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On one (out of six) computer in our office we have a weird problem. Many dialog boxes (especially when installing software) display font sizes so big they extend "outside" the box. This usually includes check boxes, so no user input is possible. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, and does anyone know if anything can be done about it?

Hi, I have a computer A with internet connection (ADSL connection through USB modem) and computer B with no internet connection. Both computers have Win XP. First I have changed the settings of my internet connection so that it is shared. Then I connected computer A to the internet using the (shared) internet connection. Then I have set up a wireless ad hoc network on computer A as described in http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx Next I connected computer A to the wireless network (is not mentioned in the article but I don't get it to work if I don't). Next I looked at the available wirless networks on computer B and found the …

Ok, I am getting a Inaccessible boot device when I boot up into Windows 2000 Server. I have done a check disk on my drives (RAID5) with 3 HDD's. They seem to be OK per the check disk. Next I done a Windows repair. After this I was able to get pas the blue screen and go somewhat into a GUI. It gives me an error saying Security Accounts Manager initialization failed because of the following error: The security ID structure is invalid. Error status 0xc0000078. After googleing this I seen where people said a defrag should fix this. But other sources point to the registry as a problem. I do have a backup but it seems like when I load the backup it g…

Re: Windows Explorer [X-post to WinXP General] Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3" -- WinXP-specific newsgroup: http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 Chris wrote: > I recently downloaded and installed service pack 3 and now Wind…

I have a few PCs that after a while loose connection to the Domain. And to fix the problem I have to manual rejoin them. These PCs a re used for training and they are not on all the time.. It usually happens happens after they dont use the PCs for an extended period say 2-3 weeks.. Is there a fix to prevent this? Thanks..

Hello All, I'm having an issue with licensing in terminal services. My terminal server will not stay connected to the license server. When I open the licensing tool it says there is no available license server in the domain or workgroup. So I choose the option to connect, specify the server and it sees everything fine. I can see how many licenses are available. I close the licensing tool and open it back up and again there is no license server. Any ideas why it won't stay connected? Thanks

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 2.0 (KB928365) and Security Update for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB948110) would not install and no reason was given. I use XP Pro, SP3

I'm having trouble accessing my safe mode. As soon as it comes to entering my password to get into my account, the system suddenly reboots and I don't get a chance to enter safe mode. Any way to fix this so it doesn't reboot on me automatically? TIA

All, This is a 2003 Domain with seven domain controllers. I want to write a DOS batch file to check for the existence of our anti-virus application and if it does not exist to install it from the Netlogon based on which domain controller they are logging into. This way I can run it for each region after we have pushed from the Anti-Virus servers and clean up any users that missed the push. I want to know if I can use the %logonserver% variable to specify where to install it from. That way I would be able to specify which locations by logon domain controller can install. i.e. if %logonserver% equals SJWSDC00 then... or if %logonserver% not SJWSD…

Whenever I have to use Word, Excel or other applications, the window comes up asking me which program I would like to use to open the file. I check the box to always use the selected program to open that kind of file, but the box always comes up the next time I go to open something. How can I get this to remember? Thanks

This lightweight/freeware pdf reader is used by some of the regulars in this newsgroup. It is a faster alternative than Adobe's official PDF reader. Download page: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/ Download link: http://downloads.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/FoxitReader23_setup.exe Just a mere 2.6 megs download. Carlos

While working with Symantec support, they asked me to do the following: -Un-register Windows Installer (using msiexec /unregister) -Boot Windows into Safe Mode -Delete MSI.DLL, MSIEXEC.EXE, and MSIHND.DLL from System32 -Delete MSI.DLL, MSIEXEC.EXE, and MSIHND.DLL from System32/dllcache -Boot back into Normal mode -Download and reinstall Windows Installer 3.1v2 Upon trying to re-install Windows Installer, I receive an error stating "Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of this system is newer than the update you are applying. There is no need to install this update" The KB893803v2 (Windows Installer 3.1v2) log shows: [KB893803v2.log] 0.01…

How do I remove XP (Home Edition). I am going to remove and reinstall the system. So I go to install in Ad/Remove programs? All I have is Install, do I remove that? teak

Whenever I open photos in the Pic and Fax Viewer, I get a message that says "Drawing....." forever and no image. thanks for any help.

I will be installing a new copy of Windows XP 64-bit in a few days. The package says it has SP2. I thought I would then install SP3,then use Windows Update. Am I correct that the updates that are put out periodically are the same for 64-bit as for the 32-bit versions? Or are there different updates for the 64-bit version? Thanks Ken K