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I wish I knew. You seem to have tried everything I can think of. I assume this is XP and you have 2Gb of RAM. Is that correct?

I can't say about print servers. I've never dabbled in them. In my personal opinion though there are two better options. 1. A printer that is already wireless capable. 2. A printer with a network (ethernet) port. With this setup you can hardwire the printer to the wireless router. Then all the computers on the network can connect to it. This is the setup I use.

I can't find much on this so I'll try the usuall fixes. dll usually refers to dynamic link library files by the way. Disconnect any new devices. Uninstall any recent programs. Uninstall all file sharing programs. Run multiple malware scans Do a system restore. Hopefully this will solve it.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean.

ActiveX controls are part of web based software designed to work with Windows and the application. When you install an application like flash or toolbars or web based games you are prompted to allow that particular ActiveX control.

So many questions. Missing files on bootup usually indicate a corrupt program or hard drive. What was the missing dll file? C and D drive. Is this a single hard drive that is partitioned or two seperate hard drives? I'm not familiar with TuneUp Undelete nor do I understand why you are using it and how you are using it. 20,000 files is a huge amount if you are trying to recover missing saved files. If your drive is corrupt then saved files may be lost unless you take drastic and sometimes expensive steps. Undeleting doesn't seem to fit the bill here. What did it find on each particular drive? Then you mention drive E which is a partition. What exactly is drive C, D and E? Is one of these a recovery partition? Are you talking about doing a Windows System Restore or restoring/recovering your computer back to factory settings which is a reinstallation? Since it seems you can boot into Windows the best thing you can do for now is backup all your saved files, bookmarks, emails, etc. to a media you can trust such as CD,DVD or a known working external drive. After that and more clarification the next things to try depend on your answers. And yes a move may have damaged your drive but that's not my first guess since you can boot.

I'm guessing that your hard drive is failing. There is one thing I can think of to try though as this is a Windows file. Tap the F8 key repeatedly at startup to get into the Advanced boot options screen. Then select startup repair (Repair your computer) Oops you tried that. Which again leads me to believe it's the drive.

Considering the above your only option may be to reinstall Windows.

You're welcome. It took me a while to figure that out when I first got Vista. So you see we are much alike. Like you I'm going to wait a bit to install IE9. I use IE and Firefox.

I just now hid the update by right clicking it then selecting hide update. After closing and opening Windows updates it was hidden.

Hi. The support manuall for your DELL Optiplex GX280 makes no mention of a rcovery partition. It does however state that you need the CD to reinstall XP on page 30. To reinstall Windows XP, you need the following items: • Dell™ Operating System CD • Dell Drivers and Utilities CD You must use Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later when you reinstall Windows XP. As it appears there is no recovery partition on your hard drive to reinstall from and you don't have the recovery/reinstallation disks that should have come with your computer then there are only two or three options. 1. Contact Dell to get the disks if they are still avaialable. 2. Buy a full retail XP version which will cost more. 3. Buy a legal recovery/reinstallation disk for your particular computer from a third party. As your code is tied to this particular machine you will probably need the Dell disk for the code to work. This is the way most OEM computers work. You can only use the code on that computer and only with the original OEM disk which you don't have. To summarize: You need the Dell disks that match your code or a full version.

Good to hear that John. I've done the same thing for my grandson so I know how you feel.

An expert should be along to help you soon. Be patient please. This thread may get moved to the Security section. Just wanted to let you know.

I think you need to re-post bob. No pic.

