Hi all!

My computer is driving me crazy, I need some help to fix it..
it's not the first time it has big problems, but this time I can't seem to fix it..

Yesterday everything seemed to be as good as fine, I turned it off this morning and when turning it back on a few hours later the problems started.
I can't open msn. It seems to be opened, as I see below, but it doesnt open, when I click on the icon it doesnt open either, and after a while, the icon dissapears, as if I had closed it when it didnt even really opened, so I can't get on msn.
After that, I tried to open ad aware and spybot, both gave me this weird error window I NEVER had before.. wich is "externe exception C0000006". So I can't open them.
My computer constantly freezes, is impossibly slow, especially at start up.
I tried starting up in safe mode, it didnt help, I tried putting a back up, but it always said after completing ti didnt complete well and that no changes were made...
Also, lately got problems with the drivers of my soundsystem who appearently seem to deinstall themselves after a few hours randomly.....

I had a problem with generic win32 a week or two ago, wich I finnaly fixed, i don't know if this is related. I also had virusses, and it was hard to remove them as the virus scans constantly froze the whole computer and all I could do then was shut it off..

My OS is XP home edition, and I'm connected to the internet through wireless D-link airplus..

HELP ME PLEASE..!
I hope there is something else I can do then reinstall everything AGAIN.... :(

Instead of looking for some solution which might/might not work..why dont u just back-up all the important stufff and then re-install XP??

Progressing Slowly but pretty effective

because I don't want to.. I reinstalled it two months ago, and before that not long before.. :( im sick of always having to reinstall it.. I hope to find other solutions before I reinstall it.. obviously reinstalling doesnt solve problems if a few months later I get problems again..

It seems I have temporary fixed it with a sfc /scannow ... wonder how long it will last

"because I don't want to.. I reinstalled it two months ago, and before that not long before.. :( im sick of always havi"ng to reinstall it."

1) It's not our fault if you keep messing up your machine
2) If you removed virus and spyware, and did not shut down System Restore while doing so, they will come right back, again not our fault
3) The main reason you need to format and reinstall, is you obviously did not take proper precautions, use an adequate antivirus and spyware prevention, and perhaps frequented the wrong places besides, which is also not our fault!
So would you like to have continual problems?
I have had XP on one system for 3 an 1/2 years without ever reinstalling it...in fact I have never reinstalled XP for problems, only to upgrade system on 5 machines, so it seems you need to listen more to those who practice safe computing and realize they buy antivirus programs that are the best regardless of cost, keep them current, and do the same for spyware prevention while also practicing safe computing surfing safely and only opening email from those they know.

it's not my fault either that it messes up, you don't need to be arrogant just because you have knowledge about something someone else doesn't. Im just asking something and you're not forced to answer you know. jeez. attitude.

as a matter of fact, I do virusscans and spywarescans. Like I mentioned. if you would actually read what I post, that would help even more.

What do you mean I shut down system restore? are you behind me while Im on my comp? i didnt think so. No Im not shutting anything up, the restore shuts itself, pretending being ready, but says after rebooting that it didnt work.

I am not going to reinstall as I did it previously; i got an antivirus, mc afee, wich is a good one, as I recall? I got three anti spyware, so I do got precautions. that does not exclude that things might go wrong. Im not frequenting wrong places either no. and no im not opening spammails from unknown people, and I'm sure not going to listen to someone who isnt helping by giving some attitude. It's good for you you had the luck your computer never crashed, I don't have that luck, obviously. Most of time, I can help myself perfectly well, but when I need some help, I ask it, and it's not to hear what I already know.

Thanks for nothing, if you think you're too good to help people out, why the hell are you even reading this?

Number one you need to accept responsibility, of course you did cause it, whether or not it was through poor software, carelessness or lack of product knowledge and until you accept you have some culpability, no one can help you.
When you remove virus and spyware, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SHUT DOWN SYSTEM RESTORE AND NO IT DOES NOT DO IT BY ITSELF!@ If you don't, whatever you removed will return as you say is happening to you.
I was reacting to your refusal to "wipe and load"...because sometimes the alternative is wait until your machine will no longer boot and the virus eat your hard drive, and then you damn well will either reinstall XP, or use an abbacus from here on! And whether you realize it or not, your attitude will cause this.

