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Hi there, Can we fix the paper size (File > Page Setup) which is Letter size by default; to some other size in MS Word, say to A4? So that we would not need to change the size everytime we print. Thanks, Yagyesh

i need to find out how i can get the product key for win98 just got hold of parallel for my mac and found my old win98 cd want to install but i cant find the cd key that came with it so any help will be much appreciated

[COLOR="blue"]Hello. I did send a help cry but not one answered mi, so here I go one more time. I have a Laptop Gateway Solo 9100. I have try to put it wireless with a card supply for Netgear.It did work well one time, but the Laptop freeze and never …

Right, this is doing my head in, hopefully someone can help, I am using MS Office 2003 and using btyahoo mail, I can recieve mail but when I try to send a mail it keeps asking me to confirm my password but when I do and it is 100% correct, …

formatted the hard drive now i noticed the computer has two hard drives and i can not restart computer in dos it says can not find file c:/win95com what does this mean and how can i fix the problem it is a dell computer.

[COLOR=#555555]Hi,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I’m running windows xp home edition currently with SP1 and when trying to update to Windows XP Sp2 via the windows update site it advised that there were various downloads I needed to install to use the update site but when trying to install these it fails …

Am planning a migration to Office 2007 from 2003 due to the kind gift of a friend. Anyone know of a guide or tutorial that that can explain some of the potential migration headaches? Thanks for any help.

First problem started after opening OE, computer would freeze at Shut Down at the Saving Y Settings. Would have to manually shut down. Updated XP SP2/ OE, everything worked for '1' day, Presently, Shut Down continues to freeze, after getting online 'once' cannot reconnect, have to Shut Down manually and …

Hi..im having a serious issue..we have three computers hooked up to a DSL modem using Linksys Router RT41-BU...my roomate has installed Vista Beta 2 on his two comps while I am still running XP Pro. Now all of the sudden the bandwidth has gone crazy he is sucking it all …

Will wm2003 (not second edition) devices be supported y sync centre as ive noticed support has been cut out of WMP11. Also, does home basic have sync centre or do i need buisness/ultimate

Hi I'm based in the UK and just upgraded to braodband with BT Yahoo. Part of the package is BT Yahoo Browser. Just another web browser. Everytime I click a link in an email or document etc it opens the BT Yahoo browser not IE6. I have tried checking the …

Any significant problems with doing an upgrade from ME to XP? Can you just put the XP disk in and do an upgrade versus a fresh install? Or will I have to reinstall all my existing software once XP is loaded? Or, should I spend the additional $ and buy …

I have a problem with an USB device that I am trying to install on a Windows 98SE laptop. I have downloaded the drivers from driveragent.com and install them into Windows 98. The Device Manager sees the device and it says it is working properly but when I go to …

Hey I have just recently installed IE7 on two machines. After installing it the pc's have been running a bit slower. After uninstalling IE7 I got these problems: The computers freezes and resets and there are constant messages saying that you need to use the windows cd and repair the …

Microsoft does it again! After having a court trial with Sun, about WindowsXP's problem with Java, Microsoft has come up with a good idea. Make its own version of Java and screw Sun. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-937053.html?tag=fd_top

Is there a way to make an alarm system for your computer? say if someone were to move the mouse, click, or hit any keys on the keyboard, you could make certain programs or files run? what i really wanted is for a sound file to play and then have …

I tried to install the sims on my XP computer and for some reason Installshield wont run the setup, what is wrong?

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turn On the Sticky Keys Feature[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]When a shortcut requires a key combination, the StickyKeys feature lets you press a modifier key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or the Windows Logo key, and have it …

thank you all first. i am wondering if i can join a domain use Windows xp media center 2005. or i have to reinstall it with xp pro edition. thank you very much.

I have a few questions before I decide to fomat my hd. My current situation is that my computer is extremely slow on start up/shut down as well as loading applications. Is it possible that it is slow due to the fact that my primary drive is about 90% full? …

I run windows xp and I am looking to increase performence. I have already replaced the shell "explorer.exe" with "cmd.exe" and am looking to further increase my system's efficency. What system processes can I terminate and what system processes can I assign low memory priority?

My Safe to Remove Hardware Icon in the Notification Area of the Task Bar is no longer there. I've been told that most of the time there will not be a problem removing hardware without using it, but sometimes it will corrupt data if the hardware device is not stopped …

I hope someone has a fix for my problem. I have a NVIDEA FX 5200 and have two monitors attached. The card is working but my computer is running on defalt and won't let me use any of the controls.I have done all I can think of. I took the …

Hi I bought a presario x1000 (intel centrino) equped with win xp. From the git go I have had a serious problem with the way it handles typing. When i am typing anything in any word processor, suddenly the cursor jumps to a different location (other than the point where …

Pretty straightforward question: Which third party password management application for XP do you use? Assuming you use one at all, and if not I'm interested in knowing why not. I'm kind of interested in discovering if AI RoboForm is still king of the heap as far as Joe User is …

I have a win 2000 client running in a 2003 environment and it just up and randomly has decided that it is going to loose connection to EVERYTHING, however, It is at a different location and i can remote into it so it's obviously physically connected, my dhcp server provides …

