Buffy
2011-05-30 02:02:12 UTC
Compaq Presario CQ5210F
3GB ram
AMD Athlon II X2
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
System is 1 year old.
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Internet (Chrome & Firefox)
Unable to access internet. The wireless router provides access to laptops via wifi, but ethernet connection does not work in normal or Safe Mode with Networking.
Called internet provider: said our computer was receiving signal just fine.
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McAfee:
-Can't run a system scan.
“An unexpected problem occurred during your scan. Please click OK to go back to the Home page, and then try running your scan again.”
-Homepage says
“Your computer is secure” with Firewall marked as on.
-Firewall page displays firewall as “off”, and clicking “turn on” causes a flicker from on, then back to off (split second).
-Unable to change Firewall settings.
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System Restore:
Does not appear to be function correctly on this system.:
“A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error. Check the Application event log for more information. (0x80042302)”
Turn on Volume Shadow Copy: from Disabled&Stopped → Automatic and Started.
Still no change in System Restore problems.
NOTE: Due to lack of internet access abilities, I am unable to update the virus definitions on any of these programs. This puts their usability in question.
CCleaner
Erased a lot of crap; no change.
MalwareBytes
No problems found in Safe Mode scan.
SuperAntiSpyware
Currently Running....
Eliminated 1916 problem files, including 5 trojans.
ComboFix
Fails to run.
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
No problems found in Safe Mode scan.
Internet (Chrome & Firefox)
Unable to access internet. The wireless router provides access to laptops via wifi, but ethernet connection does not work in normal or Safe Mode with Networking.
Called internet provider: said our computer was receiving signal just fine.
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Audio Problems
Unable to play audio from computer. The audio troubleshooter says:
“hardware changes might not have been detected” and does not resolve the issue.
Attempting to play a random mp3 yields :
“Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly.”
Attempting to play a random video file:
“Server execution failure”
Computer Processing Speed
No problems with computer processing speed. Computer runs as normal.
No odd pop-ups.
Error messages appear as specified.
No change in problems when switching users.
Besides the lack of internet, no visible damage is hampering the computer.
Note: Computer has been forced into Windows XP theme?? Unable to switch back to Windows 7 Theme.
Creating a new user
Error Message after creation.
“The user profile service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.”
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