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 | Here's a boot disc with a recovery console on it; the console runs from the cd so you don't need an xp cd or any files from your C drive. I know it works. All you need is an image burner like Nero 6, CD Writer... Tips... unzip the file … |
| | From BIOS, youcannot restore Windows. Have you tried entering Safe Mode from the Advanced Options screen? Press F8 during boot when prompted.  |
| | "But i selected the same partition as i know the drive name of my 1st HDD as 1 st priority HDD of 500GB, so installed on same drive on D:[ before this drive letter as C:], continued the installation, nothing formatted the drive, just overwrited." Or, to rephrase... ...selected the … |
 | M$'s advice when experiencing faults in the FAT [file allocation table] is to reformat that volume. |
| | Why try to circumvent Setup's rules? Do you like pain and frustration? You ask why should you give ProgramFilesDir a directory name... well, you do simply because it wants one. And place the commands in their correct sections; when Setup wants something for a stage, it is going to look … |
| | Still require some help, imra? Try this [your file association keys in registry have been damaged]: [url]http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm[/url] Select the fixes you require for file types that will not run. In some cases it may be necessary to reinstall third party applications that use rare or proprietary file extensions.  |
| | Asus sometimes place a Power Good led near Sata sockets. Just so people don't mistake the power status when they dive in to plug things. |
| | Rclick a file, go Summary tab, and fill in. You see there boxes for other column types also.  |
| | attrib is a command, it will not run from the run window because it is not a pgm. May we have a glance at your boot.ini file, please? Go Start, Run, paste in .. control sysdm.cpl,,3 -and press Enter. Go Startup n Recovery Settings, press Edit button. Paste here the … |
 | Get GPartEd or Pmagic [which includes Gparted..], free GNU bootable cds which will do that which you desire.  |
| | Hello, Baby.D... it is not likely to be malware etc that is the cause of your problem. Looking at that run window, the file is from google canada, it is a Firefox file trying to run in IE... hard to say what it could be. Anyway, try this... it will … |
| | IT sounds like you still have malware there, Baby. AV services don't bother themselves with adware etc. But these two tools do. The first is a superb cleaning tool, the second let's us see what is running on your computer. Firstly... ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick …  |
| | Rehabel, it is likely that malware is the culprit. give this a try: ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install the application, -ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via the icon, and UPDATE it. Select "Perform QUICK … |
| | Long thread. Did you ever run a rootkit scan [apart from that in Combofix], kh? |
| | Derek, I was going to post a few notes... "i performed a repair install of win XP"... this will replace system files and some of the M$ part of registry, but does not necessarily repair malware damage; it will not remove malware files etc. From the Pg1 combofix, an authorized … |
| | Crikey, j, you'll make everyone paranoid. Well, not quite everyone, Facebook will go on... And yes, the file will be in a "temp" store on his computer [as well as any place he saves it to], and will stay there until he cleans or it is cycled out with age... …  |
| | Hello, Mazekx, yes, you do have a rootkit and associated infection. TDSSKiller ==Download tdsskiller from this link, save it to your desktop: [url]http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe[/url] -you may need to download it to a clean computer and then transfer it to the desktop using a USB flash drive. Start TDSSKiller via this command, … |
| | " Obviously i have some sort of virus that caused all of this." "I was able to boot from my xp disc and repair it. I am currently midway through the repairing...." A decent rule for using an OS is to not try to install software while it is infected. … |
| | Hello, loday.. kmg.exe is a pest... malware. May I suggest that you run Malwarebytes Antimalware? ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install the application, -ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via the icon, and UPDATE it. Select … |
| | May I ask what you mean by this : "The only thing that I am having a problem with now is Outlook Express not loading up." OE won't start, or it starts but won't present any mails in some or all of the folders? |
| | Hello, skling, I don't see any security/malware issues in those reports. It does appear that MBAM has falsely removed vib.cde from your CAD application; it has been deleted so you will have to reload the pgm.. I don't know about the HASP\nettest.exe file; I suspect that it may have been … |
| | Team Viewer requires the full cooperation of the user of the computer being monitored. Hence Team in TeamViewer. What you need to do what you are thinking of, ie.. snoop...is a network sniffer like Cain. Better still is to get to know your daughter, get more involved in her life. …  |
| | Jus poking nose in..... Richard, if you open a cmd window and use that to run your REG cmd you will see the actual error messages as to why it did not work. Use this corrected cmd: REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f -there must be … |
 | Re: Event Viewer Easily enough. Expand the section you wish to present...eg. Applications. Then go Action tab > Export List, and save on your desktop as some .txt file. Make sure in Notepad that Format > Wordwrap is unchecked, select and paste to your post in this forum. If there is a particular … |
 | AVG7 does me. Lessee... doesn't hog resources, reliable and quick updating... |
 | A group of students in USA used the uni lab facilities of one of their professor fathers to analyse hamburger chain beef patties. 5 - 18% muscle tissue [what you would call meat, normally], plus connective tissue [tendons, ligaments], much organ tissue [you could hope for just liver heart lungs …  |
 | You certainly don't put an .iso on a flash drive unless you wish to transfer it to another cd. ie to burn it. An iso is a disk image.. a faithful replica of the disk's content. If you wish to use the flashdrive to install XP from, then You need … |
