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    - Remote Desktop connection restarts the connected computer? Hi, I have the following problem. Whenever I'm using remote desktop connection to connect my working computer from another lan computer, the working computer restarts by itself and the connection won't be established. Anyone has this problem too, or knows how to fix this? Many many thanks. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900975
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    - Help & support When I try to open up "Help & Support" nothing happens. Any ideas. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900973
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    - file deletion Is there anyway to retrieve a file that was replaced by an older (date) one? Is there perhaps a temp folder that might have it cached? It was a excel file that user did copy/paste and "replace all". This was not done within the last few minutes/hours so I can not use undo in excel. Thanks to anyone who responds. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900968
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    - unable to open new file I've got a new Dell desktop (2.33GHz, 2gig RAM) just last month and it works fine. Other than occasionally I cannot open a new file/webpage/folder etc... eg. When I am using IE7 to surf, and I wanna open a new tab, it doesn't open up. At this time I can't even open anything new such as a window or another exe application.. However the problem is fixed when ie. I close a tab on IE and then I can open ie. a new folder. The problem compounds itself with me being able to do less and less without first closing something, be it a tab on IE, or a window, or an application. Any ideas ? Is it to do with the memory allocation ? cheers Andrew Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900959
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    - hangs / freezes I am working on a Dell OptiPlex GX280 that up till last week worked fine (~3 years). 1GB RAM, 2.8GB Pentium, 80GB HDD SATA, CD-RW, XP SP2. Is a network workstation. Virus & malware signatures updates hourly. Has decent firewall. Recently had added second 512MB RAM strip, but ran with no issues for weeks following. Run MS Updates routinely, but not yet loaded XP SP3 (it was not yet released at time hang/freeze issue began). Has suddenly begun to hang/freeze at about 2-3 minutes post log-in. Gives no warning, no error messages, no error beeps, continues all green lights on back panel. Initially reset to earlier restore point with no positive effect. Then did repair of OS with no positive effect. Ran Dell Diagnostics which found no hardware issues - all tests passed. Specifically retested Memory and HDD and all still passed those further diagnostics. Have tested USB keyboard and USB mouse separately and both are fully functional. Ultimately reformatted HDD and did clean install, but still continues to hang/freeze at about 2-3 minutes post log-in. Can boot to CD and during lengthy OS repair or install there was no hang. Can boot to Safe Mode and device will eventually hang/freeze at about 10-12 minutes post log-in. When hang begins, red light on optical mouse flickers (slow at first then increases to rapid, then suddenly stops); also during this, audio begins to crackle and similarly increases in pace, then stops same as mouse optic light. Did find some info @ MS regarding an "interrupt storm" but the prescribed "fix" for that did not alter my issue in any way. Presently the GX280 still hangs/freezes and nothing I've done has resolved the issue. Has anyone suffered through this type of problem before, and how did you ultimately resolve it? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900957
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    - Unable to uninstall Office after SP3 On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling the trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and successfully uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900956
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    - browseUI.dll Hi, I've reinstalled WinXP with SP2 on my notebook and I can log-in using my username and password. However then it goes to the desktop screen with nothing on it. Not even the taskbar at the bottom or any icons at all. There is a pop-up saying that the file browseUI.dll is missing. I cannot do anything other than open the DOS command page using SHift+F10 key to search my hdd. Where can I find this browseUI.dll file and where do I copy it over to ? cheers Andrew Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900950
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    - Where can I download Traditional and Simplified Chinese Fonts for Does anyone have any suggestions on where can I download Traditional and Simplified Chinese Fonts for XP? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900948
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    - Any suggested room temperature for server room? Does anyone have any suggestions on room temperature for server room? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900919
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    - Post SP3 Mystery CMD Window After installing SP3 I now have a mysterious CMD window appear whenever I login. It flashes by so quickly that I can't see if there is anything in it. I've used SysInternals AutoRuns and the only thing I can guess at is Office Genuine Advantage. But that was there pre-SP3 and produced no CMD window. Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900915
