Ryder, PeteC - I might like to have my ISP scan for infected mail if: - I had control over what the did with it. For instance, if I could elect...
Wife just got this email gem. It was formatted a little fancier but the contents was (and I'm glad it upset her and that I was home because she...
The microsoft MBR (master boot record) was replaced/overwritten by LILO (Linux Loader). If you still have Mandrake loaded, How to Remove the...
No apology needed. I do the exact same thing but in my case at home, I chose to connect to the C$ share on the other XP PC so I got soup to nuts. :D
Bruce - I think you might do well, and especially on a PC belonging to someone else but where you'll probably get called as 1st line tech support,...
Why is it necessary to be an administrator of your own Machine? using Home XP Many of the things you want to do with the PC like running...
I think first thing I'd do is get a 2nd opinion, as it were, from an online AV scanner like housecall. After that try start~run~sfc /scannow...
Still could easily be a MBR problem. Try the recovery console and running the fixmbr command. Also take a look at your boot.ini file to see if...
Ouch. Double ouch. I'd need to do some research before offering suggestions on this one and it's just too late tonight but if no one has come...
Well - sorry to say but I'm out of ideas including any I can search up from the Net. I haven't worried much about this whole thing since I only...
Set each of your NICs to 100Mbps full duplex. They are probably set to Auto now. Things should run faster for you. If they quit connecting...
Wiry - re: the user/password issue - Right-click My Computer and click manage then go to the local users & groups, users section. - Password...
In the earlier days I saw so many "why do I need a firewall" and "why do I need an AV - I'm carefull" posts or a lot of "I thought security was...
Martin - welcome to the forum. In the future it will really help things along if you - specify your OS (so the "fix" information is correct...
Catch & release on all the fish. Firewall on each PC.
z4u - one problem you have is that you do not have a server. Neither XP nor 98 offers a server version. If your printers were connected to a...
My 3rd party Spam program uses a redirected catch of email. My AV (Norton 2003) uses a redirected catch of email. Dennis L - without actually...
Dang - you are having a time with this thing aren't you. And it is the persistant, obstinate thing, not you. If you want to remove it...
Some of those events probably have enough information to allow someone to track down the problem. But there are essential pieces you didn't...
If you really need to share those two, you might try it from safe mode. XP-home does some very strange "security" things and some tasks just...
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