Pc freezes and wont boot in safe mode

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See Bobs post here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=138156.0

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I don’t have the plugins shown in the image of bob.
I do have avast! WebRep plugins, but those were already disabled when I looked.

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The combofix does not seem to have worked.
My pc, when the internetcable is plugged in, wont load the taskbar and desktop items anymore and after a while blue screens.
Without the internet cable plugged in, it functions like normal.

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Lets look at the net side now

Please download MiniToolBox, save it to your desktop and run it.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/73555776/minitoolbox.JPG

Checkmark the following checkboxes:

[]Flush DNS
[]Report IE Proxy Settings
[]Reset IE Proxy Settings
[]Report FF Proxy Settings
[]Reset FF Proxy Settings
[]List content of Hosts
[]List IP configuration
[]List Winsock Entries
[]List last 10 Event Viewer log
[]List Installed Programs
[]List Devices
[]List Users, Partitions and Memory size.
[*]List Minidump Files

Click Go and post the result (Result.txt). A copy of Result.txt will be saved in the same directory the tool is run.

Note: When using “Reset FF Proxy Settings” option Firefox should be closed.

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Here is the log.
I wasn’t connected to the net though, when i ran the minitoolbox.

I also noticed two desktop.ini files have appeared on my desktop.
One says:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799

[LocalizedFileNames]

The other one says:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

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We will hide those files later, could you now try to connect again please

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I’ve reconnected, and on login i now get my taskbar and desktop icons.
It seems a bit faster up to this point. Though when i move my mouse it freeze a little and then continues to move.
A bit after logging in my desktop freezes, im able to move my mouse, but i cant click on anything.
And then i get a blue screen.

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OK ruling out a HD problem the next would be heat… Could you ensure all the vents are clear and if it is a desktop can you check for dust inside

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I´ve opened it up and cleaned it.
It seems to run longer without blue screens, but it still very slow.
Especially when opening programs or even windows explorer.

Edit: Could it be a problem with my MoBo? As it won’t detect my usb stick since a while.
Edit 2: I’ve updated my lan controller driver and my usb 3.0 drivers (etron and intel). At first my pc seemed faster and ran stabler. But after a while it went back to the old situation.

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I’m pretty fed up with the situation, so I’m thinking about reformatting my pc.
Do you think this will solve the problems?
And do you have any recommendations on how to do it?

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I feel you are experiencing hardware problems. But a reinstall of windows should confirm or deny that

Was this an upgrade from Vista/XP or was it a clean install

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It was a clean install.
I have reformatted it, but it made things worse. I now get a blue screen, when windows is loading.
I´m going to take it to a pc store tomorrow.
All I can do now is hope that the problem is not too severe.

Still, I want to thank you for putting time and effort into helping me.

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It may be worth confirming that all the leads/sockets are secure I.e. hardrive/ RAM