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Did you say that you used a new hard drive? If you didn't, it could be that.
First thing I'd do is disable norton at start-up to see if that's the culprit (it often is)
Click start, run, type in msconfig
In the msconfig window, click on the startup tab. Look down the list and un-tick any references to Norton or Symantec. Close the msconfig windows and restart the PC.
You can re-enable Norton afterwards by oping msconfig again and clicking the 'normal startup' bullet on the first tab.
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Posted: 2005-10-13 15:18:52
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Yes its a new (newish) hard drive, anyway i'll give what you said a go when i get home
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Posted: 2005-10-13 15:24:23
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another idea is that ide cable is not connected properly. i had similar problem, moved connector a bit and it worked. what's wrong with those ide cables anyway? 2 times my pc was down, both because of them.
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Posted: 2005-10-13 16:29:17
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@blayv
They become brittle over time and the thin wires inside develope cracks. I'm glad you suggested that actually, completely slipped my mind and well worth checking out
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Posted: 2005-10-13 16:33:56
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hey cycovision
need help one one more thing please...when i go to add or remove programs, there are some programs there, which ive uninstalled aaaagees ago but are still there, how do u get rid of them appearing there? ive tried regclean, other spyware programs which clean the registry etc, but none seem to work
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Posted: 2005-10-15 17:46:28
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Usually if you click on them and attempt to unistall them it'll throw up an error along the lines 'The application no longer exists, would you like to remove it from the list?' Click yes and it'll go.
If that doesn't work, you need to remove them from the registry directly.
Run the Registry Editor (click start, run, type in regedit)
In the left hand window, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall (click on the little plus signs to expand the trees)
In the right hand pane, left click on the offending programs to highlight them and press the delete key on your keyboard. Click 'OK' to confirm. You have to do them one at a time, you can't select multiple keys.
If you're not comfortable hacking the registry manually, Microsoft has a little app that can do it for you called tweak UI. you can download it via the link here:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui
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Posted: 2005-10-15 18:28:55
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On 2005-10-15 17:46:28, tempsonyfreak wrote:
hey cycovision
need help one one more thing please...when i go to add or remove programs, there are some programs there, which ive uninstalled aaaagees ago but are still there, how do u get rid of them appearing there? ive tried regclean, other spyware programs which clean the registry etc, but none seem to work
if you have spybot on your machine already in the advanced setting is an uninstaller that can help clean up the very things you mention. ive used it a couple of times to get some old palm crap off and it works very well and its easy to use
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Posted: 2005-10-15 19:08:01
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thanks a lot cycovision!
i usually edit the registry myself, but this time i just couldnt find it
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Posted: 2005-10-15 19:09:38
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Right I disabled Norton virus as you said problem still persists (haven’t tired the ide cables yet to make sure there connected fine).
This slow down of the pc seems to be doing my head in. some times the pc is nice and fast, how I tell this is by clicking the task bar to show the hidden icons, if it shows them strait away nice and smooth I consider the pc to be working fine but some times it takes ages to show them (see pic for what I’m talking about).
Another thing (I have 2 pc in the house) what is the main cause form a pc restarting its self with no explanation.
The other pc I have for some reason every now and again restarts itself within 1 min of start-up. No explanation or anything it just restarts and all is fine! Any ideas?
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Posted: 2005-10-15 23:14:52
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Hey Hey...bit of help please
I have a wireless rounter, with a wired connection to my pc, and wireless to my laptop. Ok, now the internet on the pc is fine, BUT with the laptop, for some reason ever 30 mins or so everything internet related (msn, AOL etc) sort of disconnects... then i have to re-sign-in on msn, and AOL.
Any ideas?
I thought perhaps there might be some kind of time-out on the wireless connection.
Any help would be much appriciated.
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Posted: 2005-10-15 23:40:45
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