I'm far from Pro, but anyhow... If you can't get your system to boot from CD-ROM, I can't really do much more, unless... Two other things come...
The only way to get a virus/trojan out of the MBR is to do what I said, or fdisk the drive. If you're prepared to lose everything on the drive,...
Make a shortcut, and point it to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wiaacmgr.exe -SelectDevice
Boot to the XP CD, and select from the first prompt, Repair using the repair console. At the prompt, type: fixmbr Again at the prompt, type:...
Defrag just isn't that important. Sure, it's nice to run it once a month or so, just to keep program files in order, and clean up the free space,...
Unless you boot from DOS, Norton and Housecall cannot scan files in use, and I seriously doubt that they scan the mbr of either XP or 98. Why...
You do know that the built in defragger in XP is designed by Executive software, the same people that are charging you for Diskeeper?
Create a shortcut on the desktop, and give it a name. This is what goes in the shortcut: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 If you want a...
Open Explorer, right click the drive, select Properties. Go to the Hardware tab, highlight drive, select Properties. Policies tab, enable write...
You can get the codec pack just about anywhere, or download Irfanview, it includes most avi codecs. Codecs:...
The MSKB is your friend: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314063
If you no longer have XP, and only want to boot to 98, then restart the computer with a 98 startup disk, and at the a:\prompt, type: sys c:...
You can safely remove everything from: C:\windows\temp C:\documents and settings\<i>username</i>\Local Settings\Temp C:\Documents and...
Good point Newt. I hadn't considered the ebay angle. I never buy anything on there, it's not worth the hassles. Much nicer to get a warranty and...
Yup, you've nailed the problem. Here's how to fix it. Put the drive back in as slave, or secondary. Boot to a DOS diskette with fdisk on it,...
Somewhere in the BIOS setup (CMOS) there should be an option to turn off (Disable) the onboard video. Once you do that, then it won't come back,...
It's actually more like going from a skateboard to a Ferrari. ;) As to question #1. You do NOT need to install any of their software. Windows...
Um...I haven't seen a router (for home use) that isn't a switch, ever, except for the single port ones. They all have NAT, and they all have DHCP...
If windows doesn't find the hardware on boot up, have you run the add hardware wizard? I would boot to safe mode, remove all networking stuff...
Yup, stuff the 4 users into a 4 port router, and you're done. The only software to change is remove the DUN stuff, and set up whatever the ISP...
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