Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge  Oct 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 266 Juno and Nod32
Just a quick note to those who may be called on to give support to family/friends on Juno.
I was called in after a friend spent over 2 hours on phone with Juno because though email would connect,... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jul 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 725 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jul 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 739 Re: dell screen not loading............
Have you tried to boot to safe mode? You do that by gently depressing the F8 key when booting. If you can get into this, my bet would be on an issue with the Norton.
If you have access to another... |
| Forum: Windows Software Jul 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 457 Re: Annoying outlook problem, please help.
Which version of Windows? Which version of OE? Which version of IE? Is she missing any of the scripting updates from MS?
I had a client with this problem and we found his anti-virus had deleted the... |
| Forum: Windows Software Jul 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 578 |
| Forum: Windows Software Jul 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 578 Re: Software compatibility issues with Win98
I don't know about the specific software you are referring to, though I vaguely remember hearing about sonething like that. Do you have a server on the LAN that can install the drivers in its queue?... |
| Forum: Windows Software Jul 14th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 1,339 |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 988 Re: Compiled HTML Help Files
You may have .chm files compiled in an older compiler. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6EBCFAD9-D3F5-4365-8070-334CD175D4BB&displaylang=en contains a download to run for... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 210 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 394 Re: toshiba satellite password HELP!
Many users forget to put an Admin password on XP. If you boot into safe mode you can access the Admin login -- there you can change/remove any "user" passwords.
While you are at it -- ADD an ADMIN... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 6,328 Re: windows 2000 pro has it got a restore point???
If you repair 2000, and I agree with Darren about its ease of use, you might consider incorporating ERUNT (http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/) and a good driver backup app. ERUNT lets... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 524 Re: can't detect pendrive in vista
Which version of Vista? (i.e. Is this Home Basic or higher one with BitLocker/)
Which pendrive? (ie. Is it one with U3 software?)
Do other USB devices work? |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 637 Re: VISTA registry
This is an excellent question.
What I've been told by others is that this is part of the Vista security. The question does not mean you cannot copy, it just asks if you want to (it presumes if you... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 1,339 Re: Installing Old Version of Office Professional
MS isn't big on allowing (much) old versions of their products to work on newer OS's. I've read of a couple running Office 2002 Word but having trouble with VBA and Excel/Access functions.
The... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 988 Re: Compiled HTML Help Files
There have been intermittent issues with CHM on vista. The most common:
1) You may not have a real CHM file, it may be HLP (WinHelp) file rename (HLP is not supported on VISTA). If you have another... |
| Forum: Peripherals Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 796 Re: HP AIO and Slide scanner on same PC
This is an interesting academic challenge, but the gent remembered an old laptop in the closet. This scanner has drivers for it, so we are going to hook that up for scanning to avoid the problem. |
| Forum: Peripherals Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,553 Re: USB Flash Drive not being detected
I've noticed this problem with some machines that have run an optimization utility to turn off autoplay on CD/DVD drives (USB sticks are sometimes initially read as CD drives). Turning autoplay back... |
| Forum: Peripherals Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 796 Re: HP AIO and Slide scanner on same PC
I've been reminded that USBScan.sys in windows only supports one instance of a USB scanner on a machine at a time.
The user for this machine is not very saavy, so enabling/disabling services, etc.... |
| Forum: Peripherals Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 796  HP AIO and Slide scanner on same PC
Does anyone have any experience installing the Cyberview X-SF (slide) scanner, model PrimeFilm3650U on an XP machine (the one in question is XPHome) that also uses an HP AIO (PSC1350) printer?... |
| Forum: Peripherals Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 48,501 Re: Parallel to USB adapter needed
If it wants an LPT port, can you "capture" one and direct it to a networked printer? There are now a number of print servers to share devices over ethernet (we just got one from TrendNet that will... |
| Forum: Peripherals Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 3,323 |
| Forum: Website Reviews Sep 5th, 2007 |
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| Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration Sep 5th, 2007 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,368 Re: Trouble Networking with Dlink Router (DSL)
On your D-Link625 -- I'm also using Earthlink ADSL. Had to setup their modem in bridge mode, then configure router to handle DHCP, etc and pass the Earthlink login. (They've got instructions on their... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Sep 5th, 2007 |
| Replies: 24 Views: 1,608 Re: my thread not answered since jan 7th 2006!
I don't have a fix, but maybe it will jog a memory for someone out there ...
I know a guy with a Gateway -- came installed with XP Pro ... SPs have been applied as they came out. It does the same... |
| Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Sep 5th, 2007 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 4,759 |
| Forum: Windows Software Sep 2nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 51 Views: 23,021 Re: Great Freewares
To each their own. I use it for some circumstances. JV16 is still one of the best (and the last freeware version still works on XP). Regseeker looks like another good option --- some of this is in... |
| Forum: Windows Software Sep 2nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 51 Views: 23,021 Re: Great Freewares
I am confident using it because I have not found any problems with commercial apps.
I have, however, found problems with a few custom apps put together for some SMB groups. Most of these have to do... |
| Forum: Windows Software Sep 1st, 2007 |
| Replies: 51 Views: 23,021  Re: Great Freewares
I agree CCleaner is great! Caution, though, if you give this to a newbie, only let them run the cleaner (not the other utilities) and only after you've analyzed to ensure they have nothing that could... |
