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It may be a Root Kit virus you have. These viruses hide files from Windows to prevent deletion.

I suggest you run HiJackThis and post the result on an HJT web site – there are a few good ones about.

cheers, Paul

The hard disk controller is the only thing that may use DMA. It is determined by the age of the machine and the Windows driver.
I would not change it if it is working correctly, you may cause data corruption.
If you really want to change it, open the properties on the ATA hard disk controller and view the Resources tab.

cheers, Paul

Assume that somebody manages to hack into your network and then guesses your logon name and password for your computer. They are then in a position to steal your identity, install key loggers and collect your banking details, or spam the world from your computer.

Even if you have no money and don’t care about being cloned, the police will make your life hell until you can prove it wasn’t you and you don’t need that sort of hassle.

cheers, Paul

Windows changes the directory entry for deleted files, it doesn’t actually delete the file.

There are a number of un-delete utilities you can use to attempt recovery – none are guaranteed to work. Backup, on the other hand, is guaranteed to work.

cheers, Paul

I would not attempt to boot from that drive at all, only connect it via a second cable or a USB enclosure, then attempt to copy the data off. This prevents data corruption.
If the drive really has died you can probably have the data recovered by a professional recovery service – not cheap.

p.s. I have 3 Seagate 500GB drives and all were piles of ordure until I updated the firmware. Now they are perfect and my data no longer corrupts all the time.

cheers, Paul

Replace the drum is the only answer. The sticker will have ruined the drum surface and it will always produce dodgy images where the label was stuck. (The drum causes the toner particles stick to it by static electricity and they are then deposited on the paper and melted into place by the fuser.)

cheers, Paul

Maybe the house wiring is really dodgy and it’s the house that’s dangerous, not the power supply.

cheers, Paul

PCMCIA slots are slow in terms of graphics performance. You are stuck with the on-board card.

cheers, Paul

Can’t see an easy way to persuade Atmail to do what you want – can’t see an easy way at all.

To make the email look like it came from the original sender you need to save the body of the email, probably as text, then send it on using Blat or similar and set the sender to the original sender instead of you. This is a slow and time consuming process and requires you know your SMTP server and are handy typing commands at a DOS prompt.

Sample Blat command line:
blat messagefilename -s OriginalSubject -t yourclient@theirmail.com -f originalsender@originaldomain.com -server yoursmtpserver.com

Note: this wont work if your SMTP server requires you to authenticate.

cheers, Paul

[Edit] Fixed Blat command line.

Seems IE6 was hiding under the covers waiting to surprise you. ;-))
Not sure what you can do except re-install IE7.

cheers, Paul

Bill, you just need any old copy of Windows XP to create the BartPE CD.
The BartPE will have SCSI drivers built-in because it uses the XP drivers.

I use BartPE all the time to image PCs at work – it’s great.

cheers, Paul

Showing just the formula can occur if you put an apostrophe as the first character. Doesn’t show unless you edit the cell.

cheers, Paul

And use a very strong password/key!

cheers, Paul

WEP should be faster than WPA – less work encrypting packets – but you should never use WEP unless nothing else works.

cheers, Paul

You need to re-send the email as the original sender or add a “reply to” value. Neither of these things is easy with standard email clients – if at all possible.
I’m thinking you could use something like BLAT to forward the email because it will allow you to set the sender to anything you like.

What email client are you using to screen the mail?

cheers, Paul