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Morning all, my XP Pro. the language bar (»y¨¥¦C), i.e. a small keyboard icon on the taskbar, no show from the taskbar. I have try to right-click from the taskbar and select the language bar, but no language bar selected. How to resume the language bar icon? Thanks!!

I use Installshield software to setup the executable file to install the software. In that executable file, I setup a batch file to copy a shortcut to the desktop. The executable file ran successfully. However, the shortcut was not copied to the desktop. I got the error message "File not found" for the shortcut command. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.

Vista x64 SP1 installed in partition C:, D: partition for data, backups, etc. RAID0, running on a jmicron chipset controller, gigabyte mobo #GA-MA790FX-DS5 Problem: Partition D: randomly starts in read-only mode not allowing any write operation on it. A simple reboot fixes it temporarily, until next reboot. Solution (or patch): A little of googling took me here http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/showpost.aspx?pageindex=2&siteid=17&postid=2617353&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=0 where Greg Knight from MSFT offered a solution in page 2, admitting it is a Vista problem. Somehow Vista gets confused when mounting the 2nd parti…

I'm having some trouble with my CAD system crashing and blaming ntdll.dll. Other than that, the machine runs fine. XP pro sp2 -- Richard (remove the X to email)

When I attempt to install XP Home on a clone PC, I get to the point where the install says something like "Setup is checking your hardware configuration". That's when the screen goes black, the hard drive light remains on, and it just hangs. This PC doesn't have a floppy drive, so I purchased a USB floppy. However, during the install process, I'm never prompted to insert a floppy disk with drivers. How can I get the installer to recognize the SATA drive if I'm not prompted for the drivers? -Thanks

The words VIRUS ALERT appears next to my clock on mt computer. Does this mean that I have a virus?

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My daughter changed the password on my dell laptop. Now I cant get in to the computer. How can I remove this password. She has changed the admin password. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from unsolicited email by Spam Alarm from Dignity Software http://www.dignitysoftware.com

I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro cd from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. The cd I got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. Do they (Dell) really know more than you folks? Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get rid of Vista? I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would that be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated.

using Windows XP Media edition. I am the main users of the PC and can access the internet just fine. When another user logs in (also setup as administrator) they get errors on pages, etc. Also that user cannot change their Internet Options and cannot access the Help menu from the Start button in windows. WHY and how to fix -- Baba Bonnie

Hello! I am buying a new system and want to get a web cam. Dell has the Creative Live Cam Voice webcam, but the reviews of it are really bad (fisheye view, bad audio). So, can anyone recommend a really good web cam? Thank you! Gregg Hill

My current challenge is a new Maxtor Onetouch 4 external hard drive. Windows detects it as an "other device" and gives error code 28 asking for a driver. It never shows up as a hard drive. The Maxtor is plug and play and should not need a driver. The Maxtor works fine when plugged into another computer, so I know the drive and USB cable are okay. I also tried three different USB ports that work fine with other items (like my printer) plugged into them, so the ports are okay. I am running XP home edition, with Service Pack 3 installed. This issue seems to be part of a pattern that has emerged in the last 6-12 months. Windows recognizes one Ipod …

it seem that we are not able to reconnect any same service connection immdeiately after disconnection. i reconfigured the isa server rules to allow telnet connections to the TS server. i was able to connect to the server but once i disconnected the telnet session i was unable to reconnect. Dave

I am using MSVDM and need some help. It is part of the Power Toys set of software that MS does not support. I was wondering how to completely uninstall it. Using the Add/Restore part of the Control Panel does not work completely.

Many of our offsite users have saved Remote Desktop Connection (.rdp) files saved with the password. Is there any way to have TS 2003 reject that kind of login, and ask for it to be manually typed in?

the problem i am having is reconnecting to the TS immediately after disconnection, or/and trying to connect two times from a remote location. a little more detail on the setup. this is a multi site setup. servers and users at the main site and users at remote sites. 3 remote sites 1 with a vpn tunnel 2 with no vpn tunnel. all users have thin client machines (no pc's). all users can connect and use the app on the TS, works great, but - when a user at a remote site logs out and then immediately tries to reconnect they cannot and receive a network time out error. after about 5 min. they are able to reconnect. one remote site with vpn tunnel has 2 thin clie…

I have a fair knowledge C, C++ programming knowledge. I would like to automate some day to day tasks of win2k & win2k3 servers through VB SCript. Can anyone tell me the good resource , book to read and practice on VBScript. This should be specifically on Operating System tasks. Cheers, Sudhi...

Although the short date format is "d/M/yyyy" under "Regional and Language Options", my server still generate a "M/d/yyyy" format. How can I completely change it? <%=DateTime.Now.ToString()%> 7/23/2008 7:27:41 AM

I am beginning to have a problem with using Control Alt Delete. It replicates itself to the point where I have 10 sometime 15 windows open. This evening, it replicated itself and caused my desktop icons to flash on and off. I eventually had to unplug the computer to get it to stop. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance -- al

This freeware burning app (Vista x64 friendly) has a new release. For those who want to try it... http://www.imgburn.com/ Carls

Can anyone tell me what an access denied(5) error indicates from a shutdown command on a WS2K3 x64 box ? Both boxes are running as administrators. TIA ! Michael.

i am really annoyed some users turn off computer abruptly without proper shutdown Windows XP, so systems got into problems from time to time. Is there a way I can know/log when and in what system status users turn off computers without proper shutdown? so I can find out the reason and solve it accordingly. Thanks, Dove

My friend has an e-machine approx. 2 years old. He has windows 98 on the secondary drive and windows xp on the primary drive. What would he need to do to be able to boot up from either drive the easiest way without going in and out of the BIOS each time? Thanks -- Wayne

Is it possible to prevent a scheduled task from opening while a prior instance is still running? I have a data transfer application that needs to run every couple of minutes. If it finds there is nothing to do, it should run for perhaps 10 seconds; if it finds that there is data to move, it can run for upwards of 20 minutes. Because the task schedule time between runs is less than the potential runtime of the application, I need to ensure that no extra instances of the scheduled task open while it is already running.

Files written to CDs become read-only, even after being copied back to a hard disk. Also, the file's date becomes the copying date, not the date the file was originally created or modified. Is there some way to retain the original creation date of a file under these circumstances? Bobbi