index I think it's more pronounced if you're on a network with local caching enabled. The thing wants to keep checking all the machines on...
locate32 btw psaulm119 I'm not sure from your previous post if this is helpful but rather than the built-in Windows Search thing I like to use...
file system I just checked out the WinFS. Sounds radically different. I wonder if it will go the way of those 3D post-it note spinner things...
sandbox If you are running 32 bit Vista a nice little tool is Sandboxie Not only does the browser stuff disappear when you kill the sandbox,...
magic words I like to use a utility called Slickrun for psuedo alias creation(Slickrun calls it "magic words" but on OS like Linux and others...
Auslogics has been good for me Hi. I've been using Auslogics free defragmenter on both my XP machine and Vista Home Premium machine for about 5...
Vfd helpseeker if you want to mess around with floppy images check out VFD. It's a driver that sets up virtual floppy drives. So you could take...
file versioning lite The benefit is file versioning without having to check files in and out like with a full blown CVS. Say you didn't notice...
thanks for the info Thanks for the info Alicia. I'm thinking now the next time I install a development environment I'll probably only have to...
Are you sure the BIOS is set to boot whatever media you put the boot image on? Is it a floppy disk or CD? Usually if a PC is set to boot from...
home premium blues The only thing I can think of I wish I could try with Vista Home Premium that I can't is the Shadow Copy that's in business+...
what works for me Alex, iirc what worked for me was using simple file & printer sharing, no firewall, behind a router. Also I only have as...
mailman, on my XP Pro machine I have Owner set as administrator with no password. If I try "run as administrator" from a user account, it pops...
Do you have any 3rd party toolbars hooked to the shell, any file copier utilities set as the default shell copy? any Browser Helpers attached...
If it's only a few files I'd copy 'em someplace off the PC just to be sure. I've given up on predicting exactly what Restore will do 'cept that...
Just for chuckles Just for chuckles I would download and install HTML Help Workshop from MS. It's free and it should have html help activex...
is this USB by chance? Is this a USB printer by chance? I don't recall seeing this registry error thing but I have heard Vista has problems...
From the look of it, only navigation to the web is cancelled to plug a security hole. Likely that if all the help info is in your local .chm...
annoyances If you have Google desktop installed you may want to check out this thread on Annoyances board:...
in the meantime I'm not an expert on browser hijacks and virus/adware removal so all I can suggest in the meantime is to run this little freeware...
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