Recent content by kayaboy

It's been very hot here in SoCal the past week or so...I have an extra computer down in the garage and it would not start up the past few days. When you press the power button, you can hear the power supply kick in, fan start up, hard drive spinning,etc.--and then it just shuts down. I tried...

YES!!! I forgot to check the box that states: "allow network users to change my files"... after doing this, I am now able to copy files over without a problem---thanks for your help!!! **another quick question: any recommendations on good backup software for the external drive?? thanks again!!!

1) the error i'm getting today is: ERROR COPYING FILE OR FOLDER...Cannot create or replace "filename": Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not in use. I could have sworn that it was a different error that I was getting the other day... 2) yes...

I recently added a 500gb Western Digital (7200rpm/2.0 USB) external hard drive to our "main" computer here at home, to back up all of my wife's pictures, videos, documents, etc...we have 3 computers here at the house, all on the same network, using a wireless D-Link router, sharing the same...

nice...THANKS cmeagan656!!!!!!!!

I'm using Outlook 2003...what's to do w/the add-ins?

I'm using a PC that used to be loaded w/McAfee anti-virus and using Google toolbar...I've un-installed both, but am still getting these popups when opening Outlook: The add-in "c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\outscan.dll" could not be installed or loaded. This problem may be resolved by using...

sorry smoothie681--i haven't been checking this site for awhile...as far as WHICH method worked, i don't actually remember to be quite honest--although i do remember that it was a combination of a.) running Hijack this, posting it, and deleting whatever Electronicsfreak told me to--which...

That did the trick!!! thanks 4 your time & expertise linney!!! have a good nite!! ~GG

I cannot open any links in Outlook anymore...I'll get the Locate Link Browser screen--if Internet Explorer was either open or closed I'd still be able to get the link, but not anymore. FYI: I recently deleted FireFox (wanted to try it out)as my browser, and this problem occurred right after...

Hey everybody----no more virus!!!! Thanks for your time & assistance, it's greatly appreciated!!!

thanks for your help, everybody...unfortunately, i'm still having problems here. deleted the items, as instructed, in HijackThis, then when I ran the TrendMico virus scan all of the pop-ups came back...what to do?? I've tried running all of these apps in safe mode, to no avail...what to do???

Here you go: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:24:15 PM, on 7/9/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16473) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe...

I'm having trouble removing a "Downloader.Exploit.64" virus...I've tried using Norton Anti-Virus, Ad-Aware, Spybot, AVG Anti-Spyware, XoftSpySE, Spyware Doctor, & Spyware Terminator---all to no avail. I've tried all of these in Safe Mode as well, still with no luck. Pop-ups and more pop-ups...

I'm trying to delete 2 messages that have been sitting in my Outlook Outbox for 2 days now...I'm assuming the files are too big--one is 12mb and the other is 17mb. I've tried using shift-delete to no avail...not sure how to fix--do i need to create another .pst? please advise. thanks!!