Your text file shows a ping to http://www.plus.net/ Pinging plus.net [212.159.8.2] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=247 Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=247 Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=247 Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=247 This shows that you are connected to the internet as you got the Reply. I suspect that you have security programs installed that are blocking web pages or conflicting with each other. Having more than one firewall or antivirus can cause problems. Are you using the free Mcafee that Plusnet internet provider offers as well as using Antivir at the same time? Do either of your antivirus programs include a firewall as your Windows firewall service says that it is running. Here is one of the text files you submitted. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC-1 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : stmarks.as25178.net Ethernet adapter Connessione alla rete locale (LAN): Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : stmarks.as25178.net Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-8B-CB-3A-FC DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::248e:490:e198:5766%18(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 212.9.105.70(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : domenica 3 aprile 2011 00:41:43 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : domenica 3 aprile 2011 04:48:48 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 212.9.104.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.9.104.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 419439499 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-F1-C7-1E-00-23-8B-CB-3A-FC DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.9.104.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Wireless LAN adapter Connessione rete wireless: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WLAN Broadcom 802.11b/g Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-00-E4-DD-16 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter isatap.stmarks.as25178.net: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : stmarks.as25178.net Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : stmarks.as25178.net Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Scheda Microsoft 6to4 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:d409:6946::d409:6946(Preferred) Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.9.104.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fd:2cc2:1b3a:2bf6:96b9(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2cc2:1b3a:2bf6:96b9%16(Preferred) Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{F64D79BD-CD22-4BD1-AE64-AFA1740D73BE}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Pinging 194.119.131.66 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=54 Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=54 Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=54 Reply from 194.119.131.66: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54 Ping statistics for 194.119.131.66: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 10ms, Average = 9ms Pinging plus.net [212.159.8.2] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=247 Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=247 Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=247 Reply from 212.159.8.2: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=247 Ping statistics for 212.159.8.2: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 23ms, Maximum = 25ms, Average = 24ms Tracing route to cns1.uk.vianw.net [194.119.131.66] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms login.keycom.co.uk [212.9.104.1] 2 3 ms 3 ms 4 ms 212.9.97.113 3 3 ms 4 ms 2 ms manc-7206-core-fa4-1.as25178.net [212.9.96.1] 4 4 ms 3 ms 3 ms gi2-7.man.core.enta.net [78.33.11.125] 5 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms te5-1.telehouse-north0.core.enta.net [87.127.236.109] 6 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms te5-3.telehouse-east2.core.enta.net [87.127.236.37] 7 9 ms 10 ms 10 ms te4-4.telehouse-east.core.enta.net [87.127.236.97] 8 12 ms 10 ms 10 ms g1-1-1-t40-br3.router.uk.clara.net [195.66.224.66] 9 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms ten1-0-0-t40-cr1.router.uk.clara.net [195.8.68.85] 10 11 ms 10 ms 9 ms g5-1-t40-ar12.router.uk.clara.net [195.157.6.177] 11 10 ms 9 ms 11 ms cns1.uk.vianw.net [194.119.131.66] Trace complete. These Windows services are started: Application Information Audio Service Avira AntiVir Guard Avira AntiVir Scheduler Background Intelligent Transfer Service Base Filtering Engine CNG Key Isolation COM+ Event System Computer Browser Cryptographic Services DCOM Server Process Launcher Desktop Window Manager Session Manager DHCP Client Diagnostic Policy Service Diagnostic Service Host Diagnostic System Host Distributed Link Tracking Client DNS Client Function Discovery Provider Host Function Discovery Resource Publication Group Policy Client HomeGroup Provider Human Interface Device Access Intel® Matrix Storage Event Monitor IP Helper IPsec Policy Agent Network Connections Network List Service Network Location Awareness Network Store Interface Service NitroPDFReaderDriverCreatorReadSpool Offline Files Peer Name Resolution Protocol Peer Networking Grouping Peer Networking Identity Manager Plug and Play Power Print Spooler Program Compatibility Assistant Service Remote Access Connection Manager Remote Procedure Call (RPC) RPC Endpoint Mapper Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service Security Accounts Manager Security Center Server Shell Hardware Detection SSDP Discovery Superfetch System Event Notification Service Task Scheduler TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Telephony Themes UPnP Device Host User Profile Service Windows Audio Windows Audio Endpoint Builder Windows Defender Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Windows Event Log Windows Firewall Windows Font Cache Service Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant Windows Management Instrumentation Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Windows Search Windows Update Workstation The command completed successfully. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run avgnt REG_SZ "C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\avgnt.exe" /min QlbCtrl.exe REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Quick Launch Buttons\QlbCtrl.exe /Start SysTrayApp REG_EXPAND_SZ C:\Program Files\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe IAAnotif REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaanotif.exe SunJavaUpdateSched REG_SZ "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Sidebar REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun WOSB REG_SZ "C:\Users\Enzo\Downloads\WakeupOnStandBy\wosb.exe" /run /systray dt="03/04/2011" tm="02:57:00" /screenon weekdays=127 /ast kv="1" vID=1

I'm confused. What do you mean by SATA converter? Do you mean external drive case? Are you trying to retrieve files from a broken hard drive? That might be kind of difficult if the drive is broken.

Have you tried booting into safemode by tapping the F8 key repeatedly while the laptop is booting?

I don't have Playstation. My grandson uses Xbox so I can't help you with that part. It does seem difficult to find a converter. It seems most freeware offerings come with limitations unless you buy the full version. Don't you just hate that? I did install Free SWF Converter to check it out. (free version) It seems to do well but I don't know how large a file it will handle or whether it includes sound but it will convert to formats youtube supports. Another one you can try is CinemaForge but again I don't know anything about it and I have not tested it. Others may have more suggestions.

I'm afraid Synapse is correct. And he knows this area quite well. I'm afraid that disk just won't work. Thanks Synapse.

Thanks Mokles. It's always nice to know that we are appreciated.

That might be a problem if it's a recovery type disk. Those will only work on the same type of computer that came with them. What does it say on the disks?

That's funny the link works for me. Here is the main page link. http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/forum/windows-xp2k2k3

I believe you have an answer at this forum.

Did you check to see if it was hidden per my above link? Also try this. Open device manager. Click on the scan for hardware changes icon. Scan. Also while in device manager expand the battery category and see if the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery is listed. If so does it show any problems?

Hi john. I doubt they are swf files. Right click the file and select properties. The Type of file should be listed. Once we know for sure the file type there are many converters that can change a lot of file types. I've used some free ones so I could upload to youtube.