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Error loading OS
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

OK, I just recently built a new computer. I have an asus A8N SLI Premium motherboard. I was running XP 64 on a little 20gig hdd. I bought a 300gig IDE hdd. It had no probelm recognizing the hdd and...

User Account Access
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I have just added a new user account to my XP computer. Can I give it access to the explorer "favorites" and E-mail addresses

Getting Error 1326 when using "Net Use" - while trying to MS-DOS Print from WinXP
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

A few days ago I wrote that I was having problems trying to print from within a old MSDOS program while running it from Windows XP. The problem was solved as my "Server Service" was set to Manual. ...

MS expression web designer; Is there a beta for this?
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 6 Comments

I looked but I found demos for Graphic designer and Interactive designer.. but non for the web designer... Anyone know if there is one out? -- Kenny - www.ComputerBoom.com "Any sufficiently...

Add new mirror in Windows XP Pro
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

We have a Windows XP Pro computer which is used to store backup images of our servers and SQL databases. It currently has three 180GB disks striped to give us 510GB storage space (with a 10GB...

Problems with my taskbar
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

When i minimize an open page it does not reflect on my taskbar. Instead it dissapears comletely and the only way to open it is to press ALT+Tab. Please advise.

USB Question
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi All, Is there a facility to lock-down the USB ports native within the XP system or would it have to be a GPO policy type administration. Any thoughts. -- Peter

An Offline Problem - old server setting just won't go away.....
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a weird offline file problem. My home folder used to be on Server X. It is now on server W. Try as I may I can not remove Server X from the selected folders to sync. I have unchecked it -...

DVD drive no longer reads DVD,s
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

My DVD drive suddenly stopped reading DVD disks it does however still have no trouble reading CD,s. i,m running XP pro on an IBM netvista pentium 2.4g Does anone have any idea why this happend ?

finding my ip address
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 5 Comments

dumb question...where do i find my ip address?

Auto Arrange Stopped Working
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 1 Comments

My auto arrange function of documents with a folder has stopped working. All newly created documents are now being placed at the end of the the previously listed documents, non-alphabetically. Help,...

Reset speakers in XP
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have an Audigy 1 card with 4 speakers. After every reboot XP resets the speakers to Stereo 2 speakers. I doesn't matter if I use the XP or Creative utilities to reset the speakers to 4 /4.1 they...

windows serial number - lost!
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 11 Comments

Hello, I'd like to perform a clean install of Home edition, but I've lost the serial number that came with the disc. Anyone knows what to do? cheers.

Random reboots every so often
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 17 Comments

Hello, group. Just upgraded from ME to XP Home on an older Dell 4300, 1.6MHz. Every so often, the PC just shuts off and reboots, usually after the PC has been on for a while. Reboot is unpredictable...

Missing Sys Tray Icons
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 8 Comments

Hi I have been finding that various sys tray icons that should be present are going missing! Sometimes re starting brings them back! As an example the USB remove hardware safely icon has gone...

USB floppy not coming up as A:\ drive?? how do I make it?
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hi, I have a windows XP Pro O/S, 1GB RAM, my computer has only a USB floppy drive, which is coming up as the "B" drive... a lot of programs are looking for an "A" drive.. I had an "A" drive...

Disconnected mapped drive in XP
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 5 Comments

If a customer has several mapped drives, what could cause all except one to connect, with one suddenly disconnected, and how would i fix it? Thanks

Auto shut-down
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hello Everybody, I have WinXP Pro machine. Last night I left my computer running and slept. I woke up after 4 hours only to see my computer turned-off without my consent and any apparent reason. I...

AT command
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 7 Comments

my computer is on a network where I am the remote computer. I do not want this. I have spent money to clean my hardrive. Still I am accessed by someone who at one time set up my computer and had full...

put a password on a folder
Posted on April 7th, 2006 | 3 Comments

hi, does anyone know if it is possible to put a password on a folder. i have my own folder on my computer but some people find it rather exciting to look through my folder, etc. just wondering if...