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TomcaT

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  1. I came across this bugger last week!!!

    Could not uninstall via add/remove nor could I find an unistall program.

    Tried adaware but it did not work!! got the rest of the crap tho'... :)

    To remove it I did the following:

    1. Find the folder called My Search or similiar in Program files, there maybe two folders? cannot remember.

    2. Highlight it and press delete.

    3.You should get a message saying access denied and a filename... something .DLL.

    4. Write down the filename.

    5. Go into REGEDIT and do a search on the filename

    6. DELETE every instance in the registry.

    When done repeat from step 2 until the entire directory is deleted.

    Then when complete do a reboot....

    This is not a slick removal of this but it was the only way I could get rid!

    Hope it helps.....

  2. Format the drive and do a clean install, that will take care of all your problems.  :rolleyes:

    I know i know, thats the easy way out, im just being silly. :D

    But seriously, it may come to that. A clean install is whats best for a machine thats been overrun with spy/ad ware.

    That was my original thoughts! so it was not so silly!! :)

    This machine was raped big style.....

    Anyone got other ideas??

    Cheers.........

  3. Tonight I went to sort out a mate's PC, it is an AMD XP2000+ with 512mb DDR ram with a 40gb HD and has XP professional.

    His main problem was Hotbar and TONS of pop ups, got rid of this lot with the usual Adaware and Spybot.

    However when I came to re-boot it would not do so..... Windows goes through the motion of saving settings... the HD led flickers then nothing..... at first I waited 10 minutes but nothing, so I powered it down and restarted the machine.

    Upon re-boot XP did not say there had been any serious problems etc and worked fine (minus pop-ups).

    The computer will not restart, go into standby or shutdown without me switching it off manually.

    I asked him how long it has been happening and he said about a month, he has not installed anything or added any new hardware (he normally asks me to do that).

    I am assuming that it is an XP problem.... does anyone have an idea? All suggestions greatly received.....

    Thanks..... :)

  4. I am having a problem with the microphone on my monitor.  It isn't working and I do not know what to do.  I have tested it many times.  The speakers work fine.  I am wondering if having broadband(DSL) has anything to do with this.  I have another computer that is the same make, HP,  but the voice program is different. That one is on a dial up set up.  This ones program is called "direct play voice setup", file verson 5.1.2600.1106(xpsp1.020828-1920), file name is "dvpsetup.exe".  Is anyone out there familiar with any of this and if so will you please help me to get my mic to work. I need to add that when I attempt to check the mic through the test I get an error messsage"windows cannot execute dpv setup.exe, use add/remove programs control panel to install", when I do this I am asked for the windows xp disc. which I do not haave and do not know how to obtain.

    it just isn't working

    The link might help you below, I encountered this problem not too long ago, word of warning this solution did not resolve my problem! but might help you.

    Microsoft Website

    In the end I ended up taking my sound card out, uninstalling ALL the drivers for it, installed the latest DirectX and then I reinstalled the soundcard putting on the latest drivers...... then it worked! :)

    Other than that I don't know...... :rolleyes:

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