Hi Pete, "Symantec in UK only auto-update on Wednesday, understand it is daily in the States. " Same here in the States thru liveupdate....
Hi Newt, "Charles - even doing a "clean install" from an XP install CD, if you elect to load the Recovery Console to your hard drive, you...
Thanks Lonny, that will work. Regards - Charles
Hi Jim, OK, you've answered my question. IBM, like HP, has a "hidden" partition that a recovery makes use of. That partition has the old...
Hey Jim, I'm dual booting and of course see that screen all the time. I'm wondering how you got it. Is there something about XP Pro installs I...
Hey jslow, The problem with word is a new one on me. Try it with WordPad or as a last resort, notepad. Another procedure to try: hold...
Hey BB, I agree with you on the deletion of these emails. Linkz uses Mailwasher and that's what it does. However, don't know if the consequence...
Hello linkz, If they are comming from the same address, you can let your ISP know about it, they can block them. However, if they are comming...
Hello ssmith10pn, I don't know of a way to backup passwords other than copy & paste to either a notepad - word - wordpad document. One way...
Hi jslow, Use the "recovery" button on the main page and its also on the left side panel. It will show all the items taken off. Regards -...
Hi jslow, Did you keep track of what the malware was? It would be in the SpyBot backup page which is kept until you delete it. Regards - Charles
But I will be taking restore points in between!! Reagrds - Charles
Hi Christer, I'll be doing a XP reinstall Thursday for a friend and I won't be following my own advice either :-) Regards - Charles
Hello dkline, In the reg key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore Whats the value in RPGlobalinterval? The...
Hello euphonius, Have you looked in your hosts file? Windows > System32 > Drivers > etc. Look for any MS entry or akamia entry. The last is...
Hello mommyamanda, Startup managers: http://www.mlin.net/ or http://www.softnews.ro/public/cat/12/2/12-2-79.shtml Startup info:...
Hey Christer, When MS did their secutity patch of JVM - late last year I think, it was the ONLY MS patch I ever had trouble with, made both XP...
Maybe I'm making the wrong assumption here - describe the options please. I'm dual booting and I get a choice of which OS to boot into with XP...
Hello schamish, What you are seeing is a dual boot menu. Was there another OS running? If not, There are two versions of XP running. Did...
Hello aruzinsky, This is happening through the Browser, don't blame the Firewall - beyond what it was designed to do meaning that when you're...
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