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We have a Dell laptop running Windows XP, SP3 and Internet Explorer 8. The previous URLs visited keep disappearing after going to another website. I checked Tools/Internet Options/Browsing History and "Delete browsing history on exit" is not checked, so I don't know what is causing this. We have another Dell …

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hey thank you for entering here .. i hope you would help me with this .... my problem is when i start windows it crashes immediatly and stucks so i do (ctrl+alt+del) to enter the task manager and log off the user .. and log on again and the windows …

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I want to run a batch file which can connect automatically to SFTP Server running on Linux and can download files from Linux remote side to my local side. Besides that, this file will be scheduled to run automatically on every month. But, I'm facing a problem to connect it …

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ran ad ad aware ask to reboot rebooted. windows reboots but on logon page you hit ok windows window opens then rt back to logon page then says saving personal info hit it again same thing tried starting in every aspect of safety mode (f8) everything ends up same page …

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I installed a new xp, and many apps. then I swapped out a few drives - adding a hd, a couple memory sticks and permanent usb devices that appear as drive. Then ran a repair of windows xp pro. The MAJOR problem is now I cannot uninstall or install many …

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I have an IBM ThinkPad that was once a part of a student network at a university. I own the laptop and took it with me after graduation. It has Windows XP Pro. I wanted to update the anti-virus software to Norton 2009. SInce I had an older version of …

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Does anyone know how many In-Built Compilers does Windows have. I know about Batch Files,VBScript,JavaScript,HTML(including .mht,htm etc). Are there any others except these. Compilation through command prompt will do.

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Hey you guys, I currently have Windows XP Home Edition SP2 on my computer and do not have access to professional. Is there a way to get the xp professional remote desktop program (so that i can access this pc) on my xp home machine?

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I need a program or a way to find used space on my harddrive. The folders that I can see accumulate to about half of my HD space. Right now it shows that I have about a 1 GB of space left. I have looked in My Docs, Doc and …

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Hi, I have a problem and need some help. Whenever I try to install my HP 3210 all in one scanner/printer I get the error that my system will be shutdown initiated by NT Authority\system. I have checked for viruses, adware, malware, everything! Any help would be appreciated. Burgerboy

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i have been having this program which supports price which supported Travelocity,Orbitz,Expedia etc.Apparently it has dissappeared from desktop........anyone with an idea on how it can be restored?

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I was wondering what is the best way to clean the C Drive in Windows XP??? I have an 80GB hardrive and it is almost full and I need to clear some space for other stuff, but don't want to clear every single thing on the drive. Just unused files …

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Hi, I have a GW4500, WinXP SP2, 2 gig mem. After working on the PC for awhile when I select Start>Shutdown I then have to wait almost 2 minutes for the "Shut Down Windows" to appear. This is happening to 3 of my users. It began about 1 week ago, …

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I cannot load help and support pages, i have run some registry fixes but they are not helping. Suggestions are urgently required

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i have a compaq presario desktop and have no recovery discs a year ago i contacted hp but they sent me a windows disc not the actual recovery discs and when i installed it it only added another copy of windows on the computor now i have three copys of …

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I am running XP Home SP3 fully patched. I was having trouble with IE8 in that at times it was unable to follow a link and came up with a connection error. I tried the same action in both Firefox and Chrome and they had no problems at all. So …

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There are files of the form a-hire.txt, a-hire-1.txt,......, a-hire-9.txt, a-hire-rpt.txt I would like to single copy command to copy them to files of the form a-hire-0601.txt, a-hire-1-0601.txt,......, a-hire-9-0601.txt, a-hire-rpt-0601.txt . I am just putting the month and day on the end of the file before the .txt. copy a-hir*.txt a-hir*.0601.txt …

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Very odd, other devices apparently work FINE in the port but upon connecting mp3 to my computer i get the following: ONE OF THE USB DEVICES ATTACHED TO THE COMPUER HAS MAL FUNCTIONED..WINDOWS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IT...yES I have tried 2 different mp3 players and also 2 different usb cords., …

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I was wondering, what is the easiset way for me to get MPEG-2 into windows movie maker without getting any errors??? My video camera records in MPEG-2 and I'm using a JVC camera to record my videos

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I'm trying to teach my 10 yr old son to upgrade his PC. It will be handed down to his little sister soon but we wanted to make game playing a little faster (she's 4 yrs old so we're not looking for super speed). I have not done this in …

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I need to Delete an Icon that is no longer on my Task Bar at the bottom of the screen, but it is listed in the "Past Items" of the Customize Window. If I right click on the bottom Taskbar in XP and go to "Properties", Go to "Customize" then …

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For some reason there is a windows installer window that pops up ike every 30 seconds, and its just a windows installer window that says preparing to install but as soon as it pops up on my screen it goes away and then opens another one, is there anyway I …

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I am upgrading my emachine T3302 from a Sempron 3300 cpu to an Athlon 3400 cpu. When I installed the new chip I discharged myself to ground, and used new heatsink compound. When I boot my computer, windows starts up, my cpu fan increases in speed twice, and before all …

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Help, please. The automatic updates were done on a client pc with o/s xp. The person can log into their p/c with their id that they have been using for quite awhile. However, they cannot log into any shared network drives. They get an error that they need to enter …

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When I booted up this morning the computer gets to the welcome screen and then reboots, constantly stuck in this cycle. I can't get into safe mode. I've only just finished reinstalling everything after this happened a week or so ago. I'm fed up with XP!!!! Help please.

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I don't know if this is even possible, but I have lost all of my digital pictures that I had saved on my computer. I deleted my account because it was messing up; my MSN browser wasn't working, etc. I didn't realize that it was going to delete all my …

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i have a compaq thats about 4 years old and when i moved it from one house to another it no longer starts. sometimes it will get to the home screen and other times it will freeze on "loading your personal settings". As soon as i do get to the …

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I'm in search of good folder locking software. Any good software in mind ? I've budget of 40$ max. Can't afford to put more than that. Also is there any freeware available to do this job ? My Config : OS : Windows XP SP2 Filesystem : FAT32

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I recently received a computer from a friend. It is pretty fast and had been used as a server in a dental office. However, there is no sound at all. It is a dual core Pentium 4 system running XP Pro. When it was initially started up, there was a …

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