That's exactly when my troubles started, Dailos. Downloading the latest updates/ patches from Microsoft. I only update from them once a month, manually, so I know it was the updates which were highjacked by a virus. I don't trust auto.
Not much help, I know, but maybe a pattern emerging!

Oh, dear.

I've altered my automatic updates to 'notify me but don't download' until further notice.

In fact I will be off air for ten days from tomorrow - Christmas hol - so I'll re-visit this thread on the 28th to see whether you whiz kids have found a solution.

Bye

TP

Got a problem when windows starts up, it is running 2 Internet Explorers at once in Task Manager, which is eatting up a load of memory and making the pc crash, checked for viruses and Adware etc found some, but its still happening, any ideas how to fix it???

Richgit

Do you mean that the IE sessions are being initiated on startup?

If so, go Start Button - Run, type in msconfig followed by Enter. Go to the startup tab which will list (most of) the startup processes and their source. You can then dissable them to check the effect before you delete them.

If anyone still has a problem with the MS update causing problems with IE I found this comment from Microsoft. It seems that this problem only effects IE6 so the answer is to upgrade to IE7.

Vista SP1 Release Candidate availible here.

It is only a beta version so DYOR.

Thanks for your post #6445, Optimist. Yes I have IE v6, but it's interesting to note that Microsoft have acknowledged a loophole. I normally wait for software to be out for a while until the bugs have been ironed out, but now v7 may be the answer.

Optimist, yes as soon as Windows boots up, in the background it starts Internet Explorer, so when I start my own IE session it means two or three are running at once but only notice the one I've started and only found the others were running by accident thru Task Manager

Harrycat

IE7 has been a lot better than IE6 for well over a year upgrade ASAP.

Richgit

IE should not start with Windows. If you look in the startup tab of msconfig you should be able to find it, look for a refference to Internet Explorer or a file with a .htm or .html extension. If it is not easy to find then I suspect that you have some sort of virus/trojan/adware.

Anybody using Safari on a Mac to view Stockwatch?
Suddenly (I think) I have to deselect "block pop-up windows" in order to view Charts/Trades/News
I am sure this wasn't necessary until recently
Safari should only block pop-up from page loads or exits

Anyone know of some FREE software to rip video and convert to iPod video format

Have a big problem - can't print anything because:

Spooler SubSystem App encountered a problem and needed to close.

I've got the Microsoft solution but some sources are saying it doesn't work. There isn't a new printer installed - just using the existing ones so this suggests some corrupted file. Does anyone know if the MS solution works before I dive into the registry?

Can only be of limited help but my son fixed this one for me, he googled the problem (it's not uncommon) and the fix involved copying and renaming the file, then re-creating the original file. If this is the same problem, task manager shows spooler using 90+% of the processor. Sorry it's very sketchy-hope it helps.

This link has a few solutions!

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1467190&SiteID=17


good luck

Thanks Plateman and brian. Will have a go.

SC my problem was with a HP printer and the problem file was SPOOLSV.EXE

how do I find out if I have a 32bit or 64bit on my computer? I am running windows xp home edition, 2002 service pack 2.

tvc15

Right click on My Comptuer and select properties - it will be 32bit.

It does not say it is 32bit though. Just the intel pentium thingy.

tvc15

Sorry about that I've just checked and you are correct. I'm pretty certain that it would say if it was the 64bit OS. I any case, I don't thinh Microsoft ever released a 64 bit version of XP home and certainly not in 2002.

Why do you need to know?