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  1. sunspore

    antivirus vs. firewall question

    Thanks so much, Perrin. This is all getting clearer by the minute. Drew
  2. sunspore

    antivirus vs. firewall question

    John, thanks for your help. Do you think I need the firewall at all since I am using the router to access the internet? Drew
  3. sunspore

    antivirus vs. firewall question

    I'm confused about the difference between antivirus software and firewalls. I know that firewalls monitor incoming data from the internet, but do they specifically search for viruses? And do antivirus programs monitor incoming data, or do they just monitor what is already on the system and fix...
  4. sunspore

    recovery console issue

    Ashpp: Thanks for your insight. Sounds like you understand what is going on, and that article looks like it hits the nail right on the head. I'll go through it and see. bcastner: I tried hitting enter without entering a password and still got the password not valid message. Also, this is...
  5. sunspore

    recovery console issue

    A hard drive in aN HP Pavilion wouldn't boot. It was loaded with XP home edition. I pulled the drive from the machine and put it into another machine to see if it would boot. It couldn't find the boot record, and I realized that HP probably configured it so that the OS had to match their...
  6. sunspore

    Power problem, or MB problem?

    Yes, Eskimo, all the fans are working. Also, the CPU is getting hot. I don't get any beeps at all. It's a very confusing problem. Obviously, the MB isn't completely dead, but it seems that it is having some problems. I don't know what else it could be. I'm currently looking into diagnostic...
  7. sunspore

    Power problem, or MB problem?

    thanks ed, What is a logic probe, and how can I use one? Drew
  8. sunspore

    Power problem, or MB problem?

    Hi, I'm working on an HP Pavilion 7960, trying to determine what the problem is. Here are the facts: 1)When the computer is turned on, the monitor does not respond at all. It's as if it's not hooked up to anything. I know the monitor is good because it works fine on another computer. 2)I...
  9. sunspore

    Looking for virus help!!!

    Hey, thanks a lot for this very useful information, pspier. I was wondering how to use updated definitions in this manner. Do you know how to do this same procedure on the NTFS operating systems? Drew
  10. sunspore

    Looking for good technical resources

    Hi all, I was recently A+ certified and am studying for the Net+ exam. But I am not employed in the field and would like to stay on top of all new developments and technologies pertaining to the PC technician, and also the network technician/administrator. Are there magazines or other such...
  11. sunspore

    RAM question

    Thanks for that utility, never heard of it before. On a similar note, on my w2k system, I have 256MB RAM. Is there a utility that will tell me what percentage of that is being used?
  12. sunspore

    RAM question

    Hi all, On a Win ME system I was recently using, I booted and saw that the RAM count reported 16 MB of RAM, which I thought was very low. So when the computer booted, I went to system information to see what it said. It said there were 128 MB of RAM. Also, the CMOS reported 128. Later, the...
  13. sunspore

    Looking for virus help!!!

    Thanks for all your thoughtful insights, fellas. I just got back from my friend's house. It turns out that the machine was disfunctional in too many ways to try to troubleshoot anything specifically, so I did in fact format the HD and reinstall Windows. It was probably a virus or 3 or 4. The...
  14. sunspore

    Diagnostic utilities

    Hey man, thanks.
  15. sunspore

    Looking for virus help!!!

    Actually, Mac, it's not my system. I keep my system updated with the latest virus signatures. The system belongs to a friend of mine. He hasn't updated his virus program for 2 and 1/2 yrs. I'm not even sure it's a virus, but the symptoms suggest it. The reason I want to boot to an AV...
  16. sunspore

    Diagnostic utilities

    Thanks for the tip!
  17. sunspore

    Diagnostic utilities

    Hi, I am looking to build my PC toolbox with diagnostic tools for any and all general PC symptoms. I am especially interested in tools that allow you to boot to them in cases where the PC is so messed up that you can't run any programs from it. Any and all suggestions on this topic would be...
  18. sunspore

    Looking for virus help!!!

    I have a Win98 system that is so screwed up that I can't even get the virus software to run. Is there a virus utility that you can boot to and run that way instead of booting to the OS? Drew
  19. sunspore

    no msconfig in w2k

    Thanks a lot guys!
  20. sunspore

    no msconfig in w2k

    Hi, Am I missing something? When I go to Run and type msconfig, I get an error message saying, "cannot find file 'msconfig' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and file name are correct, and that all required libraries are available." What gives? I just want to access...

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