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2441
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Windows XP computer keeps restarting. A blue screen flashes up so quickly I can't see what it says. I share a technique I use to capture and see the error message. The error message in this case was STOP: 0x000000ED (0x8A3137B8, 0xC0000006, 0x00000000,..).
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05/01/14
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1851
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2418
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A number of people have found their older Windows XP computers are running very slow. They've done nothing new with the computer but find the speed sometimes intolerable. Checking Task Manager shows svchost.exe consuming a considerable amount of CPU resources.
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17/12/13
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2042
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2387
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Under Windows XP the DVD drive is no longer visible in My Computer and File Manager. Testing of the DVD showed it still worked so the problem was a software related problem.
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12/09/13
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2264
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2364
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My computer won't connect to wireless network. I'm using Windows XP with a Netgear WG111T USB adaptor. The computer can see the network access point.
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18/06/13
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783
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2333
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Toshiba Satellite U400 Windows XP starts but the fails with blue screen and white writing. The error message displayed is STOP 0x0000007B (0xBA4CF524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000).
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08/04/13
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1280
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2286
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Message "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". This was a Windows XP system with two drives set up as RAID 1.
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27/11/12
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3168
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2265
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How do I create a restore point in Windows XP?
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26/10/12
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642
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2241
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I am running a workshop next week in town and want to access the internet from my computer - how do I connect with the local 'Wi-Fi'? I'm using a Windows XP notebook.
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10/09/12
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3209
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2235
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After the computer was inadvertently turned off at the switch, Windows XP now displays a start-up list of options in text. No matter what is selected the Windows XP splash screen will display and then it loops back to the start-up list.
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26/07/12
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8219
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2230
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Windows 8 upgrade for possibly tens of millions of Windows XP users may be a waste of money.
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17/07/12
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4791
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2216
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Installing Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) freezes at the point Performing Cleanup.
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04/05/12
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1279
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2213
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All the icons on my Windows XP desktop have underlines under them. How do I change this back so I can again double click on the icon?
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17/04/12
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592
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2197
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Windows XP computers failling to start with dialogue titled: Explorer.EXE "Unable To Locate Component", with the message "The application has failed to start because iertutil.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem"
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10/02/12
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2339
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2194
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How do I delete a service in Windows XP? E.g. I'd like to delete My Web Search Service.
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02/02/12
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1280
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2193
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I'd like to partition my hard disk into two partitions (C: and D:), but the DVD drive is currently set to D:. I'm using Windows XP SP2. How can I set the DVD drive to E:?
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01/02/12
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668
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1973
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Two Windows XP machines were showing only a couple of hundred megabytes of disk storage left after doing a clean-up. Further investigation enabled gigabytes of storage to be recovered.
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29/04/10
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1391
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1922
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I have an Iomega external hard drive I used for backup with Windows XP. The backup fails with "End of Media encountered while backing up to non-removable media. I also get a dialogue from the Backup Utility saving "You have either run out of space, or the backup file (.bkf) is too large for the disk. NOTE: If this disk is formatted with FAT32, the maximum possible size for the backup file is limited to 4GB." What do I do?
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07/02/09
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634
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1884
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I don't know what I did but now windows screen appear upside down. I use Windows XP.
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01/08/08
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127
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1694
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All the icons on the Desktop and the Start menu in Windows XP have turned into a very plain looking icon. What should I do?
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21/03/07
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93
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1683
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I would like Windows Messenger not to run on the Windows XP computers we have. How do I do this?
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24/02/07
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1995
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1652
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There have been a number of times people have asked to enter accented characters. For example "cafe" where the "e" is accented so the result is "café". The following is how to set up your keyboard so you can enter such characters.
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10/01/07
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2361
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1651
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I found the following question on the OpenOffice.org users list interesting. "My keyboard has decided to re-design itself. The 'at' symbol for web addresses/emails has migrated to the upper case of quotation marks, the tilde has been replaced by a ' ¬', I have a UK Pound symbol on uppercase 3 and the double quote as replaced the 'at' symbol on upper case 2. Does anyone out there know what I can do to amend whatever I did before? This answer also includes a link showing different keyboard layouts.
