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I have FF installed on 3 machines and I am having the exact same problem. It's a bit annoying, but I haven't taken the time to do anything about it.

haha; I like that.

Oh, no! I hope it's fixed quickly.

Okay, cool and thanks. When I clicked on yours it gave you a star.

What's the profile rating about? When I click on someone's rating nothing seems to happen. How do I give people more stars?

In case anyone needs the solution to this, here it is. Sometimes when you format, it still keeps the old boot.ini start-->run-->"notepad c:\boot.ini" There will be lines and under operating systems will be the line that lists WinXP (or whatever you want gone) and just take that line out You can do that on any W2k or xp computer to adjust the boot-loader There is a GUI for it too, Right-click my computer-->properties-->advanced-->start-up and recovery settings Thanks for the help everyone!

What internet browser are you using? Internet Explorer 6, IE7, Firefox, etc...?

haha Great idea! Host file should go undetected.

Me too. People act as if the internet is completely harmless. Maybe they just don't know? My roommate can't stop herself from clicking on every game ad on myspace, you know the one's that blink and say play me, or something like that? It drives me nuts! People just don't care I guess.

Awesome feedback guys, thanks. As for the product key, he was using my XP CD and my key. My guess is that he typed something in wrong (even though he said it was right). I realised that the 2000 CD wasn't being recognized because he didn't make the CD correctly. I made a new 2k CD that was recognized no problem by the machine. Now what is strange is that when the computer boots it asks to load Win2k or WinXP! I don't know how this is possible because I formatted the hard drive and only installed 2k. I put the installation CD in again, and it only shows the Win2k partition...not an XP partition. Should I use slate or RR's link to wipe it all clean? This is so darn weird. Thanks again guys.

It's installing XP right now, but he wants 2K. Therefore, he just wants to wipe the hard drive clean. Honestly, it seems weird to me. Maybe it's best to wait and see what I find. LOL He's saying that the XP Key isn't working, but that isn't possible! I can't figure out why he's having so much trouble. And I don't think he knows how to use the Recovery Console.

I'm trying to avoid bootdisk.com btw.

My bf just called me at work. He started working on a Win2k machine, and decided to do a clean install of windows for whatever reason. The CD was being funky so he started using an XP Pro CD to format the HD. He's stuck at the product key point. He's telling me that it isn't accepting the Product Key which doesn't make sense to me, but whatever. The point is...is there something that he can use to just reformat the HD at this point? Because the XP CD just want to keep installing windows and he wants to format. Any suggestions from that screwed up information? Maybe the situation will be clearer when I get hom. But he's asking for something to just format. thanks!

Hmmmm, maybe. But I have faith in MrG. He could do it.

I really like that idea!

Oh! And one more important suggestion. Turn Norton OFF while installing CCleaner.

After you download the runtime file did you go to it and install it? Make sure that you actually installed the Visual Basic Runtime, then restart your pc, then try installing CCleaner again. Good Luck!

I really like this one.

sorry yo, you seem sad...not really sure what the Singingfish is though.

I have no idea. But it could be helpful to get some more information from you. What OS are you running, what AV and/or firewalls are you using, etc?

CDR 101 Cause: Driver issue / Hardware issue. Recommendations: 1. Clean the CD with alcohol and a cotton ball then see if it works. Also, check for scratches. 2. Boot to a: - Attempt to boot from a boot disk that has CD-ROM support. Test the CD-ROM drive. If the drivers are properly loaded on the diskette, however, you still receive a problem, it's a good possibility it is a hardware issue; attempt to reset the cables. 3. Check cables - If you have moved or installed anything recently into your computer, or booting from A does not detect the CD-ROM, it's a good possibility the cables may not be connected or are loose within your computer. It is recommended that you open your computer and reseat the cables connected on the back of your CD-ROM drive and connected to your Motherboard. 4. Check drivers - Verify you have the latest CD-ROM Drives

:bowing: Most definitely agreed! :bowing again: LOL RAM usage is definitely important out the wazooo! Seems like I always need more.

True about the size and all. But is that what it's really about anymore? With the gigantic size increases with HD's is the difference between 20mb and 50mb really all that important? It's such a small amount, considering, that quality should have higher priority. Btw - I definitely don't think that McAfee is good quality, I just don't thing that small of a size difference is a good argument these days. That's all. Don't get me wrong, I still go to your list of software to use for protection.

Damn! Too bad I missed it!

Firefox is a browser. Fireryone is suggesting that you make sure your browser (probably Internet Explorer) is closed before running CCleaner. If your browser windows are closed, then open your task manager and see if the iexplore.exe process is running. If that process is running then end that process and try running CCleaner again to see if that works. good luck