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What are Internet Explorer search prefixes?

March 31, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / 4 Comments

Dave, a friend of mine was showing off his superior knowledge of Microsoft Internet Explorer (though he, of course, called it “IE” and, once, “MSIE”) and really amazed me when in the Address bar he typed in something that caused it to give us a stock quote for the specified ticker symbol. How did he do that?

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Yahoo Messenger (YIM) transfers: where are they saved?

March 30, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / 13 Comments

Dave, someone sent me pics while we were in yim, uh, yahoo messenger. I viewed the pics while I was talking to her. Today I tried to find them and I couldn’t. I assume they are in my C drive somewhere. Can u help me find them?

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Can I use Microsoft Outlook Express with AOL?

March 29, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / 37 Comments

Dave, I use America Online (AOL) for reasons that are too tedious to explain, but I only just recently learned that instead of using their brain-dead mail program, I could be using Microsoft Outlook Express instead! How do I use MS Outlook Express to read AOL mail and send mail through my AOL account?

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Resetting Domain on Windows XP?

March 28, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / 21 Comments

I got a free laptop from a company that went out of business. It runs WinXP.
I’d like to set up a home network and use it there. I followed the WinXP wizard setup and made my desktop computer the primary hub. But when I try to set it up on the laptop, XP setup says the laptop is part of a domain and thus can’t be set up on a home network.
I can get internet access for the laptop, but I can’t browse the files on my desktop computer. Strangely, I *used* to be able to browse the desktop, but that stopped working for some reason. When I browse the network on the laptop, it shows workgroups from the now-defunct company, but not my local network.
Any ideas on how to get around this? The main thing I want is file sharing.

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Can’t install Sun Star Office on Windows XP?

March 17, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / 1 Comment

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 when I try to install I am presented with the following error:
NSIS Error
The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete.
The could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a virus. You may want to contact the author of this installer to obtain a new copy. It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC command line switch (NOT RECOMMENDED)

I contacted Sun and followed the suggestions that they made with no resolution. I have installed a couple of programs since trying Star Office with no problems. I have run the virus checker, spyware checker, defrag and disk clean up to no avail. Can you suggest anything from your experiences. Thanks for any thing you can provide. Tom

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Roxio EasyCD prevents access to Win XP CD and DVD devices?

March 16, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / 11 Comments

I’m running WinXP Pro with three CD/DVD devices. Roxio EasyCD program nullifies access to any of the three! When I try to rip CD to MP3 the computer can’t access any one of the three drives. Same when I try to play a music CD or read a data CD. I am able to cold boot and find the drives, but after I use the system for a while, it “loses” the CD/DVD drives. Dave, what’s up?

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Why are images on Web pages replaced with “[AD-SIZE]”?

March 15, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / 17 Comments

Dave, this is just bizarre. When I surf the web in Microsoft Internet Explorer on my Windows machine, sometimes I find that certain graphics on a page are replaced with the text “[AD-SIZE]”. What’s going on?

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How do I subscribe to an RSS feed with My Yahoo?

March 14, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help, Wordpress Help / 4 Comments

Dave, I use the RSS feeds on my personalized MyYahoo! page and sometimes it can’t find the feed, even if I put in the exact URL. I especially have problems with RDF feeds. When I click on them, it looks like it wants to download something and I know that’s not what I need for an aggregator. How do the RDF feeds work? I have several blogs that I like to read that have RDF feeds and I don’t know how to incorporate them into my RSS feeds. Thanks for your help!

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