Forum: Windows 7 Forum
July 20th 15, 06:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 526
Windows 7 Pro SP1 Installation Disks
I just took delivery on a custom built Win 7 Pro 64 bit machine. I
required the vendor to provide me all the DvDs and/or disk files
necessary to rebuild the O/S on the hard disk if necessary.
I'm...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
April 22nd 13, 10:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 7
Views: 42,495
Control Panel
Tim:
I just checked and discovered to my dismay that gpedit.msc is not on
my computers in my day care center. I had thought (after being told
by the salesman) that the computers had XP PRO. It...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
April 22nd 13, 08:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 7
Views: 42,495
Control Panel
I tried this for one control panel icon (Display). Believe it or not,
the system recreated the .cpl file. The other problem is that there
are at least six control panel icons for which I could not...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
April 16th 13, 08:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 7
Views: 42,495
Control Panel
I have a dozen Windows XP/Pro computers that I provide for school
agers (grades 1 through 5) use in a day care center I own. The kids
are amazingly intelligent when it comes to figuring out how to...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
December 22nd 10, 11:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,126
Neew help with a SATA drive on a XP/Pro PC
My PC has win XP Pro/SP3. My c: hard drive is actually 2 hard drives
(150GB ea) mirrored together using a RAID-1 controller. I need some
advice concerning replacing a bad hard drive.
Basically, I...
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Forum: The Basics
November 18th 10, 10:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,409
Installing XP Pro
Thanks for the assistance.
On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:27:07 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
David wrote:
omitted the unprovable claim that it's a "close friend's" host
... unlicensed...
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Forum: The Basics
November 18th 10, 10:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,409
Installing XP Pro
A close friend has an unlicensed copy of XP Pro on his PC. Because of
that he is unable to download & install Microsoft Security Essentials.
He wants to get a licensed, legal copy of XP Pro on his...
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Forum: The Basics
May 12th 10, 09:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Best Backup Program
Ken:
Perhaps you just wanted to argue with yourself. I don't know. In any
case, I used the wrong term. Does a mistake like that constitute an
arguement?
The whole point that I tried to make is I...
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Forum: The Basics
May 12th 10, 09:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Best Backup Program
Ken:
Perhaps you just wanted to argue with yourself. I don't know. In any
case, I used the wrong term. Does a mistake like that constitute an
arguement?
The whole point that I tried to make is I...
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Forum: The Basics
May 11th 10, 08:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Best Backup Program
Ken:
I do mean mirror, not copy.
Unless I am mistaken, when you copy one drive to another, you get the
contents of the first drive copied to the second. This means that the
contents are the same,...
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Forum: The Basics
May 11th 10, 08:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Best Backup Program
Ken:
I do mean mirror, not copy.
Unless I am mistaken, when you copy one drive to another, you get the
contents of the first drive copied to the second. This means that the
contents are the same,...
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Forum: The Basics
May 11th 10, 10:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 65
Views: 1,917
Best Backup Program
I am looking for recommendations on the best backup program available.
My workstation is currently running XP PRO/SP3, but may eventually
upgrade to Windows 7, so compatability with both is a...
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Forum: The Basics
May 11th 10, 10:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 0
Views: 212
Best Backup Program
I am looking for recommendations on the best backup program available.
My workstation is currently running XP PRO/SP3, but may eventually
upgrade to Windows 7, so compatability with both is a...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 14th 10, 11:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Control Panel
I guess time a big issue is my time. I have been hoping for the
simplest possible solution. It appears that may not be possible.
The speakers are integrated into the monitor. There are no...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 14th 10, 11:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Control Panel
I guess time a big issue is my time. I have been hoping for the
simplest possible solution. It appears that may not be possible.
The speakers are integrated into the monitor. There are no...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 13th 10, 10:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Control Panel
control.exe is an interesting executable. I could not change the
permissions because the security tab is missing in XP/HOME. I will
try the suggestions others have made. What I did try (reckless?)...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 13th 10, 10:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Control Panel
control.exe is an interesting executable. I could not change the
permissions because the security tab is missing in XP/HOME. I will
try the suggestions others have made. What I did try (reckless?)...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 12th 10, 09:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Control Panel
Deep Freeze seems a good option. Thanks
My office workstation has XP/PRO SP3. One difference between XP/PRO &
XP/HOME allows me to see the security tab when right-clicking on a
file & selecting...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 12th 10, 09:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Control Panel
Deep Freeze seems a good option. Thanks
My office workstation has XP/PRO SP3. One difference between XP/PRO &
XP/HOME allows me to see the security tab when right-clicking on a
file & selecting...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 12th 10, 10:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,379
Control Panel
I run a day care center. Part of my program provides PCs with
educational software for the children to use. The PCs are all XP/HOME
SP3. The accounts available to the kids are all user access...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 12th 10, 10:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 0
Views: 246
Control Panel
I run a day care center. Part of my program provides PCs with
educational software for the children to use. The PCs are all XP/HOME
SP3. The accounts available to the kids are all user access...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 29th 09, 08:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 315
DirectX on Win/XP
You are probably right. I am probably making a mountain out of a mole
hill. But, my reason for the post and inquiry is merely curiosity. I
like to know how things work. I found it curious that...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 27th 09, 04:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 315
DirectX on Win/XP
I read all the responses and found some interesting stuff on my pc
There is a c:\windows\syatem32\DirectX\Dinput directory with lots of
files dated back in 2004. They appear to be files related to...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 26th 09, 02:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 315
DirectX on Win/XP
I have Win XP Pro/SP3 on my pc.
I have installed a game that requires DirectX. The installation
program for the game installed the latest version of DirectX along
with the game. Everything seems...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 14th 09, 10:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 276
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