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Realized that I can no longer single click to open files. Found at Folder Options the single click radio button is grayed-out now. Can this be changed?

7/2/2010 10:13:02 PM

"E/B" <embil...@earthlink.net>

Cookies

WinXP + FireFox, What folder are the cookies stored in. They were moved and I don't know where they go in. TIA

7/1/2010 9:15:12 PM

helms...@wowway.com

How to Repair or Restore WMI

An ancient Toshiba satellite laptop will not instal PCI wireless modem software correctly, reporting damage to or bad configuration of the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) system. OS has been upgraded to SP3 and all other functions run OK. MS web site has much information about WMI but I could see no way to test or correct my sort of error. There must be an alternative to reinstalling the OS from the Toshiba system CDs (with only SP1) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

6/30/2010 2:55:37 PM

"Don Phillipson" <e...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca>

Blinking Cursor in top left corner of screen

Hi All, My pc refuses to boot beyond the screen giving bios info, detecting drives etc. The pc hangs wiht the cursor flashing in the top left corner of the screen. I did a thorough check on the hard drive using the (manufacturer's) Western Digital diagnostic software. It passed. The pc boots fine when I physically change the hard drive to another. After trying almost all the 'solutions' found on the internet I do not know what to do. Any suggestions anyone? Some things tried included: resetting the bios; interchanging onboard video with pci video card; removing unnecessary

6/29/2010 12:22:55 PM

greerjohn <greerjohn2...@gmail.com>

Microsoft Download Center

I just spent an unsuccessful and frustrating 15 minutes searching for driver software for my Microsoft Windows Wireless Mouse 4000. If someone could give me a link to that download, I'd appreciate it.

6/29/2010 11:56:47 AM

"William B. Lurie" <billu...@nospam.net>

CLICK AND GET $1000 TO YOUR HOME.

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6/29/2010 5:59:38 AM

money mania <indocricke...@gmail.com>

new hard drive freezes BIOS

I know this may not be the proper place for this question. Perhaps if no one here can field it, you can refer me to the appropriate newsgroup. Computer currently dual hard drive - one IDE and one SATA - both running Win XP. Boots easily into either one. No problem. Tried to install a new Seagate SATA drive as a third drive to run Win7. Hooked up new drive and computer will not boot past the Intel Screen (click F2 to enter BIOS) - freezes here - can not even enter BIOS. Disconnect all other drives and peripherals and connect new SATA using same ports and cables as other SATA

6/29/2010 2:27:46 AM

"Ron Patterson" <a.b...@mindspring.com>

Memory test

I'm a big fan of the memory-test utility at memtest.org. But now I have a 64-bit computer. Is the ISO bootable image compatible with 64-bit PCs? The site doesn't say. It does mention the i5 core chip, which is what I have. And if I can't use memtest, does anyone know a good memory-test program? I really like the memtest approach of a bootable image, so that it's not dependent on the operating system. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai...

6/27/2010 4:51:52 PM

Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm>

DNS question

Greetings, I have recently had an issue with the dns address on a windows xp professional workstation... some background. I have a windows domain environment, with sbs server 2003 R2 and 20 XP pro workstations. My work stations point to the server for DNS in the network settings tcp/ip dialog box. My ip's are all static, as well as the gateway. A recent virus/malware renamed the dns address to some address in russia. how can I lockdown the dns settings so that no program, malware, etc. can make changes to it. I assume something at the server level in group policy can

6/26/2010 3:40:42 PM

thebluefox <newsgroup.respo...@only.please.org>

Missing boot-start driver bthex.dll

(This may be repeated....if so, sorry!)When I start my computer (with Win XP Home SP3 installed), just after the BIOS info screen and before Windows even kicks in, I get a white progress bar at the bottom of the screen that fills up over about 20 minutes before the usual Windows logo/start screen appears. Looking at the event viewer for the System I find that "boot-start or system-start driver "bthex" was not found. Looking in the Registry indicates that bthex is expected to be found in Win\System32\Drivers. It is not there, so something has suddenly deleted\renamed it or somet

6/24/2010 12:06:43 PM

Richard <rsu...@dsl.pipex.com>

Gaining Control of Client's PC With Remote Assistant?