Offcourse I accept responsability, what the hell are you on about dude? I didnt came here to get a lecture from someone who thinks he knows it all. I didnt blame it on anyone, I just seek help, and obviously you cant provide it, so instead of going all arrogant, cause you obviously don't have the knowledge yourself, go play outside or something. It's not coherent what you say, Im looking for some help and you go on about who's to blame -_- I don't need to accept anything, as it wont help me, at least im not giving up or listening to people like you and luckely there are other sites where they did take the time to help me instead of giving attitude and moaning how it's my fault, tell me something I DONT KNOW! My attitude wont cause anything, I don't need to take your s--- just because I need help. That virus is long gone obviously, seen i run a stinger (from someone on a site who WAS willing to help) and I can run virusscans now, luckly, without them freezing.. I have still no idea what you're on about system restore, but seen you think you're to good to explain anything and rather show how silly you think others are and how good you think you are, this wont help me or anyone any further. and I will only reinstall my computer if i dont have any other choice yes, I regularly back up important information so it wont come as a surprise these times, but still I rather try to fix it differently, and that's my choice, duh. and if you dont feel like providing any help, dont even bother replying.

OK Mr Attitude let's back up for a minute and allow me to answer your gracious request for help here...
Windows XP has a feature called System Restore, actually made for them by the makers of "GoBack" where you can restore the settings of another day, and in many cases repair corrupted file entries and settings. You can access it by right clicking on "My Computer". choose Properties,then choosing (of all things,) "System Restore". Once in you will see different dates in bold print which you can choose to restore your computer to. The actual folder is hidden on your hard drive and while you cannot access it manually, when it creates it's restore points daily, it inlcudes virus and spyware issues that are new that day, and they do manage to crawl out onto your hard drive eventually and reinfect your system.
When you know you are infected and remove virus or serious spyware, you fist need to go into System Restore and check "turn off system restore on all drives" which will eliminate whatever is saved already. Then after you remove the problems, go back in and reactivate the System Restore so it can create new restore points.
I hope this is helpful...

First of all, Im not a man, thank you very much. second, if there's a mr attitude here, it ain't me, perhaps you should take a look in the mirror.

Thanks however for sharing your precious knowledge, wich this time was indeed more helpful then the previous ones. it wasnt that hard was it?

anyway, I didnt knew you needed to turn it off, I knew how you could restore to a previous date, but not that you needed to turn it off when you got virusses.

Sorry about the "Mr"....and I really thought you were experienced by your first post...simply lazy, so sorry for that too.
People tend to "rip off" our knowledge which my clients pay for, on these boards so I guess that makes me a little too sensitive.
Don't get me wrong I am not regretting the "free" because many of us do this to help and in helping we also learn, and that is why we are here.I have learned some great things in a month or so on thsi forum that I am forever greatful for. There are some seriously knowledgeable folks on this forum, and I belong to many and even am a sys op for one, so I do this for both reasons. Again sorry for the attack, I misjudged your response!

Im not that experienced (i wish).. if i'd be lazy id be too lazy to even ask, id get pay a programmor, wouldn't I. When people ask help, it's usually not because they're too lazy, but simply because they need information.

I understand your point of view too. but I still don't see it as a reason to not help people who also would like to have the knowledge.
It's true you learn a lot from forums like this, that's the only 'positive' thing from the problems I got with my computer.
and not everybody has enough money to pay for things like this..

shouldn't be too judgemental, not only it's wrong, it's also not correct most of time.

What I meant by lazy is mentally lazy...there are those who inhabit these forums, seeking free help, free software only,and not wanting to put any effort into learning. They expect someone to solve their problems, almost as if they are entitled to that, and anyone who inhabits "help desk" situations, knows exactly what I mean.
Those of us who do this do it to help others, but again as I said you cannot help but learn in the process by exposure to more talented individuals, and that can mean in a given area too. There are those who are expert at hardware, and can get along in software, and then those who excel at certain types of software and so on...
but I guess what set me off is the attitude that reformatting is "out of the question", when it most often can be the best solution. That does not mean you have to lose everything. And many of us here can tell you how to do it and come right back to where you are in about 5 hours, minus all the problems, and then the key is how to maintain it that way so that it is not necessary again.
I posted somewhere one time that I am beginning to believe that it may not be a bad idea to "wipe and load" once a year and got back a "barage" of moronic responses, because those people did not understand what I was saying. Anyone of us who reformat machines that are hopelessly "lost" know exactly what I mean about the new system running so much better, and then we teach the user how to keep it that way.
I recently decided to sell my Dell laptop which is a 2.6 P4 with 768 ram and 5400 rpm(fastest in laptop hard drive)because it was a "snail" and I was sick of it. I decided to reformat it without all the Dell software and put back all the programs and fine tune startup etc...now I love it. It is a different machine, and I realized I usually do that right out of the box with any proprietary machine, and when this one came in, I never did.That is what I am talking about is personalizing the unit as well as optimizing it.

Well, they learn by seeking information to help themselves.

Im curently looking at reformatting as a last solution, i rather try other things instead of lose everything for nothing while there could be other solutions. and I only can reformat with loss, Im not very familiar with how doing it without any losses.

Ive got this computer now for 3-4 years, and the problems started to get serious only this year, maybe it's getting old, I dont know.

If people dont understand what you say, try to explain what you mean. that could help.