I appreciate your frustration, but please don't take it out on me. There may very well be "something wrong" with the computer, but I don't know what it is. My job is to look for and hopefully remove malware and like many other helpers, offer tips and suggestions along the way.
I have done that. Please accept the fact that not all computer problems can be fixed online in a forum that isn't offering remote assistance. But you get our help free and the other can cost up to several hundred dollars.
I gave you suggestions in my previous post. I added information. And I'.ll do it once more:
Change order of startups
For services.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;193888
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;115486
For applications.
To start applications sequentially create a shell script something like this
and place it in your \Startup directory.
-------------mystartup.cmd-------------
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\outlook.exe"
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\word.exe"
start "" "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\excel.exe"
Courtesy of PCReview/UK
I suggested the above because you mentioned"
explorer.exe was sat at 20 MB for about the first five minutes, but then it went up to 400MB as normal.
Since it's not immediate, my thought was you might be able to associate the increase with which Service or app may be starting.
You might get some help with this by noticing how the icons load in the Notification Area,
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I'd like to bring your attention back to this as it's important:
I would like to point out that OTM did this: Total Files Cleaned = 926.00 mb That is a huge amount of files. And it indicates that you might not be performing adequate or frequent enough maintenance on the system.
Your system is clean. You can remove the cleaning tools:
Remove all of the tools we used and the files and folders they created
- Uninstall ComboFix and all Backups of the files it deleted
[o] Click START> then RUN
[o] Now type Combofix /Uninstall in the runbox and click OK. Note the space between the X and the U, it needs to be there.
- Download OTCleanIt by OldTimer and save it to your Desktop.
[o] Double click OTCleanIt.exe.
[o] Click the CleanUp! button.
[o] If you are prompted to Reboot during the cleanup, select Yes.
[o]The tool will delete itself once it finishes.
Note: If you receive a warning from your firewall or other security programs regarding OTC attempting to contact the internet, please allow it to do so.
Note: If any tool, file or folder (belonging to the program we have used) hasn't been deleted, please delete it manually.
- Set a new, clean Restore Point
[o] Click on Start> right click on Computer> Properties
[o] Select System Protection
[o] Click on the Create button (near bottom)
[o] Type a name for the Restore Point
[o] Click on Create again to save the restore point.
- Deleting all but the most recent System Protection point in Windows 7
[o] Click Start> Computer> right click the C Drive and choose Properties> enter.
[o] Click Disk Cleanup from there.
[o] Click Clean up system files
This restarts Disk Cleanup to run in elevated mode.
[o] Click the More Options tab
[o] Click the Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copies.
[o] Click OK.
[o] You will get a confirmation screen> Just click Delete.
[o] Click OK on the Disk Cleanup Screen.
[o] Click Delete Files on the Confirmation screen.
This runs the
Disk Cleanup utility along with other selections
if you have chosen any. (if you had a lot System Restore points, you will see a significant change in the free space in C drive)
Images courtesy lytebyte.
Empty the Recycle Bin
I hope that you can find some reason for the high memory use of the process.