Short answer
Yes, it would be very unwise.

Long answer
"I feel that I am properly protected without it". What do you base these feelings on? Do you base it on research that you have done that...

Sounds like you have Scroll Lock turned on. Excel is one of the few programs I can think of that has ever made any use of that useless keyboard function. Turn Scroll Lock off, and your arrow key...

Justin01, he mentioned that he has System Restore disabled.

jaishankar, try running BootVis (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html#Boot). Follow the instructions on that page to...

petercoti, can you please start being more verbose? Please use full, descriptive subjects and put complete questions so we don't have to interpret what you are wanting. We don't mind helping you, but...

Do you mind sharing with us what you did that fixed the problem? It could help someone else that has the same problem.

Is sound affected in any other way?

Does sound work when you play local (files on your computer) MP3, WAV, or WMA files?

Did you install any new software just before the problem started...

After loading Firefox in Safe Mode, load up your themes browser, select the default theme, select "Use Theme", and uninstall the remaining themes. Then load up your extensions manager and uninstall...

Constant flashing doesn't mean constant high-bandwidth pull. It means that the connection is being actively used. The wireless light on my router flashes rapidly when my roommates are doing nothing...

If both of you are using the web at the same time, you each should get download speeds of about half the total capability of the connection. Something is wrong if your speeds are so severely reduced....

I know there are ways to do this, but I don't know what they are.

I'm curious why you want to set the connections up like this. The router will portion out access to the connection intelligently....

A quick way to format the drive is to right-click My Computer and select Manage. Select Disk Management under the Storage section on the left of the Computer Management console. Find the new drive on...

Interesting. I never knew that IE had such an option.

To turn on the guest account, open up User Accounts from the Control Panel, select the Guest Account, and make sure that it is turned on.

SimpleJohn said to access the share through...

Here's a simple bit of code I put together:#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

use CGI qw(:standard);

my $query = new CGI;

my %vars;

A browser basically does nothing but download files and render their contents. The web pages you go to are either html files or generated content that looks like an html file. In order for the...

stubighead, start you own thread so we can focus on your problem and not the one that is marked solved.

If you haven't done so, go through the steps listed in the My PC won't start - Read this...

It looks like an older router, so finding people that have direct experience with it might be hard, but the device itself should be fine.

There are three main parts to successfully setting up a...

The USB ethernet adapter isn't very likely to be the problem.

I disagree with SimpleJohn, you cannot use this as a router. The reason for this is simple, it's not a router; it's a switch. Most...

javamann... Stick to one thread. There was no need to create this thread since it doesn't ask anything that is off the topic of your other thread. Furthermore, you do not need to link to your thread...

One thing I didn't mention is that the specific user also has to be on that machine. The folders that you cannot access cannot be shared across a network (without going through additional steps that...

Some files can only be accessed by a specific user (files on the desktop, My Documents, etc). You said that you tried copying the files that you wanted to access to folders that you could, but that...

What do you mean by unable to access? Were you unable to access the files from the other computer? If so, did you get an error? Please be specific about what problem you had.

From your description, it seems that setting up Windows File Sharing will be the "easiest" method to transfer the files. I put easiest in quotes because it can offer problems at times. This guide...

Sorry... I have another question for you.

What version of Windows is on each machine?

If you have a DSL setup like me, you have a modem that you connect to the phone line. You then have a CAT5 cable (line that has jacks that look like big phone plugs) that connects the modem to a...

Answering the following questions will help me give advice that is tailored to your setup:

Do you use a dialup connection or a broadband connection (DSL, cable, etc) to access the internet?
Do...

Our suggestions were just to see if you wanted to use that avenue or a different one. If you would like to try the drive swapping idea, we can walk you through the process. I know the terms and names...

Try this bit of code:// Loop until the number becomes 0
while(num1 != 0)
{
// Check for a 2
if((num1 % 10) == 2) count++;

// Chop off the last digit
num1 /= 10;
}

Considering that it sounds like you can't get the machine to work at all, you should just remove the drive from the old machine, put it in the new machine as a secondary drive, and copy the files...

I guess you could create a form that uses POST and has no visible elements (use hidden inputs). A hyperlink could then use javascript to submit the form. It's not extremely compatible with older...

Read crunchie's last post. Start your own thread.

See if you can run the three following commands from that prompt:chkdsk /r
chkdsk /p
fixboot c:If you can't run those from there, you will have to get your hands on a XP install CD, use the...

If you have a pirated version of Windows (or your system fails the genuine Microsoft Windows test for whatever reason), you cannot download the program.

Have you tried running all the scans from Safe Mode (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx)?

Go to the guide that I have linked to in the bottom of my sig. Follow the optimize guide which will find and fix most any problem that your computer might have due to badly behaving software.

Bring up a run dialog and run "taskmgr.exe". Does Task Manager come up or does it give you an error?

Did you try resetting your CMOS settings?