Thank you everybody. I'll try Avast first and see how I like it. I also like the suggestions for a free firewall. I'm using ZA now, but if...
This is a nice start, and easy, since they all begin with "A". I've used AVG for some years, but it's gotten bigger and bloated. They've...
I use Windows XP and have a cable modem. Can someone recommend a FREE antivirus program? Thank you.
I'll give PCT a try. Thank you for the help and for the suggestion.
Someplace I have a copy of the 2.6.357 install file. Where would a person get a setup file for 2.6.88.2 these days? I'm using XP Home on a...
Ευχαριστω, Ο Θανατος-- HOORAY! We have found the culprit! And sorry to say, it is my much-beloved Zone Alarm. I had checked previously...
Thank you, O Theos, for helping me. I ran the reg file. Rebooted. Still cannot change the homepage. It is not greyed out. I can enter a...
IE6 on XP. My homepage is locked. I cannot change it. I have tried changing it through the IE interface, through the INF file, and through a...
Hi Grover, The conversation has certainly wandered! Yes, I'm able to make images and backups to my USB external. My error was that I didn't...
Here's where I originally got the info: http://aumha.net/ -- in their Articles, and in my recent post called Partition for Program Files....
This is good to know. I thought I was saving space ... I'll run right now and put the pagefile back on C. Isn't there a way to make it quit...
Hi JMK -- You make me blush. BTW, I *love* people under 50. :-) As a former flower child and proud baby boomer, let me suggest that...
And Lady Dungeness is over 50 as well. But I'm happy to get advice and suggestions from people of any age. :-) CatFan -- can you please...
For the desktop. The new internal drive will be an addition. I want to have a dual boot system. The larger internal drive will be for business...
Good point. Maybe I should make a partition for OS & Basic Apps -- like Office, Photoshop, etc. And another partition for the stuff I just mess...
I'm using a USB External HD, Western Digital, 300 gigs. I've got two partitions on it, with the backups going onto a dedicated partition....
Thanks also for the suggestion about the USB cable. Right now it's working okay, and I'm burning an image.
Thank you, John.
Yeah, I wondered about that. I'm getting different advice from different experts. Ultimately I decided to put them on separate partitions,...
This morning I made an image of my Programs Partition -- 2-3 gigs on the partition, and TI took 6 minutes to make it. Same setup -- using USB 2.0...
Thank you for the suggestions. I think it's working now -- I had to unninstall and reinstall to the boot disk in order to have it make an image...
So I installed my OS on one partition, pagefile on another, data on a third, and programs on a fourth. A few of the program files went into the...
I've double-checked; I've got USB 2.0 and the drivers. I suppose the long time to make an image is related to the connection troubles I have...
Thanks for the help. I started the image a couple of hours ago. It was going along well, over 50% done -- then it said "3 days" left to go, and...
Thanks for the answers and the crabby references. I will go ahead and use the computer -- better than waiting 8 hours for the image to finish. I...
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