Hi notme and welcome. I'm betting on a critter of some variety that is just being missed by the onboard AV and Spybot. Especially the spyware...
That is good news. If you do much work with other people's PCs, you should probably get a copy of NTRecover and play with it. It can be a...
It will likely be trouble free. Do be sure to download SP2 and install it from the hard drive rather than over the internet (unless you have it...
Nope on the reversion to 98 helping you out. It might but it could also make a recovery impossible. I gather that you have been running this...
Harry - to the best of my knowledge, SP4 is solid and not likely to be causing you problems. Removing it removes quite a few stability and...
It should be simple enough to set things to do what you want. However, I'd like to be more comfortable that I know what your setup is like so the...
Removing some startup items certainly should help but be aware that you are a little below the amount of memory needed to make XP behave and you...
'Only a few users' The exact number can be critical. Workstation operating systems like XP, 2K-pro, etc. can only handle 10 simultaneous...
Sounds like your system has gotten seriously confused. From start=>run, key in sfc /scannow (note the space after sfc) and click OK. You will...
Sorry you had to go through all of that. I've seen systems lose track of the domain(s) or local PC name and the "domain" line vanish. Unless...
Lets keep the problem and solutions to a single thread. Less confusing that way. I'm locking this one.
synce - Johanna has you on the right track. You need to Take Ownership of that folder to give yourself access. The linked article describes...
I think a clean reinstall is probably your best option. Did you take a look at the NTRecover utility from www.sysinternals.com to see if it...
An administrator account or a power user account can create the new connection. A user account or a guest account cannot. The option will be...
AD does not use PDC/BDC. You simply have Domain Controller(s) and if you have a large domain, you can also have Global Catalog Servers which is a...
Ryan11405 - did any of that help?
dishon - it is possible that you just need to select the domain and will be able to log on then. You have to be running XP-pro for domain...
If the new ones have a name starting with 'copy of' then I have the same problem sometimes. It tends to happen mostly when you are set for...
The hosts file you posted is the one I wanted to see. It is clean BTW.
Outlook (unless you are using an exchange server which is not the case here) will keep your contacts in a Personal Address Book (.pab) usually....
Separate names with a comma.
