Re: [H] Cable Modems & Splitters

[Steve Tomporowski]

Just got back from Colorado Springs.  It just seems wrong that it takes 
a whole day each way to travel there!


Are you talking about the taps off a dist amp?  Or is this a device I 
haven't heard of?  Because it sounds good.


The problem I'm having most is that there is too much return loss. 
Well, I've rewired a bit to help the problem, but from what I 
understand, the modem has internal gain that is remotely selected to 
overcome return loss, but it has only so much and when it hits the top 
end, then there can be dropout problems.  I've read where they say that 
gain tends to go up with temperature, but they never say the temperature 
of what.  The modem is in an air-conditioned enviroment and all the 
cabling in the neighborhood is underground which I believe will limit 
the effects of temperature.


Steve

maccrawj wrote:

Cable modem should be on 1st *tap*, no later.
Taps should be used instead of splitters, working from highest to lowest 
attenuation as you run down a cable segment.

If splitting, do it sooner rather than later.
Distribution amps have 0 insertion loss, unlike splitters.

Taps are unbalanced splitters that attenuate one leg but not the other. 
Advantage? Nearer devices get just what they need leaving more db left 
over going to devices further down the segment.



Greg Sevart wrote:
If all of your runs come back to one place, I'd chuck all of the 
splitters

and get a single amp. Not just any amp--the stuff you can usually find
locally typically inserts so much noise that you're better off w/o an 
amp at

all.

http://www.cabletvamps.com/drop%20amps.htm

Electroline amps are considered to be among the best available. They 
do have

one model with 0 return loss.

Greg


-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:29 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Cable Modems & Splitters


*snip*

Okay, does any of this make sense?  What have I got wrong?  Also, would
a low return loss amp be the best bet?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

ThanksSteve










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[H] What a difference a switch makes!

[Naushad, Zulfiqar]

Just wanted to share my experiences regarding my foray into switches.
Initially I used the switch that came with the router.  However, since
getting my Windows Home Server, I now regularly transfer several hundred
gigabytes at a time.  As you would imagine 10/100 just did not cut it
for me.  I looked around and settled on a nice 3Com gigabit switch
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1ZA0G/ref=ox_ya_oh_product) and
it served me quite well for almost 1 year.  As my devices grew and my
server balooned to 8 TB of storage, I was abusing the little switch to
oblivion.  
 
After doing a bit of searching around, I settled on
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I7SWLO/ref=ox_ya_oh_product) and
all I can say is that I am one happy camper!  I know this seems odd, but
the performance change was quite noticeable.  Before, I would feel the
3Com switch struggling during multi computer transfers (i.e copying
100GB from computer A -> B and simultaneously from C -> D).  But now, I
feel that doing the same exercise on the ProCurve is much faster.
 
Also, having a metal case and a web UI also helps.
 
All-in-all, I am one happy camper!
 
Highly recommended for anyone out there!

Re: [H] Vintage Antenna Amp. WAS: Re: Cable Modems & Splitters

[Rick Glazier]

From: "swzaske"
Good question, try it and let us know. Personally, I just got a digital 
converter for my old Sony 27" and it works well with rabbit ears. I get 
about a dozen stations because 2 of them have 2-3 channels each which 
was unexpected. NTSC is dead, long live ATSC.


Duncan and "swzaske",
I found two old Broadband TV (distribution) amps.
One only had a 1dB gain, (but four outputs) so I skipped it.
(I may gang/chain them later in my attic for distribution on my second floor.)

The other is a +10dB single output.  Archer 15-1118 (very old, never used.)
50-450MHZ.


The OSD signal strength meter seemed to say it boosted the signal
around a little less than a third of the bar. (Red, Yellow, Green.)
This was on a channel that was breaking up, and it "cured that"...

I put it right at the VHF/UHF 75ohm rabbit ears to feed a converter box from 
there.
I'll try it on my Desktop Computer next week.
(I'm working my way up from cheapest to most expensive stuff...)

