thanks for the info PeteC, i was wondering, is there a reliable source on the net that explains which "services" are needed and which sould...
bob, i disabled the DNS client and the internet works, yet nothing has changed in my PC's behaviour at boot. thanks for the suggetion, though....
yep. i just have no idea at the moment. maybe i'll format my hard drive and start with a clean installation of my XP, then update the OS and...
actually, it's two files, one with 233MB worth of data, the other with 155MB of data... no way i can copy that anywhere...
surferdude2, i did as you told me and if i disconnect form my NIC i lose the connection to the web. since i have come to germany (i'm...
ok PeteC, it's running now, and it looks quite complivated to use/understand. i will report back tomorrow. in the meantime, thanks for your...
ok, uninstalled avast!, nothing has changed. uninstalled comodo firewall too, nothing changed. all the time i was keeping windows defender shut...
PeteC tried disabling everything, still can't disable avast! i used miln's startup control panel and disabled all i possibly could; PC still...
thanks PeteC, will do right away and post here what i find out. as a perfect fool i never thought of doing THAT!!!
hi sultan_emerr, thanks for answering so quickly. and sorry for not answering before, but i live in germany, so i suppose we are in fornt of...
hi there, i hope i am not wasting anybod's time, but my problem is that my Windows XP Home (SP2) has for some time been quite slow at start-up,...
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