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    - .net framework 2.0 Sp1 In cleaning up my programs I noticed that .net framework 2.0 Sp1 was taking up 2700megs of space and I would like to know if it is safe to remove it or is it a core program because I have ver 3.5 installed also Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900911
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    - Windows XP 9and Outlook 2000) error I have a Windows XP computer running Outlook 2000. When I am in Windows Explorer and right click on a file, and pick send to mail recipient I receive a Microsoft Outlook error. "An error occured while attempting to open the Windows Address Book. Please specify a default mail delivery location in your profile." I can send emails from Outlook and also from within Word (file\send to\mail recipient) with no problems. Any ideas what is going on? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900910
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    - Card Slot Hi, I am running Windows XP on my laptop, and I have a couple of cards that I use for internet. One is a Motorola wireless adapter (because the computer does not have built in wireless), and the other is a Verizon Air Card (for mobile internet). The problem I'm having is that I have to keep reinstalling these cards (using the driver discs) almost every time I switch from one to the other. I never had this problem before. I just wiped out and reloaded (with the stock restore disc), and it has not helped. I have also had problems with a GPS device that plugs into the USB. I've had to reinstall this a couple times too. The details are below: Computer: Panasonic Toughbook CF-51 Wireless Adapter: Motorola WN825G Verizon Air Card: Qualcomm PC5750 If more information is needed to answer this question, please let me know and I'll get it ASAP. I don't know the type of card slot this is, but I know it's the wider one, not the newer, skinnier slot. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!! Thanks in advance, Jason Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900907
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    - Wireless problem after installing SP3 Hi After installing SP3 onto an Acer Aspire 1360 (XP Home SP2) it will no longer connect to my wireless network. It simply sits there trying to acquire an IP address but doesn't succeed. It also says the signal strength is low where it is usually excellent and is trying to connect at 1Mbps. Trying to find networks in range results in the claim there are no networks in range. Uninstalling SP3 restores normality. The wireless router is a Belkin with hardware version F5D7231-4 2000. Any ideas? -- Paul Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900902
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    - System Slowing Down. Any Suggestions. Windows XP, SP2. I have a system that has been running fine for a few years. It has a 3 GHz processor and 4 GB of memory. Recently everything is running much slower. Programs open up very slowly, some Excel workbooks with macros run interminably long. Internet browsing is slow. The LAN is fine, as I can go to another system and it runs the same processes and browses the net quickly. I have scanned for spyware and viruses and removed spyware and found no viruses. What can cause a system to bog down like this? Any suggestions on how I can restore the system to its former vigor? Thanks for the help. -- Dr. Doug Pruiett Good News Jail & Prison Ministry www.goodnewsjail.org Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900888
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    - Persistent "extra linebreak" problem with Live Mail / Hotmail Why isn't there a newsgroup for Live Mail / Hotmail? Anyhow... I'm getting annoying by the extra linebreaks Live keeps inserting in my emails. No matter how careful I am about it, and how good an email looks on my end before sending, it always has that annoying "blank line for every time you hit enter" problem when I go to my sent folder and look at what I sent. It's like it's interpreting all BR tags as P tags. Know what I mean? I even tried emailing from Outlook (which I've configured to sync with my Hotmail account) and it does the same thing, except that when I look at my sent folder in Outlook, the email looks fine. When I look at the very same email sent with Outlook, but in IE instead, the extra linebreaks are there again. ...the hell? How do I fix this bug? Thanks. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900887
