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***COMPLETED***My computer is being strange
« on: Friday 20 October 06 09:31 BST (UK) »
I would appreciate anyone's thoughts about this please:

This morning I have been happily using my computer to use Rootschat, Ancestry, Free BMD and my email programme.  About 15 minutes ago it switched itself into Restart mode.........honestly Embarrassed........I didn't touch anything. 

Once it had restarted I kept getting several "New Hardware" found, in all about 20 different messages for the same item - something to do with Texas Instruments.  I went into my Device Manager and there was a huge list under the section 'IEEE 1394 Bus Host Controllers' all with the yellow exclamation mark Huh

I restarted the PC, checked the Device Manager and they had all gone and everything was OK.......until 5 minutes ago, and it did exactly the same thing again but this time no New Hardware was found Huh Huh Huh

HELP!!
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« Reply #1 on: Friday 20 October 06 09:35 BST (UK) »
What do you have plugged in externally besides a printer (perhaps), Screen, Keyboard and Mouse ?

Any USB plugs been jarred loose in their sockets ?
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« Reply #2 on: Friday 20 October 06 09:48 BST (UK) »

Hi ScRoppers

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printer (perhaps), Screen, Keyboard and Mouse ?

Got those, plus two speakers, which I have never had any problem with and are working perfectly.  I'm listening to music as I type Wink

I can't see any loose USB plugs either.
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« Reply #3 on: Friday 20 October 06 10:05 BST (UK) »
Hmmmm ... dunno then, something changed - is the PC running hot at all ?

Keep an eye on it, might be early warning of a problem .... certainly get all your data backups up to date !
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PLEDGER – 1678, Gt BardField, Essex
EVERETT - 1830, Scoles, Norfolk & Epping, SX
OSGATHORPE - 1825, North Kensington
LILLEY – 1711, Ickleton, Cambs
DAVISON – 1700-1710, Horncastle & Coningsby, Lincs
BOWER – 1690-1700, Killinworth, Lincs
CHASE – 1735, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 20 October 06 10:21 BST (UK) »

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is the PC running hot at all ?

I've just checked and it's cool.....same as normal Huh


I don't know if this is relevant but.......I have Privacy Mantra running which I downloaded (recommended on this site somewhere!!!).   After the computer decided to shut down for a second time, I closed Privacy Mantra down and it seems to be workng ok now......there's none of the noise in the background now (the same as you hear when a system scan is running), hope you know what I mean!!!

Last week I ran Privacy Mantra to get rid of the rubbish and the PC didn't work properly afterwards, so restored it to an earlier checkpoint and it was ok.
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« Reply #5 on: Friday 20 October 06 10:32 BST (UK) »
I'm not familiar with Privacy Mantra, so dont know how it would interface down at the hardware level to cause 'New Device Recognition' !!

The 'noise' during a scan would be your HD seeking & searching across tracks for Folders & Files.

Is there an online Forum for PM Users with hints/tips etc ?

Bottom Line, if removing it has lead to non-return of the symptoms I'd leave it alone !
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PLEDGER – 1678, Gt BardField, Essex
EVERETT - 1830, Scoles, Norfolk & Epping, SX
OSGATHORPE - 1825, North Kensington
LILLEY – 1711, Ickleton, Cambs
DAVISON – 1700-1710, Horncastle & Coningsby, Lincs
BOWER – 1690-1700, Killinworth, Lincs
CHASE – 1735, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
LAIRD – 1777, Portsmouth, Hants & Kings Lynn, Norfolk
GOWENLOCK – 1850, Carlisle
KEW – 1814, Carlisle
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« Reply #6 on: Friday 20 October 06 10:41 BST (UK) »

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Bottom Line, if removing it has lead to non-return of the symptoms I'd leave it alone !

I completely agree!!!!!!

Thanks very much ScRoppers Cheesy
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« Reply #7 on: Friday 20 October 06 10:41 BST (UK) »
The original link to privacy Mantra was to an information file listing details of what the index.dat files were and how to safely remove them.
PM like the program actually recommended in that thread CCleaner are powerful utilities which, like any tools, which affect the registry have considerable potential for harm.
That said, in normal operation it shouldn't have caused your system to start hunting out new hardware unless your registry file has become totally corrupted ( although this is unlikely as you report the system is working normally in between these failures)
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« Reply #8 on: Friday 20 October 06 12:20 BST (UK) »
Out of interest is this a firewire as opposed to USB thing?

All I can find is a reference to this bus being used specifically for digital cameras or camcorders.

If this mantra program is tampering with your registry then it should ask you whether you want to save your current registry before making any changes.  All registry altering programs should do that including ccleaner.

If Privacy Mantra is not asking you this question the you should uninstall it A.S.A.P.

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« Reply #9 on: Friday 20 October 06 12:27 BST (UK) »

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If Privacy Mantra is not asking you this question the you should uninstall it A.S.A.P.

Have done so!!!!


Since my initial posting the PC is behaving itself....no more re-starts....it seems the blimp has gone Grin

Thank you to everyone for your comments, much appreciated.
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