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    Laptop will not boot to Win XP

    As Gb0mb states, F2 will (should) enable you to enter the bios. Below is a link to Dell, think it is correct for your laptop, if not then enter the correct Tag number and you will have all the drivers and various help pages. Dell "There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no...
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    Vista Home - Office 2003 problem...

    Thank you, that is most appreciated. Should have access to the laptop either today or tomorrow, will keep you updated. "There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you have a very...
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    Vista Home - Office 2003 problem...

    linney: Thanks for those links, will test in situ as you suggest. Do have another XP machine, will also try that. Thank you for the ideas. Turkbear: Have tried file tranfer, copy via cd and memory stick. Used the Easy File Transfer utility also, same end result. Will update when I have tried...
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    Vista Home - Office 2003 problem...

    Trying to help a guy with OEM Vista Home installed on his laptop. Have successfully transferred Office 2003 files (Word and Excel) from his old desktop pc (XP Home) using CD, file transfer and memory stick. When the Word or Excel files are opened on the Vista laptop, using Office 2003, they are...
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    Outlook Express 6 Crashing

    Did it drop any malware on your spare machine? Haven't removed it from any machines in the last couple of months, would be interested to know if it still drops malware. "There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If...
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    Outlook Express 6 Crashing

    Have a read at the following links: http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=55260 http://www.castlecops.com/p753748-SmileyCentral_is_spyware_and_adware.html http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=16104&highlight=smiley+central Ask in forum760 - virus/spyware discussion...
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    intrusion.generic.format-string.exploit! attacker's IP: 216.142.250.14

    Saw this post yesterday: http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=29183&hl=intrusion\.generic\.format-string\.exploit "There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you have...
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    Antivirus software for Windows 98 with 64MB of RAM

    studc: Have a look here: http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/ Free for personal home use and low on memory requirement. "There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you...
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    Favorite Quotes

    Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Haven't a clue who said these, do like them though. Also like these two: From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I...
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    Spybot detects ZioComB in WmiApSrv

    Steve: Could be that or a false positive as Erik said. Do you run TeaTimer? You could have a look at SpywareBlaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html I prefer this to TeaTimer and it would be a good addition to your security list. Men occasionally stumble over the...
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    Spybot detects ZioComB in WmiApSrv

    Have a read here: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/adware.ziocom.b.html Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
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    This ought to be a nasty one...

    Some interesting comments regarding this problem, here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/security Here: http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm And a thirty-two page thread here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15115819 As always, take great care if you do install the non-MS fix, A...
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    Buying a new LCD monitor, seeking advice...

    ostrich69: Have used a Samsung 713bm for a month or so with no problems and I am impressed with it to date. Do not use mine for gaming and it is seventeen inch. Have you tried Google for reviews? Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as...
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    Windows blocks HiJackThis

    Could you get your Mother to download from here Steve? http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
  15. greyted

    AVG DataCenter Conversion

    Think you can use AVGINET, if I remember correctly... http://www.avg.pt/documentos/AVGadminuserguide_70_25.pdf Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
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    How is AVG making money??

    Know quite a few home users that have upgraded to AVG Pro, they were most appreciative of the free product so changed to the Pro version to support the company. Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir...
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    Our monitors are being stolen

    Reckon the ladder was rolled up in the carpet. Is someone starting up their own business in your organisation? Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
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    Putting XP Startup Disks on CD

    Thank you, hope you do find the aricles of interest and helpful. Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
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    Putting XP Startup Disks on CD

    Some good information from Fred Langer here: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10818064 http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10700681 Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if...
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    HP CD-Writer 8230e Install

    YoungManRiver: I apologise in advance if you have tried these instructions: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&lang=en&cc=uk&os=20&product=58866&dlc=en&docname=lpg40892 Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing...

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