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problem just started recently.peviously,When I downloaded an attachment from e-mail, as soon as download complete, I could open file! Now,when download complete, Hourglass replaces arrow and it takes an extremely long time before hourglass changes back to arrow, if ever! During this I can't close the e-mail window or download complete window!! Many times I just restart computer to get going again and everything works fine.....HELP...what gives!?-- harleyman

How do I clean off my hard drives in old laptop PC's????

I have a DOS based program that I want to run in XP. Now the problem is not that it wont start, or run in XP. It will, I have in fact seen it. I formatted and installed 4 new computers with XP Pro. I installed the DOS program onto the computer. On EVERY one of the computers, when I open the program it gives me an error "system cannot open com1 requested by the application" (some say com2, etc) My current COM port is not 1, but when I try to change it to COM1 and open the program, the program now says "system cannot open com2 requested by the application". Does anyone have any suggestions? I cannot find any config file where it would be requesting any spe…

Is it possible to use the same Image but with different ristndrd.sif tied to it. The goal is use the same ( \reminst\Setup\English\Images\MY-IMAGE-FILES ) but have different choices in the F12 OS Choice Menu. For Example: - reminst -- Setup --- English ---- Images ----- MY-IMAGE-FILES ------ i386 ------- templates -------- ristndrd-XPOPT1.sif (Install Option 1) -------- ristndrd-XPOPT2.sif (Install Option 2) Thank you, Michael

Going from Office 97 to Office 2003 should I remove Office 97 first and do a fresh install of 2003? Or should I just upgrade? Does it matter either way?

Greetings All, I'm running a Windows 2003SP2 TS server with Citrix Meteframe 3.0. In the past, I have successfully added users (using computer management\local users & groups) and then added them into the group "Remote Desktop Users" Then I have successfully logged onto this server via a citrix client (or TS client), and modified that user"s Internet Option Security tab (my goal is to add my local UNC paths into trusted local intranet sites). Butr suddenly, when I add a new user onto the server (and give them the same rights as old users), when I log on as that user remotely, the icons in the IE Security tab are grayed out, with grayed locked k…

I am on a windows enviroment, we have 2 domain controllers the oldest one is a windows 2000 server with active directory and the second is a windows 2003 domain controller that was promoted to a domain controller a year ago, lately we have been experiencing slow log in times for some users including our admin account. i can not pinpoint the issue, we use dhcp with reserved addresses, plenty are available, we use roaming profiles with folder rediaretion of the my documents folder. please help the slow login takes forever at least 45min

recent problem w/e-mail ,was able to download attachments from mail (AOL ) and as soon as file done, could open file! NOW, when download complete, hourglass stays on and I can't close downloading file window or mailbox window hourglass just remains on so long that I sometimes just restart pc and everything is OK again. Hope that's enuff info Help, what's the fix! -- harleyman

A question about how System Restore works, and what state it leaves my system in. Suppose that, on July 15, I make a change to my computer -- installing some piece of software, perhaps -- that causes a serious problem. I recover by using System Restore to restore to a July 14 restore point, and all is well. Then on July 16, Windows creates an automatic restore point. Does that July 16 restore point include the change that I made on July 15 and then un-made by restoring to the 14th? In other words, if at some future time I were to restore to July 16, would I be picking up the same problem all over again? I would think (hope) that it does not, but I'…

I am packaging an ActiveX control which has many dependencies on the XP system files. I need to know which of them I do not have to package into my control since they are already included in the standard XP installation. My most requried files are: 1, c:\windows\system32\msvbvm60.dll (VB runtime) 2, c:\windows\system32\stdole2.tlb (OLE automation) 3, c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.ocx (common dialog control 6.0) 4, c:\windows\system32\Msvcrt.dll (c-runtime library) And my control also depends on some others files which I guess either not required to be packaged with it or already included in the default XP installation (not sure if I am right): 1, c:\prog…

Can any one explain to me how to fix this little problem i have installed Winfax pro 10.2.....worked well before\but recently i found i can not send or recieved faxes...modem in use????????? i have tried reinstalling the modem in winfax but keeps saying com1 is busy and looks like the modem is busy with the lights flickering very quickly????? how do i find out what is causing this ? like how do you find whats is now making that line busy and why is using it? thanks guys

when i put my 4GB PQ1 - usb on my pc, "COMPUTER" - window hangs ( "not responding" ) ... usb - drivers are ok - USB2.0 is working, but i cant get normal usbstick to work. Sometimes i can see what this Usb-memory has inside, directorytree open almost all the way. is this a dma or irq conflict ????

I get this message when I try to open a program that I just installed. I found this microsoft article to fix the problem but when I ran a search for "libraries update" nothing was found. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/254412 I'm using the 1st edition of windows 98 My cmos battery is bad (don't know if this applies or not) I've tried uninstalling, restarting, reinstalling, restarting --- but no success. Please help. Mike

Is there a windows gui program that allows you to pick files or folders and drag them to a destination, then add them to a batch list. Then build up a list with a few batch jobs and then at the end just run the whole batch copy one job at a time Using Windows Explorer , you can open up multiple explorer windows but it runs really slowly when you start doing a lot of multiple copies all at the same time I could write dos batch files but a gui would be simpler and quicker I found a program called file viewer 6 but that seemed to only copy single files at a time TIA Doug

I am repairing a laptop for a customer whose hard drive failed catastrophically (there was severe physical damage). He has the restore CD, and the Windows COA is attached to the bottom of the laptop. BUT ..... The COA has a tear in it ... and 3 characters are gone. The rest of the COA is intact and clearly legible. The missing characters are the first 3 characters of the last group of 5 characters, if it matters. And while some don't, this restore CD is requiring entry of a valid product key during the installation/OOBE process (this particular laptop was originally bought outside the US, although it's an English version of Windows). Does anyo…