I often find myself visiting www.filehippo.com for direct downloads of AVG/Hijack This/ Etc etc. A great website to save you clicks and valuable time when attempting to resolve a problem.

Are you having issues with QuickBooks 2008/2009 and networking? Here is a new tool they released specifically for troubleshooting network installations of QuickBooks. You can download it from the link below.

http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/networking/nettool.aspx

Here is an excellent website that contains drivers and notes to get XP Professional going on your Studio 15 Notebook. Please note this website is not endorsed or supported by Uptime Techsultants.

 http://wickmanstudios.com/content/view/17/29/

Download this patch on the Service Pack 3 XP PC that is serving up files and Reboot. Also make sure Network Access Protection is set to Automatic and start it.

 Patch can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951830

Run this with a /force at the end to update the clients that are failing Windows Update:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949104/

I will be adding to this as I find other programs and reasons to make this cleanup easier:

Besides manually cleaning up directories/ending the tasks in task manager and modifying the registry, I found this program to help with the cleanup.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Also need to run this file on your system:

fixxpav.reg

I highly recommend downloading AVG Free 8.0 to use at your home PCs. It’s a great product and it doesn’t use the resources that McAfee or Symantec products require. If you enjoy using the product I recommend you pay for it after test driving the free version they make other versions as well that you can consider upgrading to after reviewing their software.

 http://free.avg.com/

I always draw blanks to the name of this software when I am onsite at a customers location. A link to the latest version of SmitFraud is located here:

 SmitFraud 

Here is an interesting Blogger that is in the know with releases and updates along with registry hacks and other great tips.

 http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/

Office_2003_SP3_Registry_File_Block_Removal I have included a .reg file for you to use in order to unlock all of the restrictions for file opening of Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access files prior to Office 2003 SP3.