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Accidental System Restore
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I accidentally used System Restore, not knowing I would lose ALL of my data, anyway to reverse it?

Re: Safe to deleted files in C:\Windows\Installer???
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

'Carey Frisch [MVP Wrote: Looking at the Windows cleanup utility description, it seems to say it will completely uninstall selected programs and remove all related files. The real question is: a)...

Administrator Rights - Install Problems - Lost in Searching for He
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

My administrator rights have dissapeared. I Never set up my computer for Users but I did not have any problems until recently. Now I can not use msconfig or change anything on my computer. I always...

Re: System Info; Msinfo32.exe; XP Sp 2
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hey there, I'm having the same trouble as englishman did last year. I followed wesley's instructions on finding the "index.dat" file & mine is there. Yet, I'm still having trouble viewing my system...

startup problem
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

When the system is booting a blue screen appears saying windows cannot start and giving the following error code: 0xFFFFFFE8, 0x0000000z,0x00000001, 0x80409044 Can anyone tell me what this error...

Failure of Defrag
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Late last night I started a defrag of the 160Gb hard drive on my primary computer. This morning the computer was still on, but totally unresponsive. Nothing I tried would kick it into operation. ...

using microsoft synctoy 1.2 backup
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

It seems that synctoy does not support UNICODE file name (In my case written in hebrew) because I repeatdly get error: "Exception during preview: Value was either too large or too small for...

verclsid.exe make me suck
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hello, this is my first time to post here. As we know, recently MS published KB908531 as a solution to MS06-015. One of the new things included in 908531 is verclsid.exe. However, when I...

Security update problem
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

After automatic "security update" on 4/12/06, I am experiencing problems with MS Excel. Trying to "save as" results in application hang, and error report to MS.

How do you backup automatic updates post SP2
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Is there a way you can backup windows updates that have been downloaded post SP2. I am currently using Windows XP home edition. Thanks,

disk defragmenter
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

when i try to run disk defragmenter, I get a messages saying that windows needs to search the webb to find what file created it. I have no idea what to do. Please help. I run windows xp with service...

Multiple IE windows
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Suddenly, when I click on a link to a email address or another site, it slows down and then I have a box in my lower tray that says I have 56 Internet Explorer windows open - and I do! I have to...

Possible to uninstall IE7?
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Is it possible to revert back to IE6 from installing IE7 since it is causing alot of PC problems

restore to factory setting
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I am selling my computer to a friend since we got a new one. I do not want to give her my bugs, I want to make a complete system restore back to day one. I used my computer for school and had to...

is this legitimate Email?
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 10 Comments

-----IS THIS LEGITIMATE EMAIL FROM MICROSOFT? BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ******************************************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor...

2 boxes on my desktop
Posted on April 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

i have 2 boxes on my desktop that will not close. i have uninstalled the program to which they belong and restarted my computer thinking they would go away. they are still there. what do i do to...

Boot problem Need Help
Posted on April 17th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Ok suddenly 2 weeks ago i turn on my computer running win xp pro it boots then stops at black screen with system info and says press del to continue and you have to press del to continue booting the...

Saving files
Posted on April 17th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have recently run into a problem with trying to save documents and other files to places other than my computer. When I try to save something to an external flash drive, the program becomes...

"C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs" folder
Posted on April 17th, 2006 | 4 Comments

hello everyone, i'm trying to clear up some disk space on my computer and noticed that the "C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs" folder contains over 300 mb of data. can i safely clear out this folder without...

Secondary IDE controller problem
Posted on April 17th, 2006 | 3 Comments

i have a Dell Optiplex GX110 Desktop and i am using Windows XP with 2 hard drives and 2 CD drives when i put both hard drives on the primary IDE the computer cannot find either of them but when i put...