Guest DrAgO Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Hey people, Ive been trying to get my old computer working... its a compaq heap of !@#$. anyway i wont bother adding the specs cause it isnt really important in my situation. Ok for the last 1 week ive been having problems such as... 1. Windows will completey crash and restart. 2. Since this has been happening i cannot Press Alt Ctrl Del 3. I cannot use msconfig or any of the quick run services.. 4. I cannot installa virus scanner. 5. Computer is very slow. I have reason to beleive its a virus but i really cant do anything to resolve this or even at least find a free virus scanner that works. Any suggestions? P.s i wanna avoid formatting because i dont have any cd's to load all my music back onto them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 probably helpful to list to us exactly what is in this machine doncha think? :tooth: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDMF Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 TMODS CD has a virus scanner that will work from a DOS environment. Search the forum for boot CD. Then just D/L and follow the instructions to burn the image. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenC Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 I deal with compaq crap on a daily basis. What OS? It does sound like a buggered up OS though. Have you tried accessing in safe mode? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrAgO Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Yeah i can access it in safe mode alrite.. its just directly in windows and it has XP pro: 566mhz celeron cpu 256mb sd ram 20 gig hard drive 1 burner 1 normal cd reader Dont no motherboard on board sound and video.. it has no troubles running XP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrAgO Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Bump Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 566mhz celeron cpu 256mb sd ram 20 gig hard drive 1 burner 1 normal cd reader Dont no motherboard on board sound and video.. And you can run windwos fine wow that is not much memory windows witll use all that and more. I would go into safe mode and run a virus check and malware check. Then unload every prgram that you do not use or at least remove it from the start menue. That really is barly enough memory for windows worse with onboard video. You dont have norton or some other resource hog in the back ground do you if so get something more effecent. I would also do a complete defrag more than once if using the stock windos one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrAgO Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 Well ive had XP running on this machine ever since XP came out, and ive not had one problem apart from the odd virus sneaking in :@. I can run warcraft perfectly fine and other programs in the background so i must have enough memory to process all this stuff? -------------------------- Latest Update: OK im running a bitdefender online scanner which is doing the job very well... ive got 17 identified virus and over 800 files infected but there either been cleaned or removed... After this is complete im going to then defrag the poc *piece of crap* and see if i can make the alt ctrl del options work.. not to mension msconfig etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilamon Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 I advise taking it to a certified professional in your area. It's apparent that you didn't read the forum rules about posting your sig info and, from that, I gather that any directions posted here would be ignored as well. In any case, my only recommendation is to use the windows boot cd and use the automated system recovery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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