Recent content by vince32837

Guys, It turned out that the outdoor splitter was rusted through inside the CATV box....Tech replaced all the wiring...Of course I reformatted my hard drive for no reason then! well anyway, internet is back!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the tips.......... Vince

RR tech coming today.... Thanks Vince

linney, I went ahead and re-formatted the hard drive. Put a clean XP Pro SP1 OS on. Ran the extensive cleaning procedure called about by http://www.castlecops.com/forums.html on the new xp load...Of course pretty clean... I have Roadrunner Cust Serv. telling me the pinged me 100X 50 packets...

Hi, I have 2 XP SP1 machines that are connected via router. Working fine for 3 years. The cable modem is brand new to try fix the problem, Roadrunner gave me a new one. All lights green, cust serice says all pinging is rock solid.. XP firewall OFF I removed the router and connetced directly to...

MasterRacker, You right, instead of fighting it just stay clear of the suspicious sites............ Thanks Vince

Thanks for the help, Vince

MasterRacker, I guess I miscommunicated!! You click on a link on a particuliar website and 15 IE .exe sessions open.... Yor system was clean prior...typical warez site... How do you stop that site from opening 15 .exe of Internet Explorer If you were to hard-kill the Internet explorer.exe...

I'm starting to get a more secure PC...Outpost Firewall Pro, Kapsersky AV, Adaware SE, Ewido, Spybot, torjan hunter, etc... Even with all these toys, I clicked on a link in IE 6, and it opened 4-5 IE windows, as fast as I clicked on 2-3 to close, 7-8 more opened... Is there a utilty that stops...

SuaveRick, I have an SMC router, right now there is just a password to get into the settings menu. What security features are you utilizing on the Linksys? Thanks Vince

Aquias, I will go with your defense app set-up, except I have outpost firewall instead of XP. I made clean install of XP Pro, then installed all hardware drivers. 2nd, I made a clone of the drive with Norton ghost. This is the 2nd time I have been burnt! Thanks again for the tips, Vince

Aquias, Do you have XP firewall, Norton AV, Spybot,Microsoft Spyware Beta,Spyware Blaster, "Hijack This" all running at windows startup? Thanks for the list, Vince

Last night I could not logon through safe mode or admin account... I gave up and formatted the drive and re-installed XP PRO. I was wondering what protection apps you guys were running, real-time monitoring and once a week/month inspection. Across the board- firewall, antivirus, spyware...

Mike, When I press F8, do I want to boot up in safe mode and try to run cleaning tools like spybot etc.. or should I select last good windows config? thanks for the quick reply, Vince

Sun night my IE home page was hijacked to web-search.com (not sure of exact spelling). The top border in windows explorer was modified too, casino, travel icons etc. I shutdown the PC. Last night I powered the PC back up. I created 2 accounts on the PC both with admin privileges. When I enter...

I installed regrun 3..... The typing delay went away...weird!! Vince