wec123 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 i need serious help. whenever i try to open some programs in xp sp3, all i get is an hourglass cursor. sometimes a window starts to load but then stops. ctrl+alt+delete doesnt work to close it. i cant shut it down either. sometimes ill get as far as "saving your settings..." but then its stuck again. i ran ccleaner to clean the registry and it cleared up a ton of errors but still no help. this is really frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Is the same problem there when you boot up the PC in "Safe Mode" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wec123 Posted May 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 i tinkered around in safe mode and for the most part it didnt but occasionally it did. nevertheless i installed and ran avg (thorough scan), cleared up about 70 threats or so--mostly tracking cookies and such but also some trojans that i guess malwarebytes and adaware didnt catch. i also cleaned up junk files, and managed to fix a problem with windows automatic updates and installed 35 critical updates. it seems to be running ok for now. i still have the nagging suspicion that the registry could be cleaner but im not sure what to do about it. ive scanned it with ccleaner, winoptimizer, and avg and they all return with a different amount of registry errors. im inclined to let it be for now unless any other issue arises. before all this trouble i had a problem with it freezing at the welcome screen on startup, if its not cleared up now ill have to address that separately too. of course any comments or suggestions are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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