Internet connection keeps dropping & other problems

Minerva69

I have a Dell Vostro 200 desktop, Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6550 2.33GHz, 2.GB RAM, running Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1. I have a BT Voyager 2110 router which I connect to with ethernet cable, my husband's laptop connects via wireless. Zen are our ISP.

Recently when I have been online (using either IE7 or Firefox) I have been having problems. I can be connected to the internet for a couple of hours, and then suddenly I lose my connection to the internet. The only way I can get re-connected is to reboot the PC, which means I lose whatever I was doing at the time. When I try to reboot after the problem has occurred, the PC can be really slow to shut down and restart. My husband's laptop has no problems and he never loses his internet connection, so I don't think it's a router problem.

Another problem I have is when connecting USB devices such as a printer or memory stick. I have 4 USB ports on the front of the PC and if I have more than one thing plugged in at a time the PC crashes. If I unplug one of the devices it starts working again.

Could these 2 problems be connected and is there anything I can do about them? Thanks very much!

Minerva69

Does anyone have any ideas? It's just happened again and it's driving me mad cos I was in the middle of doing something and had to reboot my PC to get the internet connection back :mad: I've run Spyware Doctor, CCleaner, MalwareBytes and scanned with NOD32 antivirus and none of them came up with anything.

aliEnRIK

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rummy

I believe it to be Dell's wireless card unfortunately. When you are connected are you connected only at 1.0Mbps?

I also have a Dell which does this and Dell still have no solution. You can only contact Dell and tell them you have this issue and how unhappy you are and see what they can do. Never go with a Dell laptop. They are overly priced and use the cheapest quality equipment in building your laptop.

I do feel for you because I also have this problem with my Dell and now have to use my Vaio. The only solution I've found is being connected to the ethnernet ports which is rubbish as it doesn't allow me to do what I want wirelessly.

Minerva69

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Download HIJACK THIS
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reboot
SCAN and post the log so we can see whats running

Here it is:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 10:21:46, on 07/02/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe
C:\Windows\system32\csrss.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wininit.exe
C:\Windows\system32\csrss.exe
C:\Windows\system32\services.exe
C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
C:\Windows\system32\lsm.exe
C:\Windows\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SLsvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray9.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson\Mobile2\Application Launcher\Application Launcher.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE4\OpWareSE4.exe
C:\Program Files\Canon\MyPrinter\BJMYPRT.EXE
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\egui.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Windows\ehome\ehtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\LogitechDesktopMessenger.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\SetPoint.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony Picture Utility\VolumeWatcher\SPUVolumeWatcher.exe
C:\Windows\ehome\ehmsas.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\ekrn.exe
C:\Program Files\Kontiki\KService.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatch9.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logishrd\KHAL2\KHALMNPR.EXE
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsAuxs.exe
C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\pctsSvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
C:\Windows\system32\WUDFHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Teleca Shared\Generic.exe
C:\Windows\System32\mobsync.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\RoxMediaDB9.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson\Mobile2\Mobile Phone Monitor\epmworker.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\CPSHelpRunner.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\unsecapp.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieuser.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
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O13 - Gopher Prefix:
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Minerva69

rummy wrote: »

I believe it to be Dell's wireless card unfortunately. When you are connected are you connected only at 1.0Mbps?

I also have a Dell which does this and Dell still have no solution. You can only contact Dell and tell them you have this issue and how unhappy you are and see what they can do. Never go with a Dell laptop. They are overly priced and use the cheapest quality equipment in building your laptop.

I do feel for you because I also have this problem with my Dell and now have to use my Vaio. The only solution I've found is being connected to the ethnernet ports which is rubbish as it doesn't allow me to do what I want wirelessly.

Hi, thanks for this but it isn't the laptop that's the problem - my husband is using the laptop and it's fine. I'm using the desktop, connected via ethernet cable, not wirelessly. I have no problem with connection speeds when I'm actually connected, it's just the dropping connection and USB problem I'm having.

aliEnRIK

FIX this using hijack ~
O16 - DPF: {A922B6AB-3B87-11D3-B3C2-0008C7DA6CB9} (InetDownload Class) - https://media.pineconeresearch.com/A...oadcontrol.cab


As you use NOD32 id suggest stopping SPYWARE DOCTOR from starting up as nod32 already has spyware detection

Just to be double sure id run these 2 programs ~
Download MALWAREBYTES (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD NOW')
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
UPDATE and FULL SCAN
Post the log here AFTER youve deleted everything it finds


Download SUPERANTISPYWARE (Top right)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_superantispyware/
UPDATE and SCAN

You also have zonealarm running. Its possible that its that thats creating the problem as quite a few users (Myself included) have had problems with it (No harm if you still have problems after the above in uninstalling it, if the problems not cured then simply reinstall that. if it IS, then install PCTOOLS FIREWALL in its place)

aliEnRIK

Id say the USB problem is something else entirely

Goto DEVICE MANAGER (Right click COMPUTER and select PROPERTIES ~ bottom left), uninstall the USB drivers, reboot and let vista reinstall them

Minerva69

aliEnRIK wrote: »

FIX this using hijack ~
O16 - DPF: {A922B6AB-3B87-11D3-B3C2-0008C7DA6CB9} (InetDownload Class) - https://media.pineconeresearch.com/A...oadcontrol.cab


As you use NOD32 id suggest stopping SPYWARE DOCTOR from starting up as nod32 already has spyware detection

Have done both of these, thanks.

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Just to be double sure id run these 2 programs ~
Download MALWAREBYTES (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD NOW')
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
UPDATE and FULL SCAN
Post the log here AFTER youve deleted everything it finds


Download SUPERANTISPYWARE (Top right)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_superantispyware/
UPDATE and SCAN

Ran Malwarebytes and it detected nothing. I have downloaded Superantispyware and tried to do a scan several times but it keeps crashing. It seems to find 45 tracking cookies, then crashes when it gets to this file: c:\windows\Prefetch\WUAUCLT.EXE-5D573F0E.pf Is this significant and can I do anything to fix it? Thanks!

Browntoa

actually sounds like a problem with the amount of drain on the motherboards power thats causing the problem (usb devices causing lock ups is a big clue)

try a powered usb hub

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6756066/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C12108629/c_2/2%7Ccat_12108629%7CPC+consumables+and+software%7C12108699/c_3/3%7Ccat_12108699%7CComputer+cables%2C+leads+and+plugs%7C12108706.htm

aliEnRIK

Try running superanti in SAFE MODE

Browntoa ~ quite possible if the PSU isnt upto it. But I was thinking it might be the USB controller driver/s