Very slow login

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Im not sure where to post this.   Anyways whenever I login it will take anywhere from 10-15 minutes to completely log in. It goes through 3 or four stages, the welcome screen that says logging on (1-2 minutes), then it brings up my desktopwith an error ( run.dll error, I guess it cant find it)(2-5 minutes), I can click on one thing then it freezes again for 3-5 minutes. Sometimes thats all, or other times it will go through one more phase then im good to go.   As far as I can tell my system runs fine after the log in, but its a pain to wait for it every time. I dont know if the problem has anything to do with that file run.dll.   I use Windows XP on a Dimension 4600. Ive done plenty of Virus and spyware scans so my comp is clean. I defragment my comp regularly. Ive done the disk cleanup. I even did a system restore which didnt help. Thats about the extent of my knowledge on what I can do.   All help is appreciated :smileyhappy: Message Edited by DaGoa1ie on 06-13-2005 02:27 PM

dunedin · Answer

Hi,
A slowdown with run.dll error can be a trojan/worm. Virus and spyware scanners often do not find them.

Run these online scans and see if anything is found.
Trojan Scan http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/

Panda http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

DaGoa1ie · Answer

Hey Ive been on vacation for a while Its been heaven not having to deal with my comp... Anyways, thanks for the links, Ive given both of them a shot, found a couple things. Theyve all been cleaned. The problem is still here.... Any more suggestions     EDIT I also noticed that the error is coming from WildTangent. The spyware scans told me it was potentially unwanted so I got it cleaned, I guess some of it is still left if needs run.dll So Im starting to think that this isnt my main problem. It might be more internal... Message Edited by DaGoa1ie on 07-02-2005 05:58 PM

dunedin · Answer

If the run.dll error is related to Wild Tangent you need to find the file and get rid of it.

Check in msconfig
Start/Run/ msconfig
Startup
Keep the page open then go to link below.

http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html

Read the Key at foot of page, then click on “Here” at top. Use the Search box to check all your entries
This site will tell you what all your msconfig entries are and whether they are nasty.

If you find anything bad you should disable it in msconfig but that will not remove it. You will have to run the following programs to get rid of them completely

HijackThis is the program which you will probably have to run to remove them, but it is necessary to run these others first

Ad-Aware SE http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Update it before running it

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Update it before running. Get it to fix all the RED entries it finds

Then if the problem persists download HijackThis as it will definitely sort the rest for you
HijackThis http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html

Unzip it to a permanent folder of its own, not directly on the desktop and not directly on the C:\ drive. Create a folder in My Documents and keep it in there.
Run the program and get it to create its log which you should post in the HijackThis forum here. Do not try to interpret the scan yourself.

DaGoa1ie · Answer

This seems to be working. Ive turned off a lot of the unneeded startup items, deleted WildTangent. The startup is running smooth for now Thank you dunedin!:smileyvery-happy:

dunedin · Answer

You are very welcome.

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