help with windows xp

Discussion in 'Windows XP General Discussion' started by drake36, Dec 16, 2014.

  1. drake36

    drake36

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    h, I would ask a little help if it were possible,
    my operating system is xp home edition, and spotted two anomalies
    1-when I open a document from Notepad into a folder it does not open in the foreground and goes directly to the taskbar, if I click to open, then it opens normally, but never in the foreground, this happens with sized to the maximum folder if it is smaller the document opens from behind, but never in the foreground, if you click then gets the focus.

    2-in internet explorer to do a search on various sites can not select to erase what I wrote, before loading the right mouse button could select, now does nothing, does not erase, not copies or select.

    if someone could help these two topics would be eternally grateful.
    thank you.........
     
    drake36, Dec 16, 2014
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    Elizabeth23

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    First, download either firefox or chrome and make that your default browser as IE is insecure, I only use IE for a site that does not work elsewhere.

    second, what is your current antivirus and what other scanners are installed??

    third, is your antivirus up to date??

    do a scan with the following, please,

    Download, install, update and do full scan with these free malware detection programs:

    Malwarebytes Free (MBAM): http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/

    SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

    Remove all found, reboot, and run again until scans run clean, these can be removed afterwards if you so choose. Run scans one at a time, please.
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    then you should run checkdisk until no errors are found:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us
    How to perform checkdisk

    if you do not have Recovery Console installed, then run from the start menu

    go to start, run, type in cmd

    in cmd type in chkdsk c: /r and press enter

    type Y for yes and press enter

    type exit and press enter

    restart pc, allow checkdisk to finish and run again

    this is a lengthy process depending on the size of your harddrive, the percentages will fluctuate, this is normal, you can view report in the event viewer.
    go to start>run> and type in eventvwr.msc, click on the applications directory, and in the right hand panel choose winlogon.
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    post back with results
     
    Elizabeth23, Dec 16, 2014
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