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 | Quick question or two... does your machine have a video card? and what is it? What is the model of your mb? What version of XP are you trying to load? 476938 MB is a 500GB hdd? Did it have, say, 10GB of free space left before the problems? A … |
| | Ctrl-Shift-Esc should always give you TM. Ctrl-Alt-Del may, depending upon your settings for login. |
| | Sitting in a box for many years..... Moisture. First reach in and unpug/replug a couple of times anything that even looks like it may be plugged... RAM, drives, CPU [yep, even though the pins should be gold plated...], any cables [both ends]. Then leave the thing switched on for a … |
| | "So I turned system restore off, rebooted, then turned it on again. ".. that action would have removed all your restore points. Notwithstanding the advice from Pitti... Pay for drivers?.... no, they are always free in my experience. What you might have to pay for is the use of some … |
| | I doubt that your problem has much to do with the Adobe installation other than that there was a restart involved. After the RAM check the POST checks all remaining system hardware - if won't run past the RAM check then there is either a hardware malfunction or a BIOS … |
| | Re: Outlook Express Security in OE is as good as that of your mail server and your AV service, and your security policy settings. Inbox size? Just delete stuff. I don't know of any settings to do as you wish.  |
| | It would be unusual for a registry cleaner to reverse any user-selectable policy. But then they occasionally alter vital keys and blow the OS to the sky, so why not..? |
| | And there are free tools that do the job, too. |
| | Re: Task Manager Yep, post a hijackthis log: ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] -copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside your program files or on your desktop and then... rename hijackthis.exe to imabunny.exe -in that folder start HijackThis by dclicking the .exe -CLOSE ALL OTHER APPLICATIONS and any open windows including the explorer … |
| | Re: Logon.exe "Windows cannot find 'logon.exe' " Be glad of that - it is not a windows file. You did not present a hijackthis log, possibly the nag could be removed easily from that. So either do that, or this: ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, … |
| | Viruses, trojans, worms and other malware have signature code, or invoke certain filenames, and have certain effects all of which allow them to be tracked and identified [by action, at least], and so can be blocked or eliminated. Pornography inter alia is just words, sounds, images, as disparate as can … |
| | You must have a dllcache in system32; to see it you must go Explorer [My Comp] > Tools tab, Folder options > View tab, and uncheck Hide Protected Opsys files, Apply n OK. And when finished you might like to hide them again. Safer. The file you are looking for …  |
| | Or possibly you have some malware which is trying to hide itself by that simple trick. Here is another sign of it: O7 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, DisableRegedit=1 ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install the application, -ensure that it is set to update and … |
| | Perhaps it wants to load the LaCie drivers? |
| | Did the driver not come in a self installer package? You really need the inf file to make the correct settings, reg entries. Most "drivers" you dl you dclick to extract and run the installer. |
| | Gurgle "upper and lower filters"... the web is full of it. No filters, you see...? |
| | Power lamp blinking? I'd say the Power Good check was cycling because a voltage to the mb is being pulled down by a failed component. Check voltages with mb plugged and unplugged. |
| | Re: freezes %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe Possibly there is an error in the winlogon reg key for userinit which is causing the freeze; malware sometimes uses it to start itself. |
| | How old are the mbs? Would it help, perhaps, to update their BIOS code [flash]? It would appear that it is a hardware problem. Do forced restarts freeze also? Unplug everything you don't need for installation... USB, firewire, modem, simplify your graphics [ie. if it has onboard graphics don't use … |
| | Re: CPU usage 100% " Recently AVG kind of misbehaved, ie it refused to update and was giving me alerts".. what kind of alerts? About viruses, or AVG problems? Did you scan your computer with an online AV before installing Symantec? Perhaps it is still infected. Do you have the original MBAM scan log? … |
| | "can't load C:/PROGRA~1/Ofoto/OfotoNow/OFUSBS.DLL" ... did you restore to a date before you loaded this? What window installer patch? It has a number/code. Why not reload it? |
| | Hi, nil. Start hijackthis again, click Scan, in the window that opens place checkmarks against all the entries listed below that still exist, and then press Fix Checked. O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SWFAss] c:\winnt\SYSTEM32\KIX32.exe /i c:\winnt\SWFAss.KIX O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [45A41D] C:\WINNT\system32\B2BABE\45A41D.EXE Good; now delete these two files and the folder B2BABE. … |
| | Since you are using netsh, does netsh winsock show catalog contain all valid files? |
| | Assuming that you have a system32\dllcache [you have to unhide protected opsys files to see it..]...oh.. instead check for it by doing this: search for win32k.sys using the search tool. If win32k.sys shows in system32 AND in system32\dllcache [plus other places] then go into system32 and rename win32k.sys to win32k.sys.old. … |
