My laptop loads up just fine up until the welcome screen, then it hangs for a few minutes, at least 2 minutes, then my wallpaper appears without any icons or task bar. 2 minutes later the icons...

Do you still have Word installed on the computer? If so, you can retrieve the product key using Belarc Advisor. Go to the following website and download the free Belarc Advisor. Go to the file and...

Go to the website of the hard drive manufacturer and get their hard drive diagnostics. If the hard drive is OK: 1. How to use the Automatic Recovery feature to recover your computer if the Windows...

I turned off the real time virus and background scanning. Everything seemed ok the first time until later I tried opening up the my documents video directory. IT hung again. I tried defragging and...

Double click outside the inner area where tasks and status are shown . Example : Double click the area where the End Process button is. -- Ayush For any query, search -...

You're welcome. Let us know if you need anything else. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "joar" <joarster@gmail.com> wrote in message...

In news:1B1DB7D2-336A-43AF-8AF7-826442EB2E46@microsoft.com, mojojojo had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: Group Policy... Push down to the user group the admin...

Check with your ISP for the proper configuration settings. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Tony" <Tony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message...

thankyou for your assistance, my laptop stopped working completely so i had it restored to factory settings. Evidently what started the whole process was the installation of the windows xp home to xp...

Read that article carefully. You cannot be logged on to either one of the user accounts that you are copying files and settings between. You need to create a third user account, with administrator...

When I try to access Scheduler services I get a message telling me I do not have access rights to the schedule service ?? What gives?? -- Unicorn

Call or email Microsoft, Ireland to on the availability of the SP2 CD. Microsoft Ireland: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/contact/ -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Hi, I have a website, and I have a problem when clicking on a link to download information. The link is created so that when you click on it, you are given the standard Windows File Download dialog...

Incoming pop.iprimus.com.au Outgoing smtp.iprimus.com.au I found this on this site, there is a Auto-Configure Utility , use...

Go to the following website, scroll down to Line 129, left side. Click the link "Restore Folder Options Under Tools" to download the file. Double click the downloaded file to fix the problem. ...

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:05:01 -0700, Debby wrote: And that's where the crux of the problem lies - not all dialog boxes are controlled by the operating system. Also, have you tried the global font...

Allen, I remember the HTAStop utility which renames notepad.exe to mshta.exe (backs up the existing copy anyway). http://www.nsclean.com/htastop.html You may give this URL a go. User Accounts...

Hi Gloria I can tell you that the bluetooth USB dongle that I have at home made by IVT is very buggy, I have had many problems with it blue screening my computer etc., my best advice would be to...

Hi Rick Might be worth checking that your modem is still responding, go to start, control panel and choose phone and modem options, click on the second tab labelled modem and highlight your modem...

Hi, Following your suggestions, I checked as follows: 1) Two different mechanical keyboards on two different Win XP installations work ok. Also swapped the mechanical keyboards between the systems....