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    - Re: About Registry Cleaners Hi, Doesn't WinXP have a built in "SCANREG" as does Windows 98SE? On a Win98 computer, I have often used the command (in Dos mode), "SCANREG /FIX /OPT" . Only recently, I bought a WinXP laptop, but I didn't search for a SCANREG or it's equivalent yet. Brad On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:42:11 -0400, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general you wrote: >"Malke" wrote... >> Tony wrote: >> >> > One thing I did that really stopped WinXP from crashing was a program >> > called RegSeeker. You can download it from most reputable free download >> > websites. It has a "Clean the Registry" feature that gets rid of lots of >> > crap that affect performance and crashes systems. >> >> This is terrible advice. Registry cleaners are snake oil at best, at worst >> they will hose Windows entirely. You may have had luck using RegSeeker but >> you were indeed one of the lucky few. The registry does not need cleaning. >> There is no "crap" in XP's registry that will affect performance and crash >> systems; that sounds good but it isn't how Windows works. Having some extra >> entries in the registry doesn't matter. > >Sorry, but there can be plenty of crap in the registry. There are two cases that are >easy to make, and they are both due to stuff left over by uninstalled programs that had >not been properly uninstalled. > >First: >You can have programs that were uninstalled that left crap in the registry. Some of them >are leftover ActiveX controls that are still loaded and still use resources. And some of >these leftover ActiveX controls can cause conflicts that can cause the computer to >become unstable - which possibly was why the program was uninstalled in the first >place - and if the program's designer couldn't even uninstall his program correctly, >it's possible that he couldn't write an ActiveX control properly. > >Second: >In most cases, when the registry needs to be accessed, it is accessed directly from >disk. It's easy to understand that the bigger the registry, the longer it takes to >access the desired registry key. Now, of course by this logic it always speeds up the >computer by removing any unneeded entries, but the issue can be one of diminishing >returns - in a 5Meg NTUSER.DAT file, cleaning out a only dozen unloaded entries won't >cause a speedup that is perceptible by any human. > >But you might see a noticable effect by cleaning out 100 unused entries - and I have >recently used RegSeeker to clean over 700 entries on an old WinXP machine that has given >the computer new life. BTW, the time difference in accessing the registry is not at the >CPU clock speed (would can be nanoseconds) but milliseconds - and that can really does >add up to seconds when your registry is bloated. > >Having said all that, I will admit that most registry cleaners fall into one of two >categories - either they clean too little to be of any use at all (as in Symantec's >WinDoctor) or they clean too damn much and can render some programs unusable (as in >V-COM's RegistryFixer). I feel that RegSeeker is "just right"; however, I have only >cleaned out registry entries marked as "green" (it weighs the danger of removing an >entry as green, yellow, red). > >And if you know the history of the system, and if you've never uninstalled any programs, >a registry cleaner won't do much good. > >Oh, I almost forgot - if you uninstall Norton AntiVirus, if you run a registry cleaner >and then re-install Norton, your antivirus subscription can be reset (assuming that you >are silly enough to use Norton in the first place). > >FYI, I am a hardware design engineer so I tend to see these things from the hardware >standpoint. > >Tony > Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900886
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    - Why two different types of app errors? We have an application that is occasionally crashing in random places. Some users get the typical fatal error: "xxxxxxxx" has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. But one of our users always gets something like this: The instruction at "0x003de054" referenced memory at "0x00300034". The memory could not be "written". Any thoughts about why one user would get one whereas someone else would get the other? Are there memory conditions or PC configuration issues that would produce one error rather than the other? Thanks. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900884
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    - SP3 error meassage Local Network Connection failed to authenticate I loaded SP3 through MS updates and now I am getting a message that says " Windows cannot connect you to the network" Everything seems to be working fine and I can connect to the internet as well as the server and other places on my network but the toolbar on the bottom has the network connection icon with a yellow excalamtion point on it. When I go to the icon it says "Local Area Connection Speed 100 Mbps Authentication failed" any idea on how to resolve this? Asking it to repair itself does not help. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900875
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    - XP SP3 Installation issue with msdaremr.dll I've tried installing SP3 via the Windows Update site but it keeps stopping with an error message of 'cannot copy msdaremr.dll'. Disabling Norton AntiVirus 2007 makes no difference. Has anyone encountered this when installing SP3 and how did they resolve it? The installation routine does offer the option to skip copying but I'm unsure about doing this. Dell laptop Win XP Pro SP2 MS Office XP Pro SP3 Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900854
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    - SP3 stops Microsoft update working Installed the official SP3 on a brand new Dell Inspiron Core 2 Duo 2.66 with 4 G RAM last night before installing any programs. It immediately stopped the Windows update site from working any further - any attempted installations failed, so I couldn't update Office etc after loading them. Did a system restore to remove SP3 and all was fine again. Any thoughts? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900853
