Ah Ha, I was right about the dosboot directory. AND That looks like a perfectly safe config.sys. Just to make sure something doesn't go...
Hi once again hollinm, I see you have found a config.sys, but it is in a folder called dosboot. I did a search and the possible conclusion that...
Lot's of ways: Hold your shift key down and while rightclicking on the file the option OPEN WITH shold be available. If you select this a popup...
Open it in notepad so we can see what it says. You have no other config.anything? I assume you do have your folder view settings set to show...
Well the support site was less than supportive. It only offered pretty generic FAQ's and common Technical Tshoots. If curious See here:...
On second thought, let's see what's going on with the config.sys file. It may be corrupt and the scanner needed this file to add config or path...
Sorry for slow response. I'm trying to eat dinner and keep up with my ongoing posts. Dinner is taking priority since I'm starving but.... Tell...
What do you mean you could not look into or get config.sys? Did you get an error? Msconfig is another way to have alook into these files:...
Well howdy gammaepsilon, I used a little "Writer's discretion" mixed with a tad of plagiarism from Merlin, ie; "cluttered registry ". Just...
Hello hollinm, I have no idea know what program stuck this line in the win.ini file. Cdsetup.exe is rather a generic setup file name and...
What was the last program or driver setup you installed or attempted to install? Have you done a registry scanreg /restore of an older backed_up...
Or it could just be a cluttered "context menu ". Tweakui can be used to remove many of the entry's available in the New submenu and other ideas...
Adware! You probably wouldn't remember installing it. Most likely it was installed as excess baggage when installing something else. See:...
?Personal experience: Cdrom to harddrive read/writes. I could install again and again and the files would be different each time. I had to copy...
Microsoft says: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=307848 NOTE*You'll need to copy win98's Smartdrv.exe to your startup disk in...
Hi Roddy, I got your email and your most welcome but you did not specify how you fixed this problem. Please, please share the fix. Others...
I have noticed that it also helps if you check the size of your parent IE window [the first one opened] by clicking on and adjusting the restore...
I'm sorry, I meant the event viewer. This is a snap-in console for MMC or the "Computer Management Console ". Are you familiar with this tool?...
By default, XP executes an automatic restart in the event of a system failure. Therefore, more or less anything compromising the operating system...
Microsoft says....... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q178084&ID=KB;EN-US;Q178084 This looks like a slippery little...
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