Even with no warning in device manager that there are problems, you should try his suggestion of removing them and letting the OS reinstall on a...
I gave up reinstalling O/S years ago. Installing, yes - but I figure I'd rather try to debug any problems and learn in the process. ROF -...
169.x.x.x is the APIPA range that a machine will give itself when it knows there should be a DHCP server out there somewhere but can't see it....
I have 2 computers connected to a switch, and adsl modem. Unless you've paid for (or the ISP offers for free) more than one IP address, you...
knifeprty7 - I'm going to move this thread to the security section. It should get more attention from the security pros there than here.
Normal - I meant the sort that are wired directly thru so pin1<->pin1 pin2<->pin2 pin3<->pin3 etc. rather than the sort that have TX at...
Ah - thanks. So 9X has the ..._all piece. Didn't know that. And you are correct that only an adapter set to use auto-assigned values (usually...
If you mean the IP ports, should be the standard ones for POP3 and SMTP unless you are using Exchange Server or something. If you mean...
Darn. Was hoping a new (so clean) normal.dot would fix things up. Did you try the repair of MS Office or Word (from PeteC)?
quackbal - good suggestion. The policies can be set either domain or local or both. If you have domain and local that do not agree, domain...
Thanks. Got a few problems for sure. Unless you are one of the rare few folks actually using the volumn shadow copy feature, go to services...
Since ipconfig /renew will renew all adapters, why are you adding in the renew_all? I'm not even sure that is a valid command. I see a few...
Could be any one (or a combo) of a bunch of things. Sorry to be so vague but .... Is there a reason you need the PC to show up in network...
I'd like to see details on several of those errors. They are probably similar so one of each. Service Control Manager 7001, 7023, 7026....
Normal cable from PC to switch. I think the switch is smart enough to sense which wiring setup you have and deal with it so probably either...
Nice answer b1nary. z4u - we will work with you on any problem you have. But this sort of thing where you want to be spoon fed general...
Lonnie - since cintoman knew the software was there and agreed that it should send info, I can't see that as being spyware in his case. Not sure...
start~run~eventvwr.exe and OK. Look for errors/warnings that deal with this problem. Should give a clue for a starting place to troubleshoot....
Are you running the home or the pro version of XP? Start button, run line, eventvwr.exe and OK to open your event viewer. Look in all three...
Remote assistance certainly should work but depding on exactly how your friend connects to the internet, there may be things you need to do....
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