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    - SP3 direct download link needed Tried DLing SP3 yesterday and found the file size too small, about 230 meg. used this link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en What's happening is, MS is DLing SP3 to the Internet directory (which is a small partition with little free space) instead of to a TMP or TEMP directory which point to large partitions with loads of free space! Two questions: 1) does anyone have a direct link to MS DL site for the latest SP3 release (I'll use a DLer program which saves exactly where I want them)? 2) outside of changing the temporary Internet directory location, is there any way to circumvent MS from using that directory as its temp location? TIA Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900846
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    - UPDATE: Problem with Roxio Creator for CD Burner regarding No Free Space Amount Display Hi, I am very sorry, I forgot the Roxio version. It is "Roxio Creator DE 10.1". I tried to get technical support at their web site (create an account, etc.), but that turned out to be a WASTE OF TIME. Brad On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:00 GMT, Brad wrote: >Hi, > > I have "burned" some data CD's on my Dell Windows XP home edition laptop >(bought a couple months ago) using Roxio Creator software, but I could not >find out how to "see" how much free space is left on the blank CD after I >select each folder to add for the burn. Note: This is a one session project >and I wanted to fill up the CD and have it "finalized". > > I have used Nero on my other computer's CD burner, which shows a scale >as you add files/folders so you can see how much "space" you have left. > > I searched Roxio's "Help", but didn't find anything regarding this issue. > > > Does anyone know a technique besides manually adding up the size of the >folder's contents? > > Thanks in advance, Brad > > Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., > be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900842
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    - Re: Problem with Roxio Creator for CD Burner regarding No Free Space Amount Display Hi, I am very sorry, I forgot the Roxio version. It is "Roxio Creator DE 10.1". I tried to get technical support at their web site (create an account, etc.), but that turned out to be a WASTE OF TIME. Brad On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:00 GMT, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general you wrote: >Hi, > > I have "burned" some data CD's on my Dell Windows XP home edition laptop >(bought a couple months ago) using Roxio Creator software, but I could not >find out how to "see" how much free space is left on the blank CD after I >select each folder to add for the burn. Note: This is a one session project >and I wanted to fill up the CD and have it "finalized". > > I have used Nero on my other computer's CD burner, which shows a scale >as you add files/folders so you can see how much "space" you have left. > > I searched Roxio's "Help", but didn't find anything regarding this issue. > > > Does anyone know a technique besides manually adding up the size of the >folder's contents? > > Thanks in advance, Brad > > Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., > be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900841
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    - Will be "CD-Burning" temp folder automatically cleaned after burning? Hello! I have a simple question! We have found some datas in the "CD Burning"folder of an user. Is ist possible to day wether the datas were burned or were not burned? Thanks! Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900833
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    - SP3 Install with McAfee Real-tme Scanning? Has anyone successfully installed SP3 with McAfee Real-time scanning service running? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900829
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    - How to change the default launguage In domain environment, am having system with OS-Windows XP installed, while logging in the system the default language showing Italian.To switch to the English one i have to press the Alt+Shift. Kindly let me know how to get rid on this... Thnx Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900819
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    - Enter Valid Product Code on XP Corp I've got a pc in front of me with an illegal XP corporate installed on it. I've got a valid Windows XP Pro COA and need to transfer and activate this valid key. How do I go about doing this? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900803
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    - Icons in Start Menu It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900800
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    - XP SP3: Windows Installer not working After completing the installation of XP SP3 and the necessary restarts I am unable to install any new software that uses the Windows Installer. Also tried re-registering per the KB and restarting to have it work properly but no luck. Everytime I restart the windows installer installation always runs, the event viewer shows no issues. Any advice please Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900779
