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USB Device
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 19 Comments

Hi, I really hope someone can help because this is driving me crazy & I hope I am in the correct place. I recently purchased a Next 350N external hard drive - USB 2.0 with Samsung 160Gb of memory. ...

Event ID hang?
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Over the past week, my machine has slowed down quite a bit and become unreliable; and now hangs when I right click on the C: drive in 'My Computer'. Every time I do this it crashes - stops resonding...

Best group for office xp (MS Word) questions?
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Did a search but which one? I need to find out about translating documents in MS word. Suggestions as to the most active group to ask? Thanks

Wireless - Should I take the plunge?
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 8 Comments

BT Broadband 2MB Took advantage of a BT offer of a Voyager 2091 wireless router for a tenner. Also purchased a Belkin G wireless desktop PCI card (although not yet installed). Discarded my Speedtouch...

Desktop backround screen
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I just got my new computer and I'm not too familiar with windows xp. I took several cd's that had pictures on them and put them onto the harddrive under a folder in my documents. I've noticed that...

Viewing graphics/pictures
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, I'm unable to view pictures or graphics online, sometimes in my emails. The picture comes out as a box with a little red cross at the top left hand corner. Can anyone assist? Thanks

clear documents
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 3 Comments

hello, i am looking to find the exe that runs when you click properties>start menu> customize>clear i would like to sticj this on the desktop or maybe run when windows starts. thanks

Scripted process to move if size > x
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 11 Comments

Is there a quick and easy way to sort through all files within a directory structure and move (not copy) all files with size > 150kb to another directory? I need to compress several thousand photos...

Changing operating system language.
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I bougth a new laptop with the Dutch version of XP Home pre-installed on it. Along with the machine, a French and Englisch recovery version 2002 of XPH was packed. What will happen when I "recover"...

Save to Server
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

How can I set my computer so that everything I save to my local c drive automatically saves to my private drive on the server

MP3 player
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, I am trying to transfer files onto a mp3 player but cannot locate the mp3 player icon on my desktop, should it have been on the installation disk? as it was not.... thanks

Slow startup in Outlook
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments

My boss has a laptop where the hard drive is full enough to warrant him buying an external HD. He says that when his pc was new and empty Outlook ran fast, but now when the HD is getting full,...

WinXP properties doesn't show "Genuine Intel"
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I know I have a real Intel Pentium 4. However, the "System Properties" dialog box in WinXP is missing the "Genuine" part. Any ideas why? See link...

Bellsouth told me to call Microsoft to fix this newsgroup problem
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 8 Comments

400 Too Many Connections (Tornado v1.0.6.372) Configuration: Account: newsgroups.bellsouth.net Server: newsgroups.bellsouth.net User name: ******* Protocol: NNTP Port: 119 Secure(SSL): 0 Error...

Create Icon from image convert
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 2 Comments

How can I convert an image, say JPG, to an icon which I can use in a shortcut? -- Cheers! OliverS When replying personally, remove "_nospam_" "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for...

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Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 0 Comments

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Looking for .max file to .jpg batch conversion utility
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I was a Visioneer Paper Port user for years, and have many files still in .max format. I'd like to convert all these files to JPG and be done with Paper Port. Unfortunately, the idea of exporting...

backup network connections?
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Hi, How do I backup my network connections? (dialup nodes etc) I don't have Microsoft backup (XP home OEM) cw

XP SP2 fully patched ACL bugs
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I've run into a situation that is occuring on a large number of our XP machines. We have over 300, and plan to have almost 500. The problem is that the rights are not working correctly in...

Can I upgrade to XP Pro from XP Media Center Edition
Posted on December 30th, 2005 | 17 Comments

I just purchased a laptop with XP Media Center Edition. When I placed the order for my laptop I forgot to order it with XP Pro installed, so I purchased the XP Pro disk afterwards from the...