If you make the startup disk ( I believe ME will do that still ) and set the BIOS to boot sequence A: C: then restart the machine with the floppy...
You Should be able to make a Startup Disk ( floppy ) that wll handle the job. Start~Settings~Control Panel~Add/Remove Programs and select the...
Hi Daizy You mention turning on the XP Firewall. Are you saying that a Firewall will help to keep this stuff out of our machines. Also I have...
Registry in System. INI re: Symantec/Symevnt-38 If that file ( or reference to it ) is not found in the registry then it is almost certain to...
I have no idea unless it came from some Windows Updates. and would bet good money on the fact that other files were updated also. I also did...
OK that answers my question. The UPDATE may be OK if you installed over a fresh install of 98. But I had had 98 in for quite some time before I...
HAHAHAHA !! That stupid things has a NASTY habit of replacing file that do not need replacing. In SE it is USERS choice, And I made a bad one...
One question. Why did you have to install 98 and then upgrade to98SE ? Unless you have the UPDATE version of SE this is not necessary....
It is not a good idea to install ANTHING overtop of ANY existing OS that has problems such as you describe. The problems may well carry right...
IE did not ( or should not have ) upgrade(ed) EXPLORER.EXE. That is an operating system file. And a MAIN one at that. To fix the EXPLORE.EXE...
Registry in System. INI re: Symantec/Symevnt-38 I believe that file may actually be in the System.ini and not the registry. Do a Start/run...
If the problem item is a TROJAN then NAV may not do anything with it. I believe NAV will handle some but not all Trojans. It may take some...
Just installed MS Works. New SFC log only 2 pages. 106-- folders examined. 1191 files examined. 18---files aadded to verification Data....
That my Friend is a VERY IMPORTANT fact that can not or at least should not be overlooked. And can have a great deal to do with how ANY...
I just ran SFC on the new install of SE. I chose UPDATE all. There were MANY changed files. Most of them were due to having UPDATED Windows...
In XP. Does SFC give you a choice of "UPDATING its file(s)" the same as SFC in 98 SE does. ? If not then it STINKS. In SE SFC would tell...
Glad to read that it worked. BB
One possibility that comes to mind right now. Do you have An Anti-Virus software that is set to check the Floppy at shutdown ? That can hang...
Something I forgot. If you do wish to Network the machines then I believe what I suggest would be the better way to go as you will need a NIC...
SteveS I may have helped to save your life but darn near tore my own apart BADLY I was deleting some long gone program folders in XP and was...
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