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  1. gargouille

    NEW VIRUS HEADSUP

    Hi Win: Sometimes things get wacky 'round here and just posting will mark a star...never noticed it? (unless the name triggers it!) LOL Yup, bigguy, I had the same problem trying to input the 1st link in my post...and had to resort to distilling it and pasting it in...
  2. gargouille

    web client spooks??? spyware etc.

    Just now getting back to this thread, Phil, and would take issue with it... I FOR SURE don't want something downloading that I don't know what it is. Whatever needs updating I'll take care of on my own, thank you. (worth exactly what you paid to hear it!) LOL
  3. gargouille

    problem with cpu

    Hi nchrist, Thanks so much for feeding back to us the outcome...and we've all worn egg on our face!
  4. gargouille

    slower AGP

    You may need to load or update the motherboard chipset drivers to max out your video use...
  5. gargouille

    Internet Connection

    Firewall? I've also had it happen when I must have hit a wrong key entering the password. Also, using the dialup in the Networking section of Control Panel instead of the default dialer gives you a chance (IF you're fast enough to hit the button) to better diagnose dialup problems.
  6. gargouille

    BIOS.VXD

    ...no such file on my install of XP Pro...perhaps the flash routine is what put it there. Common sense would tell me that there's limited use for *.vxd files in XP...and I know for a fact there are very few on the machine at all. Couple of things come to mind: 1) Shutdown problems in Win98 are...
  7. gargouille

    Explorer automatically refresh! How do I stop it?

    The times it's happened to me I later realized I might have hit the Control key instead of Shift... There's also the possibility your keyboard is fritzed. Tried another?
  8. gargouille

    NEW VIRUS HEADSUP

    There's a new one about: sobig http://makeashorterlink.com/?U4FE23C03 http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig.shtml http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=27081&CID=38722 http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=58906
  9. gargouille

    NEW VIRUS HEADS UP

    Hi: Tried several times, unsuccessfully, to post this as a Helpful Tip...so here goes under new Type: There's a new one about: sobig http://makeashorterlink.com/?U4FE23C03 http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig.shtml http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=27081&CID=38722...
  10. gargouille

    NEWS VIRUS HEADSUP

    There's a new one about: sobig http://makeashorterlink.com/?U4FE23C03 http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig.shtml http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=27081&CID=38722 http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=58906
  11. gargouille

    NEW VIRUS HEADS UP

    There's a new one about: sobig http://makeashorterlink.com/?U4FE23C03 http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig.shtml http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=27081&CID=38722 http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=58906
  12. gargouille

    There's a new one about: sobig

    There's a new one about: sobig http://makeashorterlink.com/?U4FE23C03 http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig.shtml http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=27081&CID=38722 http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=58906
  13. gargouille

    Copying 25 gigs of files at once, bad for drive???

    Seems counterintuitive but running with the case off may DECREASE cooling...especially if the case already has efficient flow pattern running. For sure it'll build up lots of things it grabs from ambient air. But no, it's not likely it'll overheat. The newer hard drives have Winbond sensors on...
  14. gargouille

    unusual number of beeps from Athlon motherboard

    230 Watt PS is the 1st place I'd check...test it with a meter. My SWAG is that the system has been overclocked and it may take resetting the BIOS to all defaults...and clocking down a bit where you can. (what I'd do) Good possibility (with the BIOS getting all wacky) the motherboard is going...
  15. gargouille

    Pls urgent help needed for XP

    Mebbe bigguy is talking about XP Home...that's how you access the built in Admin account.
  16. gargouille

    I'm having a weird problem with Win

    Revisit the Power Management settings in the Control Panel and make sure there's nothing there that will get in the way...and in the BIOS make sure all the wake-on states are disabled. The battery could be weak enough (though not flat) that it bottoms out...then recovers enough to at least reset...
  17. gargouille

    Maxtor Hard ran for 2 weeks, then not detectthen again

    You'll also be privy to the fine print, IF you haven't read it (count me as 1) when you RMA a drive to the mfr. They reserved the right to replace a bad drive with a "refurbished" unit... There is the possibility other issues are at work here, including inconsistent voltage/inproper...
  18. gargouille

    PCG-z505lsk XP Pro

    Started to suggest Safe Mode, but think it's still gonna' load the same keyboard drivers, don't you? I'm quick to mistrust laptop keyboards...I have one now that's been supposedly "watered" from a spill...that if you type 9 it adds an o to it...or if you type o it precedes it with a...
  19. gargouille

    Slow perfomance with Windows XP

    All very interesting, gentlemen, but I'm getting confused as to who's who here?! bmunds, you are also crossface or you know crossface?
  20. gargouille

    No Display

    Ummmm, didn't say it very clearly in my post...my bad. That's what I intended to say: take the box leads from the case off the motherboard and then jumper the power pins on the motherboard to try starting it. Thanks, very much, mudd, for showing me the great big wart on the end of my nose! LOL

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