Thanks, MrBill Thank you, ephemarial! (The email said: MrBill has just replied to a thread...Sorry, I didn't think to look below) This may be...
I have a cable modem (Motorola SB 5101U) that has no standby button. This means I have to turn the power off to prevent internet connectivity and...
I thought I did. I was fooled by the existence of a check in the box on the dropdown. Sorry.
No. I prefer solutions I can control. I never tried it before.
Open (Good) Command Prompt Here - Solved [Kicking self}. I should have thought of this. Thank you!
Following instructions found many places online I have added the following to my XP SP3 registry:...
I will look into it. I am still going to wait a week or so before marking thread resolved. Thank you very much.
Here is the diag. report: (looks OK w/ "file exists: yes ". I will assume problem is resolved and so mark the thread after a decent interval....
Continuing reply to Arie The popup recurred but was no help. Can you verify that the file mentioned above is what I need?
I'm embarrassed to say I don't remember. I cloned the old disk using EASUS Partition Manager, but I also did a clean install (or two) and I don't...
OK. If you do not mind I will wait til I get another popup. KB971033 is for Win7, and while I have found what I think is appropriate (Windows...
Here it is (I really appreciate all your help): [Later - Looking back I see that I did not follow your instructions precisely; I downloaded to and...
I don't. I use fat32 (because I use DOS frequently).
All done (verified, actually). There is no Security tab, only General. Is that because I have XP Home, not Professional? I notice, however,...
MS Security Essentials Keeps Nagging about Validation - Update The popup was back was back when I did a cold boot this morning, this time...
Thank you. I have followed both your suggestions (I was surprised to learn that Windows Genuine Advantage did not in fact validate an XP...
About once a week when I restart my computer I get a popup Security Essentials window saying "Windows Failed to Pass Validation. Security...
Yes! C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,/root,0 The '0' was not dead obvious, but my guess worked. Thank you, Robert
If I open a Windows Explorer window - eg. by a shortcut with the command line: C:\Windows\Explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\, I can then rightclick on...
This thread is concluded. Thanks, ral
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