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What would be the command in the XP cmd.exe to connect and access a smb shared directory from another XP box? Thank you.

When I clikc on any excel file in My Documents, open Excel (Office 2003) without choosed file (grey background). After thet I must open file with File/Open and choose file. I has looked in Options but I can't find what is not good. Thanks...

Does anyone know of any plug-ins/add-ons or a way to do sub-tasks in Outlook 2007? I work on a lot of projects at work and need some way to keep them grouped together. For example: Project 1 -Task1 -Task2 -Task3 Project2 -Task1 -Task2 -Task3 Any help would be much appreciated. …

I've been trying to change some of my settings in Media Player but when i click Tools then Options, the only option that shows up is Burn. I am unable to see the Security, Devices, Network, etc options, which is leaving me unable to change any settings. can anyone help …

Everytime I log in windows 2000 server and XP it always display "Can't find explorasi.exe". Please help me to solve this. And also my Folder Options in Tools are missing. thank you

Hi folks, been away for a while due to illness and computer upgrade. I recently upgraded my machine and put in a new MB and CPU and Graphics card. Everything else was from the old machine. I've even upgraded Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro Media Centre Edition. (I …

I just installed Windows XP and i have been getting this problem. I have a fresh install of windows XP. I have checked for spyware and viruses just incase. I have checked my running processes and there are no unusual processes running. I have a good computer. Intel Core Duo …

I am trying to install Windows XP Pro, on a new PC. I know the disc works because I just tested it on another PC. Anyway - what happens, is that it gets through the first part fine. I create a new partition (entire size of drive) and format NTFS …

Is there a way to integrate IE7 and still stay legal with the ability to update further?

When working in the calender view in Outlook 2003, I frequently put the cursor at the top of a day (in the ALL DAY area) and just start typing to create an all day event. These events have the default 15 minute reminder enabled and I don't want that... but …

I was running windows xp pro and the computer would just reboot itself for no reason. Then i wiped out the hard drive and I am trying to reinstall pro, and as soon as I get to the part when it says "to install windows press enter", and i do, …

I attempted to delete several large Video AVI files; about 10 gigabites each; message too large to send to recycle bin; ? delete; I hit"yes"; However they are not deleted,they still exist "somewhere" and I cannot access them to delete them; How do I know ; I ran two defrag …

I'm getting an issue where sometimes it looks like the server is getting confused and the internet doesn't work unless I disable the internal network card, then the internet on the server works straight away, it looks like when the internal network card is enabled the server doesn't know whether …

i am frequent user of autocad2008, 3ds max 8, phtoshopcs2 9.0. but, i my computer don't allow me to run these applicatons smoothly. my system configuration is Pentium 4, 3.06 Ghz, Intel 915GV chipset, 80Gb harddisk, 512Mb ram. Now a days my system always shows high cpu usage (>50%). what …

So someone tell me if this is illegal or not before I get myself in trouble. I have a little bit older computer that had it's operating system taken out of it or something like that. It used to have Windows XP on it. I have a newer laptop that …

I often get this warning message while working and the program inevitably terminates: "The instruction at "0x10005f6c" referenced memory at "0x10005f6c" .The memory could not be "read" . Click ok to terminate the program." i have no clue of what this could mean but its slowly irritating me since i …

I have Vista premium installed on old mobo and a Pentium 4 3.0; I have aquired a new Asus mobo and Pentium D 2.8; Can I just move HDD with Vista installed, old graphics adapter, memory and modem to the new mobo without problems? will Microsoft object? will I have …

When working with a spreadsheet in excel recently, I looked at the idea of inserting a macro. As far as I know I did not insert one but every time I view this spreadsheet now I have a question about disable macros flashed on screen before the spreadsheet opens. I …

i ve been noticing that my system after a while goes to "system idle"(alt+ctrl+del and u see "system idle process" on the bottom) and this usually takes up a lot of cpu -practically all of it and often crashes the whole system..this has happened to me often when working on …

my boyfriend gave me a jused hp laptop and said that i must remove vista to juse it. i removed it and some the ram on the laptop is missing before i removed vista tere was 2gb ram and no there are only 340mb left of the ram, what can …

I run Windows 2000 Pro SP4 on one of my machines. When working with a spreadsheet in excel recently, I looked at the idea of inserting a macro. As far as I know I did not insert one but every time I view this spreadsheet now I have a question …

I have a bubble in my tray that has shown up recently. I found a post dated July 23,2007 by overwhelmed. The problem appears to be the same. Should I just follow that solution or should I add my HijackThis data on this post and start from here?

