Posts by nanosani

Rising AV is also good. I tried it and found it better than AVG.
Rising AV
Also see 5 Free Antiviruses here.

What options exactly do you need to transfer your files?

If you want to access your pc from your laptop, here's the shortcut .. just type the following command in your Run dialog.

\\yourPCName
Where yourPCName is the name of your PC.
If you want to know the name of your PC, just right click My Computer --> Properties --> Computer Name. You can find the full computer name there.

Great to see your happy gerbil .. I just showed you one direction and you created another by yourself..

Windows has special registry keys for manipulating the Drives as shown or hidden. One cool way of opening multiple drives (you said you could only open one drive at a time) is by opening My Computer window and writing the drive letter in the address bar e.g, if I want to open E drive, I will open My Computer, type E:\ in the address bar and boom ... the drive is wide open. You can open multiple drives this way.

As far as your problem is concerned, I can only redirect you to my article about hiding the drives in My Computer. You can check if the group policy has not restricted your drives access. Otherwise check the registry which I mentioned in the article.

If you still can't solve the problem ... then may be we can craft another solution ...

Make sure that you are logged in with an account that has administrative previllages.

Thanks RueB2sDe for creating the floppy disc part .. but I don't really love it that way. I always install recovery console on my system startup for emergency purposes. Otherwise I use the CD ROM as floppies are disappearing from the tech world :). But that would certainly help a person with no Windows disc.

Hmm .. that's usually an inaccessible boot device error. This usually happens if your MBR or some windows system files get corrupted. So how can you fix this? Here's what you can do.

Boot your system from CD ROM drive using Windows installation disc. Go to console recovery mode and issue the following commands:

chkdsk /f /r c: (where c: is your windows drive)
When this commands completes its operations, issue the following command:
fixboot

Hopefully, your windows machine will boot normally.

Start your computer and keep tapping F8 to bring up the advanced boot options. Select disable automatically restart option. If there is blue screen of death, tell us its error code.

Yes I think Advanced Power Control options is not set in windows xp..

When you startup the system, press F8 to open advance startup options, select disable automatically restart option .. Then it'll not restart automatically on error. If blue screen of death comes, tell us the error code.

You can also set the NTFS permissions such that one OS cant access the drive of the second one.

By the way, this is what Microsoft says about Restore Unsuccessful.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290700

Marking the thread as solved.

Only Windows reinstall seems to be the legal solution to me.

See if this helps you :

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninstallers/Norton-Removal-Tool.shtml

Can you tell us about the application. Probably there's some compatibility issue of the application with windows xp.

You're not booting from CD ROM. Boot from the cd rom... n try installing again.

You can have your desktop again by clicking new task in task manager and typing explorer in it and then clicking ok. Then you can backup your system and reinstall XP. Tell us if this doesn't work.

Does this happen to one site or every site that has forms??

Go to internet options --> general --> settings ... confirm that "Automatically" radio box is selected.

Open internet explorer .. go to tools --> internet options --> content --> autocomplete ... and make sure that forms is checked ..

Moving this thread to windows 2000/XP forum...

How did you remove your Canon S200spx BJ Printer?? did you uninstall it completely .... try installing it again and then uninstalling it completely from add/remove programs in the control panel.

Windows 98 can be installed on one system and run on another system. So you can install windows 98 from another system and run it on the original one ....

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does it mean that you solved your problem ?? I suppose yes .. so I'm marking the thread as solved.

See if this article from symantec can help you get rid of your problem ....

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/docid/2001092809135036?Open&src=dellfaq_con_nam&docid=2004093013230036&nsf=nip.nsf&view=docid/2004093013230036?opendocument&src=dellfaq_con_nam&prod=norton%20internet%20security&ver=2004%20for%20windows%2098/me/2000&dtype=&prod=Norton%20Internet%20Security&ver=2004%20for%20Windows%2098/Me/2000/XP&osv=&osv_lvl=&seg=hho

Thanks nanosani, ur the only person who reply to lots of questions, ur gr8, thanx once again, actually the problem was with the data cable i guessed it right, the moment i changed the IDE Bus the system worked fine

Thanks for the comments buddy ;)

ntldr is the file that triggers the start of windows ... so its always needed to start windows .. you can just insert your windows xp cd in your cd rom and repair windows.

Reset your theme to Windows XP.

See if the boot device in your bios is set to your current hard drive ..
If it is ... then try unplugging the cd rom and boot..

Go to Tools -- Internet Options -- Security -- Click Custom level in internet --
Scroll down to "Downloads" - "File Downloads"
Check the "Disable" circle
All done!

Windows usually sets the virtual memory size to 1 1/2 the RAM size.

This microsoft article will help you solve your problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q193110/

Do let us know when you're done.

Do you want to install windows 2000 cleanly or just upgrade it to a new windows 2000 ??

So you solved it by yourself dude .. marking the thread as solved....

I dont suspect a virus here but you should try out the options given in my previous post.

Make sure your screen saver isn't kicking you out of full-screen mode. Also, turning of the Enable full-screen mode switch feature might solve the problem. In Windows Media Player 9 Series or later, do the following:
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Performance tab.
Click Advanced.
Clear the Enable full-screen mode switch check box.

If its a hardware ... just go to device manager and disable the devices that are creating problems ....

and if its a software run msconfig and uncheck any startup programs related to the software which install wizard is trying to install.

Nah ... I never scrubbed my hard drive until I sold it out ... but if you are more concerned about your privacy then you can certainly do it on a regular basis ...

Scrubbing a disk means writing over each bit on the drive with new and usually random information. If you delete your files from the recycle bin even then it'll be possible to access that information ... scrubbing is a means to erase that information.

There are tools that can scrub the disk ... US department of Defence recommends scrubbing a disk 7 times.

Scrubbing is usually done when a hard drive is sold or given to someone.

Do you have all the updates of windows xp ? if not update your windows and then try again.

See this topic for further reference :

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

See this then :

http://www.oldmp.com/forms/download/xpservicepack2.htm

We arent bothering you about anything either :D .. just suggesting some recommendations .. anywayz your windows will run on 256 mb of ram.

>How can you stop windows to crash ..

If ever there's a crash .. do remember to note the error code (its like this 0X000000xx .. where xx is any digit or letter) and tell us the error code .. we'll tell you its cure.

This microsoft support article should solve your problem :

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767

If you're planning to have windows xp with service pack 2 ... then I would recommend atleast 512 mb of ram ... otherwise you can also run windows on 256mb ram fine (I have 256 mb of ram with windows xp sp1) ... but as casperjack said that you'll need another 128 mb for smooth performance.

You can change the drive letters by right clicking my computer --> manage --> disk management --> right clicking any drive and first removing its drive letter and then reassigning it another one if it's available.

Hi philip n welcome to daniweb ... you should post you hijackthis log in our viruses, spyware and nasties forum to get some appropriate response.

I only use web based mail ... so I'm safe from everywhere.

Try this thread :

http://daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread22252.html

Problem solved ... Confused a hell out of me lol.

The more popular a browser get, the more chances it gets to be exploited. I know of hackers who just exploit IE amazingly. And the most arguable thing is that IE is built into windows so its more vulnurable to attacks than any other browser. I also use IE alot ... but I also use Mozilla and Opera. All of them are secure if you have done some security measures for your operating system.