Recent content by Thaya1088

See 'End It All 2' (freeware), "(This handy-dandy tool quickly and easily closes all or selected running programs with a single click (except Explorer, Systray & any others you've "protected" - like your Firewall & AV Software this)" -this short from website listed below. End It All's default...

Take a good look at Bootit NG (Next Generation)at:http://www.bootitng.com/ for $34.95. It not only will image your drive (including OS) but does on-the-fly" partitioning of the hard drive, partition images and multi-booting. I borrowed that info at: http://members.shaw.ca/bootitng/. I'll let...

And I know you wouldn't ever do this, but this is for anyone else reading this... Whatever you do, don't bid on that 'XP for free''Guarantee' for $5 -$10 at Ebay. ...a friend of mind just couldn't resist that ad that the person selling it had. Much to my surprise, my friend was able to...

If your Dell came to you set up with two drives and the duel boot setup, did they also give you a 'Recovery' CD? If so, have you tried it by chance to see if it can 'Recover' your former duel-boot setup using your spare drive?

Also see: How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP Note Before You Perform an In-Place Upgrade IMPORTANT Bulleted Items... AT: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q315341

See: http://www.lessemf.com/faq-shie.html How do I shield my speakers? How do I shield my laptop? Most likely, if you had your TV on, you would have heard it on it as well... Probably, some ham operator near your house is causing this problem... Drive around your neighborhood and look for...

c:\windows\system32\SHELL32.dll I believe

I love a good mystery and attempted to search the web for icfinst.exe and Icfinst.exe.mdmp using hundreds of search engines hoping to get a hint at what this executible might be. Except for a couple other search request for the same info by others from this tech site, no luck. Make sure you...

I didn't have time to try the link (http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/67/lev3/70/pid/779/qid/345605)and subsequent fix suggestion(s) you identify as not working for you, so I apoligize if the link I'm giving here is in effect similar or identical to what you've already tried. But, I...

Sorry, I sneak in here between other tasks... Have you removed unnecessary Start-up stuff? After XP starts, go to START, Run, type: msconfig and check the 'Startup Tab'.... deselect stuff you know you don't need or experiment and see if you find the culprit... actually, check all the tabs...

The only time I've seen this message is in regards to a SCSI device not being terminated which doesn't seem to be a solution for you unless something in your software or hardware is looking for some scsi device. Have you physically removed the dial-up modem, deleted the driver, restart once...

I had similar problems pre-formatting Maxtor and other make drives... Not sure what you are formatting with, but Maxtor's Tech suggested that I do not pre-format, just fdisk and let Win XP do the formatting and subsequent installation...

Since you can install from cd, yet not read files, might indicate that your XP Pro installation might have reassigned drive letters. If so, then XP Pro might still be able to find your CD, even if you my have mistakenly missed it. Sometimes, when upgrading from 98 or in your case XP Home to...

I had a similar problem, on my NIC card, I had to right-click, properties, go to the power management tab if your nic card has this tab, and uncheck tge the option: "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"... ... Mulga's suggestion, reminded me of my fix.... Hope...

Some excellent advice preceeds my 2¢ but you may benefit from an article at: http://www.pcquest.com/content/technology/102041001.asp This article will describe the entire boot up process, explaining about Win XP'x prefetch, Simple Boot Flag Specification and whether your system has it or not...