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Thank You Sincerely Peterk, I thought in getting a prof to format the hard
drive I would solve prob's but it just cost me heaps. I will do as you said
and try again, once again sincere thanks
"peterk" wrote:
> If you want to be sure that the only thing on the system is what you want
> ..........redo
> This method will erase everything on your HD and you will need to reinstall
> everything......so be sure to save whatever data you need and make sure that
> you have the CD's to replace the programs that will be wiped.
> enter the BIOS and make the CD drive the 1st boot device
> Insert the XP CD in the CD drive..........reboot
> when the system restarts the XP installation program will start
>
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean...
> take a good look at steps 5 and 6 it explains the new install......format
> during install procedure.
> When finished and XP is up and running reinstall all of your programs.
> Now the only thing on there is what you put there and with some care and
> attention to downloads/websufing/email attachements it will stay that way.
> Do a Google for the following programs:
> ZoneAlarm...........free software firewall.nothing in or out without your
> permission
> AVG Anti virus.........free
> Lavasoft AdAware SE..........spy ware detector and eradicator
> SysBot Search&destroy same both are free
> dont forget to keep these updated
> peterk
>
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> It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about
> the problem
> "kayterese21" <sunny_66_66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:CA764E69-48E2-4401-8385-6F957636CAA3@microsoft.com...
> > With my very basic understanding and knowledge of puters, I shouldn't
> > enjoy
> > digging deep into the settings so much !
> > I came across some help files 1997 !! and wondered why would they
> > be
> > in there when I have just had my hard drive "spray and wiped" cleaned by a
> > prof puter co. and had new programs installed being windows xp home and
> > microsoft office 2003, the files I found and there seems to be a lot of
> > old
> > stuff are c:\programfiles\microsoftoffice\office11 ggmimp32.hlp Are
> > these
> > meant to be in there ?? There's about 15 pages Introduction, cgm opts
> > page,
> > primitives page, preserve coord range {preserve VDC} page, filter page and
> > fonts.
> > If you have any suggestions please forward them to me I would be sincerly
> > grateful. I have put this question in the security site, as I know I had
> > my
> > house phone etc bugged a few years ago (the ex') and I feel you guys
> > might
> > be more on the ball looking out for abnormal files etc.
> > Signed: I should stick to knitting !
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