Help my PC is Possessed!

[Fed]

The last time I had a mouse fail because the lead was faulty it caused all sorts of erratic behaviour as you described, most people have a spare mouse & keyboard lying around & thought it would be a very quick & easy way to eliminate these a being a cause.
I notice your problem has been getting progressively worse which is another hint.
It's a matter for you wether you swap out the keyboard too.

[icyboyedy]

So far so good with the new (old)  mouse. Will give it a few days more to be sure.
I recently received one of those anti-trust lawsuit vouchers from Microsoft so I'll use the 35$ on a new wireless one. All that drama possibly from a faulty mouse, incredible.
I really appreciate everyone helping me through this. As I've said before, my pc runs fine all of the time with the help of the above mentioned tools, so this crazy behaviour really stumped the heck outta me.

Edy

[Dilbert]

anti-trust lawsuit vouchers from Microsoft

You don't suppose this may be related to the problem, do you...?

[icyboyedy]

Nah, remember how MS had to go to court for the whole monopoly thing, they gave money and computers to schools and for those who took the time to send the paperwork got vouchers, free $$$.
My PC still has not acted up, but I'm gettin carpal tunnel with this old crappy mouse.   I guess thats life.

[Fed]

So now you have only these blank entries propagating in your registry?
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run


Compare your msconfig startup list with your following HJT entries...

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdaptecDirectCD] "C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Netscape] C:\Program Files\Common Files\ISPCOMP\InstallService.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP

[icyboyedy]

The first one is Direct cd from Roxio
The second is unknown to me and is not running in msconfig
The third is for nvidia video card
Fourth is for quicktime player
The fifth is for my printer
The sixth is for the java auto update
The seventh is from my ISP, netscape
Last one is AVG Antivirus

HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run  shows up blank under  startup item and command

[Fed]

Download 'Autoruns' from http://www.sysinternals.com find the blank entry and look for the red delete button.

[unlovedwarrior]

Download 'Autoruns' from http://www.sysinternals.com find the blank entry and look for the red delete button.

where do you fond all of these programs?

[Fed]

I don't specifically seach them out, they're just found over time from other links I guess.
Sysinternals also has a companion program to Autoruns, it's called Procexp and if you install them in the same directory they work together with each other.

[unlovedwarrior]

whats the other one do?

[Fed]

Download it and see.

[unlovedwarrior]

i will when i get home

[icyboyedy]

Got the program, but it was not able to delete it. The files underneath it are the above mentioned. So I think it is safe. Second full day and the PC has not flipped out in any way and all programs are running fast as usual. Guess it was the faulty mouse after all.

[icyboyedy]

Concerning AUTORUNS, is it okay to delete entries under "IMAGE PATHS" that say "File not found"?

[Fed]

The files underneath it are the above mentioned. So I think it is safe.

Yes, that one is OK, don't delete it.
The entry we are looking for should be underneath HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run

Do you have any blank entries there?
Can you atke a screenshot of the autoruns screen in the area of question?