Win XP Home does not come with a default Recovery Console. It must be prepared ahead of time. Elder Geek I think you will find the answer you...
IMHO, The only contact I would have w/ AOL is to cancel their services. There are lots of ISPs that do a better job, have a better price, and...
Glad to help. Post back with any questions, if they come up. Johanna
Try booting into safe mode and using the System File Checker Start > Run > cmd sfc /scannow You'll need your XP cd sfc - system file...
Have you looked in the Device Manager for any errors? Control Panel> System> Hardware >Device Manager If you find any, try to get the latest...
Glad to be of help! You're very welcome. But I'm not sure if my "blood is worth bottling "- they've been drawing so much of it lately at...
Harvey2004, Two separate things here! If you are mainly working with your own documents, you can disable the "scan office plug ins" in Norton...
By default Norton will scan all Office files at each opening unless you tell it not to. The place to select that option varies with the version...
If you don't want Office to connect to the net, use your firewall to block it. I do, and there are no "side effects ". Johanna
http://www.winamp.com/skins/ http://www1.1001skins.com/ http://www.skinz.org/ there are lots more- try Google Johanna
I would use the XP disk, partition like you want it, and let XP's generic drivers handle things until you get online, then go to the...
Symantec recently issued some new updates that have to do with SP2 for XP. I winder if that is causing the auto-protect to quit on the older...
From IE Tools>Internet Options>Advanced Untick "display notification about every script error " Johanna
It is the time it was received by your mailserver at your ISP. Johanna
Thank you, Dez Bradley, for writing out the basics of Spyware/Adware/Malware prevention. Like you, those are most of my calls, too. I get the...
Glad you got it fixed, Nana! :D You have to take some credit for sticking it out and staying with Dave through this fix, too! Now, DAVE,...
I just worked on a computer with NIS 2005 installed. It tried to kill the XP firewall, and warned of the dangers of running both at the same...
Might be worth a read, too- from MS. Johanna
Joe Hobart said: and he actually understands the complexities of the registry. (BTW, never think data is "safe" when doing a repair install!)...
Good instructions for a Repair Install Johanna
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