Thanks for the replies, guys.
Alan

Does anyone know of some alarm software for the PC that will sound an alarm or show a message at a set time.

My eldest lad has set a password on his pc when windows first boots up,but cannot remember it,how can he gain access,via bios or what ???

Rick...

MB,

Wasn't there a post on this thread about a password cracker about a month ago?

I am not sure how you search threads but I guess your lad has some time on his hands at the moment !!!!!

TP

That is a different type of password tracker. It requires Windows to be running.

Try these

http://www.dewassoc.com/support/bios/bios_password.htm

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/BIOS_hack.htm

http://www.pwcrack.com/bios.shtml

http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/biosp.htm

or search Google with - bios password reset

TP

Another timewaster, eh? ;-)

Download and install PC Wizard 2006 from http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

When you've done that, open the program, click on the 'Configuration' tab.

To your left you will see several icons. The one you want looks like a pair of keys.

Click on this icon and all the passwords on the machine, which have been saved to Windows, will be revealed.

Hope that helps. :-)

If you cannot get onto the pc in the 1st place how can you download and install the software ????

Rick the timewaster.

2 days after my Norton Internet Security was due to be renewed, which I haven't done, I got a message to say it had blocked an intrusion:

Intrusion: MS SQL Stack BO.
Intruder: 61.187.200.10(4756)
Risk level: High
Protocol: UDP
Attacked IP: 0.0.0.0
Port: ms-sql-m(1434)

What on earth does this all mean? I look on it as a cynical pre-programmed attempt by Symantec to get me to renew!!! (OK, maybe not but that was my first thought).

As I don't do emails on this machine, what alternative security does anyone recommend, gotta be cheap as chips though!

I don't know.

But I know a man who does: Can't Log On to Windows XP? Here's what to do. "I Forgot My Administrator Password!"

Rick, that's for you. I thought Doc was a bit quick answering my query!

Thanks folks,think we have cracked it :-)

Rick....

SC, it means someone in china is scanning your PC, probably along with many other. Deny access to it.

Hmm, thanks. I had denied access anyway.

How can I stop this sort of intrusion without using Norton?

SC,

I am a fan of Trend Micro's PC-Cillin.

IMHO far more effective and controllable than Norton.

TP

I am about to buy a laptop which I want for remote access to the internet and writing reports on site etc. I also want to be able to send and receive emails using Microsoft Outlook. That is not an issue as such but how do I best go about transferring all my existing emails and folders, including contacts details and reminders etc, that are currently on my main desktop Microsoft Outlook program so that I can have all this history to hand on the laptop?

Also, is there a convenient method of merging email data so that when I've been working on travels and filing emails on the laptop, I can ensure my email and contact records are kept up to date? and vice versa when I'm working at the main desk. Or do I have to abandon the desktop as the main machine :)

SC: That IP address (61.187.200.10) is one allocated to Hunan Telecom in China. So that's where the probe into your machine came from. Norton obviously continues to work, it's just that you won't get updates to its database.

Having said that, if the computer is behind a NAT firewall (eg an ADSL router with the firewall on), I'm surprised the probe got that far.

UDP is the basic Internet datagram protocol which doesn't guarantee delivery (as opposed to TCP which does). It's sometimes used for streaming media where a small bit drop out is tolerable in sound and/or vision transmission.

MM, I was on dial up with OneTel at the time rather than broadband. I realise Norton is continuing, without updates, which is fine for now but really I do think Norton's too heavyweight for my needs.

Bones:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/assistance/HA011166031033.aspx

and

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010875321033.aspx

Thanks for those links Seymour!

Bones,

I was re-reading some info about Karen's Replicator last night as I was recommended to it as a good back up system. At the time I was also being warned off back up systems that encrypted or compressed as they were more likely to become unreadable.

If you look at the following page you will see a reference to synching a laptop and a PC and you might find it an interesting approach.

http://www.karenware.com/newsletters/2003/2003-05-27.asp

Certainly the software seems well thought out and there are about half a dozen of those newsletters that explain more about how it can be adapted to suit people's various needs.


TP

Seems the CPU fan on my computer has broken. Is this something I can just buy myself and plug in or do I need a "pro" to fix it? Seen a couple for sale on PC World website for my processor (AMD Athlon) but no many about how they connect. Any advice much appreciated.