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As the computer administrator on my PC, I created a new limited User account. However, when I tried to open up this new account, I got a small window saying Personal Settings. Setting up Internet settings. (Or words to that effect.) An hourglass appeared. This continued for about 5 minutes with no change. I then rebooted the PC and tried to open the new account again, with the same result. Can someone explain why the new account will not set up properly? Thank you. --

I have the shield by my clock which says "updates are ready for your computer". Clicked on it and eventually it said it was for SP3. I canceled out all the panels and now I still have the shield saying I have updates. I'd rather not have SP3 (had d/ld a few months ago and was lucky in that it found errors and didn't take), so how can I get rid of this shield?

Norton removed trojan but not before screensaver destroyed. No screensaver tab left in Display. Windows XP keeps searching for screensaver and crashes with multiple blue screen stops. Can avoid by manually sending system into standby and avoiding screensaver mechanism. But how to repair? -- cicero1

Hi group Dumped Vista for various reasons..... but I'm really missing the SnippingTool on my XP box...(got the vista sidebar to work on xp) Is it possible to get this app running on XP ?

We have a laptop with Windows 2000 Professional that we haven't used in quite a while and have forgotten both the User name and Password. Any suggestions?

when I do a search for *.jpg, explorer brings up all my thumbnails... but when I click on a thumbnail and error stating that " windows cannot find C:documents and settings.. blah blah \my documents \029484765.jpg" make sure you typed the filename... blah blah... You guys know the drill... I'm trying to recover files because my computer was infected with antivixp2009.. any help you can offer would be great.

This mornin', I made a mistake that caused my system to see my usual USB connected external hard drive as the same letter as when I have my camera's SD card plugged into my printer. I've already gone through the pain in the tail of chagin' ev'rything so that all my programs look for "G" instead of "F" when they look for somethin' on the external HD. For future reference, if the external drive letter gets changed by my system again, how do I change it back to what I want it to be?

I am working through a router with one main computer, a wireless laptop, and a second desktop computer. When everything is plugged in, the second desktop computer (which runs Windows XP Home Edition) shows it is connected to the Internet, but when running a browser (in this case Internet Explorer) I get the "The page cannot be displayed" error. I've tried to run an "ipconfig" through the command prompt and I get this error: Windows IP Configuration An internal error occurred: the request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help. Additional information: Unable to query host name. I followed the instructions i…

Re: Lost "current date" from taskbar Hi, got the same problem. Advice below does not help. In addition to the clock, I also have the name of the day in the taskbar - can't get rid of it. I don't need it, but I NEED the date! I have no third party software for this task, just basic XP Pro. "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: > Bob, > > Right-click the Taskbar and uncheck Lock the Taskbar option. Now, resize the > Taskbar using the top handle (when you see the double-headed arrow mark) and > increase the Taskbar height (two lines). The date and time would be > displayed. Then, lock the taskbar. > > -- > Regards, > > Rames…

I have reloaded Windows XP home eidtion aftger having virus's. All loaded ok and computer working well. Loaded IE 7 and service packs. Have Powerpoint viewer and went to change the file extension (in folder options) so that all powerpoints would open with this. made the change but was unable to click on the apply button, it is greyed out. While in outlook express unable to open an attachment that is a powerpoint presentation, but if I save it to the desktop and then open it there is no problem. What am I missing and why can't I open powerpoint presentations with the viewer? Viewer will open from '97 to 2003. Many thanks Yvonne

When I add a folder and name it to the programs in start menu it stays there for a few days then it disappears. What is deleting it and what is the fix? Thank you. Mahlon

Re: Ditto Thank you... worked!!!! (I have AutoCAD installed.) "Yves Leclerc" wrote: > Okay! Do you have AutoCAD installed? > > If so, do the following: > > Go here: > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#ws > And click the autocad fix link. > > > "bhcarney" <bhcarney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:90A21551-821D-48D6-8AAB-B1E41620A200@microsoft.com... > > Me too..same question!! > > > > "Mike" wrote: > > > >> Ditto.... want to get a response as well. > >> > >> "mmac" wrote: > >> > >> > I have a HUGE blank s…

Thanks for last info on sp3, have another delemia and since i am such a notknownik this is best place for me. when I go to task manager, cause sometimes even when i log off iexplore is still running and I have to shut it down manually, ? is when it is on it is taking 64,248k last time i checked and i know that is to much memory. Can you tell me if that is so and how i can fix it. Thanks

I have recently upgraded to full AVG Internet Security. I also have Spyware Doctor and Max Registry Cleaner. Do I need all these? Thanks.

