An update. Got SP1 installed OK and was able to connect to the internet. However, when I opened IE7, it told me I needed IE8 and wouldn't...
Neil, I got tired of endlessly rebooting this monster. So I put the Reinstallation disk in and selected the Install option instead of the...
Neil, Thanks for the link. I tried the "uncheck" of Safe Mode box but it was already unchecked. I looked through the link and tried some...
I'm trying to resurrect a Vista Home Premium 32bit Machine. A friend gave it to me in August 2013 and I did a cursory look and it seemed to be...
Will do - thanks.
Thanks for the input Mitch and BrBill. I tried using the Control Panel to reset the internet options but that didn't have any effect. I used...
Helping a friend with new Windows 7 Home Dell computer. When I try to open IE11, it opens quickly but all we see is a blank IE11 window and I...
rusty2, I have been using MozBackup to back up my Thunderbird and Firefox applications for several years and it works very well. I had to...
Right on - great attitude! And I'm learning along with you.
Paul, I haven't used any ergonomic mice but I have found that switching hands - right to left - helps me a lot. Sometimes I switch the mouse...
Whiskeyman, Looks like all is well. The defrag took about 30 minutes as opposed to 12+ hours over the weekend. Had one critical Windows...
Hopefully the defrag won't take as long as before but we plan to wait until this evening and start the defrag. Will let you know how it goes....
I think I may have hit the "Eureka" point. As Whiskeyman suggested, I kept plugging away at uninstalling some of the junk stuff and agonizing...
The defrag finally completed - ran close to 12 hours. I did a regular boot and find that I still have the same problems - maybe not quite as bad....
Whiskeyman, I was able to delete the browsing history in IE and run Disk Cleanup. However, when I tried to defrag, the unit got to 1% and...
Thanks a lot Broni. I would have bet that Malware was involved by the way the computer was operating. I have opened a thread in XP.
Helping a friend with an XP SP3 desktop. First noticed the problem when using Quicken. In the middle of entering a transaction, the hourglass...
Got the RealToGo Desktop and found and ran the FARBAR tool. Here is the log: Scan result of Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST) (x86) Version:...
[Inactive] XP SP3 Computer Locks Up Shortly After Boot Helping a friend with an XP SP3 desktop. First noticed the problem yesterday when using...
Mel, Don't know if this will be of much help but my VoIP modem was simply connected via Ethernet cable to one of the open ports on my router...
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