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hazelnut

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  1. nice, will have to give this a go :)

     

    ps. If you have been missing me ( :lol: not :lol: )

    We are still in the process of moving, and are staying with family for the last few weeks, they have a 1Gb download plan,

    so I haven't been on much. See you guys around again what we are back on our own connection. :P

     

    Nice to see you back firery :)

  2. Avg, avira and avast are the three "A's" of the freeware anti virus softwares.

     

    If avg works well with your system there isn't really much to be gained by changing.

  3. Btw, what maintenance is ProcessIdleTasks?

     

     

    What does Process Idle Tasks do?

    This command will force the OS to process all idle tasks. If your PC is never idle these tasks will never run. One of the tasks that Windows XP performs during idle times is the optimization of the files needed to start the OS. These files will be re-arranged on the disk and match the exact order they are loaded during startup. This list is in C:\Windows\Prefetch\Layout.ini.

     

     

    You may end up having to buy your girlfriend lots of bunches of flowers JD :(

  4. It does say to check first that the hal.dll is really missing and gives instructions on how to reinstall it.

     

    Yes, a repair install would insure the system was repaired ( hopefully) without the loss of files, but as you know, sometimes this is not always possible.

     

    Let's hope that the original poster can use the info above to at least find out what stage he is at.

     

    @the original poster,

    all that was needed to restore an "issues" backup was to right-click the backup file and choose merge. Using another registry software at the same time may have helped escalate your problem.

    Please let us know how you go on.

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