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XP Pro Offline files Tab Missing
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 1 Comments

HP Laptop running xp pro sp2, on domain Laptop was running syncronization untill about a week ago. Now for some unknown reason it is no longer syncronizing, the offline files tab is missing and the...

Can't fix MS Paint
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 7 Comments

The error message that Paint has encountered a problem and needs to close comes up...and I have tried everything; deleting the hkey, reinstalling, and doing restore point. I am using XPsp2 and am...

Cannot View Video
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 3 Comments

I'm trying to watch a video my brother sent me from his company and I'm getting the error message below. What do I need to do to watch this? Forbidden You don't have permission to access /index.jsp...

Task scheduler - repeat
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 2 Comments

I posted this message and apparently it got 2 replies, but only 1 downloaded for me (tried twice) so I never did get the key reply. Here's the question: Need help trying to figure out how to get...

Images - x- on website
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have a website that when I go to the home page, for the first time, the images don't download and an x is in the image location (IE6-winxp sp2). I can then click a link on this home page to another...

WMI Critical Error
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi Been having problems with my router which appear to have been caused by uninstalling Norton. However although I can now configure my router it wont connect to the internet. Checking the relevant...

Cannot see security tab on second drive folders
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello. When I right click on a folder in windows explorer from my C: drive, i can use the security tab. But when i do this from my second E: drive, the security tab does not show. I unchecked the...

Dual Hard Drives
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 28 Comments

No, it won't work. Windows 98 is an old operating system and will not function in a new computer. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Microsoft Community...

Quicktime & Windows media player
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 1 Comments

I downloaded (apparently incorrectly) Quicktime plugin the other day. Apparently, it is blocks Windows media player from allowing my internet voicemail from playing. When I try to remove it from my...

Media Player.........
Posted on March 1st, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi all, I was having probs with WMP 10 so decided to uninstall through add/remove windows components. Then re-installed WMP 10, or tried to. It won't re-install!! Says a newer version is already...

Hard Drive Security Permissions & User IDs
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 4 Comments

These are NTFS permissions for each hard drive. 1. Administrators 2. Creator Owner 3. Everyone 4. Power Users 5. S-1-5-21-746137067-1292428093-725345543-1012 6. System 7. Users

Past Webpage History
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 1 Comments

A funny story.... my son came to me the other day and explained that he had visited some online sex sites. Needless to say I was dissapointed however he made me promise not to tell his mother....

C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Can the files in this directory be safely removed? There seems to be a Good Deal of leftover ash and trash in it. DSH

System Restore Check Points not being created
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hello: I notice that that sytem restore points aren't being created on a daily basis. I am able to manually create them, and SR points are automatically created before new programs are...

multiple monitors
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hi , Is it possible to connect 2 monitors to Windows XP Pro and have separate desktops for each monitor. For example, if I wanted to launch Ie on monitor 1 and then a different IE on Monitor 2, will...

Items Appearing off screen...
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 1 Comments

It appears that sometimes I am having windows that are appearing off screen to the right of the display. For example: A window may be minimized, sometimes when I click on the task bar to maximize...

How to prevent xp to display zipped files as folder
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 7 Comments

In my xpsp2, *.zip files are shown as folder, and going into the folder shows the content (all files in that zip.) I find that very irritating, as several folders have several zip files, and entire...

New language install problems
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 1 Comments

i bought my laptop in spain so it has the spanish windows installed. i bought the english xp proffesional and installed it but it has left the other one on as well. Also the screen size is very small...

Changing the pictures on icons identifying file types
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Dear all Please can you help me. We have recently made a clean start and reinstalled Windows, and have found that the icons for our photos and other images don't look the same as they used to. My...

unsufficient memory
Posted on February 28th, 2006 | 10 Comments

try to install scanner with cd help -- amarjit