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I have Windows and when I read my email I have to change it manually to read html. Is there a way I can set my account to have it come in as html? If so any suggestions ?

What is the deal with running XP under VM legally. If I buy a copy of XP/Pro (EOM) as part of a complete system, can I run it under VM if I install Linux or Vista as a host OS? Would getting a legal XP/Pro Retail make any difference? -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

My 64 bit Vista is not able to display/or install Flash. Is this a common problem with the 64 bit OS?

Hi, This seems a similar problem to that noted by Bea below: as yet unanswered. (Is something going around?) Old Dell laptop, XPHome. On logging out of one profile and logging back on in my normal (administrator) one, 'userenv' in event log says a 'temporary' profile was substituted, and it would disappear on logging out. Not a bit of it! Now all I get after log on is the blue basic dell screen and a handful of standard desktop icons. Windows explorer shows that my folders and files are still there, but I cannot find any way to reassociate them with my user id, which now seems to be permanently referenced to this unwanted empty new one. Ther…

I can get to Safe Mode, but once I choose any almost any selection, the computer then starts its boot sequence. When I get to the blue screen that says "Windows is starting up..." it just stops. I have restarted the machine about a dozen times. Twice I received the blue screen of death. One listed a problem with "beep.sys" - a problem with PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and later another blue screen of death said my video driver failed to initialize. How do I get past the "Windows is starting up..."screen?

how do I set my computer to remember my log in and passwords? Everytime I log in and go to another site it logs me back out even though box that says keep me logged in is checked

Hi, In our exchange Win2k3 server we are getting lot of errors as below Event ID : 59 - Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. Event ID : 32 - Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC could not be found and Last Error was The referenced assembly is not installed on your system. Server went to hungstate after rebooting.Found that the event id 59 and 32 was the last event while the server went into hungstate. Hence please let us know whats the cause of hung state and this eveent id http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923014 => Microsft article …

Howdy, I have been trying to create a batch file that will start with my system in Normal Mode, boot it into Safe Mode with Net, run two programs, and finally boot the system into Normal Mode once again. With some help, I have gotten this far: @echo off if exist c:\safemode ( del c:\safemode attrib -r -a -s -h c:\boot.ini start /wait "" "C:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2000\programs\pdxwin32.exe" -W D:\Contacts D:\ contacts.fsl start /wait "" "C:\Program Files\ContactGenie Importer\CGImprtr.exe" /TM=Contacts-3;/FL=D:\Contacts\contacts.txt;/PC=Y;/RQ=N copy /y c:\boot.NORM c:\boot.ini shutdown -r -t 00 ) else ( echo XP boot …

Is there a way to use RDC over the internet? The host has a public IP address and the remote is behind a router. Is there a better option? Thanks, J.

Do you know any site that ACTUALLY helps checking HijackThis reports for viruses? In the past TechSupportForum were vry good, but now they don't answer anymore. Thanks

When trying to access the internet, upon the initial try, my computer will not connect. It does not allow me to even click out as it is telling me it is not responding for a long time. Eventually I can get the message that windows is looking for a solution and I can put down the window. So, what I have to do to get on the internet is click on internet explorer a second time, even as the ohter window might be still searching and locked up. Then it comes right up, or I might have to try a third time. This is a Gateway computer GT5411E. Running windows XP. I have the compter virus protected by mcafee, with firewall and have run Registry Fix and spybot. Any s…

RE: C:\ drive won't display in Windows Explorer Using Windows Explorer When signing in as user KAREN, the C:\ drive doesn't show under COMPUTER as do all other drives. Switch to User BILL, the drive does show. HELP!!!! -- Bill W

Highlight is probably the wrong term I'm on a page with many links. I click on one and go to that page. I close that page and am back on the many links page. Nothing shows which link I had just selected. On Win98se, that link would stand out so I know which one I had just used. See http://home.surewest.net/galen/private/xppics/xppics.html Top pic shows I,m choosing 1 of 4 possible links. Middle pic shows I'm exiting that page. Bottom pic shows how Win98se tells me which one I last used. How to make WinXP do the same??? Galen

Hi, hope you can help. I run XP SP3 and have just done a disc cleanup durich which I uninstalled Fax Service from Windows Components. Nothing else. On reboot Fax is still there but IE, Freecell and Calculator have disappeared. I have Calculator+ so that's no problem, but Freecell I want back and of course there's no life without IE even for a Firefox fan. All the other Windows games are still there along with the utilities. I've tried to re-install from the Windows Component menu but it wants my Windows installation discs, which I don't have because my Windows is pre-installed (and authenticated). What now? Thanks A.

I need a reference that will tell me how to add a site to a Win2003 domain.

I have a standalone web server that needs to allow people to change their passwords through the web for content. I presently have been using the servers ntfs permissions.

I try to follow this instruction: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startmfu.htm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Resolution Right-click an empty area in the Start menu and select Properties. In the Start Menu tab, click Customize. Configuration options for the Programs list are on the General tab. Make sure that the "Number of programs on Start" is not set to 0. Try clearing the MFU list in the registry once, by pressing Clear List button. Disable the two policies namely NoInstrumentation and NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList. See article Q292504 for more information - Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q292504 talks onl…

Just reformated my hdd and my mobo is Matsonic MS9158E+ and now I am short of the audio driver whichis on-board. Went to Matsonic.com and unable to connected. Please help and sorry for posting here. Thanks

I need to save a password for a mapped drive on several computers. On some I get the option to remember the password and on others I don't. How can I get the password remembered on the computers that don't prompt? Thanks

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When I go to Start/All Programs, the list of all my programs is apparently to large to fit on my screen anymore. I expected some link to the right somewhere so I could see what is to the right of the screen, but there is nothing. As I install any new programs, I get the "New Program" message in tan when I click on start, but can't see to the right of the screen. Is there any way to see those hidden programs? Thanks. Tom -- TomG

I want to program one of my F keys with a line of text to speed up entering my e-mail address. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks in advance, Si...

I have 60 GB of data to move from one hard disk to another. Windows "copy" command aborts when file names are too long. Tracking down all long file names could take hours or days. I heard RoboCopy would do the copy. I downloaded it and rktools.exe but heard it was a command line program and not a windows gui application. My questions: 1 - If I double click on rktools.exe from Windows Explorer will it launch as a DOS application or will it install the application in c: \program files\ like other app's do? 2 - Once installed must I go to the command line... then navigate to the RoboCopy folder... then enter RoboCopy from the command line to launch …

Anyone know why after 16 years and (6 major versions), windows STILL cant tell that a drive has been mapped so that it doesnt re-use a drive letter for things like card readers? Have I been missing something all these years? I am getting tired of having to manually configure a card reader in drive manager to not use F: because a network share is already mapped to that letter. anyone? (or has this been fixed in Vista and I havent run across it yet?) And yes, I know that one fix is to map network drives from the bottom up, but thats not really a fix. Thats just avoiding the problem.

I have Windows XP Media Center Edition: I have to redo my question regarding my pc problem. I am such a newbie on this site, and a newbie pc user too. Here it goes: I uninstalled my webroot spyware. Then restarted laptop. When I logged on (administrator account) I got this message, "windows cannot load the users profile but has logged you on with the default profile". Detail "The system can not find the file specified." On the "default profile" that windows logged me on, I can not acces my administrator profile desktop, and all my documents, and also all the programs installed. I tried to use Restore system, it doesn't work. I used to be abl…