June 19th, 2004, 06:46 PM
A "Windows 98 Upgrade" is used to upgrade a Win95 (or even 3.1) PC up to Windows 98, it does not upgrade Windows 98 or Windows 98SE - It looks like you know this--another option for you is to do a...
June 19th, 2004, 06:31 PM
Spybot and Adaware will clean up 99% of spyware, adware, and malware, www.cexx.org is a good source of information on these "exploitive" apps.
You can also get a good free virus scan at...
June 19th, 2004, 06:06 PM
I looked for spyware first, she did not have new.net/savenow, etc (although she may have in the past). Imesh could've been contributing to the issue - We rebuilt network stack, reinstalled winsocks,...
June 13th, 2004, 08:01 PM
It was working until I believe past Friday - then she removed some programs, and cleaned up tmp files etc. and I think, may have run adaware. Her modem is working fine - all lights , etc - and seems...
June 13th, 2004, 07:51 PM
New.Net; SaveNow, and many other adware/spyware/malware programs cause this - try cleanbooting per article 267288 at support.microsoft.com
If you are comfortable - use regedit (first make a...
June 13th, 2004, 07:37 PM
Have you tried to restore the last known good configuration?
If you can get it booted up, even if only in safe-mode with networking - try a virus scan at housecall.antivirus.com - The Norton if it...
June 13th, 2004, 07:27 PM
If you can still boot to safe-mode - try cleanbooting per article #310535 at microsoft.com in order to eliminate software as a cause before spending any money or losing your data.
Also, you...
June 13th, 2004, 06:45 PM
Is anyone familiar with AOL - DSL on Win2K? I am trying to help a friend (all the way accross the country via phone!) fix internet connex on PC. She uses AOL Broadband Blaster 8012U modem (USB...
