Hey guys!

I have an old Win 2k machine here that I want to use as my bench machine more or less dedicated to scanning peoples' computers for malware and viruses.

Its used, though, and being...

Try running a chkdsk? It could be that you corrupted or deleted explorer.

If this doesn't work, you will probably need to replace the file.

Replacing it shouldn't be that hard.... What I would...

symantec is well known to slow down computers- particularly at the start of windows. Try removing it as I suggested (temporarily if you want). If the problem goes away, you eliminated the culprit!
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Perhaps the reinstall has left many of the new files fragmented? And/or the install left some junk files on your computer? Try a disk defragment and disk cleanup. (Also, for added cleaning, try...

Hm. First, try uninstalling the Symantec antivirus- its probably outdated if its free, and Norton is well known for bogging down systems. There are many better (Cheap (NOD32) or free ( Comodo...

Did you recently uninstall a Nero product? I read something about an incomplete uninstallation causing this sort of thing. If that is the case, you can use these tools:...

Good work!

IMAPI sounds familiar but (honestly) I don't really know what that is! I feel silly :p I should go look it up.

All the best,

--The Comodore

Not a bad idea. I've been a bit reluctant to do that since my last attempt at doing something not quite as drastic (A repair install) ended up ruining everything and I had to restore everything to...

Update:

Alright, I downloaded Antivir and AVG (custom-installing AVG so it is only an on-demand scanner) and ran some online scans. As far as I can tell, I'm spyware/malware free (I have my HJT...

I am the administrator and I gave you the error message above.

Update: I have run several scans from my Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) overnight. Spybot (the only spyware one I could run, I need to...

Hey guys,

I have a bit of a head-scratcher here. On my 1 1/2 year old laptop ( HP Pavillion DV8000, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, NVidia GeForce GO 7600 , 2 GB DDR2 memory, 2.0 GHz Intel...

Nothing new from me- though the firmware thing is sounding better. Try all the stuff I posted. I hope someone else comes along with some more ideas!

Good luck,

--The Comodore

Just to be on the safe side, crack open your case and remove and re-plug all the cables going to and from your optical drive. While you're in there, give it a good dusting (if you haven't already)...

I never would have thought of the video card as a problem- you learn something new every day!

Thanks for the info, Suspishio! I'll remember that.

Thats what these forums are for, no?

All the...

I recommend setting up a dual boot with 32 XP and 64 vista, the XP for things that don't work with vista, vista for everything else (the future!)

It may be that you have a bad XP CD. Try...

What I meant was your hard drive probably has two power connectors on the back. One that matches with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SATA_power_cable.jpg

and one that matches with this:...

Alright, with SATA you don't need to worry about Jumpers. You're good!

Make sure you don't plug in power to both power ports on the drive, though! I almost did that. There might be one legacy...

Is this the drive you originally tried this with or is it the replacement you mentioned a few posts up?

Its sounding like a bad drive to me if it is the original drive you tried to add.

Is it...

The closest thing I can think of is a Bart PE (preinstalled environment) or UBCD disk, but these don't install an operating system, they are operating systems... If that makes sense.

UBCD4win...

If you didn't change anything, then the jumpers on your motherboard should be fine as they are.

For your hard drive settings, check out this website to help you with that
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Sounds like the drive isn't configured right, damaged, not installed right, or its some sort of fluke. Try physically reinstalling it, ensuring any jumpers are correctly set (most likely slave or...

I'm sorry no one seems to be helping you. Lets see what I can think of.

Do you still have your CD you used to install your OS? Is it windows XP or do you have a copy of windows XP (service pack...

Hello Juan,

I'm a little confused by your question but I'll answer you as best I can.

You can already boot off of any windows CD, its just best to boot off of the same version as the machine in...