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E mail problem
Posted on August 1st, 2005 | 3 Comments

Good to hear that! -- Mike Pawlak Brian Bullock wrote:

windows password recovery...PLEASE HELP!
Posted on August 1st, 2005 | 4 Comments

Have you asked the parents? That seems like the place to start. Also: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm -- Jupiter Jones http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org

DirectX won't install
Posted on July 31st, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, The DirectX SDK is different from the Direct X runtime. Installing the SDK will not give you the direct x functionality. you will have to download it seperately from this...

XP Desktop "Security Tab" missing
Posted on July 31st, 2005 | 0 Comments

When I log on or try to access the XP Home Desktop , I get "Access Denied" messages. When I attempted to gain access via the Security Tab for Desktop (in Safe Mode) there isn't one! How can I regain...

sgtray.exe
Posted on July 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

SGtray is the System Guard Tray Icon. It is part of an update manager and is used by at least Veritas and Sonic. My suggestion would be too use Start --> run --> msconfig. Look in startup and see if...

ERROR 720
Posted on July 30th, 2005 | 5 Comments

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:56:01 -0700, JACOB wrote: ""Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings" error while accessing Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack...

"FAVORITES" is no longer a pull down...
Posted on July 30th, 2005 | 0 Comments

....my favorites are no longer a pull down menu but when activated, becomes a box on the side of my explorer window. I prefer the pull down. Can someone explain how to get that feature back,...

Control Panel Problem
Posted on July 30th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Byte, Thanks for all your help, I do not think I need to re install windows, as it boots up OK, and works like it should. The problem comes in when I try to execute a program. I still get "This...

Standby Issue
Posted on July 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:57:02 -0700, Snip wrote: Those particular files and folders are present in every XP installation even without Front Page installed. No idea why they are there. They just are...

cold mouse
Posted on July 30th, 2005 | 4 Comments

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:51:06 +0100, john marsden wrote: No problem, John. Sometimes USB connected mice need adjustments in their power management settings. However, that isn't the case here since...

16 Bit Subsystem - Per Profile?
Posted on July 29th, 2005 | 4 Comments

"Charlie" <Charlie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: It is unusual for a virus infestation to affect only a single user on a machine. Is that computer rebooted when the user is switched, or do...

safe mode allowing everyone to access administrator rights
Posted on July 29th, 2005 | 2 Comments

"MAP" wrote:

Merged Partitions - Now can't access files!!
Posted on July 29th, 2005 | 5 Comments

ones!! :-) settings where I ticked the box for "Inherit from Parent..." in the advanced section.

ADSL and Networking problems
Posted on July 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I run a network with a 2003 server and 10 work stations. One of the workstations is the email server. The adsl default Ip address is 10.0.0.2. I change the network Ip addresses to run from 10.0.0.100...

SP2 - some phones cannot send files to PC
Posted on July 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have SP2 and dongle BlueTake. When I send file from Samsung or Siemens phones to PC via Bluetooth - everythig is OK, but from Sony Ericsson or Motorola - I have trouble. Phone says "connection...

start up /programs
Posted on July 28th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I believe I have a very similar problem. There are many days when i sign on and am using office and will go to Word where the cursor is stuck as an hourglass and will not change. Try to end the...

Why can't I set dvorak keyboard layout?
Posted on July 28th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Sorry, I figured it out. I had to remove the regular keyboard layout from the list of available back in the control panel. When I rebooted and logged back in, the system used the old qwerty...

access denied
Posted on July 28th, 2005 | 2 Comments

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I thought I'd lost all of it. Recovered it and reassigned it to myself. Thanks for your quick help! Lowell "Byte" wrote:

Window Media Player
Posted on July 28th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Copy and paste the music files to your harddrive using Windows Explorer, probably to the My Music directory. Use WMP (Windows Media Player) to play the files and create libraries. If you do not...

Sharing modem internet connection on LAN
Posted on July 28th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hello Jon and thanks for your answer, If ICS is what I think it is, i e the connection wizard, then, when running it, it wants to give the computer which connects to the Internet the IP address...