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I'm in the neutral zone when it comes to software. I have seen advantages on both paid and freeware programs, so I choose whichever I find to be more useful. As in the Office example given above. I'm more used to Microsoft Office, so can never adjust to using OpenOffice.Open source has been getting a bigger audience and time goes on, but it looks like Windoze will still prevail dominantly over any other operating systems for a very long time.Dell released their computers (I think only 3 models) earlier this month and it seems like the average savings is around $100 or so. They probably didn't do this earlier because of some contract agreements with Microsoft and maybe because Vista cost a heck lot more

Glad the more important stuff were easily recoverable. I know these partition recovery tools may help out more if the partition was just formatted. Guess it was worth a shot to see if it still works after reinstalling Windows on it.Not only should you take out the hard drive before sending it in for repairs, you should backup the data also if you can. Slave it to another computer to get the data off from that hard drive. You never know....you might plug that puppy in and find out yourself that they changed the motherboard. Not sure if this will corrupt the C: partition, but if it does, you will be going through another headache.

If the virus is smart enough, it will hide itself really well even from the virus/spyware scanners. HijackThis will only look in certain registry areas and nothing more. With today's ever growing malware infections, the security analysts in the forums have to use a bundle of other tools to scan for any file changes over the past month or so and try working from there.

A friend of mine used a partition table recovery program that was freeware like a year ago. I forgot what it was called. See if Active Partition Recovery will help: http://www.partition-recovery.com/ They have a free download. Use it and see if you can restore back the previous partition setup assuming the geniuses there deleted and created a new partition. My suggestion is to use another hard drive and install Windows on it. Make sure you unplug this hard drive and try not to use it at all until you either recover all your data or all hope of recovery is lost. This program should be able to undo the partition so the data is "visible" again. So after you install Windows on another hard drive shut it down. Plug this hard drive back as a slave drive and run the partition recovery program to try restoring it back. The tech at the repair shop most likely replaced your motherboard with a different model if he was "forced" to reinstall Windows. A different motherboard chipset can mean disaster even if everything else is the same. I have seen cases where it gives the blue screen of death because of a different type motherboard. Other than that, if your Windows Operating System was corrupt after he replaced the motherboard, he had that reason to reinstall. It's obvious that the techie there didn't know much about this business. He should have first backed up your whole hard drive (Ghost it...) before working anymore on it (assuming it was bootable). After that if he thinks that you still need a reinstall, he should have contacted you first before wiping out your data. Did they make you sign any papers/forms that says it's your responsibility to backup your data before sending it to them?

I think it applies to both Windows Live Messenger and MSN Messenger. They seem to be from the similar breed There must be a way to remove this. If you post in the malware removal forums, there is a good chance that one of the malware removal experts will weed through all the files and find all those that are related to this infection. Maybe even in the registry...

Haven't used those compilers that were meant only for C or only for C++. The ones I tried usually compiles both, but that's definitely a good thing to know. Even Borland's Turbo C++ (name implies that it's a C++ compiler) works with the C language

Site has good content for the most part. Some seasons or episodes may be missing though. Definitely better than YouTube in terms of shows available now. It will only be a matter of time before someone takes action on them also.....even though they are in UK.Checked out the Sports section and didn't find much. Was looking under Basketball...

I still didn't go back yet, but if the gateway is different, what can I do to fix the issue so AOL is not required to be connected to go online?

If you read around, you will see that there are still issues that need to be worked out in Windows Vista. Before you even think of installing Vista, you better make sure your hardware are up to par to handle it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/products/windows As always, try not to follow their system requirements exactly as mentioned. I always recommend pushing it above from what they have listed to ensure that it will run more smoothly. The major problem with Vista is the drivers for the hardware. If the manufacturer for your hardware device didn't release a driver for Vista, there might be compatibility issues with it. Save yourself the trouble and wait a few more months or longer until they work the bugs out (definitely will be more coming) and hopefully manufacturers will release updated Vista drivers. Windows XP is still preferred over Vista at this time. It will definitely take time to get used to as things have changed dramatically from what I have seen.

From the source link that was posted earlier, it should be deployed during this month (May). So most likely they will work their way gradually to all Yahoo Mail users by this month's end.

I'm hoping not. I try to tell all my users to avoid using AOHell as much as possible, but most say they want to keep it. If it's controlled by AOL, then there must be some way to unhook it I'll post some update on this next week when I will continue working on his computers.

