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Hey,
Everytime I try to run a spy/adware scan in normal modes it gets stuck at a certain point, and after reading some Threads here and the microsoft side I decided to try to run it in safe mode.
Okay, this may sound like a very silly question but I can't find the answer myself:
"the screen is to small in safe mode to push the "scan now" button :confused:
I have a feeling that there is a very obvious answer to it but i can't figure it out.....
Does anyone know how i can see the entire screen?
Not too sure exactly what you mean but in safe mode only essential drivers for windows to work are loaded up. This does not include your graphics card driver, hence the screen is usually set to a different resolution....have you tried adjusting it?
I'm sorry....Quote:
Not too sure exactly what you mean
If i start in safe modes the screen driver doesn't start (like you said) so all the icons on the screen get really big. And if you start a program it is also really big and it doesnt fit in the screen, so i can't push the "scan now" button from my virus scanner.
Yeah i tried to adjust it, but i coulnd't change it there was only 1 option.Quote:
hence the screen is usually set to a different resolution....have you tried adjusting it?
I hope you can help me...
If your system is currently loaded into safe mode, then simply go to the display properties and change the 'screen resolution' to suit your needs.Quote:
I'm sorry....
If i start in safe modes the screen driver doesn't start (like you said) so all the icons on the screen get really big. And if you start a program it is also really big and it doesnt fit in the screen, so i can't push the "scan now" button from my virus scanner.
There should be a keystroke to highlight the choice and hit "enter".
You may need to do it blindly, since the button is off screen. Experiment
with it in normal mode to find the combination. Usually, anything you can
do with the mouse, you can do with the keyboard.
:cool:
Hi Unimatrix 2 ,
I know what you are saying, but can you give me a few more details so that I can play with it on my box? like:
1. What operating system and release.
2. Which scanner.
Thanks,
:)
usually just hitting the enter key will get it to start the scan..
well it works for me 99.9% of the time.. :)
with safe mode your stuck wit h640 X 480 reselution...try hitting enter
1. win98 second editionQuote:
Originally posted here by nihil
Hi Unimatrix 2 ,
I know what you are saying, but can you give me a few more details so that I can play with it on my box? like:
1. What operating system and release.
2. Which scanner.
Thanks,
:)
2. a-squared free (I downloaded it because you said in the thread "which is the best anti-virus" that you used it too, so i though then it must be good. :D )
p.s Hitting enter doesnt work; i can hit enter then I get a menu asking me what kind of scan i want to perform (smart, deep, comstum) and hitting enter again doenst work.
Thanks!
try pressing ALT before hitting enter, you may need to press it more than once but eventually you will highlight the correct button :D
Hi,
A-Squared is actually a pop-up window menu.
If you can see the blue title bar where it says "a-squared free 2.0" then just put your mouse pointer on it, left click, and hold the mouse button down.
You will then be able to move the whole window to where you can get at the "scan now" button.
;)
I can't believe nobody said the simplest solution the first time to move the window, almost all programs are movable.....
Hi ©opy®ight ,
That is why I asked what he was running. Most AVs seem to resize themselves for 640x480 but some scanning tools do not. Naturally it is reasonable to assume that people will want to scan in safe mode so there has to be a way :D
Looking at stuff that I use, CrapCleaner and SpyBot S&D resize themselves whereas ewido, a-squared and AdAware can be moved.
Just in case anyone else is having this sort of problem ;)
i'm on my cell-phone so y'all are just going to have to deal with my lack of capitalisation.
i looked on the a-Squared support forums and it seems that as of august 29th they know there is an issue with 98/ me. i'm not posting the link becausa i don't know how to cut and paste on this thing yet >.<
Hi muert0 IIRC the problem with 98/ME is a shell extension thingy that causes it to crash?
Incidentally, if you go to the emsisoft site you will find that there is a command line version available as well, so you don't need the GUI ;)
Not true. At least on our test machines/floaters at work when you load into 'safe mode' it allows you to adjust the display settings (aka screen resolution) you can adjust the 'screen resolutions'.Quote:
with safe mode your stuck wit h640 X 480 reselution...try hitting enter
Hi Computernerd22,
I think this goes back to the mid-nineties?. MS were developing their operating systems along two separate routes................the Windows 95 for home and Windows NT 4.0 for business.
When you booted a standard NT 4.0 installation it first prompted you if you wanted SVGA or VGA................ so a video troubleshooting mode was built in. Windows 95, on the other hand, just took you to your previous settings, or 640x480 in safe mode, and that was it. I guess that the home OS was designed to give helpdesk people a level playing field?
So, AFAIK, Windows 95/98/98SE and ME only give you 640x480 in safe mode, but you can alter the video settings in NT 4.0, NT 5.0 (2000) and XP.
That is why I asked the OP what he was running ;)
As you work for a major manufacturer, perhaps you could do me a favour and ask around to see if I am correct in my assumptions?
Cheers,
Johnno
Hey,
Thank you all for trying to help, although what Nihil said isn't working either. I can't click on the most upper layer of the pop-up so it doesn't move. And hitting enter in combination with other things didn't work either :( .
However when i was in safe mode, i saw there was only 1 process, so I went back to normal mode, and then I did ctrl-alt-del on all processes except for the one running in safe mode, and also I stopped all the programs next to the clock. Then I did a scan again, and it didn't got stuck this time :D .
But once again thank you all for helping
Cheerio!
I can almost bet its do to the antispyware app hanging on a file thats in use. Adaware gets this with dll files that are launched under winlogon, etc.
The other thing to try is to start the system in regular mode and make the window for that particular application smaller. Many applications remember the window settings from the last time that they were closed. If you can make the window smaller, it may fit.
Also try to hit the minimize button, and then maximize it again, that may correct the issue. Neither one of these will work if the application is hard coded to open in a window that is larger than your screen resolution than that is just crappy coding and I would try a different tool.