HijackThis log

getthemax

Trying to speed up a 1GB laptop runing Vista Home Basic.

This is the log after I've trawled through the list in the speed up thread.

Vista Home Basic seems to differ significantly in some places from the instructions in the thread, although it could be me. Any helpful suggestions please?

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 13:32:32, on 05/02/2012
Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6002.18005)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exe
C:\Windows\systecm32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
C:\Program Files\Epson Software\Event Manager\EEventManager.exe
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastUI.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe
C:\Program Files\OEM\OSD_2.4\osd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Users\Julie\Downloads\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: avast! WebRep - {8E5E2654-AD2D-48bf-AC2D-D17F00898D06} - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswWebRepIE.dll
O2 - BHO: Easy Photo Print - {9421DD08-935F-4701-A9CA-22DF90AC4EA6} - C:\Program Files\Epson Software\Easy Photo Print\EPTBL.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Easy Photo Print - {9421DD08-935F-4701-A9CA-22DF90AC4EA6} - C:\Program Files\Epson Software\Easy Photo Print\EPTBL.dll
O3 - Toolbar: avast! WebRep - {8E5E2654-AD2D-48bf-AC2D-D17F00898D06} - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswWebRepIE.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Skytel] Skytel.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EEventManager] C:\PROGRA~1\EPSONS~1\EVENTM~1\EEventManager.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast] "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\avastUI.exe" /nogui
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [EPSON Stylus SX600FW(Network)] C:\Windows\system32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_FATIEKE.EXE /FU "C:\Windows\TEMP\E_S3E7.tmp" /EF "HKCU"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - Global Startup: OSD.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\Windows\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - AVAST Software - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe
O23 - Service: EpsonBidirectionalService - SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION - C:\Program Files\Common Files\EPSON\EBAPI\eEBSVC.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate1c9f8339993b300) (gupdate1c9f8339993b300) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdatem) (gupdatem) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: OSD Service (OsdService) - TODO: <????> - C:\Program Files\OEM\OSD_2.4\OsdService.exe

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giraffe69

It won't speed it up but IE7 is very out of date. You can update to IE9 and even if, at some point, you prefer another browser this is still worthwhile.

getthemax

giraffe69 wrote: »

It won't speed it up but IE7 is very out of date. You can update to IE9 and even if, at some point, you prefer another browser this is still worthwhile.

Don't use IE, use Firefox. I think I'll probably move this laptop to Opera as I use that on my other laptop and find it very fast (this log is from my OH laptop).

closed

disable defender, google update

stop adobe speed launcher, welcome center, and sidebar (unless you need gadgets) running at startup using msconfig. Could probably run epson event manager manually as well, instead of automatically at startup

disable windows media player network config unless its needed.

Instructions were written for XP mainly, vista has a few bad design points compared to XP, especially the task scheduler.

Firefox can grab a lot of ram compared to IE

getthemax

closed wrote: »

disable defender, google update

stop adobe speed launcher, welcome center, and sidebar (unless you need gadgets) running at startup using msconfig. Could probably run epson event manager manually as well, instead of automatically at startup

disable windows media player network config unless its needed.

Instructions were written for XP mainly, vista has a few bad design points compared to XP, especially the task scheduler.

Firefox can grab a lot of ram compared to IE

Is the Google Updater the O23 one? Only reason I ask is that I thought only the O4 ones were candidates for removal.

Also is the Windows Media Player the one listed under O4 as Windows Media Player" - can't see any mention of network config?

Laptop is already running a lot faster thanks.

I know what you mean about XP, I still run that on my desktop and couldn't bear to change.

closed

o23's are services, and therefore running continually - google update comes with chrome, toolbar, google earth etc. If any of those are installed and not needed, easiest solution is to uninstall. If they are needed delete the google update scheduled task, and disable the google services using services.msc

media player - instructions depends on version - try media player, library, media sharing, or options media sharing, untick find and share media - it is this one O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe

what is osd, on screen display?

spud17

getthemax wrote: »

Don't use IE, use Firefox.

But Microsoft Updates does, also it's always up to date if you do need to use it.

getthemax

Yes, I checked what osd_2.4 was and seems to be pertinent to the on-screen display. Think I'll leave that alone.