New Problem !

[Dallas]

not sure why as all i recall i did differently was to run a malware program.
anyway, when i logged in, the tray at the bottom is of different color, the
start menu is different looking, & 2 hot keys from my keyboard, are dead; i
could click on mail & outlook express would open & clicked on home, & the ie
home page would pop - now neither work !

any ideas ?

when i manually open outlook express, i get this error message:
The host 'pop.att.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that you have
entered the server name correctly. Account: 'NatureMuzic', Server:
'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket
Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

and not sure if this even gets posted as i get this error message from the
msnews folder:
Configuration:
Account: msnews.microsoft.com (1)
Server: msnews.microsoft.com
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119

aaarrrgghhhhh !

thanks

 

[Dallas]

okay, now after doing some research via the control panel, checking network
connections, setup, firewall settings, etc. I was able to see where all
these "services were not running, so i went to msconfig>services & all were
disabled ! not sure how as i had only been to start up to again disable a
few that never stay disabled, so again, not sure how that happened.
now, i don't know which of the services need to be enabled & which need to
be disabled. i enabled all to get the system up & running.

whew :-(

 

[Twayne]

okay, now after doing some research via the control panel, checking
network connections, setup, firewall settings, etc. I was able to see
where all these "services were not running, so i went to
msconfig>services & all were disabled ! not sure how as i had only
been to start up to again disable a few that never stay disabled, so
again, not sure how that happened. now, i don't know which of the
services need to be enabled & which
need to be disabled. i enabled all to get the system up & running.

whew :-(

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne

 

[JimL]

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne

An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the weirdest
name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to that in
Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other handy features
as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course MajorGeek and others have it.

 

[Twayne]

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne

An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some basic
research revealed some "interesting" things about them that may or may
not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically nothing
and most search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's on MajorGeek
I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in Germany I'm wondering
if the US (en) arm has been set aside or something. Everyplace I looked
listed it as OK but then there are little details like no user ratings
and things like that. It's ... "different" somehow.
I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt calls it "near-perfect
protection" but it's not showing anywhere on that page I got sent to. I
don't bother looking in archives; it's there where I'm sent of it's not.
The Malware evaluation link worked, but ... no date except for SP3
reference, and it didn't test for false positives, etc.. And, according
to whois and Robtex they have no US presence but hijackfree redirects to
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com.





Twayne`

 

[Peter Foldes]

Twayne

I use it all the time. It is from Emisoft and is an excellent tool to use or keep
tabs on changes. Also very good at removing malware

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec061010/

Here is the free version. There is also a paid version. The free will just about do
the same. Scroll down to the free version of Hijack free

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Paid version
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne

An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some basic research
revealed some "interesting" things about them that may or may not be relevent as
I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically nothing and most
search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's on MajorGeek I couldn't find it.
Since it's actually located in Germany I'm wondering if the US (en) arm has been
set aside or something. Everyplace I looked listed it as OK but then there are
little details like no user ratings and things like that. It's ... "different"
somehow.
I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt calls it "near-perfect protection"
but it's not showing anywhere on that page I got sent to. I don't bother looking
in archives; it's there where I'm sent of it's not. The Malware evaluation link
worked, but ... no date except for SP3 reference, and it didn't test for false
positives, etc.. And, according to whois and Robtex they have no US presence but
hijackfree redirects to http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such
address as hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com.





Twayne`

 

[Twayne]

Thanks, Peter; I didn't notice the freebie. Think I'll try it out & see
what it's about. If I like it I'll go back for the Pro version.

Twayne`

Twayne

I use it all the time. It is from Emisoft and is an excellent tool to
use or keep tabs on changes. Also very good at removing malware

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec061010/

Here is the free version. There is also a paid version. The free will
just about do the same. Scroll down to the free version of Hijack free

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Paid version
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or
program and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a
tool. Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many
other handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some
basic research revealed some "interesting" things about them that
may or may not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically
nothing and most search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's
on MajorGeek I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in
Germany I'm wondering if the US (en) arm has been set aside or
something. Everyplace I looked listed it as OK but then there are
little details like no user ratings and things like that. It's ...
"different" somehow. I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt
calls it "near-perfect protection" but it's not showing anywhere on
that page I got sent to. I don't bother looking in archives; it's
there where I'm sent of it's not. The Malware evaluation link
worked, but ... no date except for SP3 reference, and it didn't test
for false positives, etc.. And, according to whois and Robtex they
have no US presence but hijackfree redirects to
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com. Twayne`

 

[JimL]

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne

An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

Twayne`

I use it once or twice a month. It is part of Emsisoft's anti-malware app.