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    - Protect I am using standalone PC, Can we protect folder form copying. If Yes then How to protect? Regards, Vicky Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900772
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    - Vista question about "compatibility mode" and "safe mode". Sorry for posting a Vista question in the XP section, but I just dont know where is the vista newsgroup or if it exists. Anyway, my problem is im trying to run a program which can only run under two conditions: 1) Can only run under windows XP. 2) Needs to run in safe mode to work correctly. The first problem I can solve it by simply runing the program under compatibility mode (so it thinks its running under XP SP2). but the problem is that in Safe Mode I can't use change the compatibility mode because the option is greyed out. So my question is, is there any other way to use compatibility mode while in Safe mode? like from the command line? Many thanks in advance. P.D: If there is an MS Vista newsgroup plz do post the link. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900763
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    - Downloading stops for no reason ... Downloading used to be an easy job. However, it's getting more and more difficult. Used to be that whenever I download stuffs, where-ever I downloaded it from, downloading itself poses no problem. I could even download an entire CD-ROM ISO content, over 700MB in size, in one shot. Then things started to degrade. First, it was the download from file-sharing services such as MegaUpload or RapidShare that gave me problems. The download just stops in the middle for no apparent reason. At first I thought it was the ADSL modem or port problem. It wasn't. Then I thought it was the ISP throttling bandwidth. It wasn't either. At the time, downloading from plain-old HTTP or FTP sites were still okay. Only file sharing services such as RapidShare or MegaUpload that gave me headaches. Then, this thing turns uglier. Downloading from regular FTP sites, or even downloading a PDF file as small as 4MB would just stop in the middle. So I thought, hey, it must be the browser. Changed my browser, the problem persisted. Change browser again, hey, the same. At that time, web pages are still okay, even webpages with lots and lots of pictures open fine. Now, things has gone from bad to worse. No matter which browser I use (Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Safari, Opera), sometimes the webpage would just load half-way. Click on the "reload" page, the page reloads from scratch ... and stops at half way. Webpages with lots of pictures fair the worst. Pictures loads halfways, some even didn't load. There are all sorts of things that I just can't explain anymore. So now, to all of you with so much experiences ---- What the heck is wrong with my computer ???? I am connecting to the Net via ADSL. Aztech modem. PC is Pentium Duo-Core based. OS is XP Home. 4GB of RAM. 250 GB of Hard Disk. I have scanned my PC with anti-virus softwares up and down, no virus. I have also check the firewall settings. Nothing wrong. Trojans? I dunno. But so far, Norton isn't telling me anything. So to all with so much wonderful experience ---- is there _ANY_ possibility that some settings in my PC has been changed somehow, in causing the downloading problem??? BTW, check the line also. No stoppage, no signal drop. Everything normal. Can anyone please tell me what is wrong with my PC ???? Please, I need your help. Thank you ! Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900754
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    - Free antivirus software recommendation I would like to install a new free antivirus software with my Windows XP SP2 and Microsoft Defender and can't decide between AVG, Avira Antivir or Avast. Could anyone assist with a recommendation please. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900752
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    - folder option In my folder option, under the view the show hidden files and folder is disappeared.At first its still there but this option is not working then its suddenly diappeared.Recently my computer have attack by a malware some of this is kxvo.exe. am using mcafee,window defender,spybot How to restore it back? tnx in advance. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900741
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    - SP3, I can't cheak the digital signature. I can't cheak the digital signature when I install Windows XP SP3, when I double click on the file it comes up with the usual warning asking if I want to install it, then when I go to click on Microsoft Corporation to cheak the digital signature it does nothing (It does not show the certificate information like it should do), I've downloaded it twice to see if it was corrupted etc and tested both on 2 systems but both do the exact same thing. I downloaded the Service pack from the Microsoft Download Center. Does anyone else get this problem? Is this normal? Thank you for any help. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900740
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    - Firewall blocks access I get the following Alert every day now: "The firewall has blocked access to 207 46 232 182 (UDP Port 123) from your computer. Program: "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services" Should I allow access or not? What is the meaning of this process accessing the Internet? Thank you for any help, Fred. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900737
