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    Acer Aspire 5315 - Logpn failure.......

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lightningmed, Dec 27, 2008.

  1. lightningmed

    lightningmed Newbie

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    My wife's laptop has gone postal. It now takes forever to start Windows Vista Basic. Noticed some desktop icons are missing and it is extremely slow. Gives a black screen for a while, then a red one. Also gave an error message DCOM Windows Host error along with the one on the heading. Any ideas guys?
     
    lightningmed, Dec 27, 2008
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  2. ghaldos

    ghaldos Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not sure what that has to do with logging in but I would venture to guess either a virus or spyware.
     
    ghaldos, Dec 28, 2008
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    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Yeah I think ghaldos might be right here, you should definitely check for virus/malware. Though IMO, your best shot is to recover the laptop to the factory default settings using ether the recovery partition or recovery CDs.
     
    ATG, Dec 28, 2008
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