Another couple of notes: Liveupdate is your Norton periodic check for virus updates. Statemgr is the System Restore funtion. You should...
DOS doesn't recognize USB ports. But, you can try this app. I haven't tried it, but have seen it posted in another thread.
Agreed. The only way to get true readings from SFC is to run it before and after every install and uninstall, otherwise you will get false...
Argent: The problem occurs (sometimes, dependant on your hardware config), when you go above 512. If, for example, you upgrade your video...
Whenever a Win9x box has more than 512 installed, the vcache can take over all the virtual addresses. As a result, you need to place an upper...
Theoretically, Win9x can support up to 2GBs of real and 2GBs of virtual, BUT the practical limit is 1GB, and depending on the PC config, could be...
Setting this parameter should not affect performance unless you are running some amazingly large files. All it does is place an upper limit on...
Start by doing the following which may or may not be enough. Start > Run > System.ini Scroll to the [Vcache] section. Remove any lines here...
Select My Computer, right mouse, properties
Try again. Works for me.
If it previously took you 5 minutes to boot with 256 you potentially have an amazing bloated startup and/or your machine is badly infested with...
Well, having idle not in the high 90's indicates that something is running. These days Malware is certainly one culprit, but it could also be XPs...
The idle process is meant to "soak up" any unused CPU. Thus, when your PC is "idling" this process should be approaching 100%.
This link describes the virus and at the bottom is a removal tool. Download and run it. Then, do a recheck with the online virus link....
I would suggest downloading, installing and running HiJackThis, and copy/pasting a copy of the log that it creates, back here for review.
It sounds like it is full to the brim with Spyware and/or viruses. Run this online virus scan to check for a virus. And, since you already...
Ensure that all MS Security patches have been applied, and practice safe surfin'!
If you are uptodate on your IE security patches, you don't have to worry about the exploits. And, you can make them go away in SpyBot by adding...
It's Spywareblaster where you can block them on the way in. But as I said, cookies should be the last of your worries when it comes to spyware...
You said that you noticed it running! Did it not ask for access to net via ZoneAlarm?? It looks like a subtle variant of a virus. Run this...
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