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RE: IEXPLORE.EXE Problems When ever i am on line i try to open another wed site, i get this, iexplore has perform an illgal act, window will close, i'll tride everything to fix this, what can u all tell me this is a real problem url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/127839734.aspx

Earlier today, I brought my laptop off of stand by and was greeted with 2 messages. The first was an apparent virus threat that I was able to take care of with AVG. The second was that I would need to restart so an automatic update could be completed. Since the reboot, though, I’ve had zero functionality from my keyboard. Any idea what’s going on here?

Using Microsoft Fax from Word 2003 under XP SP2. I've been faxing the same number once a week for several months without a problem. Now the fax doesn't work at all - I can bring up the fax dialogue and go through it, but when I click 'finish' to send the fax, nothing happens - no noise, no activity, nothing. I've gone through the fax troubleshooter and can't see anything there - device manager says the fax modem is "working properly". Any ideas? -- John Dean Oxford

Decided to test the efficacy of ntbackup and tried an experimental restore of a backup file. Surprise: there were NO FILES backed up, just directories. When I checked the contents of the backup file it contained all the directories but not a single file. And yes, I did click open all directories and check-box ALL files in the backup I was creating. Whaaa? (Thanx for your attention).

Does anyone know what this message means and if so is there anything that can be done to correct it. Almost each time I close Outlook 2003 in Windows XP SP3 I get an error message Unexpected Memory Leak. " An unexpected memory leak has occured. The unexpected small block leaks are: 13-20 bytes: TObjectList x 2, Unknown x2" Any suggestions would certainly be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your support. HankL

Running Windows XP SP3 and Office 2007 Every new user on my network gets a home folder created which they have full rights to but since installing Service Pack 3 they cannot 1) Save a file to this network folder using any Office 2007 application. 2) Rename a file in there home directory. They can save to other network locations and they can use another program like notepad and save to their home directory without any problems. Has anyone seen this or know of a solution? Enrique

I've virtualized a w2003 for testing purposes (vmware server on debian on ibm x206). I noticed a gread performance loss, and I suspect this loss is related to disk virtualization. I'd like to do some performances test, but I'm not very experienced with perf. counters. Which counters should I activate? Is anywhere some good doc? tnx Ago

I'm using Windows XP, IE 7, and just the other day my "start nav" click sound disappeared. I miss it, but when I try to restore it in settings, sounds, etc., there is no "start navigation" option under IE anymore! what gives?

I Installed windows update Service pack 3 and immediately lost my ability to create a print window in my CAD program using ANY printer. The "position print window" button does nothing. I can print in other programs do not require the print window. I also lost my ability to restore my computer to an earlier date.

Hi Can anyone please help? My laptop keeps turning off during system processes such as burning a CD or performing a virus or spyware scan. Many thanks! Andy

We are using a print server with Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. Our users are on Windows XP. We are using separator sheets on our printers. Most of our users have their name displayed on the separator sheet. However, we have a few users whose separator sheets display the name "Administrator". Can someone tell me how I can change the display name to the user's name? Thank you in advance for any help.

RE: Removing IE7 "chuck" wrote: > I'm no computer wizzard so I need help Please. I have Xp Home Sp2. I just did > a windows update and installed IE7. My question is this. How do I get rid of > it and get my old version back IE6. Will I still have all my favorites when I > go back to IE6? Is there any way to insure I never get IE7 downloaded again? > I absolutely hate this version. Ive looked around and found a bunch of sites > for 6.0 but where can I go to get what I had (just like it came on my > computer with all my windows updates). I dont want a buch of junk added to > the download. > Thanks for any help > Chuck

Hello, If this topic is not in the right newsgroup, could you please suggest where else I can post. Thanks I'm attempting to put together a VBScript that searches Active Directory for a specific group of computer objects. I found this script, that I'm trying to modify so it my needs. In the script, if I use the LIKE statement to find any computer objects that start with BBX, the script fails when it trys to execute with -> C:\temp\z.vbs(13, 1) Provider: One or more errors occurred during processing of command. Does anyone have any idea why I'm getting this error, and how to fix, or can suggest another way for me to retrieve a group of computer objects …

I just had to preform a OS only restore and have lost access to my original account. I can view it by going to "Explore all users" and all of my data is still intact, but the profile doesnt register through the normal "user accounts" applications. The biggest problem is that all of my data (on both hard drives) has become unaccessable. When I try to open the folders I get an "access is denied" message. I have tried creating a new account and changing the path to reflect the location of the old profile, but it doesnt work. Any help would be greatly apprieciated! -- Jason

