Harold you don't know your CPU speed? When the PC boots it will be on the first POST screen. I don't remember where to find it on Win98.
Only you are going to know if you have generic or the real video drivers installed since in the Device Manager even with generic drivers installed it's usually going to name the card correctly. Also usually in "Display Properties" as well. In some cases you may be able to look at the video card's properties in the Device Manager, then go to "Driver file details" and if the driver details are listed by M$, it's generic. Remember what I said in my reply on this with regards to AVG and what's really needed. Those things loading are consuming resources and memory and they may not be needed. You probably also don't need Msg32 since that is a "message server" possibly for your sound card. What exactly are you scanning when you find the JS/loop, what folder what file is it saying is infected? (Never mind Hugh ;-) . -Clint Merry Christmas to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." FROM CLINT: What's your CPU speed Harold? Do you have your video drivers installed? If you're running generic video card drivers your resources can be lower than they should. You could also have a resources leak. You can find a lot on that in search. Are you getting this startup info just from MSCONFIG? You can't always just run MSCONFIG alone (or for that matter, cont-alt-del alone) and look at each list. You have to run both. So check cont-alt-del and see what's listed there. TO JOHN Note that I reinstalled AVG just to make sure I have all the components and now I also have AVG7-CC --- I suppose it is important. RESPONSE: With AVG and ZoneAlarm in Startup, the computer opens with 74% system resources free. From some of the comments from the group, I suppose that's not bad. In Msconfig > Startup I have: SystemTray Load PowerProfile (I'm keeping that on the two lines) Keyboard Manager (Without it, I don't think my standby button (or any other hot keys on my keyboard would work) AVG7_CC AVG7_AMSVR Zone Labs Client AVG7_EMC TrueVector (that's something in ZoneLabs (ZoneAlarm) I don't think that's running Startup thin; I think it is best for the computer and allowing me to open whatever else I want, as I need it. In the Task Manager window (Ctrl/Alt/Del), I have seven items listed immediately upon bootup and before opening any programs: Explorer Avgemc Zlclient Avgcc Systray Msgloop Msg32 Upon scanning the system with AVG, I always get this: "Could be infected: JS/Loop" You are asking me about CPU speed and Video card drivers. Where might I get that information? In my Start menu (top of the first menu), I keep a folder called "Computer Care" and in that folder I have two sub-folders called "Registry Care" (where I keep access to such files as Easy Cleaner, RegClean, and RegCleaner). I also have a folder I call "Computer Information." In addition to those folders, below them I keep the "computer care" files: BeClean, CleanSys, CleanUp, HDValet, Space Odyssey, and a few other maintenance programs. In Computer Information I have links to the following: DirectX - Diagnostic Tool Graphics Diagnostic Utility System Monitor System Properties DrWatson Resource Meter System Configuration Editor Microsoft System Information In this last one, Microsoft System Information window, I clicked the Video line in the left pane and got the following: avivideo TM, Indeo TM R3.1, Indow TM R3.2, Indeo video 5.04, msh261, msh263, RLE, VD0net Vd0Wave Video Codec, and Video 1 --- Choosing "Video 1" I got the following information: Key: vidc MSVC Description: Video 1 Group: icm Driver: msvidc32.dll Status: (nothing stated) Version: 4.10.0.1998 Date: 4/23/99 22:22 Size: 45046 Loaded (nothing stated) Tested?: (nothing stated) I have to confess to you that I have no idea what anything in that System Information window means (like the Scarecrow says, "If I only had a brain") so maybe you can let me know where CPU speed and Video card driver information can be found. Everything is working fine and still, maybe Hugh is right and I should get myself a new Dell. Look above where it says "Version: 1998" --- they must have made some progress since then ;-) --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