How can one stop the irksome Media Player Upgrade Notifications appearing? Thanks - RAH

Every time I mount a NDAS drive (SATA), the windows system restore automatically turn on the monitoring. How to prevent it from doing so as Im unable to dismount the drive ?

I can logon on a XP-workstation to a domain controled by a 2003-domaincontroller. But not on a Vista-workstation on the same domain with the same user. Another user can. Something with the GPO? The only differents between those users is that on thats fails on Vista ans not on XP is member of a group. And the outher does not. They are both is the same OU. Even the group. please help.

When i try to copy a local profile to server 2003 and i try to change the permission to use by everyone, Vista ask me the enter username and password of the netwerkadministrator. When i do this (i asume this is the same of the administrator of the server) it fails. So Vista can't verify the username 'everyone' and refuses to changes the rights. Copying the profile whitout changing the permissions works perfect, but useless for me.

I have a problem getting the computer to boot properly when I first turn it on in the morning. (If I turn it off and then on later in the day it works fine.) What happens is it goes through all the motions of booting up, including playing the warm-up theme music, but the screen remains dark. If I turn the monitor off and on, I can see the desktop for an instant when it comes back on, before the screen again goes dark. The Windows loading screen (with the moving bar) also flashes by momentarily during bootup. If I leave the computer on for half an hour or so after the bootup, I can push the spacebar to make the desktop appear (just like when the computer is…

I have Windows XP with 4 users, I want to delete one of the user accounts but when I open "User Account" up in Control panel it is empty. Any ideas?

Hi, I'm running a Dell Latitude D830, 3gb ram, 2.6Ghz Centrino, and Windows XP SP3. The machine usually boots, and logs on to the point where you can begine to run programs, in under 2 minutes. Friday I decided to upgrade to Media PLayer 11, (because I was fed up with it nagging me to upgrade). I performed the upgrade, and rebooted. However, since the upgrade, bootup now takes about 5 minutes, with Windows hanging at the 'running startup scripts' screen, then once you've entered your username/password, login takes another 5 minutes, with Windows just displaying the standard background, and nothing else. You can't even ctrl+alt+del to bring up task manager to…

When I click green call button on Skype, Windows XP crashes immediately. Done Skype installation and setup so many times on XP and this has never happened. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. -- Margy South Africa

I have a Dell computer that I bought about 3 years ago. With time it became obsolete for the use I wanted to give it and I bought a brand new one but I consider that my old machine is a good equipment and that my nephews could still use it and I wanted to give it to them but without the burden of so many old programs that make its start up to take too long. So I thought of formating it and reinstalling the whole XP but I haven't been able to do it. I changed the boot sequence to start with the CD and I also enabled the Installing OS (or something like that) option but still when i turn on the computer with the cd labeled as "Operating System" and having…

Hi, In the very fast moving IT Industry, there is a need for the people to keep a note of what is happening in the field, what are the latest Jobs available and in which technologies they are available and what companies and also in which cities. And also when applying for Jobs, it is obvious for people to look for Interview Questions in their Technologies and if they are able to find it all at one place, then they can concentrate on studying or doing R&D further on those questions and answers available. And for a better pay pack people are always in a mood of doing certification and at that time they are on a lookout for certification material a…

Hi there, Having held off SP3 for a while until the dust settled I thought I would update all my computers. All seemed to go well apart from my main machine (isn't it always the way:-) where I rebooted and I saw the 'Setting up Outlook Express Preferences' or something similar. Why would SP3 want to do that? I see now my customised toolbar has defaulted back to something else and I don't know what else may have changed. So...why did SP3 decide to change my OE Settings and more importantly what exactly did it change apart from the toolbar that I can see? -- Thanks & regards, -=pp=-