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  1. livesound66

    Really Weird or what?

    I have a Dell running XP(Home)with 1Gb of RAM. Just recently the system/computer/XP crashes intermitently. The warning signs are that when I click on a shortcut all I get is the 'Properties' dialog box. This can be "restored" by going into 'Restore', which is "dead", and then closing 'Restore'...
  2. livesound66

    What is this?Where did it come from?

    Hi All, This appeared on my desktop from nowhere - 'Microsoft XML 4.0 Parser SDK'. I certainly haven't downloaded it and looking into it using Google it seems to be a development tool? I haven't touched it, and I'm wondering if it's safe to delete it as Microsoft advise that to do so may affect...
  3. livesound66

    Windows Closing Down?

    Hi All, For no apparent reason my PC/Windowm XP(Home) has started suddenly closing down,and all I have is a blank screen. I had been doing "housekeeping" over the weekend and had run SpyBot and RegCure and let them both fix/remove various errors, after backing up. I have now restored these items...
  4. livesound66

    Malware?

    Hi Folks, After doing an "Ewido" scan on my PC it detected the following : - file "Win32.AVKiller" . This was cleaned by "Ewido", with backup. I had just finished updating XP(Home)with all the updates due to having to reinstall WinXP(Home). What is "Win32.AVKiller"? Was it OK to remove it? Thanks
  5. livesound66

    USB Ports

    Hi Everybody, During a recent thunderstorm there was a tremendous flash and bang almost together. I was unable to get to my PC which was on and when I did get there the Windows XP sign was on the screen. I had left it on. I cold booted it and got into Windows XP(Home) but appear have no USB...
  6. livesound66

    Have lost a drivers?

    Hi Everybody, During a recent thunderstorm there was a tremendous flash and bang almost together. I was unable to get to my PC which was on and when I did get there the Windows XP sign was on the screen. I had left it on. I cold booted it and got into Windows XP(Home) but appear have no USB...
  7. livesound66

    Can't restart of Close Windows XP(Home)

    I recently unintentionally deleted a 'System 32' file and had to resort to reinstalling my PC's HD image from an external HD, using 'Acronis 10', to get my PC to even start up. This was sucessful. However, now I can't 'Restart' or 'Close' Windows and have to resort to switching-off the PC and...

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