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Wednesday, May 21, 2003 by thehighlander | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
i have major problems. itried the free versions of windowblinds in both my pc's before buying object desktop. everything worked fine, so i bought the full version. my windows millenium pc is still humming right along. my windows xp computer is nearly unusable. it freezes constanly and it's getting worse. it fails now on booting up, i can't run my anti-virus unless i turn off every wb feature, and even then, it freezez up most of the time. every windows diagnostic says nothing is wrong., except now i can't defrag or run scandisc. i am not blaming wb, it may be unrelated, but i would like to know if anyone else has had this problem before i reformat the hard drive and start over.
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kona0197
Reply #22 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:47 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:47 PM
desides, I have a crap load of programs... 100 or so... big ones like autocad and such. big hard drive helps. I don't have a 200 GB now, but I plan on getting one. I have filled up a 80 recently.
SelfExiled
Reply #24 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:58 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:58 PM
Personally, in your case I would reformat. Who knows what kind of bug you may have. But first, I would get a copy of Spy-Bot Search and Destroy too(its free), run it, and pay attention to missing system files that maybe referenced in the registry as well as trojans and spyware. As Karma-Girl mentioned there are a lot of nasty worms out there on the net. I hope you have a good firewall too. It sounds to me that you installed something that contained spyware or you got a trojan that a good firewall would have blocked. And they will hog your system resources gathering information to transmit when you connect to the net. Running Spybot will tell you if you do. But, regardless, if you find adware or trojans or missing system files, I would reformat. You never know what damage has been done to your system. Sometimes when you uninstall software, it will erase system files that it updated. But, I've uninstalled object desktop many times and reinstalled it without problems.
As far as Object Desktop, did you uninstall all the free copies before installing the purchased version. You might get conflicts if you didn't.
Also, I would erase the directory as well, because files maybe left after an uninstall. I would also restart my computer after each install of Object Desktop Programs.
Lastly, I would be careful applying non-manufacturer drivers from Windows Update. They have a lot of third party drivers(MWD Drivers for soundblaster and NVidia) that once I installed my system crashed and I had to reformat my whole system. My system just wouldn't start right, like you. They just seemed to clog up my whole system. And of course, Microsoft accepts no responsibility for third party drivers. If you need drivers get them from the manufacturers website. Good Luck.
As far as Object Desktop, did you uninstall all the free copies before installing the purchased version. You might get conflicts if you didn't.
Also, I would erase the directory as well, because files maybe left after an uninstall. I would also restart my computer after each install of Object Desktop Programs.
Lastly, I would be careful applying non-manufacturer drivers from Windows Update. They have a lot of third party drivers(MWD Drivers for soundblaster and NVidia) that once I installed my system crashed and I had to reformat my whole system. My system just wouldn't start right, like you. They just seemed to clog up my whole system. And of course, Microsoft accepts no responsibility for third party drivers. If you need drivers get them from the manufacturers website. Good Luck.
kona0197
Reply #25 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:39 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:39 PM
Hey chase: it is almost a waste of time to reformat and it is painful. That should only be a last ditch effort.
Styl-X Design
Reply #26 Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:03 AM
Reply #26 Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:03 AM
Kona, we are just anti sharing software, and stuff like that... I have a 30 GB Hard disk, and isn't full too.... maby I will switch to a bigger one soon....
thehighlander
Reply #27 Thursday, May 22, 2003 5:45 AM
Reply #27 Thursday, May 22, 2003 5:45 AM
update: Besides the things I tried yesterday, I also downloaded the latest display drivers ( direct from NVidia ). I installed them this morning (even 'tho windows told me they hadn't approved them yet) and everything is working great. I have WB, Icon Packager, , Cursor XP, and FX turned on, have three browser windows running, and WinMX running, and no freezes or crashes yet. And the effects on my IncrediMail are running much faster. When I am done playing for day, I will check out the defrag issue again, and I'm getting the bigger drive next week. I'll let you all know how it turns out. 
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Reply #21 Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:45 PM