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Vista rootkit issue? All legit software. Open an .wav folder with a few wav files and hard-drive goes 100% endlessly
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I have Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed on my new HP laptop. Every time I go to open a folder that has audio, ripped from a CD, in .wav format, my hard-drive goes overtime, running almost 100% constantly. System responsiveness to a single-click is about 30 to 60 seconds. This is the definite trigger, (the folder). I have Norton Internet Security 2007, not my first choice of av software installed, and I also run Windows Defender. I update regularly and run IE with very tight security settings. I recently purchased and installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, as my burning needs are for simple document backups. I ripped my first audio CD since I purchased today and that's when my problems began. I have stopped and permanently disabled the Windows Search Index service to prevent further hard-drive activity. I do own Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9. Nothing on this laptop has been an issue since today and ripping that audio CD into .wav. By the way, when I rip a CD, Ashampoo connects to the Internet to collect the music CD's track and album details. I have tried a couple of free rootkit detection app's but nothing yet. NIS 2007 is supposed to detect them... I don't need to rip CD's normally or in future but I do want to know if I have a rootkit and/or DRM issue on this laptop. Wadda ya think? Many thanks Bob |
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Vista rootkit issue? All legit software. Open an .wav folder with a few wav files and hard-drive goes 100% endlessly
Bob;453001 Wrote: Hi I have Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed on my new HP laptop. Every time I go to open a folder that has audio, ripped from a CD, in .wav format, my hard-drive goes overtime, running almost 100% constantly. System responsiveness to a single-click is about 30 to 60 seconds. This is the definite trigger, (the folder). I have Norton Internet Security 2007, not my first choice of av software installed, and I also run Windows Defender. I update regularly and run IE with very tight security settings. I recently purchased and installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, as my burning needs are for simple document backups. I ripped my first audio CD since I purchased today and that's when my problems began. I have stopped and permanently disabled the Windows Search Index service to prevent further hard-drive activity. I do own Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9. Nothing on this laptop has been an issue since today and ripping that audio CD into .wav. By the way, when I rip a CD, Ashampoo connects to the Internet to collect the music CD's track and album details. I have tried a couple of free rootkit detection app's but nothing yet. NIS 2007 is supposed to detect them... I don't need to rip CD's normally or in future but I do want to know if I have a rootkit and/or DRM issue on this laptop. Wadda ya think? Many thanks Bob Same problem here, When I open some folder with .wav files explorer takes all of my 4gb memory, and pc freeze. Any suggestions? -- Alternator Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Vista rootkit issue? All legit software. Open an .wav folder with a few wav files and hard-drive goes 100% endlessly
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message ... Bob;453001 Wrote: Hi I have Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed on my new HP laptop. Every time I go to open a folder that has audio, ripped from a CD, in .wav format, my hard-drive goes overtime, running almost 100% constantly. System responsiveness to a single-click is about 30 to 60 seconds. This is the definite trigger, (the folder). I have Norton Internet Security 2007, not my first choice of av software installed, and I also run Windows Defender. I update regularly and run IE with very tight security settings. I recently purchased and installed Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, as my burning needs are for simple document backups. I ripped my first audio CD since I purchased today and that's when my problems began. I have stopped and permanently disabled the Windows Search Index service to prevent further hard-drive activity. I do own Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 9. Nothing on this laptop has been an issue since today and ripping that audio CD into .wav. By the way, when I rip a CD, Ashampoo connects to the Internet to collect the music CD's track and album details. I have tried a couple of free rootkit detection app's but nothing yet. NIS 2007 is supposed to detect them... I don't need to rip CD's normally or in future but I do want to know if I have a rootkit and/or DRM issue on this laptop. Wadda ya think? Many thanks Bob Same problem here, When I open some folder with .wav files explorer takes all of my 4gb memory, and pc freeze. Any suggestions? -- Alternator Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com First, disable your anti-virus and see if that fixes the problem. If so, contact your AV vendor for help. If it's not the AV, reinstall the OS with a format and then install everything except the Sony software. Based on Sony's history, I wouldn't be surprised if their software is causing the problem. Mike Ober. |