Recent content by robroy6

Processed your LINK and deleted a number of excessive files. Thanks.

Thanks Waho, I did not take note of your link until now!! I was confused about your question so I examined your response again and saw the LINK you placed there. Maybe you should somehow introduce a link with a few words like "Try this link ....."

I have had CCPro for a long time and use it quarterly., thanks.

C:\Windows\INF has some 1,600 files of *.pnf, *.inf and *.adm types. Can I safely delete them or at least the old files? c:\windows\prefetch has 10 files located there of *.pf type. Can I safely delete them or at least the old files? Thanks

It took a while but I finally d/ld all the files you suggested and ran them in the equence you indicated. They found a few things but nothing major. The only program that required a reboot was after Combofix. Thanks for the help.

The original problem (few programs listed) seems solved. My lingering questions are: When/where did I get hit by a virus? Did my anti-virus prog kill it? Are there more installed programs that are not showing up?

Thanks for the starting point. Found a reference to "unhide" by BleepingComputer. Sometimes you get hit by a virus that moves folders around and hides them. The unhide tool apparently restored the missing "Program" references so I could get the Programs Listing from the start page. I now show...

Pressing START+ALL PROGRAMS in the past gave me a listing of all the programs (over 100) that are installed. There was like 60 names each in 6-8 columns Recently, that key sequence lists only 2 programs. Where does XP get the info to display? START + "User Explore" shows all of the programs...

I am using Chrome and win xp sp3. Once in a while, while waiting for a web site's page to open after I click on a link I get an info message to wait for the page to answer or kill the page that's waiting. I don't know if it's Chrome or XP that controls the wait time for a page to respond but I...

I am using USBDLM with success to control the drive letters of my HDDs. I am running 12 HDDs for 14 partitions and only needed to assign drive letters for 3 or 4 of them.

When examining Computer Management - Disk Management I see for each Partition under the STATUS column: Healthy or Healthy (System) or Healthy (Page Files) or Healthy (Active) What does Active mean for a partition? I have 14 partitions on 12 HDDs (3 internal,9 USB external) XP Pro SP3 Thanks

Thanks, I will try your suggestion with Autoruns and let you know.

Thanks. But I have the problem of some shortcuts/programs/dlls calling a specific drive letter and when windows assigns a different letter to that drive, my calling shortcut/program doesn't run. I try to keep C: with about 50% free space so I have the habit of downloading free or purchased s/w...

I found USBDLM which is supposed to control all features of USB drives. In reading their documentation I get very confused. It's an elaborate and complicated program with hundreds of options. Does anyone have experience with using USBDLM sucessfully? Thanks

I have been with HP's various sites. Many "experts" have solutions which I tried but to no avail. I still have these questions: Why is windows trying to "configure scan"? How do I stop this procedure? There must be some program/services to record in a readable file what programs are called to...