Pete, I was able to delete the Icon Cache but it had no effect. I didn't make a change to the Update Mode Refresh List. The values looked a...
Pete, I disabled all of the non MS shell extensions and there was no change. There was one that I was couldn't disable - Adobe PDF Reader...
When using Windows Explorer to work with files and folders, I have noticed that opening My Computer takes 30 to 45 seconds before you can see the...
TeamViewer is free for non commercial use. I have been using it in that manner for several years. http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx The...
You really should give TonyT's suggestion a try. I use TeamViewer with newbies quite a bit. One suggestion I would add is that if you expect...
Thanks Pete, Worked like a charm on the first one. Took me a couple of minutes to find the driver using the Wizard but what I discovered was...
I recently was given an unused Linksys USB wireless network adapter which I will have occasion to use on other computers - not my own. (I have...
I use Thunderbird on one computer and Windows Live on another - both as POP3 on different mail servers - with no problems. I also used Outlook...
Status Report We were finally able to determine that the hard drive was bad. Due to the age of the computer, my friend has elected to go with...
Thanks so much Broni. I hoped you had found a silver bullet. Interesting bit of learning on my part was the REATOGO disk. I guess I'm back...
There sure was/is. I guess the batch file ran so fast I thought it hadn't done anything. In any event, here it is:
I opened the I drive (flash drive) in My Computer and dragged and dropped the ren.bat file (perhaps I should have copied and pasted?). I then...
Broni, Got the REATOGO desktop fine and put the ren.bat file on the desktop. I double clicked it and it created a DOS dialog box and every...
Broni, I burned the CD but I would like to clarify one of your instructions. I assume you mean to reboot the sick system, not the good...
Thanks for all of the suggestions. I was able to get into the Recovery/Restore? Console via the HP splash screen and I ran it through it's paces...
Thanks MrBill - I was afraid of that. Would another Media Center CD along with my SP3 disc from Microsoft work? Also, I should mention that I...
A friend's computer (XP Media Center SP3) stops during boot with the following message: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM file is missing or...
I have been a follower (pretty much in the background) of this board for over 10 years and I think Wildfire provided an excellent assessment of...
Problem solved. Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried cleaning the CD and drive and resetting the AutoPlay but the computer still didn't...
If this should be in Other Software, would someone please move it. A friend (WinXP Home SP3) is trying to install Printshop 2.0 but it won't...
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