Rick Glazier

Re: [H] What a difference a switch makes!

[Julian Zottl]

Procurve's are great switches.  For any Enterprise customers out there, I
highly recommend them.  They have served me well at a couple of companies!

Julian


On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Naushad, Zulfiqar <
zulfiqar.naus...@siemens.com> wrote:

> Just wanted to share my experiences regarding my foray into switches.
> Initially I used the switch that came with the router.  However, since
> getting my Windows Home Server, I now regularly transfer several hundred
> gigabytes at a time.  As you would imagine 10/100 just did not cut it
> for me.  I looked around and settled on a nice 3Com gigabit switch
> (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1ZA0G/ref=ox_ya_oh_product) and
> it served me quite well for almost 1 year.  As my devices grew and my
> server balooned to 8 TB of storage, I was abusing the little switch to
> oblivion.
>
> After doing a bit of searching around, I settled on
> (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I7SWLO/ref=ox_ya_oh_product) and
> all I can say is that I am one happy camper!  I know this seems odd, but
> the performance change was quite noticeable.  Before, I would feel the
> 3Com switch struggling during multi computer transfers (i.e copying
> 100GB from computer A -> B and simultaneously from C -> D).  But now, I
> feel that doing the same exercise on the ProCurve is much faster.
>
> Also, having a metal case and a web UI also helps.
>
> All-in-all, I am one happy camper!
>
> Highly recommended for anyone out there!
>

Re: [H] Stopzilla

[Thane Sherrington]

At 06:10 PM 12/08/2009, FORC5 wrote:

scam


Thanks.

T



At 11:55 AM 8/12/2009, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with:
>Anyone have any opinions of Stopzilla?  I see it on systems from 
time to time, and it doesn't appear to do much, but today, I 
actually went through the list of items that it supposedly found, 
and not of the items actually existed on the computer.  So I'm 
thinking it's a scam, but I'm wondering what the collective's opinion is.

>
>T
>
>
>
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[H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?

[Brian Weeden]

I've got a video currently on a DVD that I need to get to a colleague of
mine in Europe.  It's a preview of a documentary that we are doing for work
and she needs to review it (so no, I'm not pirating anything).  I can mail
it, but that's going to take quite a bit of time.  I've already ripped it
and recompressed it down to about a GB, so now the question is how best to
get her the file. She's not very computer savvy so something like a
multi-part rar isn't going to work.  I have used Google video for this in
the past but they have shut down.  Youtube is no good because of the limit
on length.

Maybe something like rapidshare?  Suggestions?

---
Brian Weeden
Technical Advisor
Secure World Foundation 
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?

[Steve Tomporowski]

Rapidshare might be a good idea.  IIRC, if you are not a paying member, 
they delete an uploaded file after a period of time, which may be what 
you want.


Steve

Brian Weeden wrote:

I've got a video currently on a DVD that I need to get to a colleague of
mine in Europe.  It's a preview of a documentary that we are doing for work
and she needs to review it (so no, I'm not pirating anything).  I can mail
it, but that's going to take quite a bit of time.  I've already ripped it
and recompressed it down to about a GB, so now the question is how best to
get her the file. She's not very computer savvy so something like a
multi-part rar isn't going to work.  I have used Google video for this in
the past but they have shut down.  Youtube is no good because of the limit
on length.

Maybe something like rapidshare?  Suggestions?

---
Brian Weeden
Technical Advisor
Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org>
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US



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Re: [H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?

[Anthony Q. Martin]

why not bang it down more? People rip to size suitable for phones and 
ipods


Brian Weeden wrote:

I've got a video currently on a DVD that I need to get to a colleague of
mine in Europe.  It's a preview of a documentary that we are doing for work
and she needs to review it (so no, I'm not pirating anything).  I can mail
it, but that's going to take quite a bit of time.  I've already ripped it
and recompressed it down to about a GB, so now the question is how best to
get her the file. She's not very computer savvy so something like a
multi-part rar isn't going to work.  I have used Google video for this in
the past but they have shut down.  Youtube is no good because of the limit
on length.

