Wife's Install

Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive and
programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory which her
purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading email and playing
on line games.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed I only
used SP2 and got all the updates. When I did that I could not get rid of
the login screen no matter what I did. That is when I put back an Acronis
image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the critical update.
At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and right now
when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into the "username" box
she is redirected to another site. We have seen this happen at no other
site, she can log into web email and several other sites that she visits.
To say the least she is irate because I can not fix this.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical updates
without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not SP3 and has to be
one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really need some help with
this before she has a fit.


Thank you



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Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading
email and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps should
be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like your wife, you
might as well use just one partition for everything. Simplicity has its
advantages. And the performance will be just fine. And if you image the
entire hard drive, remember that incremental images won't wind up taking
too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed I
only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the CD
is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do that.
Better to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

.... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to install
only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install drivers, etc!

When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and running
*correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into the
"username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that
she
visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is *not*
connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not SP3
and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I still
think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.

Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading
email and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps should
be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like your wife, you
might as well use just one partition for everything. Simplicity has its
advantages. And the performance will be just fine. And if you image the
entire hard drive, remember that incremental images won't wind up taking
too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed I
only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the CD
is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do that.
Better to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

.... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to install
only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install drivers, etc!

When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and running
*correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into the
"username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that
she
visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is *not*
connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not SP3
and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I still
think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.

Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using a CD
that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several times and
never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical update
plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were IE7 and IE8.
I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the Login
Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets redirected.

As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a few
months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do the same
thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not have
the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something with IE6 that
causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge base
at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not recognize or
they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing there to help.

I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading email
and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps should be
on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like your wife, you
might as well use just one partition for everything. Simplicity has its
advantages. And the performance will be just fine. And if you image the
entire hard drive, remember that incremental images won't wind up taking
too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed I
only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the CD is
at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do that. Better
to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to install
only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install drivers, etc!

When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and running
*correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into the
"username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that she
visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is *not*
connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not SP3
and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really need
some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I still
think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


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signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com






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Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using a CD
that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several times and
never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical update
plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were IE7 and IE8.
I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the Login
Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets redirected.

As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a few
months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do the same
thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not have
the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something with IE6 that
causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge base
at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not recognize or
they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing there to help.

I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading email
and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps should be
on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like your wife, you
might as well use just one partition for everything. Simplicity has its
advantages. And the performance will be just fine. And if you image the
entire hard drive, remember that incremental images won't wind up taking
too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed I
only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the CD is
at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do that. Better
to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to install
only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install drivers, etc!

When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and running
*correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into the
"username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that she
visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is *not*
connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not SP3
and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really need
some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I still
think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


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signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com






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The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

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For what it's worth, I just went to king.com and three of the five
buttons on the top line redirected me to the Radio Shack web site. This
was inconsistent though and only did it three of the five times I landed
on their site. I use Firefox and can tell it NOT to fallow redirected
links. I got a pop-up notification that king.com attempted to redirect me.

Questor

---
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using a CD
that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several times and
never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical update
plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were IE7 and IE8.
I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the Login
Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets redirected.

As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a few
months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do the same
thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not have
the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something with IE6 that
causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge base
at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not recognize or
they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing there to help.

I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.
Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading email
and
playing on line games.
Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps should be
on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like your wife, you
might as well use just one partition for everything. Simplicity has its
advantages. And the performance will be just fine. And if you image the
entire hard drive, remember that incremental images won't wind up taking
too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed I
only used SP2 and got all the updates.
What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the CD is
at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do that. Better
to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to install
only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install drivers, etc!

When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.
I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and running
*correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into the
"username" box she is redirected to another site.
That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that she
visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix this.
Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is *not*
connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not SP3
and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really need
some
help with this before she has a fit.
Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I still
think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com






__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com

For what it's worth, I just went to king.com and three of the five
buttons on the top line redirected me to the Radio Shack web site. This
was inconsistent though and only did it three of the five times I landed
on their site. I use Firefox and can tell it NOT to fallow redirected
links. I got a pop-up notification that king.com attempted to redirect me.

Questor

---
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using a CD
that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several times and
never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical update
plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were IE7 and IE8.
I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the Login
Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets redirected.

As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a few
months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do the same
thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not have
the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something with IE6 that
causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge base
at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not recognize or
they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing there to help.

