In the absence of any responses I have been mulling over my problem and am beginning to think it may have something to do with the MBR (Master...
Hi C* The way the date is displayed is dependant upon the formatting of the Field when the document was originally created, and I am fairly...
My system is WXP Home - SP2 (fully up to date), AVG Free anti-virus and Sygate Personal Firewall. When I upgraded my system (new motherboard,...
Hi Bill Yes it is good news. Also a great feeling of relief when things are working as they should, as opposed to the rather worrying time...
Hi Bill Well I think my system is now firing on all cylinders! When I disabled 'hibernate support' and re-booted, the HIBERFIL.sys file had...
Hi Bill Many thanks for your comments and suggestions. I tried defragging drive E and initially viewed the Analysis Report. This showed: -...
Bill Castner I have AVG Free anti-virus which is always running in the background. I have been using it for about three or four years and so...
Tom in Dallas Thanks for the tip but I don't have Roxio on my system. I do have Nero 6 and the bits that go with it - Burning ROM and Express etc.
Now for an update of the events of the past 15 hours or so. Sorry this thread and my posts are somewhat lengthy, but hopefully full disclosure of...
Tried Sparrow's idea to boot into Safe Mode and then Turn Off. That was no different, the PC went through the motions of closing down, but then...
Hi Bill Thanks for your prompt response and links. I have already turned off the automatic reboot - see my penultimate paragraph - and I...
I normally keep my system running 24/7, but three days ago when I clicked on Start > Turn Off Computer and then selected Turn Off, my OS - XP Home...
Glad to say problem resolved. Turned out to be a dodgy connection. Thought I had checked all of the connections, but obviously not thoroughly...
Last year I upgraded my system by fitting a new motherboard (Matsonic MS8147C+), replaced the Fujitsu (MPC3096AT) 10GB HDD with a WD...
Jason Qi and ReggieB Thank you both for your attempts to help with my problem. Glad to say I managed to contact my son who was able to talk me...
Hi ReggieB Having made a mess of my first try, I have now followed your instructions and got the following results: - 1. With modem...
Jason Qi Thanks, but as stated in my last post I have realised the error of my ways, and having correctly keyed the command, I saw the relevant...
Please forgive the rubbish I wrote above re what happens after Run > cmd > ipconfig!!! As you have probably already guessed I just keyed Run >...
Hi ReggieB Thank you for your detailed reply. First a word of explanation. My son, who is better informed in these matters than I, advised...
My system is XP Home SP2 with all MS Updates fully up to date. I am endeavouring to set up a LAN using a Netgear WGR614 v6 Router connected to an...
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