Thank you all fixed now.

I am using XP and System Restore is enabled. I will try your suggestions.

Sorry Senior moment, does Internet Exploreer make more sense?

Is there something intrinsically wrong with OE 8? Ever since installing it I have had trouble. Half the time it wont load the Home page although I can get it via Favourites. Frequently I get the Send...

Recently for the first time two or three of the programs listed for startup are not doing so, namely gadwin Printscreen and Scottie. A restart brought them back with the icon showing at the bottom...

XP home and Xpro, the Alow network..... is already selected..

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...

I have set all the pemissions but they are a tifle confusing.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Thank you very much, I gave myself permission and then deleted the items, they have disappeared from my Reg Edit scan.

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...

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?

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...

Sorry, I am using XP Home and Outlook Express
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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...

The second computer has xp Pro.

Thank you that is what I wanted to know. Now I have the little problem of why the Administration password wont work on comuter 2!

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...

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...

It shows as running in Applications but does not show in Performance ! I am none the wiser.

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.

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.

Thanks but what is a "ready boost compatible flash drive"?

Vista has provision for this but can it be done somehow in XP?

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...

I have no personal messages showing.

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...

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...