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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        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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