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Jerry wrote: 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. __________ 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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4698 (20091218) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4698 (20091218) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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Jerry wrote: 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. __________ 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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4698 (20091218) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4698 (20091218) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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