the max 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2003 Every night, I shut my computer off before bed...it's off for a grand total of like 4 hours. Yet, for the last week or so, every morning when I turn it back on, it has reverted itself to weird settings, like the grey taskbar, blockish-looking menu, etc. Basically it turns itself to classic Windows theme, complete with sounds, desktop, etc. I want this to stop, but I have no idea what is causing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest subliminal_animal Report post Posted October 29, 2003 Man, you gotta respect the classics. C'mon now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2003 XP just looks smoother though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2003 Run a virus scan and make sure it isn't some like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2003 Ran 2 AVG scans now, and nothing is coming up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2003 OK, I just ran a SpyBot search, and I seem to have a lot of dialers, probably 20-25 or so, plus a lot of stuff that has given me spyware in the past that is still on my system. Is there a way to delete it for good without using Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T®ITEC Report post Posted October 29, 2003 Why not just use Spybot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2003 Because SpyBot says that they have found all the spyware on my hard-drive but it hasn't. But then again, why when I do a SpyBot search after I restart the computer does it find MORE spyware, and when you can see where it is searching, does it show all of these obvious spyware programs that it isn't deleting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jobber of the Week 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2003 Huh? Run a SpyBot search with updated stuff. Delete that. Do the same with AdAware, restart. Run both and make sure they come up with zero stuff. Use SpyBot's immunize. That's about as much Spyware busting as you can do easily. You might need HijackThis or something, I don't know. I'm not going to give directions on that program since I've never used it, but I have a friend who cleans people's PCs at his college and he says the worst cases sometimes require that tool. Be careful and backup backup backup, I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
