Slow Logon...Black screen...Icons refresh!! Win7 64BIT

Ztruker said:

Might be a good idea to edit the file first and remove these two lines:

RegisteredUser=
SerialNumber=

There is no need to edit.
The serial number shown is not the 25 character Product ID for which one paid their hard earned money.

Registered owner shows up all over the place and if i recollect, msinfo32 will also show you that.

Very unfortunate is that even Microsoft uses different names for that info.

Speccy uses one name for it. SIW uses another name.


In any case, wmic os is safe!

run systeminfo.exe and you will also see the registered user.

The registered user shows up everywhere and of course if a person is using a Win 7 they bought then this is not secret info.

The info collected by the bsod chaps will also collect the registered user info.

sam,
your osall.txt file is in order.

A good idea would be update your system specs to reflect that you have installed SP1 (service pack #1)

As a test:
Remove 3 GB of ram.
Leave only the two 2 GB chips from the same manufacturer.
Leave only that 4 GB is you computer.

Does the problem vanish?

sam,
Let's eliminate a few other possible areas.

Install CCleaner:
CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

list of STARTUP PROGRAMS

CCleaner | Tools icon | Startup button | Windows tab |
click on Save to text file button (bottom right side) |
accept Startup.txt as file name | SAVE button

list of SCHEDULED TASKS

CCleaner | Tools icon | Startup button | Scheduled Tasks tab |
click on Save to text file button (bottom right side) |
enter Scheduled Tasks as File name | Save button

List of INSTALLED PROGRAMS

CCleaner | Tools icon | Uninstall button |
click on Save to text file button (bottom right side) |
accept install.txt as File name | Save button


UPLOAD the startup.txt file
UPLOAD the Scheduled Tasks.txt file
UPLOAD the install.txt file.

HOW TO UPLOAD
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thanks. Wish I had a silver bullet to easily rid you of your problem.

The one silver bullet that I use is Windows Defender Offline.

Windows Defender Offline will get rid of your rootkit infections.

Windows Defender Offline does not run your Win 7 or use your Win 7 boot programs. Windows Defender Offline will run from a ram disk which it creates.

I strongly recommend running Windows Defender Offline from a USB stick. If you burn to DVD, then you need to burn to DVD again to reuse. Letting the Windows Defender Offline program update your USB stick is a much better approach.

We have a tutorial on Windows Defender Offline.

Here is my procedure for using with a USB stick:

Code:

 HOW TO USE WINDOWS DEFENDER OFFLINE ON A USB STICK
  Windows Defender Offline 
  ·         is a free standalone, bootable malware and virus remover from Microsoft.
  ·         performs an offline scan of an infected PC to remove viruses, rootkits and other advanced malware.
   
  Download Windows Defender Offline (about 764 kB)
   
  You will have the choice of downloading the 32bit version (x86) or the 64 bit version (x64).
  The link will help you determine whether you are running a 32 bit version or 64 bit version of Windows
   
  NOTE!!  You can download and prepare a 32 bit version using a 64 bit version of Windows
  NOTE!!  You can download and prepare a 64 bit version using a 32bit version of Windows.
   
  You run the 32 bit version on a 32 bit version of Windows.
  You run the 64 bit version on a 64 bit version of Windows.
   
  The 32 bit download file name is: mssstool32.exe
  The 64 bit download file name is: mssstool64.exe
   
  For the curious, this program was originally name Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper.
   
   
  INSTALLATION:
  You will need an Internet Connection.
  Insert 512 mB (Microsoft’s 256 mB is no longer accurate) or larger USB stick into a usb port.
  Run the downloaded program--mssstool64.exe or mssstool32.exe
    NEXT button
  Choose the option On a USB flash drive that is not password protected
    NEXT button
    NEXT button
  .
The install program will format the usb stick using the NTFS format.
The install program will download about 210 mB.
  The install program will name the USB stick WDO_Media32 or WDO_Media64
  The WDO_Media32 usb stick will have used space of 255 mB (268,140,544 bytes)
  The WDO_Media64 usb stick will have used space of 282 mB (296,165,376 bytes)
  You can expect the number of mB to increase as more malware appears.
   
  UPDATE Windows Defender Offline USB stick:
  ·         reinsert the usb stick
  ·         run the installation program, mssstool64.exe or mssstool32.exe, again.
  ·         the update will download about 66 mB (mssstool32.exe) and 68 mB (mssstool64.exe).
   
  Since the malware database is sometimes updated several times in a day, always update before running.
  
PERFORM AN OFFLINE SCAN
  Bootup your computer from the USB stick
  Windows Defender Offline will automatically perform a quick scan.
  After the quick scan finishes, Choose Full Scan
Select all of your drives
   
  The initial, full scan can easily take several hours, but 
Remember, your computer is being very thoroughly checked for all types of malware.
 
 
  RESULTS OF THE SCAN
The results will be in:
\Windows\Windows Defender Offline\Support,
  file name format is MPLOG- as one or more files with a TXT extension which can be viewed with Notepad.

sammy3417 said:

karlsnooks,

Will try in about ten mins and get back to you....ok the memory sticks from the same manufacturer do I need to put them in the yellow or black slots? Just to confirm?

Yes

sammy3417 said:

In what colored slots do I put what?

Thanks

Sammy,
download the manual for your motherboard from the motherboard manufacturer.

The manual will answer your questions and be valuable addition to your digital library.

Go back via CCleaner to the Scheduled Tasks.
DISABLE ALL

Do not delete.
Later when you have a working system, you can enable what ever you desire, just do us a favor and create a restore point first so that you can easily return to a working system.