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Hi All,
I hoping to ask the hive mind of Bob what the Elephant happened to a PC that was part of a test rig built some years ago. When dragged from stores (aka dump!) it booted to XP as expected then as it was finishing the boot up sequence tries to run everything via Acrobat. It seems the moment the desktop loads to associate everything with Adobe Acrobat. No, it has never been near an internet connection, I'm wondering if a virus could cause this behaviour all the memory stick that have been near are mine and I did find a couple of W32 Trojans on it as I was retiring it.
Glenn
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Any thumbdrives? They've become a popular vector.
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Only the one I mentioned, Got any suggestions for a single use non-installable cure, (have used Magic Bullet software in the past... cant find it now!
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Yes it was caused by a virus the biggest of them all, one who messes with your pc and its called WinXp. Acctually it is only version of the mother virus with the name Windows. The new children added to this really dangerous family are called with the code names Windows 7 and the most recently added and the strongest known so far Windows 8.
Good luck
P.S. how long was the motherboard on that tiny little battery of its and not in the power network ?
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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aww nutz, a Linux user! burn the heretic!! 
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No, i am not a linux user i just work with .Net and MFC and you can figure the rest 
FYI MFC = Most Frustrating Class(es)
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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You've actually got a rock-solid excuse to uninstall acrobat, and you're complaining?
What is the world coming to?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I wouldn't be complaining if it let me do something. 
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Yeah it does, what I'm wondering was this was when Vista was being 'unleashed' and XP was a fall back, so I chose to install XP, I wonder if there was some legacy left from it. Hmmmmm, ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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I've not seen anyone saying anything about it, but after installing it I must say that is wonderful... it starts fast and it works as it should. 
It has got all the settings from IE10 so it's been really easy to upgrade... as it should too...
Let's see if this will last long...
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Are the dev tools (F12) still cr@p compared to Chromes? 
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No idea, never used them. 
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After a small look at them it seems that Google are slightly better, the difference that I've noticed is that IE still highlights elements while you are updating the styles and so... therefore it makes it much difficult to see what you are doing... apart of that I've seen everything pretty similar...
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Because it's an odd version, Microsoft does everything right on odd versions.
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Mike Hankey wrote: Microsoft does everything right on odd versions.
I'd like to talk to you about VB3... 
speramus in juniperus
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It's a rather recent trend.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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Ok there are exceptions...mainly Basic!
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I'd like to talk to you about VB3
Well there is your problem... It is the 2 letters before the 3
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Hey, VB3 was god's programming language It was versions 1,2, and 4 that were bad. And maybe 5 and 6, it's been a while.
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TTFN - Kent
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Mike Hankey wrote: Microsoft does everything right on odd versions.
Ah, the old "reverse-Star Trek-movie" rule!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Mike Hankey wrote: Microsoft does everything right on odd versions.
Sad but true...........
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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I'm downloading it now, it better be good
I <3 my Job
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Should I be scared?
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So far so good. I like it tell now Go ahead and download it
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