You need to eliminate one thing at a time and this is the quickest to do. You could also power off the computer(s), then the router and then the cable modem. Try powering them back on; cable modem, router then PC(s) if you haven't already.
You could also try your friend's old modem. When you...
Or you can right click some icons on the start menu (in the XP flavor) and check the Show on Desktop. This is good if you want to keep the XP style start menu.
Judging by the time you provided I would also agree with Fern that Mafia is an exception. I have never had any problems with a DVD drive reading a CD slower or less accurately than a regular old CD-ROM.
Cable modems needs to go into a router and from there your friend can hook up his laptop and any other PCs into the router's switch (if it has one, most do).
I've never seen a cable or DSL modem go into a hub or switch, you can't share it that way.
Does the PC in question have a lot of mapped drives? Sometimes that will cause a delay in displaying those dialogs, particularly on drives mapped to remote servers or drives that aren't on-line at the time. I would check the disconnect network drive window and see if any look out of place.
You can try looking at this Flash Info and scroll down a ways, it has downloads for removal tools of Flash. I was thinking removing Flash and then reinstalling it.
All I can find is that dit.exe is used by flash memory card readers (do you use one?). Possibly re-installing SW for a reader would help? If you don't use one have you ran spy-bot or ad-aware?
Look on the root of C:. If you don't see it go to Tools\Folder Options and the View tab (this is all in Windows Explorer). Under the view tab uncheck the Hide protected operating system files. You will receive a Warning prompt. You will now see the boot.ini on the root of C:.
Have you tried booting with the recovery console? Once you are in the RC you can disable services from starting which might let you get past the sys file you are stuck on. Here is a link about the RC:
Recovery Console
Also don't forget the RC wants the local admin password when logging...
I use McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8.0i (and 7.1.0) at my office and it takes up roughly 20 to 25 MB of RAM normally. This is when it is running in the systray. I would always always recommend leaving any anti-virus program running, you never know when you will come across an infected file.
Sorry for the delay.
The steps you listed are correct but you don't need number 4. After you have ran sysprep and imaged the PC when you drop that image down on a new PC the mini-setup runs (make sure you check that option in sysprep). In the mini setup you have to enter in the key code...
I have always activated Windows then imaged the PC. When you run sysprep prior to imaging you can reset the 30 day grace period. My office uses OEMs of XP Pro and there has been no problems with activation on the PCs that received the image (over 75 PCs).
You could try looking over this MSKB article:
MSKB
As always be VERY CAREFUL when editting the registry and do so at your own risk.
Here's an MS article about some safekeeping tips for the registry:
Safekeeping the registry on XP
For the UBCD just scroll down and download one of the ISO's. Most burning apps can burn that straight to a CD. I know it's larger but that is what I have done in the past.
Shouldn't matter which side the HDD is mounted on, I agree with Cheetah8799. I have many workstations at my office that have side mounted hard drives. It could just be bad luck or possibly the PSU is going?
Sometimes you never know what happens with kids and computers :D
Have you tried booting off of a floppy (i.e. Windows 98 startup disk) just to see if it boots? If it still fails booting to something easier than XP maybe the problem lies with the PSU, mobo, video card, RAM or the HDD you have hooked up.
You can use this Maxtor utility to check the HDDs if...
Yes I did the same as Navid about two or three years ago using XP already installed and then installing Red Hat in unformatted space on the same drive. Using a boot floppy made choosing Linux pretty easy and it avoided any questions from my wife about "What's this?!". I believe that Red Hat gave...
In IE go to Tools\Internet Options. Click on the Security tab and scroll down to the Downloads section. Make sure that automatic prompting for file downloads and file download are enabled.
Thread7,
You can use Ghost to create your image and save it to a network drive. When you have a laptop that needs that image you can boot off of a network bootable floppy or CD and use Ghost to bring down the image. Ghost also allows you to create images to DVDs if you would rather use that...
Something to try would be to boot into safe mode and then run msconfig. Click on start then run and type msconfig. When it opens click on the startup tab and uncheck anything that looks like it relates to McAfee. See if you can boot normally after that. If you can remove McAfee, reboot and try...
Rah,
Did you try powering it up with a different video card?
Are there any beeps out of the ordinary, maybe a pattern?
Reseat all the cards and RAM?
Try booting with just one stick of RAM (if you have more than one)?
Try booting off of a floppy or CD?
Please post some specs, that would...
Have you tried using whatever DVD player software came with one of the drives? Possibly something like WinDVD? I have had problems in the past with WMP where the DVD drive is setup properly (including the cable to the soundcard) but the playback doesn't work quite right.
Crucial
I haven't heard of any 'step up' programs but I think you should be able to run a XP Pro upgrade with no problem. You would need to shop around for prices they seem to vary as well as the legitimacy of some of the vendors. You could possibly talk to a vendor that offers licensing...
skypilot,
What nanaki333 says is what I would think as well. If you logon to a domain with a username and then logon to the computer with the same username it will generate a different profile.
Be sure and check the third field on the logon screen and make sure it lists the domain not the...
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