jblosser Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 If you try Tom's 'pull the battery' idea (which is a good idea, btw), upon restarting we could try going into 'safe mode with networking' by pressing F8 once you see the BIOS screen. If you see the Windows logo, you are too late, power it off, on and press F8 sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I will try a few of these ideas, give me a few minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Since I ran into this yesterday on two servers that McAfee and MBAM said were "fine" but had obvious things wrong with them:From a command prompt, type "at" and hit enter, normally you shouldn't have any scheduled tasks, unless you set something up via the task scheduler. <Might> be something there which <might> be causing your troubles.when typing AT, = access denied ( the account i am using should be admin level account) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Try Start, Programs, Accessories, right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator, then try the "at" command again.Probably nothing, but worth looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 i just figured out the run as admin with the right click =" There are no entries in list" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 i tried running chkdsk, would not run since it did not have control of drive, run at restart, I selected yes.At restart, "chkdsk unable to due to a recently installed program" no mention of what that program was.Unable to revert back to another restore point..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 plan b, remove hard drive from laptop, connect to external hard drive reader, and run scan on hard drive while connected to another computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Might work:When did IE last work properly? We want to search for files/folders created after that time.Could try going to the Control Panel, Programs, and see if something's in there that you don't recognize. Long shot, but possible.Press the Windows key plus F (to bring up the search function), choose Files Changed Since This Date (or whatever it's called - at home on my Linux laptop now) and let Windows search.You <should/maybe> find at least one folder with a suspicious name, probably won't be able to delete it, assuming there's at least one file in there that's loaded in memory, and not allowing you out to the Internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 plan b, remove hard drive from laptop, connect to external hard drive reader, and run scan on hard drive while connected to another computer?Very good idea.If a full scan (make sure your AV is up to date, duh) finds nothing, could try Rootkit Revealer (click, link at MS Technet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 last worked probably before new years eve?The only functional computers i have are win xp, not sure if the chkdsk xp version is will function with a Win 7 drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Have you tried another browser besides IE for FF?? Chrome? Or maybe a portable app? I use FF portable, Chrome is also available in a portable app here....http://portableapps.com/apps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 i did install fire fox, also does not function. I can try the portable apps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 i did install fire fox, also does not function. I can try the portable appsThe portable app might be a good troubleshooting tool, because it doesn't install anything on the pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 last worked probably before new years eve?The only functional computers i have are win xp, not sure if the chkdsk xp version is will function with a Win 7 drive?should work, they're both NTFS.If you have a way to get any wanted data off the drive - like hooking it to another computer as you're thinking of doing - it might just be easiest/quickest to grab what you want off of it, then wipe the sucker out and reinstall Windows.Or, better yet, install Linux... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 The portable app might be a good troubleshooting tool' date=' because it doesn't install anything on the pc.[/quote']Another good idea.WTF is happening to ORdN? Everyone's trying to be helpful?!?!!!!1!!1!!111??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I am waiting for the snarky fucktards.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Another good idea.WTF is happening to ORdN? Everyone's trying to be helpful?!?!!!!1!!1!!111???The OP isn't an idiot. We're cool with reasonable people. We even have helped Swing'r a time or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Another good idea.WTF is happening to ORdN? Everyone's trying to be helpful?!?!!!!1!!1!!111??? would you like me to chime in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) half of this thread, All I see is "BLAH BLAH BLAH internet explorer blah blah router blah blah flux capacitor blah blah blah." Edited January 15, 2011 by chevysoldier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 when do start talking about hookers an blow and then M&P?Thank you everyone for the help. First time with a Win7 computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I am waiting for the snarky fucktards....The OP isn't an idiot. We're cool with reasonable people. We even have helped Swing'r a time or 2. would you like me to chime in?Now we're cooking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 when do start talking about hookers an blow and then M&P?Thank you everyone for the help. First time with a Win7 computer.XD>M&P./hijack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 would you like me to chime in?Shouldn't you be antagonizing Sunflower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 nobody wants to play with me........ im just a dumb yokel too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 nobody wants to play with me........ im just a dumb yokel too Hey! You're not a yokel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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