I get an error that says 0x800A01AD. I went to the update for Microsoft and it says I have to go to run and type in regedit and click on permission. I did all step by step. Then I did a serch in...

Hi Nat, See if this helps: Right-click an empty area on the Desktop, and choose Properties. Change the Theme to Windows Classic and press OK. Repeat the same and change to Windows XP Theme. If...

Hi Paul, You don't reinstall it. Open Registry Editor and navigate to this key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f7-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} Right-click and choose Export. Save the branch to a...

Hi! When I right click, the drop down menu is missing,can somebody help me?? Thanks a lot.

If it is a feature of Office 2003 and not Office XP, you can't. Check with the Office newsgroups for options: http://aumha.org/nntp.htm -- Jupiter Jones http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "David"...

Thank you Larry, I agree with your suggestions. The PC belongs to my son's family. Some-one deleted Norton Anti-Virus. So the scan has to wait, till I get back into the internet. However I found...

Look very closely. Many characters look alike, O-0, G-6, B-8 and others. Have someone lest try, sometimes another set of eyes and fingers can get it correctly. Are you using the CD that came with...

Is there anything else in that error message besides the error code? BIOS updates generally are not done from the operating system. The motherboard vendor or whoever is providing the update usually...

If you see the files but can't access them, it is no a password issue, it is a file ownership issue. Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How you resolve it depends...

The number is here: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resources/vol/numbers.mspx -- Jupiter Jones http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "WTC" <WTC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in...

You might try asking that on a Linux newsgroup. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ smallwave wrote:

The way to turn this feature off has already been explained in this thread but be advised: You should always first save attachments and scan for viruses before opening. Most viruses are received...

If you wish to remove SP2, if you elected to save your previous setup, it should appear in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel as "Windows XP SP 2." -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows...

If one of the Admin accounts is named "Administrator," that's the hidden system admin account and usually doesn't appear on the welcome screen. Application installation is a different issue from...

Try the System File Checker as follows: Go to Start, type sfc /scannow in the run box and press enter. Note, there is a space between sfc and the forward slash. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows...

Try a Repair Install as follows: NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if something goes wrong during the repair install, you may be forced to start over and do a clean...

A surge protector is only modest protection at best. A user really needs a UPS for proper protection against power related issues. First, be sure there are no floppy disks in the floppy drive. If...

Try a Repair Install as follows: NOTE, while a repair install should leave your data files intact, if something goes wrong during the repair install, you may be forced to start over and do a clean...

Try the following: Start/Run Type "oobe/msoobe /a" ENTER Follow the prompts Or Reboot to Safe Mode: Reboot tapping F8 each second. Select Safe Mode at the menu Start/Run

I assume you are talking about the Outlook component of MS Office Suite and not Outlook Express. Open Control Panel, open Internet Options, go to the Programs tab and be sure Micorosft Outlook is...