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Lost my email and tasks!
I'm running XP Pro SP3
I spent a little time re-sorting the folder structure in the start menu.
The idea was make things a little more logical after I had XP re-loaded and a
back-up reinstated after a hard drive crash. I had quite a few duplicate
folders.
After moving a few folders around I looked in my Outlook where I used to
have a few email and some 'tasks' that I had set up, th...
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11/17/2008 10:23:54 AM |
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log on my user account automatically instead of Admin account, how?
I installed all those net framework thingies through MS update. Now when I
restart the computer I get logged on to the default Administrator account
automatically. Then I have to Switch User to go to my account. I don't want
to use the Welcome screen and I just want to boot up and go straight in to
my account when I reboot like it used to do before I updated.
How?
Thanks!!!
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11/16/2008 8:11:53 PM |
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Stopping popups from popping up
Is there any to stop popups from actually popping up? Like when you're
downloading a file and there's a popup that tells you it's finished and it
pops up while you're looking at another site. I don't want to block the
popup from occurring, just keep it from interupting another site or program.
Robert
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11/16/2008 7:16:52 PM |
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System Tray issues?
If I understand correctly, the Task Bar is the gray bar at the bottom of the
Windows screen which has "Start" at the left, and the System Tray is the row
of icons on the right-hand end of the Task Bar ending with the clock on the
right. If that's correct, see below. If not, please correct me.
My question concerns the System Tray, as defined above.
The System Tray appears to contain...
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11/16/2008 6:00:03 PM |
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iTunes & Quicktime
I downloaded these but am not able to open them.I get the error message "an
error has been encountered and must close.Tell Microsoft about this problem "
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TF...
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11/16/2008 1:11:00 PM |
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Some Registry Measurements
Registry Use:
I decided to take a look at just what kind of things were in the
registry with respect to installed programs. We already know there are
huge number of entries for the operating system, but how about programs?
So I got out my handy-dandy registry lister tool and the first thing I
counted was a non-MS app, WinZip since many people use it these days.
The counts ar...
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11/16/2008 7:57:01 AM |
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System restore not found
I hope someone can help. I have XP Pro 64 bit on my main (boss?) computer
with all service packs installed. The other three computers in my home
wireless network run XP (32) Home or Pro. Up until a few days ago,
everything worked well; each computer could talk the other and all connected
to the internet and to the printer, which is cable attached to the boss.
My 7 year old son and some ...
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11/16/2008 7:49:02 AM |
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Places bar edit question, Office places bar can be set to small icons so >5 items appear, WinXP size not working.
I've been trying all morning to get the general Windows places bar to
allow more than 5 entries. I've edited the registry following 3
different guides and have dl and tried 4 utilities to do the same.
Even putting in DWORD SizeItem 0 as suggested didn't change icons to
small in general Windows places bar. Yet toggling SizeItem 0 to 1 in
Office one works, they go big or small according to nu...
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11/14/2008 11:29:12 PM |
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Missing help file
While trying to save a picture in an email, I am told the file
C:\Windows\system32\mshtml.hlp is missing and needs to be reinstalled. How
can I find a copy of this file?
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11/14/2008 11:00:01 PM |
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outlook express
caught a virus and had to reinstall xp from scratch, now downloading all the
software. I have mcafee but the virus got me anyway. Now my outlook express
will accept e-mail but I cannot send. I did change the port to 587 but that
does not seem to work this time???
Any advise out there???
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Millie
Tucson, AZ
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11/14/2008 4:09:31 PM |
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Cannot Open File in Windows Explorer
I have had my computer for almost 2 years running with Windows XP Home
edition. Have had no problems until about 3 weeks ago. I open Windows
explorer open my C drive, click on a folder and try to open a file, (word or
excel) and I get a message program not responding. Sometimes I do not get
this message and can open a file. Most of the time I get the error message.
When I open either...
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11/14/2008 2:36:12 PM |
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keyboard command(s) for start menu & taskbar
I'm sharing a computer with an unusual video monitor instead of a standard PC
monitor. Monitor is super-wide and a bit of screen image is lost at top or
bottom.
I had a happy accident of unintentionally bashing my keyboard and the start
menu + taskbar suddenly appeared vertically on the right instead of
horizontally below.
How can my colleague re-create this in her login? She can't d...
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11/14/2008 12:48:53 PM |
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Installing Dutch and English languages on XP Home?
