Forum: The Basics
August 14th 07, 05:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 13
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IE7 reports non-existing error
No, it is unchecked.
Also, brought the page into my text editor (NoteTab Pro), commented out the
first half of the URLs and ran IE - same problem. Uncommented this group,
commented out the second...
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Forum: The Basics
August 14th 07, 04:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 13
Views: 314
IE7 reports non-existing error
Thanks for your interest and help.
To answer your questions - I do not use CSS, there are no nested tables, my
AV is Norton Systemworks 2003, the firewall is ZoneAlarm and the doctype
statement...
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Forum: The Basics
August 13th 07, 06:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 13
Views: 314
IE7 reports non-existing error
My home page is an HTML document consisting of a series of URLs ?
separated
into categories using tables. It is about as simple and straight-forward
as
an HTML document can be. But for...
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Forum: The Basics
August 12th 07, 06:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 13
Views: 314
IE7 reports non-existing error
My home page is an HTML document consisting of a series of URLs separated
into categories using tables. It is about as simple and straight-forward as
an HTML document can be. But for some reason,...
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Forum: The Basics
July 29th 07, 07:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 5
Views: 256
Converting Vista to XP
A few months ago I bought a Lenovo computer with Vista installed. My
intention was to try Vista and see if I liked it - I don't! I know that the
machine can run XP, but the Lenovo web site has...
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Forum: The Basics
June 23rd 07, 03:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 3
Views: 68
Avoiding time-outs (dial-up)
My friend is a new computer user, a slow typist and gets clobbered with
time-outs on occasion. Is there a setting in Outlook Express or even a
third-party utility to prevent this?
Thanks for any...
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Forum: The Basics
June 16th 07, 03:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 1
Views: 106
Deleting IE browser history
Prior to leaving Internet Explorer (v7) I always go through the procedure to
delete browser history, clicking the "Delete All" button. Recently I find
that temporary internet files are not being...
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Forum: The Basics
June 6th 07, 06:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 2
Views: 194
Link for SP2 download
Is there a link where the stand-alone SP2 file can be downloaded? I can only
find it as an installation download. Reason: My nephew only has access to
dial-up and I'd like to D/L the file for...
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Forum: The Basics
June 3rd 07, 06:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 7
Views: 284
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Forum: The Basics
June 3rd 07, 04:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 7
Views: 284
Turning internet service off and on via software
Is there a way of turning internet service off and on via software? I am on
cable and using a LinkSys wired router. Even though I am using a firewall,
I'd like to be able to remove the internet...
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Forum: The Basics
March 25th 07, 06:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 24
Views: 752
Power toys
There is an XP Power Toys in the MS web site. Not sure offhand if it still
has these features, but probably does.
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Forum: The Basics
February 15th 07, 02:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 1
Views: 100
Which files to remove after SP-2 update?
Which back-up files can I safely remove after updating to SP-2? I know there
are a bunch of them taking up HD space, but don't know which ones to delete.
Also, is it necessary to boot into Safe...
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Forum: The Basics
February 12th 07, 03:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 8
Views: 204
Vista newsgroups?
Thanks everyone! Apparently my news server is not picking up what's on the
MS Vista groups even though they list it. Anyhow, hooked up with the MS
newsgroups and everythins is fine.
Thanks...
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Forum: The Basics
February 11th 07, 09:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 8
Views: 204
Vista newsgroups?
Using OE on an XP machine since I don't have the Vista machine completely
set up yet. Just reset the newsgroups here and still come up with "There are
no items in this view". I'll give it a try on...
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Forum: The Basics
February 11th 07, 03:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 8
Views: 204
Vista newsgroups?
Anyone know of a Vista newsgroup on the order of this one? None of the MS
Vista groups have any posts.
Thanks,
Cooter
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Forum: The Basics
February 9th 07, 03:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 7
Views: 194
Widescreen display - dumb question
Just bought a new PC which included a 19" widescreen LCD monitor, my first.
The display properties indicate a setting of 1024 x 768 pixels, which is
what I want. However, the entire monitor width...
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Forum: The Basics
February 8th 07, 01:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 5
Views: 143
Changing pre-loaded Vista to XP?
I am about to buy my wife a new (desktop) computer that has Vista
pre-loaded. My computer is running XP and I would like to put XP on the new
one. Is there any reason I can't do a clean install of...
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Forum: The Basics
October 20th 06, 05:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,117
IE7 question
I use my own version of a home page which is nothing more than a collection
of URLs. It was created with a text editor and contains absolutely no
scripts of Active-X modules. Yet everytime I go to...
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Forum: The Basics
October 4th 06, 04:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,356
Can't delete temp files
You're probably right about the AV program. I've never used CA, so that's
not the one creating the files on my machine. I could also be mistaken about
the creator being ZA or S/M, but it is one of...
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Forum: The Basics
October 4th 06, 02:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,356
Can't delete temp files
These are either ZoneAlarm or System Mechanic files, can't remember which.
One is written each time you boot the computer. However, I can always delete
all but the most recent one, but the catch...
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Forum: The Basics
October 1st 06, 06:17 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 4
Views: 284
How do they know my city?
A couple of times lately two different web sites have displayed ads saying
such-and-such was available in the town I live in. With both a hardware and
a software firewall on my system, how can a...
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Forum: The Basics
September 26th 06, 09:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 2
Views: 134
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Forum: The Basics
September 26th 06, 08:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 2
Views: 134
Turning off "Your computer may be at risk"
Is there a way of turning off the baloon message "Warning - Your computer
may be at risk". I knowingly have auto updates turned off. If I turn on
notify but don't download a message telling me new...
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Forum: The Basics
August 23rd 06, 07:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 0
Views: 97
Very slow response to hot-keys
I have assigned hot-keys to several applications that I use often. After I
recently upgraded to SP-2 it would take about 15 seconds after pressing the
assigned hot-key before the program responded....
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Forum: The Basics
August 15th 06, 09:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 11
Views: 212
Esplorer Start / Home page
I reformatted and reinstalled, then copied my home page to drive C
immediately. Then double-clicked the homepage to start IE. It came up on my
home page and has worked correctly since.
As for AV...
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