I am running XP Pro on both my Desktop and Laptop computers. Both have issues when using hibernation at times. The desktop will sometimes refuse to go into hibernation and show as error of not enough resources, I have 2.5GB RAM on that machine and 45 GB free on the …

I upgraded my operating system from Win 98 to 2000, but I could never use it because it asked for a password that I didn't know (and the person who did the upgrade for me didn't remember it!!!!) So, finally, I reinstalled Windows 2000, thinking I would loose everything. But …

hi i need a free video splitter for my assignment it doesnt hav to be good just free and can cut the end of a .mov clip or mp4 clip thx

My DVD R/W drive reads empty CDs and DVDs as zero free space but will burn them and then show the used space correctly. I have uninstalled/reinstalled Nero 7, no change. Obviously, this doesn't stop me using the drive but I'm puzzled as to why this is happening as it …

None of my USB ports are being read. Device maneger says all USb hubs are working properly. I can print or upload my music into my mp3. Can anyone help

Hi, I have a laptop with windowsw XP on it. Does my license for windows XP extend to other computers? I want to build a PC with windows on it, but if possible I dont want to have to buy another copy of windows. Is it possible to use the …

Problem: Setting up a new PC. Installed MS Office and other general purpose applications, including ZoneAlarm firewall and Norton SystemWorks/AntiVirus etc. All went well. I downloaded latest software updates from Microsoft. Several worked OK, then it asked me to download and install about a dozen updates in one hit. The …

i downloaded a mouse mover program and i thought it would move the mouse where i wanted it to go but it moves it randomly. Very annoying. i tried deleting it but it said it was in use and could not be deleted. i tried changing it from read only …

When I us Outlook 2003 and start typing a NEW email, the TO bar allows me to fill in, the SUBJECT bar allows me to fill in, but when I get into the body to start my message, I type the cursor moves, but no visible type. The cursor seems …

hi,we are having 2 domains and we are clubbing into one domain.some of the departments have been changed to new domain.the problems we are getting is user logon process is slow,sometimes shared folders are not getting accessed,system is running slow.could anyone let me know whtz the problem. thank you royal

How is it you are identified over the internet? Even when you flush your DNS and everything else?

We have a Windows Server 2003 machine set up with Exchange 6.5. We have around 10 users set up to be able to logon to the server, and up until now, all have had "user@domain.com" e-mail addresses associated with their account that were linked to Exchange mailboxes. In the "E-mail …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Auto Login[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Go to Start/Run, and type 'control userpasswords2'.[/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]From Users Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter ...."[/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used automatically.[/size][/font] [/list]

My friends' pc is stuck in the cycle of booting to the: -run in safe mode -run in safe mode with command prompt -last know good configuration -start normally menu. After choosing any option it restarts. the power unit was replaced recently, and it used to have 2 BIOS's but …

I've scoured all the articles dealing with svchost.exe and couldn't find one that quite addressed my problem. In task manager I have 6 instances of svchost.exe running. 3 instances are SYSTEM, 1 is LOCAL SERVICE, and 2 are NETWORK SERVICE. All but one of the Network Service instances run at …

ok since last week my other computer can't open webpages...it keeps on saying canot display...and it says sometyhing about my server and a dsn...but i tried refreshing reconnecting to the net...i checked my connection and its all fine..what ust i do...need your help...thanks! (I'm running woindows XP)

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To start with I need explain that I'm not the brightest when it comes to anything too technical as far as PC's go! OK... my PC will boot up normally and everything seems fine. Then after a while (not more than 10 minutes) the machine hangs briefly and then ungraciously …

Hello There was no topic to put this but i have got windows media center 2005 and i cant upgrade to windows media player 11 is there any way to get round this it says incompatible version Thank You Bondi007

I am trying to setup email templates in Outlook 2003. The template is a basic email that will be sent to different users, but the body of the email rarely changes. I have saved a new email with the body setup the way I want it to look each time. …

hi i posted this at jan 7th 2006 .... i still got the problem and yet no answer....can anybody help me please? "hi , as it seems i am full on problems ... i dont exactly know how i managed to do this but whenever i click on a file …

I've been having a problem with the way Window XP handles navigation from folder to folder. When I open subfolders then back up into higher level folders, Windows opens a new window instead of backing into the previously opened folder window. This results in (often many) duplicate folder windows open …

I have a laptop that i use for remote recording. the laptop has in internal drive and an external firewire drive. the firewire drive is used exclusively for storing the audio files that are recorded. when the recording is finished, i take the firewire drive back to my studio and …

Now i know theres a thread on this problem, but nothing posted there has worked. so perhaps a few screenshots can help. [URL="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/556/errorqc6.jpg"]http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/556/errorqc6.jpg[/URL] [URL="http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3744/locationmissingej4.jpg"]http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3744/locationmissingej4.jpg[/URL] [URL="http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1299/startedjl5.jpg"]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1299/startedjl5.jpg[/URL] Basically, i hear no sound. i've tried all steps in previous threads. On top of this a USB headset does work and i can hear …

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Hi there. My PC has recently decided not to work, giving me the common message "c:\windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt....". I have it under good authority that the way to fix this is to reinstall windows (I've tried fixboot, chkdsk, etc...). However, if I do this I will loose all …

Is it possible to recover data after a drive has been overwritten? In trying to solve a blue screen problem, I accidentally formatted the partition where I keep all of My Documents. (This is a computer I built and I'm pretty new to being my own tech person.) For whatever …

ok i have a hp pavilion ze4500 laptop and when i go to turn it on now and i go to the welcome screen it is blank of users it was running on windows xp service pack 2 when i try ctrl+alt+del+del and tried to sign on i could not …