Thanks for the update, Joe. Essentially a mountain was made from a molehill? Dave, the only sure fire cure for headaches that I know of, is...
Did you have time to shut off the auto reboot? If not, try to shut it off in Safe Mode. Your event logs are in Control Panel, System, Advanced....
Borrow someone's XP Home cd and run an SFC (System File Check) Start > Run > cmd sfc /scannow Try to boot into safe mode, or use your...
from LIUtilities: WinTasks Process Library lsass - lsass.exe - Process Information Process File: lsass or lsass.exe Process Name:...
What you are describing is the "hover speed ". TweakUI has additional settings for hover and focus under "mouse ". Both versions, old and new,...
And if anyone can conduct the computer forensics, I agree, Joe can. But I know how to stop it all- Do all back ups, change BIOS to boot from CD,...
Miz, the one I've been using is self explanatory, and easy to use. It is a real timesaver. Johanna
I've been using this for a couple of weeks, and it has specific references to Black Viper's site. In just a quick glance at the link you shared,...
Turn off Auto Restart Turn off auto restart Control Panel/System/Advanced/Startup and Recovery uncheck auto restart With that done, if you...
XP Home vs Pro But from those event logs, someone or something is changing your password and admin rights. Rule out hubby, and we'll start on...
If your pointer speed is set to "fast ", try slowing it down. Mine has a scale to drag, and it is directly to the left of the doubleclick speed...
There are two programs that can be downloaded and used in conjunction with Spybot SDHelper is the IE bad download blocker. TeaTimer is a...
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but Spybot does have an option to run with the first boot- even an option to delay the start up (I guess so it...
Yep, Newt & PeteC, Mike Flynn said not to compress old files, so I don't, either. Newt, your logic makes sense, though. Probably a good...
What kind of firewall are you using? And, if you are using XP, delete all of your prior Restore Points. (Sorry to those who think I sound...
Yeah, Dave, since when is your name "Johanna "??? :confused: :confused: Bucksone Just wanted to give you a pat on the back for sticking...
Is your cursor anywhere near the Start Button when the menu pops up? Just a WAG- Do you have any tweaks running that affect window focus? For...
From MS KB And if you have Roxio (Easy CD Creator), look here. More ideas here. While you are troubleshooting, disable the "auto...
Do any critical back ups and Repair XP? Do you use Home or Pro? Johanna
Me, too. XP Pro for 2 1/2 years, and never did one except for playing around familiarizing myself with the computer when I first helped build it....
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