Maybe something like rapidshare?  Suggestions?

---
Brian Weeden
Technical Advisor
Secure World Foundation 
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US

  

Re: [H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?

[Gary]

Can't you set up a web based FTP server on your box for her to download
directly?

> -Original Message-
> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
> boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:21 AM
> To: hwg
> Subject: [H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?
> 
> I've got a video currently on a DVD that I need to get to a colleague
> of
> mine in Europe.  It's a preview of a documentary that we are doing for
> work
> and she needs to review it (so no, I'm not pirating anything).  I can
> mail
> it, but that's going to take quite a bit of time.  I've already ripped
> it
> and recompressed it down to about a GB, so now the question is how best
> to
> get her the file. She's not very computer savvy so something like a
> multi-part rar isn't going to work.  I have used Google video for this
> in
> the past but they have shut down.  Youtube is no good because of the
> limit
> on length.
> 
> Maybe something like rapidshare?  Suggestions?
> 
> ---
> Brian Weeden
> Technical Advisor
> Secure World Foundation 
> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
> +1 (202) 683-8534 US

Re: [H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?

[Winterlight]

Well, if you don't already have some FTP space buy a domain from 
Godaddy for 8-10 bucks, you will get a free 10GB FTP and web 
site.Upload your mpg, iso or whatever, and then change the extension 
to a zip. Then send her the link, tell her to click on the link 
which, as a zip, will automatically download. When it finishes 
downloading tell her to change the extension back to what it should be.


Then remove the ftp file from your site. Godaddy gets nervous about 
ftp files. A mpg file is fine, no matter how large. Their rule is 
that the file must be viewable in a web page. If they have a problem 
with a file or site they send you a five day warning.



At 08:21 AM 8/15/2009, you wrote:

I've got a video currently on a DVD that I need to get to a colleague of
mine in Europe.  It's a preview of a documentary that we are doing for work
and she needs to review it (so no, I'm not pirating anything).  I can mail
it, but that's going to take quite a bit of time.  I've already ripped it
and recompressed it down to about a GB, so now the question is how best to
get her the file. She's not very computer savvy so something like a
multi-part rar isn't going to work.  I have used Google video for this in
the past but they have shut down.  Youtube is no good because of the limit
on length.

Maybe something like rapidshare?  Suggestions?

---
Brian Weeden
Technical Advisor
Secure World Foundation 
+1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
+1 (202) 683-8534 US

[H] Suggestions?

[DSinc]

A Nephew called and indicates his PC may be infected with something 
strong enough to prevent him from doing much. I agreed to share all the 
tools I have with him. I am rusty and have not used any of these tools 
since 2005. (thank you ESET.)


PC is older vintage, 1.2GHz, 512 RAM, XPpro. Machine has had Kazpersky 
A/V on it for the past week. Prior to that was an ESET trial version. 
But, there was an UNKnown period between ESET and Kazpersky! Ultimately 
I may get the machine here for a direct look/see if the Nephew can not 
doctor it himself.


Basically, whatever he tries to download (A/V or tool) and/or (?) launch 
nets him a BSOD and reboot.  He did try to go back to a previous Restore 
Point prior to this recent OBS, but XP seems to be unwilling to do the 
Restore.  The BSOD/Reboot sounds like ConfickerC to me, but,...???

Could be a rootkit also. I have never seen one. No experience.

I suggested he swap his RAM dimms just to eliminate/hylight a bad one. 
It was my only shot ATM.


RKR (System Internals) does identify some "stuff" that "...contains 
Nulls..." before it freezes.


Does this scenario ring any bells?  Yes, Nephew does understand, and, is 
willing to wipe the HD and start fresh if that is the last resort.


I can loan him my BartPE CD, but its' A/V is now 3 years old with no way 
to update it. Besides, I've never been able to get networking ops norml 
with my BarPE CD :(


I expect the Nephew here later this afternoon, or, within a day or two 
to get my tools and maybe to scan/check his flash drives.


