New Problem !

not sure why as all i recall i did differently was to run a malware program.
anyway, when i logged in, the tray at the bottom is of different color, the
start menu is different looking, & 2 hot keys from my keyboard, are dead; i
could click on mail & outlook express would open & clicked on home, & the ie
home page would pop - now neither work !

any ideas ?

when i manually open outlook express, i get this error message:
The host 'pop.att.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that you have
entered the server name correctly. Account: 'NatureMuzic', Server:
'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket
Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

and not sure if this even gets posted as i get this error message from the
msnews folder:
Configuration:
Account: msnews.microsoft.com (1)
Server: msnews.microsoft.com
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119

aaarrrgghhhhh !

thanks

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T

okay, now after doing some research via the control panel, checking network
connections, setup, firewall settings, etc. I was able to see where all
these "services were not running, so i went to msconfigservices & all were
disabled ! not sure how as i had only been to start up to again disable a
few that never stay disabled, so again, not sure how that happened.
now, i don't know which of the services need to be enabled & which need to
be disabled. i enabled all to get the system up & running.

whew :-(

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T


"Dallas" Jagged Edge@StillIStruggle wrote in message
...
not sure why as all i recall i did differently was to run a malware
program. anyway, when i logged in, the tray at the bottom is of different
color, the start menu is different looking, & 2 hot keys from my keyboard,
are dead; i could click on mail & outlook express would open & clicked on
home, & the ie home page would pop - now neither work !

any ideas ?

when i manually open outlook express, i get this error message:
The host 'pop.att.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that you
have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'NatureMuzic', Server:
'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket
Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

and not sure if this even gets posted as i get this error message from the
msnews folder:
Configuration:
Account: msnews.microsoft.com (1)
Server: msnews.microsoft.com
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119

aaarrrgghhhhh !

thanks

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T

okay, now after doing some research via the control panel, checking network
connections, setup, firewall settings, etc. I was able to see where all
these "services were not running, so i went to msconfigservices & all were
disabled ! not sure how as i had only been to start up to again disable a
few that never stay disabled, so again, not sure how that happened.
now, i don't know which of the services need to be enabled & which need to
be disabled. i enabled all to get the system up & running.

whew :-(

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T


"Dallas" Jagged Edge@StillIStruggle wrote in message
...
not sure why as all i recall i did differently was to run a malware
program. anyway, when i logged in, the tray at the bottom is of different
color, the start menu is different looking, & 2 hot keys from my keyboard,
are dead; i could click on mail & outlook express would open & clicked on
home, & the ie home page would pop - now neither work !

any ideas ?

when i manually open outlook express, i get this error message:
The host 'pop.att.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that you
have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'NatureMuzic', Server:
'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket
Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

and not sure if this even gets posted as i get this error message from the
msnews folder:
Configuration:
Account: msnews.microsoft.com (1)
Server: msnews.microsoft.com
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119

aaarrrgghhhhh !

thanks

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T

"Dallas" Jagged Edge@StillIStruggle wrote in message

okay, now after doing some research via the control panel, checking
network connections, setup, firewall settings, etc. I was able to see
where all these "services were not running, so i went to
msconfigservices & all were disabled ! not sure how as i had only
been to start up to again disable a few that never stay disabled, so
again, not sure how that happened. now, i don't know which of the
services need to be enabled & which
need to be disabled. i enabled all to get the system up & running.

whew :-(

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne




"Dallas" Jagged Edge@StillIStruggle wrote in message
...
not sure why as all i recall i did differently was to run a malware
program. anyway, when i logged in, the tray at the bottom is of
different color, the start menu is different looking, & 2 hot keys
from my keyboard, are dead; i could click on mail & outlook express
would open & clicked on home, & the ie home page would pop - now
neither work ! any ideas ?

when i manually open outlook express, i get this error message:
The host 'pop.att.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that
you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'NatureMuzic',
Server: 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL):
Yes, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

and not sure if this even gets posted as i get this error message
from the msnews folder:
Configuration:
Account: msnews.microsoft.com (1)
Server: msnews.microsoft.com
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119

aaarrrgghhhhh !

thanks

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T

"Dallas" Jagged Edge@StillIStruggle wrote in message

okay, now after doing some research via the control panel, checking
network connections, setup, firewall settings, etc. I was able to see
where all these "services were not running, so i went to
msconfigservices & all were disabled ! not sure how as i had only
been to start up to again disable a few that never stay disabled, so
again, not sure how that happened. now, i don't know which of the
services need to be enabled & which
need to be disabled. i enabled all to get the system up & running.

whew :-(

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne




"Dallas" Jagged Edge@StillIStruggle wrote in message
...
not sure why as all i recall i did differently was to run a malware
program. anyway, when i logged in, the tray at the bottom is of
different color, the start menu is different looking, & 2 hot keys
from my keyboard, are dead; i could click on mail & outlook express
would open & clicked on home, & the ie home page would pop - now
neither work ! any ideas ?

when i manually open outlook express, i get this error message:
The host 'pop.att.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that
you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'NatureMuzic',
Server: 'pop.att.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL):
Yes, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

and not sure if this even gets posted as i get this error message
from the msnews folder:
Configuration:
Account: msnews.microsoft.com (1)
Server: msnews.microsoft.com
Protocol: NNTP
Port: 119

aaarrrgghhhhh !

thanks

--
Dallas.....

Dell P 4, 3GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, 160 GB, Win XP Home
16X DVD-ROM & ,6X DVD+/RW, IE7, OE6, DSL, via AT&T

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the weirdest
name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to that in
Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other handy features
as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course MajorGeek and others have it.

--
JimL

WHAT??? is this "Gotta be online" obsession?

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that msconfig
is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent changes to
anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program or service is
giving you trouble, then go to that service or program and take care of
the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the weirdest
name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to that in
Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other handy features
as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course MajorGeek and others have it.

--
JimL

WHAT??? is this "Gotta be online" obsession?

"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some basic
research revealed some "interesting" things about them that may or may
not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically nothing
and most search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's on MajorGeek
I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in Germany I'm wondering
if the US (en) arm has been set aside or something. Everyplace I looked
listed it as OK but then there are little details like no user ratings
and things like that. It's ... "different" somehow.
I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt calls it "near-perfect
protection" but it's not showing anywhere on that page I got sent to. I
don't bother looking in archives; it's there where I'm sent of it's not.
The Malware evaluation link worked, but ... no date except for SP3
reference, and it didn't test for false positives, etc.. And, according
to whois and Robtex they have no US presence but hijackfree redirects to
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com.





Twayne`

"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some basic
research revealed some "interesting" things about them that may or may
not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically nothing
and most search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's on MajorGeek
I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in Germany I'm wondering
if the US (en) arm has been set aside or something. Everyplace I looked
listed it as OK but then there are little details like no user ratings
and things like that. It's ... "different" somehow.
I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt calls it "near-perfect
protection" but it's not showing anywhere on that page I got sent to. I
don't bother looking in archives; it's there where I'm sent of it's not.
The Malware evaluation link worked, but ... no date except for SP3
reference, and it didn't test for false positives, etc.. And, according
to whois and Robtex they have no US presence but hijackfree redirects to
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com.





Twayne`

Twayne

I use it all the time. It is from Emisoft and is an excellent tool to use or keep
tabs on changes. Also very good at removing malware

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec061010/

Here is the free version. There is also a paid version. The free will just about do
the same. Scroll down to the free version of Hijack free

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Paid version
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some basic research
revealed some "interesting" things about them that may or may not be relevent as
I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically nothing and most
search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's on MajorGeek I couldn't find it.
Since it's actually located in Germany I'm wondering if the US (en) arm has been
set aside or something. Everyplace I looked listed it as OK but then there are
little details like no user ratings and things like that. It's ... "different"
somehow.
I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt calls it "near-perfect protection"
but it's not showing anywhere on that page I got sent to. I don't bother looking
in archives; it's there where I'm sent of it's not. The Malware evaluation link
worked, but ... no date except for SP3 reference, and it didn't test for false
positives, etc.. And, according to whois and Robtex they have no US presence but
hijackfree redirects to http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such
address as hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com.





