Crazy set of new problems

gregrocker · 07 Mar 2010

Hope you ran Avast boot scan which is the deepest possible scan since no services at all are running where viruses can hide.

Next, running Spybot in Safe Mode (after updating first) will pretty much give you a clean bill of health. Spybot can get at infections hiding in memory when run in Safe Mode.

Next I would run a Repair Install which keeps all files, programs and settings in place while reinstalling the OS. Only botched settings could then continue the problem and even those might be reset by the Repair. It will need to be reactivated afterward at Computer>Properties link.

A Repair Install is the last resort before Clean Reinstall, right after running sfc /scannow to check System File integrity.

karlsnooks · 07 Mar 2010

jambonay,
You can not upgrade from XP to Win7 as another person mentioned.

Perhaps you didn't say what you meant to say.

Under the circumstances, I recommend:
1. save all info dear to your heart
2. boot from the Win7 DVD
3. at the first dialog, press SHIFT + F10 combo
4. this will take you to a command prompt.
5. type the following, hitting enter at the end of each line and waiting for each "command" to finish before continuing:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 0 (assuming that corresponds to your harddrive)
clean (this will make your hard disk look "virgin")
exit (to exit from diskpart)
exit (to exit from the command prompt)

Now you can continue with your install.

Bare Foot Kid · 08 Mar 2010

jambonay said:

not sure what Frostmourne is on about but AVAST found a threat called "plugin-kolobok.pdf" which it has isolated. Anyone know what this is?

Does this solve the issue?

mitchell65 · 08 Mar 2010

RknRusty said:

jambonay said:

I have a laptop I recently upgraded to WIN 7 from XP. ...

I didn't think you could even do that. Isn't the upgrade meant only for Vista?

You can actually, Here's a guide to how:
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows

loaba · 08 Mar 2010

To the OP - It has been my experience that whenever possible, your best bet is to go with a clean install. That's not always the easiest route, but it does cut down on OS issues (while sometimes creating pesky hardware driver issues).

karlsnooks · 08 Mar 2010

Regarding making a clean install: I agree 100% with Ioba. This has been a golden rule since the days of Win 95.

RknRusty · 08 Mar 2010

mitchell65 said:

RknRusty said:

jambonay said:

I have a laptop I recently upgraded to WIN 7 from XP. ...

I didn't think you could even do that. Isn't the upgrade meant only for Vista?

You can actually, Here's a guide to how:
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows

That's not an upgrade, it's a clean install like others are suggesting.

mitchell65 · 08 Mar 2010

RknRusty said:

mitchell65 said:

RknRusty said:

I didn't think you could even do that. Isn't the upgrade meant only for Vista?

You can actually, Here's a guide to how:
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows

That's not an upgrade, it's a clean install like others are suggesting.

Sorry misunderstood. I thought you meant that you couldn't buy an upgrade from XP to 7

jambonay · 08 Mar 2010

sorry i wasn't clear from the outset, i did a clean install of win 7 on a new harddrive. As far as detected infections: "plugin-kolobok.pdf" was the only thing that was turned up.

karlsnooks · 08 Mar 2010

jambonay,
I went thru all of the posts.

could you
1) recap for me what your present problem is,
2) tells us about your laptop, eg., amount of ram, processor speed, model, etc.

Re 2) you can do following:
WIN key | MSINFO32.EXE | Enter key

This will give you more info than one can digest.

= Win key