I have an English friend who lives in Holland. He has a desktop PC that runs
'XP Home' with a Dutch language setup for his Dutch speaking children.
There are separate user logins setup for him and each child.
For his own use on this PC he'd like to change the deployed language from
Dutch to English. Is this possible on 'XP Home', if so how?
We've looked at the various regional setting...
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11/14/2008 2:02:48 AM |
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Change the default file-listing format from 'icons' to 'details'?
I'm using Windows XP Home Edn. Can someone advise on the following?
In the file managers ('Windows Explorer' and 'My Computer'), one
select (via the 'view' menu, one of five options determining the way
files are displayed and listed:
1) Thumbnails
2) Tiles
3) Icons
4) List
5) Details
The default seems to be "Icons". Is there a way to change the default
to "List" or "Details"?
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11/13/2008 10:29:08 PM |
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Does an XP repair replace the whole registry?
When carrying out an XP repair installation does it replace the whole
registry with a new one?
regards,
Beemer
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11/13/2008 8:18:36 AM |
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How to find the 32 & 64 bit OS type in a cmd file
I'm modifying a cmd script and need to know which type of Windows it's
running and if it is 32 or 64 bit. I've found several sites suggesting that
the ver command works to find the OS, but the suggestions do not cover all
version of XP and Vista. By trial and error I have ...
ver | find "2003" > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto ver_2003
ver | find "Vista" > nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 ...
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11/13/2008 5:32:15 AM |
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Two Seconds Time Lag on Displaying on PC Screen
I use Win XP Home Edition SP2, Pentium M 1.2ghz, installed 1.2 gb memory,
My PC went dead so the factory had re-installed Win XP. I installed the same
applications as what I had before(MS Office 2003, Outlook, Skype, Kaspersky
Antivirus).
Ever since my pc came back from the factory, when I am typing something (for
example, composing a letter either in Notepad or in Word), I notice there
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11/12/2008 9:24:21 PM |
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post viral loss of mouse advice requested
I was invaded by a virus a little while ago.
It launched pcvtsSvc.exe. and .aux on launching XP and throughout a session.
I used to delete these as they launched. A consequence of this is my mouse
steadily lost capabilities.
I have now restored my XP Media OS to a date before virus attack but my
mouse does not respond to clicks (the white arrow is visible on screen and
does nove).
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11/12/2008 7:17:13 PM |
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DNS suffix configuration question
There seem to be two different locations where you can specify the DNS
suffix. The first is accessed by going to the Properties of My Computer ->
Computer Name -> Change -> More. The second is accessed via rClick on My
Network Places -> Properties -> Properties of Local Area Connection ->
Properties of TCP/IP -> Advanced -> DNS. Can anyone tell me the difference
b...
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11/12/2008 7:15:03 PM |
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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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11/12/2008 12:56:19 AM |
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"not repsonding" applications
Using IE7 & XP. For reasons unknown to me I have been getting frequent
hanging of web pages when working in IE7. This has only been in recent
weeks. This seems to happen when click on a website link. I do not work
with more than 2-4 windows open at one time. So, when one window hangs
(hourglass appears and stays on), I use contol/alt/delete to open Windows
Task Manager and "end" the...
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11/12/2008 12:40:17 AM |
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What is SWSTAMP.TXT?
Hi,
Noticed this file SWSTAMP.TXT in C:
Can anyone tell me anything about it?
file reads as
SOFTWARE STAMP:
----------------
Fri 04/04/2008
08:20 AM
06276
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Fri 04/11/2008
07:48 AM
06666
Thanks...
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11/11/2008 11:53:30 PM |
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Add or Remove Programs not working properly
Today when I went to the "Control Panel" to use "Add or Remove Programs", I
found that most of the programs shown did not display the "Size"
information. All they showed was the name of the program.
And when I would highlight the programs, only those that had showed the
"Size"of the programs displayed the "Change/Remove" button. The rest only
showed the name of the program and "Used" an...
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11/11/2008 10:43:13 PM |
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Cannot create
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There are an infinite number of ways to tell the same lie. There is only one
way to tell the truth....
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11/15/2008 6:48:01 AM |
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recovering Outlook 2007 emails
I most likely know the answer already by I want to make sure. I have
uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook 2007 on my computer (restored it to
original settings). Is there any way to get the emails I had before back
(are they stored on my computer), or are they gone for good (all of my other
documents and programs I had: word, excel, downloads, etc. are still there)?
Reuben
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11/17/2008 9:19:40 AM |