iowaboy ... I was cutting grass under moderate / light load. I've since re-tested the 10323 with stock jets ... 1999 10323 "E" Duraforce ... burned 12 oz of gas in 38.67 min - 0.31 oz/min ** Correction to previous 10323 test ... carb had a #67 drilled main jet & #78 drilled pilot jet. Note that this later test was done starting out with a drained fuel bowl AND tank before adding 12 oz of gas. I first added just a few oz. of gas to see how well it ran ... it ran good so I cut grass until it died. Then added my 12 oz. and ran the test on an already warmed up engine (figure warm-up time it another variable that should be eliminated for fair comparision). Realizing my first 10323 & 10424 tests may or may not have had gas in the carb fuel bowl, I re-tested the jetted 10424 just as I did the 10323. 2003 10424 "E" Duraforce ... burned 12 oz gas in 24.2 min. - 0.49 oz/min (#68 drilled main jet & "40" Suzuki Pilot Jet) This was a 19.5% increase of fuel useage ... empty vs. possibly full fuel bowl plus grass cutting load was more moderate even sometimes heavy this time. What is amazing is the comparison between these two latest tests ... stock 10323 @ 0.31 oz. / min. vs. jetted 10424 @ 0.49 oz. / min. ... a wopping 58% difference !! You also got to figure the 10323 has a drive load on it (including added higher speed 10550 gears) and the 10424 does not. The jetting on the 10424 is the absolute minimum (next larger drill size on main jet and "40" Suzuki jet is slightly smaller than the next larger #78 drill size). Also the 10323 has a lot more hours on it, but always ran perfect without even a hint of surging before jetting. The 10424 surged real bad when new and is only on it's 2nd mowing season ... rotated with my other mowers so you might say it is hardly even broken in. Next week I'll re-jet the 10323 so it is identical to the 10424 (1st test it was actually jetted one size richer on both main & pilot) to see how jetting really affects this mower. 7024 & 10301 had been run dry prior to my tests (7024 is retired and gets used only a few times a season / the 10301 still has the snail-speed gears in it so I don't really enjoy using it) so the only diffence in their tests and these new tests would be running time from a "cold start". Doug

Shaddy it is never a pain for anyone here to give another person an answer if they know the answer. That is how we all learn, there are no stupid questions when it comes to computers. Regarding cleaning the computer I no longer use the Disk cleanup feature that comes with the computer, I use Ccleaner, linked below. This I run very erratically, every 2 or 3 months and sometimes longer and leave it at the default settings. It works great for me. After that if I am going to leave the computer I will set it to defrag. Regarding scandisk I never use that at all. On very rare occasions I will run checkdisk. To do so click Start click Run type 'chkdsk' without the quotes You will see a window saying something that it will run when you next boot up your computer, agree with that and you are set. As checkdisk can take a while to run do the reboot when you are leaving for a coffee or lunch or whatever. Here is a link that might be useful: Ccleaner - slim version

You have some serious Trojan Virus problems. I don't know how you got a HJT log if the computer keeps restarting. I see you just joined, so let me say welcome!! Just so you know, Service Pack 2 or SP2 is available. Service packs increase the safety of your system. Also Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) is out of date. In HijackThis, put a check mark in the following and fix. O2 - BHO: (no name) - (00110011-4b0b-44d5-9718-90c88817369b) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (11904ce8-632a-4856-a7cc-00b33fe71bd8) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (15ACE85C-0BB1-42d1-9E32-07EB0506675A) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (202a961f-23ae-42b1-9505-ffe3c818d717) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (479fd0cf-5be9-4c63-8cda-b6d371c67bd5) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (5753791b-f607-48ca-814e-91c14d081f9e) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (7070a8f9-08a4-ca47-0ab0-1eb9e4ee1f3b) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (746455fe-d059-47e7-af0e-140e03f5a447) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (77701e16-9bfe-4b63-a5b4-7bd156758a37) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (7a7e6d97-b492-4884-9abb-c31281dcc4f2) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (860c2f6b-ca82-4282-9187-beccbb66f0af) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (87185e78-a61b-4db3-965a-3235bbd7a622) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (8dc8f96d-34f7-1501-a2a4-631341aa3ac1) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (9c5875b8-93f3-429d-ff34-660b206d897a) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (a2595f37-48d0-46a1-9b51-478591a97764) - (no file) O2 - BHO: ASGP32.ASGP - (AB268D16-3B58-482F-91EB-8D305534302F) - C:\WINDOWS\System32\asgp32.dll O2 - BHO: (no name) - (b212d577-05b7-4963-911e-4a8588160dfa) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (cf021f40-3e14-23a5-cba2-717765721306) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (d1ac752e-883f-4ed8-8828-b618c3a72152) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (e2b2b5a1-b48c-4886-a318-723916a01024) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (e3eebbe8-9cab-4c76-b26a-747e25ebb4c6) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (e6d5237d-a6c7-4c83-a67f-f9f15586fa62) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (fe2d25c1-c1db-4b5e-9390-af1cb5302f32) - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - (FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF) - (no file) If you notice, this will be all the 02 - BHO that get checked and fixed Be sure you match these 04's, because you do have some good 04's that you need to keep. O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Start Page] C:\WINDOWS\system32\svcnt32.exe home O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [37.tmp] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\37.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [38.tmp] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\38.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [6.tmp] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\6.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [7.tmp] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\7.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [6.tmp.exe] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\6.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [7.tmp.exe] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\7.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [A.tmp] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\A.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [A.tmp.exe] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\A.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [17.tmp] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\17.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [17.tmp.exe] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\17.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [1E.tmp] C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\1E.tmp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [glght.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\glght.exe O8 - Extra context menu item: &AIM Search - res://C:\Program Files\AIM Toolbar\AIMBar.dll/aimsearch.htm O21 - SSODL: ryYxujAshx - (BC9E7CA8-1634-D602-E96B-91D0A7E54126) - C:\WINDOWS\System32\qurbh.dll (file missing) O21 - SSODL: SystemCheck2 - (54645654-2225-4455-44A1-9F4543D34546) - C:\WINDOWS\System32\vbsys2.dll (file missing) You're also going to need to download and run AIMFix After you've done all this, turn off system restore - (right click my computer/ properties/ system restore tab/ put check in box) Restart computer in safe-mode by tapping F8 key on boot, then run your AVG Anti-Virus while in safe-mode. When you're done go turn system restore back on by unchecking the box. When you get it all fixed be sure and get the Microsoft updates, especially SP2.

The problem is a corrupted area of the hard drive. The remedy is to run chkdsk /r If you can't run it within Windows, try Safe Mode. If that doesn't work, run it from the Recovery Console. Any more BSOD's while doing the above and you need to save as much as possible and do a clean install.