Forum: The Basics
June 23rd 10, 10:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Forum: The Basics
June 22nd 10, 09:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Forum: The Basics
June 22nd 10, 10:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Forum: The Basics
March 5th 10, 10:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 14
Views: 695
Disappearance of all desktop icons
Jim Hawkins wrote:
When I turned on my PC (Win XP SP3) this morning all my desktop icons
had gone.
I can start programs by going to Start/All programs/.. finding the
one I want and clicking...
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Forum: The Basics
March 5th 10, 10:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 14
Views: 695
Disappearance of all desktop icons
Jim Hawkins wrote:
When I turned on my PC (Win XP SP3) this morning all my desktop icons
had gone.
I can start programs by going to Start/All programs/.. finding the
one I want and clicking...
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Forum: The Basics
March 3rd 10, 11:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 14
Views: 695
Disappearance of all desktop icons
Thanks Don,
AV is Norton 360. Scan shows nothing nasty.
Browser is IE6. I don't know anything about System Restore.
Jim Hawkins
"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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Forum: The Basics
March 3rd 10, 11:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 14
Views: 695
Disappearance of all desktop icons
Thanks Don,
AV is Norton 360. Scan shows nothing nasty.
Browser is IE6. I don't know anything about System Restore.
Jim Hawkins
"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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Forum: The Basics
March 3rd 10, 05:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 0
Views: 101
Disappearance of all desktop icons
When I turned on my PC (Win XP SP3) this morning all my desktop icons had
gone.
I can start programs by going to Start/All programs/.. finding the one I
want and clicking on it,
but that's a...
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Forum: The Basics
March 3rd 10, 05:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 14
Views: 695
Disappearance of all desktop icons
When I turned on my PC (Win XP SP3) this morning all my desktop icons had
gone.
I can start programs by going to Start/All programs/.. finding the one I
want and clicking on it,
but that's a...
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Forum: The Basics
September 19th 09, 10:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 10
Views: 462
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Forum: The Basics
September 19th 09, 10:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 10
Views: 462
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Forum: The Basics
September 19th 09, 10:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 10
Views: 462
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Forum: The Basics
September 19th 09, 10:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 10
Views: 462
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Forum: The Basics
September 18th 09, 03:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 10
Views: 462
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Forum: The Basics
September 18th 09, 03:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 0
Views: 101
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Forum: The Basics
May 25th 09, 01:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 0
Views: 179
Use of laptop as a monitor
Can I use my laptop (WinXP SP3) simply as a monitor for a desktop PC (also
WinXP SP3) ?
If so, what connections are necesary?
Jim Hawkins
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Forum: The Basics
May 25th 09, 01:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 6
Views: 339
Use of laptop as a monitor
Can I use my laptop (WinXP SP3) simply as a monitor for a desktop PC (also
WinXP SP3) ?
If so, what connections are necesary?
Jim Hawkins
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Forum: The Basics
April 9th 09, 04:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,962
Good free file shredder ?
Is there a good freeware or shareware file shredder than can cope with
modern HDDs and USB flash drives ?
I downloaded PC Optimizer Pro because it boasted a 'free' fileshredder, only
to discover it...
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Forum: The Basics
April 9th 09, 04:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 0
Views: 73
Good free file shredder ?
Is there a good freeware or shareware file shredder than can cope with
modern HDDs and USB flash drives ?
I downloaded PC Optimizer Pro because it boasted a 'free' fileshredder, only
to discover it...
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Forum: The Basics
November 11th 08, 02:21 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 6
Views: 190
Cannot delete file
Hi Olorin,
Philo suggested chkdsk /f followed by a reboot, and it worked.
But thanks very much for your suggestion.
Jim Hawkins
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Forum: The Basics
November 11th 08, 02:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 6
Views: 190
Cannot delete file
Hi Philo,
It worked.! I'll remember that one!
Many thanks for your help.
Jim Hawkins
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Forum: The Basics
November 11th 08, 12:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 6
Views: 190
Cannot delete file
When I try to delete this old Foxpro file, I eventually get (after a long
delay) :-
"Cannot delete NOMERRS.FPT: Data error (cyclic redundancy check) "
How do I delete it ?
Jim Hawkins
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 11th 08, 03:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 118
Clearing PRN
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote in message
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"Jim Hawkins" wrote in message
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 11th 08, 02:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 118
Clearing PRN
I'm trying to stop a very long print to a dotmatrix printer
on the parallel port.
The program doesn't make use of the Windows Printers
facility, it simply does a 'copy myfile to prn'
I've tried...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 31st 07, 12:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 111
Blocking senders in OE
Is there a way to block a sender from ALL the newsgroups I subscribe to,
rather than having to block him/her in every newsgroup separately ?
Jim Hawkins
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