Good advice Chris, thanks for the suggestion.
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| Not to jump in here ahead of Jimmy, who I'm sure will have more suggestions,
| but it sounds like you haven't really cleared out the problem. I'd suggest
| running all your anti-virus checks, Trojan-detectors, etc., in Safe Mode.
| Check the information here, too, for additional ideas:
|
http://www.aumha.org/secure.htm
| --
| Chris H.
| Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
| Tablet Creations -
http://nicecreations.us/
| Associate Expert
| Expert Zone -
|
|
| | > Hi Jimmy,
| > Well I did everything you said and found one virus and
| > got rid of it (worm) and then I went through everything
| > else and got rid of stuff I didn't need, and for about 2
| > hours I sat and worked on everything, but like clockwork,
| > it did it again twice more. I am so fed up. It only
| > started about in the last 30 days or I would of been
| > flipping mad by now with everything. I have played DAOC
| > for over 2 years and have never been dumped to the
| > desktop other than when the cable went out once. I have
| > a powerful machine since I am a game player.
| >
| > Any other suggestions....btw, I do work on computers
| > daily, but this one has me stumped. I cannot figure it
| > out at all.
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>Hi Sandy,
| >>
| >>Sounds like a program is pulling focus away from the
| > game.
| >>This program might be spyware reporting to it's server.
| >>
| >>Let's try some basic troubleshooting. If the problem
| > still persists
| >>please post back and we'll try some more steps. Good
| > luck!
| >>
| >>1. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily
| > disable Startup
| >>programs one at a time, starting with Firewall,
| > Antivirus, and ad
| >>blockers using:
| >
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
| >>
| >>You can lookup what a program does before you disable it
| > here:
| >>
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
| >>
| >>2. Run a virus scan at:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
| > Afterwards
| >>Download & Run Spybot from:
http://security.kolla.de to
| > find any
| >>Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your
| > system.
| >>
| >>3. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose
| > Properties
| >>/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab
| > and run
| >>the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.
| >>
| >>4. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under
| > Critical and
| >>Recommended:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some
| > games
| >>require a patch:
| >
http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
| >>
| >>5. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video
| > Drivers:
| >>For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I
| > have a
| >>Checklist of Solutions at:
| >
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html
| >>
| >>--
| >>Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| > Shell / User
| >>Jimmy S.
| >
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >>
| >>Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| > scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >>Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| >
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >>MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| > scid=sz;en-us;top
| >>My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| > confer any rights.
| >>_________________________________________________________
| >>
| >>
| > | >>|I have this problem that started in the last month or
| >>| so. It's with 2 of the games I play, one of them is
| > DAOC
| >>| and the other is Sims2. With DOAC I can just click on
| >>| the button at the bottom of the screen and start over
| > but
| >>| with Sims2, I have to completely restart my computer.
| >>|
| >>| The problem is this: every hour on the hour when I am
| >>| playing, the computer will kick me back to the desktop.
| >>| I have looked at the event logs, I have shut down
| >>| everything I can.....WHAT ELSE IS THERE that would be
| >>| doing this. This only started in the last 30ish days.
| >>
| >>
| >>.
| >>
|
|
