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..you mention recovery with win xp disc. what do you mean? since you have that disc, did you go into recovery console and try fixmbr command? that should sort the partition error problem. It may even make the HD bootable again.

into your BIOS [delete key on boot], advanced settings i think, and disallow autorestart on error. Then you will be able to read the error screen at leisure. Tell us.

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I can only talk for XP, but i imagine the similarity to 2000 will be uncanny... My Computer, My Documents are two of a group of special shell folders... Diehards can change those icons, but is it worth the huge trouble? The default icons are stored in shell32.dll or explorer.exe. …

Quick fix. Move Hijackthis to a new folder next to your program files. It's okay to use it to scan from your desktop, but not to run fixes from there. While you are at it, rename it to simplesimon.exe. Start simplesimon, press scan only, put a check against R0 - …

We gotta stop the trojan for a start, cos to fix hal while it is running would invite problems. With your XP install CD proceed to Recovery Console -it's about the first option/decision point you will arrive at.... just use delete to remove that system32\37B.tmp file. To be sure when …

I must say that i find your pc's inability to connect to the web a bit ironic, cos you have amongst other pests a backdoor trojan [ an IRC bot in this case], and that one would most definitely want to connect. A backdoor trojan?- it means that you have …

which process is using the time? check in task manager. It can be due to one of your constantly running pgms gone bad, and which needs reinstalling - it may show under applications tab. Net usage? Is that correspondingly high? Need a bit more info.

Go here and get REST2514 [url]http://www.free2u.org/freeware/system_utilities/file_management/file_recovery/rest2514.html[/url] It's simple to use, can be downloaded to a floppy and extracted to the same floppy and run from the floppy too, so minimal or no file damage/overwriting risk in your pc. Read the help file, but all you do is enter an extension …

as its name implies, svchost is a process that handles multiple services - these services are grouped into each of several host processes, so you may see 5 or 6 svchost processes running. in task manager you can see which partic host is running hot.. and that is all. you …

Antispyware popup? Annoying, but Adaware SE will kill it. Go here and dl it, get the latest updates, and scan and remove bugs. Don't worry about clearing your MRU list... [url]www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/[/url] -there are plenty of other sites that have it.. google if you wish. It's free for personal use. And …

apart from a few other glitches you have a little problem with deluxe communications. they stretch the meaning of deluxe. it is a surfsidekick clone. For a start go to add/remove pgms and uninstall deluxe communications if you see it. ===GET AVG antispyware 7.5 here.. [url]http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5[/url] -the link is almost …

Any decent virus/trojan will protect itself by disabling scanners and blocking downloads from certain sites. Not a lot i can tell from the avg log, cept that it broke... Go here, get hijackthis.... [url]http://216.180.233.162/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe[/url] Save it into its own, new folder [beside program files is good, NOT in a temp …

..this is going to sound really silly, but will it work with power adaptor plugged in instead of from battery?

that's a file from Roxio, i believe?. Update/reinstall your burning software and I would suggest updating your optical drive drivers also, or at least uninstall the device and then reinstall it/them.

Ooooo... reinstalling windows is a big gun.. a huge step. i tremble at the thought of doing it without an image to load. try this: ===Restart you computer in Safe Mode:- press F8 several times while POST is running and before IDE detection completes. - On the Windows Advanced Options …

keys are not coded into the disks, so go for it. A code is generated based on your licence key and your hardware config, is all. That is what you will submit for validation.

...that is a moderately annoying way to present logs. But as it turns out, I think all you need do is double your RAM if you wish to continue running so many programs at startup. The AVG log is clean; may i suggest that before you run it in future …

===Get CCleaner from [url]http://www.ccleaner.com/[/url] - and put it in a new folder. You should aim to keep this one for general use. I set it from the install checkboxes to only open from the recycle bin. It's neater that way. ===Get Adaware SE Personal from [url]http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/[/url] - install it. Update …

c:\windows\internet logs is a folder created by zone alarm. If the size of it bothers you then delete the contents of each .txt file in there. I bet you cannot delete the .log files while ZA is running. I have only 20 ZAlog...txt files, so i assume they are deleted …

CCleaner. It's free, so you are not tempted to crack it.

how did u install IE7, debi? did u just let it install along with a bunch of other windows updates? Cos there is some talk [and that is all it is..] that that procedure can lead to problems... that it may be best to fully update and then do the …

Last known good config will be the reg files saved from the last good shutdown. Ur email problem may not have triggered a bad shutdown, so the LKGC probably will not be of much help to you. Sys restore allows you to wind back further, and is the one you …

Fascinating. So you had [before the probelm] a DVD burner as master and a CD drive as slave both on the secondary IDE connector? And you have reinstalled the DVD again and all is ok after the repair? What happened with the "full" C: volume?

like with a lot of dinosaur fossils, i think we are missing some bones. Is that all the log? if not, please post it all.

