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is there any browser that is more secure than others?

most secure search engine what is the best search engine which one has the best secrurity are they all the same really?

hi what i need to know is do viruses only come from websites. i reinstalled xp on my sons pc and within a few days he had the virus again. he said he did not visit any dodgy websites. i thought the best way to kill viruses was to reinstall but do i need to use a new hard drive or is it that he must of visited a webpage to pick it up. when i rewrote it i put ms secruity essenstionals as a av protecter which works fine on my pc. the virus he got was one of those av ones. thanks

its ok sorted now. just by luck i turned the screen round and the light shone on it and i could just see that windows was there so i unplugged the monitor from the back of pc and plugged it back in and then i could see the screen and it was already there waiting for me to complete the next step so i can only presume it was a graphics problem. im happy now

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hi im trying to rewrite my mums pc and all goes well untill it gets to 34mins and then it flashed a couple of times and then nothing ive been waiting a while cos the pc is running and still have a light on keyboard the screen power is still on. its xp home.ive done this before with no problems but im not sure what to do. any ideas?

hi thanks for that ive just found a new unused buisness upgrade on ebay. will this be ok so i dont have to reinstall everything

my problem is i want to upgrade my xp pro to vista home prem but when i try to install i get a message saying upgrade is diabled and i can do a clean install of vista but will lose all data.you can upgrade to vista buisness or ultimate. i ran the advisor and it came up with my hp printer problem and my AVerDVD EZMaker WDM Audio Capture ive included as much info as i could find below does any one know why i cant upgrade? i have 2 vista disc one is a oem disc the other is a dell reinstallion disc expess upgrade (i was assurred that i could still use this even though my pc is not dell) ive tried both disc and they say the same thing during the installation. if any one has any ideas i would be gratefull as the last thing i really want to do is a clean install and lose my data. many thanks OEGStone Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600) 3.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium D 16 kilobyte primary memory cache 2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation D945GCZ AAC99368-501 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory Hitachi HDP725032GLA380 [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615 [CD-ROM drive] TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D [CD-ROM driveRadeon X300/X550/X1050 Series [Display adapter] Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series Secondary [Display adapter] MUK 1782 [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n 6BO133410243, August 2001) AVerDVD EZMaker WDM Audio Capture AVerDVD EZMaker WDM Crossbar AVerDVD EZMaker WDM Video Capture IDT High Definition Audio CODEC HP Deskjet F2100 serieson USB002KODAK EasyShare printer dockon USB001Microsoft XPS Document Writeron XPSPort:Send To Microsoft OneNote 2010 Driveron nul: 1394 Net AdapterIntel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

the 160 wont start so i dont think i can do a chkdsk the 80 is a second hand one

ok i will now do you think i should do a chkdsk scan when i turn the new hdd on

no i didnt i have bought a new hdd caddy called certified usb 2.0 and have put a second hand 80gb hdd in and formatted it to nftc and it shows up as (f) when plugged in. it was on for about an hour it it felt quite hot. i got an info leaflet with it but it didnt answer my questions: 1, do you only turn the external hdd on when you need it. to do weekly back ups. 2, do you need to shut the pc down first, before turning Ehdd off. i have nero on my pc which offers a back up program do you think i should try that one instead of one care. i have 3pc in the house all with onecare on and this pc is the hub. i used to run back ups on dvd disc but i thought an e hdd would be a better option.

im sorry i dont know the make or model as i got it from ebay and i have wrote to the seller for info i put a different hdd in the caddy and it worked ok so it seems to as me that the caddy has got too hot and burned the hdd out which is a pee off cos it was a 160gb and i had just put all my back ups on it which took up 47gb. im running 3 pc on my network and using windows onecare. any ideas if the 160 hdd can be fixed? im not worried about the data but its a big hdd to lose

hi ive just fitted an external hdd to pc and its worked ok for 2 days. turned it on today and its making bleeping noise and the light is red . i didnt get any instruction with it so i dont know if you should switch it off at night but it felt hot and it has a built in fan. it doesnt say the maker on the the case so i cant check it on web. i need some advice as ive never had an external hdd before. thank you

hi all ive just added a external hard drive to my pc and just run back ups and saved them on the new external hard drive but when i try to open the folder in G it reads G:\Windows OneCare Backup\MAIN is not accessible Access is denied is this normal? im running xp pro

hi all my sister was on facebook playing a game called pet socity when all of a sudden a message appeared saying she had a virus and trojons and she must run this p.a.v. av program to fix her pc and so she did. it also said that her antivirus was not good enough and would not fix the virus they then wanted her to pay £60 to fix her virus. she has windows live onecare which she paid for. she run a full virus scan and onecare said no infections she now cannot go on any web page cos this pav keeps poping up and stopping her can some one advise me on the best way to ger rid of this problem for her she uses ie7 can some one tell me how this happened as i thought onecare was a good av program or is this a web scam and also has she now done irreversable damage. i rewrote her pc for her a few months ago i dont mind doing this again if nessacery