| | "My client is wanting to install an application that strengthens her mind " Nothing like investigating the possibilities and then fixing your own sys to do that. I have Asus boards, they seem fairly accepting of RAM brands. This one is running some junk-brand [ok, rebranded] reasonably hi-spec set. The …  |
| | "I do not believe that a firewall will prevent receipt of virus or trojan messages."... Nope. Those you "invite" in, although mostly unintentionally. "What they will do is to prevent installed malware transmitting unauthorised data"... Well, maybe. A firewall is of little use if it accepts the sending process is … |
| | If IE works you can temporarily use that as an Explorer substitute. Just type C:\ in the address bar, then rclick and Open files or folders that are shown. And so on. You also will find all Control Panel functions available there - type control panel in the addy bar. … |
| | That should do it.. the other way is to note where you saved the file and let the Hardware Wizard deal with it - it will ask where it is... |
| | I'm idly wondering if recently your MFT has not grabbed another 12.5% from the MFT Zone. Your drive is only 15GB; Windows and the few basic services, file systems and windows apps that I cannot move out of my C: occupy 23,000+ files on my 8GB system partition. The C: … |
| | Is this a previously-viewed email you click on? Go tools, Internet options, Connectons tab and see that on the LAN Settings page that you are not usning a proxy - for most home folk the Automatically Detect Settings box should be checked. Or, if you do have a proxy configured … |
| | Hijackthis does not work correctly with W7... it shows a lot of services as "file missing". Believe me, if some of those files were actually missing, he wouldn't be posting any log. Something for you to fix, Mr Gates.. :) OTL.exe works. |
| | "it tells me that the CD Rom Drive is not installed and the hard disk drive is not installed " Uh-oh. BIOS cannot see any of your drives. Okay, Dangerous Dan, about the first thing you would do is reset BIOS to defaults via BIOS Setup [often a BIOS exit … |
| | "and No_Of_room have 10 if user book two room on date 24/02/2011 to 26/02/2011 if at that time user search room avaibility then it show available 8 room search by date" That is just what one should expect. Try Wotif.com [I'm never gunna get a Solved credit for this one...] |
| | I know this gets a lot of currency on computer forums, but I really don't recall ever seeing a physically leaking modern capacitor, electrolytic or otherwise, and I once was an electronics engineer before I saw the light. A leaking capacitor is simply one that leaks electrically... they just do … |
| | "Microsoft says to start Windows with CD and choose R for repair console, then give chkdsk /R command.. But there was not such option...strangely." I assume that you mean by no such option that there was no option to Repair using the Recovery Console? It is usually the second option … |
 | Likely a malware file. Download MBAM, update and run a Quick scan, ensure all it finds has a checkmark and choose to remove all. Reboot if MBAM requests it. Please report back on your findings. |
| | Catalana, PP is not available atm. To save him/you some time I have taken the liberty of rearranging his zipped batch file to present further information re explorer.exe in your sys. Could you extract the .bat file from the attached zip, run it and post peek.txt as before?  |
| | Yes, Syncback will do it.. synchronize files in different drives or folders. There is no native XP function to do it automatically. To get Syncback to synchronize files every few minutes or whatever time interval you wish, you must make the profile and then place that profile into a Group … |
| | Rob, hi... First, try this: ==Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] =Dclick that file, mbam-setup.exe, to install the application, -ensure that it is set to update and start, else start it via the icon, and UPDATE it. Select "Perform QUICK Scan", then click Scan; the application will guide … |
| | Re: iexplore.exe Wondering what this one is, also: 2011-01-08 14:10:54 88 --sh--r- c:\windows\system32\AD53B5037A.sys DDS has it in 3M, but not CF.... something to do with divx? - it appeared on the sys at close to that time... And this one is still there.. S3: gel90xne.sys [just trying not to get way out … |
| | You might try replacing system32\appwiz.cpl. If you have upgraded to SP3 then there will be a copy in the ServicePack\i386 folder. |
| | Hello, aventura, the others are in bed, or should be.... Firstly, get Unlocker: ==This is a general purpose force-deleter, Unlocker: [url]http://filehippo.com/download_unlocker/[/url] Dclick the exe to install it, unchecking the updater and assistant boxes. It runs from the rclick context menu, which is cool. To use,, browse to the file to … |
| | Yep, we need more information. fixmbr is a command found only in the Recovery Console [R for Reapir with RC during Setup on your installation cd]. It is not what you want, try bootconfig in the RC. What is the drive/partition with your XP system files? What is the drive/partition … |
| | Which version of Java do you have loaded? Latest is Vsn 6 - 23. "i tried to reinstall but doesn't work." Do you get an error message? What? Go control panel > java > update, & press update now. Next go into control panel again, add/remove pgms and remove all … |
 | So you backed up your files to a folder on your desktop, then reinstalled Windows to that same drive without formatting it. Fine. It is one risky backup method, should be safe, may not be... this is windows. Anyway, a new version of Windows, a new User. May even be … |
| | My turn. Betcha don't got enough space on your sys drive to make a restore point? That little matter will automatically disable System Restore. Well, it could be an answer.... although I imagine it is only a problem for those with multiple partitions, and who have made C: too small... |
| | Hi, bizarre, as a first step, if you still have that MBAM scan result page active, ENSURE that EVERYTHING found has a CHECKMARK against it, then click Remove Selected. They are all bad entries. MBAM will pop a fresh log for you. If MBAM has been closed, redo the quick … |
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