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  1. papa1

    XP Home - Suddenly Very Slow Boot

    Regarding NIS; In my frequent reinstalls ( I'm a tinkerer ) I would have to register again. However on the good side Symantec then gave me another full year of updates. papa1
  2. papa1

    k7VM2 Won't Boot

    Hi; I had this exact problem within two weeks of putting my computer together. I had no floppy drive so I stuck an old one in I'd had banging around for a year or two. My computer would only power up for about a second and then shut down. Removal of the floppy drive meant a perfect boot...
  3. papa1

    This is a good one

    bcastner; You could be right. I don't have a clue why that would happen but as long as RESTORE fixed it I'm happy. Gotta love my XP. Methinks I play with too many downloads and deletes! I've done an SFC /SCANNOW to be sure. Thanks...
  4. papa1

    This is a good one

    Hi People; I don't really need help as System Restore was able to fix this but I'd like some ideas as to what the heck happened. I spent yesterday morning doing my usual web surfing( I'm a shift worker ). This morning my wife turned on the computer to check the e-mail and...
  5. papa1

    DSL and dialup connection window

    Hi Linney; Yes, I do have that box and it is unchecked so it shouldn't be displaying the little dialup window. I know it's something simple. I've dumped and recreated the dsl connection several times and still get the little progress window. It quickly disappears but it's just a...
  6. papa1

    DSL and dialup connection window

    Hi; I can't seem to get rid of the dialup window that says "connecting" to my ISP. I'm running XP pro on DSL and everything's up to date. I stumbled across the answer once before in these forums but since then I've run Redhat 9.0 and reverted to XP due to hardware problems(lack...
  7. papa1

    Norton sending e-mail upon opening Outlook Express?

    Mattjurado; You were bang on with your advice! It was Outlook Express that was corrupted. I've mentally filed your advice for further use. Perhaps I can someday help someone else using your tips. Thank You so much. The uneasy feeling that I had a hidden trojan or virus of some...
  8. papa1

    Norton sending e-mail upon opening Outlook Express?

    Hi: I seem to have an issue with NAV 2002. When I open up Outlook Express for the first time in the day NAV pops up saying it is scanning an outgoing message. However, I have not even got Outlook Express fully open let alone sent a message. All of my e-mails are sent immediately. I do not...
  9. papa1

    virus scanners wont start....

    Hi; Make sure you type SFC /SCANNOW in Capital letters.

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