A stab in the dark: open up the XP Control Panel, click on Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices and look in there for a list of system sounds....
The usual questions: Did this happen immediately after installing or uninstalling software? Does it occur when the file is attached or when...
I use BlackICE PC Protection, which is a combination of a firewall and IDS (Intrusion Detection System). I don't really expect to be targeted by...
First point: Windows XP includes a built-in firewall. Use the Internet Connection Firewall to Secure Your Small Network Beyond that......
There are indeed drivers for the motherboard "chipsets ". Usually they're available from the chipset manufacturer such as Intel or VIA. What one...
I have found over time that the expression "Creative support" is an oxymoron equivalent in absurdity to "rap music ". Creative seems to be...
As long as it's a slave drive and using a drive letter that the BIOS doesn't recognize as bootable, there should be no problem with fetching the data.
From the Opera help file (I use v 6.05): If you already have an email client set up on the machine, click the second choice and it will default to...
Unfortunately, the computers that are infected most likely belong to clueless people - newbies or appliance users - whose security awareness is...
Note the following: Title: Unchecked Buffer in Network Share Provider Can Lead to Denial of Service (Q326830) Date: 22 August 2002...
That's the big problem with reformatting the C: drive. It obliterates everything, even the info the puter uses to read the CD. Ideally, you...
Your major concern would be the differences in the BIOS settings, and even those should be no big deal. Other than that, there's no significant...
The drive is most likely an IBM Travelstar. If you can get the model info from the drive nameplate, go to this page. Table of IBM hard disk...
While it's possible to forge header info, it's difficult enough to eliminate all the traces of one's identity that anyone clueless enough to allow...
Klez.H does the same thing as one of its games. I've gotten a couple myself. It has reached the point where unless the sender is one of my kids or...
The entertainment industry is pushing the hell out of DRM (Digital Rights Management). Count on the next generation of computers to come with it,...
Here's the standard nomenclature from this PDF file: PC133 SDRAM Unbuffered DIMM Specification Format: PC133m-abc-dde-fg Where:...
To be very blunt, this has the unmistakable aroma of crackware. Any LEGITIMATELY obtained software does NOT need those names. If the "friend"...
Opera Frame Location Same Origin Policy Circumvention Vulnerability This information is dated 15 May 2002. Opera is a web browser product...
If the file will fit on a floppy, it might be worthwhile to save it once to the floppy. Windows can get persistent and persnickety when a process...
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