Twayne`

Twayne

I use it all the time. It is from Emisoft and is an excellent tool to use or keep
tabs on changes. Also very good at removing malware

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec061010/

Here is the free version. There is also a paid version. The free will just about do
the same. Scroll down to the free version of Hijack free

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Paid version
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some basic research
revealed some "interesting" things about them that may or may not be relevent as
I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically nothing and most
search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's on MajorGeek I couldn't find it.
Since it's actually located in Germany I'm wondering if the US (en) arm has been
set aside or something. Everyplace I looked listed it as OK but then there are
little details like no user ratings and things like that. It's ... "different"
somehow.
I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt calls it "near-perfect protection"
but it's not showing anywhere on that page I got sent to. I don't bother looking
in archives; it's there where I'm sent of it's not. The Malware evaluation link
worked, but ... no date except for SP3 reference, and it didn't test for false
positives, etc.. And, according to whois and Robtex they have no US presence but
hijackfree redirects to http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such
address as hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com.





Twayne`

Thanks, Peter; I didn't notice the freebie. Think I'll try it out & see
what it's about. If I like it I'll go back for the Pro version.

Twayne`



"Peter Foldes" wrote in message

Twayne

I use it all the time. It is from Emisoft and is an excellent tool to
use or keep tabs on changes. Also very good at removing malware

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec061010/

Here is the free version. There is also a paid version. The free will
just about do the same. Scroll down to the free version of Hijack free

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Paid version
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/


"Twayne" wrote in message
...
"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or
program and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a
tool. Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many
other handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some
basic research revealed some "interesting" things about them that
may or may not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically
nothing and most search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's
on MajorGeek I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in
Germany I'm wondering if the US (en) arm has been set aside or
something. Everyplace I looked listed it as OK but then there are
little details like no user ratings and things like that. It's ...
"different" somehow. I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt
calls it "near-perfect protection" but it's not showing anywhere on
that page I got sent to. I don't bother looking in archives; it's
there where I'm sent of it's not. The Malware evaluation link
worked, but ... no date except for SP3 reference, and it didn't test
for false positives, etc.. And, according to whois and Robtex they
have no US presence but hijackfree redirects to
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com. Twayne`

Thanks, Peter; I didn't notice the freebie. Think I'll try it out & see
what it's about. If I like it I'll go back for the Pro version.

Twayne`



"Peter Foldes" wrote in message

Twayne

I use it all the time. It is from Emisoft and is an excellent tool to
use or keep tabs on changes. Also very good at removing malware

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/kb/articles/tec061010/

Here is the free version. There is also a paid version. The free will
just about do the same. Scroll down to the free version of Hijack free

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Paid version
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/


"Twayne" wrote in message
...
"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or
program and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a
tool. Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many
other handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

I do NOT ask the question to injure hijackfree: I ask because some
basic research revealed some "interesting" things about them that
may or may not be relevent as I've learned over the years:

It sounds pretty good but the tech support link is basically
nothing and most search engine hits on it are pretty old. If it's
on MajorGeek I couldn't find it. Since it's actually located in
Germany I'm wondering if the US (en) arm has been set aside or
something. Everyplace I looked listed it as OK but then there are
little details like no user ratings and things like that. It's ...
"different" somehow. I clicked the PC Mag link where the excerpt
calls it "near-perfect protection" but it's not showing anywhere on
that page I got sent to. I don't bother looking in archives; it's
there where I'm sent of it's not. The Malware evaluation link
worked, but ... no date except for SP3 reference, and it didn't test
for false positives, etc.. And, according to whois and Robtex they
have no US presence but hijackfree redirects to
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/ . There seems to be no such address as
hijackfree.com or www.hijackfree.com. Twayne`

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

Twayne`


I use it once or twice a month. It is part of Emsisoft's anti-malware app.

--
JimL

WHAT??? is this "Gotta be online" obsession?

"Twayne" wrote in message
...
"JimL" wrote in message

"Twayne" wrote in message
...

Since you're "starting over" now is a good time to realize that
msconfig is ONLY a trouble-shooter, NOT a place to make permanent
changes to anything. Once you've used msconfig to ID which program
or service is giving you trouble, then go to that service or program
and take care of the situation there. Msconfig is only a tool.

Twayne


An excellent startup manager is available in a utility with the
weirdest name - HiJackFree.

HiJackFree opens with a listing of [killable] processes - similar to
that in Task Manager but in alphabetized form. And it has many other
handy features as well. See it at HiJackFree.com. Of course
MajorGeek and others have it.

Have you, or anyone else here, used hijackfree?
I am interested, thus I'm curious.

Twayne`


I use it once or twice a month. It is part of Emsisoft's anti-malware app.

--
JimL

WHAT??? is this "Gotta be online" obsession?