Hi Barbara
Yes, System restore was turned off off, and currently remains off.
Trendcall has also been tried, Adaware, spybot, silent runners, and symantic online.
http://metallica.geekstogo.com/p2pnetwork.bfu script for W32.Alcra.D
Tried various in safemode too.
This morning I timed the boot up. Ten minutes before I could get any sort of response. After that, just clicking Start for instance, and anything else, responses go slow, the resultant list remains blank for 30 seconds or so, however I could still use an explorer window, just can't see all of it, or move it around to be able to see it better, until the system starts responding again.
Task manager is currently active (you'll see earlier it wasn't) and reports nothing particularly unusual. Other threads I have seen reported similar problems with regedit, but i just find those a little slow starting up too.
I'm currently using msconfig selective startup and only have the following at startup:-
"AVGCtrl" = "C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGNT.EXE /min" ["H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH"]
"AVSCHED32" = "C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVSched32.EXE /min" ["H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH"]
"SpySweeper" = ""C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe" /startintray" ["Webroot Software, Inc."]
"ctfmon.exe" = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe" [MS]
"D-Link AirPlus" -> shortcut to: "C:\Program Files\D-Link AirPlus\AirPlus.exe" ["D-Link"]
"Launch Internet Explorer Browser" -> shortcut to: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" [MS]
My last resort would be to reinstall windows, but twice before I did that, I contracted the Lasser, I believe it was called virus, immediately upon connecting to the net. fixed it, and ultimately reinstalled sp2. I should not have to do that every few months.
I'm even resorting to upgrading the ram, and considering a faster cpu, but I've been running it for over 2 years as it is with xp on it, without these problems before. Got laggy around 7-8 months ago, and obviously a reinstall cured it, but i would rather get to the bottom of this.
Could it be WAN related? I have a spare dlink 108Mbps router I was considering switching too.
Perhaps a magic wand would help.
Kerry