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windows xp acting up!!

  • 27-12-2011 08:11PM
    #1
    magmouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    hey all,
    i was away for a few days over christmas,and when i came back,i turned on my pc,only to find it running unbelievably slowly.Also there was programmes that i had deleted back on there,such as windows defender,sims 3,and a couple of others,all of which i deleted/removed ages ago.Also my flash player wasnt updated,even tho i did it only 2 weeks ago!!!!what is going on????and no, there was no one else near the computer...
    i've deleted all the stuff again,and did a system restore,and a registry clean up(in which there was 66 problems,normally 1 or 2 maybe)and i'm back on track,running smoothly...how did this happen???any ideas???


Comments

  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    your toys came to life and looked up porn?


  • #3
    magmouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭magmouse


    Overheal wrote: »
    your toys came to life and looked up porn?


    thanks for that.....very useful advice,maybe they did....i'd imagine if your toys came to life,they would **** you silly......
    what a plonker.....so much for reading charters etc...whats the point of having them there???i suppose i'll be banned now....ah well,if this is the kind of juvenille response i get to a genuine query,then i dont really care....up yours overheal.....i'm sure your dog or someone without a brain finds you funny.......


  • #4
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    Lol


  • #5
    MagicRon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭MagicRon


    Are you certain you left and came back to the same computer? Unlikely that programs and games installed all by themselves - especially if your computer was off!
    Look in Event Viewer and see if your computer was powered on while you were away!


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    all merryment aside the eventviewer is your best friend here in determining what happened.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    you've done a system restore so most of the evidence would be gone now

    if you hadn't done a system restore then I'd have guessed that one had been done to roll you back in time

    might be no harm to do a full check on the system for malware / rootkit ?


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