What kind of firewall and AV protection do you have? You should be able to configure your firewall to only permit legit internet access. AdAware...
Go back to the control panel, network options, highlight the one you don't want and toggle the folders button- click "disable this device" on the...
"Stars shining bright above you, night breezes seem to whisper..." It's okay, I'm dated, too! The Office Repair is the first suggestion I...
You need a real XP Pro cd and a valid product key, and it can't be "borrowed" from a friend, or both of you will be unable to do any MS updates,...
FWIW, I've had lots of those blank emails get through, and I've had a bunch that needed manually deleted from the server. XP Pro and IE 6....
How could your data files get copied onto an XP disk during an upgrade? Do you mean System Files? How they be copied to an XP disk and then...
I leave the side off and blow it out with compressed air now and then. I have dog hairs, kids, smokers, and Mobo Monitor which tells me that the...
:mad: I just paid a car mechanic $35 to completely disconnect my battery on my Oldsmobile, wait 5 minutes, and then reconnect it. Essentially,...
What kind of cds do you have with this laptop? Were you able to run sfc before all the input devices quit? Can you get it into safe mode? Or...
Yeah, I know, and when you are done with the cold in INDIANA , you'll send it straight here with a 40mph wind... When I wanna know the weather, I...
Then use Mike Lin's Start Up to turn on only the software at boot that you need. Johanna
Sorry, PeteC- I understood Martin's question to be "will it work?" and I answered accordingly, like Jim, above. I do not advocate the illegal...
Dan239 from a link in your thread: In addition: Windows Home XP automatically creates a Restore Point when any of the following occurs:...
I don't know how you got around this MS security detail...but they are gonna wanna know.... ;) Watch your back! :rolleyes: Johanna
My gut feeling is that an SR may or may not help with an MS update issue. Some of the updates cannot be installed, or SR is told to accept the...
Okay, it's downloading, and I'm gonna give it a whirl- one of the benefits of having a crash proof computer. I have already heard that it causes...
uh, Dave, if you have created a functional XP cd that doesn't require a product key or WPA , watch out for snipers and lawyers from Washington...
Would be interesting to go online with your new installation of XP (even the Corp edition wants the product key on install, though no WPA is...
One thing to keep in mind with OE is that it was never designed or meant for storage. Important emails should either be saved to a folder in My...
I reclaimed most of my C drive ( had 55% free space) by disabling Hibernation (which I don't use) and moving the Pagefile. I was annoyed by the...
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