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My upload speed is about a 1/3 on my Vista machine compared to my XP machine networked to the same router. I tried vanBuren's upload tweak, but it doesn't change anything. Anyone have any ideas? The Vista machine is brand new.

Can I hook up a drive from an older failed comp. to my newer machine so i can access the info. on the old drive? Both comp. are running windows XP.

It will only power up for about a sec or two and then shuts down. Maybe it is the power supply failing?

I had an old computer my son was using for general surfing, etc. For about a week now the CPU fan was making noise.I was out of town for a few days and when I got back, the computer wasn't running. If the fan went, would it stop the computer from operating? I'm pretty sure it isn't the power supply as it tries to fire up for about 2 seconds, and then shuts down. Usually, if a power supply is hooped, you get no response(dead). Anyone got any ideas? Is there a way to test to see if it is the fan?

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I would like to request an invite. my e-mail is: falco2033 at gmail dot com.

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Sounds good. I have noticed that my computer is noticeably faster so that's a positive!

They didn't find any virus but their was some corrupted windows files. Ended up wiping/re-formatting and installing windows again.

Thanks for everyones help. I gave up and took her to the computer doctor. I will update when I find out what was wrong.

Bad graphics card? Also while I am not real crazy about recomending this. Type in start, run, msconfig. See what programs are starting with your computer. I assume you can still get on the net? IF you can that instead of msconfig use this free program, http://www.windowsstartup.com/download.php. Its called startup inspector, Run it, click on consult button at the top and disable anything not necessary, If unsure google it see what it is.

I was hoping it was the graphics card also but I swapped it out but that wasn't my problem.

I can't access the net because I can only run in safe mode(I'm using my old athlon comp. I had networked). The interesting thing is I did both anti-virus and spyware scans in safe mode and my AVG reports that both my shell32.dll and ntoskrnl.exe files have been changed. Anyone know about these two files? I'm thinking my next course of action may be to rebuild my boot.ini file. Anyone have any other suggestions?

If the above doesn't work, try the following steps:

<p align="left"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#008000">Logon - Logoff

loop, also caused by BlazeFind</font></b></p>

<p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Another <b><font color="#FF0000">critical</font></b>

symptom caused by this malware: This malware modifies the Userinit area in the

registry (replacing the userinit.exe with wsaupdater.exe) and Ad-Aware (with a

particular definition update) removes the wsaupdater.exe file from the system,

thus causing the Logon - Logoff loop. <i>That is, when you login to Windows,

the 'loading personal settings" verbose will appear, but suddenly it will

logoff.</i> This issue was documented clearly by Lavasoftusa in it's

Lavahelp Knowledgebase. </font></p>

<p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#0000FF"><b>Here is the

solution to the logon - logoff issue in Windows XP.</b></font></p>

<p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Enter the Recovery Console</b></font></p>

<p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Boot the system using the Windows XP CD-ROM. In

the first screen when the Setup begins, read the instructions press

"R" (in the first screen) enter the Recovery Console. Type-in the

built-in Administrator password to enter the Console. You'll see the prompt

reading <b>C:Windows</b> (Or any other drive-letter where you've installed

XP) </font></p>

<p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Type the following command and press Enter.</font></p>

<p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><b>CD SYSTEM32</b>

(If that does not work, try <b>CHDIR SYSTEM32</b>)</font></p>

<p style="text-align: left"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">COPY USERINIT.EXE WSAUPDATER.EXE</font></b></p>

<p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Quit Recovery Console by typing <b>EXIT </b>and

restart Windows.</font></p>

<p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">You'll be able to login successfully as you've

created the wsaupdater.exe file (now, a copy of userinit.exe)</font></p>

<p style="text-align: left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Now, change the <b>USERINIT</b> value in the

registry (see Phase II in this page) and change it accordingly.</font></p>

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<p align="left"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#2932D6">

</font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#008000">Phase II  - 

Fixing a registry entry which causes the Quick Launch issue (not retaining the

settings)</font></b></p>

<p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT.

Navigate to:</font></p>

<p><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE  SOFTWARE  Microsoft  WindowsNT  CurrentVersion  Winlogon</font></b></p>

<p align="left"><font face="Verdana" size="2">In the right-pane, change the value of Userinit to

"<b><font color="#2932D6">C:WINDOWSsystem32userinit.exe,</font></b>"

Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma  - exclude the quotes.

<font color="#2932D6"><b> Also, change the path to userinit.exe appropriately if Windows is installed in a different

drive</b>.</font>

Close Registry Editor and restart Windows. The Quick Launch settings should be retained now.</font></p>

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Read the full page here: WinXPTutor.com

Thanks for the reply. I tried everything you listed, but to no avail. I forgot to mention before that I tried using"the last known good configuration" and that didn't work either.

I went to use my computer and the graphics were all funny. I re-booted and it shows the blue screen with the profiles showing. I click on a profile and it says logging on and the theres a flicker and I just briefly see my desktop, then it says"logging off, saving your settings.. and then I'm back to the profile screen again. I can get in using safe mode and did spy and virus scans with no problem. I tried system restore but that didn't help. Anyone have any other ideas?

It's just about impossible to do any on-line gaming on satellite because of the high latency which causes lag.

I would say it might be a congestion issue. With small ISP's, this can be a problem. I have that problem(more users online=slower download speed).

Spyware Terminator for me.

I got the lowest(.01-ciggie butts).

You guys have a good thanksgiving! I'm envious because I love eating turkey but our thanksgiving in Canada was in October  :tickedoff:

A general rule of thumb is that when you make changes to your registry(as what happens when you use cablenut), you have to re-boot for the changes to take effect.

It was a little scary. It almost acted like a virus.

As a side note... I went to the Comodo site and decided to try their anti-spam program. I installed it, and then the problems began. It re-configures your network and knocked mine out-internet and everything. It also made my machine take about 2 min. to fully re-boot and I have a dual core processor. From what I can tell, it changes some winsock settings. I finally had to restore to yesterdays restore point and all is well again. I'm not saying the program is bad, but BEWARE!!

I uninstalled AVG and tried out Active Virus Shield. It found a trojan that AVG didn't find. I think I'll keep it.

I have a 900 Mhz radio system also. How do you get that info from your radio?

Go to www.ewido.net and try their free online scan. It downloads their signature database and does a scan. It seems to find stuff that adaware and alot of other programs miss. It won't hurt to try. Good luck!

There is many programs out there to monitior computer/internet usage. Remember, there is something as simple as checking the browser history to see where they were browsing, if they didn't clear it.