Thanks again, Mike. More investigation revealed that the 'provider' not running is for outlook, and that's not being used; all the others are...
Thanks again, guys. No more error messages from avast. Some interesting findings in Regseeker: 4 symantec entries persist after several...
Thanks Mike. I still use Ghost, so have some symantec stuff on the HDD. I've done everything else but remove the alphanumerics, so will do that....
On XP Home running free avast 4.8 there seems to be a conflict. When avast starts it sees symantec/Norton running (which it's NOT) and says some...
Hi shone, If your file system is fat32 you can boot a DOS floppy disk and delete the file. If you run in NTFS, you'll have to purchase a...
Welcome Dubbi, This link may be helpful in solving your problem; I'm not sure what you're talking about, so if you need more help, please be...
Try rt-clk on install file and choose to run as administrator. After installing rt-clk exe file and choose properties, then compatability tab...
Suggest you hang up the phone (rt-clk the net connection in control panel and choose disable) when not actually using the web. Then check your...
Good specs. probably rule out a hardware problem. Would look at your security: firewall, antivirus, antispyware, etc. Below is an idea of what...
suggest you try the free atf-cleaner; just select 'all' and 'ok'.
Could be "disk thrashing" caused by too little ram, for example. Would make sure you have at least a GB. Maybe listing the specs for your PC...
To diagnose the problem, first see if the disk is visible in the BIOS Setup program. If it is, the problem is likely Windows, and you may have to...
Hi deborak, and welcome to the windowsbbs. I think the best action is to un-install all recent programs and drivers and start over, checking the...
I used to use XP 64-bit on my desktop and dual booted Vista 64-bit for a while, but since configuring Vista as much like XP as possible, I've...
See my suggestions in this thread.
There is another option; see my suggestions in rhis thread. I think it's an unnecesary mistake to disable vista's security. Edit: I've found...
Check this out.
It's either a hardware or a hardware driver problem. If you can exchange the card for another, that may solve the prob.; otherwise go to mfg's...
Have you tried as the administrator? Also see this forun
There's absolutely no harm in unchecking "Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended) "; I have done it for years on all my computers.
Separate names with a comma.
