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how would you go about routing another email account through Outlook? i have a coupple of email accounts (college and a coupple of yahoo ones) that i would like to have sent to Outlook....how would i go about doing this?

Hi! I have what I believe is a simple question but I can't seem to figure out how to do it: I added the Mozilla browser to my computer because I'd heard it is more secure (and boy is it!) :eek: . However, now, I often cannot access some sites. …

I have many invoices created using the business software SAGE. I can set up a report to view all people I have sold product number 0001 to. I can also view a Products page, which lists all my products, with their details. However, I want, on this Products page, to …

I recently did a fresh install of windows xp home edition. For some reason whenever i surf the web the screen drags when i try to scroll. It even happens when i click and pull down the bar. I know its not my internet speed. I have wireless. What could …

Hello I recently deleted some files…! After I finished deleting I restarted my pc, I logged in with my user name and password as usual, but then a screen poped up that said "[COLOR=Blue][B]Register your windows[/B][/COLOR]". The problem is there is no icon, just an empty screen with a missing …

Hello all. Not sure who can help here, but I have a major problem with a hard drive. Now I am not sure about all the details. I am aware of the fact though that my hard drive does not work right for some reason. When hooking up to the …

I'm getting an message when windows starts up that there is an error in my language pack and I have no ideal how to go about fixing this or even what this is. It dose'nt seem to be hurting anything so far but I would like to fix it before …

Banner Printing, w/HP in XP. I have a computer that is running XP SP2 with an HP Deskjet 812c, I can't print a banner on banner paper. I did it in 98 with the same printer. Several friend also running XP with HP printers also have the same problem. HP …

one day i restarted my computer and now my firewall wont start the ics service will not start so if any one can help me with this it will be great, i even try system restore and my computer will not let me restore

Hey guys. New here. I recently had some computer troubles about three weeks or a month ago. When I started the computer up one day I had found that the computer suddenly had a 16-color display and 640 x 480 resolution. (I think that was the resolution) And I could …

Hey what is the best free pop-up blocker I can download for Internet Explorer for Windows ME?

When i visit pages internet explorer isn't caching anything in my temp internet folder. i have had this problem before and clearing the cache fixed it but now ive emptied the cache many times restarted my computer and ive had this problem for a while now. ive tried moving the …

Hi please could you tell me how to protect (lock with password) a folder on windows xp. Reason being is i have work on there and my son goes on to pc and do not want him deleting or accessing files. So i want to put a password on there …

Having problems opening pages on IE and Firefox. Use AOL and no problem with this. Particular problem with links from sites - just will not open - not just one site. One example - trying to book trains via trainline.com - can do with AOL browser, but not with IE …

I'm using win XP pro sp2. I have just downloaded the latest updates from the ms update page for XP. Now i can't use adaware or nort utilities(system works 2003) cause my PC shows a blue memory dump screen. I have reinstalled Norton and adaware but still no good. The …

Okay, this is driving me crazy. I recently purchased a segate 200 gig hard drive for my windows 98 second edition system (I am using a pentium III computer with a asus cusl2 motherboard). When I first installed the segate hard drive, I only could access the first 132 GIG. …

My computer is running very slow... THe CPU usage is at like 100% constantly... Can you guys help me out? :?:

I have a Windows 2000 profesional and when I turn the computer on it asks me to type in a username and a password, I put the user name and the password and it says that the old password has expires and it doesn't log in. I try typing Administrator …

[font=Century Gothic][color=purple]hey[/color][/font] [font=Century Gothic][color=purple] i got an mp3 player ('MOSMP028- ministry of sound') this xmas, but my computer doesn't like it too much. the disk i got with the player has a program, like windows media player, to send music to the player, but apparently (according to windows) no drivers. …

Recently I have offered to fix two friends' computers that were jacked up from spyware. I tried spybot, ad aware, Microsofts anti spyware app, spwsweeper and XP's system restore. None of it worked. System Restore could not restore, Norton (with the latest defs) could not finish it's scan and the …

Can somebody please tell me how you go about getting past the login screen for XP when nobody knows the password. An employee was recently "let go" and in the process changed the admin. passwords so nobody can get into the system. What do I do to remove this password …

Hi all, Hope that somebody can help me with this as I am really at my wits end! I've just been rebuilding my system from scratch. One minor point, the new Windows XP install insists on formatting both my HDs to 18.6 GIG, where as previously it did not have …

Hi every one, im just another stuoid nubie and ive got a few dumb questions for you all who probably know ablot more about nero then me... i just got a dvd burner the other day and it came with nero startsmart program and i would really like some one …

I have windows ME on this computer and I like to put Windows 2000 can you tell me what steps I will need to do. Will need a step by step help newbee here joe

I updated XP with service pack 2. No apparent problems except in Windows Explorer under the windows header there are now a number of files in blue. Most are text files with 0kb but some are descriptors of the install process, most with the $ prefix. Can these tbe deleted …

