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External hard drive
I have two WD My Book 500GB firewire external drives. They are less
than one year old and the button on one of them has broken. Therefore, I
will not consider buying another external drive from WD.
I am considering one of the three following drives. They are all 7200
RPM and IEEE 1394 . I would appreciate any input considering which is the
best drive. Thank you in advance for ...
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12/30/2008 8:06:54 PM |
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network hard drive /usb drive
hi,i have just baught a buffalo 500gb nas drive which has installed ok ,it
has a usb port in the back so i can connect a usb hard drive,which i have
done this seemed to work perfect until i tried to set up a auto backup to the
usb drive .i keep on getting various eror messages ,"you do not have
permission "or "network name cannot be found "or sometimes "backup failed due
to a I/0 fault 0...
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12/30/2008 8:06:53 PM |
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wireless problem
I have AT&T DSL.My Motorola modem is connected to a Netgear router that also
has wireless built in. I have 2 Dell desktops hooked to the router using
Ethernet cables and a laptop PC that has wireless access. My problem is that
when my home phone rings and is answered it drops the internet connection on
the laptop PC and sometimes the internet will automatically come right back
up and at ...
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12/30/2008 8:06:14 PM |
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Vista SP 2
Has anyone installed SP 2 Beta for Vista?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=dca54ecc-362a-4b4d-b62b-22780e839a7e&displayLang=en
If you have installed it, is it working O.K.?
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12/30/2008 7:54:01 PM |
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Why must Windows be installed first in a dual-boot?
I want to build a dual-boot PC with Vista & Linux. Both Vista & Linux have
boot loaders. Why is it necessary to install Windows first? Why can't Linux
be installed first?
I'll admit that Vista has a pretty neat feature - one can shrink or expand
the partition from within Windows. Linux requires a separate program to
shrink or expand the partition.
So, please explain why Windows must ...
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12/30/2008 7:36:03 PM |
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Installing Vista home Premium over Vista Business
Hello everyone,
I recently bought a Refurbished Dell 1525 from Dell outlet. The online
specifications for this particular machine said was loaded with
Windows Vista Business. However, when I got the machine it was in fact
loaded with Vista Business but did not include an operating system
install disc of any kind. Also, the build sheet that came with this
laptop states it should be loaded wit...
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12/30/2008 7:17:44 PM |
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Vista boot Stuck on a black screen with a mouse cursor
I upgraded to Vista from XP and everything worked for one month. My kid
resetted the PC and since then Vista does not boot. It passes the boot
screen with the green stripes with Microsoft logo and does not reach the
Vista green screen. It get stuck on a black screen with only mouse cursor
pointer dispalyed.
I tried to boot in safe mode, I tried repair mode without success; it is
stuc...
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12/30/2008 7:11:56 PM |
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Can Vista defaults for folder / dialog interfaces be changed?
Under Windows XP, if I open up My Computer, I can go to the View
menu, Select the Toolbars option and toggle on or off the key
elements:
Standard Buttons
Address Bar
Links
I can't seem to find a way to do that in Vista.
Also, the order of elements is changed in Vista and I can't find
a way to alter that.
Is there any way to accomplish these tasks so that I can make the
interf...
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12/30/2008 6:52:23 PM |
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Will Windows 7 be visually similar to Vista?
I'm curious if Windows 7 is going to be similar to Vista in terms
dialog box layout, GUI characteristics, etc.
Or is it going to be changed (like how XP differed from Win 98
SE, for example.)
Thanks
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12/30/2008 6:28:15 PM |
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How Do I Fix system32.dll question
Hi
I downloaded a regcure program & my AV told me there was a virus in
it, so I stopped running it & removed the program
Now I have a missing .dll
c\:windows\system32\iifcYSMG.dll
Anyone know how to fix please?
Running Vista
--
Martin
©¿©¬...
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12/30/2008 6:08:58 PM |
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What is "Search Protocol Host"?
I have a new FoxConn MB with an AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core CPU and 4-Gig of RAM.
However, even this system slows down when something called
"searchprotocolhost" starts running.
That service will use 50% of the CPU and over 1-Gig of RAM when it starts.
So, what is this "service"? And, how do I turn it off?
No wonder people complain about Vista slowdowns.
--
Life is an adventure...
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12/30/2008 5:53:00 PM |
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Preparing to install when click on start, recycle bin, etc.
Recently my system started having a problem where I would get a preparing to
install message when right clicking on the recycle bin, clicking on the start
button or starting applications like Word. It doesn't happen every time but
always happens the first time I do one of these after rebooting the computer.
I tried uninstalling Microsoft Office 2007 and then had to follow the
instruction...
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12/30/2008 4:57:36 PM |
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Sidebar fails to open a boot?
Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
I have been having this problem. At bootup, the sidebar shows the top + <>
panel but does not load any of the standard gadgets. When I place the mouse
over it I get the circle. All I can do is click in the area, get the Windows
Sidebar Not Responding message and close the program. If I go to start &
launch sidebar, it still does not open.
How do I r...
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12/30/2008 4:47:17 PM |
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Why is Vista 30 times slower than XP in File Transfering?
Earlier today I transfered c 150 files, 1.5gb from Vista to a usb2
drive and it took an hour
When I then transfered those same files from the usb stick to xp it
took 2 mins
Why is Vista so incredibly slow at file transfers?
using 2gb mem and 2 ghz on vista business laptop
and 1 gb mem 1 ghz on xp
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12/30/2008 4:19:29 PM |
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Hard Drive is Write Protected?
I have Vista installed here and one of my regular internal ATA
drives has become write protected.
When I try to do anything that involves a write, Vista brings up a
message saying, "The media is write protected". This is normally
something you get when working with removable media. How can an
internal HDD be write protected?
I'm sure its *not* a permissions problem. I have Adminis...
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12/30/2008 4:08:32 PM |
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External hard drive
1 TB FireWire / USB External Hard Drive
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12/30/2008 3:53:12 PM |
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What version of Vista
Hello
I wanted to check if I have SP1
I have right clicked on my computer, >properties> and don't see anything to
indicate I have SP1
I have entered winver in the run command line box and no indication
I have gone to windows update and SP1 is not offered as an available update.
Thanks
Richard
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12/30/2008 3:50:43 PM |
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pending.xml missing
Hi, I have problems, installing the windows update software 7.2.6001.188.
It always fails due to error 8007371c.
I tried anything imaginable, but it didn't work.
In my windows\winsxs the pendin.xml file is missing, and in the registry
HKLM\offline_components\ is nothing resembling to delete.
There were some other files, as pending.xml.01c91bcdadd3a830
I removed them into another non OS dire...
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12/30/2008 3:32:17 PM |
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Wireless Wireless
I am no expert, but
Possibly you have a rechargeable wireless phone next to you computer
if so move the computer away, they operate on the same frequency, could be
causing the problem?
Otherwise there could be a problem in the instructions coming out of sleep
mode talk with Microsoft.
Regards,
Rastus
From: "epi-pissed!" <epipissed@discussions.microsoft.com>
Subject: Wirele...
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12/30/2008 3:19:38 PM |
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Limit Programs Running In Background
How do I identify and limit programs running in the background on start up?...
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12/30/2008 3:17:02 PM |
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Vista Start black screen
Hello,
first of all, I'm from Germany so please don't look at my bad school english
:-)
My son got a new PC for X-Mas:
Acer Extensa E420
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium, AMD Athlon64 X2 4850e Dual Core
(2,5GHz), 2x1GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB S-ATA II, ATI HD3450 (256MB), DVD-RW,
Card-Reader
From the first start I have the problem that the PC starts, you see the Acer
logo than the green ...
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12/30/2008 2:35:55 PM |
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Vista is SO SLOW
hey peeps..
Vista is slow... there is no two ways about it... I congratulate you If
your one of the lucky ones who has it working nice with everything.
Specs for this pc - compaq laptop, 1.7 celeron, 256mb graphics, 1gig ram,
came from the shop with vista enabled etc.
So far it takes ages to do everything. Im not interested in upgrading, why
would I want to when I have a deskto...
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12/30/2008 1:42:02 PM |
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How Do I Fix system32.dll Question
Hi
I downloaded a regcure program & my AV told me there was a virus in
it, so I stopped running it & removed the program
Now I have a missing .dll
c\:windows\system32\iifcYSMG.dll
Anyone know how to fix please?
Running Vista
--
Martin
©¿©¬...
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12/30/2008 12:59:43 PM |
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Second screen goes dark
Hi guys,
I have Windows Vista Ultimate with Dual Monitors. This is not really a
problem, but when I press WIN+L to lock the workstation, the second
monitor does not display the logon screen. It is just black. It does not
go on standby since I can at least see the mouse on the second screen
when it is black. Anyway to make the background appear on both screens
when locking the workstation?
Thank...
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12/30/2008 11:52:25 AM |
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This supernatural phenomena is freaking me out
Posted about this a few times but with no explanations, so i can only put
this down to the supernatural
Everytime I try to print using Microsoft Office Document Image Writer (hence
post to ms office newsgroups) - It goes through the motions (save a printout
as a file)
but the file (a .tiff file) cannot be seen by Vista (as if it doesn't exist)
Yet! (and here is the part that freaks...
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12/30/2008 11:41:32 AM |