- May 6, 2013
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Hey, guys
I have a Dell Latitude lap top that cost me $1800 in 2008- it had those first SSDs and Core 2 Duo processor at 2.8 Mhz clock, runs Vista. I needed it for live performances (electronic music) and I needed it to be top model so it does not fail on the stage.
Long story short- I did not get to use it so much as band became unstable. So today, 6 years later I have almost brand new very expensive lap top that suddenly got problems. I would only use it once in few months, so I would get it out of the case, turn on, charge batteries, and then put it back in closet. Till recently it was working very well. Very fast boot, speed of light operation, no issues. Then my friend borrowed it for presentation... He kept it for few months, also using it occasionally for light music- related research. (No porn- lol). He did not tell me that Antiviruses went out of date.
When he told me, I told him to stop using it and return it ASAP, that took few weeks, and now that it is back- it is not the same. I think it has virus.
I have Norton 360 and Webroot installed on it. Both of these suits do NOT detect anything.
Symptoms: it is slower.
When I wanted to run Windows update, it says, "Can not update now because service is not running. You may need to restart computer". I restarted it over and over and over, but it would do the same thing. I remember setting it to "Never download and install updates". But this is not what it shows to be set in updates settings.
After I reset it to "Notify about updates but let me select which once to install", nothing happened- it would still not attempt to "check for updates.
Then I attempted to turn on Windows Defender. It did not turn on at first but after few tries it turned on.
After another restart the Windows updater decided to run. It was installing something for a while, then I accidently restarted it. When I looked at the update history, it appeared that all Office updates were installed, while all security updates were canceled.
I set it up to update again. It took at least 3 tries to start download. It estimated 144 important updates. It sounds radiculous. I am not a type of user that never updates my computers. I have several custom PCs that I update the second update is released.
So I left it downloading over night. This morning it says, "Installing update 123 out of 144. And it hangs on 123 for hours.
So I looked in the update history. Again- it installed all Office updates, and all Security updates it says, "Pending". I have never seen "Pending". Almost all security updates are listed as Pending. Something prevents them from installing.
I have about 50 Gb of space on C drive
I ran Norton Antivirus, Webroot Antivirus- Nothing.
I installed Malware Bytes Antimalware Pro. It ran 2 scans and found nothing.
It still hanging on update 123 of 144 and many security updates "Pending". What do I do now? Thank you.
I have a Dell Latitude lap top that cost me $1800 in 2008- it had those first SSDs and Core 2 Duo processor at 2.8 Mhz clock, runs Vista. I needed it for live performances (electronic music) and I needed it to be top model so it does not fail on the stage.
Long story short- I did not get to use it so much as band became unstable. So today, 6 years later I have almost brand new very expensive lap top that suddenly got problems. I would only use it once in few months, so I would get it out of the case, turn on, charge batteries, and then put it back in closet. Till recently it was working very well. Very fast boot, speed of light operation, no issues. Then my friend borrowed it for presentation... He kept it for few months, also using it occasionally for light music- related research. (No porn- lol). He did not tell me that Antiviruses went out of date.
When he told me, I told him to stop using it and return it ASAP, that took few weeks, and now that it is back- it is not the same. I think it has virus.
I have Norton 360 and Webroot installed on it. Both of these suits do NOT detect anything.
Symptoms: it is slower.
When I wanted to run Windows update, it says, "Can not update now because service is not running. You may need to restart computer". I restarted it over and over and over, but it would do the same thing. I remember setting it to "Never download and install updates". But this is not what it shows to be set in updates settings.
After I reset it to "Notify about updates but let me select which once to install", nothing happened- it would still not attempt to "check for updates.
Then I attempted to turn on Windows Defender. It did not turn on at first but after few tries it turned on.
After another restart the Windows updater decided to run. It was installing something for a while, then I accidently restarted it. When I looked at the update history, it appeared that all Office updates were installed, while all security updates were canceled.
I set it up to update again. It took at least 3 tries to start download. It estimated 144 important updates. It sounds radiculous. I am not a type of user that never updates my computers. I have several custom PCs that I update the second update is released.
So I left it downloading over night. This morning it says, "Installing update 123 out of 144. And it hangs on 123 for hours.
So I looked in the update history. Again- it installed all Office updates, and all Security updates it says, "Pending". I have never seen "Pending". Almost all security updates are listed as Pending. Something prevents them from installing.
I have about 50 Gb of space on C drive
I ran Norton Antivirus, Webroot Antivirus- Nothing.
I installed Malware Bytes Antimalware Pro. It ran 2 scans and found nothing.
It still hanging on update 123 of 144 and many security updates "Pending". What do I do now? Thank you.
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