I belong to a few leatherworking Yahoo Groups, and Moderate 3 others, and Yahoo tech support is about a half step above useless. They do,...
If you can get into safe mode, you might try the SFC with your XP cd, too. If you can't get into safe mode, can you get into the BIOS to have it...
Wow, Catastrophy is carrying on with a TV set, now? The lady gets around more than my husband's ex-wife! Your ISP could be more helpful with...
Paul, No disrespect intended, but I wouldn't advise anyone to be online without a firewall, and IMHO, the XP one isn't adequate. TonyT, Do...
You may not have any viruses. You don't mention if you have a [B]firewall[B or not, but many problems can occur from an unprotected internet...
Clarification The Admin Account in XP (Pro for sure) is NOT the one you use to log on with. That account has "Administrative Privileges ". To...
Daniel From WE, you can right click on just about anything and use "send to desktop" to make a shortcut. Then you can drag it to Quick Launch,...
Okay, everybody have a good laugh, here. My WinKey +e will NOT open anything at all at this moment, and I do not know WHY. All of the other WK...
Forget the MS DOS boot disk. You need it to flash the BIOS, not much else. You aren't running DOS anymore, anyway, except on Win98. You need to...
:D Run SFC again. Delete your old SR Points and create a new one. Then run all the standard scans, do any needed MS patches, reboot, and post...
Delete any old System Restore Points. :D Johanna
Here's a WAG :) Clear CMOS. When it reboots, go into setup and make sure it is set to boot from cd. Put your XP cd in and see what happens....
smhouston, didn't mean to sound short with you, but thought you would be interested in reading that discussion, if you hadn't already. Do...
smhouston, Might as well start by reading this thread. Johanna
In the Meantime SwatIt and RAV and Trend Housecall are some alternatives, and you can always depend on up to date info from Symantec. GFI...
Lately, I've been seeing computers so trashed with worms, viruses and spyware, that it is easier and faster to wipe them clean rather than clean...
Can you boot your computer into safe mode? When you say "locks up ", at what point during the boot does it freeze? Can you get into BIOS?...
Right Click on Windows Explorer and "Send to " Desktop from the all programs, accessories... To make a shortcut for most places in Windows...
The other way to get the choices is to click View then "choose details" in WE. There are more options available the "View" way. Johanna
If you trash your OS partition, you're going to have to reinstall your additional software anyway, so it doesn't make much sense to keep those...
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