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When opening System Restore there are System Checkpoints and Software Distribution Service 3.0 entries. I know what Checkpoints are but can someone please explain what the other entries mean? TIA Stan

An office that I have had one two XP Home machines for several years is doing an upgrade and had to go XP Pro and Server 2003. We installed a new Dell 840 and I upgraded both work stations to XP Pro. The only problem is the long delay of signing into the server. I did some web searches and people are describing my exact problem as a DNS related. The workstations are not seeing the server at first and the requests are going out onto the web. Right now, we have a Linksys behind a Bellsouth (now the new AT&T!) modem doing the DHCP and DNS and all and I am using 192.168.1.100 as the starting scope. This office needs web access. So …

Wondering if I would hit any speed limitations switching to DSL that has an advertised download speed of 7 Meg. I currently am hooked up to cable internet and am having no problems with 5 Meg speed. Any other issues I might encounter using 98SE? Thanks

Just taken 2 faulty HD's out of a fairly old PC. HD 1 is Maxtor Diamond Max 10 Model: 6L080P0 80 GB PATA133 HDD HD2 is 40Gb AT Maxtor D540X-4K What typo should I be looking for (e.g. on EBuyer site)?

I cannot validate my version of Windows XP. The ActiveX window does not open. The diagnostic tests do not resolve this. I have tried many things. I do have the orginal disk that came with my laptop. But will I lose everything if I reinstall it?

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Aloha all. This is an odd one. I converted a videotape into an .avi file. Now, when I simply place the cursor over the file icon (don't even click at all) Windows Explorer crashes, and closes down momentarily (clears the desktop), then comes right back. I can use the .avi file fine from within programs WMP, etc., but cannot double-click the icon, or, again, even touch it with the cursor. What's going on? Any way to correct it? Thanks!

Hi, how can I disable the "sound redirector" addin on a remote desktop server machine? I need this as a workaround, as I am connecting from a client (rdesktop on linux) that accidently always switches sound redirection on. But I need the sound to stay on the remote machine. I can see some registry path here, I thought sound redirection could somehow be switched off? [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server \AddIns\Sound Redirector] I would just like the sound to stay on the server, so that the remote sound devices of the server machine are connected the same as they are when somoeone logs in there on a "real" terminal. …

Hello, My name is Craig am looking for software to reaper my laptop PC. I cannot run must .exe and .txt files and my start bar is only showing the log-off icon. I think it is a .dll error some ware. I have try-ed some software but cannot run the .exe please help me. Thank You, Craig

Greetings, Hope this message finds each of you well. When trying to re-install Win XP SP2 and attempting to "upgrade" to Win XP SP2 from Win XP SP2(as a means of trying to repair Win XP SP2 components I get a missing "viamraid.sys" error saying that the setup of Win XP will no terminate. After installing several programs I've found that the screen-saver, and power-downs/shut-offs no longer work, and I'm having a difficult time traking down the cause. It seems certain that there is something running in the background, but what? My computer is a SystemMax AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-core Proc. 4200+, 2.21 GHz with 3.0 GB of RAM I've installed the followi…

I have in one of my partitions Windows XP + SP2. I don't have accessing problems such as "sharing violation", etc., since I can access the WXP partition from another Windows partition. But it seems that most .LOG files are not simple text formatted. So are there tools to access all those files? Thanks, David

Suppose one detects that keylogging software is on a PC. Is there someway to discover who is recording it, that is, the "listener"? -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>

I am using XP Pro SP2 with all updates. I have the Powertoy "Calculator Plus" installed. It worked fine. I installed a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and now the calculator will work and then just stop working. In other words, I will start performing calculations and then it will quit responding to keystrokes or mouse clicks. I don't know that this is related to the keyboard but Any ideas? The standard calculator with Windows still works fine. Bob

Hi Guys, You are guys are so good at all my questions, so I thought I would drive this one past you.... I recently did a system recovery--non destructive--and I can't seem to get into Microsoft Word or any of the office programs.... I see the shortcut to them, but they don't open. "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." I never un-installed them, I thought the came with Windows XP anyway. No, as usual, this computer was given to me, and no, I don't have the Windows XP discs, which I have never seen in anyone's possession. What should I do? Do you guys have a link on the Microsoft Download site that I can redownlo…

Is there any way to put a password on the backup facility of this software? Thanks T