Your suggestions/ideas are very welcome :)
Duncan

Re: [H] Suggestions?

[quilhotr]

I've had good with MS one care cleaning up pc's that other a/v failed on.  Best 
of all free working trial.
--Original Message--
From: DSinc
Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
To: Hardware Group
ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Suggestions?
Sent: Aug 15, 2009 4:12 PM

A Nephew called and indicates his PC may be infected with something 
strong enough to prevent him from doing much. I agreed to share all the 
tools I have with him. I am rusty and have not used any of these tools 
since 2005. (thank you ESET.)

PC is older vintage, 1.2GHz, 512 RAM, XPpro. Machine has had Kazpersky 
A/V on it for the past week. Prior to that was an ESET trial version. 
But, there was an UNKnown period between ESET and Kazpersky! Ultimately 
I may get the machine here for a direct look/see if the Nephew can not 
doctor it himself.

Basically, whatever he tries to download (A/V or tool) and/or (?) launch 
nets him a BSOD and reboot.  He did try to go back to a previous Restore 
Point prior to this recent OBS, but XP seems to be unwilling to do the 
Restore.  The BSOD/Reboot sounds like ConfickerC to me, but,...???
Could be a rootkit also. I have never seen one. No experience.

I suggested he swap his RAM dimms just to eliminate/hylight a bad one. 
It was my only shot ATM.

RKR (System Internals) does identify some "stuff" that "...contains 
Nulls..." before it freezes.

Does this scenario ring any bells?  Yes, Nephew does understand, and, is 
willing to wipe the HD and start fresh if that is the last resort.

I can loan him my BartPE CD, but its' A/V is now 3 years old with no way 
to update it. Besides, I've never been able to get networking ops norml 
with my BarPE CD :(

I expect the Nephew here later this afternoon, or, within a day or two 
to get my tools and maybe to scan/check his flash drives.

Your suggestions/ideas are very welcome :)
Duncan


Rick Quilhot
quilh...@gmail.com
yahoo id: quilhotr
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Re: [H] Suggestions?

[Bobby Heid]

IIRC, this sort of sounds like the Conficker virus/worm.  There are several
things that can take care of it such as MalwareBytes(1) and the MS Malicious
Software Removal Tool(2).  Read up on Conficker to see if it fits his
issues.

1) http://malwarebytes.org/
2) http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.aspx

Thanks,
Bobby


-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 4:12 PM
To: Hardware Group
Subject: [H] Suggestions?

A Nephew called and indicates his PC may be infected with something 
strong enough to prevent him from doing much. I agreed to share all the 
tools I have with him. I am rusty and have not used any of these tools 
since 2005. (thank you ESET.)

PC is older vintage, 1.2GHz, 512 RAM, XPpro. Machine has had Kazpersky 
A/V on it for the past week. Prior to that was an ESET trial version. 
But, there was an UNKnown period between ESET and Kazpersky! Ultimately 
I may get the machine here for a direct look/see if the Nephew can not 
doctor it himself.

Basically, whatever he tries to download (A/V or tool) and/or (?) launch 
nets him a BSOD and reboot.  He did try to go back to a previous Restore 
Point prior to this recent OBS, but XP seems to be unwilling to do the 
Restore.  The BSOD/Reboot sounds like ConfickerC to me, but,...???
Could be a rootkit also. I have never seen one. No experience.

I suggested he swap his RAM dimms just to eliminate/hylight a bad one. 
It was my only shot ATM.

RKR (System Internals) does identify some "stuff" that "...contains 
Nulls..." before it freezes.

Does this scenario ring any bells?  Yes, Nephew does understand, and, is 
willing to wipe the HD and start fresh if that is the last resort.

I can loan him my BartPE CD, but its' A/V is now 3 years old with no way 
to update it. Besides, I've never been able to get networking ops norml 
with my BarPE CD :(

I expect the Nephew here later this afternoon, or, within a day or two 
to get my tools and maybe to scan/check his flash drives.

