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Boggin:
The Symantec Event ID 6 may be nothing to worry about but you could reinstall Symantec Endpoint Protection should it have become corrupt.

When you scroll further down in the lower pane on either of those Symantec errors, there's a link which gives you http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH99755

Just to ensure you are infection free, boot up into Safe Mode with Networking and run the ESET Free Online Scanner. http://www.eset.com/int/home/products/online-scanner/

Click on Advanced and check all of the boxes except the lower Proxy one - check the box for auto uninstall on completion then disable Endpoint Protection immediately before clicking on Scan.

This scan can take well over an hour but it is thorough.

The Windows Update error for your Intel Graphics update was either because you already have that driver version installed or it isn't compatible with your machine.

Do you normally get your machine updates through Windows Updates as some vendors use this method ?

Change your Windows Update settings to Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them so when you get the next update notification, go to Windows Update, click on where it tells you how many there are and check to see what it is offering you.

If it's giving you the Intel graphics driver again, right click on it and select Hide - you can also do this for any others you don't want.

I normally do that when it offers me one for the Bing Desktop.

If you aren't using a VPN then you don't need the MS Virtual Miniport Adapters and it is they which are causing the DHCP Client Event ID 1001.

Use the netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow command to uninstall them.

If you still have problems after reinstalling Endpoint Protection - as a buggy AV program can cause anomalous problems - and running the ESET scan, then I think the factory reset would be the best option - but let's see how it performs after these suggestions.

And you aren't wasting anyone's time   :smiley:

jmk909er:
Thanks Boggin I will give it a try but I am at work right now. I have to do it at home where I have a better stable connection. I'll let you know how it goes.

Shane:
It would be worth a shot of doing a repair install before doing a factory restore.

First you need a Windows 7 disk that has SP1 already on it and isnt the factory disk, you can grab that from here
https://sites.google.com/site/linuxlablibrary/windows-iso

Then all you need to do is follow this guide
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

A repair install will keep your programs and files while fixing Windows. Well it doesnt aim to fix it, what it does is doing a upgrade to the same version, so basically Windows gets reinstalled while keeping all your stuff. :wink:

Shane

jmk909er:
Hi Boggin I ran the scan in safe mode with networking and it did find some threat items that I put in the attachment. After finishing it really had a hard time starting so maybe it had to recover something but after starting about 4 or 5 times it is starting up pretty fast again. I also ran "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow"
 I'll see how this goes for a while.

Shane thanks for your post, it looks promising if my problems continue. Thanks

Boggin:
While you can do without the Google Toolbar and you definitely don't want the ASK Toolbar, ReImage Repair could either have been a legit program that you installed or it came bundled with another download as a Potentially unwanted Program (PuP). http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/Reimage-Repair-10452-program.aspx

Given that it runs auto in the background at predetermined times and connecting to the 'net, that could well have an effect on your start up times and performance.

When you download anything, always choose the Custom option when offered and always look to see if anything else is bundled with the download where you can uncheck those boxes before clicking on Next or Install.

There seems to be some conflicting info on InstallCore TS but you're probably best without it. https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ea44e0774b657e90beff912705cec2c3e9088b6814377f9bdf3b5e52db44f2d2/analysis/

Can't find anything on SpeedChecker B, but I'm not sure why it took a few times before the boot got back to normal.

Can you go Control Panel - under System and Security - Find and fix problems then again under System and Security click on Check for performance issues - click on Advanced then on Run as administrator and see what that reports.

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