Thanks all for your help, problem only a bit better, but I'm happier. Close the thread Annie
Pete - have now installed SP3. not as scary as I thought. Mark, that does help, but I like having a mapped drive to a laptop folder, quicker than...
Thanks Steve, I did that, but it doesn't help. I read somewhere that MS word checks through all mapped drives and this can delay the "save as"...
I fear this may be a microsoft office problem, because saving word or excel files is worst, but saving scans or pdf's etc also slow to display the...
Thanks for the replies lads, I was afraid it was so. I am getting a new laptop and am going to avoid Vista like the plague. In fact it is now...
Any chance of using my Creative Webcam Live! on my new (Vista) machine, or do I have to buy another camera? I found out that its driver is not...
I installed the new windows after the problem happened the first time in an effort to fix it. Can I now get rid of the WINNEW installation - by...
Hi there, Surferdude2, I am using the Quick boot disc and it works, so am much happier! Thankyou. I tried the SFC scannow, but nothing changed. I...
Thanks for your comprehensive reply. I don't have a floppy drive, so would need to make a CD - I would be grateful for your help with that. I...
Thanks for replying. boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com all present in C:\ Windows folder in C:\ Disk Management windows shows me 4 boxes under...
I had the hal.dll corrupt problem, and worked around it using the recovery console and help that I found in this forum: bootcfg /rebuild and so...
Well, obviously my problem was too easy for anyone to help - I have resolved it myself! Ran the recovery console again, and this time had the...
Hi All, I found this site when a second computer got the corrupt hal.dll problem. Using the tips here I solved it within a few minutes. RESULT!...
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