An additional tool to use to see what's accessing the HD: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/processmonitor.mspx...
Hello Rackster, An additional tool to use: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/processmonitor.mspx...
Hello Krostif, With the Hosts file - two links on how to: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file...
Hi AceH, Yes, its an Add/Remove item. Regards - Charles
Hello Yankee Hater, Are using IE6 or IE7? Under the IE tool bar, do you get a message bar about security settings not allowing display?...
Hello keywester, Try: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/processmonitor.mspx Regards - Charles
Hello mikeyewz, I'm moving your thread to the malware removal section for a look by the experts. This may a problem, but the references are...
Can you get XP MCE? That's what I would do, its tailor made for music downloads and videos and you wouldn't have to fool with the vagaries of the...
Hello Trident, I've changed your thread title to reflect what your asking. Windows Vista RTM Software Compatibility List...
Hello mikeyewz, Well lets see if its a malware problem. Follow the instructions below. Please download HijackThis! SetUp from...
Hello Joseph, That's the system I had my eye on and was all set to purchase when I spotted HP's top of the line laptops with dual HD's....
That's normal. A description of Svchost.exe http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056 Belongs to NIS - a process called Symantec Service...
Hi Gary, Nothing is that simple with MS :) Roughly, the equivalent versions are Home = Home Premium and Pro = Business/Enterprise with...
Hello mikeyewz, Go into Task Manager > Process tab. You're have to track some of what's running down either by looking up the processes either...
Hello Irving, Yes, you're asking for trouble. Avira being the better of the two, at least disable AVG from starting up, and if you want to...
Hello JPaterson000, Do you have the XP OS disc? Boot into XP using the XP disc: To start the Recovery Console from the Windows CD, follow...
Hi Dan, If you shut it off because of the HD space that SR's file takes up, there is a way to control what the max size is: SR tab in the My...
Hello Dan, Didn't anyone suggest doing a System Restore prior to Tuesday? I would suggest you try that and go from there. Regards - Charles
Hi pishbloom, Just a slight correction. The AV - Grisoft/AVG - was always AVG. Grisoft bought Ewido and married Ewido's anti malware...
I'm dual booting Vista with MCE now - on seperate HD's - and will continue to do so with the Vista final. Regards - Charles
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