-==Kensu==-
this before, but I suppose there's no harm in asking.
Vital Stats: Windows XP - Home, 5.1.2600
Recently Windows has started to act truly bizarre.
Unless I open certain programs within the first few minutes after I
turn the machine on, they act very strangely. Note however that all of
these program work just fine if I open them up as soon as the computer
boots up. Since so many different programs screw up, I'm pretty sure
that this is a system problem and is not a problem with the system
itself.
Mozilla: The Mozilla logo comes up and freezes. This happens if I shut
down a (working) Mozilla window and try to start up the program again.
Eudora: (very old version) boots up, but is stuck in "connecting to
mail server" mode. It never connects to the mail server, and it's
impossible to stop it from trying. (clicking "Stop all tasks" doesn't
do anything).
Thunderbird: Never loads, though the program itself shows up in the
Processes list on the TaskManager.
Agent: Load ups perfectly fine but when you click on the Go
Online/Offline button, it "sinks" in and immediately pops back up. The
program freezes.
Spyhunter: If you try to update the program, the program freezes.
Internet Explorer: Loads perfectly, but never manages to connect to
any site.
(again, all of these program work properly if they're started in the
first couple of minutes of the system booting up).
Find: After a certain amount of time, the program stops responding. It
even minimizes itself without me telling it to.
Okay, now here's the strange part, every other program on the computer
works fine: (including, but not limited to, PowerDVD, Textpad, Visual
C++ 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Office 2000, Adobe Photoshop
Elements, Winamp, all the start-up programs).
If the affected program are loaded up within a couple of minutes of
start-up, they run perfectly. Furthermore, if they aren't shutdown,
they continue to act within normally for as long as they're open. Even
after the other programs are affected.
I scanned for viruses twice, using the latest definitions from Norton,
as well as using Spyhunter to look for any spyware.
Recent changes: None that I'm aware of. You see, I'm not quite certain
when this problem started. I recall the problem starting with a
program called "Winhost" freezing like this, leading to my discovery
of it and wiping it out (it was spyware, apparently) removing it from
the registry and what-not. Of course shortly thereafter I downloaded
the latest version of Spyhunter, which might account for it, but the
problem seems to predate that, since I think it crashed Winhost.
Roughly a month ago I installed a new memory board in my computer, but
it was perfectly suited for my computer and I never noticed any
problems with it. I've heard that problems caused by small static
charges make take some time to manifest themselves, but does this seem
like a hardware problem?
I'd imagine that since all the programs that are affected are internet
clients that some kind of networking DLL might be damaged, but then
why can the programs load perfectly fine in the first couple of
minutes?
My startup log follows:
Bsx3
bxsx5
DVDSentry
Gravis Xperience Driver Support (joystick driver)
HotKeysCmds
IgfxTray
IMJPMIG8.1
MSPY2002
NAV Agent (Norton AntiVirus)
Phimea2002a
Phimea2002Sync
I could give more information, but I'm not sure where to start... I'm
hoping that someone recognizes these "symptoms" and has an idea what
could be causing it. Although specifics would be great, generalities
are probably what's going to solve this problem.
ANY help is welcome.
Thanks a ton.
-==Kensu==-