[dsenette]

http://www.annoyance...inxp/1060674153

this references this exact problem...i dont know if it is a sure fire sollution though

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http://www.annoyance...inxp/1060674153

this references this exact problem...i dont know if it is a sure fire sollution though

How would I go about enabling this ICF?

[CrashCrash]

http://www.annoyance...inxp/1060674153

this references this exact problem...i dont know if it is a sure fire sollution though

How would I go about enabling this ICF?

[dsenette]

that's why i'm not sure if it's a sure fire sollution...the only thing i can think that it is referencing is internet connection firewall

[CrashCrash]

that's why i'm not sure if it's a sure fire sollution...the only thing i can think that it is referencing is internet connection firewall

Well the Window's Firewall was on when I checked.

[darth_ash]

ICF and Windows Firewall are different.
ICF was used before "Windows Firewall" (which came with SP2)

[CrashCrash]

ICF and Windows Firewall are different.
ICF was used before "Windows Firewall" (which came with SP2)

Oh, so how do I know if it is enabled? Or does that have nothing to do with my problem?

[darth_ash]

If u don't find any results with u antivirus sessions. Maybe its not a virus.
It can be that one of the Services like "Plug And Play" must have crashed or stopped, as these few services are written in services.exe; It takes services.exe down too. Now windows has a recovery technique for all services, and in case of services which are written in services.exe it is: "To Restart the PC". Other servives like "Automatic Updates" which is written in "svchost.exe", have "No Action" as their Recovery Technique.

What u need to do is:
Start->Run.
Type "services.msc". Enter. This will open the Services Window.
Double click on each and every service in the right-pane. (which will open that Properties dialog for that service).
In the General Tab, check if the Path of executable for that service is "C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe" and the Start Type is not Automatic, list the service in ur next post.

FYI....U can also the Recovery technique of the services with services.exe is to Restart the PC.

[CrashCrash]

I finished the ewdio scan, and found some trojans. I'm not sure if they correlate with this or not, but I'm doing the AVG scan now.

I think my dad did install some sort of plug in play game on this computer. I'm not 100% positive but its possible. Could I just uninstall them, if that were the case?

[darth_ash]

"Plug and Play" is got to do with Hardware. If u stop the service, ur Windows will not detect new hardware immediately.
As u said u found a trojan. This is shaping out to be a malware issue. U should start here. If u need any help regarding the trojan, go to the Malware Removal Forum and start a new topic.
If the problem still persists and u have no malware, then continue this thread.

[CrashCrash]

If u don't find any results with u antivirus sessions. Maybe its not a virus.
It can be that one of the Services like "Plug And Play" must have crashed or stopped, as these few services are written in services.exe; It takes services.exe down too. Now windows has a recovery technique for all services, and in case of services which are written in services.exe it is: "To Restart the PC". Other servives like "Automatic Updates" which is written in "svchost.exe", have "No Action" as their Recovery Technique.

What u need to do is:
Start->Run.
Type "services.msc". Enter. This will open the Services Window.
Double click on each and every service in the right-pane. (which will open that Properties dialog for that service).
In the General Tab, check if the Path of executable for that service is "C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe" and the Start Type is not Automatic, list the service in ur next post.

FYI....U can also the Recovery technique of the services with services.exe is to Restart the PC.

From what I got, there was no manual started from service.exe.

[darth_ash]

No Disabled ones too? (which match the same criteria)
Were any of them stopped.

What happened about ur trojan.
U should go the Malware Removal Forum for that.