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quote:Originally posted by OmnipotentOneSo I'd assume the lot of you are on the computer alott. AND I'd assume you have a popup/spam problem to, have you downloaded any FREE popup blockers you could reccomend? I swear there driveing me insane, just leaveing my computer idol for 30 minutes brings literally about a hundred of them.To see a world in a grain of sand.
Richie i think google toolbar thing worked for u.But since u were getting popups that indicates that u have spyware on the computer.Also tell me is ur homepage also hijacked.i mean instead of going to ur homepage it redirects u to some other page or is ur computer recently running very slow.then i think u will have to remove those spyware from the computer.victor
quote:Originally posted by neilepDamn SP2...keeps on crashing my PC, starts to load then reboots over and over again..HMMPTH !!..Corbeielle was supposed to help me on this one...hmpth, flounce , pout...(it works fine on my laptop)'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'
quote:**********////**********Neil the problem with sp2 is that it has to be installed on a freshly installed windows xp.i mean if u want to install sp2 on ur computer then u have to perform a clean reinstallation of winxp and then u have to install sp2 otherwise sp2 is hell.or what u can do is uninstall sp2 from ur computer.but u have follow some steps to uninstall sp2 or these microsoft guys help u to uninstall it.********////*********
quote:Originally posted by neilepThanks Victor, my computer is only a few months old, but I have mangaged to install SP2 on my other computer (a laptop) without any problems at all. There is no advice from Microsoft that you have to reinstall the whole operating system from scratch, and the install process runs automatically. I really appreciate your advice and will do as you suggest after I've run out of every available option,but I must say, I'm not comfortable about having to reinstall XP....will I lose all my settings and documents ?...and why has everybody else I know have had no problems installing SP2 without having to reinstall the complete XP ?...I really appreciate your help.Thanks Victor******/////********Quote[]Neil u r absolutely right but the thing is microsoft will never agree that its latest sp2 is creating problems.Moreover neil i am a dell certified system administrator.i am working with dell from more than a year.u r also right when u say ur computer is only three monts old but the important point here is sp2 did not come with ur computer ,u installed it urself.I WOULD ADVICE U NOT TO FORMAT THE SYSTEM AND REINSTALL WINXP(DONT DO IT).IT IS ALWAYS A LAST RESORT.BEST THING TO DO IS TO UNINSTALL SP2 ONLY IF U THINK THE PROBLEM IS CREATED BY SP2 AND NOT BY ANY OTHER PROGRAM ON UR COMPUTER.YES U WILL LOSE ALL THE DATA FROM UR COMPUTER WHEN U DO A CLEAN REINSTALLATION.ALWAYS TAKE A BACKUP OF DATA ON A CD BEFORE FORMATING UR COMPUTER.U CAN TELL ME WHICH ERROR MESSAGES U R GETTING MAY BE I CAN HELP U SOLVE THEM.victor
[]Neil u r absolutely right but the thing is microsoft will never agree that its latest sp2 is creating problems.Moreover neil i am a dell certified system administrator.i am working with dell from more than a year.u r also right when u say ur computer is only three monts old but the important point here is sp2 did not come with ur computer ,u installed it urself.I WOULD ADVICE U NOT TO FORMAT THE SYSTEM AND REINSTALL WINXP(DONT DO IT).IT IS ALWAYS A LAST RESORT.BEST THING TO DO IS TO UNINSTALL SP2 ONLY IF U THINK THE PROBLEM IS CREATED BY SP2 AND NOT BY ANY OTHER PROGRAM ON UR COMPUTER.YES U WILL LOSE ALL THE DATA FROM UR COMPUTER WHEN U DO A CLEAN REINSTALLATION.ALWAYS TAKE A BACKUP OF DATA ON A CD BEFORE FORMATING UR COMPUTER.U CAN TELL ME WHICH ERROR MESSAGES U R GETTING MAY BE I CAN HELP U SOLVE THEM.
quote:Originally posted by OmnipotentOneYES it is being hijacked, but only when I go to my email. Right after i try to sign on it automatically redirects me to some search site.I've searched my program files and remove program list but nothing seems out of place. Any suggestions?To see a world in a grain of sand.
quote:Ok to solve this problem follow the following steps:-go to c:\windows\system32\driversnow in drivers folder u will see one file HOSTSdelete that HOSTS file.delete only the HOSTS file not the one which says LMHOST.once u have deleted the host file.close all the open windows on the desktop.now restart the computeronce the computer is restarted connect the internet.dont open internet explorer.Then click on start on ur desktop and click on RUNu will see a dialog boxin that dialog box type thishttp://www.sunbelt-software.com/dellscan [nofollow]click on OK after this u will see a screen which will give u a button SCANNOWclick on SCANNOW it will scan ur computer for any pestsif u want u can also download this programi think its one of the best softwares which removes any spyware or trojans from ur computer.
quote:Originally posted by victorquote:**********////**********Neil the problem with sp2 is that it has to be installed on a freshly installed windows xp.i mean if u want to install sp2 on ur computer then u have to perform a clean reinstallation of winxp and then u have to install sp2 otherwise sp2 is hell.or what u can do is uninstall sp2 from ur computer.but u have follow some steps to uninstall sp2 or these microsoft guys help u to uninstall it.********////*********victor