I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.
Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading email
and
playing on line games.
Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps should be
on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like your wife, you
might as well use just one partition for everything. Simplicity has its
advantages. And the performance will be just fine. And if you image the
entire hard drive, remember that incremental images won't wind up taking
too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed I
only used SP2 and got all the updates.
What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the CD is
at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do that. Better
to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to install
only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install drivers, etc!

When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.
I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and running
*correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into the
"username" box she is redirected to another site.
That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that she
visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix this.
Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is *not*
connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not SP3
and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really need
some
help with this before she has a fit.
Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I still
think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


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signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

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Sounds like the site's screwed up!

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ww...Inline&group=0

Questor wrote:
For what it's worth, I just went to king.com and three of the five
buttons on the top line redirected me to the Radio Shack web site.
This was inconsistent though and only did it three of the five times
I landed on their site. I use Firefox and can tell it NOT to fallow
redirected links. I got a pop-up notification that king.com
attempted to redirect me.
Questor

---
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several
times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were
IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected. As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It
never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't
do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no
idea. 2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they
do
not have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done
something with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP
knowledge base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they
did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help. I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all
the critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.
Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C
drive and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512
mb memory which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used
for reading email and
playing on line games.
Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I
installed I only used SP2 and got all the updates.
What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean
the CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't
do that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation
file:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.
I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.
That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites
that she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not
fix this.
Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.
Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you
wish, install only seven or eight at a time.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com






__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________ The message was checked
by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com

Sounds like the site's screwed up!

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ww...Inline&group=0

Questor wrote:
For what it's worth, I just went to king.com and three of the five
buttons on the top line redirected me to the Radio Shack web site.
This was inconsistent though and only did it three of the five times
I landed on their site. I use Firefox and can tell it NOT to fallow
redirected links. I got a pop-up notification that king.com
attempted to redirect me.
Questor

---
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several
times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were
IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected. As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It
never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't
do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no
idea. 2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they
do
not have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done
something with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP
knowledge base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they
did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help. I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all
the critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.
Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C
drive and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512
mb memory which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used
for reading email and
playing on line games.
Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I
installed I only used SP2 and got all the updates.
What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean
the CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't
do that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation
file:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.
I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.
That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites
that she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not
fix this.
Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.
Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you
wish, install only seven or eight at a time.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com






__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________ The message was checked
by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com

Looks that way. A load of errors.

Q

---
Sounds like the site's screwed up!

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ww...Inline&group=0

Questor wrote:
For what it's worth, I just went to king.com and three of the five
buttons on the top line redirected me to the Radio Shack web site.
This was inconsistent though and only did it three of the five times
I landed on their site. I use Firefox and can tell it NOT to fallow
redirected links. I got a pop-up notification that king.com
attempted to redirect me.
Questor

---
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several
times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were
IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected. As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It
never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't
do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no
idea. 2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they
do
not have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done
something with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP
knowledge base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they
did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help. I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all
the critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.
Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C
drive and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512
mb memory which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used
for reading email and
playing on line games.
Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I
installed I only used SP2 and got all the updates.
What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean
the CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't
do that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation
file:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.
I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.
That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites
that she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not
fix this.
Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.
Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you
wish, install only seven or eight at a time.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com





__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________ The message was checked
by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com

Looks that way. A load of errors.

Q

---
Sounds like the site's screwed up!

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ww...Inline&group=0

Questor wrote:
For what it's worth, I just went to king.com and three of the five
buttons on the top line redirected me to the Radio Shack web site.
This was inconsistent though and only did it three of the five times
I landed on their site. I use Firefox and can tell it NOT to fallow
redirected links. I got a pop-up notification that king.com
attempted to redirect me.
Questor

---
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several
times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were
IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected. As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It
never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't
do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no
idea. 2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they
do
not have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done
something with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP
knowledge base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they
did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help. I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all
the critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.
Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C
drive and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512
mb memory which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used
for reading email and
playing on line games.
Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I
installed I only used SP2 and got all the updates.
What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean
the CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't
do that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation
file:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.
I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.
That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites
that she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not
fix this.
Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.
Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you
wish, install only seven or eight at a time.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com





__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________ The message was checked
by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com

Conclusion #3: There is something wrong with that particular Web site. I
assume your PC and your wife's PC do not have similar problems on other
sites, correct?

Jerry wrote:
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several
times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were
IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected.
As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not
have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something
with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge
base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help.
I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading
email and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed
I only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the
CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do
that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that
she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix
this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com






__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________
The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com

Conclusion #3: There is something wrong with that particular Web site. I
assume your PC and your wife's PC do not have similar problems on other
sites, correct?

