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Sam |
posted on 20th Feb 09 at 11:31 |
If you are going to do a virus scan I would suggest doing this in SAFE MODE, because that way only basic essential items required for running Windows will be run on startup, that way whatever malware/virus is resident in memory normally won't be run in safe mode. | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 17:01 |
going to do that, just sorting through all the documents on the computer and backing up what i need. | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:58 |
You've got some malware on the system, can try downloading the stuff thats regularly recommended, avast, ccleaner, spybot, adaware etc etc and see if it cleans it up but I always rather a format. | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:55 |
Thanks, will try that later | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:50 |
Yip modem could possibly be the issue, just swap or rule out everything you possibly can, if nothing inside your house is causing it then you can start chasing up BT. | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:50 |
i'll give it a bash, also been told to try another modem. May end up changing phone and internet too as bt are shyte | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:46 |
Go back to basics to see if it's in your house. | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:44 |
the thing is, this only happened when BT put a line into a house a few doors down, thats when our problems started. None of our sockets in the house have been touched, and bt are denying the fault is at there end. They want over £150 just for them to come into our house and say there isnt a problem. | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:42 |
Shut up Andrew, you have no idea. | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:42 |
Somethings not wired right somewhere, take everything out and plug back in one at a time to see where the problem is. | |
Andrew |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:42 |
quote: Speaking from experience, not a keyboard warrior, which is what this website appears to be coming down to. I’ve had an experience of where there has been two extensions running from the master socket. One of the extensions did not have a phone connected or an ADSL modem/router. However, the connecton would drop every so often. There was not pattern to this either. Put a Microfilter on the end of the entension and this solved the issue. Removing the extension would have also resolved this issue but the company did not want to do this, obviously the paying customer is always going to be right in the end. I'm not going to bother posting advice on this website anymore, and can get advice from serveral other websites freely available. John, it's clear you haven't worked in IT and our just your average home user googling to make you look good. Fairwell :wave: | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:40 |
Just plugged the sky and phoneline into a filter downstairs on the extention, and it came up on the computer with | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:36 |
Has to be a filter on the sky box as well. | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:32 |
Very basic. The internet is on an extention from the main line into the house. And the sky is on the downstairs main on an extention with a phone line attached. | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:31 |
What good does a low pass filter have on the end of an empty line? | |
Andrew |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:28 |
In theory, yes. Does depend how complex your line is though. | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:24 |
You only need them where a phone is connected, not everywhere a line goes. | |
Andrew |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:22 |
Sounds like you have a virus or some sort of spyware which is why it's running a little hot. If the CPU is getting hammered this will increase the heat and cause the PC to become slow. | |
Simon |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:19 |
Turn the computer on with the case open, do any of the fans turn? | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:15 |
We went out and got new ones, then it wouldnt work with them plugged in. And now the sky has to be unplugged for the internet to work. | |
Matt L |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:13 |
my internet does the same, i thought it was to do with the filters into the phone line etc but never bin bothered to change them or fix it. (i could be wrong though) | |
John |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:13 |
You've got some sort of virus/spyware/malware, i'd recommend backing data up then giving it a format. | |
Bonney |
posted on 19th Feb 09 at 16:10 |
Haven't got a clue about them, only know how to turn it on and look on the internet.
Anyone got any ideas to any of these problems, before i end up throwing the thing at the wall [Edited on 19-02-2009 by Bonney66] [Edited on 19-02-2009 by Bonney66] |