Guest Wesley Thomas, Library IT Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 I decided to give Windows SteadyState a go on one of the public computers at the library I work for. Initially, I'd installed it without reading much on it, and decided to take it off. I had yet to activate drive protection. I had a few minor post-uninstall problems that were remedied by deleting the user account and creating another. I tried it again some time after that which lead to more serious problems. Now, even with the program off my drive, both the Windows Security Center and Automatic Updates are acting bizarrely. Automatic Update won't come on at all! Every option in the area in which Automatic Updates are turned on is grayed out. The service, however, is started and set to come on automatically according to services.msc. The Security Center service is disabled and refuses to start on logging in without turning it on through Services.msc. Anyone have a suggestion on how to solve this?
Guest PA Bear Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Windows SteadyState Problems The behavior may be unrelated to having SteadyState (http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27570) installed. As it's a publicly accessible machine, it may be a hijackware problem. Run a /thorough/ check for hijackware, including posting your hijackthis log to an appropriate forum. Checking for/Help with Hijackware http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878 http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2 (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe) is the preferred tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware with assistance from an expert. **Post your log to http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html, http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, or other appropriate forums for expert analysis, not here.** -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ Wesley Thomas, Library IT wrote: > I decided to give Windows SteadyState a go on one of the public computers > at > the library I work for. Initially, I'd installed it without reading much > on > it, and decided to take it off. I had yet to activate drive protection. I > had a few minor post-uninstall problems that were remedied by deleting the > user account and creating another. > > I tried it again some time after that which lead to more serious problems. > Now, even with the program off my drive, both the Windows Security Center > and Automatic Updates are acting bizarrely. Automatic Update won't come on > at all! Every option in the area in which Automatic Updates are turned on > is > grayed out. The service, however, is started and set to come on > automatically according to services.msc. The Security Center service is > disabled and refuses to start on logging in without turning it on through > Services.msc. > > Anyone have a suggestion on how to solve this?
Guest Wesley Thomas, Library IT Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Windows SteadyState Problems I am fairly certain that it relates to SteadyState as it happened immediately after the uninstall. The first time I uninstalled, then redid the user account, it was fine. Things went screwy again after the second uninstall. I tried reinstalling it today and changing some settings prior to uninstalling it. Now, it's even more messed up. "PA Bear" wrote: > The behavior may be unrelated to having SteadyState > (http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27570) installed. As it's a publicly > accessible machine, it may be a hijackware problem. > > Run a /thorough/ check for hijackware, including posting your hijackthis log > to an appropriate forum. > > Checking for/Help with Hijackware > http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm > http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm > http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878 > http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction > http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm > http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm > http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html > http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm > http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware > > When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2 > (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe) is the preferred tool to use. > It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware with > assistance from an expert. **Post your log to > http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22, > http://castlecops.com/forum67.html, > http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, > http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, or other appropriate forums for expert > analysis, not here.** > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) > AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net > DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ > > > Wesley Thomas, Library IT wrote: > > I decided to give Windows SteadyState a go on one of the public computers > > at > > the library I work for. Initially, I'd installed it without reading much > > on > > it, and decided to take it off. I had yet to activate drive protection. I > > had a few minor post-uninstall problems that were remedied by deleting the > > user account and creating another. > > > > I tried it again some time after that which lead to more serious problems. > > Now, even with the program off my drive, both the Windows Security Center > > and Automatic Updates are acting bizarrely. Automatic Update won't come on > > at all! Every option in the area in which Automatic Updates are turned on > > is > > grayed out. The service, however, is started and set to come on > > automatically according to services.msc. The Security Center service is > > disabled and refuses to start on logging in without turning it on through > > Services.msc. > > > > Anyone have a suggestion on how to solve this? > >
Guest PA Bear Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Windows SteadyState Problems Try posting to the SteadyState forum, Wes: http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1660&SiteID=69 I wouldn't install SteadyState until I was absolutely certain the machine was 100% free of any/all hijackware/Trojans. ========================== Other resources: Windows SteadyState http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx Windows SteadyState: What Is It? http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/whatis/default.mspx SteadyState Handbook: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d64af114-336c-4418-beb7-e074e813b498 SteadyState FAQ: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3d91c4b1-0978-44c2-9014-07e0932384e5 Tip: Download, read and throughly understand everything in both the Handbook and the FAQ before installing SteadyState. -- ~PA Bear Wesley Thomas, Library IT wrote: > I am fairly certain that it relates to SteadyState as it happened > immediately after the uninstall. The first time I uninstalled, then redid > the user account, it was fine. Things went screwy again after the second > uninstall. > > I tried reinstalling it today and changing some settings prior to > uninstalling it. Now, it's even more messed up. > > "PA Bear" wrote: > >> The behavior may be unrelated to having SteadyState >> (http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27570) installed. As it's a publicly >> accessible machine, it may be a hijackware problem. >> >> Run a /thorough/ check for hijackware, including posting your hijackthis >> log to an appropriate forum. >> >> Checking for/Help with Hijackware >> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm >> http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm >> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878 >> http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction >> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm >> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm >> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html >> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm >> http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ >> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware >> >> When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2 >> (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe) is the preferred tool to use. >> It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware with >> assistance from an expert. **Post your log to >> http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22, >> http://castlecops.com/forum67.html, >> http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, >> http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, or other appropriate forums for >> expert >> analysis, not here.** >> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) >> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net >> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ >> >> >> Wesley Thomas, Library IT wrote: >>> I decided to give Windows SteadyState a go on one of the public >>> computers >>> at >>> the library I work for. Initially, I'd installed it without reading much >>> on >>> it, and decided to take it off. I had yet to activate drive protection. >>> I >>> had a few minor post-uninstall problems that were remedied by deleting >>> the >>> user account and creating another. >>> >>> I tried it again some time after that which lead to more serious >>> problems. >>> Now, even with the program off my drive, both the Windows Security >>> Center >>> and Automatic Updates are acting bizarrely. Automatic Update won't come >>> on >>> at all! Every option in the area in which Automatic Updates are turned >>> on >>> is >>> grayed out. The service, however, is started and set to come on >>> automatically according to services.msc. The Security Center service is >>> disabled and refuses to start on logging in without turning it on >>> through >>> Services.msc. >>> >>> Anyone have a suggestion on how to solve this?
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