Recent content by davegmail

Hi Linney, I cleaned out all your first few steps, system is now A-OK. I think I ran it to this problem a few years ago. All is well. Much obliged. Dave

Thanks Linney, I used several tools - AVG free, then used tips in later IE to reset settings and used other online scans. AVG free found one trojan and was deleted. System is now 100%. Great! Dave

I cleaned some virus problem, downloaded AVG free, deleted Trojan from virus vault. Uninstalled AVG, now installed Microsoft Security Essentials. Doing scan now after rebooting. Firefox browses ok, IE doesn't. Any ideas? I'll call Microsoft & Toshiba too. Dave

I need a way to remove av-guru from Windows Vista 64. I've tried searching on Google. Tried various things, no luck, such as "STOPzilla.exe", etc. I can surf via safe mode or standard mode with Firefox but not IE. I cannot save pages in Wordpad or open an Open Office document. I've tried...

Acronis True Image vs BounceBack Ultimate - USB bootable drives.... Please see: thread751-1590230

Acronis True Image vs BounceBack Ultimate - USB bootable drives - powerful recovery. Could anyone look into USB bootable drive backups with an Acronis technique? There seems to be a few links I found with Google, but somewhat unclear to me on how it would work. By comparison, BounceBack seems...

What video formats are most compatible with home DVD players, esp. 1440x720, 16:9, 29.97 fps so I can export it for most newer home DVD players with full screen display on their HD TV? Thanks, Dave

HP Advisor is very annoying - what is recommended? HP laptops with Vista. I don't think it does anything really useful. Any recommendations? How do I disable it? Thank you. Dave

Geez, Win 7 rebooted, erased all my email text in Yahoo while in IE 8. Damn. Oh, wait, now going into Yahoo, it did recover itself in email text window. Whew! How do I avoid automatic rebooting in the future? Win 7 did not even let me save anything. I want to save all stuff before Win 7...

My friend installed this on his PC and could not remove it. Has this worked for anyone: Uninstall UNIBLUE Registry Booster From Computer Jul 20, 2009 ... For everyone here is a simple way to completely remove or uninstall Uniblue Registry booster from your computer. ...

Thanks Infinity306. dilettante hasn't used ReadyBoost maybe? Pls explain yourself dilettante... Dave

Excellent! Better info than run around MS gave me a few days ago. I'll try it. Dave Try this tip - Google 'IEHV' - IE History Viewer, finds which web sites you went to, for archiving, etc. Saves in txt, doc, or html formats.

Need Publisher Viewer (like an Excel viewer) - can't find one, help!! Thanks, Dave

I'd be very interested on how ReadyBoost, ReadyDrive compare on laptops, desktops, fast large drives, slower drives with Vista, Windows 7, core2 duo, quadcore, AMD, Intel. A good test might include video rendering, CAD & virtual reality, 3D apps, gaming. So far I've found these links...

Is there a PC data throughput diagram - from drives, RAM, etc? I'll be teaching a class and it would be nice to have a pre-made diag. with ranges of throughput from internal CPU, on board internal RAM, standard memory RAM; drives - SSDs, SATA, eSata, IDE, EIDE, CD & DVD drives, Blu Ray drives...