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restart hangs, shutdown fine. by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Dell Precision M20, Windows XP SP3. Shutdown - works fine. Powers up and run fine. Restart - gets past "Logging off", including playing of shutdown sound;...
September 12th 13 01:19 AM
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Image backup of a single hard drive containing both Windows and Linux partitions by Andy[_17_]
Has anyone used an image backup using Macrium Reflect to restore a disk that has Linux and Windows ? I made an image of Windows and 2 other partitions that...
September 11th 13 11:45 PM
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xp vs. w7 memory Q's. by RJK
A year or two ago, I fitted a StarTech 3.5" Sata hd caddy-less drive bay, into a 5.25" bay, in my Antec Solo case|Asus M3N78 | Phenom II X4 3.2ghz cpu |...
September 11th 13 07:46 AM
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Macro$haft: Upgrade from Windows XP or risk infinite "zero-days" by 98 Guy
Translation: Keep playing our silly "you must continuously upgrade your OS" games. "Users should upgrade to Windows 7 or 8." And how exactly does a...
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September 10th 13 09:48 AM
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Can not get newsgroup account set up to download newsgroup messages by Andy[_17_]
I am having a string of bad luck in getting a newsgroup account set up in a news reader. I am using Thunderbird. This is what I am trying to use to configure...
September 10th 13 12:16 AM
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Find and Delete Dupl;icate Files by JesTTer
I have a large number of duplicate files on my PC and want to clean it up! Can anyone point me in the direction of some free software which will help me do...
September 9th 13 06:32 PM
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schedular checks for updates every hour! by micky[_2_]
I happened to open my scheduler, and I looked at the google update and adobe update items, and they are scheduled to run every hour every day!! Are they...
September 8th 13 06:09 PM
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Alternative o.s.es by Andy[_17_]
I have been dual booting to both Windows and a Linux version. Based on my experience and comments by others doing the same, I have found: Some Linux versions...
September 8th 13 02:50 AM
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FAT32 partition size limits? by Bill in Co
Can someone (e.g. Paul?) help clear my mind on some "memory loss"? I seem to distinctly recall that FAT32 was limited in partition size due to the maximum...
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September 7th 13 04:00 PM
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Somewhat XP related by Andy[_17_]
For a couple of months I have been dealing with a Comcast popup box with Constant Guard that shows up in every browser I use in both Windows and Linux. Scans...
September 7th 13 02:07 AM
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copy folder without changing date/time? by J David Ellis
Windows Explorer copies a file, but not a folder, among drives without changing date/time modified and date/time created. Is there a program with a GUI...
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September 5th 13 07:50 AM
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Mystery with email by Andy[_16_]
I have a friend who does not get my emails. I get no error message when I send them and none are in his spam box. If I respond to his emails, he does get...
September 4th 13 06:06 AM
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Spelll Cheker by OldGuy
I use many different browsers. I put reviews and ask for tech support at many websites. Some websites seem to have built-in spell check or is it the...
September 4th 13 02:20 AM
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Copy-Paste Fails by [email protected]
At first I thought I was doing something wrong. But it keeps happening, so I have to ask - I am using XP SP3 - I press control c for the copy and control v...
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August 31st 13 06:22 PM
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Firewall/networking delay, Slow Windows Update by Paul
I have a couple items to report, based on running Windows Update over the last couple days. Before doing the updates this time, I did a backup of C:. And...
August 31st 13 01:59 PM
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WebPageS Search by OldGuy
I have a bunch of webpages on my HD that are all linked together. If I open the index for the webpages I see only the index as expected. I can click on the...
August 31st 13 04:01 AM
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can avast be shut off? by jim
running windows xp, sp3 --- is there a way, besides uninstalling, to completely shut off the current AVAST anti-virus, etc., product on free trial? jim
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August 31st 13 01:30 AM
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windowsXP professional by lennox
In my operating system ,it tells me that I have-Windows XP Professional.Then when I check System property,it tells me I have Media center edition...I'm...
August 30th 13 08:36 AM
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mouse scrolling wildly by someone[_2_]
I would like to tell you about my Logitech M-SBF96 mouse, which was not working properly, and recently began scrolling wildly all over any page. At first I...
August 30th 13 12:18 AM
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Help! Folder View Settings Problem! by VanguardLH[_2_]
madmax wrote: Wiped EVERYTHING off my PC, reinstalled XP with Service Pack 2 (only), and guess what? As right as rain? Which proves - as I suspected...
August 29th 13 08:04 PM
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