I don't do any of those things but I have been attacked as I redo stuff online (I do errands online and shop for my mom and aunt who are elderly and sick), and sometimes you are minding your own...

I have Ad-aware, Norton Antivirus (the latest), SpywareGuard, and all the other suggested defenses for my Win ME environment, including a firewall, but every now and then, a critter gets through (i...

Hi! I need some guidelines about creating a hosts file to increase my surfing protection.
I run on Windows ME, Internet Explorer and need tips that are VERY easy to understand. Have been reading...

Thanks, Chris! At least even with only the dive C operational, the machine is being used for what she needs it. I have forgotten where you change the settings, I haven't done that in a looooon time!...

It was the battery! It has been changed and it is working like the good old trooper it is. One thing, though, it "forgot it has a slave drive D. and it will not accept it anymore. So, my mom is using...

Hi Chris! Hi Thong_Ispector! I am here to report success.

After I last left her I went to Microsoft.com, it didn't help at all. The computer saw nothing but floppy drive a:, I kept going back to...

Thank you, Chris, I'll try it. But I still have a question, do I have to re-install Windows or will this repair it?

Thanks so much for all your help and patience!

One more detail, it tries to fire up Windows 95 every time it is booted and it tells you so (starting Windows 95....) but of course, it cannot do it from floppy drive a:. So it comes back with an...

No breaks! I went into setup and asked the machine to go ot is previous settings. It says it did. Funy how computers are, when it boots it gives you a list of things and includes from Bios and when...

Thank you, Chris! We were praying someone would answer. I have copied your instructions and will try to follow them. I can't do the thing with the hard drive, it's as scary as brain surgery to me....

I want to add one more thing. I took out all the old manuals and have been reading up what I can understand and I think that what turned up and what we messed up was CMOS or SETUP, though no warning...

Hi! This is an SOS. I need urgent help with this. My mom works at home and she types in an older computer which uses Windows 95 (which is okay for what she does, when she delivers copy). On Friday,...

Thank you all! I have received more help from this forum than from my local tech. I am very grateful that all of you are out there. :)

Thank you guys! These kinds of things are a little scary for someone who doesn't know too much. That's why I ask questions before I cause a disaster. :o
Take care!

Thank you very much!

I would like to add something to my request above:

Can anyone tell me if PrimoPDF (http://www.primopdf.com/)

PDF995 (http://www.pdf995.com)

or Go2PDF (http://www.go2pdf.com) would do? Does...

Hi Everyone! I need a PDF Creator, but I was looking at the price of Adobe Acrobat and yikes! I decided to try some freeware and if it works for me, then to move on. . .Is PDFFactory any good?
Can...

I read good comments about Registry Mechanic and downloaded it but have not used it. I'm barely learning a few things (mostly around here) to kind of wing it with my machine and survive online with...

Thank you again! I am learning and that, to me, is tremendous! (When I got my first computer I used to cry like a baby because I understood nothing, and the thing was a misbehaving monster, but now I...

Thanks guys!
I'm a beginner,s o don't give stuff that is too complicated, please. If I "kill" my other funcitons, when do I get them back, when I reboot?
Anyway, I followed the sugggestions...

Thank you very much for all your advice, it is REALLY appreciated! I used to get into all kinds of computer trouble until I discover this forum, you guys have taught me soooooo much. I'm still...

Thank you guys! I'm going to print these pointers and try again. I have tried to defrag after I posted this question but I never got to be able to finish. Scandisk also takes forever. I will try...

Thank you, Catweazle, very good suggestions!
By the way, I am interested in a software that will turn photos into crossword charts. I don't do crosswords, but I knit and crochet for charity and that...

Hello Guys! Can I ask a "beginner question"?
Is defrag supposed to last 3 days? I had to cancel my last one because it never ended, it went on and on, night and day. . .is there a way to "speed it...

Thanks, Catweazle! Trouble is I don't know WHERE exactly to go to sample some of what's out there. I've always used store-bought stuff, it is only know that I'm learning that there is also a whole...

Thanks for the advice! I downloaded it and it cleaned up quite a bit of stuff I didn't know I had in the temp category, though I have been cleaning up my temp files as Crunchie and others adviced me....

Hi! Does anyone know of a "Safe" (I got hit with adware after downloading something so that's what I mean by safe, a place that doesn't attach unwanted barnacles to its software) for free ware in the...

Thank you! I'll get it right away. Is it self-explanatory? I mean, the use of it. . .Once I download it, do I need any info as to how to use it?
Thanks for any help.

Hi! I would like to get a Temp File/Cookies/index.dat cleaner.
Is CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) any good? Could anyone direct me to a place where I could download it and could I be given a couple of tips...

Thank you guys! I'll try out your advice.

I got WinZip (from their site) and it came infected with an adware that I have not been able to get rid of no matter how much advice I follow. Therefore, when I got wind of this site, where one can...

Forgot to add that my computer operates on Windows ME.
Thank you!

Hi guys! I'm very grateful for the help I've received through this forum, it has been tremendously useful, that's why I'm back.
It is very hot in Arizona. Yesterday my computer got very hot and...