I have the quick shut down and reboot button in my xp pro toolbar at the bottom. Here is the link. http://www.webtechgeek.com/How-to-one-click-shutdown-button.htm Good stuff. Works great.

Personally I love opera. Tired the others. Opera is just a better browser. I got this browser so set up the way I want it, other browsers seem cumbersome. It will read web pages for me. I can and...

Have you tried a diffrent browser? Install a diffrent browser and see what happens. Maxhon is an i.e. shell. Or firefox. Personally I use and love opera. Gives one of thoes a shot and see what...

I hope you have a couple of anti virus programs. If not get avg and avast and do a scan in safe mode. I assume you have xp. Hit f8 while boot up. Scan with both anti viurs and spyware. You may even...

While I agree ghost is the best. I personally would go with ghost 2003. Seems like alot of people haveing problems with ghost 2004. Ghost 2004 will not create a bootable disk like ghost 2003. You...

Both avg and avast are really pretty good and free. I use both. I just set it up so avast does not start when my computer does. Both are pretty great and up to this point have not missed anything.

Personally I would consider uping your ram. Its really cheap anymore. Your error that you dont have enough ram could be a indication that the ram you have is going bad. I myself have 512 and really...

I really can not recommend nortons ghost 9.0. I really love this program and it just works great. There are a couple of ways you can do this. Compress the ghost image and save it to disk. Or what I...

It was a strait forward procedure. I clean installed both drives. Even tried 2000 on drive c and xp on drive d. Your not the first to mention this. By all rites It should of been 2000 first and xp...

Yes this can be done. You will need a 3rd party boot manager which seems to be the best solution for what you want. Vcom makes one osl2000 boot manager is another. I am sure there are several others...

I agree. Nortons virus and internet security is just bad all around. There are 2 free ones I really really like. Avast and Avg. I just keep avg from loading at startup. You can google avast anti...

I just dont get it. Maybey I never will. All Browsers will have security issues. Period. Firefox. Ie. opera...all of them. Maybey people just got way into the hype that this browser or that one is so...

In your browser. Go to options. Internet options. Security. Set to default. Also your firewall may be set wrong. If worse comes to worse disable for the download. Hope that helps.

I will never recomend any of nortons products. I have seen in posts so many issues with this software. 2 years agao I did try nortons anti virus and ran avg as a back up. The only way nortons found...

Just some useful info I have taught myself the hardway. Reloading xp lots. Useful tips from others. Lots of trial and error. Tons of reading and searching.


Checking for Virus.
1.Option for Xp....

You should never feel silly for asking for help. Its how we all learn. There is No such thing as a dumb question. Honestly I am pretty impressed. You know about security, you run hijack this. I offer...

I am not hear to judge ok. Is this xp legal?. When you reboot do you get the option to do a recovery? I believe its f10. Are you on dial up or dsl. I am almost guessing its a bad install. Do you have...

Maybey if you google no cd patch for your version of photodraw you will find what your looking for. Thats really all I can say. I think. Not sure on rules in this forum for dealing with this issue.

Top of ie browser. Options. Internet options. Make sure your security is set to default. Have to wonder if you have a nasty virus or spyware. If push comes to shove you can reload xp. Reboot and go...

It sounds like a virus or spyware issue to me. Yes I would try to reinstall avg and scan your computer. Forsure run spyware and virus scans. See what comes up. May not even hurt to run hijack this...

Need more details. What os you have. What happened before the error. It looks like from what I understand its a java related issue. Maybe try to download it again and install. Or uninstall it and...

I can offer 2 suggestions. You can reformat your harddrive. Start from square one. Or if you want to continue to fight it and fix it you can run hijack this and use it at a couple of automated sites....

Even though I Have used ff from time to time I find it a pain at times. To many plug ins. To many problems. Some sites can not be viewed right. I was never a big fan of ff. Figured I would test drive...

Everyone says ie6 is such a huge security risk. Funny I have used it and maxthon (my ie 2) with out any problems. I have yet to find the magic web site that puts stuff on my computer without me...

Maybey these can be pinned? Please excuse me if they have already been posted or pinned in this forum. Here are 2 sites that will read hijack this logs and they are automated. No waiting for someone...

I found 2 diffrent sites that are automated hijack this log readers. Works pretty sweet in my humble oppinion. Hope that helps. http://www.help2go.com/modules.php?name=HJTDetective or...

Have you tried to uninstall sp2 to see if that will fix the problem? Also May I suggest a start up manager to see what is starting up when your computer does to see if that could be an issue....

I had to respond to this one. I see the word bare share. Here is a idea to keep virus and spy ware off your computer and stop having to reformat your hard drive. Quit using file sharing programs. Its...

Thank you so much for the link. Helped me out allot. Still refuse to attempt to help others but I can now look at them, see what I think the problem is and wait for someone more qualified to respond...

Yes your right. You do need to be careful. With ie spell did the same thing to me, showed it as spyware. Myself I have used the site and took out a few things. No problems here. I just think its a...

Found a couple of cool sites that read hijack this logs automatically. Copy the log and paste in the box hit analize. http://www.hijackthis.de/, Oops only one thought I had 2. I have used it a few...

Another choice is maxthon. While based on the ie engine it is allot more secure. To say that it has the same "security issues" as ie is wrong. I question the all the plugins for firefox. While yes...

You may have to uninstall sp2. Should be under add remove. Did you download it or get the cd? Make sure all your drivers are up to date. The maker of your computer should have thoes for you. I would...

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm check both boxes not to run. Then hit apply? Or run. The 2 boxes are other options to fix ie. Give that a shot and see what happens. Also java.com is your java...

virus or spyware problems?? Can do an online check at http://housecall.trendmicro.com/. If not you may need to download sp2 again and give that a shot. I recomend getting the free cd version. Takes...

This is simply for all thoes that told me how wrong I was about security and open source browser like fire fox. So now the first of many holes has been found in fire fox. They had to advertise to the...

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1754502,00.asp Just what I have been saying, Its an article about firefox and ie6 need read.

Many of you know I have said time and time again that this whole firefox is more secure is pure hype. I have said time and time again. Use which browser you wish. Just make sure your set up right. I...

Hey I respect what your saying about the security. I just with all due respect disagree. I speak of your general user. I think it doesn't matter what browser you use. Do unsafe silly things and your...

You should have 6 disks. Put the cd in and reboot. It will walk you through the rest of it. Or without disks reboot and hit f10? I believe and restore your compaq that way. I use the advance and it...