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If I click on Start, point to My Computer six items are displayed. One is for Bluetooth. When I click on Bluetooth it says, " short-cut can't be created her." How can I stop Blutooth from appearing here or create a connection from it to the Bluetooth menu? -- KC

Just tried to uninstall Norton bloatware Systemworks 2003 on a PC , (inludes Norton Ghost and Go back), and now can't even get into Windows Safe Mode, or Normal Mode, or even Command prompt, or any Windows Mode. So I put in the XP Home SP1 cd for this particular PC, and it said it couldn't find proof of a previous version of Windows, (so it looks like it's an XP upgrade version?), so I stuck in my old W98se cd and that didn't do it ! Keep getting a BSOD but, too quick to read it. A big white "Symantec Norton GOBACK" is intercepting Windows start-up and I've chosen disable, and now there's a "Removing Norton GoBack history from drive C:." and it's real…

I had to re-install Windows from a TrueImage backup, and now Explorer shows a floppy disk entry (Drive A). This system, however, doesn't have and never had a floppy drive, and it's not one of the card reader slots, either. What is the correct/best way to get rid of this non-existent drive?

In my C:\WINDOWS folder I have a huge amount of Uninstall file folders accumulated over the last two years. Most of these folders will be of little or no interest once the upgrade to which they refer has proven stable, and many of them are obviously superseeded by more recent upgrades as well. I should appreciate some advice for a proper procedure to clean up my Windows directory by deleting these folders. Just removing the folders by brute force is of course a possibility but that will create several inconsistencies in the registry (which I can handle with my registry integrity check and repair utility), but I should rather prefer to have some recommende…

I ran Windows Update and installed several of them, including IE7. After doing so, most of my program icons, including all the MS Office apps, are the generic file file type icons (white box with blue top border). I've deleted my icon cache and I can't see that the file has been rebuilt after rebooting. I also have two "CURRENT VERSION" folders in my registry under HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows. Although all of my programs work just fine, it's frustrating not being able to quickly discern the file type in an email or when using Windows Explorer. Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated - -- ~CBD

Hi I've got windows xp home sp2. In windows explorer how can i make sure that list view is the default option? At the moment the views are random. I want them to "stick" to what I choose. Thanks -- Millie

I have several users sharing a patch updated xp sp2 pc that worked fine until I installed ie 7. After that it frequently, but not every time will not let users log off or shut down including the administrator. The screen flashes, but nothing happens and you can continue to use applications as if you never clicked the log off button. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling ie 7, searching through ms knowledge base to no avail. I am not running norton antivirus. I tried looking at the event viewer, but did not see anything obvious. I have also tried ending all the non system processes listed in task mgr except explorer one at a time to isolate a pos…

I have a computer with windows xp professional edition installed in it. There are two or more people who use the system, but I am the administrator however. Is there a way by which I can leave a message for another user who uses the same system? That person has to get the message once he/she logs into his/her profile? I am thinking of a simple message box which would contain my message and the username of the sender. If there is such a feature can the person (who is not an administrator) send me messages in the same manner? --deostroll

Hi, I've installed XP Pro on an Intel Mac, but this problem exists in Windows too I believe. I'm having problemas doing restarts - XP freezes every time. I know that with my SP1 disk, there can be recognition issues with the ACPI in the Bios during installation. There are ways you can steer the installation to fix it but I wasn't able to figure it out, so XP is already installed. Is there a way to fix this issue at post-install? One would think Microsoft would have an update for this. I've managed thru sheer will to get SP2 downloaded and installed. But my restarts still freeze at the point where it says "Windows XP is starting up...." I really w…

Hi all, I have a desperate problem with my XP Professional system not booting. Background info: Win XP Pro installed on a 300GB SATA drive, file system is NTFS. When trying to boot it gets to the standard Windows logo and after ~20 secs it flashes up a BSOD (for well under a second so I can't read it) and restarts. I've tried all the various options accessed via the F8 key plus all the safe mode options. In safe mode it gets to loading mup.sys and then restarts (I am informed that this doesn't mean that mup.sys is the problem). I tried to do a repair install but that option wasn't there (only a complete new install, which AFAIK would wipe the drive…

\\machine\folder like places have problem. Explorer freezes for 20 30 seconds. I cannot browse folders/select files easily... Those folders are simple shared ones. I have no idea yet. Maybe my manually configured IP causes that slowness... I'm not sure. Ping results approx. 0 milisecond : )

Hi, I've got SP2 for offline install, can anyone tell me how old it is, (to save me rummaging at MS for hours ! ?) (5.5.1005.0 (SRV03_QFE.031113-0918) ..i.e. have there been any significant additions to it since this version was released. .....and does it include "everything that went before" ? i.e. can I install it into a XP Home OEM PC that, say, has never had a service pack stuffed into it, or one that has had an older sp2 stuffed into it ? That is to say, I would like to stuff SP2 into a PC that has an email worm in it, (after cleaning it up of course). It's one of those heavenly PC's apparantly, where the user only uses it for email / surfin…

Hi guys I want to run script or app on XP station (XP pro / XP home) whenever its idle, How do I catch the Idle event? I can create service using C# that checks the system status but I refer simple app that will be initiated by the operating system Thank you Sharon pl

I have a wireless router/modem and PCs connected wirelessly to it. Sometimes it gets into a non-working state but turning the router/modem off and on again fixes it. I would like to do this once a day without having to go to other floors to find out if anyone is using it at the moment. How can I determine if the internet is in use? If anyone else is using it at the moment I would wait for a while and try again later.

It looks like the Windows 2003 SBS is locking up files and it wont release those files when you are done. At first I thought it was Excel misbehaving < see below > but the problem still exist even tho I rebooted the server. Any Ideals? Scott Burke OK. More information. I rebooted the server. The lockes were released. However, The First person in the files lockes that file. When they leave the file stays locked. The OS will NOT release the locks. Any Ideals Scott Burke "Dave Peterson" wrote: > If that file were on a local harddrive, I'd try this: > http://contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly > > Clear ou…