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11/01/07
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1106
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1596
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After installing software for my Nokia mobile phone my USB ports no longer work and I can't use broadband as the USB port connects to the modem.
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27/09/06
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808
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1594
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I'm having trouble accessing my banking site because of pop ups being blocked. I've disabled pop up blocking in Internet Explorer but am still having troubles.
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21/09/06
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744
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1593
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I downloaded the Windows Script 5.6 Documentation which is a file called script56.chm. When I go to view the file by opening it all I get are pages with "Action canceled". What do I need to do?
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12/09/06
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443
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1583
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The option to write to the DVD does not appear in the Send To menu. What should I do?
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07/08/06
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281
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1576
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I need to resize jpeg images so they are smaller. I'm using Windows XP Pro. What software do I need to get?
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30/06/06
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722
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1553
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I have disabled my network connection which appeared in the system tray. Now I don't have Internet connection or connection to the server. How do I fix this?
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03/05/06
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478
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1552
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Warning on the use of the CD writer ability built into Windows XP.
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01/05/06
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977
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1539
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When setting up a brand new notebook I get the message "Windows cannot create a local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. This profile will be deleted when you log off. This may be caused by incorrect file system permissions or network problems." We explain how we fixed this problem.
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06/03/06
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1144
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1503
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My backup under Windows XP Pro sometimes takes 15 minutes and at other times up to an hour for the same data.
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05/01/06
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245
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1487
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My folder containing my MYOB files is gone from the server. What can I do?
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28/11/05
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962
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1469
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In Outlook Express I received a zip file that I was expecting which contains a program (exe file). I saved the zip file. when I go to extract the program I get a "Windows Security Warning" message which states "Windows has blocked access to these files to help protect your computer". I can't proceed to extract the file. What should I do?
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29/10/05
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2081
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1468
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I received a program in a zip file attached to an email in Outlook Express. When I look at the zip file the Setup.exe file is there. When I extract the contents the Setup.exe is gone. What can I do to get around this?
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29/10/05
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1497
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1457
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I can't run my application from the Linux server from my Windows XP computer. Normally it works.
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19/10/05
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990
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1452
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A client found their Windows XP computer was having errors in Internet Explorer and was freqently sending error reports off to Microsoft.
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12/10/05
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1027
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1451
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A client found their Windows XP computer when opening an Internet Explorer would do nothing. They would try again and nothing would happen. After a while Internet Explorer would open twice. Similar lack of response happened with other applications. The symptom for the user often was multiple windows opening up at the same time.
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12/10/05
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881
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1440
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A user was copying an applications folder under Windows XP to a USB drive as a backup. They were running out of space on the USB drive. They asked us for other backup options. We showed them how to use the built-in features of Windows XP to fit more onto the USB drive.
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07/10/05
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1374
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1433
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How do I change the drive letter for my USB drive under Windows XP SP2?
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06/10/05
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1014
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1424
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Using Windows XP SP2 each time I use SendTo to write a folder (approx 500MB of data from a Linux server) to a CD I get a failure writing to the CD. How do I get around this?
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07/09/05
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400
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1409
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When I try to rename a folder which I have just cut and paste I get "Error Renaming File or Folder. Cannot rename {filename}: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." There a no programs running.
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31/08/05
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162
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1384
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The user has a Windows XP notebook computer which they connect to the office network. They could not access the network and thus the Internet, but everyone else was working fine. They were also having trouble with their wall socket which was fixed.
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19/08/05
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576
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1381
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Using Windows XP When I download a file how much data is uploaded as part of the process?
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19/08/05
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723
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1376
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When starting my Windows XP Home computer I get a dialogue titled "Explorer.EXE - Unable To Locate Component" with the message "This application has failed to start because BROWSERUI.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem." I can't get past this error message.
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18/08/05
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4104
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1358
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I have a general office computer running Windows XP Pro. How can I find out how much memory it has and how much memory would you suggest for a Windows XP Pro computer?
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07/08/05
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1725
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1340
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When deleting a file on a Fedora 1 based server from a client machine using Windows XP Pro SP2 a dialogue titled "Error Deleting File or Folder". The message read "Cannot delete filename: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again.". The file has not been used at all.
