1st order of business: When I go into My Computer and then into my C Drive, there are a bunch of wierd folders that I do not understand. In my C Drive I have:
(things I understand)
"Documents & Settings" folder; "hp" folder; "I386" folder; "program files" folder; "SWsetup" folder; "Temp" folder; "WINDOWS" folder;
but the C Drive also contains about 86 folders named combinations of letters and numbers (i.e. - "e6905a4b4273487798e14dbc1823b1", or
"2d38f2d2f3540071fdded5f1df5c"). Inside of each one of these folders is one text document for notepad, each named different, but something like "msxml4-KB927978-enu". Inside of the text document is A LOT of wierd text like:
"=== Verbose logging started: 3/7/2007 8:17:28 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.01.4000.2435 Calling process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe ===
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:125]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:125]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:125]: ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: c:\2d35d461e58edb7452e8bd736c75\msxml.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:125]: Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install on the server.
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:125]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:218]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:218]: Attempting to enable all disabled priveleges before calling Install on Server
MSI © (5C:A8) [08:17:28:234]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (8C:28) [08:17:28:234]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:234]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:234]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:234]: ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: c:\2d35d461e58edb7452e8bd736c75\msxml.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:296]: Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:500]: End dialog not enabled
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:515]: Original package ==> c:\2d35d461e58edb7452e8bd736c75\msxml.msi
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:515]: Package we're running from ==> C:\WINDOWS\Installer\324f638.msi
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:578]: APPCOMPAT: looking for appcompat database entry with ProductCode '{37477865-A3F1-4772-AD43-AAFC6BCFF99F}'.
MSI (s) (8C:74) [08:17:28:578]: APPCOMPAT: no matching ProductCode found in database."
and it just goes on and on and on........
why is my computer talking to me and what is it saying, is it a log of all of my activity? Is my computer a spy? jk, but what are they? can I delete them, and how do I stop them?
also in my C Drive folder are a few other files that I don't understand, like:
A text document named "CDFE" that opens notepad and reads:
"[01-17 11:02:52]
CDFE entry point.
OS:XP
Current CountryCode:00000409
Current LanguageCode:0
Current Language:ENGLISH
Administrator: TRUE
Action:E:\\Install\lxcjfire.exe -LANGUAGE=ENGLISH -MODULE=lxcjinst.exe -NOLICENSE
End Program."
Also, another text document named "lxcj" that opens notepad and reads:
"2007/02/05-13:43:19.000 ServerLoaderCOM DeleteMonitor() error=1722
2007/02/05-13:43:19.203 ServerLoaderCOM ::UninstallCOMService() OpenService() error=1060"
and along with that text document, there are "Microsoft Office Excell Comma Separated Values" Files named "lxcjfire" and "lxcjinst" and "lxcjunst" that read as 0 KB, and a couple of files that my computer does not recognize named "lxcjunst.000" and "lxcjunst.001"
There are a few other files also, but you get the point. Sorry about the length, but I wanted to give all info first and be precise.
I'd also like to ask a couple other questions, but lets tackle this first.
Thanks in advance!!!