Why have I got no control over MY PC?

My PC has a mind of it's own. Either that or someone is deliberately piss**ng me off. I've recently switched ISP from BT to Pipex. Pipex is terrible and drops connection every 20 mins. I've un-installed Norton totally and turned off Windows firewall. I still have timeout errors when trying to connect to Novaworld to play joint operations PC game. Battle for Middle Earth doesn't work either.


My PC also turned itself off completely yesterday twice! I am running Windows Media Centre Edition 2005. 3.4 Ghz processor. 1 Gb RAM. I run Lavasoft Adaware %26amp; Spybot almost everyday.


Should I just format the disk and do a full reinstall?Why have I got no control over MY PC?
Well, if you don't mind a re-install then it will probably be the fastest thing to bring your computer back to a good state. You should also run a firewall of some sort (Windows firewall is ok, but not that great. I'd try ZoneAlarm - it's free).





Otherwise, I'd run reinstall an Anti Virus program and get it updated. Install a firewall. Run the AV Scan. Possibly download WhatsRunning (from http://whatsrunning.net). It will show you all the programs that are running on your computer, plus has an online lookup for programs you don't recognize (that way you can see if there's something running that shouldn't be).Why have I got no control over MY PC?
I think you got a virus. Uninstall Norton and turn off the firewall was a bad decision. If you don't like Norton try avast (avast.com) and Zone Alarm Firewall, there are free. Then make a full scan.