Recent content by maraflux

Yeah I think using Samba for shared drives on your local network is fine but over the internet that is a big no-no. I don't use Exchange at all but I do think Ashley has it right!

Hi David, I'm sure you are right. And I don't trust the system now. If this were a workstation on our network I would definitely do a clean reinstall. But... (here comes my rationalization;) this is our only windows based operating system (we run all Unix including now Mac OS X). We only have...

Ok The Symantec worm blaster removal said that I didn't have it. Clearly I do have something quite bad. However, after the Restore from the Win2K cd (got desperate), I am able to run (slowly) the SP4 installer. So far anyway, it's still running but it got past the point where it used to cancel...

Hi Ashley Thanks. I ran antimsblast.exe from Bulldog or some such. I didn't notice symantec had removal for the worm though I ran their Nimda removals:( Lame of me. I am running it now. I did a restore from my Win2K cd. Now Explorer starts on login but the system starts MUCH slower from the...

Hi Rob Yup I did update my Norton virus definitions yesterday before running the full scan and finding nothing. Makes me wonder as well what Panda found. I cannot look now however, as I am (stupidly?) running a "restore" install from Win2k cd. I have been down for 2.5 days and...

Hmmmm, Looks like exactly what was happening to me until it got worse:( thread96-628930

Hi I'm having a helluva time with win2k right now:( I don't know if I have the worm or not but I am trying to fix a problem where drag and drop and copy and paste all are broken in the Explorer and in all apps on my win2k machine. Then I start getting no taskbar, desktop, etc on login. I do...