I am sorry but I am not that good on computers. I do not recollect you
telling me, or did I miss any posts? Would appreciate if you could send me a
copy of that post where you showed me how.
Thanks

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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"Ben Stevenson" <casiopie963@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Here is a copy of the reply I posted last Saturday:
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There is a simple measures you can take to restore the System
Restore facility but I suspect you may not like it.

I think the key to your problem lies in the remark you dropped
in your very first post. Here it goes:

"On my regular virus scan (Avast) check yesterday there was a virus or two,
which were moved to virus chest as directed. This is not uncommon. It has
happened before and no other problems were seen with the computer system."

When I read a note like this one the I hear lots of alarm bells
going off in my head. There are two reasons:

a) Why should your machine suffer repeated virus infections?
A well-kept machine should run virus-free day in, day out!
Either your virus protection is of poor quality or your computing
habits are unsound. I look after lots of PCs and none of them
has ever suffered an infection. If they had then I would lose
a client.

b) It is a commonly held belief that virus scanners can undo all
damage done by infections. This is not so. Some damage can
be repaired but some scars may remain. The same goes for
System Restore - depending on where exactly the damage
was done, it may or may not be undoable. If I was in the
business of writing viruses then I would attack the System
Restore facility, to make the damage stick . . .

In my opinion an infected machine is a compromised machine.
I would back up all my data (including my EMail files), test
the back-ups, then format the disk and start afresh. I would
also take a long, hard look at my computing habits.

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"Ben Stevenson" <casiopie963@hotmail.com> wrote:

Here's a link to the entire thread with all of the posts.

http://tinyurl.com/49qzqt

I have only this single post from you. No other. In case I had lost it,
could you please repost to me, where you showed me how to resolve the
problem. For all the posts on this thread, I have not recd any that shows me
how to resolve the problem.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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"Ben Stevenson" <casiopie963@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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As PD43 suggested, you can see each and every reply
here: http://tinyurl.com/49qzqt. You should read the whole
lot before posting any further questions.

If you lost System Restore, and other OS funtions and programs are acting
erradic, then follow Gerry's suggestions:
1) get the XP OS disc and try repairing the XP system. If that doesn't do it
then...

2) reload the entire XP OS system using your disc.

Reloading the XP OS system will take a few hours especially if you have to
reload drivers and porgrams, but in the long run it will be faster and less
frustrating than trying the dozens of other possible remedies.

Of course, save documents to external disk drive or discs.

I've had to reload my OS on my computers a few times the past 6 years
because of bad software, self-inflicted wounds (messing with redit), viruses,
spyware or other problems. Reloading is doable and will also give your
computer a fresh start.

Good luck,

oscar

"Ben Stevenson" wrote:

I have only this single post from you. No other. In case I had lost it,
could you please repost to me, where you showed me how to resolve the
problem. For all the posts on this thread, I have not recd any that shows
me
how to resolve the problem.


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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Had quite a shock today. Someone sent me an email and asked me to go to
http://tinyurl.com/49qzqt.
and see all the posts. I found that I had not recd quite a number of posts,
comprising of the following:
Gerry Apr 29
Bill in Co May 2
PD43 May 2
Gerry May 2
Pegasus May 3
PD4 May 6
Pegasus May 12
oscar May 13

It seems that I have problems receiving posts on this newsgroup. Can I do a
repair?
Thanks

"Ben Stevenson" <casiopie963@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Ben

Try Outlook Express without Hotmail. Access the Microsoft news server
direct.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Ben Stevenson wrote: