Is there a way to block the Wikipedia nag screen ?

Hi, A friend gave me his Toshiba Satellite A85-S1072 laptop. I formatted the HDD (NTFS) and installed WinXP Home Edition SP2 from a System CD rom. Note:...

I have a Toshiba 500 Gb external drive. I am trying to determine if it is a platter drive. When I hold my ear against it, I can hear humming. Would a solid...

Greetings, group. I'm trying to upgrade my old circa-2003 Dell Dimension 4600 computer by replacing the hard disk (an old 40GB Western Digital IDE that makes a...

I am trying to find waik x86 components for XP. It seems that M.S. has deleted every reference to XP. :-) Does anyone store the "oldie but good XP items"...

I, on occasions, clone my entire main SATA drive (which has 4 partitions: C:, D:, E;, and F:) to another identical eSATA drive (in an external enclosure) to...

Anyone know the source of the eMail spam going around? "One of the best lessons from Oprah here (some http:\\ address) " It is from a person I know (several...

I am posting here because the only Compaq group I can find hasn't had a post for 18 months. My Compaq rubber-ball mouse curser control is getting flaky and...

Even after restoring my system to a new hard disc, I'm still getting keyboard funnies. They arise with the internal netbook keyboard, an external USB...

Speaking of using CCleaner for cleanup activities (in an adjacent thread), I recently found out to my chagrin that it does NOT delete the index.dat file in...

In XP, when backing up files, is there any point to backing up prefetch files? I know they are only a tiny part of the harddrive, but I'm trying to chip away...

Hi, I've Xposted this to alt.comp.hardware because it might involve hardware issues. I have a flash based netbbook with two partitions on a 32 GB...

What is the importance of P E Component with Macrium in Win XP? Is it essential to install P E Compnent with Macrium in Win XP SP3? Can Macrium Work properly...

I really blew it and now my WIn XP says I must have XP SP2 CD to undo my screwup. I cannot find it on the MS site. Where can I download SP2 iso? Then I will...

Admiralty or Maritime Law is a body of law governing navigation and shipping. Admiralty law is under the specific domain of federal law, created through...

After a recent disc crash, I've learnt by experience, and am now backing up (somewhat irregularly). I use a Macrium image for my system partition C: and the...

Although still using WinXP, I've gotten an Automatic Updates notice to download 11 .NET Framework security updates. My question: Are these updates important...

I have just installed 8.1 and although I am in California and have set the language and region to US, the start screen apps continue to show data for London,...

Have an MSI MB. MSI Live indicated that a new version was ready to download. Bad bad bad!!! ver 6 is not compatible with Win XP and does not install but...

Router set up with one SSID broadcast and one not. I see both using Amped Analytics tool. I see the Broadcast in Win XP Pro and can connect. How do I connect...