Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

Often a USB device can affect the boot up. Until i found the reason (and promptly unplugged it), my SD card reader made my PC take 5 mins to boot. Try disconnecting all USB stuff and see if that makes a difference.:D

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

Yep my dad did it again, I've managed to do a restore point, and hings are running back to normal.

I ran Ad-Aware SE Personal, it found 121 dodgy thing before it started scanning IMS.cab in the I386 folder for 5 hours.

So I had to stop it and do a full scann minus the I386 folder it found about a hundred. I got rid of them. I the did a scan of the I386 folder only, agian it sticks on the IMS.CAB file.

Any ideas

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

safe mode

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

What exactly does services.exe (the proper one) do?

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

Ok tried safe moe but, it stills stops in the cab file

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Tried a chkdsk? SFC?

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

what is SFC

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

Run sfc /scannow from a command line. It checks that all protected OS files are correct and in proper versions...

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

Tried SFC and nothing reported.

Today my dad turned it on and again the processor is running at 100%, he did a restore point, back to normal.

Just know he wanted to plug in a 4GB USB stick in it and guess what, the processor is running 100%

I'm ready to through the thing out of the window.

I've tried ad-ware but that stops om IMS.CAB what files are not needed in the i386 folder as this seems to be the problem.

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I found the repair CD that came with it but he can't remember the admin password.

now what.

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

I asume you got XP there Hom3r... if so download a OEM copy of it from the usual sites...and just install it with that instead of the recovery cd as that will more then likely dump ****e on it again.

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

ERD commander i think will reset all passwords. Not too sure how to use it though, heard it recommended on here a few times, that's all.

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

IE7 used to make svchost.exe run at 100% bloody murder it was, I got by, by removing IE7.

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

yeah Hom3r..Druchii has a point there...that will reset all your pw's and stuff

drop me a pm and I'll see if I can drop you a copy ;)

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

Right I'm ready to throw this dam PC out of the window.

last night I did yet another restore point, removed the cab fils from the i386 folder on to a usb stick, scanned the fold and removed 17 items.

Just now I turned it on everything was OK, I upgraded the firewall. after it reboot guess what.

processor running at 100%

I'm at my wits end KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL

Re: XP Home dire slow boot up
 

Ok, go to Start >>> Run and type in the open box control userpasswords2 and press enter. Highlight the Admin Account and click on Reset Password. Type a new password and click ok.