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Thanks again for your help in clearing up the major problems, it's been greatly appreciated. I'll try & brush my skills with the links provided to iron out the smaller queries.
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When I try to change via msconfig I get
“An Access denied error was returned while attempting to change a service. You may need to log on using an admin account to make specific changes”
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Malaware, spybot & Mcafee now all show as clear. Working through the suggested performance tips, which seem to be working. A bit of trouble with some start-up items in msconfig as claims I’m not an...

Never tried the canned air, I’ll look into it.
I'll work through the recommendations as suggested and post a new log, unfortunately this won’t be until the weekend at the earliest.
Once again...

Not sure if I've done this right

http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/sec.asp?conid=21877956

Least it shows why some games run a bit slow!

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FYI I checked Microsoft update history and it seems I've downloaded KB96771 everyday for the last few weeks, the website says successfully each time. After the cleanout yesterday it...

For some reason the Java applet won't run. I've cleared the old ones out and confirmed latest is installed.
As it's late here I'm going to have to call it quits for the night. Appreciate all your...

Also seem to be still struggling to get Windows updates to apply. Not sure if this is related.

Nothing found by MBAM.
The only thing that is a bit wierd is when I try to run the PSI file it is giving an error message of "not a Valid Win32 application"
The same is true of the download for...

Dropped text file as advised, Mcafee was running but managed to stop before clicking OK I believe.
Searches still seem ok, and able to start spybot from icon which I could not before.

ComboFix...

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Tried a few searches which were giving funny results last time, and seem to click in ok rather than produce a pop up ad.
Also managed to start MBAM from icon which I was unable to do...

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FYI couldn't run combofix in either admin role, so downloaded again as suggested.
Logs below
Combo fix
ComboFix 09-03-15.01 - HP_Administrator 2009-03-16 18:31:34.1 - NTFSx86
Microsoft...

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I'm booting in safe and have the option of administrator or HP_administrator.
It was a while ago when I bought the pc but don't remember setting up two.
Any ideas which to go for?

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I've tried to run combofix after downloading to desktop but it will not run.
It does however show up in the processes in Task Manager

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Thanks in advance for taking the time to look at this.

Windows update is not working, it will download but not install, and when I go to the update webpage I’m told there is a problem....