Further: replaced the RAM with original and took another shot.... it booted right up! Turned it off to replace the case, did so and ......
Computer was working fine last nite... cam in this AM is it was off. Powered up and got one long 5-sec. beep followed by 3 sec. silence,...
Just how much do I need to back up? I'm embarassed asking this... at one time I was "The Guru" for my job and neighbors, but I've been...
Run my business (knots and knotting), teach same, do finances, keep track of business' and home's books, email, surf, buy and sell on...
Well, no joy there. Went into AVG's virus vault and find that it has ALL of the .exe's infected by the Gaelicum.A listed as unhealable!...
Restore a couple files from the vault without 'healing'.... correct? Picking PING.EXE, WINIPCFG.EXE and VUEPRO.EXE (a graphics viewer) Sent...
EUREKA! Found all the missing .exe's in AVG's virus vault, but they're all showing as infected by WIN32/Gaelicum.A (whatever that is), so what...
Additional fun: Had to restart the computer (AVG updated itself) and while in DOS I got a message that the following file is located either...
Noah: frayedknots is the signon for the (upstairs) computer: Pippopottomus is the (downstairs) box... sorry. Still me. No joy on RESTORATON:...
right, then.... done and done. Again, thanks for the help!
Looking good! Spybot and AdAware found a very few red entries... deleted them and re-scanned with no more results, updated AVG and scanned and...
Solved the "unable to run" problem.... found an old proggie on the hD which automatically restores the association to START.Exe ( EXEfix08.com )...
Downloaded both but am unable to start them. cannot start any applications... i fear i (messed) things up somehow (not a new experience for me,...
have both on computer already but am unable to start any applications.... advise?
more problems Dunno if this will sort itself out on a restart, but i seem to have lost a connexion to "Start.exe ": I went to start another...
Just in case this doesn't work, first let me thank you for your help so far...took almost a full day to finally d/l process explorer 9during which...
quick precis: wIN98SE on verizon DSL via WesteL modem; generic computer w/ 2.4mhz Intel P-IV chip unkn MoBo Internet thru linksys BEfSX41 4-port...
Solved it... sorta. It was the router, whose PPoE settings had been disconnected for some reason.... must have had a power fluctuation or the...
I've got: Verizon ADSL thru a Westell ethernet modem to a Linksys router to a (1) no-name P-IV 2.5ghz/512RAM (W98SE) and ZA's latest update and a...
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