Ouch. Sounds like a serious corruption. You can try a live Linux CD like Knoppix to recover the data, but it's possible that it's a loss unless you want to pay for expensive professional recovery.

> Write down your favorite cp commands and what they do!
ping! :)

> With my ADSL i can go to the config page and change some internet stuff on
> there but i just dont know what to change.
Look through the options for some mention of DMZ. Let me know and I'll...

Okay, Windows 2000 isn't as easy to get into as 95 or 98. You'll probably have to break the admin password and change it to suit your needs. Start here...

Jedi Knight goes straight through a software or router based firewall, I've played every game in the series online and it never failed to work. But it does sound like you aren't getting out. Are you...

Symantec can be a brute sometimes. Were you running a scheduled background scan or update at the time? Those two operations are the only ones that should take up so much of your resources, and it...

If it's an older PC then it's probably Windows 95 or 98. In that case, you really don't need the password. When the dialog pops up asking for it, just hit cancel and it should let you in.

Are we talking about a CMOS password or an operating system password?