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Any speed tests I run return a 'below average' rating. I'm on sypatico.ca Basic DSL, Win98se, 13GB HD, 256RAM.
Any help would be really appreciated.
thanks in advance.

Do you ever dust the inside of your monitor case? Seems to me it ought to be really dusty given all the air vents it has.

Problem solved. It was dust. I sprayed and vacuumed inside the tower and now the fan shuts off.
Thanks for your help all.

That setting in BIOS has always been and is still User Defined.

Originally posted by The Dude
Go to the control panel and look in Power options. Under the advanced tab are two options for "Power Button", if one or both of these are set to hibernate this may be your problem.

The Dude, There are only these two (unchecked) options in Power Mangement>Advanced ...

Thanks for your response. When I checked the BIOS, Power Management was set at 'User Defined'. Is that what you're referring to?

The cooling fan keeps running after I've shut down the computer. The LED light on the CD flashes too. I've been unplugging the tower, but is this problem serious? Any ideas what could be causing the fan to keep running? I've done a thorough virus, spyware, PestControl check and all come up fine ...

Originally posted by Scum333
oh fredra, you are totally right on that one. I do scan my computer always for trojans and viruses via the online free ones that are around.

thanks

so can you tell me where those free online trojan scans are? i've never used one, but would like to add it to my ...

Don't know if I really know what I'm talking about, but my computer was working really fine until AdAware found 29 new components (Cydoor, Alexa and WebHancer) which prevented connections to my ISP after I used AdAware to remove them. I checked my Add/Remove program but they were not listed there ...

I have sulfnbk.ex.... in c:windows\command. it has a black icon. I was directed to a page at SARC, but I don't know how to isolate it and send it to them for analyis as they requested. I didn't get it as an attachment in an email. I did have some connectivity problems and was told to shutdown ...

I've had a similar problem with connecting to my dsl ip after three weeks of no problem. It took a senior (2nd level) tech support guy to help me, after MANY frustrating calls. He had me delete winsock and winsock32(?) and 3 other keys in the registry, with the windows98se cd in the drive. Within 5 ...

I downloaded the thingy, I installed the thingy and I ran the thingy....I thought. I didn't get the gray box to enter my user id etc - just a DOS box. I did install the zipped up thingy that is supposed to make F@h run in console mode. I checked in search for posts about F@h but I'm only more ...

As this is a free anti-trojan program, am I asking for trouble - is it spyware? is it reliable? Any input would be appreciated.
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Originally posted by Scoot:
You mean Finjan Software SurfinGuard

Thanks! That's the one. I'm going to post a new topic about it because that will get some attention to my request.

I'm not referring to certain 'boxes' that show up on sites. There have been a few sites where the entire page is one big 'box' with that little X in the top left. That can't be one big ad, but whatever is on the site itself - like a shockwave movie on one particular site. Most sites open fine and do ...

What does anyone/everyone think about that free sandbox thingy from I forget who (used to be or still is ad-sponsered or spyware?). It's supposed to check everything you click into for trojans. Sorry I can't be more specific.
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I don't understand why I'm suddenly not able to 'see' certain areas of some sites. I get a blank box with a little X in the top left corner. Right or left clicking on it does nothing. I have 'Show pictures' and 'Show Animations' checked on the Advanced Tab of Internet Options. Suggestions/Advice ...

Scoot: Thanks for the information. What is your opinion on this setup of 2 antivirus programs? I've heard it isn't wise to have 2 installed as they may cause conflicts and false positive scan results etc. Your opinion would be much appreciated.
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Originally posted by TheCroc:
Originally posted by Alien:
In your opinions, what is the best free virus scanner?
InnoculateIT PE combined with AVG would be the best use of freeware Av programs.
Enable InnoculateIT for the up front work, disabling the email scanning part of the program.
Disable ...