THE BUG HAS RETURNED

[sbuxman]

ACER Aspire 1410 Netbook
Windows 7 home Premium Edition/SP1
1.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Solo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded
Board: Acer Base Board Product Name Base Board Version
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: INSYDE v0.3117 09/08/2009
237.17 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
190.52 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
2976 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB (serial number 76A9F203)
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB (serial number 71CC48D8)

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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.62.0.1300
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: v2012.07.25.07

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x86 NTFS
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421
DAVEACERNOTEBOOK1410 :: DAVEACERNOTE-PC [administrator]

7/25/2012 10:34:22 AM
mbam-log-2012-07-25 (10-44-39).txt

Scan type: Quick scan
Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: P2P
Objects scanned: 185938
Time elapsed: 9 minute(s),

Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data Items Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Files Detected: 1
C:\Users\DAVEACERNOTEBOOK1410\Downloads\Ultimate_Boot_CD.exe (PUP.Adbundler) -> No action taken.

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Had this a while ago and posted here. Can I go through steps 1-4 in ICU on my own, or do I have to be authorized?

Thanks for all help.

sbuxman

[fink]

You do not need to be authorized.

[sbuxman]

I decided to reformat my C drive and et it back to factory condition.

Now that the McAfee promo junk is appearing again, would someone please be willing to direct me to the McAfee Removal Tool? I will then install Microsoft Security Essentials and use it for my internet security.

Thanks!

sbuxman

[Train]

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS101331

[sbuxman]

Thank you kindly.

[Train]

You are Welcome!

[sbuxman]

Reformatting my C drive was not difficult, but lo and behold I realized today early that I now have Vista running the system. When I originally purchased this ACER, it was running XP Home, but it had a one-time upgrade to Win7 Home Premium, which I eagerly performed. Now that I've formatted C to start anew, I'm running Vista. I'm not so much concerned about why the Vista thing, but I don't like the in-molasses-in-January slowness I'm experiencing :/ Also, I'm not able to install Vista Service Pack 2...the Windows Update site only shows the download beginning, but it never starts, and a link on the Microsoft site, after allowing me to successfully download it, gave me a notification of "insufficient permissions" when the d/l was complete. What's that about?

I'd appreciate any help I can get, as I've also run into problems trying to d/l and install IE8 or 9 :/ I'm told that I must install further updates before I can successfully do so??

Very frustrated...I was looking forward to a crisp, new C drive, but instead I've gotten a dreadfully slow Vista dinosaur that tells me what I can't do :/ I'd actually like to upgrade this system to Win7 Home Premium again, and I'll spend the money to do so. But now I'm worried about the slowness and why I even have Vista! I can probably uninstall lots of programs showing in my Control Panel, too...

Thanks...

sbuxman

[fink]

It sounds like you returned the computer to it's factory state using the original image found on a hidden partition on the computer. It would not have been upgraded to Win 7.. it's placed there at the factory and can't be altered.

I don't know if the one time upgrade is still applicable since it's years old at this point. You could try and see what happens but I suspect you'll need to buy a copy of Windows 7 and start from scratch once more.

Not sure why it had XP on it when you bought it.. was it used? or perhaps the retail vendor did the XP install themselves?