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Exchange protocol on USB interface
by Guest il barbi- 0 replies
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I'm looking for some utility showing the data exchange on a usb interface, namely between my PC and a digital camera, in order to write a Visual Basic program to handle my camera for remote control someone can help? il barbi
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Internet Explorer 7 Options Menu
by Guest Rob- 2 replies
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I can not open Internet Options tab under the Tools menu when Internet Explorer 7 is open. I have retored and restarted several times with no luck.
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One minute delay after unlocking Windows XP
by Guest Donald S.- 0 replies
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I normally lock my PC when I will be away for a while by control-alt-delete and "lock computer", which has worked well until recently. Now, there is exactly a 60 second delay after I type my password to unlock the PC. It is exactly 60 sec every time, and I have tried it with antivirus, firewalls, etc shut off - always the same 60 sec delay. This leads me to believe there is a 60 second delay setting somewhere that is causing it, but I can not find it. BTW, the PC boots up at normal speed when first started. This delay only occurs when using the lock computer function. Please help. Thanks.
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Is There a ScanDisk Log? Where?
by Guest jim evans- 4 replies
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When I do scandisks they often take a long time, so go off and do something else. When I come back the desktop is up and I never know if it found problems. Thus, the subject questions. jim
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Green Bar
by Guest meowkatt2002- 1 reply
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I don't know what the green bar at the bottom of the screen that shows your progress is called. My problem is that all of a sudden yesterday, it disappeared. I haven't changed anything & it worked all these years. I can't find how to get it back. Another weird thing happened. I have been on a message board for months. I never new the avatars & smilies moved. Yesterday all of a sudden they started being animated. What would make them work? Did something somehow get changed so now ai can see them move but lost my green bar?? I need to know my progress status. Thanks.
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Both CD
by Guest davegb- 7 replies
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I tried to update the drivers for my CD players (one a burner). When I tried to install the new HP driver for the first one, it deleted both drives! I came here and found a download called CDgone, but it didn't help. Any ideas on how to get my CD drives back? The Device Manager doesn't show them either, but shows no problems with the controllers. I haven't a clue! Thanks in advance!
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Schedule .cmd file
by Guest Abhay- 2 replies
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HI Frnds.....I hve 1 query....actually i want to schedule the .cmd file on everyday....please help me regaring this query...If anyone know abt this then give me then steps...thx Abhay
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Chinese character show as ??
by Guest JZ- 0 replies
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Greeting, I have XP Pro SP2 and text editor TextPad installed on two computers. I enter some Chinese characters in a TextPad on one computer, it looked good. But when I Save it, all text became question marks. I suspect it is not saved as ANSI code, therefore after Save, the text changed to ?????. Yet on the other computer, it works just fine. I verified the settings on Regional and Languages on both PC, both have Asian Language Pack installed and Non-Unicode set to Chinese. This also happens to my programming IDE, Delphi 7. When I save Chinese Characters in D7, I can see on the 'correct" computer a character was saved as 5-digt number, on the "wrong…
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.net compact framework
by Guest jamrs w. morgsn- 0 replies
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Microsoft auto downloads downloaded .net compact framework 1.0 SP3. It will not run. Says NCF Setup.exe is missing file RAPI.dll. I searched for the file but came up with nothing. What is this download for. Do I need it? Thank You James
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Add Remove/Programs - program not listed
by Guest Anna- 2 replies
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Hi: I was installing Microsoft Project on the XP machine and the installation was not progressing for 10 minutes or so I ended installation program. When I try to install it again it tells me that the the program is installed and cannot do another instance and that I should Add/Remove it from the control panel. When I go to Add Remove programs list - it is NOT LISTED. I have to exit the installation. Must be something in the registry - the program is not working and is not listed - but the installation would not proceed because finds sth. Can you help? I tried to clean registry utility but it would not show Microsoft Project entry on the list. …
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excel 07 drop shadows
by Guest edsoultrain- 12 replies
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annyone know how i can do the drop shadows i know it was the drawing button on 03 but how do i do it now with 07
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Front Page 2002
by Guest Homer- 2 replies
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Hello, I recently reinstalled Front Page on a new notebook. Everything seems to have went well. However, a shortcut to the application was not created on the desktop and I can't find any of the program data in the Microsoft Front Page folder in the Program Files folder. Any suggestions?
