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PC not saving changes & BSOD

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  • Naf
    Naf Posts: 3,183 Forumite
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    how long should it take; over 15 mins so far
    Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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  • waddler_8
    waddler_8 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    OTM? Just a few seconds unless there's a lot of temp files to clean, but 15 mins is too long.

    Are you sure it hasn't hung? Mbam's realtime protection isn't running is it?
  • Naf
    Naf Posts: 3,183 Forumite
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    waddler_8 wrote: »
    OTM? Just a few seconds unless there's a lot of temp files to clean, but 15 mins is too long.

    Are you sure it hasn't hung? Mbam's realtime protection isn't running is it?

    mbam vanishes every reboot along with all other changes.
    Doesnt seem to have hung as cursor is still there and animated, and norton just gave a popup from the notification area.
    Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
    - Mark Twain
    Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon: no matter how good you are at chess, its just going to knock over the pieces and strut around like its victorious.
  • waddler_8
    waddler_8 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    Has it not killed the desktop (explorer) yet? You should see a blank blue screen.

    If not, Norton's not playing ball (self protection), it may be better to do it in safe mode.
  • Naf
    Naf Posts: 3,183 Forumite
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    waddler_8 wrote: »
    Has it not killed the desktop (explorer) yet? You should see a blank blue screen.

    If not, Norton's not playing ball (self protection), it may be better to do it in safe mode.


    All I have is the desktop; no icons or taskbar.
    safe mode it is...
    Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
    - Mark Twain
    Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon: no matter how good you are at chess, its just going to knock over the pieces and strut around like its victorious.
  • waddler_8
    waddler_8 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    Sorry, you'll still see the desktop background - just no icons or taskbar.
  • Naf
    Naf Posts: 3,183 Forumite
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    well, it seemed to finish fine in safe mode; but on reboot I get no log file; and the /ProgramFiles/Norton AntiVirus
    /ProgramFiles/common files/symantec shared
    folders are all still there. Haven't checked the others; but I assume they are too.
    Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
    - Mark Twain
    Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon: no matter how good you are at chess, its just going to knock over the pieces and strut around like its victorious.
  • waddler_8
    waddler_8 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    Go to the folder C:\_otm\movedfiles

    Is there a *.log file in there?
  • Naf
    Naf Posts: 3,183 Forumite
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    the folder doesn't exist
    Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
    - Mark Twain
    Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon: no matter how good you are at chess, its just going to knock over the pieces and strut around like its victorious.
  • waddler_8
    waddler_8 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    Post a new DDS log.
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