Hello Folks: As an independent software developer, Remote Assistant is a tremendous tool. I've only recently discovered it. It's great to tell a user to do this, or do that. Win7 to Win7 assistants also includes the display of the client's cursor. It's apparent that there is some method to gain control of the client's computer. The connection status always includes the line "Screen View Only" and there is a button with an "X" and a grayed out "Stop Control (ESC)" label. The invite is sent to me as an email attachment. How do I gain control of the

6/24/2010 9:53:40 AM

Larry Lindstrom <larryl_tu...@hotmail.com>

Turn off access to NVIDIA

We have some children on computers who access NVIDIA and leave the computer with an Inverted screen. When other children try to use the computer they are lost and do not know how to continue. I would like to use a logon script or group policy to prevent executing the desktop right click for a designated user. These computers have XP.

6/22/2010 9:55:51 PM

leejeffer...@xxxx

Windows Explorer View

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050405010104080904030702 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Suddenly I cannot save a folder view which shows the file tree along the left side using "apply to all folders". Any idea what's happening? Thx for the help. --------------050405010104080904030702 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/

6/22/2010 9:04:06 PM

"Mr. Cheese" <n...@nowhere.net>

Disabling tables formatting features in Word2000 and Word2003

How can I disable the automatic table numbering and indenting features in MS Word? Jim Hawkins

6/22/2010 9:37:46 AM

"Jim Hawkins" <jimhawk...@manx.net>

How can I see "All programs" ?

I have some programs installed and I can see their folders in windows explorer and in my C drive, but when I open " All programs" from the start menu , they are not there. What I need to do so I can see all my installed programs when I open the Start/All programs menu?

6/21/2010 5:22:52 PM

=?Utf-8?B?TmF0aXMgS3lyaWFrb3U=?= <NatisKyria...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Sata as IDE on XP drive vs Sata as AHCI on Win 7

I am running a SATA drive enabled in the bios as IDE on my Win XP hard drive. .. If I change BIOS to AHCI when I install Win 7 on my new HD, will I have to go into the BIOS and change back and forth depending on what drive I want to use? Sorry but can not find a Win 7 newsgroup yet. Ron Patterson

6/21/2010 7:55:55 PM

"Ron Patterson" <a.b...@mindspring.com>

external usb HDD crashes Windows

It was supposed to be a good external HDD. after not using it for a while i connected it to two different PCs and first it is recognized and then screen goes black. both XP pro, one SP2 and the other SP3. If I leave it connected then the PC attempts to restart and crashes again. both PCs same deal. tried a different PSU and a different USB cable, same. Do not have a another enclosure, but am ordering one. It's a WD 5000AAKS not good

6/18/2010 6:41:59 PM

timOleary <timothy.w.ole...@gmail.com>

KVM for USB wireless keyboard and mouse

Does such a thing exist? Which one would you recommend? Thank you.

6/18/2010 7:50:00 AM

CJ <chris7...@gmail.com>

System size keeps growing......

My Master system (XP/Home/SP3) has been growing and growing and is now nearing 20GB. I get rid of programs that I have no need for periodically, but it occurs to me that Windows Update has favored me with a zillion KB's over the years, downloaded and installed them. I wonder why I still need to store the KB's themselves. Isn't there a way to delete the accumulated KB's that have been incorporated? Such as, why not from Add/Remove Programs? I will always have a backup system that has them if they're needed. And I'm aware that 'support' for XP/SP2 is going away shortly.

6/17/2010 3:13:30 PM

"William B. Lurie" <billu...@nospam.net>

Replacement newgroup

FWIW, I joined the following group: eternal-september.support as a replacement for the dwindling current 'basics' group, and find it active and helpful.

6/16/2010 1:11:47 PM

"William B. Lurie" <billu...@nospam.net>

Newsgroup for Windows 7

Is there a newsgroup for Windows 7? I want to create shortcuts to a program but it doesn't show the program location. I want to change icons for a program but it won't do it. I know this one is for XP, but I can't find a Windows 7 one. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

6/14/2010 10:16:53 AM

Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net>

quick launch ico missing

Can anyone tell me where the icon for bringing up the Desktop would be situated please, I have somehow deleted the shortcut from the quick launch toolbar, I have found a shortcut that I have placed into the quick launch bar, but it brings up a desktop explorer window instead of the main desktop, I am using XP pro with sp3 and IE.8. I can live with the way it is now displayed, but I would rather it were working correctly, thank you for any help regards from OZ

6/6/2010 8:30:07 AM

"Mr Percy Verence" <xub...@beagle.com>

audible click when opening a new window.

