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A friend of mine has an e-machines with Vista on it. Her grandfather was asking her to help him with his computer. She Googled his problem, and ended up on HP's website (his computer is an HP Pavilion). When she followed these steps on her computer, she somehow found out that she has 90 control sets in her registry (controlset001, controlset002, etc. all the way up to 90). Her grandfather's computer only has 2 or 3, and mine has controlset001, controlset003, and currentcontrolset). She has been complaining that her computer has been VERY slow lately. I would think that has something to do with it. Could someone please help?!? I've been trying to talk her through doing a screenshot so i could post it, but she can't figure that out. Thanks in advance.
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 05:14 PM
There is something drastically wrong here. I'd suggest running System Restore and restoring the computer back a ways - to see if it eliminates these controlsets.
This article is for WindowsNT - but it will hold true (in most part) for Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100010
So, it appears that something is making a lot of changes to the system settings - or there are a lot of problems with the system settings.
The first thing to check would be to see if there's an infection. Here's a link to a post that has a number of free, online scanners: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blogs/usas...?showentry=1252 If the system is infected the tests may not run - or may quit unexpectedly. Follow the directions at the bottom of the post in the link above if you think that it may be infected.
This article is for WindowsNT - but it will hold true (in most part) for Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100010
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There may be several control sets depending on how often you change system settings or have problems with the settings you choose.
So, it appears that something is making a lot of changes to the system settings - or there are a lot of problems with the system settings.
The first thing to check would be to see if there's an infection. Here's a link to a post that has a number of free, online scanners: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blogs/usas...?showentry=1252 If the system is infected the tests may not run - or may quit unexpectedly. Follow the directions at the bottom of the post in the link above if you think that it may be infected.
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