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re: Important!! WinXP not working anymore.
Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 8:12 am
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Posted by jaf (3408 messages posted)


Bad info Steverz. Real bad....


On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 7:47 am, Steverz wrote:
>I agree with the "'restore back to before you installed Norton."' But whatever you
>do, DON'T download Adware, Spyware or Spybot. Many Users on this XP site use thoughs
>applications and three-times more have serious problems with them. Fixing an OS
>problem with those applications is NOT proper troubleshooting. It's like buying
>a car with 50 options and have 20 fail, so you trade in and get a car with 100 options.
> What's wrong with this picture?
>
>If Restore Back doesn't help, then boot to the Options Menu and select Safe Mode
>again. This time click on your Start button, select Run and type in MSCONFIG. To
>see what to do in MSCONFIG, go to the site I have provided below. But what you are
>after is to eliminate as many applications as possible that start during the boot
>process. This is done through the "Selective Startup" option within MSCONFIG. This
>link is excellent!
>http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/
>
>Before doing the above, uninstall your trial version of Norton.
>
>


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re: Important!! WinXP not working anymore. (Steverz: Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 7:47 am)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Important!! WinXP not working anymore. (JohanFruh: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 7:34 am)
-re: Important!! WinXP not working anymore. (Rich: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 7:44 am)
-re: Important!! WinXP not working anymore. (Steverz: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 7:47 am)
*re: Important!! WinXP not working anymore. (jaf: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 8:12 am)
-The saga continues: More bad advice from Steverz (Ricer46: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 8:22 am)
*re: The saga continues: More bad advice from Steverz (jaf: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 8:31 am)
*re: Important!! WinXP not working anymore. (werner: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 10:17 am)
*re: Important!! WinXP not working anymore. (Adam Bradley: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 11:27 am)
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