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Worse case scenario....then boot up off your windows xp cd and choose to repair.

Sorry...apparently the people that made MSN do not want you to login as "appear offline" but that is for a good reason afterall, because everyone would want to login as offline and it defeats the purpose of the messenger program.

I have been doing Tech Support for several years now and I can usually solve most OS or Internet related problems, but there is 1 problem I have found no solution for as yet. When a PC can connect to the ISP through a Dial-UP modem and stay connected, but …

If the Damage to Windows XP is severe...but you are able to boot into windows at any stage or by using an older restore point....then its worth trying a full repair by going to START....RUN and typing sfc /scannow This will ask you for your original XP CD and will …

By your PC freezing I gather you mean that you do not get any blue screens. If a Clean Install of windows XP does not fix your problem then I can venture to guess that one of your hardware components is failing or dead. The best thing you could do …

How about once the BIOS and the Cabling is all in right order......try booting off a boot floppy. If that works in DOS but not in windows its definately a registry problem. I suggest you try this 1st before you go and mess around in the registry.

When it comes to Poor lines.....long extension cables and cheap ISPs the best solution has always been a HARDWARE external modem. Cheap internal modems are Usually software modems......Lucent Winmodems come to mind.....and rely HEAVILY on your CPU and your Operating Software. There are a few hardware internal modems but most …