Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003  Jul 19th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jul 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 147 Home network
I have two computers linked by switch and router. A " technician" has left me with some problems. The plan was for each computer to access the C drive of the other. When opening the C drive on the... |
| Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration May 14th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration May 13th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 308 Shared files will not open
I have two computers Win xp netwoked through a KVM switch. The second computer required re -installation of Windows and now the shared files from the other computer are listed in My Network Places... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Apr 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 534 Re: Replacing motherboard
Computers never stop annoying me, opened up the box and had a good fiddle, pushed and pulled and everything is now working! Just to gild the lily downloaded the latest drivers which incidentally made... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Apr 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 534 Replacing motherboard
Is it possible to replace a motherboard and CPU without losing data? I have Win Xp Pro installed on one of the two hard drives, the other is also defectie. I would like to transfer this hard drive,... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Apr 2nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 290 Flashing screen
I have looked at this hading in the forum but have not seen a similar case. I have a home network and the second computer is always hard to start I usually have to go through the Safe Mode and... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Mar 30th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 158 Audible signals
I have two computers networked and have increased the RAM in the home computer and now when I started the other computer it emitted a loud beep and nothing appeared on the screen. Two questions first... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Mar 28th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Mar 27th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 293 Obsolete software registry entries
Every time I run a registry cleaner I get a number of obsolete software items. "Search" does not show them and Regedit will not allow me to delete the entries. Although they don't seem to be doing... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Mar 16th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 173 Re: Can run but not install
Thank you for that, a friend of mine is complaining that his clock is losing time, is this the battery or some other cause? Can one check the operation of Windows in this area? |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Mar 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 173 Can run but not install
I want to instal Atomic Clock Sync, I had the previous bersion and had no problem. The new vwersion I can run but cannot install. I have tried saving fist but no sign of installation wizard. I have... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 10th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 295 Address book virus?
My address book vanished and I am told there is a bug that can do this. I have tried to recover the deleted file but there is no trace of it. If there is such a virus what is it and how can it be... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Feb 29th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Feb 29th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Feb 29th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 515 Administrator rights in network
I have a xp home PC networked with a xp Pro. I want to set up Spybot on the second computer but am asked for Administrators password. I have no password on my home computer for Administrator and had... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Dec 14th, 2007 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 8,164 Re: external ram?
Am I to understand that the feature of xternal RAM provided by Vista is a waste of time? My whole query was based on the assumption that what was provided in Vista was desirable and therefore wanted... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,215 Re: External RAM
It shows as running in Applications but does not show in Performance ! I am none the wiser. |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,215 Re: External RAM
Can anyone answer my question in number 7? I want to know how to tell if the flash drive memory is working. The usual things still just show my original memory cards. |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 25th, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,215 Re: External RAM
I bought a compatible flash drive and installed it as per the instructions. My computer seems faster but I cannot find anything that positively tells me my RAM has increased. |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 19th, 2007 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 18th, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,215 External RAM
Vista has provision for this but can it be done somehow in XP? |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Aug 19th, 2007 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 236 intermittant boot problem
I have two computers one xppro one xp home in a network. One works perfectly all the time the other does not boot unless I open Safe Mode and then Restart. Usually once is enough for the day it will... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Aug 10th, 2007 |
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| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Aug 8th, 2007 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 599 Event viewer interpretation
I have a problem ( intermittant boot failure ) and looked in the event viewer which was quite useless to me as there are only numbers. Errors were DCOM 10005 and Service Control Manager 7001. I have... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Aug 8th, 2007 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 8,361 Re: Windows Update unable to install updates
I had this problem and to fix it entailed an hour on the phone to Microsoft with a dozen changes to the directory. I followed the instructions slavishly and the problem was fixed. They sent me an... |
