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  • The PIT
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 1999
    • 11901

    #1

    Any Ideas on these two problems

    Windows XP Home edition.

    Removed tons of spyware. The student has taken his laptop away and I advise him to re-install.

    Problem one. System restore just hangs. It creates restore points but if you run it the program starts and then just stops. Even in safe mode. No errors reported in the event viewer.

    He did want to roll back to an earlier restore point so deleting system restore isn't really an option.

    Problem two he can't search for files or folders. When you click on search it comes up but apart from the toolbar everything is blank. No errors reported in event viewer.

    Under dos it complains that a directory listing under My documents is too long. Sadly we can't delete it as the file cannot be found.
    Last edited by The PIT; 1 June 2004, 11:27.
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  • Wombat
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 2000
    • 9498

    #2
    How much HD space is left?
    Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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    • The PIT
      Super MURCer
      • Aug 1999
      • 11901

      #3
      Good question I think around 15gig unless that was the other laptop i was looking at at the same time.
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      • Fat Tone
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 1999
        • 7579

        #4
        My first thought was disc space. Try selectively removing restore points.
        On the search thing, try waiting a few minutes...it could be off on a fruitless search for missing drives/shares. Try removing old mappings.
        FT.

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        • The PIT
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 11901

          #5
          Well I can't select anything since it hangs as it enters system restore.
          Chief Lemon Buyer no more Linux sucks but not as much
          Weather nut and sad git.

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          • Fat Tone
            Super MURCer
            • Aug 1999
            • 7579

            #6
            Do it manually?
            FT.

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            • Kooldino
              Super MURCer
              • Nov 2002
              • 3026

              #7
              Try a disk check on it...repair any errors.

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              • Nicram
                MURCer
                • Mar 2002
                • 279

                #8
                Don't use windows :P
                A CRAY is the only computer that runs an endless loop in just 4 hours...

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