Hi Chris, I think if you are going to do that, you should be a little more careful. First, you should make a restore point if possible. Second, you should back up if possible, anything you uninstall, and never change anything you can't reverse. I am not pointing the finger, I have done all this myself, so I know, believe me. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth Sent: Monday 27 October 2008 21:13 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Advice on maintaining other people's machines Hi all, I went to do some maintenance yesterday at my friend's house using her laptop running XP Home. I uninstalled everything, including her antivirus, and didn't realize that her DVD drive wasn't working properly till too late. So I've now left her without an antivirus, but managed to get her some antispyware protection. What do you all think of me checking stuff out before doing any such maintenance? I didn't know this should have been done before anything else till tonight. Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated. I just hope she manages to find at least AVG 7.5 Free as she's still using JAWS 8. Thanks in advance! -- Chris Hallsworth e-mail/MSN: christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx skype: chrishallsworth7266 klango: chrishallsworth ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq