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For the really nasty spyware, use a2. Best used when spysweeper, adaware and spybot all fail to remove the crap causing the problem. ...I work at a company where there are about 250PCs and 100 employees slowly spywar-ing these things up! Run spybot, adaware and spysweeper with latest definitions and if that doesn;t work, use a2 after updating (also in safe mode). Paul

Not at all. SMB4K is meant to run under KDE to help display SMB shares via samba. Since winXP neither uses KDE or samba, this isn't a possibility. It's not being developed to help browsing on windows PCs, only in the linux world. Paul

Here you go: ;Do not use Simple File Sharing [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] "forceguest"=dword:00000000 Either put that in a reg file or just change the value using regedit from 1 to 0. enjoy, Paul

Well hang on then, let me dig up the registry tweak for it.... Paul

Heck ya! Open an explorer window. Go to tools -> folder options -> view -> scroll down the advanced settings and uncheck the use simple file sharing box. Paul

Have you installed any themes, icons or anything like that lately?? Try setting your theme back to the winXP default and see if that clears things up. Paul

You can always add it in the registry where msconfig looks. Then you'd have the option to turn it off if you wanted too. Should be under HKLM->software->microsoft->windowsNT->current version -> run. Make a new entry for it there pointint to the program's .exe file and then that should fire it up when you logon. If done correctly, you should see an entry for it (start->run-> "msconfig" -> startup tab). Paul

Well, I highly doubt that is the problem at all since codeblue said that Sounds like he was running SP2 for a bit before this problem started happening. Paul

Ok, well RAM should be good then. If you want to check overall stability (CPU/RAM/MB) then let prime95 run a torture test (blend) for about an hour or 4. And how about the status of the hdd's in disk management?? Paul

Here's your problem: And for the fix, just go over the guide: The main thing is getting permissions 100% correct or you'll get that login error. It might as well say access denied, check security premissions. Paul

Ok, don;t fret yet! Just because you can;t see the hdd in "my computer" and you can in device manger doesn;t mean that data has been lost... A drive will not show up in my computer if: 1. no partitions are defined 2. the disk is damaged or not mounted 3. there are filesytem errors I think it rather odd though, that this problem happened after you used your RAM and CPU in another system and then put them back. Most likely I'd bet that either part of the RAM didn;t survive the trip (static shock along the way) or that you hadn;t rebooted in quite a while and something you installed way back is causing the problem. Here's what I recommend. Verify that the RAM you have in your current PC is ok. Run memtest86 for about 5 min or so. Don;t base that the RAM is good on the fact that just because the system boots on the smaller hdd that it is fine. Bad RAM can cause some of the weirdest stuff you will ever see happen to a computer. Run memtest and double check even if you don;t believe me. That way we have less "possible" faulty hardware that could be a problem. If the RAM checks out ok, then the next step is to find out whats going on with the main hdd. Go to my computer properties -> manage -> storage -> disk management. If the main hdd is seen by device manager (by windows) then it will be in here. It will likley have an error or something. Please report its status. If in poking around windows says it thinks that hdd is not formatted, don;t mess with it. There are a few ways to recover data off of a hdd, damaged, formatted, fdisked or whatever. Whats the current status on the hdd? erorr messeges? or even post a screenshot of the diskmanagement part. Let me know, Paul

No need to re-install windows...yet Normal signs of a hdd getting ready to die are either clicking noises coming from it, windows file corruption errors, times where the system can;t boot because it randomly can;t find the hdd, blue screens associated with ntfs.sys or your IDE driver .sys, or instances where the hdd light stays on and the entire system freezes. *NOTE* If the system is using lots of swap space becuase its running low on RAM, the hdd will be going crazy trying to provide the extra needed swap space. This is very noticable when switching between programs and will cause any computer slow or fast to seem like its frozen for a few seconds (1-50sec). If the system is running low on ram, you can verify it by bringing up task manager (crtl-alt-del) and clicking on the performance tab. If the available physical memory dips much under 50,000-80,000 (50-80MB) then you need more frikkin ram, or less apps running at once. A really good test to verify a hdd is in proper working order is the western digital diagnostic utility. Don;t fret, it will work on any hdd (maxtor, ibm, ect...). You can get it here: DLGDIAG for Windows download link: http://support.wdc.com/download/windlg/WinDLG.zip fire it up, and run a SMART test. If it passes, do a full test. If the drive in question fails any of those two tests, get on the hdd manufacturer's site and download their specific test util, get a fail code and create an RMA if the drive is still under warranty. Hope that answers some questions, Paul

