Hi Guys, Closing this thread - continued here: http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=62540 Thanks mailman for correcting the link....
Hello Scottd and welcome to the Board, Please download HijackThis! SetUp from http://downloads.malwareremoval.com/HJTsetup.exe Save the file...
Hi Greg, Try this: this does involve entering the registry http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_884298.aspx Regards - Charles
Unless you have system or hardware problems, sounds like too many startup programs. Software vendors love to have their applications auto start,...
Hi chrisw, Before doing anything, lets see what the boot.ini looks like: Right click My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Startup and...
Hi Alex, have you rebooted since? Also, if you right click on it > properties > attributes, is the Hidden box checked and the Read only...
Hi Sportsaholic, Some more info: http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=61129 Regards - Charles
Hello IndianaBob and welcome to the Board, What was the program you had to reinstall? When you use SR, it will undo program/MS Updates since...
Hi Alex, Do have Hide protected operating system files checked in the Folder Tools > View tab? FYI: there is a boot.ini backup in...
Hi ackerberg, Actually there is - the system will log changes in the Event Viewer > System. Regards - Charles
Hello Greg B and welcome to the Board, Are you getting an error message or is it "hanging" seemingly doing nothing? You receive an "Error...
Hi visionof, Depends on how far back Yahoo Messenger was installed and what else was installed between then and now which also would get rolled...
Hi Chaoschrist, If you have more than one RAM stick, take out one, the one in the 2nd slot, or switch them and run. Then try what was in the...
Hello bslund, Thanks for the post back, appreciate it :) Glad your problem was solved. Regards - Charles
Hello ShellyKelly and welcome to the Board, What was on the Laptop to begin with? Was the XP loaded because of a problem? And "loading"...
Mike, thanks very much for your resolution :) Hope to see more of you - as time goes on, this section will need people with Vista experience....
Hello bslund. The Add/Remove applet uses a program's Uninstall program, should be located in it's Progam Files folder. If its there, double...
Hello Old cowboy, What's the message from SR? Regards - Charles
Hi irdreed, My generation is a little later - 50's early 60's. But that's certainly how I grew up :) Loved every minute of it. On a Mink...
Hello thestudent and welcome to the Board, More detail please :) Won't shut down - reboots - error messages - what? Regards - Charles
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