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System Restore
by Guest kevinla- 4 replies
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Hello, I am having a problem with a program called "Configsafe". It is a program that does the exact same thing as Windows system restore. I need to uninstall Configsafe. I wanted to first make sure that the program has absolutely nothing to to do with and will in no way effect the Windows system restore if I uninstall it. Thanks, Kevin
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erasing hard drive files for a clean start
by Guest Robbywon- 4 replies
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I want to erase all of my files on the hard drive of my computer and reinstall XP Pro. I can't seem to get my comp to erase any of my files using the Windows xp Pro operating system disk. How do I do this? The reason I'm doing this is because my comp freezes up every 15min and I have to reboot. I had the guys at the shop put in a new hard drive (400gig). The old one was a 400 as well but wound up having damaged hard drive partitions. But, the new hard drive is fine but my comp still freezes with the old programs on it. They copied the old files from the old hard drive to the new one. They said this is common with cutting edge technology. Unfortunately, I m…
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Replace Laptop Hard Drive
by Guest Marty- 4 replies
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I need to replace my laptop hard drive with a larger one. I am looking for software that will allow my to image the hard drive to multiple DVDs then I can replace the hard drive and restore the image to the new drive. Reboot and everything is the same except I now have more free space. I tried Norton Ghost v10.0 but the "Copy My Hard Drive" feature will not allow coping to any removeable media. Because it is a laptop I can not install the new drive as a slave either. I can only have one hard drive in the laptop at a time. Thanks, -Marty
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Need HELP on Microphone Icon
by Guest Harold Tynan Jr- 1 reply
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I hope someone can help me here. My Microphone Icon is suddenly not working. I have a Dell with WinXP that I bought a year ago. A few days ago, my Microphone Icon decided it could no longer work with my Logitech headset. I retested my Logitech headset per its instructions, and it is working perfectly fine. So it's not the headset. I have no clue what is going on here, and why the Microphone Icon won't cooperate with a perfectly functioning Logitech headset. I hope some kind souls here can help me out. Thanks, Hal
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mpeg playback jumpy
by Guest otts73- 2 replies
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I am having trouble playing mpeg and mpg clips smoothly. The files are stored locally, on the root of C, but the playback is jumpy as if buffering issue. I loaded Cyber Link player just to verify it was not a result of Media Player 11, but the same results surfaced. I then uninstalled the video driver and reinstalled with the same result. My hardware should be up to snuff... 1.7 ghz processor, 2 gb ram, 32MB ATI Radeon 7500 video adaptor, current BIOS update. The OS is XP SP 2. (IBM T-42 Laptop) Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. If I am in the wrong newsgroup, please advise and I will redirect question.
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SATA management?
by Guest Mike Burke- 5 replies
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I have customer with a Dell Dimension 8400 and a Dell Dimension 8300. We successfully connected a Seagate e-SATA external 350GB drive to the 8300, but the 8400 warns "unrecognized device" when we plug the dirve in to a USB port. If we try to boot with the drive attached, Windows halts the boot process about 1/3 through the progress bar. All other USB devices work properly on all the USB ports. I suspect that our Windows XP Pro SP2 is missing some SATA-related files. There is nothing in the Device Manager to manage SATA drives. Dell suport is useless and Seagate support is non-existant. Any help available? Thank you, Mike B. -- "The mind is qu…
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Search crashes with"Archive Open Error"
by Guest Sigmund Freud- 0 replies
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Sometimes if I don't fill in the exact name of the file an error box comes up with the info: An error occured when opening archive: Plug-in is not found (0x1B0003). Usually have to use task manager to close. This is on a fresh Dell, new just purchased. What happened?
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Offline sync loses connection and user.....
by Guest WetBehindEars- 0 replies
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cannot sync or see files. I have a user which seems to lose their sync connection throughout the day and when this happens then cant seem to navigate to folders and files on the network. They have to click on the sync icon in the task tray multiple times before the connection is reestablished and then they are able to see the network shares. Any clue as to why they cant see their network folders and why the sync loses its connection?
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Mouse
by Guest pretty rabbit- 5 replies
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Can someone tell me when you uinstall a Mouse do you still have a Pointer to Reinstall the Mouse?everytime i uinstall the Mouse i do not have a Pointer to reinstall it.Is there A different way to reintall without a Pointer?
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Chinese IME
by Guest brothersamati- 0 replies
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Chinese input has died on me. It was always intermittent, switching back to English without warning, but I've always been able to get it back by closing the application and reopening. Now I can't get it at all. Using XP Pro, Word 2003 and Excel 2003.
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printing from the command prompt using print screen
by Guest C-PAC Support- 1 reply
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I need to get an old dos application to print from the command prompt using the "Prt Scr" button instead of sending it to the clipboard. In windows 98 and windows 2000 you can clear the PrtSc check box in the properties of the shortcut to the dos application but this is not available in XP. Does anyone know a way round this problem. Thanks Lee C-PAC
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Little help for excel
by Guest Optimus Secondary- 2 replies
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Hi! How will I limit columns that will be showing in excel sheet? e.g. columns A-I only I just wanted to stop the cell pointer upto the I-column only. Did you get my point? How will I do that please? Thank you!
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Taskbar problem
by Guest Moif Murphy- 3 replies
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Hi, I've never seen this before. A collegaue has minimised all her windows but they don't sit on the taskbar. They just end up on the desktop. I've had a look at the taskbar > toolbars options but nothing really stands out. She mentioned that she's inadvertantly pressed a key combination but can't remember which. Any idea on how to undo this? Screenshot here: http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hannahdesktopal0.jpg Thanks