If "didn't change anything" means that SR still didn't work, try the following: Shut SR off: My Computer > Properties > System Retore tab >...
Hello Alan, Windows firewall can't be removed. Installation of NIS should have disabled it. To check, Control Panel > Security Center, should...
Hi Adam, Ok, so what made you think it was a virus? What you're giving me is a conflated quote, and the recomendation to delete is ONLY...
Hello Don, EDIT: What is that desktop icon? See below about right clicking > properties. Does the desktop icon lead to your original folder?...
Why not? Norton is notorious for problems installing a newer version w/o getting rid of an older one. Did you have a older version installed?...
Hi BB, As you wrote And as for myself I LIKE having that choice with ANYTHING MS is doing exactly what you and I would prefer. Who knows, maybe...
Hi Adam, The 'task manager' I am using is the one when you press Alt + Ctrl + Del Ok, but disabling any process this way is temporary - will...
Hi Damaged, I really really don't want to have to do a clean install because I have quite alot of stuff installed and set up how I like it and...
Hello Tenchy, See if this will work for you - give it a shot http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=35718&highlight=Symantec i was...
It'll be interesting to see whether the iSearch attornys go after Symantec and Microsoft....
Hi Adam, I have minimised down the programs from task manager, although it seems it told me to delete 'rundll32' I should have asked this in...
Hi Adam, By memory, I thought you meant physical RandomAccesMemory, and that is the standard industry nomenclature for that term, not Hard...
Hi damaged, Great that you were able to boot again. But I don't think you're out of the woods quite yet. Use other other anti-malware...
Hello Adam, When did this start? Was it suddenly or a progression? How much memory do you have? What's running in the background? For too...
Hi James, Then why not use it as an on demand scanner? For the time being, it's better than Ad-Aware/Spybot and Pest patrol. I'm not...
Hello damaged, You have so many problems at this point that I would do a clean re-install of the OS. Each problem gets in the way of solving...
Hello flea nut lance, O2 - BHO: (no name) - {549B5CA7-4A86-11D7-A4DF-000874180BB3} - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) -...
To answer your basic question, no, you don't have to uninstall the USB HD to switch it off, I do it all the time, switching it back on for backups...
Mine is switched off most of the time - use for backups, with no ill effects, so don't see any reason why you wouldn't be able to un plug it and...
FWIW, $hf_mig$ is a post SP2 feature. I noticed it when I deleted NtUninstallKB834707, the first post SP2 IE hot fix. I was tempted to delete...
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