Jerry wrote:
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several
times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were
IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected.
As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not
have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something
with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge
base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help.
I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading
email and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed
I only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the
CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do
that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that
she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix
this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com






__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4694 (20091216) __________
The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com

As far as I know, that was the only site that was giving the problem.

As of right now, without any further changes to her pc, the problem has gone
away. It maybe only temporary, but I hope it is gone forever.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help.

"Daave" wrote in message
...
Conclusion #3: There is something wrong with that particular Web site. I
assume your PC and your wife's PC do not have similar problems on other
sites, correct?

Jerry wrote:
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected.
As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not
have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge
base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help.
I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading
email and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed
I only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the
CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do
that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that
she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix
this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


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As far as I know, that was the only site that was giving the problem.

As of right now, without any further changes to her pc, the problem has gone
away. It maybe only temporary, but I hope it is gone forever.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help.

"Daave" wrote in message
...
Conclusion #3: There is something wrong with that particular Web site. I
assume your PC and your wife's PC do not have similar problems on other
sites, correct?

Jerry wrote:
Thank for the reply Daave

First I have reinstalled XP Pro again since the the first post using
a CD that has SP2 integrate into it. I have used this CD several times
and never had any issues. The original install disk had SP1 only.

I kept the partition scheme for imaging using Acronis.

I did not install SP3 but downloaded and installed all the critical
update plus WMP 11. The only critical updates I did not install were IE7
and IE8. I hate both of those.

Her account is Admin.

After all of this, the same issue remains except she dont get the
Login Screen anymore. When she goes to login at king.com she gets
redirected.
As you suggested, I ran Adaware to check for malware. It never found
anything.

So I told her to use my PC which has XP Pro also and as little as a
few months ago she could log in at king.com. Dang if my pc doesn't do
the same thing.

Right or wrong this has led me to some conclusions:
1. Recent XP dates have caused the problem, which one I have no idea.
2. By talking to some friends that use either IE7 or IE8 they do not
have the problem. This tells me that Microsoft has done something with
IE6 that causes this problem.

I am still hesitant to install IE7 or IE8. I have tried XP knowledge
base at microsoft and either I used a search parameter they did not
recognize or they have not updated yet. At any rate they had nothing
there to
help.
I am at wits end now and still need help. Thanks



"Daave" wrote in message
...
Comments inline.

Jerry wrote:
Recently I reinstalled Win XP Pro and installed SP3 and then all the
critical updates plus WMP 11. Her antivirus is NOD32 business.

Clean Install?

What SP level is your installation CD at?

The HDD is 250 gb split into four partitions, with the OS on C drive
and programs (very few) installed on D drive. She has 512 mb memory
which her purpose is plenty. The machine is only used for reading
email and
playing on line games.

Since she is not a power user, I would reconsider your partitioning
strategy.

First of all, for just about everybody, the OS and all the apps
should be on the same partition. Second of all, for someone like
your wife, you might as well use just one partition for everything.
Simplicity has its advantages. And the performance will be just
fine. And if you image the entire hard drive, remember that
incremental images won't wind up taking too long.

This install has been a pain since day one. First time I installed
I only used SP2 and got all the updates.

What do you mean by the phrase "I only used SP2"? Does this mean the
CD is at the SP2 level and you chose to stay at SP2? I wouldn't do
that. Better to install SP3, using the complete installation file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

... and then install subsequent updates. And it's important to
install only the critical updates! Make sure you don't install
drivers, etc!
When I did that I could not get
rid of the login screen no matter what I did.

I wouldn't worry about that for now. Once everything is up and
running *correctly*, then see how other things are.

What kind of account is your wife using? Admin or Limited?

That is when I put back an
Acronis image of the initial install and installed SP3 with all the
critical
update. At that point everything looked great.

Here is what I have run into now. She plays games on king.com and
right now when she trys to log in there, as soon as she click into
the "username" box she is redirected to another site.

That is a sign of malware. What site is she redirected to?

We have seen this happen at no
other site, she can log into web email and several other sites that
she visits. To say the least she is irate because I can not fix
this.

Might as well do (another) Clean Install. And make sure the PC is
*not* connected to the Internet until SP3 is applied.

I went back reinstalled WinXP again and installed all the critical
updates without using SP3. Crap it does the same thing, so is not
SP3 and
has to be one of the updates. Which one I have no idea. I really
need some
help with this before she has a fit.

Repair Install or Clean Install?

By "does the same thing" do you mean redirecting to other sites? I
still think malware somehow slipped in. (It happens.)

Again, install only critical or "high-priority" updates. If you wish,
install only seven or eight at a time.


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