Recent content by dippy

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    dial-up connection??

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Hi,i think we have cracked it,when i got up this morning and switched on my pc,the little box never popped up and hasnt all day,must have known that we meant business,lol! Thanks for your help Dippy "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote...
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    dial-up connection??

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Hi,i completed everything that you posted for me but the little blighter is still there,,,,it is sat looking at me from my toolbar as i write this,,,,,Thanks anyway,if you can think of anything else that may solve this i...
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    dial-up connection??

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Hi i have a problem with this box that keeps popping up and it is really annoying now,,,,since up-grading to BB silver this box keeps appearing now,it says dial-up connection at the top and it asks for my user name and...
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    Hole in Registery Keys on Office and Windows 2000

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) Hi InBan! Thanks for taking the time to explain! I keep the Microsoft critical updates and anti-virus stuff pretty much up to-date, as also the Spybot and Spywareblaster packages that I have installed, but your...
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    Hole in Registery Keys on Office and Windows 2000

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) Hi InBan, Thanx for the advice, below,which I followed without any success. Went to the update page,loaded whatever was marked critical except for stuff specifically marked for XP or NT. Rebooted, including this evening...
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    Hole in Registery Keys on Office and Windows 2000

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?) I run office and Windows 2000 on a 500 Pentium III PC with 256 megs of ram and a 75 gig hardrive. Intel chip and motherboard. I was warned about the proliferation of spyware and downloaded Spybot 1.3 Search and Destroy...
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    user accounts

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Every time i switch my laptop on its asks me to select user, i only have one user. now i can't get into user accounts to change this. when i click on the icon it does nothing. i have had a virus but i have deleted all...