My pc components are: 1) Motherboard - ASUS A7V600 - X 2) Hardisk - SATA Maxtor 80.0G 3) Display - ASUS 9200 SE... My problem is, the os - win XP is always corrupt.... repeat and repeat... Almost 20++ times i re-format & re-install the os just in 3 months …

I have tried to refresh my windows but when i put the windows xp disc in it wont let me cont. . Is there a way to refresh my computer from dos? If so please help me with how to do this. thanks.

i recently got the gmail hard drive thingy that lets you store upto a gb on your gmail account as if it was a hard drive. no i know this is probably impossible to do but could you somehow combine the space from all your gmail accounts (i have 51 …

Hello. I have installed Norton FireWall on antoher Compaq computer (norton firewall came with the computer). It all seemed to install well, and when I restarted the computer, we hit problems. The computer boots, and loads the desktop image, and then stops. IE. It doesnt load the desktop, just the …

I have windows xp home and everytime i shut down the computer or restart, programs(such as aim or kazaa)have to be re-registered.*Example*when i log on kazaa wants me to create a user name and certify my connection speed and copy shared files to a new location, thats ok but when …

need help here I am not very smart with computers so please be kind Files that are required for Windows to run properly has been replaced by unrecongnized versions. To maintain system stability windows must restore the original verson of these files. The network location from which the file should …

:confused: When I click "shut down" computer, My computer just restarts

New to forum. I have several computers in my house online with my cable company as ISP, via a Belkin router. No problems getting online with any of the PC's, either hardwired or by wireless connection, except one PC which happens to be via an ethernet cable. Cannot get online …

I'm running XP Pro SP2 on and AMD 1.7 gig. My question is, is it logical to run a firewall in addition to the one built into SP2, or will things get screwed up. I also have a firewall built into the router I'm using. Any thoughts on this appreciated. …

I have a Hewlett Packard 656c printer and having problems with my usb. It will not detect it. I have downloaded my software. When i insert my usb cord to my printer it wont work. Im using Windows 98. Please help!!

When I check the properties of my C drive I see I have used roughly 11.0 Gig. However when I open the drive and 'add up' the sizes of the files there (from windows to my documents etc) I only get 4.0 Gig in use. The other 7.0 is apparently …

My boot.ini file is corrupt and windows are loading from c:/windows. Is it ok or should i restore boot.ini file? If so how? :o

Though I'm not a newbie, this really is a newbie question - forgive my humble lack of knowledge of what I should know! I am away from home at the moment using a laptop with XP SP1. (56k connexion). On my home PC, when I need to fill in text …

Hey! Am I able to uninstall just IE itself and still be able to run my Outlook Express, and download the windows updates without conflict? Will this uninstall on any level affect the performance of the pc negatively? I also just took out Media Player 9.0. On my other system …

Hello there, I am in desperate need of some help. I cannot seem to access anything that takes Java. A radio programme, diagram for booking airline seats, and now I can get into a btinternet e-mail account but am unable to read the e-mails. I did post this problem some …

Hi all My brother has a laptop with windows XP. He right clicks on a picture and chooses: send to -> mail recipient. He then tries to shrink the picture. Windows Explorer encounters an error and shuts down. Any suggestions?

my computer is window xp and on it is ad-aware se Personal. I have read about microsoft antispyware beta. can I have both of these in my computer. advice Please? Thank-you

Alright...I hope i can explain my little problem here without confusing anyone because for the most part I am a big dummy when it comes to computers. Lets start by saying that I was, and still am, interested in running a dual boot system on my pc and somewhere along …

Anybody else see this? I frequent a site that has a link to another HTTPS site on it. When I click on the HTTPS link, the pop up window doesn't appear. It just locks IE. Task manager shows two instances of IE Explorer running and if I close both I …

I was getting a "dwwin.exe failed to initialize" message on shutdown until I disabled it, but now I am getting a "drwtsn32.exe DLL failed to initialize" message on shut down. Although it is not causing any harm, any ideas how deal with it please?

Using windows XP, i map a drive on another computer & it displays it my computer & i can connect to it fine & all but when i reboot or even if i log off & log back on the mapped network drive is not displayed in my computer & …

My wireless connection was working fine. All the sudden it stopped working. I can connect directly to the cable modem, so I know my IE has not been hijacked. My Device Manager does not show any problems. My icon on the Task Bar shows I have a connection. Yet when …

Hi -- Without warning, my copy of XP stopped responding, giving me only a blue screen with the mouse pointer at the center. Tried Windows Repair console, repairing the boot record, etc., even reinstalling Windows on top of the original version, nothing worked. So I installed XP in a new …

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Hmm Tell me what else I can check, I use Dial Up at work with above listed software & machine. Upon start up, it takes time to bring up the desktop ???? Then on the net, pages are slow, quite frequent disconnects...Tied into my companies server????? People tell me its …