are ur ppl u/r?

if ur admining u should KNOW.

what has been done to foot-print the issue? the who's, when's, what's...? for a moment i thought it might be a cable/dsl modem firmware issue, but the dial-up scenarios preclude that (in all...

obviously i dont know how your network is setup, but have your it ppl tried clearing the arp cache of the respective server/router/ubr(s)?...

...after re-reading your posts a couple of times to...

Either contact your corporate IS dept., or have them give you the contact info needed to work directly with Sygate (http://www.sygate.com/) to ensure that the firewall software is configured...

power supply

export/back-up their msgs, address book(s) & contacts and any other pertinent info/data (like settings, templates, etc); delete & then re-create their client-side mailbox. prior to...

rename the "hosts" file in the i386 folder (i.e., hosts.old or hosts_043004 or whatever); the OS will create a new cache "hosts" file automatically.

3kdad,
Faranth might be right on this one (as well ;) ) but try searching for "*dll*exe*" (w/o the quote marks); nothin should show up, but if something does its a virus for sure as no such file...

Thanks for the follow up posts BlakeZombie99, much appreciate.

oh, & u may want to check out this thread

you may want to conscider and alternate vid card... heres a post from the "geforce blues" thread by Dani that may offer some insight: AMD & NVIDIA compat issues

what did u have intsalled physically in the pc when you upgraded to WinXP? others have stated that w/the AMD in particular and i believe in conjunction with XP it is adviseable to only have your hdd,...

what are your system spec
cpu
harddrive
video
etc
etc
etc

maybe i'm being a bit simplistic, but it sounds like u answered your own question

thanks for the info Obi Kage & obe1k - i'm partial to Ath chips & will keep ur trials & resolutions in mind

plz elaborate on...


also, what r the bindings of each pc?
do any of the machines of multiple nics?

Ok,one more thing: A third link on the first page of the search was "Startup program List - Prepared by Agni Sharman" (http://www.geocities.com/agnisharman/#C), which offered up this info:
"Compaq...

On further drilling I found that link to be pretty useless. I browsed down my initial search and clicked on a "Startup - Short List" link...

Found this on my first (& only) search on Google, searching for "rba.exe"

http://www.bugtoaster.com/dw15/Reports/ApplicationDetail.asp?Company=Microsoft+Corporation&BaseName=ntdll.dll

Page...

LOL! ok, had me worried for a bit; guess i oughta restart my pcworld subscription ;)

8MB RAM?

makes sense, thats pretty much their forte. OS X will throw a curve into the mix tho - gotta see how that shakes out...

...looks like it's up again! :-)

looks like its down again... :-(

I wasn't trying to flame estphill, just emphasis the need for proper clarifications. Apologies for any offense taken, as none were intended.

whoa, down fido! :o Ok, youve got a valid point kaynine, so listen-up estphil, but where here to help, not incinerate! keep the questions coming all! 8)

Ok, so why didn't you say all that to begin with? Both myself and TechTalkGirl asked you for more information - this was the kind of information need in order to try to help troubleshoot a problem. ...

I read the link aeinstien posted, it does tell you how to get around the situation: run multiple backup threads. If you don't know how to do that do a search on Microsoft's website under...

this may be of help http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q250651
8)

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but if not please provide more info (OS, backup prog etc):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315688

Many of our customers use OE for the simplicity in switching from one ID to another within one PC login - otherwise they would opt for Outlook which is on the vast majority of the syss. Also, OE only...

I've seen a lot of issues lately with OE 6 unable to switch to another ID in WinXP. Three solutions that I know of:

1) 3-finger saluting OE
2) bounce sys
3) deselect default ID setting (and...

no prob MAD_DOG, just a simple request - and very much appreciated; figure one needs 2 have self-respect 2 show it 2 others and its a pleasure 2 tip my hat 2 ya in return. one thing i always ask...

MAD_DOG - i have a simple request: if u wud please refrain from using the Lord's name in vain. i'm not Bible thumpin @ u or anything, its a simple request that u can either ignore or respect, up 2 u.