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We will take care of all of those things tomorrow after I have made the fixlist for you.
Not to worry about the Vulkan deal, with the FRST fix we are going to Nvidia Telemetry as well as anything else that needs to go. There is just a good deal of information to go over to write a FRST fix.
Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop. NOTE. It’s important that both files, FRST/FRST64 and fixlist.txt are in the same location or the fix will not work. NOTICE: This script was written specifically for this user, for use on that particular machine. Running this on another machine may cause damage to your operating system Run FRST/FRST64 and press the Fix button just once and wait. If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run. When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop (Fixlog.txt). Please post it to your reply.
Thank you.
I noticed the GWX Control Panel process was closed. I initially installed it to block Windows 10 software upgrade prompts. Is it no longer needed?
BITS transfer queue => 0 B
DOMStore, IE Recovery, AppCache, Feeds Cache, Thumbcache, IconCache => 13431677 B
Java, Flash, Steam htmlcache => 0 B
Windows/system/drivers => 335808 B
Edge => 0 B
Chrome => 12830591 B
Firefox => 3684294 B
Opera => 221184 B
Temp, IE cache, history, cookies, recent:
Default => 0 B
Public => 0 B
ProgramData => 0 B
systemprofile => 128 B
systemprofile32 => 128 B
LocalService => 0 B
NetworkService => 0 B
Owner => 5192096 B
RecycleBin => 0 B
EmptyTemp: => 34 MB temporary data Removed.
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Result of scheduled files to move (Boot Mode: Normal) (Date&Time: 20-11-2016 20:42:58)
“C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-Application-Experience%4Program-Telemetry.evtx” => Could not move
What about the VulkanRT file that shows up as a BrowserModifier? Should it be deleted?
It is a false positive, it is your choice to remove it or not. You posted links about the issue, it is your choice to remove it or not. From a malware stance it is not malware, so choice is yours.
Originally posted by paulwb
Windows Updates stall during download
How often does this happen? For what updates? I would not worry about it unless they are security updates. I also do not think it is a good idea to go and try fixing something unless it is happening 100% of the time… Have you tried updates since the machine has been cleaned?
Originally posted by paulwb
I noticed just now that my total RAM is 14, and should be 16.
Ok, lets do this to see if we can get things going…
install (use the direct download) the Tweaking.com - Windows all in one repair tool. Then boot Windows into Safe Mode, (Make Certain To Run This Program As Administrator) then run through the Prescan on step 2 tab. Then skip to step 5 and create a system restore point. Then go to the repair tab…
Notice create a registry backup is ticked by default, so no need to do so in step 5…[ATTACH]859[/ATTACH]
Now run the program, with the boxes ticked in the picture below.
Click Image Below For Better Resolution.
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May want to save picture or write down what boxes need ticked, since you will run this in Safe Mode.
Important: Make certain to reboot twice after running this tool!!
All done.
Windows Update now shows no updates, and stalls when Checking for updates.
Maybe run it again?
The hard drive indicator light is quite active, constantly flickering…
Windows Update now shows no updates, and stalls when Checking for updates.
Maybe run it again?
Yes after a few reboots of the machine, check again.
Originally posted by paulwb
The hard drive indicator light is quite active, constantly flickering…
Some report HDD activity after running the all in one tool, just use the machine a bit normally, after a few reboots things go back to normal. Also, after a couple of reboots clean it up with Privazer and then defrag the machine.
If you continue to have issues with updates, then might be a good idea to create a new thread in the windows area, as updates are really not my thing.
OK, thank you.
Also, would you suggest using patchmypc on this machine?
I know this isn’t your area but would you know of the right tool to uninstall MS Office. I need to do a reinstall.
Which File Copy or File Transfer would you suggest? FreeFileSync works great but is bundled with OpenCandy tracking.
Some report HDD activity after running the all in one tool, just use the machine a bit normally, after a few reboots things go back to normal. Also, after a couple of reboots clean it up with Privazer and then defrag the machine.
My C drive is solid state. OK to use ToolWiz Smart defrag software ?
Installed an older version of Freefilesync 7.9, based on recommendations found on different posts and there was no option to deselect any software offering.
Unchecky did not flag anything because there was nothing to check or uncheck.
Panda AV showed a pop up alert advising of potentially unwanted software.
Malwarebytes scan shows OpenCandy PUP embedded inside the freefilesync exe file.
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I ran Zemana & JRT, nothing found.
ZHP Cleaner found an empty key
FOUND key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CscService =>.Superfluous.PCSpeedUp
Anything else I should run to make sure nothing was installed ?
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