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18/07/05
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529
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1314
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When I try to move a file from one folder to another on my Linux server using Windows Explorer (Windows XP) I get the following message. "Error Moving File or Folder. Cannot move {file name provided:} Access is denied." What is the problem?
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23/06/05
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888
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1307
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After performing a restore of data from a Linux server to an alternate location which was a Windows XP Pro machine for testing, I went to delete all the restored data and received the message, "Error Deleting File or Folder. Cannot delete WhoIs: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use." The folder "WhoIs" is a folder in one of the restored folders.
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07/06/05
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1899
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1306
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The client felt the verify in Windows XP backup was only verifying data from one drive and wanted to confirm that everything was okay.
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07/06/05
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779
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1295
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After upgrading a HP D320 computer to Windows XP Pro SP2 I always receive an error message about the HKCMD module when starting up. The message states "hkcmd Module has encountered a problem and needs to close."
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06/10/09
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951
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1291
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When the iPAQ 4330 Pocket PC is docked any recordings I have made do not appear in the Pocket_PC My Documents folder on the Windows XP Desktop. Why can't I see these files.
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18/05/05
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204
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1279
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The user was not able to enable the firewall on their Windows XP Home computer. There were two messages: "Windows cannot start the windows Firewall/Internet Connections Shared (ICS) service" and "The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) information might be corrupted", depending on how they tried to get to the firewall feature.
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11/05/05
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2614
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1261
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I keep getting told "The Windows Service Pack installation did not complete. This system is in an unstable state." It tells me to uninstall the service pack using the Control Panel. I cannot access the Control Panel. The Service Pack is for KB888162.
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19/04/05
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947
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1259
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Experience with three Compaq Deskpro Windows 98SE P4/1.7GHz machines being upgraded to Windows XP Home.
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18/04/05
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5430
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1257
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Fairly good experience installing Windows XP Home upgrade (SP2) on Compaq D380m.
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16/04/05
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2165
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1254
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Bad experience installing Windows XP SP2 on a Compaq D380mx machine.
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13/04/05
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1794
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1235
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My Windows XP computer does not automatically log me into Windows Messenger like others do on their computer. How can I get Windows Messenger to log me in automatically?
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23/03/05
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1942
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1234
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I receive the error message 'Runner Error, Invalid Backweb application id "1940576"' when I start my Windows XP Compaq computer. How can I get rid of this error message and why does it occur?
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22/03/05
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1459
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1232
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Our experience when a user asked us to install Chinese support under Windows XP because an email received in Outlook Express was asking for it to be installed.
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31/03/05
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1595
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1231
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My Windows XP computer is running very slow has occurred twice in the last week. This is quite common for Windows users.
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10/03/05
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2108
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1222
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Our computer is receiving update reminders for Windows. 7 of Security updates, Malicious Removal Tool, SP2 and 1 of Java. Should we install all or any of these?
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23/03/05
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1316
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1213
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I've just installed Windows XP SP2. Now when I remove a program using Add/Remove and the computer restarts my mouse does not work.
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10/02/05
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477
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1207
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I receive the error message "The Windows Installer service could not be accessed" when I go to install the Rockend Rent software under Windows XP.
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08/02/05
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3708
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1165
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Should I buy Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home for my new office computer.
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12/01/05
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1939
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1125
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Using Windows XP I held down the shift key for an extended period and now my keyboard is playing up. What should I do?
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11/12/04
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2594
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1117
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The menu items on the Start button list under Windows XP are too big. Can I make them smaller?
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06/12/04
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323
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1113
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Our HP dx6100 computer keeps continuously restarting at the Windows XP screen. Nothing we do allows us to get past this point.
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03/12/04
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3487
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1099
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I get the message "No valid selections found in ....." when loading the saved Job using Windows XP Pro backup. What has happened?
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23/11/04
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949
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1090
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Performance comparison between Windows XP Pro backup and Backup MyPC (added Novastor after the initial comparison).
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19/11/04
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7642
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994
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We had a virus/malware infection and have removed it. However, now when we type a web address in the address area of Internet Explorer, we always get the c:\searchpage.html file, no matter what address we type. We deleted the file, but it still keeps trying to open this page. If we enter http:// in front of the web address it works. What can we do?