Should have read this first before buying. Actually saw a D-Link PCI Wireless adapter with some good reviews and bought it. The same problem exists. The computer doesn't reconnect when the connection from the DSL line is back. My other desktop (using a TrendNET PCI adapter) is also doing the same thing. I find this particularly odd because on my laptop (using Netgear PC card) it reconnects automatically when the DSL line is up again.Any other suggestions?

Hi jimmy, not sure if you read this article yet, but take a look at: https://www.adobe.com/?id=kb401401 Start from around Solution #6 and see if you have tried that already. If that doesn't work, Adobe has to come out with some fix soon because (as you found out), there are many users (if not all) with this installation issue.

The question is how to keep those other computers from the internet. So he should leave it as is so none of them will be able to go online.

Yeah, I tried it without using AOL and it could ping Yahoo, which I found to be strange. I will definitely take a look at the proxy settings after I connect back to AOL...still doesn't make sense why it will connect now without AOL though.Will also try a laptop to see if it can connect without AOL. Tried that Safe Mode with Networking already and the same problem occurs.

Don't know why, but I have always like Yahoo mail over the other email services. Great to hear that they will be providing unlimited space. Probably will go to the long time members first

Yeah, that was actually the first thing I checked. No proxy was set and I even tried checking to automatically detect. Makes no difference either way.If the cable service is using a proxy, will it be shown once I connect through AOL (and check Internet Explorer proxy settings)?I have actually thought about removing AOL, but hesitated. I will download the setup file for AOL first since he uses AOL. Then uninstall it....Any other suggestions? Will be returning to work on this computer early next week.Thanks.

Looks like half and half. Sometimes it is my router doing crazy things, but once it establishes a connection again, shouldn't the USB wireless adapter pick up the signal again? It did on my Netgear PC Card (laptop). But on this desktop using this wireless dongle, I have to repair the connection, otherwise it will never return. I've waited to see how it goes...

Hi sebastian and welcome to Xisto.That's what I thought too. It might require you to add those other PCs to the network (via the Network Wizard) in order for them to have access to the internet. So you should be internet-less , unless you setup those to connect to this internet computer.

Just took a look at one of my user's computer and found a very strange problem. For some odd reason, he must sign into AOL in order to use his internet. I would understand if this is required if he is using AOL as his main connection, but he is using a dedicated cable service line. The same thing is happening to his other computer (requires him to sign onto AOL first before he can connect).After playing around with it for a while, Internet Explorer connected without AOHell's assistance. I made sure AOL was completely signed off and tried a few more websites and both computers seem to have full access to the internet now.Why is this happening when he has his own cable internet line? I could ping sites like Yahoo and it even says in the system tray that it's connected to the network 100% connectivity. I know it can't be the cable service going up and down either because once we connect to AOL everything kicks in normally. Both of these computers are plugged into the router directly using a ethernet cable. I tried releasing and renewing the IPs for both computers to no avail.I'm going to take a look at his computers again next week to see if he still has access to the internet without signing onto AOL. Was working without AOL when I left.I'm hoping someone has encountered a similar situation before. Any ideas suggestions are welcomed.Thanks.

I'm trying to avoid using any USB devices to access the internet from now on. Bought a USB wireless dongle and that darn thing constantly loses signal. Sticking to PCI from now on B)For some reason, I think all USB network devices (like the ones for the wireless) will require some driver installation. If it's a flash drive, those are usually automatically recognized by Windows XP.

I guess it's anonymous then Saint Michael, you did a great job on that logo. Perhaps a bit lighter in the blue to match the Handy PHP site?

Haven't tried this out myself, but it should be as simple as replacing that notepad.exe part with the full path to your notepad2.exe program. As always, backup your registry before doing this (create a system restore point if you have XP).

Probably not surprised since all their new versions seem to have a lot of rave and people actually buy into it. I'm sure there will be bugs that will need to be worked out as with prior versions, but those that want the latest, will chip in to buy it. Especially those that are developers or users that needs Vista for testing purposes.Less than 1GB of memory? Man that's brave of you LOL. Even a GB might not be bearable for some XP users For Vista, a lot of users have said that turning off the extra 'bells and whistles' will help out if you don't have a lot of RAM to spare.

I agree with the others here. How fast is your processor exactly? Also, do you have a lot of programs running when you were doing this installation?Hmm...wonder how fast the installation will go on this Dual 2 Core machine I have with 1GB of RAM?