A ex-coworker has a problem with his PC.
I am no a PC tech but I usually fix my PC when it has a problem. People at work think I am a PC god since I am on mine all the time.
He asked me back in January to take a look at it. He had a bad virus. Antivirus Pro 2009. The PC would freeze up and I couldnt get into safe mode because it kept telling me the video drivers were corrupt.
So I talked him into doing a reformat and reinstall of XP.
About a week ago he told me he needed me to look at it again. I finally got over there tonight and this thing has me pulling out my hair.
Its an OLD(as in 5 to 7 years) Dell Dimension 4500S Intel Pent 4 1.8Ghz.
When you turn it on it starts loading XP but as soon as it gets to where it will load the part to pick an account the screen goes black. The green lights on the monitor all flash and the power light turns orange. The PC keeps running and the mouse and keyboard still light up.
I booted into safe mode and everything works fine. I ran AVG and it didnt find anything. But on the desktop of all the accounts is icons for "Virus Scan" And "Online Virus Scan". The first one doesnt seem to go anywhere. The Online one is a link for a page on clicklinkz*com. * = .
So is this a virus doing this or something else? Any help would be appreciated.
I am no a PC tech but I usually fix my PC when it has a problem. People at work think I am a PC god since I am on mine all the time.
He asked me back in January to take a look at it. He had a bad virus. Antivirus Pro 2009. The PC would freeze up and I couldnt get into safe mode because it kept telling me the video drivers were corrupt.
So I talked him into doing a reformat and reinstall of XP.
About a week ago he told me he needed me to look at it again. I finally got over there tonight and this thing has me pulling out my hair.
Its an OLD(as in 5 to 7 years) Dell Dimension 4500S Intel Pent 4 1.8Ghz.
When you turn it on it starts loading XP but as soon as it gets to where it will load the part to pick an account the screen goes black. The green lights on the monitor all flash and the power light turns orange. The PC keeps running and the mouse and keyboard still light up.
I booted into safe mode and everything works fine. I ran AVG and it didnt find anything. But on the desktop of all the accounts is icons for "Virus Scan" And "Online Virus Scan". The first one doesnt seem to go anywhere. The Online one is a link for a page on clicklinkz*com. * = .
So is this a virus doing this or something else? Any help would be appreciated.
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