[COLOR=red]after dealing with a critical system error in my computer, there are some minor problems that still occur[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]for instance if i press the caps lock, there would be a sign indicating that the caps lock is on or off[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]also my jump drive is not working at all [/COLOR] …

Just started using this Dell 2300 with XP & SP2 for the first time in about a year and have run into a strange problem. I can't seem to be able detach, save or view e-mail attachments. Also, can't download any update files from web sites. The system appears to …

ON my computer I just put in a new HD, as the old one had failed. I installed the OS, registered it, installed all drivers and SP2. I also installed a virus scan and office on the computer. Then it wanted to do all the updates. First was two, then …

This is an old problem to some people, but it just happened to me. My printer won't print, although it will throw out a test page, so I know that the printer is not the problem. My printer icons have all disappeared. I tried to reinstall a printer, and the …

I have a Dell 733 p3 384 ram os windows nt2000, I did an update the other day and rebooted it and now its in a boot loop, I have tried what other had posted before about boot loops but I still won't get past the splash screen. I have …

Hi would you please help me to fix this poblem when i start my pc. where i run windows Xp .Error loading C:\WINDOWS\system32\fhxpsmrx.dll parthipan

Hi all, I'm going to install a 200GB hdd that I've wiped and is ready to go. I have made a disk using Autostreamer slipstreaming W2k pro and sp4. My question is in regards to the partitioning section of the installation of the OS, I know from previous experience that …

I startup a computer and when I logon it says you must activate windows before loging on. When I attempt to activate it says it's already activated but then logs off... I have XP SP1

I have a PC im working on with an extremely slow boot time, it gets past windows logo, but when the desktop loads we're seeing times of 3-6 minutes....WOW. task manager shows a very high pf usages and the processes....... are .......well...... over 220, most of which are LDdrives.exe, which …

I need to know how to add items to quick launch. I was reading over another post that krispy84 wrote but didn't get anything.

Is there a way to prevent access to hard drives through firefox after you have hidden them. i went through "regedit" from the "run" command and also used "1st Security Agent" program to hide my hard drives, i have got it to the point where you can not access my …

first of all I run on microsoft XP, I have a toshiba satellite laptop 1415-s173. I think i'm running using IE 6 I'm not sure I do'nt know how to find out. I think it's either 6 or 5.5 and AOL version 9.0 This is a fairly new computer, purchased …

Hey, Now is Vista a new Operating System or is it an upgrade??? I recently just purchased a laptop and we were talking about Vista and he said the it was an upgrade disc that doesn't format your hard drive. To me it sounds like it is a Upgrade not …

Hey, I have my desktop PC running XP Home and I want to put Media Center on it, but I want to know a few things before I begin. 1. Do I need anything before I begin? 2. When I got my computer it came with SiS Utility tray...is that …

[COLOR=#000000]I am having a network problem. The prime indicator is that I cannot receive broadcast packets on my desktop.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Specifics: Using Microsoft Visual C# Express I obtained some demo code and built a UDP talker and a UDP listener. (Two separate programs.) I start up both on my desk top …

I won't bore you withe details but I have finished up with Pro 64Bit on an ntfs dynamic SATA drive and XPhome on an ntfs basic SATA drive. I was trying to set up a dual boot system but it didn't work. When both drives are connected XP Home launches …

Hi, i'm trying to get Bluetooth to work from my D620 running XP. In Setup the Bluetooth device is set to Enabled but i don't see the option in Control Panel in order to use it. Anyone know why this is, or know where i can download the program from? …

HI, I am having problem in window ME while trying to logging into some of the sites like Moneycontrol.com and yahoo.com. Whenever i try to login to these sites, i get an error "Iexplore has caused an error in MSVCRT.DLL" and internet explorer windows get closed. I have also reinstall …

Hi, I am facing very weird kind of problem. I have a IBM thinkpad R52 laptop. It's configuration is pantium M 1.73GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB hard disk. I have installed windows xp and fedora core 4 linux. My problem is that I want to reinstall windows xp but …

Last night after I try to restart my computer because I leave it on all the time. I get a blue screen and then this. Checking file system in C: CHKDSK is verifying files Verifying indexes 1 of 5 Verifying scriptors Verifying USN journal I missed to get the rest …

OK this is the weirdest thing.... I noticed just recently that at certain websites, internet explorer downloads each individual items (logos, pictures, etc) at a slow rate where before, the page would load instantly. Also, some of the pictures come up as red x's where before it worked and on …

My bro has a problem with his Acer Veriton 7100. Win98se rebooted every time after password screen. Went into safe mode and removed ACPI from system. Now boots all the way. Started installing diff system devices trying to find problem. PCI bus gives yellow ? mark. Select properties and was …

I have Win2k on internal HD (Dell Latitude) as default to boot up. I have added an external HD from blown desktop which has WinXP-Home. Can I select which OP-sys I want to boot up with? Is there a way to have the pc ask me which to use when …

Hi, my norton subsription expired today, so i decided to look at the prices of new internet security things. MacAfee seemed really cheap atm with its offer so i chose that. I paid for it and downloaded it. I then went to install it and it said i needed to …