I just had to Call MS to re-activate XP-Pro and Office 2003 (yet another self-induced crash!). I have never had to wait longer than a few minutes, as it seems they have moved most of their phone...

Would an adaptor cable such as this work for you?
http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=122+2420

I found this great little piece of freeware at:

http://www.jiisoft.com/

It is the IE New Window Maximizer and it sits silently in the sysytem tray and automatically maximizes any windows in IE.

I had this problem with a couple monitors (CRT). My problem turned out to be a loose power plug in the rear of the monitors. I replaced the power cords, but no change. Apparently, the male plug in...

Every time I try to access My Pictures from Windows Explorer, I get the alert
"To help to protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked access... blah, blah, blah..."

I have turned off...

I think Scott was referring to the red boxes as picture placeholders that show up. I have the same problem.

Hi, For some reason, I cannot tell the screensaver (any of them) to require a password.

Am running SP2 on a MediaCenter PC. Cannot say for sure when this started. I know it was just within the...

That's the info I needed, thanks. Too cheap to purchase any more memory just now, so I need to use extra sparingly. I think I'm gonna take some stuff out of the tray icon section (far right) and...

I had to reload my HP desktop. I kept geting the 'add new hardware' idiot icon every boot. I went to the device manager to see what was flagged as not working. Those I simply uninstalled, and...

I had a Toshiba laptop that was prone to do something similar. the oliest way I could get running was to physically remove the battery and unplug from the wall. I let it set or a minute or so, and...

I would recommend running SpyBot:
http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html

and AdAware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Any critters that have tried to find a home deep in my files...

I posed a similar question a while back and got no definitive response. Partition Magic will do just about all is asked of it, I have used it extensively, perhaps too much, but have had no problems...

I like having several utilities and applications readily available. Does the Quick Lauch toolbar eat up more memory than the tray icons?

Iused to install my applications on the second partition or second drive. I thought I would save time after a system crash...just re-install Windows, and I would be good to go. I have found that...

From the specs, it would appear that this unit has S-video and composite video ports. That is why I am asking comments, I have been unable to get a good line on this thing. Thanks for response.....

I am looking to convert my old VHS library (Home movies and taped off-air tv shows) to dvd. Is there anything available (software and/or hardware) that would make this painless and preferrably...

I agreed that there is definitely some mileage left on your system..

I know from experience trying to keep up with the latest and the baddest can really cause headaches. Now, I seem to have my...

I have added both Western Digital and Maxtor drives to my HP. Both mfg's included software to copy info from old to new drive. Worked great for me to maintain a BU system drive. I don't pirate,...

How's about something like "Attribute Changer" http://www.petges.com/

Might do it for ya.

Thaks muchly. I'll rip into these computers and try to get the info I need. thaks again...

I am considering moving my hardware to another case. I have a Compaq and a HP desktop. Are the instructions provided with new cases sufficient for an inexperienced person too safely relocate the...