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From [url]http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/lonny/Fixwareout.exe[/url] download fixwareout and save it to desktop. From an explorer window > tools > folder options > view, set show all hidden files and folders. Double click Fixwareout.exe to start the Fixwareout Setup Wizard, click next and then install. Ensure that Run fixit is checked, and click on …

unnecessary post.

k. while we are looking you should make a decision on the AV - one of the two must go.

be really sorry about the form. pls repost - turn off wordwrap in notepad or whatever.

video card.

if you've got an always-on connection i bet it is a whole swag of updaters phoning home. there are some real issues with some of those.

an recyclers would hold a bit... if you have not cleared it. you just gotta get outlook express folders, temp and tmp folders, IE folders like history, cookies n temp inet files, plus My Docs outta there.

oh dear. there is a risk that you have been well n truly backdoored. i don't have time to help you just now, but don't use this notebook online until someone helps you fix it. It is NOT secure!! you should change your bank passwords, email pw's, the lot, after …

did you get sorted? if not, this will restore the default registry settings for lnk file associations. Unzip, dclick the reg file and answer yes. 'Course, you'd do a restore point first, wouldn you? i mean, that would be just smart.... [url]http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip[/url]

accursed things they can be. try uninstalling your burner software, and then reinstall it.

two xp's. This is interesting. The second installation on the newer drive should be the one that has the working boot.ini. Or did the installation modify the old boot.ini...? I am not sure... it should be the former - the new installation should have the controlling boot.ini... hmmmmm. But did …

go ahead and install your third OS. But unless you make XP the last OS that you install you will need to get a boot manager. So. It's either get a boot manager, or uninstall Xp, install ME and then install XP again. We should all have that much fun …

inside system32, check the size of your notepad.exe - it should be 67.5kB, or 68kB on disk..

Perhaps MSN tried to update, and failed doing that... Why? i could guess that your Windows Installer is broken [this is the pgm that installs windows components...]. Go to microsoft, dl windows installer 3.1. Then via CP uninstall your current version, and next install your new copy.

You're pretty much jammed up against a wall. It's going to be the power supply, video card or the motherboard. Got a multimeter? There is surely a spare power plug flapping about in there.... if not u can unplug one from the floppy drive. It will have yellow, red and …

To sort out if it is a hardware related problem, restart your pc, and then hit delete to enter BIOS. Let it sit there for a while to see if it is an overheating/power problem. If it works ok, then go to safe mode and run chkdsk /f. ===Restart your …

[##] is just a marker in the instructions.... I'm going to guess that something has corrupted a few registry entries for you. For a start, try this: go start > run, type devmgmt.msc and OK. Is there a yellow icon beside the DVD and USB entries? Expand the DVD/CD entry, …

WHOA!!! Stop using that PC!! On another Puter, download this pgm, REST2514.exe onto a floppy, install it onto the same floppy [it will fit] and then insert it into ur PC with the lost stuff and run it from the floppy [to save disk file damage it does not install …

windows is in c:, right? And you have window's page file as volume s: on same disk. There is absolutely no point in doing that. The idea is to put the page file on another DISK, not just another VOLUME: while the drive heads are accessing your page file, they …

that file... you've had your desktop hijacked. To see some of these files you have to disabvle view protections for them.... but no matter, cos in this case i think..think...that if you rclick in a clear spot on your desktop, go properties > desktop > customise desktop >web and then …

set your BIOS to auto-detect the HD. and make sure cd is at top of boot order. Then format and repartition.

"CompUSA says ....... cannot provide me with a backup copy." They've just gotta be joking. It is the license key that you pay for, the CD and its files is just 50c worth of fancy plastic. Get hard with them. Is there a local branch? - they should just burn …

XP home passwords. When you install xp a specilal Computer Administrator profile is created with a default blank password [hit <enter>]. When you create a profile with administrator privileges you have the same privs as the original CA. You have passworded your profile, now go into safe mode which is …

Get the PCI converter, connect up, leave the IDE HD set as master cos it is not important here, make a system partition [say 8 - 10GB for XP] on the SATA and mark as active, and install windows. [Or just do a fresh install and during setup make a …

