W95 fills disc on bootup when attached to the Web

[RJPH]

I am having problems with Windows taking up ghost space on bootup

The disc is showing itself to be full with the WINDOWS folder taking up 2GB when it is booted when physically attached to Broadband modem. But the disc has 1.3Gb free space with WINDOWS folder taking up 609Mb when the system is booted and not physically attached to Broadband modem

However, if system booted without Broadband modem and then subsequently I plug in the modem without rebooting, then system still shows 1.3Gb free space - so it must be something to do with the bootup sequence when attached to the Broadband modem that causes the disc to be full

Any thoughts?

 

[ski]

See what's running in the background with and without the modem connected.

 

[mattjurado]

That sounds strange, like virus or spyware. I'd start by installing spybot, updating it, and have it check for and remove all spywares.

http://security.kolla.de

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.