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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 20th 17, 02:38 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 5
Views: 204
Posted By mike[_2_]
WEBROOT on Windows 10

On 9/19/2017 5:52 PM, Albert wrote:
I'm hoping someone can help!

A few months back I took my computer into Best Buy and turned it over
to the Geeks. They talked me into buying an antivirus...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 20th 17, 02:13 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 362
Posted By mike[_2_]
I need help writing a position independent CMD script

On 9/19/2017 8:48 AM, JJ wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:44:58 -0700, mike wrote:
I need help writing a position independent CMD script.

I'm helping a friend write a CMD script that is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 14th 12, 03:29 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Replies: 22
Views: 1,484
Posted By mike[_2_]
WinXP keeps freezing/crashing after last night's automatic WindowsUpdate & Restart - please help

On 6/13/2012 6:13 PM, Adam wrote:
Host OS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Guest OS: Windows XP Pro SP3

WinXP keeps freezing/crashing today after last night's
automatic Windows Update& Restart.
I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 21st 12, 06:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 689
Posted By mike[_2_]
Default partition and environmental variables

On 3/20/2012 7:20 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
Hello! I have WindowsXP sp3 installed on a small (20GB) C:\ partition, with
the idea being that most all my data is stored on a larger D:\ partition.
...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 30th 10, 07:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 1,382
Posted By mike[_2_]
My New Laptop Battery

SC Tom wrote:

"aaaaa" wrote in message
...
I just received a new PA33838U-1BRS (?12 cell I think) battery I
bought from...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 29th 09, 12:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 201
Posted By mike[_2_]
Cannot UNinstall network card...IP address conflict

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
"spamme0" wrote in message
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Forum: General XP issues or comments January 29th 09, 08:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 201
Posted By mike[_2_]
Cannot UNinstall network card...IP address conflict

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
"spamme0" wrote in message
...
I apologize for being such a poor communicator.
The second paragraph of my...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support July 15th 08, 12:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 438
Posted By mike[_2_]
Where do I stick my license key?

VanguardLH wrote:
mike wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:
mike wrote:

It's a VERY long story...
I have a dell Dimension 2300 with xp home that's gone corrupt.
I don't have the...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support July 15th 08, 11:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 438
Posted By mike[_2_]
Where do I stick my license key?

Nepatsfan wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
...
It's a VERY long story...
I have a dell Dimension 2300 with xp home that's gone...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support July 14th 08, 07:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 438
Posted By mike[_2_]
Where do I stick my license key?

VanguardLH wrote:
mike wrote:

It's a VERY long story...
I have a dell Dimension 2300 with xp home that's gone corrupt.
I don't have the Administrator
password, so I've limited access...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support July 14th 08, 02:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 438
Posted By mike[_2_]
Where do I stick my license key?

It's a VERY long story...
I have a dell Dimension 2300 with xp home that's gone corrupt.
I don't have the Administrator
password, so I've limited access to clean things up.
I decided to just reload...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 19th 08, 11:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 11
Views: 532
Posted By mike[_2_]
How can I tell if XP is legal?

Jack D1ldo wrote:

If you are getting all the updates then you are legal otherwise tough
luck. If it is working then why fix it! Continue doing what you are
doing and you should be ok...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 19th 08, 11:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 11
Views: 532
Posted By mike[_2_]
How can I tell if XP is legal?

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
Visit: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/diag/ and click on
"Start Diagnostics".

Thanks,
Been there, done that.
I don't want to change my browser settings to allow...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 19th 08, 08:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 11
Views: 532
Posted By mike[_2_]
How can I tell if XP is legal?

I bought a used computer with XP.
It's activated.
I want to make DARN SURE it's gonna continue to work
before I spend a week installing and configuring stuff.

I went to the MS site and got...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 15th 08, 06:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 10
Views: 468
Posted By mike[_2_]
Erasing(formating) disk - xp licence ?

Big_Al wrote:
Majki Majk wrote:
I would like to clean HDD, to format it, i don't longer need it. XP
sp2 is installed on the disk which was activated over the license key
. Is there a way...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 15th 08, 06:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 327
Posted By mike[_2_]
Windows XP Pro Download

Nicholas Mancini wrote:
I need a little bit of help if possible. I've had Windows XP for quite a
while now for my labtop and just recently (about 10 minutes ago) it
contracted a virus that...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 10th 08, 06:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 381
Posted By mike[_2_]
Control of default Folder targets for "Save As" Command

Wittgenstein''''s Rabbit wrote:
Is there any way I can set up default folder targets for the Save As command
by adding a code or indicator into the file name or perhaps the folder name?

Can...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support May 26th 08, 05:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 2
Views: 449
Posted By mike[_2_]
Mouse goes past screen on right of screen

scubapro69 wrote:
When I opened up IE the page opened up on the right side of the screen
farther than I could see. I can drag my pointer over there but can not get it
to come back. Tried...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support May 26th 08, 12:11 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 4
Views: 552
Posted By mike[_2_]
XP OEM License Sticker Problem

VanguardLH wrote:
"Radman_Bobbin" wrote in
:

Hi,

I've just had to replace the base cover of my IBM Thinkpad (the old one had...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support May 25th 08, 10:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 340
Posted By mike[_2_]
Disc boot failure, after files deleted, please help

posum2 wrote:
Hello folks,
I'm a bit new to this, but after someone deleted some huge files off
the hardrive, maybe more, when I boot up, just get disk boot failure
and insert system disc...
Forum: The Basics May 23rd 08, 08:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 7
Views: 540
Posted By mike[_2_]
Frequent copying of large number of folders & files

Hoges in WA wrote:
I asked this over in the xpmusic group also but thought I might improve my
chances by putting it here as well.

I regularly copy my music files to a second internal hard...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 25th 08, 01:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 520
Posted By mike[_2_]
flash drives

wrote:
I load MP3 files to several USB flash drives from the system
harddrive for playing thru a MP3 device. I load songs on each USB
flash according to music type. Lately...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 25th 08, 01:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 9
Views: 397
Posted By mike[_2_]
Lost files during transfer from USB stick to hard drive

VanguardLH wrote:
SteveButler wrote:

I use Windows XP. I was moving holiday snaps (jpegs) from a USB memory stick
to a folder on my laptop C drive. Unfortunately I used cut/paste rather...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 12th 08, 03:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 1
Views: 287
Posted By mike[_2_]
How to open a file on a remote computer?

How to open a file on a remote computer?

I'm sitting at the console of computer A.
Computer B is on my network.

I can navigate to computer B, click a link, and
computer A does whatever it would...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 9th 08, 08:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 8
Views: 334
Posted By mike[_2_]
How to tell if XP on a Gateway is valid/legal???

Shenan Stanley wrote:
mike wrote:
Ok, I tried to get answers to a lot of questions in one email so
there'd be some hope of an answer before I have to go look at the
hardware.
Let's ask...
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