Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 10th 07, 01:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 198
password security
Many thanks to those who responded. To Vanguard: I am sorry that I do not
know enough of the etiquette to understand your P.S., If you care to tell me,
I would appreciate knowing where I went...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 10th 07, 01:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 198
password security
When I am on the internet using a password-protected Administrator account,
am I moderately safe from hackers/spies and the other bad guys until the
password is cracked ? TIA. John
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 24th 07, 08:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 94
startup glut.
I got it ! - I don't know why that doesn't disaqppear - really, I'm John
"I agree that you have to be careful abou" wrote:
Win XP Pro, 40 GB HD about half full, IBM notebook: I appear to...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 24th 07, 07:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 94
startup glut.
Many thanks to Steve and to Ken Blake - and incidentally, as a point of
curiosity and ignorance, what is the translation of 'Iatyhtbca' ?
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 23rd 07, 06:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 94
startup glut.
Many thanks to JS and Terry R for the prompt and helpful replies. J. B.
-Delaware
"Terry R." wrote:
On 7/23/2007 9:20 AM On a whim, I agree that you have to be careful abou
pounded out on...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 23rd 07, 05:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 94
startup glut.
Win XP Pro, 40 GB HD about half full, IBM notebook: I appear to have a
lot of stuff [59 ?] starting when I start the computer - [1] So what can
I safely do to reduce this mess, and will...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 29th 07, 03:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 97
change file system
Jim: Thanx for your posting - I don't mean to argue, simply to respond: I
am running XP, SP2 - and when I entered as you suggested, the message was
'The system cannot find the path specified' I...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 29th 07, 02:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 97
change file system
"Jim" wrote:
"I agree that you have to be careful abou"
wrote in
message...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 29th 07, 12:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 97
change file system
I have not made it clear: - by following the link that db suggests, I come to
a point where the buit-in utility requires the use of a folder
'C:\windows\system32\autoconv.exe' It appears that...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 28th 07, 10:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 69
change file system
Trying to follow Newbie Coder's suggestion to my earlier defrag problem, I'm
trying to change my file system from FAT32 to NTFS, using Win xp Pro. In ths
process, I get to a point where I need a...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 27th 07, 11:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 78
Defragging
With Win XP Pro, FAT32; I defragged without any noticeable improvement.
So:[1] Is there a rule of thumb about when to defrag ? The defrag report
figures are confusing: They appear to say that...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 31st 07, 07:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 89
Regcure ?
I would appreciate comments about Regcure - is is safe to use - useful ??
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 16th 07, 03:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 0
Views: 64
security blocks access
Using XP pro. w/ SP2, all of which was put on by the comp. shop after I got
a new harddrive about 8 months ago [the old hd. had the same stuff on it,
factory installed - I was adding space by the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 14th 07, 01:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 93
deleting AOL files
I have about 300 files, mostly small, which appear to be remnant AOL files
- they show up when I 'search' and enter 'AOL'. and I suspect them of
slowing down the computer. They don't go away...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 8th 07, 02:59 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 113
new hard drive problem ?
Thanks again, Malke.
"Malke" wrote:
I agree that you have to be careful abou wrote:
Thanks for your response, DL - I think that I understand: Bearing in mind
that I cannot get online...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 8th 07, 02:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 113
new hard drive problem ?
Thanks for your response, DL - I think that I understand: Bearing in mind
that I cannot get online with the new hd, can you suggest how I should go
about getting the new modem driver for the new...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 8th 07, 01:30 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 113
new hard drive problem ?
Thanx, Malke: and I don't mean to argue, but I don't understand: If my modem
works ok when I use the old hd - as I'm now doing, doesn't that indicate
that the modem driver is present in the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 8th 07, 01:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 113
new hard drive problem ?
With an IBM laptop –WinXP Pro: I put in a new harddrive and re-installed XP
without any problem, and then tried to re-instal AOL from a disk, and find
that the new hd doesn’t run the modem. ...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
February 2nd 07, 02:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 0
Views: 170
" % "
Vanguard: Thanx for the response and the explanation - you are right that
DOs is not my first language - and your suggestion re a Dummies book is
appreciated. J.
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
February 2nd 07, 01:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 1
Views: 113
use of " % "
when a word or phrase is enclosed by percent marks, e.g " %winver% " what is
the purpose of the per cent marks - are they acting as quotation marks, or
what ?
Thanx - J.
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 25th 07, 02:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 105
Hibernate / stand by
"Mike G" wrote:
Standby will still be using battery power or charging power if you leave it
plugged in.
"I agree that you have to be careful abou"
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 23rd 07, 04:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 105
Hibernate / stand by
When the computer [ laptop] is to be unused for 10 - 12 hours, is it better
to hibernate, or better to stand by - or should the down time be handled
some other way ? Or does it make any...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
January 20th 07, 01:31 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 1
Views: 305
%userprofile%
When an instruction contains a direction to type in " %user profile% " etc.
etc., what, in plain speech, is intended to be said ?
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 17th 07, 02:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 147
'file in use'
"Rock" wrote:
"I agree that you have to be careful abou" wrote
Using Win XP Pro & I.E. 5 : I’m trying to REALLY delete the cache of
browser ‘index.dat’ files; so I booted up in...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 16th 07, 11:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 147
'file in use'
Using Win XP Pro & I.E. 5 : I’m trying to REALLY delete the cache of
browser ‘index.dat’ files; so I booted up in Safe Mode – then located the
index.dat file, and tried to send it to...
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