TSGL: Bamboozled

[Tilman Brandl]

Sam,

question is, what did you do before this started, or what did your machine 
do on it's own, like, say, fetching an automated software update.

Just read this in Windows secrets (paid content):
"Sometimes, your security app is the problem

In the past two weeks, two antivirus vendors have announced flawed updates. 
Refreshes of two of my favorite security programs - NOD32 from Eset and 
Trend Micro's AntiVirus - caused problems ..."

Do you run any of these applications?
Generally, you could deactivate most of what's running on your machine that 
isn't part of the basic system. If the problem goes away, restart each of 
them one at a time, till you get that same error.

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Mawby" <sam at pooterman.co.uk>
To: <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:49 PM
Subject: TSGL: Bamboozled


> Hi guys
> I have an Acer Aspire 3000 laptop with a problem that has me stumped.
>
> When booting up normally into Windows XP, as soon as the user selection 
> menu
> appears, the mousepad stops working and the keyboard takes 3 seconds for
> every keypress to register. In addition, the laptop freezes intermittantly
> at random times and always freezes when the Turn Off button is clicked to
> shutdown. The on/off button stops working at this point which results in
> having to disconnect the power cord and battery in order to shutdown the
> laptop.
>
> Windows has been reinstalled afresh and all drivers updated but the 
> problem
> persists. However, a USB keyboard and mouse work fine, and when the laptop
> is booted into SafeMode, everything functions normally.
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> Kind regards
> Sam Mawby