David wrote:
> Ok I am an extreme novice about this stuff and really need help.
>
> I have been experiencing very irritating problems for a couple of weeks now
> and it seems to be getting worse. I can't blame it on IE7 but it did start
> about a week or two after installing that.
>
> Problems. When I try and highlight a group of files, (say 5 or 10), it will
> only highlight one at a time. This doesn't happen all the time but a good bit.
>
> When trying to back-click to a previous page it will sometimes (a good bit of
> the time) take me back 2 or 3 pages instead of one.
>
> When downloading files, like pictures from the net, it will sometimes try
> and change the location I want the file to go to. For example I may have a
> folder of nature photos and be downloading files to put in that folder.
> Without prompting from me it will automatically change the location the file
> is being moved to or downloaded to a music folder I have.
>
> Trying to pull down my favorites list can sometimes take 5 or 10 tries. It
> will just keep disappearing as soon as it appears.
>
> A site I visit regularly and share photos with has an upload manager. I
> regularly have big problems trying to use this upload manager now. Same as
> before, when trying to pull pictures from a certain folder to upload, it
> will automatically take me to different folders I didn't try to go to.
>
> These are a few of my current problems. I downloaded and started using the
> Opera browser thinking it was an IE7 problem but encountered the same things
> with that one too. Any ideas? Please help if you can. Thanks.
Click Start, Run, type SFC /SCANNOW, click OK. If any files are damaged
or missing, they'll be replaced. You may need to reboot afterwards so
damaged files will be replaced.
Try one of these free online virus scans:
Use its Complete check
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
Symantec
http://security.symantec.com/default.asp?productid=ssr&langid=ie&venid=sym
<url:http://security2.norton.com/us/home.asp?j=1&venid=sym&langid=us&plfid=20&pkj=IHBEXIBVEMBQAUWZKTK>
then click the Security check link.
http://housecall.antivirus.com/ free online virus scan
http://www.ewido.net/en/
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Joe =o)
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