I know I should be able to find this somewhere but I can't seem to figure it out. When I open a new folder or window there is a "click" sound that the computer makes. How can I turn this off? Thanks! Amadeus

6/13/2010 8:56:27 PM

=?Utf-8?B?QW1hZGV1cw==?= <Amad...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Copy from Excel and paste to Notepad

Hello. I want to create a macro in Excel which opens a notepad and then from the data sheet book book001 to copy the cell A1 in notepad. Thanks. -- tasos_ka

6/13/2010 11:36:38 AM

=?Utf-8?B?dGFzb3Nfa2E=?= <tasos...@sch.gr>

Administrator has no priviledges

When I log on as administrator I apparently do not have administrator priviledges I downloaded a Quicken Update today with no problem but when I tried to install it as user and was told I needed administrator priviledges - when I logged off and on as administrator and tried to install it I got the same message - that I needed administrator priviledges. I tried to reinstall an original version of Quicken from a saved installation file and received a similar message. That I did not have priviledges. Same thing - logged on as Administrator I tried to install Acronis True Image

6/13/2010 2:13:52 AM

"Ron Patterson" <a.b...@mindspring.com>

Newsgroup closing down

Since I have so many thumbs, I have been very nervous about finding a replacement for this newsgroup. I followed one of your recommended links, and got to a Forum, which turned out to be not quite the equivalent. But they steered me to what does look like an equivalent, and I pass that along as a suggested starting point: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp Bill Lurie

6/11/2010 6:48:20 PM

"William B. Lurie" <billu...@nospam.net>

using anti-malware causing 100% usage

Seems like of I let them all run, my PC is too busy for anything else. Just superantispyware is causing 100% CPU usage, and then the next time I start my PC, Verizon Internet Security Suite says it has been partially disabled and I need to click Fix it. I do and it gets fixed. And while starting up, the blue "Windows id starting" screen takes several minutes to pop up the administrator icon. So of these: Superantispyware, malwarebytes, Spybot S&D and Verizon Internet Security Suite; How best to used these tools daily to protect my PC while at the same time not imapair its perform

6/10/2010 1:48:13 AM

timOleary <timothy.w.ole...@gmail.com>

User-defined Shortcut keys

Windows XP allows the user to assign shortcut keys such as Ctrl+Alt+X to applications or folders on the active desktop. I have assigned several of thers but there is a problem. Sometime the app will start immediately, orher times it will take about 30 seconds - one or the other. The same app may work properly one time and not the next, and which apps work and which don't vary at random. I seldom have more than two or three things running at the same time, usually only one. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.

6/8/2010 5:55:06 PM

"jkneese" <jkne...@yahoo.com>

Can not run at start

Hi All, I have a program which need to run at start when user login. The vender, who develop the program, save a value in registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run But for some reason, the program did not run at start. In Task Manager, under Processes tag, I could not find out the program. Any body knows why it happened? How to fix the problem? Thanks in advance. --qq

6/7/2010 5:48:30 PM

=?Utf-8?B?cXE=?= <...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Do not run at start

6/7/2010 5:48:22 PM

=?Utf-8?B?cXE=?= <...@discussions.microsoft.com>

Change HD Dynamic to Basic

XP SP3 I want to change my Seagate 320GB hard disk from Dynamic to Static. Followed the instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044 Deleted the volume Right click the harddisk but cannot find the option of Convert to Basic Disk. No such option in the right click menu. Any idea?

6/6/2010 12:00:58 PM

"Man T" <alanpltse_NOS...@yahoo.com.au>

malware crisis

my daughter's dell optiplex gx620 WXPpro malware attack has rendered her PC un useable. IE keeps trying to connect to the ISP but can't. three popups frozen on the screen. security warnings she has norton av but ran it and it did nothing but see two threats. no can fix i was able to transfer her most valued data over to an external hdd. but now short of reformatting and reinstalling windows, i am at a loss. Maybe there is a bootable solution? on my pc i got verizon internet security suite and i bought superantispyware, and have yet to experience a hit. I know this email will elic

6/6/2010 1:08:04 AM

timOleary <timothy.w.ole...@gmail.com>

Administrator vs User

When I installed Windows on this new hard drive, I never set up a user account - just administator - and used no passwords. That is the way it is on other two hard drives. For 3 days, until I updated Windows, I never had to log in. Now after updates I have only one choice to log in - that is as "Ron Patterson" In Control Panel / User Accounts there are three icons: Ron Patterson, Computer Administrator Guest - "Guest account is off" Asp Net Machine - Limited Account When I boot up I have to log in as user - Ron Patterson. But when I try to run Acronis True

6/5/2010 7:25:18 PM

"Ron Patterson" <a.b...@mindspring.com>

Access as Administrator

It's been a long time since I went there, and I've forgotten how to change from mu current user/owner status, to log on as Administrator. I have a driver update that requires me to log on as Administrator. Help please, and thank you.