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    - Basic security Hi group I dont have xp rigth now, so this message can have some inexact information, but I believe here its enough to understand. I rigth clicked one folder inside MyDocuments, and then I established this folder as private, meaning that other users of the same computer cant see file content of any file inside this folder. Then I placed the hard disk on another computer, to verify that file content cant be accessed, and verified all ok, files cannot be read. The folder was not encripted, because it have exe files wich Im affraid, could be damaged, I dont know if such damage by using encription, is possible. Do you think the folder content is really innaccesible?. I recall the aspect that I dont want to encript by the presence of .exe files. Of course, resuming I say: Is a folder made private, secure if other persons take your hard disk?, at least under usual attacks, DOS access, Safe Mode Access, etc. Of course, all would be decided if I can encript the folder. Thanks very much in advance, Carlos. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900721
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    - How to join the Newsgroup? I get a list of Newsgroups, but I get no idea how to join them. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900717
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    - Font problem - maybe a virus issue? Hello, I've had a few problems with my PC lately, mainly on shutting down I was getting a message box saying that a program was having a problem (can't remember exact words) and asking if I wanted to stop it from running. The application that was mostly doing this was "gcasDtServ.exe" (sometimes it was "GoogleDesktop.e")which I've found to be part of Microsoft AntiSpyware. I also had a file with a similar name which was "GCASDTSERV.EXE-04B13CAF.pf" which could be a related file. I read that sometimes this gcas file has been hijacked and used for virus type activity so I did a full virus scan using my McAfee software and also the Microsoft OneCare product. Both came up OK, no virus. I was thinking about deleitng the .pf file mentioned above, but next time I went to look for it it was gone. My shut-down problem seems to have been fixed for the moment, but now I'm having an odd problem with my fonts in Outlook and Word. When I use Arial it will only appear in Bold. I have not selected bold and I can't get rid of it. When I checked Format/Font I noticed that the dialogue box doesn't have an option for "Regular" under "Font Style". It seems to be the only font that does not have this option. What has happened to it? How can I get it back? I checked in the WINDOWS/Fonts folder to see if there was a font in there called Arial, and there is, it's called "arial.ttf". Does anyone now how I can fix this, and does this sound virus related? Thanks, Lisa Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900714
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    - Windows crashes... My sister has a four-year-old Dell 2400 with WinXP. A few days ago, when she booted up, Windows began to load, then the screen went black and her mouse and keyboard went out. The power light on the tower was still on. The same thing happened after several attempts to boot. When I went around to look at it, I booted into safe mode and began to do a system restore. Right in the middle of the restore the screen went blank. I opened the case and made sure all cables were firmly seated. Grasping at straws I booted to the CMOS setup and looked at the event viewer. It only mentioned something about a keyboard malfunction. Can anyone give me an idea of what might be going on here? Thanks. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900712
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    - How to setup a network printer? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to setup a network printer? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900711
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    - Log On As Administrator? Stupid question but how does one log on as administrator? I have a piece of software that requires that I do this before installing. Never had to do this previously. Any help will be appreciated. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900706
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    - Update for Microsoft Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB949044) Pro I am not sure if this is a Office or Windows problem. My XP system runnig on Office2003 had been trying to do this update for the last month or so. It kept updating- something it says the update is installed, other times it says there is an error. Even when it said the update was sucessful and the system did its updating after closedown, I kept getting the screen that shows that an update will be perform when I shutdown the computer. Can someon please help to sjow how to either complete this update or remove vestiges of this update totally from my system so that I do not get the annoying attempts to update as well as to install during shutdown? Thanks. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900705
