1. Everyone if either/both PCs have a valid internet IP address. 2. With a switch (as opposed to a hub which isn't as smart), only between your...
Two possibilities I can think of. - your CMOS battery is bad and needs replacing. - CMOS memory is damaged and the motherboard will...
Good luck. The sfc /scannow may cure most (maybe all) of your issues.
If you are connecting thru a router, the icon you see should be the network card rather than a modem. Are there other PCs on a local network...
The work-around should do fine. I haven't done any mail merge in years and was really surprised to find the bug you described. But it is there...
The screen savers will all have filenames ending in .scr and if you delete the .scr file, that screen saver will be gone.
Check your event logs for errors/warnings or even strange informational entries at the time you connect to the internet.
Let me add a bit to what Bursley posted. Some of this you probably have already done but it all needs to be. I'll assume you are running TCP/IP...
Did you try the gpresult command Bursley suggested? Very informative stuff for AD & local policies.
When you figure out which kid done the deed, help him/her to get into some sort of tech field. He/she seems to have a real knack and at an early...
The error is an odd one for your configuration since you aren't likely to be running ISA server or any of several other things that can trigger...
Martin - the ATI errors all make sense then. Service trying to start and not finding the files it needs to run. Other than slowing things down...
Interesting - and a situation I don't recall even thinking about before. I'm guessing that the dual boot system has gotten itself confused with...
Ann - I think leave it here. I agree it's about 99.9% probable that the blaster worm ate the system but enough folks with XP have the problem...
Johanna - you ever use toothpaste to clean a CD - then rinse well with water and dry with your cloth?
What a BHO is. And no, you don't need to get the program they advertise - I just posted that link since they give a good general description of...
That tip should help since we've had more than a few folks post with the problem and had to point them to that solution.
You say your OS is XP Ver 2002. I have no idea what version that might be (XP is home and pro versions) but in any case, you cannot remove IE...
Try adding that site to your trusted sites for long enough to do a little testing. If it works OK then, you are looking at some security...
Some general clean-up things to try that may help. They seem to cure lots of strange Win9x issues.Get a copy of scanreg.exe from any Win98 PC....
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