If you use Spybot's Immunize protection, it will add restricted domains to your hosts file. Could this be what you are noticing? Johanna
What you are looking for in a back up sounds like a drive image restore program. Do a search on the BBS or Google for choices and opinions....
I think NetDetect will search for an internet connection every five minutes until it finds one, and after it has communicated with LU, it...
I would also recommend installing SP2, if only for the additional security features. I know MS says only one firewall is necessary, but I run XP's...
Mike Lin's StartUp CPL will put a tab in your control panel allowing you to easily stop processes from loading at boot. Black Viper has...
Dez Bradley, My name is Johanna, with a "h ". I know the difference between the Messengers. The network Windows Messenger Service that pops up...
Fyi Dez, The easiest way to permanently get rid of Messenger is Start>Run c/v RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection...
Christer, When I boot my computer, a number of programs try to access the net immediately. As you know, they usually load in alphabetical order...
System File Checker (sfc) Start > Run > cmd sfc /scannow and have your XP cd ready. sfc - system file checker, retrieves the correct...
For your log in, go to Control Panel> User Accounts and fix it the way you want it. For your service host problem, run the spyware/adware...
Yes, the Alert Tracker. Set the Alerting Status on High and drive yourself buggy. I have called your doctor anyway, he will be phoning in a...
Christer, Norton tries to get online every 5 minutes when disconnected. It shows on the tattletale globe "preparing to access the internet"...
NIS 2003 defaults to checking LU w/ Net Detect every 4 hours. If no internet connection is present, it will search every 5 minutes for one. (At...
Foolproof, That was a well written explanation of exactly how my Norton works, set entirely to defaults. I shut off the cable modem and...
JSS3rd Well put. Every user has different needs. For example, many of the threads that Noahdfear works on REQUIRE registry cleaning to some...
Okay, now I am :confused: confused! My Live Update, by default, accesses the internet when I boot the computer, even if I just booted 5...
I guess I'm thinking that Symantec doesn't update enough to justify so many updates (every 5 minutes? If everyone did that, Symantec would have...
Turn off auto restart Control Panel/System/Advanced/Startup and Recovery uncheck auto restart Doing this will probably lead to a blue...
When conventional means of deleting fail, there is always MoveOnBoot. Johanna
If the registry is enough of a mess to need "cleaned ", it is time to whip out the cd and reformat the OS partition, IMHO. XP has amazing powers...
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