Threads Replies Last Post 35 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>   Where is the HOSTS file supposed to be located? Win XP(MCE), updated There is a HOSTS file in each of these these three directories: => C:\i386 => C:\Documents...\AllUsers\...\automaintanence => C:\Windows\system32\etc Which one of these is the file in active use when I use IE or FireFox? Do I need them all? I want to temporarily rename the active one to run a test. I can't view the videos on the weather channel and ... 8 25.06.2007 17:34:56 parental time restrictions Is there a way to limit kids usage with the xp home oper system by making the system unavailable during certain hours of the day? If not is there a way to make the system log off at a certain time of the day for a specific amount of time?... 12 25.06.2007 15:43:01 Arrange icons by name - multiple accounts How can I get XP to properly arrange shortcuts on the desktop by name, instead of by all users first followed by my account? Thanks :)... 4 25.06.2007 14:19:31 Moving "My Photos" and "My Music" My PC is set up with a single 230gig HD that is partitioned into 30gig for the OS and other programs and 200gig that is mainly used for editing video. I have a significant of new music and photos that I want to put on the system. With the XP Home OS on the 30gig partition, can I move the My Photos and My Music folders and content to the larger partition so that the actual music and pho... 5 25.06.2007 13:55:37 Help I am running windows up home and I am wondering where I go to find out what programs are running on start up ... 3 25.06.2007 12:20:11 Lost my verticle toolbar at bottom bunches up icons on bar Lost my verticle toolbar at bottom bunches up icons on bar, how do I get it back to default? Desktop icons are fine... 6 25.06.2007 10:27:54 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 help. ... 4 25.06.2007 02:42:31 Notepad Saving Files in I have Win XP Home SP2 .When I try either ‘Save’ or ‘Save as’ in Notepad I am presented with a Dialog Box in which the ‘save as type’ is set by default to Text Documents (*.txt). Clicking on ‘Save’ in this box has no effect – the file is not saved - however if I change the ‘save as type’ to the other alternative offered which is ‘all files’ the file sav... 7 25.06.2007 02:39:04 Dual Boot My pc came preinstalled with xp home and came with the restore disks, is there any way for me dual boot it with 98 on the same machine? ... 11 25.06.2007 00:41:28 microsd mobile memory card I just purchased a microsd mobile memory kit. It came with 2 adapters and a 1.0GB memory. I have a windows xp 2003 home edition computer. Where would I insert the memory card?... 5 24.06.2007 23:10:00 Changing Drive Letters in Win XP SP2 I want to change some of my hardware drive letters. for example e: to H:, etc.. I know there is a way to do this. Just don't know how. Thanks in advance... 5 24.06.2007 22:14:37 repair of missing files Tech support says I need to repair missing files in order to boot my system. To do this I must start the computer with the XP cd in. I do not have my cd and must buy a new one. My question is: Do I have to by the full version or will the upgrade work?... 3 24.06.2007 14:21:51 Networking I have two machines which are connected to the internet via a wireless router, one is Vista and the other is XP. What I don't seem to be able to do is to get them to see each other, help ! ... 2 24.06.2007 13:49:10 Windows Desktop Search returns text entries but not numbers I want to be able to search for all occurrences of a particular number in my spreadsheets (I know I can use Excel's search function to do a search within a single XL document but the trouble is I don't know which one to look in and I need to do this operation a lot) . WDS seems well enough able to find text entries in spreadsheets but not numbers (I have tried many different scenarios) ... 1 24.06.2007 02:56:00 printer and scanner will not power on I was about to install new ink for my Epson Photo R800 printer when I pushed the power button and it never came on. I also plugged it into another outlet to see if it would power on, but nothing happened. Then something made me turn on my Canon scanner and no power for it as well...I even tried plugging it in another outlet and nothing. I contacted both companies by email a few mins. ago. Can... 3 24.06.2007 02:53:28 Openinng pdf files At one time when I would click on a pdf file on a website it would open and then continue downloading the file if it were a large pdf. But now it wants to download the entire file before opening it. Is there an option for this; and where is the change made? Many thanks. -- Don Vancouver, USA ... 8 23.06.2007 18:50:18 Disk Cleanup, Compress Old Files I was useing Disk Cleanup in C:\drive, properties, General tab, to delete some unneeded files, and didn't notice that Compress Old Files was selected, and ran it. It took quite a while to run. I think my PC run's slower now. (1) Would that be normal, to be running slower? (2) Is there a way to reverse what I've done? I had plenty of hard drive space, and still have over 30gig left. I'm t... 5 23.06.2007 18:17:40 Computer takes a long time to "wake up" Hello there,I have been experiencing long delays opening IE or OE every time after the computer goes into the Screen Saver mode,I am talking about more than half a minute. This was not happening a few months ago,is there anything I can do to speed up this process? Thanks Alberto Dell,1.9 Ghz,512 RAM ,160 GB HD,IE6,cable high speed internet connection -- _________________________ ... 3 23.06.2007 18:06:11 Formatting a new hard disk I am trying to install a new Hard drive. The new one is 160 GByte the old one is 32 Gbyte. I have linked the unformatted PATA IDE as a slave. 1. Windows recognises the drive - not as a hard disk but as a removeable drive and asks for a disk to be inserted. Is there anything I can do to get around this? 2. If I can get around the first problem will the XP format command create a for... 3 23.06.2007 14:32:26 File Properties - Changing The Defaults How can I change the default identifying information that appears in the file properties dialog box for my Office 2003 applications? Thank you in advance! ... 6 23.06.2007 13:59:01 What is it about the WinXP Quick Launch that makes it so very sensitive? What is it about the Quick Launch bar that makes it disappear whenever the WinXP OS locks up and has to be rebooted? Is there something really really special about the QuickLaunch bar that is related to booting WinXP that every other Windows interface doesn't have (or does have)? For example, if the software locks up and I have to shut windows down with the power button, invariable, the ... 5 23.06.2007 11:20:01 XP - where to get etc? A mate (v. wrongly!) uses a pirated copy of Windows XP. Because he can't receive updates - keeps getting a Validate your Windows - message ...and due to his guilty conscience has decided to go legitimate. How does he do this? Presumably purchase a legit copy of Windows and install. Q1. Will a simple OEM Windows XP package be ok? Q2. Where best to purchase this from for simplicity and cheapne... 3 23.06.2007 06:54:59 Show Desktop Icon missing. I was just issued a used computer from my company and noticed that it does not have the Show Desktop icon on the quick launch. I'm using win XP, how can I have that Icon back on the taskbar? -- Take Care, R2... 3 23.06.2007 06:22:38 Install problems When I have a program with an application, I uninstall it and try and install it again.. however it won't allow me to choose location... there is just run and save as the options.. Any help appreciated.. btw.. I have been off line for 2 weeks, my ethernet card finally bit the dust... did a system repair.. and I couldn't connect when I came back on.. I am now connected, bought the cheape... 3 23.06.2007 02:03:43 time limits in XP Hello I'm wrestling with several third party applications to set a time limit for use of the PC. Nothing works 100%. My son can't stop playing online games. I want to give him 3 hours a day to play online. If anybody has a good suggestion for me, please mail me. Maybe someone can write a little program that counts the time when the PC is started and automatic logoff when time is over. ... 17 22.06.2007 22:34:33 35 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>