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if i have a regular copy of windows xp professional installed on my computer, and i want to buy a new copy and change the cd key, will an OEM cd-key work without reinstalling?

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I am running windows XP and would like to reformat my computer but I have never done this before,how do you go about doing it?Any tips or help would be great!!! My system is older here is the specks. Microsoft windows XP Home edition service pack 1 AMD Athlon Xp …

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How do i edit my BIOS settings? Do i press DEL when my computer is starting up? Because when i dot hat theres BIOS SETTINGS UTILITY. I have to change my boot order to CD-ROM. THere is no "Boot Order" tab anywhere or CD-ROM. Theres boot settings priority, but i …

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I long time ago when I used IE, I had the address bar toolbar on my taskbar. I found it very helpful for getting to pages quickly. Eventually, I got rid of it because even in 1280 x 1024, it took up too much of my taskbar space, and there …

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Im having a problem with a computer that appears to randomly lock up at various times and there is no way to shut down the computer unless I turnoff the swith on the supply. I have replaced the RAM and ran diagnostic on the machine and it still freezes. Is …

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I am runnning Windows XP Pro, with SP2 recently installed. Before I installed SP2, I could run DOS-based programs OK. Tell the system to run the program, and it would pop up the Command Prompt and run it. After I installed SP2, when I try to run most DOS-based programs, …

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I am running windows XP and would like to do a system restore to try to fix a problem I am having with my computer,but when I go into Sytem Restore it will not let me choose anything but a date from January and I would like to go back …

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Hey everyone. I wanted to install xp over my 2000, and so i loaded everything up installed everything and then got to the partition selection. It would not let me delete C: because it said there were files that were needed for the setup, arent they supposed to be on …

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I think in win 98 you could display internet files on the desktop without opening any browser. I remember I could connect to server and get the location of satellites on my desktop. is it possible in XP?

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[FONT=Verdana]Hi, I was just wondering when anybody knew when the new O.S. from Microsoft: [B]Microsoft Windows [I]Longhorn[/I][/B] would be coming out and any information that anyone should know about it? Ohh and could you add :o where you can download it for free or get it from someone that you …

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hi i am havin a problem wid my windows xp pro every time i do a format i have 2 put all of my drivers bk on and when i put my anti-virus on my com askes 2 restart then it goes mad it gets to the loading screen of …

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Hello, this is my first post so thanks for any help you can provide. At work, I had about 350 Contacts in Outlook 2003. A coworker tried to sync his blackberry with the contacts and instead of taking them from the computer, he did the opposite, he managed to take …

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Ok, slipstreamed xp pro installation with sp2, Clean Install, inspects hardware config, asks me to press F6 if i want to install SCSI or RAID Drivers. then to press F2 for ASR, and then nothing, the screen hangs, cd and hard drives go idle and after a short while the …

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I have an 80gb hard drive which I wish to partition. On one partition I would like to install Windows 98, mostly in order to play older games. One the larger partition, I would like to install XP, for anything else I need to do. I understand that Windows 98 …

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I use msn for my internet provider. I at one time was able to erase the address line by going into control panel and clearing the history. This no longer works!! Im not sure if its MSN or my computer that is the problem. I am unable to get any …

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Hi, just a quickie - does anyone know if my Win 2K Advanced server will require a restart after installing the Connection Manager Administration Kit? Kinda mission critical to avoid restarting this box between certain hours, but I'd really like to install CMAK today if I can.

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hi i am havin a problem installing windows xp on my computer and i get to the setup is starting wwindos with a blue background and then it freezes and does not do ne thing ne help email male me pls (bravo206@hotmail.com or reply)

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Hi folks, A while back you helped me with spyware, so now I am hoping you can help again. I am attempting to load some new software but when i do it comes up file error "cannot find shell.dll" I did a search and it is in there. I also …

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In any Office 97 application if you go to exit after you have made file changes a pop-up says "Do you want to save the changes" followed by three buttons: "Yes" "No" "Cancel". Since installing SP4 on windows 2000 my three buttons say "Cancel" "Yes" "OK" but the functionality of …

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Ok here is my problem: Yesterday I rebooted my computer, it began to start back up. Then after showing the XP loading page the screen went black for about 5 seconds. If flashed blue for no more then a second and then began to restart again. I left it on …

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Does anybody know what services are safe to disable or set to manual? Also, what recommendations to use as far as turning off themes, using a screen saver, power setting options, i want to get the best optimization possible. Thanks in advance

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i want to send information via networking to my two computers but whenever i try to setup the wizard this comes up : The wizard detected that this computer belongs to a domain. Therefore, you cannot use this wizard to set up a network

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How do I change the settings to automatically have programs install to drive d instead of drive c?

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Hi. I'm using windows xp 2005 . The problem is , everytime I try to run a cd/vcd to watch a movie , I get an error message after about 2 minutes of starting - " There was an I/O device error " - . I have had my sound …

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Hi, i resently attempted to put in a modem, and when i did the comp started uyp fine except when at windows it froze up. So i took out the modem and started the comp up, and now it wont go passed the spec screen( the screen after the very …

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My computer is windows xp, with ad-aware 6.0. Please can you tell me the best way to update it. Thank-you.

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I just purchased a new 160 gig hard drive. What is the best way to configure the hard drive. A friend of mine suggested the following: 20 gig - Drive C Windows operating system only 5 gig swapfile Remainder for files and applications I'm no expert, but here is my …

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I am using a laptop t41 with xp. My mouse keeps drifting to the left side of the screen. This is a major annoyance. It appears to be happening randomly, but alot. Any help would be appreciated.

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please help when i start the window it got this message "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage.." and then, "The feature you are trying to use is on a cd rom or other removeable disk that is no available and then ask yu insert the …

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