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[Bobc11]

Hey everyone,

I followed the directions in the Slow PC start here topic, and my computer still has the following issues:

when you right click anything, it freezes the window that you right clicked in. The menu shows up after a period of time

Programs sometimes dont open when clicked on the start menu

Programs freeze and wont open randomly

Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this?

[AdvancedSetup]

Do you have any external USB drives attached to the computer?

[Bobc11]

AdvancedSetup, on 01 May 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:

Do you have any external USB drives attached to the computer?

Yes a external hard drive.

[AdvancedSetup]

Well unplug that USB drive temporarily for a while and see if the problem goes away.

[Bobc11]

For how long? Also It is still occuring

[AdvancedSetup]

Unplug the external USB drive and reboot the computer and see if it's happening.

[Bobc11]

Unfortunatly the problem persists.

[CWB]

an idea to get started down the road .
open "task manager" ...
look for *something* that is eating a lot of cpu time .

[Bobc11]

the only thing with high usage is the system idle process, which (based on my understanding) is just how much of the proccer is not being used (i think)

[AdvancedSetup]

Please run the following scanner and send back the logs.

Download DDS from one of the locations below and save to your Desktop
dds.scr
dds.com


Temporarily disable any script blocker if your Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware has it.
How To Temporarily Disable Your Anti-virus, Firewall And Anti-malware Programs

Once downloaded you can disconnect from the Internet and disable your Ant-Virus temporarily if needed.
Then double click dds.scr or dds.com to run the tool, on Vista or Win 7 right click and select Run as administrator
Click the Run button if prompted with an Open File - Security Warning dialog box.
A black DOS console should open and run for a moment.

When done, DDS will open two (2) logs:
• 
  
  • DDS.txt
    
  • Attach.txt

• Save both reports to your desktop
  
• Please include the following logs in your next reply: DDS.txt and Attach.txt
  You can ignore the note about zipping the Attach.txt file in most cases.

[Bobc11]

dds.scr or dds.com wont run. see below:

[Window Title]
C:\Users\Spencer\Desktop\dds.com

[Content]
This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.

[OK]

[AdvancedSetup]

If .com will not run either then your computer is almost certainly infected or at least damaged from an infection.



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