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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
Hello,
As of late, my computer has been hanging up altogether whenever I try to access certain sites in Firefox or MSIE6. At first I thought it was Mozilla, so I uninstalled it, but the same problem occurred in Internet Explorer. I'll try and describe the process in as much detail - if I go onto a site such as Hotmail, or Facebook the computer usually hangs up (not just IE, but XP too) just after I've logged in and when IE is loading my home page. So I can get to a page where a login is required, but as soon as I log in, the computer freezes. |
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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
On 10 Dec, 16:32, knucmo wrote:
Hello, As of late, my computer has been hanging up altogether whenever I try to access certain sites in Firefox or MSIE6. *At first I thought it was Mozilla, so I uninstalled it, but the same problem occurred in Internet Explorer. *I'll try and describe the process in as much detail - if I go onto a site such as Hotmail, or Facebook the computer usually hangs up (not just IE, but XP too) just after I've logged in and when IE is loading my home page. *So I can get to a page where a login is required, but as soon as I log in, the computer freezes. UPDATE: Just after this post, my computer has done exactly the same thing when I tried to open Soulseek, a peer-to-peer program - the program opened but the computer froze up as soon as it got to the 'Initializing uPnP' stage |
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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
knucmo wrote:
As of late, my computer has been hanging up altogether whenever I try to access certain sites in Firefox or MSIE6. At first I thought it was Mozilla, so I uninstalled it, but the same problem occurred in Internet Explorer. I'll try and describe the process in as much detail - if I go onto a site such as Hotmail, or Facebook the computer usually hangs up (not just IE, but XP too) just after I've logged in and when IE is loading my home page. So I can get to a page where a login is required, but as soon as I log in, the computer freezes. UPDATE: Just after this post, my computer has done exactly the same thing when I tried to open Soulseek, a peer-to-peer program - the program opened but the computer froze up as soon as it got to the 'Initializing uPnP' stage Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315 Run a /thorough/ check for hijackware, including posting your hijackthis log to an appropriate forum. Checking for/Help with Hijackware http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878 http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_R...:_Introduction http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2 (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe) is the preferred tool to use (in conjunction with some other utilities). HijackThis will NOT fix anything on its own, but it will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware with assistance from an expert. **Post your log to http://spywarehammer.com/simplemachi...php?board=10.0, http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22, http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, or another appropriate forum for review by an expert in such matters, not here.** If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUSA or Geek Squad) computer repair shop. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ |
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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
Something to try http://www.randem.com/virusproblems.html
-- Randem Systems Your Installation Specialist The Top Inno Setup Script Generator http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html http://www.rndem.com/installerproblems.html http://www.randem.com/vistainstalls.html http://www.financialtrainingservices.org "knucmo" wrote in message ... On 10 Dec, 16:32, knucmo wrote: Hello, As of late, my computer has been hanging up altogether whenever I try to access certain sites in Firefox or MSIE6. At first I thought it was Mozilla, so I uninstalled it, but the same problem occurred in Internet Explorer. I'll try and describe the process in as much detail - if I go onto a site such as Hotmail, or Facebook the computer usually hangs up (not just IE, but XP too) just after I've logged in and when IE is loading my home page. So I can get to a page where a login is required, but as soon as I log in, the computer freezes. UPDATE: Just after this post, my computer has done exactly the same thing when I tried to open Soulseek, a peer-to-peer program - the program opened but the computer froze up as soon as it got to the 'Initializing uPnP' stage |
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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
On 11 Dec, 00:02, "Randem" wrote:
Something to tryhttp://www.randem.com/virusproblems.html Thanks for your responses, but I'm not sure if any of them will assist me. Shortly after this, my computer basically went into meltdown - rundll32.exe, pagefile.sys, basically the core Windows system files all became corrupted etc etc. I rescued important files, and FDisked windows, reinstalling Windows XP. (Note: If it matters, I am now running XP SP2 Home, and before it was XP Professional SP2). The computers running fine - there's no malware on it, after I did extensive scans after I used the internet for the first time in its new form. But - what do you know?! Same problem. Doesn't seem to be doing it as much in Hotmail anymore - though it did it as I tried to load Google Groups up once, and MySpace again. I discovered an interesting bit of information in the system log (In Event Viewer): Each time my computer hungup, there was an error occurring to do with the Service Control Manager - EventID: 7000, and its description said this: 'The Upload Manager service failed to start due to the following error: The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process.' |
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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
You need to check for failed hardware in your Device Manager and run Chkdsk
/f. It sounds like you may have a HD problem. -- Randem Systems Your Installation Specialist The Top Inno Setup Script Generator http://www.randem.com/innoscript.html http://www.rndem.com/installerproblems.html http://www.randem.com/vistainstalls.html http://www.financialtrainingservices.org "knucmo" wrote in message ... On 11 Dec, 00:02, "Randem" wrote: Something to tryhttp://www.randem.com/virusproblems.html Thanks for your responses, but I'm not sure if any of them will assist me. Shortly after this, my computer basically went into meltdown - rundll32.exe, pagefile.sys, basically the core Windows system files all became corrupted etc etc. I rescued important files, and FDisked windows, reinstalling Windows XP. (Note: If it matters, I am now running XP SP2 Home, and before it was XP Professional SP2). The computers running fine - there's no malware on it, after I did extensive scans after I used the internet for the first time in its new form. But - what do you know?! Same problem. Doesn't seem to be doing it as much in Hotmail anymore - though it did it as I tried to load Google Groups up once, and MySpace again. I discovered an interesting bit of information in the system log (In Event Viewer): Each time my computer hungup, there was an error occurring to do with the Service Control Manager - EventID: 7000, and its description said this: 'The Upload Manager service failed to start due to the following error: The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process.' |
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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
On 13 Dec, 18:28, "Randem" wrote:
You need to check for failed hardware in your Device Manager and run Chkdsk /f. It sounds like you may have a HD problem. Thats what I was thinking - I ran a checkdisk and it returned the following results, the worst being 'minor inconsistencies', no bad sectors: 'A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive. Cleaning up 742 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 742 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 742 unused security descriptors. CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the master file table (MFT) bitmap. Windows has made corrections to the file system. 78140128 KB total disk space. 7165776 KB in 42859 files. 11708 KB in 3584 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 115504 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 70847140 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 19535032 total allocation units on disk. 17711785 allocation units available on disk.' |
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Computer hangs up in IE/Mozilla
knucmo wrote:
On 11 Dec, 00:02, "Randem" wrote: Something to tryhttp://www.randem.com/virusproblems.html Thanks for your responses, but I'm not sure if any of them will assist me. Shortly after this, my computer basically went into meltdown - rundll32.exe, pagefile.sys, basically the core Windows system files all became corrupted etc. etc. I rescued important files, and FDisked Windows, reinstalling Windows XP. (Note: If it matters, I am now running XP SP2 Home, and before it was XP Professional SP2). The computer's running fine - there's no malware on it, after I did extensive scans, after I used the internet for the first time in its new form. But - what do you know?! Same problem. Doesn't seem to be doing it as much in Hotmail anymore - though it did it as I tried to load Google Groups up once, and MySpace again. I discovered an interesting bit of information in the system log (In Event Viewer): Each time my computer hung up, there was an error occurring to do with the Service Control Manager - EventID: 7000, and its description said this: 'The Upload Manager service failed to start due to the following error: The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process.' Probably a bad hd or controller. If the hd is dieing, a format and install won't help. -- Joe =o) |
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