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Hey bro! I'm staying at a campground and when I connect to the wireless network, I get a warning that there are all these other computers connected from my PC-cillin program, and it asks me if I should trust them...
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For testing purposes, I want to be able to run both Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 on my Windows XP system. Is that possible, and if so, how do I get it working?...
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I'm trying to install Windows XP on my new Apple MacBook Pro using Apple's Boot Camp utility, and I'm finding a very weird issue: when I start up the WinXP installation within Bootcamp, it goes through various steps then finally...
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I was changing my name (Jim H) from administrator to a user with limited privileges, with a password for both administrator and Jim H, and, when I rebooted, I got the following error message: "Checkpoint Scheduler... X... Task Scheduler is...
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I'm thrilled to learn that I can now dual-boot my new Intel-based Mac so that I can live in the warm fuzzy world of Mac OS X or flip over to the business world of Windows XP. I have a...
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I was reading the questions asked about the Sony PSP and i saw a lot of questions about firmware or something and that it has different kinds of number like 1.50 and 2 or greater ! Now my questions are...
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I really love my new Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) and while most of the games are kinda lame, there are enough good ones that it's a great companion on my daily commute. I bought a few UMD format movies, but...
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I want to add Outlook Express to the Quick Launch taskbar in Windows XP Pro SP2. I have looked in a few places but I cannot seem to find a way. Help!...
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Dear Dave, I have a PC with Win XP Home, 1GB memory, SP2, etc. I have a Western Digital 320GB external hard drive. I don't log on Win XP with a password. Problem: when I want to 'schedule' an incremental...
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I've newly upgraded to XP Pro/SP2 with all of the latest updates. The feature that always asks what I want to do when I insert removeable media (USB or ZIP disk) is frustrating and un-teachable. It either won't learn when...
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Ever since installing SP2 on my WinXP Home OS the "My Documents" folder and everything in it has become "Read Only". Despite unchecking the "Read Only" check box in the folders properties and applying that change to the contents of...
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Dave, Windows XP hibernation takes an extremely long time, ten minutes or longer, to get to full hibernation. What is up? What can I do? I'm using a Toshiba M200 Tablet PC with 1GB of RAM. Everything was fine when...
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This is a weird problem that others may have too: My connection to the Internet (cable) goes dead if I leave my laptop on without using it for some time. The error message says "ARP cache will not clear" when...
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Dave, Windows XP hibernation takes an extremely long time, ten minutes or longer, to get to full hibernation. What is up? What can I do? I'm using a Toshiba M200 Tablet PC with 1GB of RAM. Everything was fine when...
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Dave. In reference your recent comments on .msi installation (specifically How do I install a .MSI download?). I've done some research and find that neither Microsoft nor you don't WinXP, which is where I'm having a problem. My Dell laptop...
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Dave, I am getting a new computer with WinXP?. Do I need Zone Alarm? SpyBot?? AdAware?? A-squared? Spyware Blaster? Help! I don't want to be one of those statistics you read about on the 'net......
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Let me tell you about my experience about the Windows XP Crash Update after the 12th of April 2005 First I had just installed windows xp sp2, and installing all my drivers. Installed McAfee? anti virus and firewall plus updated...
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When I install Microsoft Messenger I can use it once.The next day when I boot up my computer I can't get in. Hotmail works ok, but I have installed messenger many times with the same result. I am running WindowsXP...
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Dave, when I select to restart or shutdown my computer it takes approx 2 to 2.5 min for the window "Saving your settings" to close and then another 15 sec for the window " Windows is shutting down: to close....
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Now that the Sony PSP is out they're now selling UMD movies. Most of the movies I already have in my DVD collection, however. Is there any way that I can copy my DVD movies to a memory stick duo...
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Dave, I installed Internet Explorer SP2 and every thing works fine, except that now, if I try to change the font in Outlook Express 6 email I get an error message that "An error has oocurred in this dialog. Error:...
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I have a Windows XP Office installation cd prior to SP2 and would like to know if there is anywhere I can get the updates without having internet access. I need to install the XP office on a pc that...
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Hi Dave, I am relatively new to computers and hope you can help. I am getting better at using the computer but I do have problems. This problem really gets me upset every time it happens: my computer crashes a...
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Hi Dave. I have a weird question for you: as I walked past my company's tech support desk, I overheard two really geeky guys laughing and referring to April 12 as "Update-Crash Day for Windows Users". What's up with that?...
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I am running Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 installed. In the past I used Sun Star Office and got an invite to test the Star Office 7 Beta. I was able to download the program with no problem but...
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Dave, for the last few months I've carefully avoided installing Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (aka "SP2") because I kept hearing about all sorts of problems that arose after people had installed SP2 on their WinXP systems. I'm...
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