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Hello. I noticed a new icon in my control panel which has no name. It is at the very top of the list. It is a globe with a check mark in front of it. Clicking on it does nothing. It opens nothing. I...
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Hi there, I have no memory of how, or why, I did this but every time I want to open my browser I am told that it does not support my OS. ( I just say OK and it does work fine after that.) I know that...
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Win XP Pro SP3 PC on a domain. All desktop icons were there last night when user shut computer down at end of day. This morning, half the icons are there, half have vanished. A lot of work has vanished...
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View ArticleChanging Boot Order in BIOS
I am getting Boot Failure Insert Disk in A. (Windows XP) I checked the boot sequence in the BIOS and the IDE is 3rd. How do I change it to 1st? Thanks. Bob
View ArticleOld hard drive and OS in a new PC, this shouldn't work correct?
I popped an old drive with XP installed on it into a new(ish) PC I have. When booting the new PC with the old drive I get blue screen messages that seem to indicate driver issues. If I boot it in safe...
View ArticleDell Inspiron E1505 Windows XP complete system crash
I was recently given a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with windows XP Media Center Edition as a gift. I am very grateful for the gift as a single mother of two in college. The only problem is, that this...
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Is this free operating system a viable alternative for XP? What are the positives and negatives?
View ArticleXP service pack 3 crashes system
I have a Compaq computer that runs windows xp. I have had the computer since 2005 or 06. I have tried several times in the past to load the Service Pack 3 updates on my computer. Everytime it brings me...
View ArticleWindows XP update problems
Hi I have a windows xp and I recently tried installing the latest updates on my computer and now I'm stuck on stage 3 of 3, 0% complete. It'll sit at this stage for about 30 to 45 seconds then restart...
View ArticleInstalling Laserjet 5si MX on Network
Hello...I would like to set up a Laserjet 5si MX on a small office network using Ethernet cables connected to a Linksys box. Right now, the printer is connected directly to one computer through the...
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Some virus just removed my anti virus and the system restore!!! I'm raging now. maybe I got the virus from that picture. So anyone knows how to remove the virus? I dont know if this is the virus but...
View ArticleUndo Network drive
Hope someone can help me.... We have a network drive called (F:)... now, we have a program that runs from that network drive. The program shortcut also shows that the location is (F:)... but now we...
View ArticleFile Sharing Problems
I have 3 computers in the house all running XP Pro with Service Pack 3. Two are in the home office with ethernet connections to a wireless router and my wife's machine is linked wirelessly. All three...
View ArticleSupport ends and I have to up to Win7, need help!
Iam planning to upgrade from Win/XP Pro to Win7 and want to know which Windows 7 I should install? There is a 32 bit and 64 bit version and I'm a bit confused as to which one is correct for my laptop....
View ArticleUpgrade from XP
Is there an easy way to upgrade to win 7 from xp for the very limited knowledge pc user (that's me), if so, please how is it done? Thanks.
View Articlewinxp no boot
May be need to use different command, but booted from XP-CD and selected R,then at recovery console typed 'fixboot'. Got message "the target partition is H:. Which is not right !! It is definitly (I:)....
View ArticleCannot re-install Chrome
Hello, I received this error after trying to re-install Chrome. SystemComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified at...
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