[moe jr]

Well, now I've got a problem. I started to download the service pack 3 from your link and it went almost all the way to completion. But right now it's stuck. It's in the process of finishing installation and cleaning up. There's about 10% more to do but it hasn't moved in over an hour. What should I do?

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Are there some sings of hard disk activity (noise and/or blinking led light)?

[Render]

Are there some sings of hard disk activity (noise and/or blinking led light)?

[moe jr]

Yes, the light's blinking and I can hear the computer humming.

[moe jr]

As per their instructions, I also disabled Avast and that didn't make any difference.

[Render]

OK. Just don't turn it off.

Run Task manager (by pressing keys CTRL+ALT+DEL at a same time) click on Processes tab and then on CPU and tell me what processes are on the first, second and third place.

[moe jr]

System Idle Process cpu=61
update.exe cpu=29
iexplore.exe cpu=00


But now it's constantly moving and changing and different processing are moving in and out of first place and the cpu values are changing

[Render]

OK. Just leave it to do whatever it's doing for hour or two.

I forgot to mention that on old machines that procedure can take quite a lot of time.

[moe jr]

OK, I'll let you know later what it does.

[moe jr]

Quick question. I didn't sign on as administrator when I downloaded the service pack. Could that be it?

[Render]

If you are logged in as catman3152 then you are administrator.

[moe jr]

ok, yes.

[Render]

Still installing?

[moe jr]

No, it finally finished and I've been trying a couple of music files that you suggested. Right now everything looks good. The only thing I noticed is it takes a good couple of minutes between starting up and completely opening Internet Explorer, other than that everything else looks pretty good. I do have one little nagging problem that someone else here tried to fix last year and we couldn't find a solution, but I can live with it. It's just annoying. I type a subject in the address bar and try and search and a page pops up saying the web page cannot be displayed. When I type in apple pie it converts to this http://apple%20pie/ and gives me the msg. But like I said it's no big problem.

Thank you Render, you did a great job! I appreciate your help!

[Render]

I would recommend you to add more memory (RAM) to your computer - at least 2GB altogether should boost performance significantly.

I type a subject in the address bar and try and search and a page pops up saying the web page cannot be displayed. When I type in apple pie it converts to this http://apple%20pie/ and gives me the msg. But like I said it's no big problem.

I can't help you here as I'm using browser the old-fashioned way. So address bar only for typing in web addresses. For searching I use Google page.

I would like to see a fresh OTL log please to see if everything is as must be:

OTL Custom Scan

• Double click on the icon to run it.
• Make sure all other windows are closed and to let it run uninterrupted.
• When the window appears, underneath Output at the top, make sure Stadard output is selected.
• Check the boxes beside LOP Check and Purity Check.
• Copy (select all lines inside quote box and press CTRL+C) and Paste (press CTRL+V) the following code into the textbox.
  
  

  netsvcs
  %SYSTEMDRIVE%\*.exe
  /md5start
  explorer.exe
  winlogon.exe
  Userinit.exe
  svchost.exe
  /md5stop
  %systemroot%\*. /mp /s
  hklm\software\clients\startmenuinternet|command /rs
  hklm\software\clients\startmenuinternet|command /64 /rs
  CREATERESTOREPOINT
  

• Click the button. Do not change any settings unless otherwise told to do so. The scan wont take long.
• When the scan completes, it will open OTL.Txt in Notepad window.
• Please copy (Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy) the content of this file and post it with your next reply.

[moe jr]

I'm running the scan right now.

Is the new service pack requiring more power and that's why initial startup takes a while?

I was wondering, for future reference, what are the differences between an OTL scan/fix and the Combofix scan/fix?

And BTW, I noticed a huge improvement in how when the cursur drags over a link and shows the name there isn't any residual or a faint copy of the link name remaining when the cursur moves away. It seems all actions are a lot sharper, crisper and more precise.