Wiry, What you experienced is a 'pop-under" as opposed to "pop-up ". Here is a site that explains how popups and popunders are accomplished...
MS has a Memory diagnostic tool for chacking potential RAM problems here http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Regards - Charles
Hello jram, SP1 was the cumulative patches that MS issued from 10/01 to the end of 2002. SP2 will be the same for post SP1 patches. It may be...
Hello phar1944, One MS patch that caused widspread symptoms similiar to yours was the first issue of MS critical update 811493 dated 4/17 (I...
Hello Firedancer, Do you have a standard mouse to try with? If you do and no problems, than something happened to your optical software. In...
Hello realix, "NAV cant detect it? " Its not a virus, rather a trojan/hijacker. Go here and test for trojans - GFI trojan test...
Hi Wiry, Of all the secrurity measures you want to install, the firewall is the most important. Concentrate on getting that working. The...
Hello Wiry, You have done a number of things almost all at once, not knowing which gives you the problem. MS updates Added a Firewall...
I second Pete, it may be this site. Every once in a while, when in 9X and IE 5.5 and in this site, IE 5.5 freezes, have to use the "3 fingered...
Hello Joan, I can help with Messenger, the other someone else will. To shut down messenger service: start > run > type in services.msc...
Hello merlin, A firewall will do the job if your running one. One of two ways - either by denying "server" rights or by blocking them from...
hello realix, The first thought that comes to mind is whether there was an occasion to use Remote Asistance between the 2 "friends ". Having...
BillyBob, I didn't know that you disliked it so much, knew that you were new to it and I thought were having a good time exploring it. As...
Chiles - BillyBob, Ok, you guys got your opinion, I've got mine. I dual boot 9X/XP, same environment. There is a perciptable difference....
Hi Rike, Forgot about the fact that the installer is a service in XP. Start > run > type services.msc Scroll down to Windows Installer....
Hi Seamus, I've never run into any references to this particular condition. MS's Add/Remove applet historically leaves much to be desired as...
Snooker, What version of Ad-Aware are you using? The current version is 6.0 build 181. If by some chance you are using an old v5.x, truely...
Hello Firedancer, You might ask your question on the following two Boards that are almost exclusively concerned with privacy/security:...
Hi Rike, Ok, if you didn't find any solution, you are going to have to repair your installation unless someone comes up with an answer short of...
Hey BB, I should have described the 9X resources a bit more accurately. It refers to a total of five internal memory "heaps" used by the...
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