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Computer peeps - whats happened to my laptop?

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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 03:58 AM
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Default Computer peeps - whats happened to my laptop?

Was using it yesterday looking on here when it froze up for a bit, once it started working again, a message box came up saying that the

" catalyst control centre:host application has stopped working"
And i've lost some icons off the desktop, the internet explorer one, my folder with pics and info in it, my missus folder with her stuff in it and the spybot one!

Ive also lost all the favourites!

it seems to be working fine now but i cant find the folders anywhere and the catalyst message box keeps coming up????

Cheers, Gary
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 06:40 AM
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Porn overload
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 08:14 AM
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Try a system restore, restore it back a few days.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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This happens when you've been viewing too much donkey porn.

A system restore may work, or try doing a full scan with your virus program to see if there are any issues?
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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Have you rebooted it?
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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That relates to your graphics which will be ATI, as the catalyst is part of the driver, it seems you may have a virus judgeing by what else has happened.

Martin
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Old Apr 25, 2011 | 01:10 AM
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Tree size is a good program to find lost stuff on your pc

http://download.cnet.com/TreeSize-Fr...-10139400.html
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