Yep, the animated advertising, paricularly the Flash ads, consumes a significant amount of CPU. You can see the difference by turning off "Play animations in web pages" in Tools/Internet Options/Advanced.

Having some probs with the remnants of the Code red virus. Norton and all the other virus checkers say it is no longer present but something is recreating c:\explorer.exe
Any ideas?
D.

Are you running a Windows server without realising it, Croc? Easy to do with Windows 2000 since IIS is enabled by default on installation and is unpatched to start with of course. Check Internet Services Manager under Control Panel/Administrative Tools. I think the explorer.exe file is the file that arrives via the exploit and is then run to cause the damage. It may not show up in a scan until you reboot and execute it via the run commands in the registry.

Croc

The string "c:\explorer.exe" should not appear in the registry at all. It may be worth searching for it.

Kayak- have turned off those animations - yes the difference is very noticable.

croc, sometimes its worth going through the manual remaoval checks toi ensure the thing has been eliminated, i have seen bits not get removede by the stingers and tools. Here is a link with info about code red if you page down you will see the manual removal instructions.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/codered.worm.html

[edit] i didnt actually read the manual instructions for this worm but I just have and they dont help much. Often symatic list all the files and registry keys involved but not in this case. SO apologies for some useless info...

[edit 2!] There is also a code red ii and here is the link for that in case its the version you have, this contains more detailed technical info.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/codered.ii.html

I've just managed to delete Windows Explorer... Does anyone know how to get it back?

I've just started using XP Pro after several years of Win 98. I've tended to use Windows Explorer quite a lot for moving files around, copying documents, etc. Because it's so handy I prefer it to be on the first start menu rather than buried. So I tried to copy it from All Programs -> Accessories to the first start menu (the one you get when you click on start). Something went wrong and its disappeared completely. I have a shortcut "Windows Explorer (2)" exactly where I wanted it to be, but it doesn't work because can't find the necessary file...

PeterG
This is where mine is, hopefully yours will be in the same place.

C:\Documents and Settings\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories

or C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386

or C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories

Prod

OK, it's back. Thanks, Prodman.

Thanks for the help :-)
D.

can anyone help, i need to creat a start up flopy disk for windows 2000 pro

ll there isnt really such a thing, can you detail waht you need to do?

spaceman i intend to wipe 2000pro from my spare comp and reinstall windows 98se

ll you can download bootdisks from www.bootdisk.com and then boot the PC using that, I suggest you use the Windows 98 version, you may be able to boot directly from the Windows 98 CD-ROM, have you tried that?.

thanks spaceman will give it a try l.l.

I am running XP on a laptop with a monitor plugged in, so have the desktop stretched over two screens. Is is possible to have the Windows task bar extended onto the second monitor?

Nope,

But you can determine which/where is the master ("1") monitor - the one with the Tool Bar.

Right click anywhere on the desktop to bring up Display Properties.

Settings

then drag the screens around as you want them. Don't forget to match them perfectly side by side.

Advanced button does a lot of other stuff

Regards

Bob
PS. Do you still have your TA comments site?

help, i still have a problem,a computer i have picked up (no ruth not nicked) has windows 2000pro with a password on it which i dont know, i would like to to flatten it and restall widows 2000pro, l.l. problem is password will not let me enter or change settings

ll boot it with a floppy or cd and fdisk the disk delete all partition then recreate and format, then reinstall OS. You may need to change the BIOS to allow it to select alternate boot sources, i suggest you set 1 floppy 2 cd-rom 3 hard disk.