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   Bob M to David   
   Re: Can't Delete Or Drag & Drop   
   27 Mar 07 11:38:46   
   
   From: ram1220@vzavenue.net   
      
   David wrote:   
      
   > Hello Everyone,   
   >   
   > I am a first time poster here, so please forgive me if this subject has been   
   > covered before.   
   > Everything was fine until Saturday. Suddenly I can't delete any files at   
   > all, or transfer them to other folders. The drag & drop method has stopped   
   > working also. There are no virus infections or spyware on my machine. This   
   > has been verified by Symantec via their remote access system.   
   > I am running XP Pro with SP2.   
   > All of the other functions appear to be working as expected. I am at a loss   
   > what to do, short of a complete reinstall of course.   
   > According to Symantec they said it was most likely to be a hardware failure   
   > but I am not convinced, more likely to my logic is that its some sort of a   
   > file corruption.   
   > As you will have gathered by now, I am not the most technically minded   
   > person in this group and hence the need for your help.   
   >   
   > Thanks   
   >   
   > David   
   >   
   >   
      
   Get rid of Symantec and anything Norton related. They cause more   
   problems with computers than anything else. Personally I have not seen a   
   system with Symantec or Norton on it that ran normal.   
      
   Bob   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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