Your suggestions/ideas are very welcome :)
Duncan

Re: [H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?

[Bobby Heid]

I use http://www.transferbigfiles.com/ to send/receive large files.  There
are other sites like this one.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:03 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Suggestions for sharing a large video file?

why not bang it down more? People rip to size suitable for phones and 
ipods

Brian Weeden wrote:
> I've got a video currently on a DVD that I need to get to a colleague of
> mine in Europe.  It's a preview of a documentary that we are doing for
work
> and she needs to review it (so no, I'm not pirating anything).  I can mail
> it, but that's going to take quite a bit of time.  I've already ripped it
> and recompressed it down to about a GB, so now the question is how best to
> get her the file. She's not very computer savvy so something like a
> multi-part rar isn't going to work.  I have used Google video for this in
> the past but they have shut down.  Youtube is no good because of the limit
> on length.
>
> Maybe something like rapidshare?  Suggestions?
>
> ---
> Brian Weeden
> Technical Advisor
> Secure World Foundation 
> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
> +1 (202) 683-8534 US
>
>   

Re: [H] Suggestions?

[DSinc]

Richard,
Can you supply a link to this object?
Duncan


quilh...@gmail.com wrote:

I've had good with MS one care cleaning up pc's that other a/v failed on.  Best 
of all free working trial.
--Original Message--
From: DSinc
Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
To: Hardware Group
ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Suggestions?
Sent: Aug 15, 2009 4:12 PM

A Nephew called and indicates his PC may be infected with something 
strong enough to prevent him from doing much. I agreed to share all the 
tools I have with him. I am rusty and have not used any of these tools 
since 2005. (thank you ESET.)


PC is older vintage, 1.2GHz, 512 RAM, XPpro. Machine has had Kazpersky 
A/V on it for the past week. Prior to that was an ESET trial version. 
But, there was an UNKnown period between ESET and Kazpersky! Ultimately 
I may get the machine here for a direct look/see if the Nephew can not 
doctor it himself.


Basically, whatever he tries to download (A/V or tool) and/or (?) launch 
nets him a BSOD and reboot.  He did try to go back to a previous Restore 
Point prior to this recent OBS, but XP seems to be unwilling to do the 
Restore.  The BSOD/Reboot sounds like ConfickerC to me, but,...???

Could be a rootkit also. I have never seen one. No experience.

I suggested he swap his RAM dimms just to eliminate/hylight a bad one. 
It was my only shot ATM.


RKR (System Internals) does identify some "stuff" that "...contains 
Nulls..." before it freezes.


Does this scenario ring any bells?  Yes, Nephew does understand, and, is 
willing to wipe the HD and start fresh if that is the last resort.


I can loan him my BartPE CD, but its' A/V is now 3 years old with no way 
to update it. Besides, I've never been able to get networking ops norml 
with my BarPE CD :(


I expect the Nephew here later this afternoon, or, within a day or two 
to get my tools and maybe to scan/check his flash drives.


Your suggestions/ideas are very welcome :)
Duncan


Rick Quilhot
quilh...@gmail.com
yahoo id: quilhotr
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Re: [H] Suggestions?

[Richard Quilhot]

Here you go...
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/3/default.htm

Richard E. Quilhot C.N.A.
quilh...@gmail.com


Stephen 
Leacock
- "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some
day
die, which is not so."

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:33 PM, DSinc  wrote:

> Richard,
> Can you supply a link to this object?
> Duncan
>
>
>
> quilh...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I've had good with MS one care cleaning up pc's that other a/v failed on.
>>  Best of all free working trial.
>> --Original Message--
>> From: DSinc
>> Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
>> To: Hardware Group
>> ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>> Subject: [H] Suggestions?
>> Sent: Aug 15, 2009 4:12 PM
>>
>> A Nephew called and indicates his PC may be infected with something strong
>> enough to prevent him from doing much. I agreed to share all the tools I
>> have with him. I am rusty and have not used any of these tools since 2005.
>> (thank you ESET.)
>>
>> PC is older vintage, 1.2GHz, 512 RAM, XPpro. Machine has had Kazpersky A/V
>> on it for the past week. Prior to that was an ESET trial version. But, there
>> was an UNKnown period between ESET and Kazpersky! Ultimately I may get the
>> machine here for a direct look/see if the Nephew can not doctor it himself.
>>
>> Basically, whatever he tries to download (A/V or tool) and/or (?) launch
>> nets him a BSOD and reboot.  He did try to go back to a previous Restore
>> Point prior to this recent OBS, but XP seems to be unwilling to do the
>> Restore.  The BSOD/Reboot sounds like ConfickerC to me, but,...???
>> Could be a rootkit also. I have never seen one. No experience.
>>
>> I suggested he swap his RAM dimms just to eliminate/hylight a bad one. It
>> was my only shot ATM.
>>
>> RKR (System Internals) does identify some "stuff" that "...contains
>> Nulls..." before it freezes.
>>
>> Does this scenario ring any bells?  Yes, Nephew does understand, and, is
>> willing to wipe the HD and start fresh if that is the last resort.
>>
>> I can loan him my BartPE CD, but its' A/V is now 3 years old with no way
>> to update it. Besides, I've never been able to get networking ops norml with
>> my BarPE CD :(
>>
>> I expect the Nephew here later this afternoon, or, within a day or two to
>> get my tools and maybe to scan/check his flash drives.
>>
>> Your suggestions/ideas are very welcome :)
>> Duncan
>>
>>
>> Rick Quilhot
>> quilh...@gmail.com
>> yahoo id: quilhotr
>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
>

Re: [H] Suggestions?

[DSinc]

Richard,
Thank you. I loved your tag line; so, .. Live long and prosper!
LOL!
Duncan


Richard Quilhot wrote:

Here you go...
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/3/default.htm

Richard E. Quilhot C.N.A.
quilh...@gmail.com


Stephen 
Leacock
- "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some
day
die, which is not so."

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:33 PM, DSinc  wrote:


Richard,
Can you supply a link to this object?
Duncan



quilh...@gmail.com wrote:


I've had good with MS one care cleaning up pc's that other a/v failed on.
 Best of all free working trial.
--Original Message--
From: DSinc
Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
To: Hardware Group
ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Suggestions?
Sent: Aug 15, 2009 4:12 PM

A Nephew called and indicates his PC may be infected with something strong
enough to prevent him from doing much. I agreed to share all the tools I
have with him. I am rusty and have not used any of these tools since 2005.
(thank you ESET.)

PC is older vintage, 1.2GHz, 512 RAM, XPpro. Machine has had Kazpersky A/V
on it for the past week. Prior to that was an ESET trial version. But, there
was an UNKnown period between ESET and Kazpersky! Ultimately I may get the
machine here for a direct look/see if the Nephew can not doctor it himself.

Basically, whatever he tries to download (A/V or tool) and/or (?) launch
nets him a BSOD and reboot.  He did try to go back to a previous Restore
Point prior to this recent OBS, but XP seems to be unwilling to do the
Restore.  The BSOD/Reboot sounds like ConfickerC to me, but,...???
Could be a rootkit also. I have never seen one. No experience.

I suggested he swap his RAM dimms just to eliminate/hylight a bad one. It
was my only shot ATM.

RKR (System Internals) does identify some "stuff" that "...contains
Nulls..." before it freezes.

Does this scenario ring any bells?  Yes, Nephew does understand, and, is
willing to wipe the HD and start fresh if that is the last resort.

I can loan him my BartPE CD, but its' A/V is now 3 years old with no way
to update it. Besides, I've never been able to get networking ops norml with
my BarPE CD :(

I expect the Nephew here later this afternoon, or, within a day or two to
get my tools and maybe to scan/check his flash drives.

Your suggestions/ideas are very welcome :)
Duncan


Rick Quilhot
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