Hi Mcblazer, Have a look at these references on problem software with SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242...
Hi virginia, Make sure that if you do go on the net with the new computer that XP's firewall is on, Dell does, or at least used to have XP's...
Hello Tore, Basically I don't know where this help & support apple is. The Help and Support is on the Panel that comes up when the start...
Hello Mcblazer, Lets tackle SR first, you should to fix this first: System Restore: You probably have a corrupt restore point somewhere...
Hi BB, If I start having hangups or other problems the FIRST PLACE I look is to see what Windows ( or some software ) has snuck back into the...
Hi Joe, Really sorry we had no luck in solving this. If you ever find out what is causing this, please let us know. Regards - Charles
Hello lbfatcat, Try RAV and Housecall on line scanning: http://www.windowsbbs.com/links.php You might also post a HijackThis log here, link...
Hi Jason, Don't see anything bad. BTW, out-of-date HijackThis, should be 198.2 http://www.windowsbbs.com/links.php Do you need both AIM...
HI BB, But I believe MSCONFIG ( and Startup Cop also ) get their their info from the Registry not a folder Don't know, but putting a...
The sfc does work on my system. I ran across a post in anoher forum about whether sfc would overwrite SP2 changes. The answer, which I haven't...
Hey Joe, One last shot on my part, after this no more ideas. Can you get a fresh copy of the url for the site? I mean something like...
Thanks for the feedback Paul. System has just hung in plain old Safe mode. I use Norton AV Scan to make it work hard whilst doing these tests....
Hey Paul, When you find what this is, PLEASE post the results. As you can see, this is fairly widespread. I also suspect that many who have...
Hello dlmars, But her question is this: what exactly causes this? Is it chat rooms, email, online gaming? Or visiting certain websites??...
Paul, I just went thru this thread again because I'm losing track. In the very first thread you write I am running XP Pro and for the last 6...
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