Cheers for the advice, I'll google the bios when I get back from work. It's a bit infuriating really, I had a 40 GB disk tha was 6 months old that I put in it that worked at first then the same...

Hi
I have a fairly old Time Cybernote 953E laptop, which I beleive is a rebranded CTX EzBook 700E. I'm trying to replace the hard disk from the tiny 3 gigs it had to 80 gigs. However the laptop is...

Yes, is that plausible? A boot floppy that installs usb drivers to install windows from a usb flash drive or usb cd drive.

I found this page http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm and tried method 3 but...

Afraid not
There's just disk, hard disk and cd.

Would updating the bios help? If so does anyone know how I can find out my motherboard or if i have a flashable bios.

Otherwise I've had a quick...

Cheers for the reply again Jbennet
The connection was slightly fiddly. There's an adaptor on the 'tray' that the cd drive sits in that then connects the drive to a connection in the laptop. I can't...

It won't boot from my windows CD, I have selected CD as the boot drive, so presumably that points to hardware.

Its way out of warranty - about 5 years old I think. It is my girlfriend's but it...

Cheers jbennet

Tied taking it in and out... lots!

I've tried swaping in another cd drive that I know works from another laptop but still no joy.
Do you know exactly what I should expect to see...

Hi all
I'm trying to get an old Time Cybernote 953E laptop working. My biggest problem seems to be the CD drive. It does not appear in my computer or in the hardware manager and when I enter the...

Cheers
Sorted now, thanks for all the help and I'll mark as solved.

Cheers again

Phil

Cheers for the reply Kyle
Sorry been so long replying, but after a couple of days with no reply i assumed no-one was going to so I hadn't checked.
I had already fixed the O4 object and deleted the...

Hi all I think I have something nasty. I might guess a trojan but I don't really know enough to say for sure, although I've done my best to research as best I can (which I've added below). I hope...

Just checked the manual. It says 2x64MB DIMMS => 128MB total.
Guess I'll have to check for sure.
Cheers Nizzy

Found details about ram at laptopshop (http://www.laptopshop.co.uk/laptop-notebook-memory/index.htm?model=Extensa+710DX%2F710T%2F710TE&make=Acer)
I've got a download of the manual at work so I'll...

Cheers Goldeagle, that's just the kind of tip I wanted. Wasn't sure if Millenium was a good idea.

Ta

Hi everyone
I hope this is in the correct forum, my appologies if not but I couldn't work out where to post.

Really I just wanted some advice. I have just been given a laptop. I've never owned...

Thanks Crunchie.
Did as you asked. CWShredder didn't find anything, it simply said not present for all checks.

I restarted and ran hjt again. The log is below. It looks clean to me, maybe someone...

Done that, thanks. The log is below. All the stuff you said is gone. There was an unistall for 180 solutions but not for Rjrant.
A couple of new things have appeared. I guess they need removing?
...

One other problem that I thought had gone away, but hasjust returned. When I connect to the internet I get I dialog telling me "Sitebar is ready to be deployed" and asking me to confirm the...

Hi again
Right well Ive finally got chance to have a good wrestle with my dads laptop. I've cleaned it with adaware and spybot s&d. I tried to put kaspersky on but apparently it is not sold to uk...

Oh by the way can any of you recommend any antivirus software. I often hear bad things about Norton and I had trouble getting it off my own system when I replaced it last year. I now have Trendmicro...

Micheal
Dead right again. Checked out the sasser worm on trendmicro and it has exactly the same dialogue boxes as I'm seeing on the laptop, with the "LSA shell has encountered a problem" message and...

Thanks also Crunchie. I'll grab an updated hijack this and follow your directions too.

You mentioned win 98 not having messenger. The laptop originally had 98 but has also had xp installed. During...

Thanks very much, you were right it is the messengerservice I'll get that turned off for starters.
There's also something to do with installing a toolbar. I can't remember the name, but it has what...

Harsh but fair I think.

My appologies if this is an inapropriate post for this forum. I have had help with my own pc from here in the past and thought this was a good place to start. I'll google...

Hi everyone
I'm posting because my dad's laptop has essentially filled up with spyware to the extent that he cannot connect to the internet.

Essentially he has a Sony Vaio laptop that had windows...

Thanks for the response crunchie.
In Msconfig every tick box is selected in the config.sys, autoexec.bat, system.ini, Win.ini and startup tabs. Under the general tab "normal startup - load all...

Hi
I think I could have something malicious on my system. If left for a while I get a button on the taskbar with no icon just saying "screen saver." When i click it it vanishes.

I have AdAware...

Hi all,
Just a quick question. I've recently installed PC-Cillin on my computer, with its built in firewall. I'm kinda ashamed to say it, but this is the firt time I've had a firewall on my pc....

Just reinstalled internet explorer for the second time and low and behold everything is now working fine.

Thank you very much again Caperjack and I guess this problem is closed unles anyone can...

Thanks greatly caperjack. Did as you said, athough the folder you said had already gone when I went to delete it. the .cpy.dll file has gone to and ad-aware and spybot both find no problems.

Again...

Hi I am posting this here after Catweazle requested I post in security not in windows 98, if someone can remove my post from the win 9x ME forum then please do so to avoid cross posts.

My computer...

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help. My computer seems to be in serious difficulty. I am running windows 98 second edition 4.10.2222 A and I think the problems started after I changed from Norton to...