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clock, toolbar & tray by BT
My daughter messed up my wife Windows XP screen set up and it's driving her crazy and she's driving me crazy. The toolbar at the bottom of the desktop is...
October 23rd 06 07:24 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared ** by Old Salt
I have had a similar problem. My CD/DVD Drive shows in Bios but not in My Computer or Device Manager. The retracking disk shelf works but nothing else. ...
October 23rd 06 04:36 PM
by Sharon F Go to last post
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Setup won't load to format hard drive? by Dustin
I am trying to reformat a hard drive, but when I boot to the installation CD, it loads Windows normally. Is there another way to get to Windows Setup?
October 23rd 06 03:46 PM
by Ken Blake, MVP Go to last post
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Users by Bryan
I've just got a new laptop which has come with "User" already set up. I know I can change the name on screen but that doesn't change the name in Explorer...
October 23rd 06 02:03 PM
by Bryan Go to last post
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"active" desktop by fruff
I downloaded a picture. Before downloading, it said that the picture was active, and did I still want to download it. I did, and my desktop is now...
October 23rd 06 01:51 PM
by Malke Go to last post
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active window by fruff
I downloaded a picture. Before downloading, it said something like, this is an active picture. do you want to download it? I did, and now I have an...
October 23rd 06 01:49 PM
by Ayush Go to last post
1 194
Wandering Icons by Shirley
My husband has a separate account on our computer. I use it for work and therefore have many icons. Whenever my husband logs into his account, my icons get...
October 23rd 06 12:11 PM
by DanS Go to last post
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i.E.7. by phil
Is there no newsgroup yet about I.E.7. I would like to get familiar with the problems related to it, before switching over. My son had ...I.E.7... installed...
October 23rd 06 08:57 AM
by Hertz_Donut Go to last post
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F8 key non responsive on XP Install by Chris Adams
Hi, A friend of mine has recently upgraded his XP to a genuine version but upon install he gets to the accept terms stage and has to hit f8 to accept,...
October 23rd 06 08:13 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
3 203
Licensing Question by bxb7668
My sister has four computers that she is planning to upgrade to Vista and Office 2007 (they're all compatible). She'd like to know the most economical route...
October 23rd 06 04:50 AM
by JS Go to last post
9 205
safe mode boot, enable vga by larry dunn
I installed a back up hard drive. In the boot process, windows logo and status bar showed up fine. From that point on the screen was black. It did boot...
October 23rd 06 04:28 AM
by Larry Samuels Go to last post
1 163
WinXP Home - Failure logging in after hard power off by David W. Poole, Jr.
Hello all, I encountered a strange problem a little earlier. USB support on my XP Home based laptop stopped working, so I went to shut down and...
October 23rd 06 03:22 AM
by Steven L Umbach Go to last post
4 189
NO TAGS IN MY COMPUTER by newuser
when i open up my computer, there are usually tags like "files stored on this computer", "hard disk drives", and "Devices with removable Storage". But right...
October 23rd 06 01:06 AM
by Nepatsfan Go to last post
2 171
Deleting .tmp files at Windows--Internet Logs? by eli
Hello: I see quite a number of files with a .tmp extension at the location: Windows\Internet Logs\ These files are not found where the othrer TMP files are...
October 23rd 06 12:36 AM
by Pappion Go to last post
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newbie help me please by Ninip
How do I copy a DVD recorded home movie (that I made from our old video tape) to my hard drive so that I can open it in Windows Movie Maker and add some...
October 22nd 06 05:20 PM
by Jim Macklin Go to last post
3 201
How to change "Favicons"?? by Drew Moreland
When a web site is saved as a "Favorite" in XP-SP 2, it often begins life with an icon of its own...something unique that's given to it by the web page...
October 22nd 06 04:25 PM
by Bob B Go to last post
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colour is not right??? by highpockets
I bought a used computer and the colours aren't right, I thought it was the monitor going so I hooked it up to another one and the same problem. Reds are...
October 22nd 06 03:56 PM
by Vanguard Go to last post
2 173
Screen saver doesnt work by Paul
i am using xp sp2 and for some reason none of my screen savers work. Any ideas what might cause this? Thanks in advance. Paul
October 22nd 06 03:45 PM
by Bob B Go to last post
3 276
Unable to boot when moving HDD to new PC by [email protected]
I have 2 PC's running WinXP. I moved the Master HDD from one system to the other system as a the master HDD. The system will not boot. The bios notices the...
October 22nd 06 02:55 PM
by NewScience Go to last post
10 180
A change in CHKDSK by William B. Lurie
Bought a new Compaq. Came with XP Home/SP2. Installed a bunch of my applications. Made a backup clone and Decided to run CHKDSK on the backup clone. Ran all...
October 22nd 06 12:57 PM
by William B. Lurie Go to last post
2 176
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