Jeremy

pcandpc, use CCleaner to clean temp/cache. Try updating or reinstalling your Ethernet drivers.

And you chose not to search the nLite subforum for the answer to this as it's been asked dozens and dozens of times before why?

A one-button check, huh? I would never trust any of those. I prefer doing things myself as to ensure its done properly. Unerase is pretty self-explanatory, but I'd say there are much better alternatives such as Recuva which is made by the same people as CCleaner, R-Studio, GetDataBack and FinalData. Use DriverCleaner Pro (freeware) to clean up after a driver uninstall, reboot and then install the newest version. When you clean your registry, make sure you use jv16 PowerTools' Registry Cleaner as it will not just delete entries but will analyse related registry keys and attempt to (and in most cases successfully) repair them.

Call Microsoft or use 3rd party sites/tools for updates.

Use the Norton Removal Tool or jv16 PowerTools 2006's Registry Cleaner on Aggressive Mode. To learn more about jv16 and it's relation to the origin of registry cleaners, read this.

Foxit PDF Reader (freeware and portable)

Excuse me?

Rebeldawg, I would suggest ditching the recovery CDs and familiarizing yourself with Acronis True Image Home Edition. You can use it to create an ISO to burn the Rescue Media, and then uninstall it. Boot to the CD, image your HDD and save the image on another partition, HDD, DVD, or flash drive. The Rescue Media Full Edition is 35.6 MBs. You can carry that around on a flash drive and image from it on systems that support booting to a USB mass storage device.

For data recovery, by the way, I suggest R-Studio. *Writes down with Cluberti says* Very useful. Thanks man.

Well, despite us techs liking the professional look of Classic XP, some general users (my in-law included) can't go without the bells and whistles. My in-law asked me if something "was wrong" with her PC's sound because I removed the XP start-up and shutdown sound files from C:\WINDOWS\Media. Besides, just going with Classic isn't exactly fixing the problem. Who knows, later on down the road some other more critical services could act up as well, and telling him to simply disable them would be utterly pointless. Make sure your video drivers are up-to-date, and if so, try reinstalling them. Make sure noone is hacking into your PC and messing around with things.

Don't jump the gun. It could be nothing. Try unplugging your HDD connector (IDE or SATA/2) and reconnecting it. My in-law had that issue with NTFS.SYS and doing that fixed it for her. Otherwise, boot to your XPCD and do a repair install. If that doesn't work, plug the HDD into another system, backup your data and reformat. If that doesn't rectify the issue, it's likely a faulty HDD, which you can determine by downloading and burning the Ultimate Boot CD 4.0 and testing it with the appropriate tool.

I was about to argue saying it was the CPU, but speaking in terms of relativity, any component that is crucial to the operation of a computer could be considered the "heart" or brain". And he has still failed to provide any information, so I'll just throw some things on the table and he can do what he wants with it. Download the Ultimate Boot CD 4.0, burn it to CD, boot to it. Test your RAM with MemTest and your HDD with the appropriate tool. That's a start.

Yes, Microsoft is hacking into your system and overwritting your files with small thumbnails of Bill Gates. Sounds to me like it might be a virus/rootkit infection. Spyware: Download, install and update both Ad-Aware SE Personal v1.06R1 and Spybot S&D v1.4. Do full system scans with both and clean/fix any infections they report. Viruses: Download, install and update Kaspersky Anti-Virus v6.0.2.621. Do a full system scan and let it clean anything it reports. Reboot if an infection cannot be initially cleaned/deleted. Kaspersky's trial lasts 30 days. If you wish to use this product for one year legally, use the AOL version labeled ActiveVirusShield. Note: For ActiveVirusShield, enter your e-mail address here for a free 1-year activation code. Your e-mail will not be subjected to spam. If you prefer freeware then use Avast! Home Edition v4.7, or AntiVir v7.00.04.13. The latter has an even higher detection rate than Kaspersky and NOD32. For more information about anti-virus products, please visit http://www.av-comparatives.org. Also, your malware may have a specific removal tool. For example, the Vundo Virus can be removed by Vundo Fix v6.3.19.

I seem to recall Services acting up as being a result of: An upgrade as opposed to a fresh install A not-so-smooth reinstall of the OS CMOS battery issue (services resetting, clock resetting, etc) Possible rootkit(s) infection

Sounds like the Themes Service is starting and stopping at random. I've never heard of that myself. Click Start > Run > services.msc > check to see what Themes is set to. It should be Started and Automatic if you're using themes.

What is in the MPG format? Is this a DVD camcorder or have you already transferred the footage with some program and saved it as MPG? If it's MiniDV, use WinDV. It is a 92 KB portable executable. What do you mean by editing? Trimming unneeded frames and some basic overlay text, or scene transitions, multiple audio layers, etc? If you want the absolute/ultimate best quality, learn about AviSynth and how to create scripts for post-processing and encoding of the videos. VirtualDub can trim and deinterlace the footage as you will need to do on a PC and with the intention of watching it on your TV. For video editing, take your pick. This site is a terrific reference. Burning can be done by CDRTFE (CDR Tools Front End), InfraRecorder, ImgBurn, Nero Lite Micro, and others mentioned in this topic.

Why so surprised? I could have 5 PCs in our spare room here and just because of one them may have a hardware issue, it doesn't surprise me. Not all PCs have the same specs, to each their own possibility of something going wrong either by natural defect or lack of maintenance. Get the error code and Google it to find more information. You've failed to provide any information at this point so I and others could suggest everything under the tree without any real accuracy.

The last time I tried to save all webpage files was with Teleport Pro. TAiN beat me to the punch. Jcarle, usually when someone asks how to do something like that without going into details, chances are they don't have the best intentions. Anyway, my vote goes to the above mentioned as it's the only one I used and it did quite well at the time. Cheers.

Yes, it does matter. Jcarle and myself are proof of that. The point of this topic is to suggest a firewall. That's either Comodo, Jetico, or a router which is what I'm using. Let's get back on topic and not let this turn into opinion-gagging and so forth.

Good doggie.

I think you would have to use a program such as NetLimiter to throttle your bandwidth limit as you see fit. I looked into DUMeter but it doesn't seem to have a limiting option, at least not in the unregistered version. NetLimiter is not free. Perhaps someone else knows of a freeware alternative.

I believe the installers are designed to detect existing/previous versions of the software or other products that may work in conjunction with whatever you are installing.

To answer your question, I loaded Symantec in VMware, performed an update and monitored where the updates were being downloaded to with FileMon and the location is as follows: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\LiveUpdate\Downloads\<Update file.zip> When the updates are installed, they go to this folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\ I hope this helps you.

That sounds an awful lot like fraudulent intentions.

What are your system specs?