Solved Start Up Issue

jborchel

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My wife's 32 bit Vista laptop on startup or after lengthy idle time occasionally starts a picture player that goes into her Picture Library and plays her pictures one after another full screen. She can usually stop the player by hitting "esc" but not always. Also, I don't see any player controls that are visible on most media players.

The problem is that this often locks up the laptop and she(I) have to reboot/restart any way I(she) can. I suspect some kind of virus like program that someone has slipped in there that does this. I went through the msconfig/startup file and could not find anything that looked suspect.

Any advice would be appreciated.
 

My Computer

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Hi jborchel,

In addition to what richc46 has mentioned, try to change the screensaver settings and check the performance, please use the following link for detailed instructions to change the screensaver: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/85539-screen-saver.html

For any clarifications feel free to contact me.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD FX-4100
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 5450
    Screen Resolution
    1600*900
    Internet Speed
    10Mbps
Thanks for all of the advise. I checked the screensaver and it indeed was pointing to the Pictures file on the computer. I changed the setting and hopefully that fixes the problem. Thanks again!
 

My Computer

Hi jborchel,

Hope this helped in resolving the issue, please post the results so that it can help other customers also.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD FX-4100
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 5450
    Screen Resolution
    1600*900
    Internet Speed
    10Mbps
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