Sorry I didn't post my progress; haven't been back to that machine yet so no progress. However my own pc has been hijacked and I tried to post...
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try them next week when I see my friend again.
Troubleshooting a friend's pc, trying to get it to start in Safe Mode. During Restart hitting the Delete key just starts it in Bios settings;...
noahdfear: You wrote "access the folder where the files in question are kept through My Computer>C:, and check the attributes on the folder....
noahdfrear You wrote "In the bottom of the next dialog box, deselect the bottom checkbox (this turns on the read-only mode). " Even though I...
I've tried all the standard solutions and options suggested here and elsewhere; none of them worked. My friend has taken the laptop pc back as...
Helping a friend. She has saved many documents in Word 2000, but now finds they all are 'read-only'. She doesn't know how they came to be saved...
Thanks for the confirmation. I will try this fix as soon as I can get back into the not-for-profit agency where I volunteer. Try as I may to...
How do I know what you're suggested won't ***** up the pc even more? Sorry to be so skeptical, but I've gotten bad advice in the past and don't...
Updated AdAware and Spybot have been run. Don't know about CW Shredder.
Windows ME, Internet Explorer 5.5 Helping a friend whose browsesr has been hijacked by Offer Optimizer. I ran Hijackthis. The log is below....
I'm quite happy with Zone Alarm. I have it set so it's not intrusive after it recognizes the programs I use routinely.
Thanks for the feedback. I personally am running Zone Alarm.
Running Win XP Home Edition How successful is Win XP fire wall at keeping hackers out? Can I rely on this alone to protect my system or should I...
I'll do that.
Nope, that didn't work. I've given up on it and passed it on to someone else.
Yes, I 'll do that later in the week.
Thanks for the help. I'll try those methods. Thanks especially for the great web site you gave me.
Helping a friend with Windows XP Home Edition. Recently, for no apparant reason, bootup freezes at a screen displaying the message F1...
Problem was resolved by someone else and I don't know how they did it.
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