Everybody has their own preferences and favorites. I myself use proftpd ;p Paul

How did you setup the user account? Did you make a new user that's locally assigned to that PC? Also make sure that the user has at least read rights on the folder they are directed too. Easiest way to get it working... Create an new group, call it something like FTP (or two groups, FTP-readonly, FTP-Full). Give this group at least read access to the c:\inetpub\ftproot directory. Then make a new user, give them a password and add them to the FTP group. If that doesn;t work, maybe walk us through how you are setting up a FTP user. Paul

Try a rebuild install. I've fixed a similar problem with it quite a few times. 1.boot off win cd 2. hit enter to install new OS 3. hit F8 to accept EULA 4. It will find a previous version of windows and give you the option to repair, Hit r for repair 5. let it go and do its thing Give that a try, I'll be much quicker than digging around. Paul

Well hopefully you've found the one special setting that needed to be enabled to keep it from happening! Paul

That also sounds like another idea. Are you sure that the network card is installed during the install? Or does it get picked up like the first time you logon? Paul

Also make sure and check that "show hidden files and folders" and "show protected operating system files" are checked in folder options or the file won;t be shown. Also make sure that on the security properties that the "system" has full control as well. Paul

If you're going that route.... The port forwarding outside port (public) should be 3389 and the inside (private) port should be the same, 3389. Also, yes the IP address is going to be your computer's inside IP (something like 192.168.0.xxx). Now from home, the IP address that you are going to use is the IP address of your router/cable modem as seen from the outside world. If your router has a status page, or IP settings page it will show its gateway and DNS settings and its IP address. This should NOT be a 192.168.x.x IP. It will be something totally different! that address is what you want to try and connect with, Paul

Try going into safe mode and deleting the hiberfil.sys in the c:\ directory. Then reboot into normal mode and try to hibernate again. It should make a new hibernation file. Paul

crahak is on the right trail here: Your company's computers (like nearly every other company) has a firewall and a NAT'd infrastructure. Typically computers on DHCP also have a firewall/NAT in front of them to help protect them from attacks and such from the outside world. This means that you wil NOT be able to connect to any computers in your company unless you have your IT department setup port forwarding (very slim chance, security risk) or get what's called a VPN connection setup at home to allow you to connect to computers at work. Port forwarding will basically opens up a security hole directly to your computer bypassing the firewall. This is NOT a good idea. Ask your IT department about getting VPN access. It's much, much more secure and will allow you to connect up to your computer at work through remote desktop while still remaining secure. Paul

In short, yes, viruses are made to do malicous things. So flaky internet is a possibility. If you ever want to see how to remove a virus, the easiest way is to go to www.symantec.com/search/ put in the virus name (and check the trojan, virus, macro ...box). Removal instructions are near the bottom of this web page: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...pybot.worm.html As for #2...what's your virus scanner? mcafee? norton? version #? When was the last time virus defs were updated? Do you have real-time protection turned on? Also try running a program called "a2". It gets rid of some trojans and a few other things. You can get that here: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/ Paul

You and me both! Paul

BTW, you're quite simply asking them to put in a security hole! Paul

Well, that is the purpose of a NAT. NAT was designed to keep all the PCs behind it hidden from attack/detection. Unless you can get the IT guys down there to enable either port forwarding for the game you are using or give you VPN access or some other sort of direct tunnel what you are asking is impossible. Paul