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Hi, I run Win XP home Edition. I use outlook v 6 for some emails. I get sent many word doc documents as attachments. When I click on an attachment in outlook, wordpad opens them, and I prefer that they be opened in Ms Word. tried to correct the problem …

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hey guys ok this ones got me stumped and i'm not a complete n00b at keeping a pc in order. from the googling i've done i so far havn't seen any positive answers so thought i would give this forum a bash with a direct plee for help. I don't …

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Something is wrong here... i can play a song file or any media file fine with sound directly on my pc. but when it comes to anything dealing with internet (even online games) the sound doesnt seem to work. Any suggestions y? Oh and P.S. the sound for voice recording …

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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.

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Hi, I have a panasonic pv-gs14 camcorder and I am trying to transfer video via firewire port to my laptop. My laptop is not even recognizing my camcorder and not transfering video (not recognizing dv device). It worked 1 time 2 months ago, but not ever since. I have microsoft …

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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

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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 …

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Hey guys, I'm posting this in two different forums, since there are two forums for Server questions. Here's the problem I'm having. I've created a software package in Group Policies to distribute to the computer when it boots up. It works fine, but for only one computer at a time. …

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I have a Gateway Solo 1450 that was given to me by my dad. As soon as I logged in and proceded to click on something, I get the lovely Blue Screen Error and the computer restarts. It will do this over and over. My dad said he did put …

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Running Win2K with all patches and SP's. Explorer.exe is running the processor any where from 5-100%, constantly fluctuating. Run SpySweeper w/AV and SpyBot daily. The following results: Virus: Trojan/Bckdr-QJL, Trojan/Dloadr-BCZ, Trojan/Dwnldr-GEN Adware: Virtumonde are caught and quarantined everyday and deleted everyday, but retrun the following day?? Do I need a …

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I have a Gateway E Series PC setup as a Linux Print Server. We decided to remake it back into a Windows machine for a new employee. When we try to boot from a Windows XP CD it comes up with the Setting up hardware line and then the screen …

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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 …

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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 …

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

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Take a look at this screenshot: Windows 2003 Std in domain environment with roaming profiles. Oh and its a member of a Citrix Metaframe 4.0 Server farm. Any Help would be appreciated.

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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Hi Does anyone know of a way to ad a group to the local security settings\local policies\User Rights assignement\allow logon through terminal servies of a remote machine? From the command line or some sort of scripting technique? Tony

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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 …

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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 …

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hi i wanna change the icon for a program but like the actual icon. i know how to change the desktop but does an1 know how to change how it appears in the taskbar

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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 …

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Hopefully someone can help me with this. I have a Sony Vaio I've had for a few years and a month after warranty was up it started crashing. I haven't noticed any consistency in when- no particular programs or actions are in use everytime it crashes. Just in the span …

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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 …

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I am having a problem with a flexid dongle. The hardware is working properly but the license file (.dat) doesn't work with XP x64. The software company says the product works with x64 and they will be putting out new license system but not immediately. They suggest I downgrade my …

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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 …

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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 …

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When I go into certain sites I get a runtime error and it boots me off someone please help me !!!

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Hello all, I am experiencing a similar problem as some and i am trying to avoid the format to correct i do have norton internet securities and just wondering what options i have. i have tried the windows worms doors cleaner and did not correct, then i tried to search …

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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

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Hi My windows xp PC has recently decided it doesnt want to restore my pc back to when i decide iv tried a few restore points but non of them work. it always tells me that windows could not go to restore point. luckily this tie i didnt need to …

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G: drive suddenly missing. Does not show under: My Computer Control Panel - Systems - Device Manager - CD/DVD

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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Hello, I have a Toshiba satellite laptop running XP. I was trying to get it to have access to a printer on my wifi network. I have only done this in linux and had no idea how to do it in windows so I was basically playing around with settings. …

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I have a HD with a clean install of a ligit copy of XP pro OEM. It works great in my dell desktop. I tried to run it in a different computer with an A Open AX34 motherboard. The problem is, just before windows starts, the computer reboots. I found …

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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 …

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I have a large music library stored as wav files on an external hard drive. All of the files were inported into itunes and kept organized by itunes. One day they are there, the next mostly unable to be located by itunes. All of the songs are still in the …

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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 …

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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

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Hi, My computer is currently running on Microsoft 2000 Professional (upgrading to XP ASAP), its a Pentium 4.. & I don't know much else about it.. (sorry not very technical, I know) About 48 hours ago, my itunes and Windows Media Player started to load audio files, but when you …

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

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I'm getting the following error: Faulting application svchost.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00b296bc. The event id is 1000 I have installed fixes 927891, 894391 which have been common fixes for the svc host error in the past with no luck.

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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 …

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Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help me with a little problem. I am trying to archive email I have stored in Outlook 2003, but after entering the appropriate settings, Outlook says it's archiving in the bottom right corner, creates a PST file, but then flashes through every folder in …

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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 …

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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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