So I have 2 computers, one running XP pro and one running Vista. I'm going to upgrade both to Win 7. In preparing for the upgrade I decided to use belarc advisor to print up what is on each one, I had used it before and liked how much information it gave me.
On the XP machine I went to belarc.com and downloaded advisor. The download, about 3 megabytes, went down to 1 percent and then just stalled. The progress bar kept moving but nothing happened. After more than 10 minutes I tried exiting the download and couldn't. I couldn't exit windows. So I shut it down with the power button. I tried 2 more times with the same results.
But now Windows takes almost an hour to boot up. When I use task manager it shows CPU activity to be 0-5 percent. But the computer is unusable for almost an hour while it slowly populates the systray, etc, etc.
Safe mode works. Windows repair won't work because it says I need the admin password, but I have never had a password on this computer and I've never used one to boot it up. I've done a complete scan with Norton internet security suite and found nothing.
I also tried to download belarc advisor on the Vista box. The same thing happened as with the XP. It still boots up OK but windows explorer is not working right.
Can anyone out there help me figure this out?
On the XP machine I went to belarc.com and downloaded advisor. The download, about 3 megabytes, went down to 1 percent and then just stalled. The progress bar kept moving but nothing happened. After more than 10 minutes I tried exiting the download and couldn't. I couldn't exit windows. So I shut it down with the power button. I tried 2 more times with the same results.
But now Windows takes almost an hour to boot up. When I use task manager it shows CPU activity to be 0-5 percent. But the computer is unusable for almost an hour while it slowly populates the systray, etc, etc.
Safe mode works. Windows repair won't work because it says I need the admin password, but I have never had a password on this computer and I've never used one to boot it up. I've done a complete scan with Norton internet security suite and found nothing.
I also tried to download belarc advisor on the Vista box. The same thing happened as with the XP. It still boots up OK but windows explorer is not working right.
Can anyone out there help me figure this out?
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