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    - Keyless installation of XP SP3 I think most of you are aware that XP SP3 has a new feature that permits you to install XP without entering a product key. Doing so gives you a 30-day grace period before being required to enter the pk. Activation requires entry of the product key at the time of activation if it has not been previously entered. In effect, this makes your XP SP3 cd a trial copy. To do a keyless installation, when you install XP and reach the screen where you are asked to enter the pk, leave the fields blank and click Continue. To take advantage of this you must be using an XP SP3 integrated cd so you will need to slipstream XP SP2 and the download from https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&DisplayLang=en I use nLite for the slipstreaming. You must do this on an XP x86 machine. Do NOT use Vista. I have not had occasion to use the rearm command in XP SP3 but it may work as it does in Vista with a keyless install. The rearm command gives you an additional 30-day grace period and may be used up to three times. The command is "slmgr -rearm". Why you would install keyless is up to you but I use it for experiments in virtual machines that I only run for a day or two. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900704
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    - master volume control The master volume control in the tray sometimes "mutes" itself. How do I stop this from happening? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900688
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    - Slipstreaming SP3 using HD based ISO I still have the ISO image on hard drive from when I slipstreamed SP2 with XP Pro gold to produce a bootable XP SP2 CD. I'm wondering if I could use that HD based ISO image to merge with SP3, using Autostreamer, to produce an XP SP3 ISO image. It will be interesting to see if SP3 will be available free on CD. MS has done that twice in 2004. In Feb 2004 they released a Security Update CD that included SP1A and all subsequent updates. That CD was widely distributed and available free by mail, and at the checkouts at BestBuy, Staples, etc. It was released to address a security concern. Then in the fall of 2004 the SP2 update CD was available free by mail. ID Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900684
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    - Security Center XP-SP2 - I removed a couple of programs and then cleaned their entries from the registry. After that, Security Center doesn't recognize Zone Alarm and AVG Free 8.0, which it did before. It does recognize Windows Firewall. Perhaps I mistakenly deleted the wrong registry key. If so, is there a fix for that? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900683
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    - Sound Icon Missing Hi: In the past, there was Sound Icon sitting at the right bottom of System Tray, but recently it's gone. Sound-Icon is quite a handy because there is a handy feature, from 'mute' to 'loud' by just one click. How to restore/rescue Sound Icon at the right bottom of System Tray? Thanks for your help in advance. Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900674
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    - Multiple references to the same footnote How do we put multiple references in the body of the text to the same footnote? For example, three superscript number "3" 's in different paragraphs that all refer to the same footnote. We also want all three footnote references in the body to be re-numbered (updated) if another footnote is inserted before the third footnote. Can this be done? Tag: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? Tag: 1900658

Not sure if this is the right NG. One of my dual-boot systems is infected
with win32.jeffo and it took out comodo's firewall & defense as well as
Threatfire & PC Tools AV. WinXP side won't boot and now the Vista side is
infected too. As aggressive as this appears to be, I don't think it would be
a good idea to connect the HD's to the other computer in attempt to clean
it. Any advice on how to handle this or does a portable AV exist? Thanks for
any suggestions.

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Re: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? by R

R
Fri May 09 09:32:48 PDT 2008

Boot to Safe Mode with Networking and go to this site and run the
online scan:
http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

"Sam" <none> wrote in message
news:48247ab4$0$12881$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Not sure if this is the right NG. One of my dual-boot systems is infected
> with win32.jeffo and it took out comodo's firewall & defense as well as
> Threatfire & PC Tools AV. WinXP side won't boot and now the Vista side is
> infected too. As aggressive as this appears to be, I don't think it would
> be a good idea to connect the HD's to the other computer in attempt to
> clean it. Any advice on how to handle this or does a portable AV exist?
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>

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Re: EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist? by Sam

Sam
Thu May 08 22:46:11 PDT 2008

"R. McCarty" wrote:

| Boot to Safe Mode with Networking and go to this site and run the
| online scan:
| http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

Thanks, running it now. It looks like every exe on my system has been
infected. I guess I'll have to re-install all my apps. It's going to be a
long day. In case it ever happens again, would it have been safe to map the
drives in the clean system?

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