Odd as the term may seem, PeteC gave you exactly the correct answer. From Microsoft Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is a method for...
The long string of **** is normal. A way to make sure no one else looking on will even know the length of your password. For specific ideas on...
First thing I'd do is run an online scan from Housecall or any similar online AV site.
Post the error.
With that specific set of issues, I'd place a large wager on video drivers. Try getting the latest ones and then from safe mode, removing the vid...
z4u - there were occasional problems with convert in Win2K from what I read. Very rare but they did happen. I have not read of anyone having...
Paul - thanks for the info. Unfortunately everything looks fine on both machines. From what I can read and from a couple of folks who are more...
Norton Internet Security 2003 Firewall and a Belkin router Are these on your end or his?
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP Note that you should probably take ownership of c:\ which should push down to the...
...The manual, help files and microsoft knowledge base all say that users of the "limited" type will not be able to access files on another PC....
LOL (at myself) - I took a look at mine to make sure before I posted a response. Dang thing had failed to run for the past 4 months. But all...
Usually indicates a version problem with a driver. Do you have the very latest loaded? If so you might want to remove all traces of the card...
Deltree isn't needed for XP. The version of RD it has will remove directory and files. So running attrib to open the directory up and then...
There should be detailed errors in the event log when this happens. The additional information would make a fix lots easier. In case you...
If pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't bring up the windows task manager pretty quickly the problem is usually a system that is really busy. And if you...
Try start~run~sfc /scannow and then make sure you are running at least SP3. I've read of some having problems with SP4 although we've loaded it...
Make sure spybot is the latest version and updated to the latest set of def. files. Do the Immumize thing after you run it. But if it found...
msconfig.exe from an XP machine will work fine but wasn't shipped as part of 2K so you'd have to find someone to give you the file. Startup Cop...
Are you logging on with a username and a non-blank password? If not, you will need to. Even with the guest account enabled, you still need to...
Please give details if/when you figure out the cause. I wouldn't have thought it possible for the browser to refuse to hit a URL it could find....
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