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I think I had some virus or have been hacked. . .my PC was doing strange things. I had noticed my Zone Alarm was off. . .and my XP firewall off. How much control/damage can someone do to my PC?. . .call me paranoid, but I noticed a lot of activity, etc. w/o my use and things were changing...

I reinstalled XP and partitioned my drive. Due to my mistake, I had to make a partition on the remaining space after I initially only made one partition. Anyways, now I have a OS choice screen on boot, one being for my blank, non-OS having space. How can I get rid of this? Thanks! p

When I attempt to set up another user on my PC, the Internet connection is unavailable. The Linksys Wireless icon shows no signal from the base. How can I set it up so the other users can access the internet, etc.? Thanks! p

Whenever I close Outlook, Outlook.exe remains as a running process. If I open and close it 5 times, there will be 5 Outlook.exe running that I have to end. What is up w/ this? How can I fix it? I also noticed that I have 5 svchost.exe running. 3 under system, 1 under local service, 1...

Is there a way to find out where a program is caching its files? I was using XNews to download files. . .it caches the files, then purges them when they are stored. I don't like not knowing where it stored them. Thanks, p

How does an application know it has been previously installed. I tried a 30-day trial period of a program about 1 year ago. I didn't like it. The new version won't let me try it. . .it says my 30 days are up. What can I do to fix this? Thanks! p

The last few days, my wireless card (WMP11) has had a significant loss of signal. When I check the signal, it sometimes dips to 47%. . .and it keeps varying, w/ it's highest (rarely) at 87%. The signal was usually at least 93% and most of the time at 100%. The thing is, I am only 15 feet from...

I try to do a system restore and I get this error: rstrui.exe--Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point RemoteAssistancePrepareSystemRestore could not be located in the dynamic link library WINSTA.dll. I had this error, did a Repair installation, and I still get the error. . ...

Well, MY PC is starting to have random problems. . .again! 1st. . . a couple of days ago, I had to do a complete reinstall of XP and everything. . .from that point on, there is no 'Standby' option. Today, I noticed that coming off of a screen saver, the PC goes to my user profile, where...

After a recent reinstall of everything, I noticed my "Standby" option is gone. Under the Advanced tab under the Power options, there is nothing that mentions standby there, either. Any clues? Thanks! p

Is there a free program for making back-up copies of DVD movies? Also, is it possible to take the audio off a DVD and burn it to a CD. . .I have a DVD concert that I would love to put on a CD and listen to it in my car. . . Thanks! p

Well, I had this problem a couple months ago. . .now it's back. I absolutely do NOT want to reformat. I have tried Recovery Console, using FIXMBR and FIXBOOT I have also copied E:\I386\NTLDR to C:\ and to C:\windows I have also tried the first part of the windows recovery suggestion in...

XP Pro kept having problems for me. . .I would click on the start menu, then a program, and it would hang for like 8 seconds. . . So, I did a system restore. . .my restore points only went back a couple of days (which I found strange). . . and it didn't fix the problem. . . SO, I did a...

My internet speed is VERY slow. . .seemingly at 56K speeds. I have a DSL connection which is usually very fast. My computer is connnected through a wireless connection to a Linksys wireless router. Another computer is connected to the Internet via a cable w/ NO problems in speed. The...

I have done multiple searches and every time I can't find a file w/ a bandwith greater than 64. . .what is going on? I never had this problem w/ an older version of kazaa (i am currently using the newest final edition) thanks, p

What would cause an inability to access my Hotmail account via HTTP from my home. I have no problem accessing it at school. As a result, the only way I have been able to access it at home is through Outlook. Anyways, I am on a wireless network. My PC is wireless; the other PC is directly...

Ok, After MANY problems, I did a clean install of XP Pro. After the initial set-up and installation of my wireless card's software, things seemed ok. (Linksys Wireless--I have a DSL modem) First problem--my wireless card randomly loses connection (NEVER has done that before) Hotmail...

On a different computer (see my other problems below), Outlook said it can't find a connection. For the connection setting, LAN is chosen. Earlier, it connected and then said to check the e-mail address field (which IS correct). Here is the error message: 'Establish network...

Well, I have had several different problems w/ my PC over the last few weeks. . . for instance: - I had problems connecting to my wireless modem - Major slow-down in internet speed (other computer sharing the DSL modem had NO slow-down) - Calendar in Outlook unavailable--so, tried to...

Are there any good and free calendar / organizers out there??? thanks, p