6/5/2010 1:12:58 PM

"William B. Lurie" <billu...@nospam.net>

schedule a task

I schedule a task using Scheduled Tasks and it only runs when I logon the computer or computer is locked by me. If I want to computer running when power on only without users logon. Does it reruire administrator rights user ID and password to do so? Your information is great appreciated,

6/4/2010 12:11:57 PM

inungh <inu...@gmail.com>

Windows 7 redirect, or what to purge/delete on a new Windows 7 laptop to be returned....

I can't find which newsgroup to ask the following question. So if anyone could redirect me to the proper newsgroup, I'd apprecaiate it. Or if anyone could answer this question. I've had a Windows 7 laptop for a few weeks, but I intend to return it. I've mostly surfed, but I would like to know what and how to delete any and all records of my surfing, etc. Also my logon. Basically I don't want anything from me on that computer when I return it. Thanks, -- Steve Mc DNA to SBC to respond

6/3/2010 2:37:13 PM

"Steve Mc" <stevemc...@dnaglobal.net>

ccSvcHost using 100% CPU....

When I brought the system out of hibernation this morning, I found the System using 100% of CPU resources for about 15 minutes, making it almost impossible to do anything else at the same time. Never saw this before. Any advice, other than go have a cup of coffee and come back? Event viewer/log showed no clue other than "WIA entering running state"......

6/3/2010 11:28:09 AM

"William B. Lurie" <billu...@nospam.net>

Printer Install on Windows XPproSP2

Hi, I can't seem to get my 'add a printer' feature to work on my XPpro machine. I continue to get installation failure errors. I've been to the microsoft site and tried the deleting \windows\system32\spool\ files and registry tweaks listed but nothing seems to work. It's an Epson C88+ printer that has been installed on this system before and won't work either via parallel or USB installation. It works fine on my laptop but not my desktop. Currently, I don't have any printer installed on this machine and am hoping for some help in changing that... :-) TIA

6/1/2010 1:24:58 AM

"jc...@lycos.com" <jc...@lycos.com>

Delete Subfolders and Files

Hi all, Could anyone clarify how the Delete Subfolders and Files permission works? Testing this on xp sp3 doesn't work as I'd expect: UserA owns FolderA, and on that folder they have the 'Delete Subfolders and Files' permission. Inside FolderA is FolderB, owned by UserB. UserB has taken away all rights from UserA to do anything with FolderB, including inherited rights. UserB creates FileB inside FolderB. Now, UserA can see FileB inside FolderB, but cannot delete it. Is that really the way it's supposed to behave? Regards Richard

5/31/2010 11:21:26 AM

rich...@tortoise.demon.co.uk

Sharing Private Files with Account on Win7 Dual Boot?

Hi Folks: I added Win7/64 to my PC. The system has a drive with a Win XP partition, a new drive that has this win7/64 partition, and a drive I've been using for my personal files. I can see the drive with my personal files, and see all of the folders. But I can't access the contents of the folders, permission problems. As system owner and administrator, I can change the ownership of the folders, but doing so makes them unavailable from XP. Is there a way to have these private directories available to my account from either an XP or Win7 boot? My

5/30/2010 8:38:56 PM

Larry Lindstrom <larryl_tu...@hotmail.com>

Mouse freezes and screen corrupted

Recently I have had a problem every 2 or 3 days where the mouse suddenly freezes and 2 or 3 seconds later the screen image gets corrupted and shows lots of coloured horizontal lines. Recovery is only possible by rebooting but I can access the computer over my network (read drives, open files etc) so Windows is still running. What are the likely causes of this? I am pretty sure it is not a virus (I am protected and have run tests) or RAM (I ran Memtest). XP is fully up to date.

