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Originally posted by richg101 cheers mate. i just downloaded ad aware and avg. they found about 13 trojan downloaders and other nasties. how could these have got on there without me going on the types of websites they are usually associated with? the copy of xp was un updated and i was running with no antivirus. i been online once for about 10 mins. i was only on ebay ! could these have been stored on the external broadband modem from previous dirty surfing on my other computer and jumped over? im amazed how this new pc had so many. ps. it was a formatted hard drive

I got on this thread too late but I remember there was a virus that disabled the start button. There have also been reports of virus' that can live in the bios, but it's highly doubtful that they can be stored in the modem. If you inserted any disks, memory sticks or external drives, there can be virus' on them (the mem stick got me last time).

If you plan to use this PC for music (properly), then reformat all drives (after backing up), install fresh XP, install antivirus (my rec is nod32), leave it offline until all virus check are done, then begin to install your apps.

most important: GET A BACKUP DRIVE NOW!

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Originally posted by richg101 Hey guys. my pc no longer lets me click on the start button or the bottom right where the clock is. (the blue strip where the green start button is). when you click, it just make the annoying sound that remnids you that nothing is happening. using the windows butto on the keyboard brings the start menu up but i want to be able to click. anyone know what is wrong and how i can sort it? i just wanna make some music

try system restor-turn off then back on then wilst pc is booting up keep pressing f8-. an options list should show repair pc when it does do restor.

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Originally posted by airwalker1 try system restor-turn off then back on then wilst pc is booting up keep pressing f8-. an options list should show repair pc when it does do restor.

turn off pc imean then on again

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Originally posted by richg101 Hey guys. my pc no longer lets me click on the start button or the bottom right where the clock is. (the blue strip where the green start button is). when you click, it just make the annoying sound that remnids you that nothing is happening.

I've had this problem more than a few times. It usually has to do with a startup (bootup) program that is freezing the system. Not a virus, trojan or anything like that, just a program that is not behaving correctly. Do what david.michael stated with msconfig. Disable every item in the startup tab. Reboot, and see if the problem is solved. If it is, then turn on one startup item at a time, and reboot each time. This will locate the problem startup program through the process of elimination.

Once you locate the problem program, either reinstall it, or don't use it. Or perhaps find a newer version of that program.

cheers for all the replies. this thing really mess stuff up. it even removed my soundcard drivers and a whole load more. so now there are no mini-icons on the bottom right ofthe screen. im gonna format this weekend.

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Originally posted by richg101 cheers for all the replies. this thing really mess stuff up. it even removed my soundcard drivers and a whole load more. so now there are no mini-icons on the bottom right ofthe screen. im gonna format this weekend.

That's why you run msconfig and turn one item on at a time (reboot each time) to turn the items back on, as previously suggested.