You do have a fair amount of junk that needs to go and with Hijackthis removing it is simple. But I'm going to leave specifics to the pros since...
Yup. The Insert key is a toggle key like numlock or capslock. Tap it by mistake and you get overwrite rather than insert. Tap it again and you...
Luckily the call for hot fixes not posted to open internet locations (like this one) is free. They will just give you a location you can download...
Good to hear. But unless you enjoy doing the extra work, CurrentControlSet is the only one you need to mess with. Gives a little added safety to...
Same OS. Same version for the current file and upper case name in both system32 and system32\dllcache. The version in my...
Barry - this file is a protected system file so if you delete it a replacement is immediately put in from your cached files. If you happen to...
Net Send requires messenger service (not windows messenger or msn messenger but the one listed in your services as just messenger) be running else...
In addition to Lonnie/noahdfear's comments, you said you haven't been running messenger for yonks. In addition to the msnmessenger that you...
Have you done scandisk, scanreg, defrag recently? I have found those often cure the strange, 'one off' problems with 98. When I ran 98 my...
Online virus scan - I like RAV (from my signature) Download, immediately update, then run Ad-aware followed by the same with Spybot (my...
Since CurrentControlSet is the active one and you will only ever use any part of ControlSet001 if you log on using the 'last known good...
I dunno about deleting all the others. The Guest account should probably stay. Fine to disable it but I'd suggest leaving it there.
SP2 may do away with the need for a 3rd party firewall but there is no AV with it.
It may or may not be possible to rehab the machine but you were on the right track. Try the recovery console again and do chkdsk /r fixboot...
Sorry about the Local Users and Groups. I never use XP-home and this is evidently one of those things that are different home vs. pro. You can...
SFC is supposed to be smart enough in it's latest version to notice which files are updates and to leave them alone. Did you try removing the...
Can't help you directly but can help I think. On the old PC, install a copy of Agent Ransack. Look in your WP config file for a string that...
Is it just the one user account? If so, that account may be corrupt. If it is all user accounts, make sure it's not a simple permissions issue...
How about This?
Rather than someone trying to write another book section, it might be easier if you explain what you are trying to do. I merged your sysprep...
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