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need to resize the picture for the logon screen so its not stretched and the yellow font needs to be changed! nice tho well done

if you want the space, copy it to another hd or dvd and delete it then if windows ever asks for the disc, show it the path, or use the dvd

go into System Properties, Advanced, Error Reporting -disable, and untick notify kinda crap advice, but it'll keep the screen clean!

90% sure .pls is playlist, use that instead of m3u for your winamp ones edit, just tested, works

Great guide! I think I go through about the same when I get a call like this from a friend/relative, but I have 2 suggestions: 1. Always make a backup before you start fiddling with software that has (badly) infected the system you're working on - it's not funny when you get asked to rescue a PC and then f*ck it up even worse 2. manually go through (at least) the 2 software-sections of the registry and the run- and runonce-section of the current windows-entries in the registry to search for obvious threads, delete them and reboot in safe mode to delete left files and folders. The second one will of course be of less importance after using all the software you mention, but the first is to important to be left out of a guide like yours. Sticky++ Zl. added

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoplayhandlers.htm removes any ones you wish you didn't have there do do it manually they're stored here.. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ AutoplayHandlers \ Handlers \ <handler> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ AutoplayHandlers \ EventHandlers \ <Event Name> Value Name <HANDLER>

updated my mirror for you mate http://bleddyn.co.uk/creations/sof.7z add it to the main post (saved mine as 7z)

this is for pathcing a windows disc before install, so 10x better than auto patcher

i'm glad i've been lazy and not made a new build for myself this week! keep up the good work people

**** you make some awesome tools

added some for you atomizer (i'm sure you don't need it yourself)

nod32 is NOT norton! lol, download the trial, its lightware like avast

try downloading crap that you'd never look for like britnet spears desktop icons etc in internet explorer and screensavers etc

Ok, so your pc is running a bit slow, or you've got a load of popus or annoying software that you just CAN'T get rid of! Always make a backup before you start fiddling with software that has (badly) infected the system you're working on - it's not funny when you get asked to rescue a PC and then it gets messed up even more! First off, do add/remove programs, it works for the really badly made spyware (yes its out there!) Next, download the following.. All these are freeware besides Nod32 (30 day trial) CCleaner SpywareBlaster Nod32 Antivirus 30day Trial VERY good, i reccomend paying for -requires restart CWShredder standalone exe Lavasoft Adaware Spybot S&D Hijackthis standalone exe and Log analyser Now turn OFF System Restore, it was usefull when it first was released, now it just stores spyware and viruses if your pc gets infected, and takes up hard drive space. Microsoft really should remove this and just keep the driver side of it, that works really well Run the programs doing their updates (if they have them) in this order and follow my pictures CCleaner When installing it, you might want to untick "add Run and Open CCleaner to recycle bin context menu" This is personal preference, i like to keep my context menu's clean. If you click Options, Cookies you can choose which cookies to keep so you don't lose your passwords/preferences It also has a registry cleaner in the 'Issues' part, easy to use, so do it if you want to make this your default windows Disk Cleanup tool download and run this regfile -saveas http://bleddyn.co.uk/guides/spyware/ccleaner.reg ----- Spyware Blaster don't have screenshots of this, its simple though, run update, then enable all protections! ----- Nod32 Antivirus You'll be asked to restart after installing this, just click Restart Now. When Windows comes back, do the following.. Click update and follow the screen on the right when it changes, the rest is simple. Terminate any warnings you get, set the options to 'Clean' then 'Delete' if can't be cleaned ----- CWshredder Simple! ----- Adaware Straight forward really.. good to run once a week or so After a scan, select all, Fix ----- Spybot S&D A bit more fiddly than adaware, but still like pie.. run just as often! Open it, update it, close it, open it, Immunize, Scan, select all, Fix ----- Hijackthis (never google it with spaces, only use the majorgeeks or merjin links) Don't be clicker happy, this shows ALL startup dll's and programs Copy the contents of the log file into this http://www.hijackthis.de/ its a VERY useful analyser that has a large ammount of blacklisted files Remove the obviously bad ones, and maybe ask on this forum (or preferably google the remaining ones!). liutilities is good too, try googling "liutilities explorer.exe" and it gives you info about the process ----- Reboot. Still got problems? Try Microsoft Antispyware, its free and works well, its throws a bit of a fit each time you change a system setting so i uninstall it after a scan.. If you've still got problems, then consider a format; nothing works better than that. ----- Good ways of avoiding it in the first place? Ditch Internet Explorer and use ALWAYS use a firewall, the XPSP2 one does a fine job, it just doesn't monitor outgoing connections, I use it and have never had a problem, its also a good idea to use a router between you and the internet, they're quite cheap for basic ones -£25 -$40? ish. Use windowsupdate, its your friend let it at least tell you when you've got new things to download Have a password on ALL of your xp accounts, and if possible don't use an account with administrative rights to browse the internet (this way a lot of spyware cannot install unless you physically install it yourself!) Over and out!

looking it at it, seems pretty simple, just replace the colours in reshack.. will have a bash tomorrow

do you have classic theme enabled? go into Display Properties, Appearance, Media Centre Style

my mrs moaned when xpize went on her machine as it removed her pink backdrop, so i edited the MCE backdrop that comes with XPize and made some other colours.. i've uploaded them in a 7z for anyone that wants them -they're same size as the blue one, and still bmp's Download here thanks Bleddyn -would be AWESOME if xpero or someone could edit the msstyle to have more colours

go for speed mate on a gaming system which all have high ammounts or ram, losing the odd meg won't hurt

no chance

hehe, i play whenever i want fear is a scary game, i like the strong language in game When my mom saw that guy on chair when i played fear, she came over and slapped me so hard in the head and the said to me that i get dumber day by day by playing games like that My video card just can't handle that game well, maybe i'll get 32 pipe nvidia card when it will come out thats class, check my new sig

that background looks sweet, not over xmassy either!

ok, pc's up and running i'll run xpize on it now!

don't send out tshirts or pins, i'd never wear any clothing with pc related things on!

do you get this when using Gmail notifier and clicking a new tab straight after clicking 'open new mail' i do!