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If I attempt to unregister a dll with regsvr32 and the file has already been trashed by something else (SpyBot, for example), is there any harm done? Will regsvr32 not simply say "no such critter" and exit? Trying a manual cleanup of a parasite after SpyBot and MacAfee did a partial clean that...

I am trying to help a friend clean up his computer, which is running Windows XP Pro. I am not very familiar with XP at all, and I do not understand the Windows registry except in a superficial fashion. The pest in question is SearchSquire. The files seem already to have been removed (he has...

The short version: New to LINUX (about two weeks); trouble with my install. What does this mean, please: The long version: Tired of Windows, and trying to learn LINUX by myself before moving to a new computer with a real, robust distro on it and leaving MicroSoft altogether (probably...

I am a (shudder) Windows refugee getting my feet wet in the Linux world, and I am doing it by exploring various LiveCD distros to make it as painless as possible. The one I'm using now, PuppyLinux, has some proprietary package distribution system, and no way to install software on your own...

Upon opening my Windows Help file (something I don't do a lot, so I don't know when this issue actually began), I have discovered an oddity. No matter which of the three tabs I click (Contents, Index, Search), the listing of topics that appears beneath simply displays a bunch of squares. It's as...

I recently restarted into DOS mode to run an old DOS-based program, but upon restarting the computer I find that I am stuck cycling endlessly in DOS mode. It doesn't reboot back into Windows. The only way I can get into Windows is in Safe mode, and my old config.sys and autoexec.bat files are...

This may not be a Win98-specific issue, but because I don't actually know what it is, I'll start here because I'm running a Win98 system. Does anyone know what SYZYGY means as it relates to computing? I recently acquired some software that I am exploring for DVD ripping: NeroVision Express SE...

I am a complete LINUX newbie and attempting to explore this world by myself without much guidance; hope that the gurus will help, and humor my ignorance. I want to baby my way into the LINUX waters with a pseudo LINUX that installs happily onto a Windows FAT32 file system, and save an actual...

Had a bad crash lately, after which Win98 recognizes my DVD drive as a CD-ROM drive instead of a DVD-ROM drive. Hope someone in this wonderful forum can help. The crash was odd (in my own experience). It occured while surfing, and caused a reboot all by itself. My PC is password-protected at...