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I've been using Acronis for quite long and it's a good backup software for my system. Just some questions over here: Is Norton Ghost better as compared to Acronis? (I heard it's cloning technology is good) What are the pros and cons of using Norton Ghost if I switch to it? Cheers.

Hi all, glad to be back in this forum after months of inactive =D I've got a problem with DirectX in Windows 7 recently after installing some of the games that I have in Windows Vista. They gave me an error saying that DirectX version 8 and above is not installed. i check the registry...

Can I load Fedore 10 into Microsoft Virtual PC 200(MVP)7? I tried to load the live cd into it and it doesn't work. What should I do to make it work in MVP??? Detailed help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Are there any recommendations for good laptop tracking softwares that are available for free?? There's an article in the PC Magazine saying that "laptop users should install tracking softwares in their laptops for security purposes".

How do I go about disabling the Autorun, which is also know as the Autoplay? I've looked at the articles at the Microsoft website but i can't find the registry key or the gdpedit.msc file in my computer. Any other ways other than through the registry and editing the group policies?

Since my thread ' XP SP3' is closed, i have to start a new thread to ask questions. I have found this file "spider.sav" in My Documents folder. I would like to ask how this file came about and which application uses this particular file(if any) and whether it's safe to delete the file from my...

I am looking through the Custom updates from Microsoft Updates when a message appears for me to download the SP3 for my SP2 computer(WinXP Home Edition). Should I download SP3 now or should I wait until it is available in my automatic updates?

My friend has a problem installing the SP1 update onto his Windows Vista Business laptop. After downloading and installing the update, he restarted his laptop as instructed. However, the update was very slow at the third stage of the service pack installation(which was after it was restarted)...

I am having the latest version of firefox and i am having problems when i use shockwave programs on it. A popup message appears with the following message: Application popup: firefox.exe - Application Error : The exception unknown software exception (0xc00000fd) occurred in the application at...

i bought a vista home premium a few weeks back and i need some advice on how do i determine whether my HDD have any hidden trojan horses or viruses and how do i make sure that my HDD is clean of viruses. any programs that can do that?

after updating the definations of the latest spybot, i could not immunize completely the last section which is the Global Hosts. i couldn't remember the name but i only can remember that it is at the last of the immunization list. about 400+ were not immunized. how do i correct this problem?

I am using Windows 2000 SP4. recently i am having a problem. after i logged into my account and turn on the modem connecting my computer to the internet, the computer does not open any programs when i click on it during or after the modem was successfully connected. After two to three minutes...

After downloading patched version of spybot by the spybot team, everything was done smoothly. However, when i booted up the comp the next day, my explorer (namely explorer.exe) could not work well because of the file SDDelFile.exe was duplicating as a process and flooded my computer. It...

i downloaded the new version of spybot v1.5 and installed it however, the program hung after updating and had to force it to end via task manager, after which the program cannot be started again. can someone tell me what's the problem and the solution to it? i rely on spybot a lot to scan my...