Solved Strange Developments After Booting Up....

[Busterbrown]

Oftentimes after booting up, I get these strange developments;

a) I cannot execute any AV, utility or diagnostic programs;
b) Shockwave Flash often crashes;
b) A small blue "cyclone" whirls over the small network-connect icon, lower-right-hand corner;
c) Facebook or YouTube videos can't play;
d) Shutdown time takes too long;
e) During shutdown, Explorer still runs in the background, system requests "Forced Shutdown?"

I don't know what all these symptoms point to--any ideas?

 

[Busterbrown]

I also managed to get this Win 7 system diagnostics report on my latest boot-up:

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance
Date: 10/15/2016 3:24:08 PM
Event ID: 100
Task Category: Boot Performance Monitoring
Level: Critical
Keywords: Event Log
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: [Edited]
Description:
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 168780ms
IsDegradation : false
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2016‎-‎10‎-‎15T19:21:00.671600300Z
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance" Guid="{CFC18EC0-96B1-4EBA-961B-622CAEE05B0A}" />
<EventID>100</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>4002</Task>
<Opcode>34</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000010000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-10-15T19:24:08.048228600Z" />
<EventRecordID>11720</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{00000000-C9C4-0000-6730-77431927D201}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1676" ThreadID="4836" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>[Edited]</Computer>
<Security UserID="[Edited]" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BootTsVersion">2</Data>
<Data Name="BootStartTime">2016-10-15T19:21:00.671600300Z</Data>
<Data Name="BootEndTime">2016-10-15T19:24:02.355903000Z</Data>
<Data Name="SystemBootInstance">5426</Data>
<Data Name="UserBootInstance">907</Data>
<Data Name="BootTime">168780</Data>
<Data Name="MainPathBootTime">53952</Data>
<Data Name="BootKernelInitTime">29</Data>
<Data Name="BootDriverInitTime">9327</Data>
<Data Name="BootDevicesInitTime">10132</Data>
<Data Name="BootPrefetchInitTime">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootPrefetchBytes">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootAutoChkTime">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootSmssInitTime">12645</Data>
<Data Name="BootCriticalServicesInitTime">1148</Data>
<Data Name="BootUserProfileProcessingTime">1297</Data>
<Data Name="BootMachineProfileProcessingTime">532</Data>
<Data Name="BootExplorerInitTime">17701</Data>
<Data Name="BootNumStartupApps">17</Data>
<Data Name="BootPostBootTime">114828</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsRebootAfterInstall">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseStepImprovementBits">128</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualImprovementBits">192</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseStepDegradationBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootRootCauseGradualDegradationBits">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsStepDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsGradualDegradation">false</Data>
<Data Name="BootImprovementDelta">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootDegradationDelta">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootIsRootCauseIdentified">true</Data>
<Data Name="OSLoaderDuration">2721</Data>
<Data Name="BootPNPInitStartTimeMS">29</Data>
<Data Name="BootPNPInitDuration">10162</Data>
<Data Name="OtherKernelInitDuration">662</Data>
<Data Name="SystemPNPInitStartTimeMS">10778</Data>
<Data Name="SystemPNPInitDuration">9297</Data>
<Data Name="SessionInitStartTimeMS">20123</Data>
<Data Name="Session0InitDuration">1408</Data>
<Data Name="Session1InitDuration">480</Data>
<Data Name="SessionInitOtherDuration">10757</Data>
<Data Name="WinLogonStartTimeMS">32768</Data>
<Data Name="OtherLogonInitActivityDuration">1651</Data>
<Data Name="UserLogonWaitDuration">12905</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[torchwood]

Hello Buster,
can you post a screenshot of your startup items,
control panel >> admin tools >> system config >> startup.

Roy

 

[Busterbrown]

Screen Capture shots of Start-up items (4 screens), Attached.

 

[torchwood]

Hi Buster,
I would uncheck anything you do not use on start-up.
Remember you also need to go to
Control Panel >> admin tools >> services >> highlight the entry Right Click >> properties >> change startup to manual

If it were mine id uncheck
Apple/ITunes/Java Skype Acronis Malwarebytes(if Free) LastPass Omnipage Polar Fitbit
CrashPlan(you already back up to Acronis)
No idea what BRS is


Roy

 

[Busterbrown]

I will uncheck those Startup choices--but that Systems Diagnostics Report listed itself as CRITICAL...

Looks to me like all the strange developments post-Start-up point to more ominous symptoms.

 

[torchwood]

Hi Buster,
If its still slow loading/shutting down after unchecking, then there could be an underlying problem, especially if you take into account your Space problem thread.

I take it you've done a full scan with MalwareBytes and your AV.
Mind trying ESET on line scan, please dissable your other AV.
Online Malware Detection | ESET
Wouldn't hurt to run these 2 as well
AdwCleaner Download
Junkware Removal Tool Download

post the results

Roy

 

[lehnerus2000]

System File Checker

Have you tried running sfc?

Open the Command Prompt (Use the "Run as administrator" option in the context menu).

Type:

sfc /scannow
​

Tutorial
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

 

[Busterbrown]

Hi Buster,
If its still slow loading/shutting down after unchecking, then there could be an underlying problem, especially if you take into account your Space problem thread.

I take it you've done a full scan with MalwareBytes and your AV.
Mind trying ESET on line scan, please dissable your other AV.
Online Malware Detection | ESET
Wouldn't hurt to run these 2 as well
AdwCleaner Download
Junkware Removal Tool Download

post the results

Roy

Will try these, Thanks.

 

[Busterbrown]

Have you tried running sfc?

Open the Command Prompt (Use the "Run as administrator" option in the context menu).

Type:

sfc /scannow
​

Tutorial
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

I ran sfc and it found "no integrity violations."

 

[Busterbrown]

Hi Buster,
If its still slow loading/shutting down after unchecking, then there could be an underlying problem, especially if you take into account your Space problem thread.

I take it you've done a full scan with MalwareBytes and your AV.
Mind trying ESET on line scan, please dissable your other AV.
Online Malware Detection | ESET
Wouldn't hurt to run these 2 as well
AdwCleaner Download
Junkware Removal Tool Download

post the results

Roy

Which other AV/ Do you mean my Avast program or MBAM?

 

[torchwood]

Hi Buster,
Just Avast.

Roy

 

[Busterbrown]

Hi Buster,
If its still slow loading/shutting down after unchecking, then there could be an underlying problem, especially if you take into account your Space problem thread.

I take it you've done a full scan with MalwareBytes and your AV.
Mind trying ESET on line scan, please dissable your other AV.
Online Malware Detection | ESET
Wouldn't hurt to run these 2 as well
AdwCleaner Download
Junkware Removal Tool Download

post the results

Roy

I did run ESET. It found 2 infected files, ran for almost 1 1/2 hours, then stalled out. It didn't list the name or location of the infected files while it scanned, before it stalled.

I ran AdwCleaner and it found a few PUPs, which I removed.

The space problem may be related to System Restore settings, since I removed my old System Restores, and the space on Drive C went back up to 223 GB (though it keeps diminishing by 2 GB each day, so I have to change the SR settings).

 

[genetics73]

My suggestion is to download the most recent version of "tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio_setup.exe" and run the program as directed - it really solves most of ordinary Win 7 problems, and even some that are rarely seen. Highly recommended.

 

[Busterbrown]

I have upgraded to Windows 7 Professional.

Thanks for all the helpful posts.