You are throwing a STOP 0x7B error: This is going to prove to be a hard disk issue in your case. This does not necessarily mean the drive...
Just to clarify Rockster2U's checklist: You start by booting with the Recovery CD. It will handle any necessary partitioning, formatting, and...
If you go to the Norton/Symantec site, they offer small utilities to clean up after an Add/Remove if the process was not thorough enough. I...
To repair Winsock2 with XP and Service Pack 2: Start, Run, CMD A command box opens. Type: netsh winsock reset After a brief period, a...
Windows Server OS does not equal Domain. Domain does not equal an AD Domain. Workgroup does not equal peer-to-peer, anymore than SMB...
Let me try this a different way. The only way a port or ports would be "stealthed" would be if: . There is an active application listening...
Many older games, including your SIM City 2000, can only run from accounts with Administrator priviliges. I have an old list, but a decent...
Before doing a complete format, find out what the Recovery disk really does. If it calls files stored in a FAT recovery partition, it would be...
The question to ask you then: Why? If it does no good, and could possibly do harm, a reasonable man would choose not to use them at all.
Looks fine to me, with one worry, I will discuss in a moment. Affected Items:...
Charlesvar, It may not be that simple: W32/Rbot-AGU is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform. W32/Rbot-AGU...
It is not a scanner. It is just a reporting tool, although one can edit entries with it if you know what entries to edit. When done, just...
Click here to download HJTsetup.exeSave HJTsetup.exe to your desktop. Open Notepad > Click on Format > Uncheck Word wrap, if checked....
Symantec unless configured not to will always do a floppy drive acess at startup and shutdown. The other common reason for the access is that...
All of these can be managed by the command line, and all of these are scriptable. Moroeover, remember that using a Workgroup does not mean not...
The use of "server" in the context of a client OS under NT is exactly right as written. As I note with the example of XP, as a client it can...
When you turn on the computer you will briefly see a screen asking you to hit a key (usually Del, or F2, but it varies) to enter Setup. Do so....
An irregular series of notes about XP speedup, optomization and reliability enhancements. Next Up: Optomizing the Pagefile. Memory Optomizers...
An irregular series of XP Myths involving speedup, reliability and optomization issues. Next in the Series: RAM Optomizers. Registry Cleaners...
Install and use the IE6 mode to view the page:...
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