Hey BillyBob, "Yes, that choice is available. But it DOES NOT always hold with everything. The Blocking by the Firewall does " Yes, of...
Hi Johanna, Looking for updates, just in case there is one, you never know :-) Seriously, as you pointed out, lots of apps behave this way,...
Hello billy, Issues to look at: How much RAM do you have? What's starting up in terms of XP's services and applications? start > type...
Hello Johanna, "Still trying to figure out why some software (like Word!) thinks it needs to call home regularly. " Its Word's update...
Hi quackbal, Bring up Norton - double click on the tray icon - > options > click on email in the left panel > tick scan emails in and scan...
Thanks Chris D for the reference to pic2mail. Regards - Charles
Hi ugostar, I think you're infected: http://www.kaspersky.com/news.html?id=228 Did you run an AV scan? Or try these:...
Hi ugostar, In the meantime I looked up what svchost.exe does specifically. It handles DNS - Domain Name System - using servers to translate...
Hello Chris, The following is from an MS Document that I saved on how to create a zip folder. This article was previously published under...
Hello ugostar, Svchost is a collection of XP services that run in the background. One of those services is XP 'phoning home ". This may be...
Hello 2leftfeet, F8 Regards - Charles
I'm wondering the same thing. Someone has asked me to install NIS which I refuse to do. Haven't tried to install just the AV yet. Regards -...
Hey Dennis, Thanks for bringing that to my attention. :-) http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?threadid=21429 Regards - Charles
Hi steelwool, This may be of interest to you http://www.windowsbbs.com/newreply.php?s=&action=newreply&threadid=21429 Same symptoms....
Hi steelwool, In light of your subsequent post, I have to agree with Dennis! If you don't find a fairly quick answer, the best bet would be...
Hello steelwool, "Also, we downloaded the MS patch needed plus all the others she had never done, " Curious as to why this many updates all...
Hello bill, Not clear on exactly what your asking. Shutting down explorer means shutting down the system. To return to what you were doing...
MS changes its mind about SP2: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1222667,00.asp Regards - Charles
Hi MiniB, If you are patched and firewalled, I wouldn't worry about. Regards - Charles
Hi Mike, Works with WordPad. Regards - Charles
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