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Try my Guide to Fighting Adware and Spyware. Read through it to see if there are some things you have not tried, like going into Safe Mode to run scans or temporarily disabling your Internet connection. If you do a Google search, you will also find methods to remove SpyFalcon specifically, but...

Can you elaborate on this "hindrance" affecting the boot process? What exactly is happening during bootup? Until you discover the problem with that update that seems to be causing your problems, you can opt to simply NOT download it. If you're allowing Automatic Updates to do its job, you can...

This article is already two days old, but I thought it worth mentioning. Refunds for music fans hit by Sony DRM rootkit

MS must've hired Dilbert's Feature Creep. _____________ <i>There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't</i>

It's very likely that you now have a bad TV tuner card. I'd suggest getting it replaced. Just to be sure, you can install the card into a different computer that has no problems to see if you can successfully install its drivers (from the CD that came with the card). As you can see, one...

You can attempt a simple fix (of the registry) by using the System Restore utility under Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools. Whenever a restore point is created, the Registry is also backed up to an RPxxx file. If you restore back to when you DVD drives were working, there's a...

It does sound like the master HDD could be defective. What is the HDD brand? Go to their website to download a drive diagnostics utility, then run it. _____________ <i>There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't</i>

Dave, Thank YOU for showing us the kind of person you are. I'll be saving the link to this thread so that other posts you make will include the link. Others who read your new thread will see how you handle people's help. _____________ <i>There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who...

Norton Ghost and PartitionMagic 8.0 both allow you to create bootable rescue floppy diskettes in the event you cannot (or prefer not to) boot into Windows. _____________ <i>There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't</i>

The loss of files usually occurs when there has been some kind of interruption during the merge process, such as a shut down. Anything like a brown-out or black-out occur in your area/household? Anyone accidentally turn off the computer before the process finished? Chances are your answers...

If the jumpering were incorrect, POST would let you know. The fact that he got as far as he did would indicate that all hardware checks out alright. To address the BOOT.INI issue, Recovery Console's BOOTCFG /REBUILD command is what has worked for me before. One other thing that comes to mind...

Since all you really wanted to do is extract a file from the old HDD, you can try using Norton Ghost to create an image, then view the image contents via Ghost Explorer. Provided Ghost is able to access the contents of the drive, you should be able to accomplish this and successfully extract...

This seems to be a tough one to overcome, judging by the multiple forums I've come across to research your particular problem. There is one Recovery Console command that they have not tried: BOOTCFG /REBUILD Unfortunately, I see that you encountered a problem trying to get into the Recovery...

Have you tried logging on as Administrator via Safe Mode? Personally, I'm not sure if it will help, but at this point, it just might be worth a shot. One other idea that comes to mind is to check the OS drive for that same folder you specified as you set up the Merge process. Just check the...

I also wouldn't trust the download itself, even if the A/V scanner didn't detect anything. The packaged files could be corrupt or missing, which is possibly the main reason you're experiencing problems. It's best to have an actual Windows 98SE CD that is also in good shape <i>in your...