My computer is suiciding

Please help! My Windows XP machine is suiciding!
Yesterday I noticed that about 5 shortcuts on my desktop have no icon
associated to them. Then I checked the Program Files folder and saw that all
files in their corresponding folders are deleted, but folders themselves are
not deleted.
Anyway I spent about 2 hours and re-installed those mysteriously deleted
programs.
This morning when I boot up my computer I noticed that another 4 programs
have been deleted in the same way (including one of the programs which I
re-installed yesterday).
I am using AVG anti virus and is up to date. So I don't think it is a virus.
I also tried lat night to use System Restore, but none of restore points
worked.
Please also note that at bootup machine tries to load a program called
"TrayApp" , and continues to try and load after
cancel is pushed several times, and goes into error message 1706.

Any help would be appreciated

Have you got an HP printer? Boot your computer with the HP disk, and allow
it to install whatever it is you uninstalled. That should take care of the
TrayApp problem

As for the rest, just because your AV programs didn't find anything, that
doesn't mean your pc is free of crap-ola.
You might think about getting some on line scans, Pest Patrol, Micro Trend's
House Calls, are a couple of good ones..you need I.E. for those..they are
free and find many things that other programs miss.
Also, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware Se, SpyBot Search & Destroy, and Spyware Blaster
are programs no one should be without.

"Sid" <noone@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:43850dd1$0$12444$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> Please help! My Windows XP machine is suiciding!
> Yesterday I noticed that about 5 shortcuts on my desktop have no icon
> associated to them. Then I checked the Program Files folder and saw that
> all files in their corresponding folders are deleted, but folders
> themselves are not deleted.
> Anyway I spent about 2 hours and re-installed those mysteriously deleted
> programs.
> This morning when I boot up my computer I noticed that another 4 programs
> have been deleted in the same way (including one of the programs which I
> re-installed yesterday).
> I am using AVG anti virus and is up to date. So I don't think it is a
> virus.
> I also tried lat night to use System Restore, but none of restore points
> worked.
> Please also note that at bootup machine tries to load a program called
> "TrayApp" , and continues to try and load after
> cancel is pushed several times, and goes into error message 1706.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>

Google Search for "TrayApp".
lots of links

obviously, you have or had HP printer/scanner, whatever.

--
Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"Sid" wrote:

> Please help! My Windows XP machine is suiciding!
> Yesterday I noticed that about 5 shortcuts on my desktop have no icon
> associated to them. Then I checked the Program Files folder and saw that all
> files in their corresponding folders are deleted, but folders themselves are
> not deleted.
> Anyway I spent about 2 hours and re-installed those mysteriously deleted
> programs.
> This morning when I boot up my computer I noticed that another 4 programs
> have been deleted in the same way (including one of the programs which I
> re-installed yesterday).
> I am using AVG anti virus and is up to date. So I don't think it is a virus.
> I also tried lat night to use System Restore, but none of restore points
> worked.
> Please also note that at bootup machine tries to load a program called
> "TrayApp" , and continues to try and load after
> cancel is pushed several times, and goes into error message 1706.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
>
>

Yes I had HP Camera. I put HP CD yesterday and fixed this TrayApp problem.
But it came back this morning with the same problem!
Forget about TrayApp! I think this is just one of the programs which is
deleting automatically by some virus or ???


"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:55220E57-0C8E-48EF-8E49-C9069A7B60B0@microsoft.com...
> Google Search for "TrayApp".
> lots of links
>
> obviously, you have or had HP printer/scanner, whatever.
>
> --
> Dennis S.
> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>
>
> "Sid" wrote:
>
>> Please help! My Windows XP machine is suiciding!
>> Yesterday I noticed that about 5 shortcuts on my desktop have no icon
>> associated to them. Then I checked the Program Files folder and saw that
>> all
>> files in their corresponding folders are deleted, but folders themselves
>> are
>> not deleted.
>> Anyway I spent about 2 hours and re-installed those mysteriously deleted
>> programs.
>> This morning when I boot up my computer I noticed that another 4 programs
>> have been deleted in the same way (including one of the programs which I
>> re-installed yesterday).
>> I am using AVG anti virus and is up to date. So I don't think it is a
>> virus.
>> I also tried lat night to use System Restore, but none of restore points
>> worked.
>> Please also note that at bootup machine tries to load a program called
>> "TrayApp" , and continues to try and load after
>> cancel is pushed several times, and goes into error message 1706.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated
>>
>>
>>

Some people recommend 2 - 3 AV program scans.

--
Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"Sid" wrote:

> Yes I had HP Camera. I put HP CD yesterday and fixed this TrayApp problem.
> But it came back this morning with the same problem!
> Forget about TrayApp! I think this is just one of the programs which is
> deleting automatically by some virus or ???
>
>
> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:55220E57-0C8E-48EF-8E49-C9069A7B60B0@microsoft.com...
> > Google Search for "TrayApp".
> > lots of links
> >
> > obviously, you have or had HP printer/scanner, whatever.
> >
> > --
> > Dennis S.
> > I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
> >
> >
> > "Sid" wrote:
> >
> >> Please help! My Windows XP machine is suiciding!
> >> Yesterday I noticed that about 5 shortcuts on my desktop have no icon
> >> associated to them. Then I checked the Program Files folder and saw that
> >> all
> >> files in their corresponding folders are deleted, but folders themselves
> >> are
> >> not deleted.
> >> Anyway I spent about 2 hours and re-installed those mysteriously deleted
> >> programs.
> >> This morning when I boot up my computer I noticed that another 4 programs
> >> have been deleted in the same way (including one of the programs which I
> >> re-installed yesterday).
> >> I am using AVG anti virus and is up to date. So I don't think it is a
> >> virus.
> >> I also tried lat night to use System Restore, but none of restore points
> >> worked.
> >> Please also note that at bootup machine tries to load a program called
> >> "TrayApp" , and continues to try and load after
> >> cancel is pushed several times, and goes into error message 1706.
> >>
> >> Any help would be appreciated
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Hi Sid,

Try going to Start - Run - type in "msconfig" without the quotes. Click on
the StartUp tab and uncheck any apps related to the TrayApp program.

HTH,
newtechie

"Sid" <noone@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:43850dd1$0$12444$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> Please help! My Windows XP machine is suiciding!
> Yesterday I noticed that about 5 shortcuts on my desktop have no icon
> associated to them. Then I checked the Program Files folder and saw that
> all files in their corresponding folders are deleted, but folders
> themselves are not deleted.
> Anyway I spent about 2 hours and re-installed those mysteriously deleted
> programs.
> This morning when I boot up my computer I noticed that another 4 programs
> have been deleted in the same way (including one of the programs which I
> re-installed yesterday).
> I am using AVG anti virus and is up to date. So I don't think it is a
> virus.
> I also tried lat night to use System Restore, but none of restore points
> worked.
> Please also note that at bootup machine tries to load a program called
> "TrayApp" , and continues to try and load after
> cancel is pushed several times, and goes into error message 1706.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>