5/29/2010 1:25:04 PM

"Lorne" <lorne_ander...@hotmail.com>

Please help with a strange happening

Also posted in microsoft.public.general Hi ! Please help with a strange happening Running Win XP Pro sp3 and all updates When I close down XP at night (or at any time), the computer closes all the programs and shuts down When I restart the computer again. It will boot OK Giving me the usual desktop with icons as well as everything in the task bar I can move the cursor around the desktop but when I double click on a icon nothing happens Also I can not get any of the icons on the taskbar to work But I have found out that if I "boot" into "safe mode" and go to a "re

5/28/2010 5:45:14 PM

"Mike van der Merwe" <michael...@telkomsa.net>

help for possible virus

good day to all, last night, thursday, i started to get these pop up "warnings" from my alleged anti virus/anti spyware, so i figured it was the phony pop ups that wanted to me to click yes; i never did, but, anytime i tried to open my own security programs, explorer, or any folder, it would open briefly, then close & another pop up would surface. i have a quick scan run every morning, using mse, i run a full scan w/ mse, once every 1-2 weeks, i keep spyware blaster updated & run ccleaner often. i could not log off last night, via start menu, so i shut it down from the

5/28/2010 5:06:00 PM

"Dallas" <Jagged E...@StillIStruggle>

Serious Windows XP SP3 help wanted: how do I change appearance bac

i swear, this is a tough one. a while back when this was still my parents computer (they got it back in '07 w/ Windows XP professional SP2 [now its XP pro SP3]). well just last year (sometime back in early or mid 2009) their appearance for Windows and buttons (under appearance tab in Display properties) went to classic view and got stuck there. now it's our computer and it's doing that automatically to all the user accounts when someone 1st makes one. I hadn't tried a system restore b/c it only goes back to feb 2010 and we just got this computer up & running again (remember i sai

5/28/2010 1:35:01 AM

=?Utf-8?B?ZG91Z2pr?= <dou...@discussions.microsoft.com>

short-cut menu for items in Folder pane of

How do I change the presentation order of items in the Start menu? Somehow, Explorer is at the bottom of the list on one of my computers, and I want it in the same place on all my computers.

5/27/2010 4:49:02 AM

"Margaret Bartley" <may04_NOTT...@mindspring.com>

Default action for double-click in Windows Explorer

Windows XP, sp 3, stand-alone machine. I must have changed some setting when I installed VideoLAN, which I use for watching videos. Now, when I double-click on a folder in the right side of Explorer, VideoLAN tries to open all the files in the directory. What I want to happen, instead, is that when I double-click on a folder listing in the right-hand side, is that the Folders pane (left -left hand side) selects the folder I just double-clicked on, and the right-hand side displays the list of all the files in that folder. That's the normal action. This does not happen w

5/27/2010 4:46:10 AM

"Margaret Bartley" <may04_NOTT...@mindspring.com>

Help For Media Player

Can someone direct me please to the newsgroup that discusses Windows Media Player 11? I can't seem to find one...My query relates to knowing how to save a music file as it no longer has the "save as" feature on version 11....

5/27/2010 12:14:19 AM

"Starman" <iknowbutidontk...@yahoo.com>

XP ends right after start

Hello, while trying to perform a system rollback to a prior date (without an urgent cause), I ecperienced this problem: Since the rollback routine tried to launch Windows again, there is a forced logout immediately after a very short display of the empty desktop. This also occurs in protected mode, even when I try to login as administrator. Maybe the rollback routine throws me out, but it could also be just a coincidence and there is a virus ore something like that on my computer (protected with Kaspersky). Or is it something completely different? Thank you for any help!

5/26/2010 10:19:02 AM

"Emil" <i...@nexo.de>

Virus?

A program called Personal Security loaded onto my laptop last night. It's blocking about 95% of websites, claiming they are unsafe. It keeps going into "buy a license" for $70; once it does that, I can't get to anything else. It also does this when I try to delete it via the Control Panel add/remove programs. I was able to get it out of my startup init but it's still running. Anyone know how I can get rid of it? P.S. I'm on my husband's laptop now...:-( -- MVM

5/24/2010 4:26:06 PM

=?Utf-8?B?TVZN?= <...@discussions.microsoft.com>

merge SP3 into a vanilla XP disc

I tried this already with image burn and the disc seemed to come out ok but when I tried to use the disc it gave me a BSOD after it had loaded most of the files. I am trying to do this because I am wondering what will happen when support is stopped for XP prior to SP3. Will a person still be able to use a vanilla disc and then update it from there or will there be issues with this once support stops? Any thoughts? Thx, WS

5/24/2010 1:33:36 AM

"W****n S." <Thisisnotr...@guess.com>

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