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Well it appears like my desktop copy of XP is actually the Home Version. I have schlepted this hard drive to several different upgrades and forgot what OS actually was installed. I guess I am scr@#&ed. Thanks for the quick response anyway. Ed

I did a full and partial backup of my wifes Dell XPS M140 laptop. She left the ac adapter in a hotel in Odessa Tx while on a business trip. Now the battery is depleted and we are waiting for a replacement adapter. In the meantime she still needs to work so...I tried to do a recovery using the...

Thanks for the quick reply...am running process now and will post results when finished. Thanks, Doc

I have a computer with the "trafficsector" browser helper infection...I need to remove it but adaware and SPYBOT don't help. Any ideas? Here is my HiJackThis: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:33:23 PM, on 3/1/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer...

I am running Windows XP pro. I used Panda Internet Security software and when it came up for renewal I removed the Panda software and installed McAfee that was available from Comcast for free. Under "HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software" there is still a reference to "Panda Software" that I would like to...

Once again, thanks Matt...appreciate the help. Doc

Hey Matt (or anyone else with the knowledge), here is my boot.ini file...My system appears to have a dual boot but only Windows 2k works...can I tweek this file to make my machine come up faster and not have to chose a windows to launch...I think I can change the timeout to 0 or something real...

I have an enormous amount of files on my C drive in a folder called C:/_RESTORE. I used to have Win ME on my Toshiba Satellite 2805-S603 laptop (OEM). I reformatted the hard drive and installed Win 2k and have been using it for a little over 2 years now with very few problems (most of which I...

Hey all, One thing I like about this site is that I sometimes don't get the right answer...but it makes me sit down and continue to troubleshoot until I fix the problem...I found this site: http://www.cometcursor.com/uninstall.asp This worked and all is hunky-dory again. Pass it on. Thanks...Doc

Hey all, One thing I like about this site is that I sometimes don't get the right answer...but it makes me sit down and continue to troubleshoot until I fix the problem...I found this site: http://www.cometcursor.com/uninstall.asp This worked and all is hunky-dory again. Pass it on. Thanks...Doc

Hi gang, Maybe someone has run across this before. Intermittently the cursor on my Toshiba laptop turns into a semi-transparent square about a half to three quarters inch in size. Sometimes it appears to have a bar above and below it. It really drives my wife nuttso!! I ran SpyBot and Adaware...

Hey, thanks alot...that bit of info led me to some blank files in my office 10 folder that were actually office 97 files that had some macros associated with them (this is my third computer in 5 years so I have transferred a lot of junk files in addition to good ones)...I deleted these...

I am running win2000 w/Office XP Pro. Lately when I open a new office application or existing office application or when I try to log off of the PC I get the following message: "The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the on-line help or documentation of the host application to...

Hey gang, thanks for the tips...it turned out that my neighbor had his Outlook set for Rich text. I set his e-mail format to plain text and all is good...Thanks...Doc

A friend of mine has this problem with his e-mail. He has his own web site and gets e-mail via the server that hosts his web site. He has been having this problem that occurs when he sends e-mail to AOL and Hotmail and some other e-mail services (like yahoo... etc.). When he attaches a word...

I am running Windows 2000 pro. I have Windows Office XP pro installed also. Whenever I open a program in Office it takes probably 1-2 minutes to open. I have seen others with a similar setup and it takes much less time to open an application. I have a Toshiba 2805-S603 laptop with a Pentium 1m...

I am working on a friend's computer. His son was surfing the Internet unsupervised and low and behold suddenly the computer had some problems. Having seen some of the same troubles and finding an answer in this forum I installed Spybot and Ad Aware and ran them several times which cleaned out...

Thanks for the info...turned out to be Ad/Spyware problem...cleaned out account...all is good. I got that info from G. Palmer...he seems to have a good handle on what is going on with a lot of the problems I have seen in this site. Thanks...Doc

Hey Greg, You were right...I did the Ad/Spyware scan, removed a BUNCH of stuff...now all is good...wife and stepson happy again!! Thanks for your help... I can't tell how you know that those items you mentioned started up with IE...is it just experience or is there something in the name of the...

OK, here is my startup list...hope you see something that will help!!! StartupList report, 11/12/2003, 6:23:23 PM StartupList version: 1.52 Started from : C:\unzipped\hijackthis\HijackThis.EXE Detected: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) Detected: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) * Using...