 

[Twayne]

Thanks Jim; downloaded it but haven't had a chance to install yet.

Twayne

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or
program and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a
tool. Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many
other handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

Twayne`

I use it once or twice a month. It is part of Emsisoft's
anti-malware app.

 

[Dallas]

twayne, thanks as always. where do i make the permanent changes for items
found in the start up tab ? and is there a way to know which "services" i
need also via sys config window ?

many thanks

 

[Dallas]

jiml thanks a lot & is this in lieu of the windows start up ?

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne

An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the weirdest
name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to that
in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other handy
features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course MajorGeek and
others have it.

 

[Peter Foldes]

http://www.emsisoft.com/images/button_download_en.png

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

Thanks, Peter; I didn't notice the freebie. Think I'll try it out & see what it's
about. If I like it I'll go back for the Pro version.

Twayne`

Twayne

I use it all the time. It is from Emisoft and is an excellent tool to
use or keep tabs on changes. Also very good at removing malware

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec061010/

Here is the free version. There is also a paid version. The free will
just about do the same. Scroll down to the free version of Hijack free

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Paid version
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or
program and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a
tool. Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many
other handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some
basic research revealed some "interesting" things about them that
may or may not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically
nothing and most search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's
on MajorGeek I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in
Germany I'm wondering if the US (en) arm has been set aside or
something. Everyplace I looked listed it as OK but then there are
little details like no user ratings and things like that. It's ...
"different" somehow. I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt
calls it "near-perfect protection" but it's not showing anywhere on
that page I got sent to. I don't bother looking in archives; it's
there where I'm sent of it's not. The Malware evaluation link
worked, but ... no date except for SP3 reference, and it didn't test
for false positives, etc.. And, according to whois and Robtex they
have no US presence but hijackfree redirects to
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com. Twayne`

 

[sandy58]

An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form.  And it has many other
handy features as well.  See it at HiJackFree.com.  Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some basic
research revealed some "interesting" things about them that may or may
not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

  It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically nothing
and most search engine hits on it are pretty old.  If it's on MajorGeek
I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in Germany I'm wondering
if the US (en) arm has been set aside or something.  Everyplace I looked
listed it as OK but then there are little details like no user ratings
and things like that.  It's ... "different" somehow.
   I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt calls it "near-perfect
protection" but it's not showing anywhere on that page I got sent to.  I
don't bother looking in archives; it's there where I'm sent of it's not.
The Malware evaluation link worked, but ... no date except for SP3
reference, and it didn't test for false positives, etc.. And, according
to whois and Robtex they have no US presence but hijackfree redirects tohttp://www.emsisoft.com/en/.  There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com  orwww.hijackfree.com.

Twayne`

http://www.hijackfree.com/en/
http://download.cnet.com/A-squared-HiJackFree/3000-8022_4-10719194.html
http://a-squared-hijackfree.en.softonic.com/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/a-squared-HiJackFree.shtml
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

 

[Twayne]

twayne, thanks as always. where do i make the permanent changes for
items found in the start up tab ? and is there a way to know which
"services" i need also via sys config window ?

many thanks

You can find that information and quite a bit more at:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
if you have XP & SP3. For other variations, look around the site's
preceding pages to that one.
If you want to start at the very beginning, go to
http://www.blackviper.com/
The site's been around a long time and is safe to use; no malware, no
ads, free access, no passwords, etc. etc. etc..

It gives the defaults of the various services by OS and the last three
columns tell you whether it's safe to mess with or not in HIS opinion.
Just read all the preceding information and it'll all make sense.

HTH,

Twayne`

PS -

 

[JimL]

It controls the windows startup.

jiml thanks a lot & is this in lieu of the windows start up ?

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne

An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the weirdest
name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to that
in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other handy
features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course MajorGeek and
others have it.

 

[Dallas]

thanks as always & will look into it. not doing well of late