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Problem with Recycling bin
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

My desktop icon for my recycling shows trash in my recycling, but when I attempt to empty it, I constantly gets the message "cannot delete: the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is...

MS backup question
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

"rach" <jsdbkfsjdb@sldknf.net> wrote in message news:1YM2c.69266$vn.202778@sea-read.news.verio.net... Comrades, One of the more commonly recurring topics here on this newsgroups is directly or...

Monitor
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Check your display adapter settings. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP Microsoft Certified Professional http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Perl vs. W2000
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Grumpy Aero Guy <fbachman@beer_me.com> wrote: Okay, I think what you mean here is that you set the current directory (default doesn't fit in this context) with something like: C:> CD \test There...

Win2K startup issue-goes to Blue (non BSOD) after loading windows splash screen
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 3 Comments

FYI...Turns out this was the Netsky-D virus...not sure why this behaviour occurred however.

Administrator password
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 3 Comments

bmerz4@comcast.net wrote: Hi http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password -- torgeir

Windows 2000 removal
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

You can delete the windows directory for the second install (possibly \winnt2) Control Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery, choose the correct System Startup option as default, then you'll...

hang during boot
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Interesting, Rach. I hope someone can help us. I forgot to mention that mine doesn't shutdown. You can select 'shutdown' or 'restart' and both of them yield a 'restart'. I wonder if that tyes...

Temporary Internet Files
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

nav1a <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Those files are created by Outlook Express. It should clean them up, but doesn't. I don't know of any way to stop therir creation. You can...

deleting Content.IE5 files
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 14 Comments

I'm on a dial up, and there is NO WAY I want to clean out the TIF, except as a occasional housekeeping routine (like every few months - where I deltree the whole damn thing in DOS). As I said, it...

W2KPro loads but no icons/taskbar show.
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Sonicwall with extremely up-to-date McAfee definitions, so I don't think viruses are the issue. I made it run Scandisk, and is says that Windows has modified the file table (the HDD is FAT because we...

WFP (SFC) keeps detecting a bad signature in msdxm.ocx
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

It seems that whenever I get around to running SFC, it complains about MSDXM.OCX having a bad signature and restores it from CD not once but twice - first with v6.4.9.1128 and then again with...

Messenger Service
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Greetings -- I realize that you're trying to help, and that such an intent is commendable, but please don't post potentially harmful advice. Disabling the messenger service, you advised, is a...

shortcut pause
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

whenever i right click on a shortcut, i get about a 2-3 second delay before the options box pops up. This only happens with shortcuts, not any other type of file. I checked my cpu usage but there...

cisvc.exe
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Stop the Microsoft Indexing Service or remove it. Dave "Jan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:86f201c4048a$558d5460$a301280a@phx.gbl... | The program CISVC.EXE is...

Add/Remove programs broken (Mshta.exe)
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

David Stokes wrote: try Start Run type regsvr32 appwiz.cpl

C:\windows directory and c:\D&S\User\Windows directory
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

"Bill Peele " <bpeele@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:42ODLEvAEHA.2300@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...

error in system log
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

This may help. http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=7009&eventno=655 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP Microsoft Certified Professional...

Command line assistance please
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

rename *.abc *.def -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP Microsoft Certified Professional http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Error 2506: IRPStackSize
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

This article describes a procedure to restore the server service to auto-tuning status. It includes deleting, among others, the "IRPStackSize" value. Which is what I usually do in this case. Server...