registry problems

[Princess in Pink]

Hi!

I just got a laptop from my cousin in the United States. I'm in the Philippines, by the way. It's a second hand laptop equipped with Windows 2000 NT Professional.

Once I connected to the internet, I started to experience problems. After a few 30 minutes or so, internet explorer/mozilla could not find any page anymore. I thought the problem was with my ISP (internet card) but when I used it in the other computer, it worked perfectly fine. Moreover, I keep getting pop up messages from the system (not an online ad) that something is wrong with my registry and it may lead to a crash. I already installed Spybot and Adaware and successfully deleted all spywares. Sometimes the internet won't work at all. Also, whenever I shut down the computer it always tries to end a program even though I'm not running anything. And the next time I open my PC, my wallpaper is gone and replaced with "Restore my Active Desktop."

I'm not sure if it's because of registry error that Windows Explorer and My Computer cannot read any cd, whereas my DVD player in the laptop and CD player can read any CD.

Consequentially, I also cannot install Yahoo Messenger or any other programs. The PC and internet hang everytime. I tried downloading registry repair software via the internet but it can only scan, not repair. I would have to pay online for the repair.

I think it all boils down to the registry error. Any tips? Thank you so much. Looking forward to hearing from the team.

[Shadow2018]

Go to the SVT forum and post a Hijack This log. Instructions can be found there on how to do this. You could have other spyware related issues causing this.

Try regcleaner for cleaning the registry out.

http://majorgeeks.com/RegCleaner_d460.html

Once installed go to tools>registry cleanup>auto registry cleaner>delete all files located. This will clean out old/unused registry entries.

[Princess in Pink]

I ran the registry cleaner already. Hope it works.

I'll be running a HIjack this log and will be posting it in a few minutes in the SVT thread.

A few days ago, I downloaded Repair Registry pro. It runs in the Start Up. I've been trying to get rid of it. I clicked the uninstall program but it won't budge. I tried deleting it from the taskbar but it won't budge either. Again, I tried deleting it in Windows Explorer but it says that the file is not currently in use even though it doesn't reflect on the Task Manager. I tried to wipe it out with Regcleaner, the software you recommended but it's still there. HOw do i Get rid of it? THank you. =)

[Shadow2018]

We will get to that a bit later but first lets take a look to make sure you are spyware/malware free.

[Princess in Pink]

Ok. Thank you. Just posted a HiJack This log at the SVT forum. =)

[Leonardo]

Great, hope we get it all sorted out for you. I'm sure we will. Now since things are in order at the SVT forums, I'll close this duplicate thread. :)