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  1. i use one of those programs - bootskin - but...

    i use one of those programs - bootskin - but that's no biggie to lose.
  2. hey, sorry i forgot about this thread. I've got...

    hey, sorry i forgot about this thread. I've got the problem fixed now. Installing SP1 seemed to be the critical step. Unfortunately doing that screwed my USB, by the tiem i fixd that this thread...
  3. hey dalek. Actually, I recently did a windows...

    hey dalek. Actually, I recently did a windows reapair thingy (from the windows XP cd-rom), and although I was running SP1 it now apears that I have neither service pack installed. However, I can...
  4. sorry HTRegz, somehow I totally missed your...

    sorry HTRegz, somehow I totally missed your posting. but I've seen it now.

    So i looked into that and found this:
    After following nihil's lnks, Iw as instructed to set "remote access connection...
  5. nihil- I've followed the instructions in the...

    nihil- I've followed the instructions in the first of your links, as it looked the more straightforward. it didn't help.

    I think we have a basic misunderstanding here because idid not give the...
  6. We share a computer, so yes, it is the same...

    We share a computer, so yes, it is the same connection. it is the primary connection. I'm not quite sure what nihil means by "was the service not running on the primary connection?", but the service...
  7. XP firewall does not work - "service failed to start"

    i can foresee comments like "the XP firewall doesn't really work even if it DID start", so let's just ignore the actual uselessnes of it for now...

    The problem is thus: yesterday my sister came...
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    awesome, thanks everyone. I've just gotten over...

    awesome, thanks everyone.
    I've just gotten over recovering my PC from a virus that almost forced me to reformat/reinstall. I'm just doing a very thorough scan of my PC using all mnner of software...
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    About using Hijackthis..

    Hi My apologies for asking a probably much-asked and much-answere question probably in the wrong forum. but it's short so here goes:

    --Is is best to use hijackthis in Safe Mode or not?--
    ...
  10. All right people, I've fixed it!! it's a bit of...

    All right people, I've fixed it!! it's a bit of a long story but here goes...
    A friend of minegave me this link
    http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm
    under where it says "Logon - Logoff loop"...
  11. thanks mate, but I've already done that...

    thanks mate, but I've already done that yesterday! And it didn't help.
  12. the schools want to control mentionof "illegal or...

    the schools want to control mentionof "illegal or inappropriate" activities? There's problems with both of these. Any stupid kid can say, when questioned by his school, "oh no I didn't actually do...
  13. the schools want to control mentionof "illegal or...

    the schools want to control mentionof "illegal or inappropriate" activities? There's problems with both of these. Any stupid kid can say, when questioned by his school, "oh no I didn't actually do...
  14. sorry nihil I'll watch my wording in the future ...

    sorry nihil I'll watch my wording in the future

    bagggi, is that "safe mode with command prompt"? Because that option still gives you the normal windows logon, just in safe mode, which is still...
  15. okay bagggi, I'm having a bit of a problem with...

    okay bagggi, I'm having a bit of a problem with your advice. First of all, I did not see a "restart in msdos" option, so I used hte aformentioned ntfs4dos boot disk. I navigated to the folder you...
  16. nihil, yes to all four questions. no beeps on...

    nihil, yes to all four questions.
    no beeps on bootup.
    I tried the windows recoevery console, whoch woud only let me access HD:\WINDOWS
    I tried a NTFS4DOS boot disk...
  17. Hi again. Unfortunately problems quickly...

    Hi again. Unfortunately problems quickly escalated, and I was totally unable to log on to my PC. I will be reformatting/reinstalling, so I guess we'll never know how to fix this problem. But many...
  18. yes nihil it's winXP SP1. I have uninstalled...

    yes nihil it's winXP SP1.
    I have uninstalled iTunes and the plugin.
    Sorry to keep you in suspense, but now I have another hurdle in my way before I can get to this problem. when I log in I see my...
  19. Thanks both of you for your prompt replies! I...

    Thanks both of you for your prompt replies! I will do as baggi says. I did uninstall and reinstall but did not clean the reg entries.

    ghost, I have not checked explorer, only IE, will do that. ...
  20. Web browser closes shortly after I start it.

    The other day i downloaded something from a site which is safe according to SiteAdviser. I scanned the download and it came back clean (AVG). But shortly after running the download (an installer for...
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