I finally got a chance to do some checking last evening. 8 extra people in the house kinda slowed me down. 5 of them ranging from 1 to 9 years in...
If you can not get an upgrade for the BIOS or are afraid to try upgrading it I would suggest the Promise Card. The Overlay can be a REAL BIG...
My system is Windows 98 SE. I can not find what you refer to. If you are refrring to File & Printer sharing and the TCP/IP setting they should...
williamdp When I ran "check my ports" it showed all ports closed with the exception of NETBIOS. OUCH !!! That is just what you DO NOT...
I downloaded "shieldup" and it done the trick. Did you also run "Check my Ports ? " If you run that and it reports any port to be just "...
Get a firewall (Kerio, Outpost, ZoneAlarm And make sure that File and Printer Sharing IS NOT bound to TCP/IP If the machine is not on a...
Those file must remain as they are They are used by their respective programs. BillyBob
my hard drive is brand new, Western Digital 40Gig 7200RPM. That means nothing. I exchanged two of them before I got one that lasted more than...
Alice Your reply that refers to the Scheduler and Critical Updates is a very good point. Having never intentionally loaded the Critical Update...
A point that very often get overllooked. Especially the " conflicting " part. Very much comes into play for the whole discussion. I myself...
Good morning Alice. Your points are well taken. There are pros & cons for the type of action being discussed. When we disable certain things...
Thanks WhitPhil I forgot that part. BillyBob
Ann I am guessing that the listed items are just a few of what you really have and are asking if they are realy needed. Load Power Profiles...
Hey kenneth We were all Dummys at some time or another. I have learned more from my dumb mistakes ( some even intentional ) than I ever did...
Anyway Opas reappeared after i did the reg backup thing. I hope this is not saying that you had a Virus on the Machine. Cleaned out said...
Yes it has been awhile. Too much going on here and most of it not good. We just got home Sat. from a funeral in Maryland and Monday morning my...
I had an option to optimize the Registry That is the only thing other than WinDoctor that I use from Norton Utilities. I use both after...
Anything new ?
Check the config.sys for 16bit ( DOS ) drivers. The CDROM DOS driver being loaded from the config.sys will ( or may and has for me ) keep (...
I agree with Steve R Jones MailWasher allows you to preview your mail and delete ( off of the server ) the ones that you do not wish to...
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