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Display Properties | Appearance (for Wesley Vogel)
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

For Wesley Vogel: You told me how to make Classic Style permanent. It seems to have worked. Many thanks!

Add or Remove Programs never shows list of installed programs
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 2 Comments

A day or so after a BSOD crash, I am no longer able to unintall any programs because the Add or Remove Programs window only shows "Please wait while the list is being populated." Is there a file I...

Blue Screen
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I recently installed a new DVD drive on my computer. I have Win XP and everything worked fine. The next day I get this blue screen that says it has STOPPED all programs from running. So I disabled...

Unable to complete disk check
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 5 Comments

I am a fairly new puter user and routinely do the maintenance things...disk clean,defrag...Today I did and a disk check and a message came up "windows unable to complete the disk check". I am running...

system 32/shell 32.dll
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 14 Comments

To W. Vogel - I have followed your directions and tried to clear this line as you have previously instructed using both methods - [.shelclassinfo localized resource...

Opening any local file takes more then 40 sec,stops when disconnec
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

In Windows XP Professional Edition: Opening any local file takes more then 40 sec to open.But as soon as i disconnect from the network ,the local files open in 1 sec. This happens occasionaly. Have...

Sluggish Windows Explorer
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 11 Comments

Hello there, hope you can help me. I can't get my pc to wake up when I'm in WinEx. It's very sluggish and even freezes. Every other application works fine but WinEx. I've run three different...

task wont perform when scheduled.
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Ok so I have had my dell I9300 for about a month with windows XP SP2, I scheduled tasks to be run at various times (Spybot S&D,WIndows Defender,AD Aware,Dfrag,DskCleanup, etc) and left them to their...

Input for reformatting hard drive #2
Posted on March 17th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Drive #2 labelled F has developed 'bad blocks' several chkdsk scans produce many files so I believe the Event and System log reports even though the name listed didn't exactly match the name of the...

Can damaged program files be deleted?
Posted on March 16th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Although I consider myself an intermediate PC user, I am more of a novice when it comes to settings and configurations. Today after accessing Tools/Internet Options/Settings/View Objects, I noticed...

Connection settings problem
Posted on March 16th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Normally my BT Yahoo browser opens with my personal home page with no problems, but several times lately I have had a failure notice " Cannot find server ". When I open Internet Options/connections...

cant delete file
Posted on March 16th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I deleted most of a reader file from XP HE but am left with one file on my desktop when i try to delete it i get a message saying Error Deleting File or Folder cannot delete AcroIEHelper.cx: access...

No C drive
Posted on March 16th, 2006 | 3 Comments

OK I know how to prevent this problem in the future, but I need to find a way to fix what is there. I upgraded a 2K machine by installing a second hard drive (D), installing a NEW copy of XP Pro on...

USB Memory Key
Posted on March 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I use a 64MB Memory Key to back up files from MS XP. It has worked OK for a year. Today when I attempted to open the Mem. Key, the , the MY Computer screen went blank. No way I can access the Mem....

Automated Installation of WinXP and software
Posted on March 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hello I would like to ask a question about how to automatically install winXP and if it's possible (if I install winXP manually) then to install the software I need automatically. I have 3 lab...

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Del = Lock Computer/Unlock HANGS!
Posted on March 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

My workstation is doing the exact same thing. Does anyone out there have a suggestion?:what -- stpso440 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via...

Windows XP spontaneous crashing
Posted on March 15th, 2006 | 9 Comments

I have hit a wall and nothing seems to be helping. Everyone seems to have reboot problems and blue screens and all that fun stuff but I dont. My computer chooses to simply turn off after its been...

Gets worse and worse
Posted on March 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Ok so I have had my dell I9300 for about a month with windows XP SP2, I scheduled tasks to be run at various times (Spybot S&D,WIndows Defender,AD Aware,Dfrag,DskCleanup, etc) and left them to their...

restore point
Posted on March 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

am rtying to restore to a previous date but it keeps coming up, that it cant be completed, i have tried different dates but it is the same for all of them, any ideas please cheers

"Loss of Encryption" bug me message
Posted on March 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I run WIN XP Pro with my data directory encrypted. Is there any way to avoid the "bug me" message that a file will lose its encryption when I drag it from my hard drive to a flash drive as a...