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retrieve "my network places" to desktop
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Assuming you have a network installed, install TweakUI and toggle the icon back on. "SJ" <npeasy@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:81bdc69b.0403061113.249bc916@posting.google.com...

Adobe Acrobat 6 installation problem
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I have Office 2003 pro installed on a machine running W2K pro. I have tried to install Adobe Acrobat 6.0 pro and the install seems to finish ok. However, if I then open MS Word, it comes with a...

Restoring a backup of a backup
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Scandisk runs with no problems. Defrag was not necessary according to the Analysis screen so I didn't run it. Windows Explorer shows about 21GB free on the drive where I keep my backups. I have two...

No USB on W2k when stepping back from XP
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 3 Comments

bob shiply wrote: He didn't void the warranty. They'll still support the hardware, which means that they'd have him run a DOS based diagnostics program. And, if he were to reinstall WinXP they'll...

IIS will not work after rebooting
Posted on March 7th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hope someone can help me: I had a professional computer hardware person put Windows 2000 on an old computer for which I replaced the motherboard. Everything was running fine, but I also wanted to...

regedit and task manager closing unexpectedly
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Greetings -- The type of behavior you describe, which also often applies to Taskmgr.exe and MSConfig.exe (for WinXP), is typical behavior of more than one virus/worm, the three below being the most...

startup soo slow, even after using msconfig
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

i used msconfig to remove any useless applications on startup, and still, when i start up my pc, it takes a good 4 minutes to get going. for most of the time , the processor is up at 80% to 90 % use....

Network drive without the network
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 3 Comments

- If you're on a domain: Ask your network administrator. - If you're on a stand-alone machine: Create a batch file under any name in "c:\documents and settings\all users\ start...

Offline files
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Hi, maybe you can just create an DNS alias with serverA name that point to serverB? <sbellamy@eircom.net> wrote in message news:81ed01c403b5$e8db8140$a301280a@phx.gbl...

NO JOKE! MAKE $$$$$$$ Please read me!
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

MAKE MONEY!!!MAKE MONEY!!! MAKE THOUSANDS!!! I found this on a bulletin board and decided to try it: I don't care about the useless pre-fabricated crap this message usually says. All I say is, it...

spoolsv.exe accessing the Internet
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I have just finished recovering from a major computer disaster. After everything is finished, I find that a file called "spoolsv.exe" is attempting to access the internet. Upon investigating, I...

Mass reboot
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I'm pretty sure it's included with XP now. Type shutdown /? from a command prompt. Steve wrote:

Rebooting
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 2 Comments

You may have loosened a cable or two while in surgery. JOJO wrote:

Explorer crashing when selecting mpeg
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Got a weird problem, I have a mpeg file that I wanted to move but as soon as I click on it I get a program error saying explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. In the Dr...

Installing upgrades
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hell When I`m installing upgrades such as explorer sevice pack 1, i have to be in install mode. How do i do that? Some say when I got to the upgrade page from add/remove programs I`m automatically in...

Windows 2000 pro PC keeps restarting at splash screen
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I have a Windows 2000 pro PC that keeps restarting as soon as it gets to the splash screen. I can hit F8 but it still restarts when going into safemode as well. It is formatted NTFS. I have tried to...

"please select operating system to start"
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 3 Comments

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message news:104k06uf0cldi8d@corp.supernews.com... With those instructions, be certain sure that you make a backup copy of boot.ini and have...

How to switch monitor to standby by dragging mouse into a screen corner ?
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Kai Tebbe wrote: Not that I know of. What you can do though is make a shortcut to the relevant .scr file (probably in Windows\system32). R-drag it to the desktop, create shortcut. Now right...

Designating new drive as (C) boot drive
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 3 Comments

In the BIOS you could try changing which drive is the active partition. This theoretically tell the computer which hard drive to boot from. I do not know if Win2k will like this or not. Another...

Explorer.exe error in win 2000 prof
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 1 Comments

maybe the worst. reformat and reinstall......... a bug created by internet explorer update conflicts on some machines. time to save all data in backup.