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  1. DoctorEd

    Need help with restoring a file from the Microsoft Backup utility

    I did a full and partial backup of my wifes Dell XPS M140 laptop. She left the ac adapter in a hotel in Odessa Tx while on a business trip. Now the battery is depleted and we are waiting for a replacement adapter. In the meantime she still needs to work so...I tried to do a recovery using the...
  2. DoctorEd

    TrafficSector malware/virus/ removal

    I have a computer with the "trafficsector" browser helper infection...I need to remove it but adaware and SPYBOT don't help. Any ideas? Here is my HiJackThis: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:33:23 PM, on 3/1/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer...
  3. DoctorEd

    Windows XP Pro Registry entries.

    I am running Windows XP pro. I used Panda Internet Security software and when it came up for renewal I removed the Panda software and installed McAfee that was available from Comcast for free. Under "HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software" there is still a reference to "Panda Software" that I would like to...
  4. DoctorEd

    _RESTORE files in Win 2K

    I have an enormous amount of files on my C drive in a folder called C:/_RESTORE. I used to have Win ME on my Toshiba Satellite 2805-S603 laptop (OEM). I reformatted the hard drive and installed Win 2k and have been using it for a little over 2 years now with very few problems (most of which I...
  5. DoctorEd

    The curse of the square cursor!!

    Hi gang, Maybe someone has run across this before. Intermittently the cursor on my Toshiba laptop turns into a semi-transparent square about a half to three quarters inch in size. Sometimes it appears to have a bar above and below it. It really drives my wife nuttso!! I ran SpyBot and Adaware...
  6. DoctorEd

    Macros disabled...

    I am running win2000 w/Office XP Pro. Lately when I open a new office application or existing office application or when I try to log off of the PC I get the following message: "The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the on-line help or documentation of the host application to...
  7. DoctorEd

    e-mail problems

    A friend of mine has this problem with his e-mail. He has his own web site and gets e-mail via the server that hosts his web site. He has been having this problem that occurs when he sends e-mail to AOL and Hotmail and some other e-mail services (like yahoo... etc.). When he attaches a word...
  8. DoctorEd

    Slow Office products loading.

    I am running Windows 2000 pro. I have Windows Office XP pro installed also. Whenever I open a program in Office it takes probably 1-2 minutes to open. I have seen others with a similar setup and it takes much less time to open an application. I have a Toshiba 2805-S603 laptop with a Pentium 1m...
  9. DoctorEd

    Corrupted Registry?

    I am working on a friend's computer. His son was surfing the Internet unsupervised and low and behold suddenly the computer had some problems. Having seen some of the same troubles and finding an answer in this forum I installed Spybot and Ad Aware and ran them several times which cleaned out...
  10. DoctorEd

    IE won't start up in XP pro.

    I have posted this once before and may have been a little unclear in my description of problem. I will restate it. I am unable to open IE 6.0 in Windows XP pro in a limited account or guest account. When I change the account type to Administrator all works good. Any suggestions? Some sort of...
  11. DoctorEd

    Can't Open IE 6.0 in a limited user account with Windows XP pro

    I am having some problems that cropped up recently. I am running a Dell Computer with XP pro. On my User accounts whenever I try to open IE I get an error message that says: "Internet Explorer has experienced a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvience" If I make the...

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