| | i know this is a slight diversion from quickbasic45 topic at hand, but someone opened the door with a ref to qbasic71 running on dos with xp. so, if u were to download qb71 and unzip it, u would see a shortcut which will sit nicely on your xp desktop. … |
| | Re: Useless IT team So USB ports are blocked for non-admins... what about cd drive? You got one that can just read? Then Sumatra portable will do the job, perhaps. It does not install, is stand-alone. You would dl it at home, install to a cd, hide the cd inside a raspberry and banana … |
| | Re: Windows XP Tabs Programs which are dependent on IE8?? It's a browser. Rollback to IE7. Here is how: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700/en-us[/url] Note well the point re SP3. |
| | Use the Windows button, then press r Next, enter msconfig |
| | You possibly have some sort of proprietary file system software in there, or something like U3 which permits you to run special sware from your thumbdrive. The U3 host files, for example, are hidden, but can be removed if not wanted, freeeing up the space they take. You should find …  |
| | Ah, a proprietary trap. If you have many such files, you need Nero. If you only wish to use a few at a time, just rclick each and extract to somewhere with WINRAR, or similar. Bulk extraction of a group of files with WINRAR may not extract all files, but … |
 | In BIOS, configure your SATA to IDE emulation. Some mbs just don't appreciate a mix of SATA and PATA drives, may not even recognise an added SATA drive when configured as SATA. |
| | Get memtest86+, load it onto a floopy or USB flashdrive.. boot your sys with it. If RAM passes that, then remove all extraneous hardware, even all hdds, and see what error message you get about loading an OS, if it gets that far.  |
| | Lady, I must assume that because you have installed the game it is a Play or cinematics disc that you are having trouble with? [I am not familiar with the game]. Anyway, try this: open My Computer and rclick on your cd/dvd drive [you don't need a disc in it]. … |
| | Re: Please help!!!! Not wishing to be mean, but if you had any chance of writing a boot-time AV scanner you would not be posting such a question here. Leave it to Avast. The wheel has been invented... use your time doing something else. |
| | cheri, do you have a Motherboard cd with chipset drivers? If so, load it and run the Ethernet driver installation. No? Then try going to Device Manager [run devmgmt.msc], expand Network Adapters by lclicking the +, then rclick your adapter, choose Properties. Go to Driver tab, press Roll back driver. … |
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| | Hello, touch. If you can connect when you enter an IP then you have a DNS resolution problem. I could go through it with you, but this link explains it: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305553[/url] |
| | You are going to need a scart adapter and an amplifier. The audio-out adapter would be no more than 5USD. |
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| | I can only think that you for some reason changed your desktop, application backgrounds and fonts to black. You can do that on that page in DP. Okay.... -drag your mouse down to the bottom left [yeah, I know you cannot see it, or the following...], then lclick once. Now... … |
| | A simple one is WinToFlash. Free, too. |
 | I did reply in your other thread. And turning off the warning is great for when you visit a spoofed site with your credit card and don't see any warning an get ripped grand. We face choices in life. But pros can forge certificates anyway.... |
| | I have a cleaned-up ErrorNuker and RegistryFix both of which I occasionally run, but pretty much for entertainment. Your registry may be 25 or 30 Megs in size, if you remove only a couple of entries it's pretty much like plucking a couple of blades of grass from a tennis … |
| | Obfuscate any web address in the body of the email. |
| | This tells you how, edie. [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2286198[/url] |
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| | Hi. Just so I can have a quick idea that there is no malware running there could you please do this: ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install the application, -ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via … |
| | Hello, Jared. Please start hijackthis again, click Scan, in the window that opens place checkmarks against all the entries listed below that still exist, and then press Fix Checked. O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Configuring] rundll32.exe E:\WINDOWS\TEMP\1239968.dll,W O20 - Winlogon Notify: avgrsstarter - avgrsstx.dll (file missing) Done? Okay, delete this file: E:\WINDOWS\TEMP\1239968.dll … |
| | You can solve it by placing those sites in your trusted zone, but that is a practice that is not recommended - it means then that those sites can pour all sorts of tripe into your system. Cause is that they are tardy in renewing their security certificates [they have … |
| | Nope, that's clear enough, It. If you ran recovery software you will have had your registry set back to the virgin state, without any application keys in it. Those programs you listed store data and run information in their own registry keys which are now gone, so although the programs' … |
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