It means that you have a registry entry pointing at startup to that file which may no longer exist. Time to clean it out, and check on the job u did... :). Download this temp file cleaner from [url]http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1[/url] -click in the download window to run it, and when ATF …

get emule, or limewire basic. I use em both, they in themselves are safe, but whether the files you download are, well, that is up to the bloke who put them up. Isn't it?

heck, u have the license, u have the key, just borrow a copy of 2000 from a mate. The cd, i mean.

go to this link and get TCPView. Install it into its own folder cos you may find it worth keeping along with like troubleshooting gear. Start it by dclicking the .exe. Now have a look and see what is using your connection. [url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/networkingutilities.mspx[/url] [a source of very good stuff] By …

hmmm... spinning noise at boot. if ur boot order is floppy first it will give the platen a twist to check if there is a medium loaded. Some boots give the floppy drive a quick whirl anyway just to reassure themselves that they have not been passed by progress. I …

guard.exe..... i take it that you have just downloaded AVG.- this, then, is the realtime protection unit. It stops after 30 days unless you feed it money. Let it run while you can have the benefit of it. It will remain in mem even if it is not running. Okay, …

if your mum only goes to reputable sites... banks, etc, then all she needs is windows firewall, no AV, no AS. But who knows what mums get up to when the door is closed.

have you got the XP install disk for your update level? eg XP + SP2.. run sfc /scannow just in case svchost has a glitch, or some other process it handles.

norton's ghost fer sure.

...post another log... but run smitfraudfix first... only the first step ... #1.

IE7 is capable of many foul things... but it doesn't often remove PSU pins.... Anyway.. "reformat windows"... d'yu mean you formatted the system volume [partition] and reinstalled windows? Then you replaced the mobo and CPU, [so i guess the first reinstallation is a tad irrelevant here... :)] the HD, vid …

get some free shredder software... [AVG A-S 7.5 includes one, ...from grisoft]. Shred the sensitive folders or files, delete everything else, then REINSTALL with partitions of different sizes to your original installation [reinstall with a full format of each partition..]

If you only did a repair there may be a chance. That problem often is derived from a hardware malfunction. Power off, and replug every connection in there - IDE cables, videoa cards, network, and RAM. No go? and you've got multiple RAM sticks? Pull one, try, swap, try. Course, …

ok. blue screen with error - tell us the error. Can you get into safe mode? ===Restart your computer in Safe Mode:- press F8 several times while POST is running and before IDE detection completes. - On the Windows Advanced Options Menu, select Safe Mode with Command Prompt and press …

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Ow. Let's do this first. ==Delete your copy of hijackthis. Go here and get a fresh copy: [url]http://216.180.233.162/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe[/url] -install it to a new folder alongside your program files and then rename the Hijackthis.exe to imabunny.exe. ==Download Look2Me-Destroyer: [url]http://www.atribune.org/content/view/28/[/url] ...copy the instructions on that page into a notepad. In control panel …

..nothing shows in your log. I'd reload excel....

you have another thread running on this same topic...

[QUOTE=lcastric;312654]Is this the end.[/QUOTE] heh, i bet it felt like it. POWER OFF AT THE WALL [pull the plug], inside the case ground yourself by touching the metal framing with both hands, pull the CMOS battery and swap the jumper - check your instruction book if you have one, or …

hello, sexy. ===Download this temp file cleaner from [url]http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1[/url] --click in the download window to run it, and when ATF Cleaner opens go Select all, and then Empty Selected. Next click Firefox at the top, Select All again, and Empty Selected again. Close ATF. ===Get Adaware SE Personal from [url]http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/[/url] …

You will have to finalise the dvd. Then it will run fine.

i assume that you have java installed?

ok, i'm going to say something really stupid-sounding..... it seems like the "run" shortcut in the start area is broken. So try removing it [go start, rclick the blue header or tail, > properties, start menu, customise, advanced, and uncheck run command. Reboot, and recheck that box. Please don't be …

.....if you have the XP install cd then in that run window type sfc /scannow and load the cd. Be prepared to hit enter quite a few times. Come back with the result...

OrgName: America Online, Inc OrgID: AMERIC-59 Address: 22080 Pacific Blvd ..they don't do viruses or trojans there, but the link may be slow.... is it a search engine?

man, you have been hijacked so badly. bump your post. Oh, i guess i'm doing that now... :) I'd help you fix it but i'm busy. actually, repost it in viruses form.