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Hi all, When clicking 'start' I have an otion titled 'My Recent Documents' which list all the recent files I've just looked at. I'm using XP. I don't particularly wish the recent files to be available to be displayed. How do I get rid of this annoying option being listed …

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I have been trying to get Sys Mechanic defrag running on my machine but for some reason I get errors like "Access Violation" or "SM encountered a problem. Run scandisk etc.". On running scandisk my PC seems to be fine. Also, it only gives me the problem on my work …

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Hi There, I've seen this problem here at work on two PC's and OS's for over a year and only just figured out what was causing it a couple days ago. Basically, when I use IE with the Google toolbar activated I can only navigate to one or two pages …

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Hi there Recently i having a problem to access to the remote computer. Although the share folder and security configuration set to everyone, but i still failed to access it. The error message " The server is not configured for transactions." Please help!

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I am looking at buying a computer,but I have no idea what all the stuff means,so I was hopeing some off you could tell me if it is good or not IBM 6794-DE2-JJMF34_10 NET VISTA-P4 2.0GHz/256KB 512 MB,40 GB,1.44, 16X DVD,10/100,nVIDE 650$ CANADIAN Any suggestions or comments would be really …

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Hello I have a problem that has been comming up with my computer. My computer gives me a blue screen in windows xp sometimes that tells me that if i have installed new hardware/drivers that there may be a conflict with IRQ's or something and that i should re-install the …

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My whole computer is skipping. the music, the mouse and the programs? sounds like when neo takes the red pill and it happens all the time. hardware or software what are my options for smooth sailing?

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I'm an Avid gamer, and recently I was hoping to see what turning off my Vsync would do for my framerate. I'm currently running a 2.6 ghz p4, 512 RAM and a Radeon 9600xt. Whenever I go into the display properties under the settings tab and attempt to hit the …

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Iam On Win Xp-sp2. I Had Created Partions On My Pen Drive . I Partioned It Into Public And Private Domain With The Help Of A Software Supplied With Pen Drive. Private Domain Is Invisible Unless The User Logs In With A Password Whereas The Public Domain Is Always Available. …

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I am trying to install JAVA JRE so I can run a program. But when I try downloading it it says Installer cannot proceed with the current proxy settings. I change the LAN settings as they promted me to but it asks for the address and port number which I …

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Hi All, Currently I am using WindowsXP Pro and the problem occurred a few weeks back after I install some application ( may be ). What happened here is when I right click on "Start" menu, normally I can see all those "Open, Explorer,Search,...etc" from context menu. But now I …

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Hello, I am new to this form so I hope I am in the correct form for asking this question. I has signed up to do surveys for Microsoft and as a reward for completing a survey they sent me copy Windows XP Pro which I was going to put …

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I followed some instructions and defraggled my HD, but now it does'nt work and makes weird grinding noises at startup. I mean it doesn't work at all!1!1!1!1!1!1 HELP ME!!!!! Here's a link to the guide i followed [url]http://www.datadocktorn.nu/us_frag1.php[/url]

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Should I Allow Security Centre In Win Xp-sp2 To Manage My Norton Firewall And Antivirus?? Is It Safe???

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Ok, I noticed this several months ago, I THINK it may have started around the time I installed DC++, its a P2P sharing program. I have since then uninstalled it. The problem is that, I have cable. And before I had great speeds, ranging from 120kbs to 300kbs even up …

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Hello, When I open outlook express it will usually not be able to obtain the email from my hotmail account. Sometimes it has no problem. It will usually obtain the subject line and sender info but nothing else. It also always doubles each email. So I receive 2 of everything …

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I want to make a CD boot disk but my boot sequence in bios needs to show this. I could use some step by step instructions. I think I start with f8 - GO INTO BIOS and i guess there is a check off where I click boot look for …

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I dont see any end to these new versions of OS. :evil: I think MS should concentrate on making same OS more & more stable and robust than releasing entirely new & more resource demanding OS everytime. What you guys think?

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For some reason my stupid computer won't let me uninstall SP2. It goes through almost all of the steps and then on the last step it says that "the system cannot find the file specified" "Windows Service Pack 2 wasn't uninstalled." Also I can't uninstall Norton anti-virus and i dont …

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I was wondering what affects SP2 have on Norton anti-virus if you download Norton first? As far as I can tell many people have been having problems with Norton and SP2. Such as logging onto secure sites, which is one of the problems that I have. There is one more …

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I am using Windows 2000 Professional OS,I have forgotten the Password Of Administrator I am working in restricted User. How can i get that Password. If this is Secrect. Pls mail to [email]bk_raavi@Yahoo.co.in[/email] Thanking U

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Hello, Thanks to all who helped with reinstallation of my software. The original problem is corrected and the computer works great except- now when my computer starts up it asks which operating system I want to use and offers me two choices. Both are Windows XP Home. If I choose …

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Every time I boot or restart my my pc, my "windows systen folder" opens. I can close it manually with no problem it's just a nusiance to me at this time. I am running windows xp home with sp2

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Please help; I have installed wanadoo on xp home but made an error when installing the sagem modem and now it does not acknowledge that there is a modem installed so I have then tried to delete the files manually so I can reinstall but it wont let me delete …

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Hello all, I have XP Home SP2. Just recently I decided to attempt to fix an issue that I have been having with my CPU. I have a 2.4 P4 and it has only been running at 1.8. I changed the CPU/DRAM speeds to 133/133 to get it to run …

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I installed Firefox 0.9.3 in a Dell running XP/SP2 with dial-up internet access set to dial automatically. Internet Explorer accesses the internet without a problem as does Outlook Express. When I start Firefox, it dials and gets as far authorizing, then I get the "access is denied, invalid username or …

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Does anyone know how to change the color of the start button w/o windowblinds or a skinner? I've tried doing it with ResHacker but when i boot my computer back up, the start button goes back to ugly green.

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I received the following error message "A Disk Read Error Occurred. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart." I installed a new Maxtor 160Gb drive and stood up XP Pro SP1 on my HP Pavilion 800Mhz w/768Mb memory. Ran great for 3 weeks (while I was recovering from a crashed W98 Western Digital …

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