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    xp just keeps rebooting

    I think I've got an lsass.exec and/or services.exe virus. Machine just keeps rebooting in both normal and safe mode before the log on screen xpsp2. TrendMicro was installed and up to date.... Is there a downloadable boot virus scan that can get me into the system to do a cleanup etc.??
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    How to Delete hidden partion from Gateway hard disk

    A friend had a gateway P3 with a quantum 10.2 hdisk. Showsaas a 9.5 gig. The power supply went bad, so I put the guts in a normal case with 300watt ps. Then it booted ok, to find out the ps2 ports were also bad. Put in a good tyan mb with all his guts and tried to install win 98se but it won't...
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    Odd Problem New case for old gateway

    Fixing an old gateway essential slot 1 p3 500mhz box with ps2 ports, for a friend. He blew the proprietory power supply, so considering he wanted to add drives later, I went ahead and put his guts in generic case. Boots up but the mouse doesn't work. Win 98 gives the mouse not found error...
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    Which xp pro to buy?

    Have xppro at work and 98 at home I've read different opinions on this. Most people agree that unless you have a retail upgrade or full retail xp pro package, the sp2r2 will install but the windows update feature won't work. I can get an oem xp pro full pretty cheap, but considering the number...
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    Help Help can;t turn off read only

    Got a virus yesterday. Downloaded pc-cillian trial version and eliminated it. Since I Couldn't repair xp pro I re- imaged the C partition with a known good basic image. Found that I couldn't drag and drop files, run defrag, install programs etc. Found that sll files are det to read only. Changed...
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    Can't access Folder eb 36bf9b 126428fb 7ecdf954

    After this worm mess, my drive 'D' has this folder in it and 2 sub floders called sp1 and sp2. Can't access them. That is all that is on 'D' drive now. All data seems to be gone and this in it's place. I did the fixes for mblast and don't know if this is related. Can someone explain what this...
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    System Shutdown popup in xp pro

    After I am online with internet explorer in xp pro for about 10 min or less I get this popup that says the system will shut down in 1 minute due to a Remote Proceedure Call, by NT\ Authority|System. And guess what. It shuts down in 1 minute. Nothing I can do to stop it. What in the world is this...
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    Explain cpu thermal throttling

    I have a Tyan mb with an award bios and a 2.4 p4. In the bios setup I have options under cpu thermal throttling of 87.5%, 75.0%, 62.5%, 50%, 37.5% 25%, and 12.5%. What does this mean and what setting will give me the best cpu usage. Thanks in advance
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    Help on setting up xp pro

    We finally got ready to change over to xp because of the permissions setups. We have been using win98se but with 4 or more different people using the computer it got screwed up very often. When a win 98 lookalike screen came up and said you must download this to speed up your system they would...
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    Need 2 expert answers

    I am running win98se with all the updates. 1/ I have trouble with other users always setting the windows screen saver etc. I don't want it used. Is there a way to delete the exe file for the screensaver. I have deleted all the screen files but more can be downloaded. 2/ I can't seem to find...
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    Will 98 2nd read xp ntfs drive???

    I put in a 2nd hard drive (wd120gig 8mb) to use just for video files and formatted it with xp pro in ntfs to get around the 4 gig file limit. I would like to use win 98 with a Radeon AIW card (which works perfectly in 98 but not in xp) to record and edit videos and store them on the ntfs drive...
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    put in what is m2k.exe

    I recently got rid of my old plextor scsi writers and readers and put in a plex 48/24/48 and toshiba 1502dvd player. Had trouble with the plextor so I upgraded everything from the bios on up to all the firmware, drivers, aspi layer etc., for the whole system. Now the plextor works perfectly...
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    Can Win 98 be installed without old floppys?

    I reformat and do a clean install every couple of months. I don't mind except for digging up the cd key numbers and since win 3.1 was my last full version win 98 asks me for all the disks to verify. I remember of someone saving certain files to floppy from the os before the hard drive is...