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meundies, it'd be a help if you posted what your cabling setup/drive types really are...sata..ide...you do not say. I mean, i could say if ur drives are IDE, then don't put the burner on the same connector as your HD... but i'm wasting time doing that, cos it may not …

short answer:- "I unplugged the OLD one and plugged in the NEW one, then proceeded to install Windows on the NEW drive. That didn’t work. I got the following message (or similar), “partition table invalid”." Windows setup will format and partition the new drive. It's a SATA, so it would …

Try this. in an internet explorer window, go tools > inet options > content, click autocomplete, clear passwords. If you click clear forms also it will remove the autocomplete entries you have accumulated...

...some HDs allow you to swap out the drive electronics board. A few screws undone and it falls away [with only spring contacts connecting to the actual disc enclosure]. If you have a matching drive to scavenge, u may be able to copy out those files. Of course the fault …

apart from being a bit slow, do you have any other symptoms? No untoward net activity? Is your HD more than 80% full [ballpark there... :)], have you defragmented...? If you don't use that website, for news, go ahead and fix it [that O16 entry..] and these also, they are …

hello, bonchenko, yes - go ahead and do that. Actually it is the first step that you should have tried to rid yourself of it, although i doubt very much that it would have worked.. :). Once you've done that search in program files and delete its folder if it …

ow. Sarah, the log is clean. You could fix these 3 entries which point nowhere... R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {4D25F926-B9FE-4682-BF72-8AB8210D6D75} - (no file) R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file) O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} - (no file) Do you use all those …

like the dial-up connection won't be another account......? wha? Everything you dl via your office DSL conn would still go into your dialup conn.....if you linked to office sys.

for a start, enable windows firewall at least, then go get adaware and its latest updates file from here [just in case anything you have intereferes with contacting lavasoft site]: [url]http://www.download.com/Security-Spyware/2001-2023_4-0.html?tag=dir[/url] [url]http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Definition-File/3000-8022_4-10237235.html[/url] Unzip this second file and drop it into the lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE personal folder to overwrite the existing definitions …

a very quick briefing on what i think you want. I assume you are talking XP. Then, for a start, you do not need to go into Safe mode to play with this stuff - safe mode is just a mode where windows loads a small subset of the available …

you have done a messy job of removing Mywebsearch toolbar. There is still an entry in your startup folder. Do you have a tool to manage these entries? AVG Antispyware? go analysis, autostart, rclick mywebsearch entry and delete it. Or Adaware may remove it during a scan. Or go Start …

hi tiric, a couple of things.... first off, do you have two active virus scans running? avast and McAfee? [i'm not talking about an online scan service]. One is enough. Two is more than enough, it is bad - they interfere. Choose one, ditch the other. Hijackthis. Download [or unzip …

crissa.. if it's the web your talking about, it's poss just AOL. If you mean booting, or opening files.... dunno, you do not give any info. So. Anyway, your log is clean, which i find unbelievable cos no AV, no AS, no firewall. You can rely too much on FF.... …

and if dcc's suggestion doesn't whip it into shape, try running the system file checker... start > run sfc /scannow -have your xp cd handy to load, or load it before you enter the command. Why do you run Reg Mech at startup? to me it sounds like a perfect …

log is clean. try uninstalling mcafee, and then reinstall it. what else? get this trial download and run it... link is at bottom of page. It will fit on a floppy. [url]http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/[/url] I know you have checked your connection settings... Reinstall the AOL software.... And i know it is not …

HT often reports those two files missing. And if they were you would still be able to run the puter. Wgalogon is the genuine advantage notifier, the other is messenger related.

please don't think i'm being cruel, Alicia, but you're really hanging it out there, aren't you? No SP2, no active AV; are you at least using window's firewall? [i cannot tell..].... bug writers are looking for you right now. When this is over, go get AVG Free antivirus 7.5 [it …

..from installshield, naturally.. [url]http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108322[/url] They want you to have it, instructions are there. Check your version number if you wish to get the same one [in program files\common files\]. Mine , XP home, is version 6, if that is any help.

caper, that dyspeptic chook you use for an avatar has just the right expression for that answer.... heh.

for a start, Rob, get into CMOS and disallow the auto-restart on failure option, and then you may get some error codes. Post em. Splash screen - by this you mean the Windows loading screen? Then try booting into safe mode - it loads fewer services - and run chkdsk …

boot into safe mode, and delete that file. it ain't a genuine thing. Then in normal mode, assuming you can get there, follow instructions in the stickies in virus and nasties forum re hijackthis. post a log... In fact, repost in that forum with your problem and a log.

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Dave, it would appear that you have two active virus scans. One is enough. Two is bad. Check any AV provider's website to confirm that... Since you are paying for Norton? you may wish to uninstall AVG free. I make no inference as to which is the better scan in …

it's clean enough. you've killed your trojan. If you wish you could fix these 3 entries. They all point to nowhere. O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe (file missing) O21 - SSODL: …