I have an HP Omnibook 6000 laptop that is running Windows 2000 Professional. The computer seemed to be working fine until a couple of days ago when it became impossible to select anything because the cursor would automatically scroll down any menu in any program and cycle through all the options continuously. This happens in Internet Explorer (selection goes all the way to the bottom of the page and it's impossible to scroll back up without holding down the Ctrl key at the same time), Windows Explorer, and all apps. It even happens on startup, where I have a choice to select Windows 2000 or my old Windows 98 OS; the selection bounces back and forth unco…

I am wondering if anyone else has seen this or knows what may have caused this. On our W2k8 TS server (current on MS patching), we have ~30 users running a published application (MS Navision). Yesterday afternoon, a user got the message that the server was out of drive space. I logged into the console, and there was 0 disk space left. I had been in the server earlier in the day and there was 18GB of space left. I did a search for large files and found no unusual ones. I then calculated the folders (starting at c:) and found that there should still have been roughly 18GB of space left. I deleted a few unncessary files to see what would happen, and immed…

Attempting to lock down various w2k3r2 laptop(s) using the Bastion host template (standalone, no domain) with secedit which has some settings under the /machine/system/currentcontrolset/services/lanmanserver/parameters registry hive key namely: RequireSecuritySignature EnableSecuritySignature EnableForcedLogoff AutoDisconnect AutoShareWks RestrictNullSessAccess and using supplemental .cmd scripts that run reg.exe or regedit.exe to set some of these parameters as well ... we are finding basically that no settings for this lanmanserver/parameters hive key are taking. Notes from a previous programmer who has left the company indicate that he had similar probl…

I am working a couple of users who have 4 GB to 6 GB network files that they want in their Offline File Cache so they can work away from the office. I know this 2 GB limit is fixed in Vista but they don't want to move to Vista. Is there another way to get around this 2 GB file limit in Win XP? Is there a KB document available on this as I can not find one. Thanks for the assistance! -- NC Beach Bum

I know I'm in the XP Newsgroup but I need help. I can't sign-in to the Windows Vista Newsgroup. I've tried on two computers (both WinXP) and when I try to sign in using my hotmail address and PW (like I do here), it takes me back to the Newsgroup but I'm not signed in and can't post any messages. Any ideas? Can I only access that newsgroup from a computer that is running Windows Vista? Thank doesn't sound right. Thanks for the help. -- MacKenrick

I e-mailed a video, but when I try to open it, it tells me Invalid file type error. can you tell me what I need to do to view it. Thanks

Hi I'm hoping that someone just may be able to point me in the right direction to solve a problem. I have a PC running WinXP Home w/SP3 and I have set up the Power Settings such that my HDDs DON'T switch off. All well and good so far...but they still do spin down and stop. What prompted me to write this message was that I have not touch my PC for perhaps an hour and a half but still the HDDs are spin up and then down again. On occasions they thrash about doing something but what I've been unable to find out so far. Am I missing something or is there another setting which overrules the one set in the Power Settings in the Control Panel? Also is …

I posted tghe following on the mail forum 3 days ago, and got no reply. Perhaps someone here can help: I have Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit). Here are two recurring issues I need help with, none of which are earth shattering: 1. When setting View-> Text Size, using Western default, the text size is too samll for my feeble eyes. Resetting the size to Largest is okay though the setting won't stay. Merely moving from one folder or forum to another sees the text size changing back. 2. Views Bar, though turned off will show itself at random times. Thanks in advance for all your help.

Using Windows XP SP3 with IE7... I am unable to gain acces to the Vista newsgroups for unkown reasons (you click sign in and same page reappears with no sign in). So I would like to access the newsgroup thorugh Outlook Express (at least to resove the problem). I cannot find how to Open Outlook Express, it is not in the start menu, and trying each exe in the Program Files\outlook express did not work. I searched Microsoft, and it is not a seperate download, but part of IE 7. So, what are my options to install/repair/open outlook express? thanks bob

I downloaded all the updates to my WIN XP computer, but with the addition of IE 7, none of my 3rd party programs worked, i.e. Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, SnagIt, etc. They wouldn't even open up. As soon as I uninstalled IE7 and some other updates that automatically accompanied it, I could then successfully use my programs. Can you please tell me what's going on? Thanks in advance.

Is there a Google Toolbar for Google Chrome? Jeff