Vista Crashes & Errors

hi, i'm new to this forum . recently i've been having some seriuo
problems with vista, e.g sometimes a program such as word can cras
vista completely, so i can still click things but no programs will b
available to open or close, this normally happens if a application ha
crashed. Also i've had some major slowdowns with vista and sometimes
can only but reset the computer for windows to respond again .

i checked Reliability & performance monitor and it shows my performanc
has decreased a lot. my performance score used to be 8.23 but now it'
4.95 also word crashed yesterday due to the spell checker no
responding i've just tried to open task scheduler and it comes u
with the following error messages

Error message 1
>
> --------------------------
> Task Schedule
> --------------------------
> The task image is corrupt or has been tampere
> with.User_Feed_Synchronization-{7DA2EB72-D429-41C4-8002-06583C1E75D2
> --------------------------
> OK
> --------------------------
> Error 2

>
> --------------------------
> Task Schedule
> --------------------------
> The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.mcupdat
> --------------------------
> OK
> --------------------------
> Lastly my computer takes between 3-4 mins to boot up, i don't thin
thats normally is it? Vista has been fine for me until now, i reall
don't want to format again :huh

Any help will be appreicated, hopefully these problems will get solve

Attachment below: Reliability & performance Monitor grap
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storm12

Hi

It's worth checking that nothing nasty has invaded your pc

Download the free Avast home edition from her

'www.avast.com' (http://www.avast.com

Then turn off your internet connection, uninstall your existin
Antivirus. You have McAfee I believe - you should visit their websit
and get their own uninstalling tool

Install Avast, reconnect to the net , update avast and do a thoroug
scan

Also worth doing the same with free Spybot S&D from her

'www.safer-networking.org' (http://www.safer-networking.org

Hope this help

SIW

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SIW2

Hi to all
Need somebody's help. I want to 'analyze occupied disk space
(http://www.moleskinsoft.com/foldersi...sed-disk-space) o
my pc. What app would you advise for me? (i know only Directory Size)
Thank you

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Cleaner007

Hi, just thought i would report back about the problems in the past
they seem to be solved .

I solved the problems by first of all removing McAfee & my compute
started to speed up, then i installed avast! anti virus, did a scan & i
did not find any viruses or malware . I have also removed som
start-up programs, my computer is very fast now (the way it shoul
be. lol). lastly my disk space left has also increased & is only a 1/
full

Anyway, Thanks for your Help ;

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storm12

Hi,

I can't recommend the program you linked to , but I have tried both the
free Galryutilities which includess a disk space analyser, from

'www.glarysoft.com' (http://www.glarysoft.com)

Also Ashampoo WinOptimiser 2009 has a disk space explorer , among
other utilities, also free from

'www.computeractive.co.uk/ashampoo/index'
(http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ashampoo/index)

When you run it, tick get full product key, it takes you to their site,
and they give you a free key.

Hope this helps

SIW2


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SIW2

Thanks for your help SIW2,
I will use use the suggested utilities to defrag my hardrive in the
future

Just a reminder all the problems are solved, except the task scheduler
errors, but i can live with that. I'm running the command line defrag
now.
Is it better to use the suggested defrag utilities or Vista's cmd?

My Command Prompt is showing this:

> Windows Disk Defragmenter
> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corp.
>
> Defragmentation report for volume C:
>
> Volume size = 114 GB
> Free =66.26 GB
> Largest free space extent = 29.67 GB
> Percent file fragmentation = 6 %
>
> Note: On NTFS volumes, file fragments larger than 64MB are not
> included in t
> he fragmentation statistics
>
>
>
Is it still doing something or has it finished?

Sorry about all the questions


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storm12

Hi,

The Windows defragger is set to run on low priority, so you can work
over it. Many people prefer to use a 3rd party one, as they're usually
quicker.

The one built into the Ashampoo program is pretty quick and seems to do
a good job, so you could try that as you already have it.

The one in the Glary program is actually a registry defragger - you
need to restart your computer for those to work, so if you're going to
use that as well, perhaps best to do that at the end.

Hope this helps


SIW2


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SIW2

Hi again, I've defraged my PC and did a chdsk. No Problems were found,
but as I logged onto Vista Today i have noticed the following things
:

Windows live mail can't connect to receive mail (Pic 1)


Is there anyway to fix this problem?, it's only just started appearing
:huh:

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