...and free, too :)

If you boot the system with a Windows 98 boot disk, you'll see a very small (less than 20 MB) FAT16 partition if you run "fdisk /status"

WinXP needs either a small...

No, you don't. You get customized driver CDs and utility CDs, but BY LAW you have to receive a FULL VERSION of the operating system. Sometimes instead you get a restore CD that's actually an IMAGE...

Find a copy of Bart's PE disc with the registry editor and boot using that. It will allow you to view the registry and modify any keys you need to (in the event anything was changed.)

Check...

Not to start a war here, but I'd like to see a screenshot of that. I've been working with modems for longer than you've been alive and have yet to come across a modem that required anything other...

Can you provide more details? What operating system are these computers running? Are there multiple domains? Are you logged into the domain or the local machine?

Also check to make sure...

Where is the Linux box on your network?
Are all machines on the same workgroup?
Is your Windows firewall blocking anything/everything?

Can you provide details (step-by-step if possible)...

The worst thing that will happen is you'll be prompted for an activation key, in which case you have to contact M$ and explain what you've done and they *should* give you another activation code -...

The MAC address is embedded in every NIC (Network Interface Card) and is different on every card, and has nothing to do with modems. You can find out what your MAC address is by opening a DOS box and...

Considering it's a used system with someone else's version/license of XP, and according to rellie1977 he wanted to format the drive anyway, it's HIGHLY ADVISABLE that the drive get reformatted. ...

No worries :)

If you still need help, let me know.

Cheers.

If you want to repartition and format the hard drive, boot the system with a Windows 98 boot disk and type fdisk which will bring you to the screen you will need to define the partitions for your...

Sometimes it takes longer than 24 hours for someone to read your post, especially on a weekend.

And just a FYI, in order to use the word "again" means you have to have stated something...

NewsBinPro grabs binaries from one server, as opposed to connecting to other clients and hoping their connection isn't maxed out. I consistantly grab about 500MB worth of binaries in a matter of 30...

You should only have one antivirus program installed on a machine at any given time.

If you're looking to replace Norton, Avast! (http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1016.html) is a good substitute.

You've been infected with the Blaster worm, which spawns random filename processes if one of them gets killed.

Do a search on Google for a Blaster removal tool, such as from Symantec, Sophos,...

You can also add entries to the Registry in:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Although it's better to create a shortcut in the Startup group for the program you want to start...

NewsBinPro also has the ability to filter file extensions, so you're less likely to receive an infected file (if you actualy configure the filters) like something.jpg.pif

They have a free...

Apache installs itself as a service IF YOU SPECIFY THAT OPTION during the install. It doesn't affect your Internet connection settings at all, nor does it modify your browser's start page.

You...

I use NewsBinPro (http://www.newsbinpro.com) to download binaries from newsgroups. It's a LOT faster than P2P apps, and you can specify which newsgroups you want to target for downloads. It also...

Here's Symantec's info (including cleaning instructions) on SubSeven:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.subseven.html

The reason I believe it's SebSeven (Sub7) is because...

http://anti-trojan.com/

Check the "Removal Database" for SubSeven. I have no idea what version you've been infected with, but that at least gives you a start on what to look for...

You're infected with Sub7, which is a RAT,or, Remote Access Trojan, sorta like NetBus.

Check your Registry, specifically, the following key:

...

If you couldn't check mail before this, then I would think it had something to do with the way OE was configured. Since I don't know who your mail provider is, nor how your system was configured...

I no longer have a Hotmail account, or I'd do some further checking on it for you. I know that in the past, as of about a year ago, I was able to check Hotmail from Outlook Express, but it would...

Are you able to download your Hotmail messages from Outlook Express? I'm not sure if Hotmail allows sending mail from OE, but it should be able to check for messages on that account.

To add a Hotmail account in Outlook Express, follow these simple steps:

1. Open Outlook Express
2. Click Tools | Accounts
3. Select the Mail tab
4. Click on Add | Mail...
5. Enter...

What e-mail account are you wanting to configure Outlook Express for? You can configure it for Hotmail, but I don't think you can configure it to check your AOL mail, although I'm not sure about...

It gets saved in the Kazzaa directory as a .part file, or something similar. I haven't used Kazzaa since it came out, so I don't recall exactly, but I remember it's in your downloads directory, and...

What services are running on your system? What O/S are you using?

Another thing to do is to disable the Windows Messaging service, which is used by spammers to send popup window ads using SMB:

Open Control Panel

Double-click on Administrator Tools

...

This is also how the majority of new worms spread - by self-mailing themselves to people in your address book, but by masking WHO they came from, again, using an address from your address book. I've...

I use Handy Backup, which has the option for the Outlook/ICQ/Registry plugin. You can backup to CD-R/DVD-R, FTP, or network (or to another directory/partition/drive), and you can encrypt your backups...

Right-click on the tweakui.inf file to install it.

After you unzip the 4 files, right-click on the .inf and choose "Install."

Halfway through the install, a box will pop up that will tell you to access TweakUI from the Control Panel. Close the...

...or install TweakUI, and change the option to clear computer history at login/logoff. You can also clear the "Run.." history, and a ton of other stuff with it. Best of all, it's FREE :)

You can download this floppy image that, when written to a flopy and used as a boot disk, will reset you admin password.

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!
...

You can map a drive to a share on the host O/S as long as you have a directory shared on the host. You'd map a drive the same way as you normally would in any O/S.

(I just verified this using a...