Hi,

My desktop was fine yesterday. Today, I turned it on and went to somewhere to do something, and then saw the statement. It stated what I mentioned on the thread title. It was the first time I have seen. I am not sure it is a blue of death, but it was a bit of gray. It also stated something about installing a new software or device or something. It stated that it will repair to solve the problem, and restarted afterward. It then shut down and loaded up a bit slowly with a black screen. It did not come up start up screen yet, and I then turned it off, but looked it was not turned off completely, and the start up screen came up. It was fine. But, I was concerned about it. What is it? I installed a mod for the game-Sims 3 a few days ago, and played last night. Do you think that was it? I removed it already.

The updates are automatically updated and downloaded afterwards. I think I have all important updates to use, except one optional-Windows Live Essential 2011. I don't want that.


I also played games on Facebook. I don't think I downloaded any softwares yesterday, except downloaded items and videos from Youtube with DownloadHelper.




I am going to run Avasti, Maleware, and SuperAnti-Spyware, CCleaner, and Spybot right away to check to see if there are viruses, etc.

Please help me. I am a novice on computers. Thank you.

Yes, I checked it out and what do I need to do? To look up that I need to know?

OK, I took picture and here they are.

I have not scan yet because I want to back up first before scanning.





What is it? Thank you.

Hi,
I am still working on back up all of my files, and it should be finished by one hour or a hour and half. I also am going to check to see if all of the softwares that need to be updated before doing scanning. I want to ask, should I scan Avast first, and then the rest of others lastly or won't it be matter at all? I believe scanning will take at least 2 hours to up, depends on how many files, there are.

Meanwhile, I have SpeedFan, Speccy, Auglosics Registry Cleaner, Auglosics Duplicate File Finder, Auglosics Disk Defrag, CCleaner, Spybot, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware and Avast. I am going to check all of these for new updates if needed.


Are there that I need to scan anything with from Microsoft?

Much thanks.

Thanks,
I need to ask won't it conflict with Avast if using Microsoft Security Essentials? Looks like I need to pick one to use.

Running a scan disc before doing a defrag? How can I do that?

Making System Restore points, at least once a week How can I do that? It is new to me.

Makaing a system Image once a month (varies by user)? It is new to me too.

OK, I will uninstall other softwares.

Ccleaner about once every two months. Untick any registry entries. Do I need to do these before scan Registry Issues? I usually use Cleaner to analyze and Run Cleaner for windows and Applications, and leave Registry, Tools, and Options alone.

Thanks again.

I googled up for Scan Disk before using Defrag from Vista, and System Restore.

But, I need to know about system image, use both Avast and MSE or pick one or can use either of them while one of them is installed, and CCleaner registry. Thanks.