Hi Mel, OK! Now we've got something to work with! 1) How much RAM do you have? 2) What has a check mark in MSCONFIG? 3) Browser? 4)...
Hi Mel, Evan's advice is a "must ". The only time you want to fool around with the registry is if you have a specific problem or you want to...
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Hi Jim78418, Just to muddy the waters a bit, go to the store, buy a cable and give it a try. Save the receipt, though. At worst, you've had...
Hi TonyT, Just to throw a little gasoline on the fire, you're partially correct. A 100GB drive is 100 GB because the Mfg.'s measure it in base...
Hi frayedknotarts, I just had a "Duh!" moment. Have you carefully checked the disks that don't work and compared them to any other working CD?...
200!?! You have no idea how comforting it is to know I'm not the only weirdo "out there ". :p You've probably already thought of this, but have...
Hi Nigel, When you say you've tried to boot from the disk, did you see a prompt "Press any key to boot from CD" message "? It's usually at the...
Hi brightstar, First, when you say the taskbar is missing, is the clock and Start missing, too? If so, then try this: scroll your mouse all the...
Hi frayedknotarts, For what it's probably not worth, if everything else in your hasn't-been-used-for-2 years machine is working OK, freeze your...
Hi wildfire, I agree completely. However, there is a ton of free software out there. Granted it doesn't have all the bells, buzzers and whistles...
@tmarks, Great site! I'll be sure to send it out and include it wherever I can. @wildfire, I can see that now; although the SBS&D people...
Hi E N, If the computer works well enough, and it's not ancient but might have a few years left on it, you might consider cleaning any personal...
Hi all, Is there a list somewhere on this site to warn users of bad downloads and bad websites? The reason I ask is because I was looking...
Hi Nigel, 66!?! Tsk, tsk. With all the warnings over the past umpteen years your friend should have had at least 1 AV and 2 AS programs...
Hi TonyT, You wrote: "The Windows Cookies folder can accumulate files because some applications may place cookies there <snip> [and] may...
@wildfire, Since the tone of the original poster "seemed" to imply that this thread should be computer related, I shall refrain from...
¿Does it have to be computer related? The reason I ask is because the biggest "eureka" moment in my life occurred several years ago when I...
Hi westside, I know that IE is part of Windows, but isn't SeaMonkey its own "entity "; in that it doesn't use IE and it's just installed on...
Hi Lukeno1, Did you or they fix the problem?
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