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04/05/04
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1557
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969
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My Windows XP Pro backup no longer fits on my 250MB zip disk. What should I do?
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29/03/04
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955
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925
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Important difference with zip programs compared to Windows XP built in handling of zip files.
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01/03/04
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1230
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924
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Windows XP went very slow opening a specific folder under My Documents, taking up to two minutes to display folder contents.
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01/03/04
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2966
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922
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Using Windows XP System Restore to remove a new ODBC driver.
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29/02/04
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1691
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908
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How do I restore from my backup using Windows XP Pro?
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23/02/04
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4626
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876
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Quick review of using Windows XP to receive faxes instead of a dedicated fax machine.
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04/02/04
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4740
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867
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My Windows XP Pro computer keeps rebooting after I have loaded some software.
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22/01/04
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347
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861
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I want to zip and email a file under Windows XP. How do I do it?
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16/01/04
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958
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843
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Our Windows XP Pro backup is reaching the capacity of our zip drive. What can we do without purchasing new hardware?
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09/01/04
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1245
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828
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I would like to right click on a file (picture file) and select Send To to send the file straight to my application (Adobe Photodeluxe). How do I do this under Windows XP?
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05/01/04
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2291
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681
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I keep setting my clock under Windows XP and it keeps going back to being one hour out.
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02/12/03
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939
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673
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When using MyDVD under Windows XP to produce a video, the software abended and now I can't delete the file it created.
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26/11/03
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575
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643
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The last used list in Backup under Windows XP Pro has vanished. How do I reload the selection again?
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16/10/03
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201
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638
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We are not able to view our pictures in email or get pictures from our digital camera. We use Windows XP and a Kodak digital camera.
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11/09/03
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960
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629
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My Dell computer running Windows XP won't start. I cannot recover because it is asking for a password and I never provided one.
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06/09/03
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1062
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621
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Technique to shrink an image to 800x600 using only the built in features of Windows XP.
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25/08/03
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698
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604
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I started my Windows XP machine before the machine which provides the IP address, so I can't see the network or get on the Internet. Is there a way to get an assigned IP address?
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11/08/03
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935
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602
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How do I connect via a local area network to the share on my Windows XP Pro notebook which has domain security?
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07/08/03
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260
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580
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Suggestion on how to set up a shortcut on your Windows XP desktop to create an email for a predetermined address.
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26/07/03
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884
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541
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I tried to rename a Start menu item and I get the message, "Cannot rename MyApp: A file with the name you specificed already exists. Specify a different file name.".
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27/06/03
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545
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540
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In WinXP have dropped a shortcut on the Start button and have deleted the original shortcut. Now the option on the Start menu does not work.
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27/06/03
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400
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521
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Windows XP keeps reporting disk low.
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13/06/03
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762
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514
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Under Windows XP Home When I go to start Internet Explorer or Outlook Express the disk light just stays on and nothing seems to happen. Any suggestions.
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08/06/03
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285
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452
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I've lost my connection to the network under Windows XP. How do I enable it again?
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30/04/03
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569
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447
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I am concerned about Microsoft collecting information from my computer so I would like to make sure the Windows XP automatic update is turned off. How do I do this?
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28/04/03
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291
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442
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My pages when printed on the network printer under Windows XP compresses the text, yet the documents work fine on other Windows XP computers.
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28/04/03
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529
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438
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On Windows XP I do not get an envelope appearing when mail arrives. I know it has arrived as I hear a sound. I am using Outlook Express.
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16/04/03
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499
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322
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In Windows XP my jpg files associate with the Microsoft image viewer which is pretty basic. I would like to associate these images with my image editing program.
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12/03/03
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423
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71
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Windows XP Home/Professional dynamic printer locating software will result in users breaching their licence
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22/12/02
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531
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36
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Paint in Windows XP now has additional file save formats.
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13/11/02
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465
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25
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My icons in my windows XP system tray disappeared.
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18/12/02
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299
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13
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What is your experience with Windows XP backup?
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03/05/04
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583
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11
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Is there a problems connecting to a shared hard disk from Windows XP?
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23/08/02
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345
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