To chime in here on whether modems can deteriorate gradually, yes they can. I had to replace one that came with the system after four years....
Hello ackerberg, I bought a NEC model from NewEgg a year ago, you can go thru the list for color:...
Hello Todd, To start with, look at your HOSTS file: WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\etc Open with Notepad and see if there are any Google or...
Hi Jim, Understand your point :) and you did give pointers on how to start troubleshooting the problem. From my experience, most users want...
Hello spudule, Missing the history: When did this start happening, meaning after software additions - sites visited - download of any files...
Hi Zander, %SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe is what is being referred to in the MS support doc. All in all, pinning the start menu item...
Hello sally, Download auto runs from here: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html Open the zip file, extract and click on...
In that case it does make perfect sense to have two Admin accounts. As Rsinfo and Zander have written, if you get into trouble with your Admin...
Hi kuuipozparadise, I don't know if there is a run comand that will get you to SR, although you can get to it in safe mode if your system will...
Editing my last post: Should have read: by beta2 meant WD (for Windows Defender). Regards - Charles
To answer your original question: Start > all programs > accessories > system tools > System Restore. For more on using SR in this...
Hello Bucksone, You can delete and Format partitions following Sparrow's instructions, what you can't do is create new partitions thru XP (one...
Hello RR36, Are the cookies there after you sign off the internet? Are you running a 3rd party program, like a firewall that will only...
You're not specifying what the devices are. For Printers/Scanners, you need the software as mentioned by Skeet and MrBill. For flash...
Hi Virginia, Flash drives can be formated, but AFAIK, the choices are limited to FAT or FAT32. Right click on My Computer > Manage > Disk...
As promised a few days ago, I finally got a virtual machine upgraded to Service Pack 2 for testing Windows Defender Beta 2. For the sake of...
Hi Jim, Sorry for the confusion, by beta2 I meant WF. Regards - Charles
Hello lpdrummer, If Ewido or your malware scans don't pick up anything, then there may be a conflict or an software addition causing this....
Another excellent app for for this is Autoruns: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html Regards - Charles
Hi Rebecca, I don't have e-mail scanning turned on either (NOD32 on one installation and NAV2005 in another). As Zander mentioned, as soon as a...
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