Hi Charles! I tried it again with a new dl/install and the same results. I think my modus operandi plays to the weakness. I hide all the...
Type msconfig in the Run window and press enter. Check the Startups tab and see what's being called up when you boot. Try to trim (uncheck) any...
Check out some of these hits for a lead: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=MBR-Error+3&spell=1 Do you now or have you ever...
Try deleting the file in Safe Mode. If no joy, try using MoveOnBoot to delete it. http://www.webattack.com/get/moveonboot.html
Christer, You may still see them listed in Regedit after you break the sequence and reboot but you won't see them in the address bar any more when...
Yes, but it has a higher degree of difficulty that most casual users care to master. Ranish Partition Manager is one such program. It does a...
:o Thanks girlwglasses for the feedback so others can benefit. Best regards.
AFAIK, that selection is only valid for the files being currently processed. Any future pasting operations will start anew and ask for overwrite...
What they don't tell you is, if you choose to edit that list and in doing so, break the numerical sequence, you lose all the entries from that...
Try installing it again to see if it then appears in the Add/Remove applet. Have you checked within the program files for an un-installer?...
Get AVG7 (Free) or equal and in addition use one of the on-line scanners occasionally or if you sense problems. I don't believe it's necessary...
Explore the SCHTASKS and SC commands for some insight. All XP commands: %windir%\hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm...
Newt's advice is sound. AgentRansack is getting to be world acclaimed standard. I've used it for years and would never consider fooling around...
Consider doing a Parallel install of XP. You can do that without reformatting the partition and having to do backups of personal files. All your...
FYI,I tried it and had to return to the old version. This new one looped in the scanning mode when asked to scan and store a log file. The...
I've never had any luck opening .rar files with anything that XP has on tap. I've tried expand.exe and extract.exe, which isn't native to XP, but...
And perhaps a list of Processes running might be helpful...
I've got about 1000+ (maybe 3000+)that seem to have been put there by SpywareBlaster. When I disable SB protection, they all disappear. :)
Russ, give CrapCleaner a shot at those files. It'll be interesting to see if it can handle the job.
System Restore Points?
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