Thankyou all for your help. Pete C "Use simple file sharing" does not seem to be an option in XP Home. Also I canot find a "Security" tab...
Thanks for getting back to me Pete. I've tried that already. Any folder I create on my C drive seems to have the Read-only box greened out when...
I'm trying to back up our family photos on our laptop's hard drive by sending copies to a blank CD. Once I've selected the files and clicked on...
XP/ Outlook Express/ IE 6 :confused: Several years ago I signed up with an ISP (Xtra) and used their set-up CD. I have recently changed ISP...
Thanks Bill; worked like a charm Thanks very much for your suggestion Bill, it worked nicely. I've learned my lesson now and will uninstall...
I manually deleted some of the redundant software clogging up my hard drive recently. However when I go to Control Panel>Add or remove programs...
Thankyou :) Thanks Miz; I am using Word so your suggestion works really well. I've assigned Alt-1 to alpha and Alt-2 to beta. Thanks again for...
I am currently writing some pharmacology text on my laptop and need to use the Greek characters "α" (alpha) and "β" (beta) alot. Is there some...
Success!! I downloaded the ewido anti-malware software as per your suggestion TonyT and it scooped up a thing called Trojan.Pakes which it was...
I've followed your instructions TonyT and here is my latest HJT log. The problem still persists and now I am unable to establish a dial-up...
The only things I have downloaded since my last scan are the updated HijackThis and updates for AdAware SE, AVG and Spybot - Search & Destroy. I...
Here's my new HJT Log after fixing the entries suggested on TonyT's list:- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:06:04 p.m., on...
Thanks for your help TonyT and Welshjim; I appreciate your efforts. I have downloaded the most up to date version of HijackThis as requested by...
For some months now I have been unable to directly access web sites from Google by clicking on page titles. I am instead redirected to redundant,...
Problem Solved Zander you were right on the money; I've disabled "Wireless Network Connection ", "Local Area Connection" and something calling...
Thanks for trying to help Miz and Zander. Tried unchecking the boxes as per Miz's suggestion but those pesky icons persist. To answer Zander's...
Diolch yn fawr. Thanks Jim. Had an explore of that thread but am really none the wiser. Thanks for trying though.
I'm trying to simplify the appearance of my desktop and have gone into Start>Control Panel>Appearance and Themes>Task Bar and Start...
When I right-click on my desktop I am offered "Graphics Options" as an option. "Tray Icon" thence "Enable/Disable" is offered on drilling down....
Wiping and reinstalling XP Hey Newt, thanks for getting back to me. XP Home came preinstalled on my laptop. I registered my copy of XP Home with...
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