Before anyone answers let me provide some background and context. I have an IBM Netvista PC running XP Pro. I have "Screen Saver" configured...
Is there a command other than "winver" that will give you the OS version, one that will produce text output rather than a window?
I purchased a reconditined PC off ebay, and I also purchased a non-OEM XP Pro CD (with product key) off ebay. I installed XP and activated it....
I installed XP on an old [600 MHz] PC I have which was/is running W98. When I started the install, it told me that I could not upgrade W98 to XP,...
I have an old [600 MHz] PC. It was running, and I guess still is, W98. It has always been problematic. I was hoping I might perhaps improve the...
Here's the situation: A few years ago I bought a 100GB Maxtor drive off eBay. I ran an installation utility which I downloaded from the Maxtor...
It used to be that whenever my W98SE PC crashed (or froze, and I had to "reset" it), early in the reboot I would get a message: One or more of...
I do not like for Netscape, or anything else for that matter, so save my passwords, but occasionally I accidently cause it to happen. How do I...
I have a DVD writer on my PC. The DVD drive says on the front of it that it is R/RW and DVD+R. I read somewhere that +R writes faster, but might...
When I installed XP, it asked a bunch of questions. In response to one (maybe more) I typed in my name. Then, near the end of the installation,...
I just installed WXP Home, and the only item on the desktop is the Recycle Bin. How can I put the typical items one usually see on the desktop,...
I don't know if this is a generic question or not, but I will ask it as if it were. Can PCs that are "Desktop Form Factor" be operated standing...
Yesterday, I was trying to help a friend setup a home office with sharing to the Internet. He has a DSL connection to the Internet. He had had a...
I have notice that there are many RG*.CAB files in C:\_RESTORE\ARCHIVE. They are >10MB each. The content of each of them seems to be the same....
I just got my first XP PC a couple of weeks ago. I set up two accounts, one for my wife, and one for me (without passwords). I was trying to set...
Occasionally, I place a copy of a Windows IE "favorite" shortcut on my desktop, so I can quickly go to a site without having to scan through my...
I like to place icons in certain places on my desktop. I'm used to being able to do that in W98. I just got a new PC with WXP. Icons would not...
Is it possible to schedule reminder messages in XP?
Is it possible to change the screensaver that kicks in when nobody is logged on (when the active screen is the one waiting for someone to log on)?
My problem is with MS WORD, but I think it is a W98 issue, and not an MS WORD issue. Normally, when you see an MS WORD document file in Windows...
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