Heather
Fri Mar 18 12:04:49 CST 2005
Thanks, Jack......
I have been looking at HD's and it seems that 80 GB is the smallest, coming
in around $100 Cdn. 160 GB is about $150 or less.....odd, isn't it.
I have two techs lined up who will install it, partition it and add my XP
Home.....costing about $50 for the labour + the HD.
As to the rest, I do all the maintenance daily, did not d/l the offending
hotfix so spared that problem.......and run my AV from time to time. I
honestly never seem to see viruses or spyware anymore. A lot of that is due
to the anti-spam, anti-virus tools used by my ISP. As for spyware, I
haven't seen one for months. Partly due to SpywareBlaster (I think) and
using Firefox.
But I will certainly read up on what you posted. I suppose (sigh) that a
reformat is a possibility, but it is the last resort in my book!!
Cheers....Heather, in the land of snow......will it ever end??
"Jack E Martinelli" <jemartin_DELETE@NO_SPAM_gis.net> wrote in message
news:ehpiQJ8KFHA.2492@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Heather, I recommend obtaining a second HD, 7200 rpm, ATA 133, since they
> are quite inexpensive now... under $US 75, or even $50, on occasion, in
my
> area. Something like 80-160 GB. Maxtor or Hitachi is preferable. Create a
> 2.1 GB, FAT32, 4 KB cluster size, partition at its head for your WinME
> swapfile, which you will move to it from the current C:. Then create a
> large NTFS partition for your eventual dual-booted XP. Then create a
> partition of ca. 20-40 GB using FAT32 at the end for a backup partition
for
> WinME. This is where you will store the images of the WinME OS, and any
> other desired backups. There are many good backup tools available. After
> XP is installed and working, you may wish to consider BootIt NG to backup
> and manage the startup.
>
> "How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition
a
> Hard Disk"
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];255867
>
> "Order in Which MS-DOS and Windows Assign Drive Letters"
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];51978
>
>
> I haven't followed what I suspect are your many posts in several locations
> about your troubles since the uninstallation of your first attempt to
> install XP.
> Before proceeding further with any installations, persevere in correcting
> all current problems. Make sure no Marks are in Device Manager, and run
> Disk Cleanup, scandisk, and defrag. Then run the AV and antispyware tools
> repeatedly until certain all is well. Then repeat defrag.
>
> Boot very cleanly and test your often-used apps. Remove 891711 only if
you
> are pretty sure it is causing problems.
> I wouldn't be too concerned about intermittently crashing games played
over
> the internet, as I suspect communication problems are the cause, not your
> client machine.
>
> AND KEEP A GOOD, DETAILED LOGBOOK. Patience and persistence are keys.
> --
> Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
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> "Heather" <figgs@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:eobA9r4KFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Tom.....
> >
> > Reinstalled a slightly newer version of ZAPro......all went well. I
will
> do
> > the same with FF tomorrow. I usually never use the latest and greatest
> from
> > ZA.....learned that a long time ago. (G)
> >
> > Thanks....Heather
> >
> > "TomV" <t@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > news:OkmErr2KFHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi, Heather,
> > >
> > > Vsmon.exe is the TrueVector service that's part of Zonealarm. It
sounds
> > > like it's hanging on shutdown. If you're seeing these problems only
> > > since attempting the XP installation, there's a good likelihood that's
> > > what may be causing problems for you. I had FF crash with Java
1.5.0_02
> > > installed, but it's only occurred once. I also have the 891711 hotfix
> > > installed. I still think uninstalling and reinstalling FF is the way
to
> > > go. Have you considered doing a clean install of XP? It'll get rid
of
> > > the cobwebs on your HD. ;)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > Heather wrote:
> > > > Hi Tom.......
> > > >
> > > > Glad you saw this......see inline.
> > > >
> > > > "TomV" <t@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:OJajtM0KFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > >
> > > >>Hi, Heather,
> > > >>
> > > >>Does the Pogo game use Java? It sometimes causes FF to crash. I
just
> >
> > > >
> > > > had this occur the other day.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it does.....but it didn't crash till the other day. I have had
> to
> > > > download Sun Java 1.4.06 (or something along that line, grin) way
back
> > even
> > > > with IE.
> > > >
> > > > The only other thought is do you have the
> > > >
> > > >>now notorious 891711 hotfix installed? If so, you've probably read
> all
> > > >>the problem reports, and some seem to be specific to the FF and
> Mozilla
> > >
> > > >
> > > > browsers.
> > > >
> > > > NO, thank goodness. I am lax about putting updates and hotfixes on
> the
> > last
> > > > few months, particularly since I only use Firefox now. I read the
> > > > descriptions of what they are for and what the possible problems
might
> > be
> > > > for WinME (is this MS's way of telling us to upgrade to XP???) and I
> > only
> > > > put on what I personally think is OK. But I am not a rocket
> scientist,
> > > > grin.
> > > >
> > > > I totally missed those two for some reason. I tried upgrading to XP
> on
> > Feb.
> > > > 20th and it was a total mess, which I have been cleaning up slowly
> ever
> > > > since....never thought to look at Windows Update. Someone looking
out
> > for
> > > > me?? (VBG)
> > > >
> > > >>Do you have FF 1.0.1 installed? You could try uninstalling and then
> > > >>reinstalling FF to see if it corrects the problem.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I have the patch......just double-checked a couple of days ago.
> > Where
> > > > do you get your info from......a forum? I haven't looked for one.
> > Nothing
> > > > new re extensions on here.....just IE View and one other, which
> escapes
> > me
> > > > at the moment. I haven't done anything with Profile either.
> > > >
> > > > If you think of anything, drop me a line. And thank you for the
> > assistance.
> > > > It probably is the shake up this computer had with XP.
> > > >
> > > > I just remembered.....I have had a "VSMon" error twice this
> > week.....just at
> > > > shutdown. Had one today. Not quite sure what that one is.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.....Heather
> > > >
> > > >>HTH
> > > >>Tom
> >
> >
>
>