Hi irdreed, You're welcome - yes it is a great site! Regards - Charles
Hi Ray, The times are going to be variable, doesn't take me 5 minutes for SR - it'll take even less time once I've established the OS only...
Hello BroJoe, Whatever happened to the standard Backup and Restore program? If this is XP Home, it's on the XP cd: Valuadd\Msft\Ntbackup...
Ok bazeze, my canned response, see if that works. System Restore doesn't work One reason - the space allocated to System Volume Information...
Hi BB, That's true up to a point, my concern is with a partition that only has the OS on it - no user data as such, meaning media files - text...
Hello bazeze, I did try to system restore but with no vain Does that mean, yes it restores but same problem, or, no can't restore?...
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp What a great app, overwhelming amount of info about folder and files. Don't need to install...
Hello pontiaclover, I was wondering if i can get a list of programs that can all remove spyware, adware, hijackers, trojans etc. No such list...
Hello moboking, I recently installed an external HD - my old C drive. XP Home did give me a choice of formats. The flash drive comes...
Hello Pronto, IE: You can try the following - repair the current version, the option is in the Add/Remove applet (one of the tabs). You...
Hi Ron, i tried to do a system restore and it won't let me... This seems to be a common problem - see a lot of it. Try the following, beats...
Hello zeke, This is the Giant anti-spyware that MS bought and is very good at finding malware - when tested did better overall against SSD and...
Rodger, forgot about another indicator to look at. Right click on My Computer > manage > and you'll see Event Viewer > expand the 3 categories,...
Hello rodger, How are the Power Options in the Control Panel set up? What's running when attempting to shutdown? Does ending apps/processes...
Hi pipsy, The red arrow indicates that you're logged on and have posts in the thread. If you hover over it, also gives you the number of posts...
Hello pipsy, C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rar$EX07.594\Hija ckThis.exe HijackThis should be downloaded to a folder of it's own on the C...
Hello Kaz, Download HijackThis from here http://radiosplace.com/ latest version 1.99 Download it to it's own folder, for example...
Hello maki, Try unchecking that option: "Time to list operating systems" - I think you won't see the screen at all. For reference, see this...
Hi Rudy, I think what you may be seeing is a dual boot menu with a very quick timeout. Either that or the Recovery Console if you installed it....
Thanks Jo - I like being called brilliant every once in a while :) Regards - Charles
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