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Did I hear correctly that Windows 98 cannot handle memory more than 512 MB? If I'm wrong, what IS the maximum memory for Windows 98? And what happens when that "too much" limit has been exceeded?

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Good Day: I have always used Windows 2000 so Windows XP is new to me. I was told not to be 'permanently' signed in as an Administrator unless I am performing a task. In 'User Acclounts,' It shows 2 accounts. I have set Administrator access to 'Password-protected' and and it shows the 'Guest' account is turned off. Is there a 'User' account or just those two? Which one do I want o be signed-in as or neither? How do I check which one I 'am' signed-in to? Thanks!

I bought and installed (upgrade frm Home Edition) XP pro. Due to a computer hang up I had to use my Recovery Disk on the computer to get back to where I bought the computer. I have the original XP upgrade disk and the box but somehow have misplaced the sleeve with the product key. I want to reinstall the upgrade onto the SAME computer it was originally bought for and installed. Am I out of luck?? HELP! -- bizza

At work I use a networked PC and like to keep a copy of my work on a USB Stick. This requires me to remember to save any changes to 2 locations. Is there any way to set it up to safe to the server and to my USB stick?

I replaced my motherboard and I tried reinstalling my OS using the original CD. I copies the install file to the drive and reboots, then the splash screen appears, then I get Inaccessable_boot_device Stop 0x0000007E (0xC0000005) (0xBA9E8750) (0xBACCB42C) (0xBACCB128) What do I need to do to clear this. This is on a Compaq machine running XP pro. Usually doing a reinstall (upgrade) works to fix this, but not this time. I can get in using safe mode, so if anyone knows what files I need to delete or reg entries I need to delete to make this stop, that would be great. I'm guessing it is looking for the SCSI drive that is no loger there. I'm on an SA…

Sto Hiya :) Why is there a charge associated with online Windows XP Support since it is still part of the 'acfive life cycle of products?' Also, how do I remove 'Windows Picture and Fax Viewer?' If that is not possible, how do I make' FastStone Picture Viewer' my default viewer? Regards

I have Google set as my home page. When I open it, it doesn't remember my "preferences"; i.e., open search results in new window, don't suggest resultsas I am typing, etc. Also, I belong to a forum, and I always check "remember me" when I log in.....it doesn't. Any suggestions?

My apologies if you see this post more than once, since I'm not quite sure which group to post it in, so I'll post it in a few that might be relevant. For the last 3 days or so, I've had a message window appear when I boot up Windows (XP SP3). It says "Outlook Express. To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes." And then the OK or Cancel buttons. I have always clicked Cancel. Here's the weird thing -- I run Office Outlook (2003), NOT Outlook Express! I've never run Outlook Express -- not on this Windows installation anyway. Just in case this was an echo from Office Outlook, I compacted all my Outlook …

I would like to add a program to the taskbar, and simultaneously leave the icon on the desktop. How?

Hello All, I think after my 10 plus years in Infrastructure Support/Development I have come across my first proper DLL hell scenario. Whilst a solution does sort of exist (disabling Windows File Protection), I thought if I post here Microsoft will pick up the issue and deal with it (rather then me paying the £££'s on there pay-per-support incident line, to be told what I already know and then have to wait for a fix). BTW MS do provide free support for XP SP3 until March 2009, but only if the install fails or kills your computer, not for something 'minor' like this....... Here it goes: If you visit the MS update site with a XP SP2/IE 6 PC you will …

Hi I have a Windows 2008 x64 system, and I'm trying to use a Sony SDZ-120 SAIT tape drive. I've downloaded the correct driver (http://sony.storagesupport.com/node/464). But when I try to install the driver in Device Manager, I get the error, "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupt or missing (Code 39)". I asked Sony technical support about this, and they said the error message means that is a problem in the Registry. I Google'd 'code 39', and found several KBs on how to fix a 'code 39' problem with DVD/CD drives. But I can't find anything about 'code 39' and tape drives. The instructions in the KBs fo…

Hi: Does anyone have any recommendations for the best "Voice To Text" freeware? I am trying to find this software for a person that has physical restrictions. Thanks

I'm one of those people that uses keyboards that can swap Caps and Ctl or I remap the keys in software. When I do this on a shared computer, I get evil looks, or worse. It just occured to me that a quiet beep tone whenever the CapsLock key changes state wouldn't confuse the unwary and would warn me me whenever I was using a shared machine. An upward tone would indicate CAPS on and a downward beep would indicate CAPS going off. Has anyone written this for any OS? -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

My PC as it boots up shows a blue screen after the Windows Xp welcome screen (with the blue bars scrolling)...it never gets to the logon screen. If the machine is set to restart after an error, the blue screen flashes quickly (too fast to read) and it then restarts. It will work fine in safe mode. The message on the BSOD is: "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to protect damage to your computer. SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly i…

I have win xp pro with 3 HD 1- C and D - IDE 2- E and F - IDE 3- I SATA I can access all of my HD but my icons for E and I are kind of like "unknown file" - not a typical HD icon what happened and how can I fix it? thanks

I had recently installed an application that needed the computer to restart. When re-booting I got a window asking for my user name and password (which I forgot both). My settings were on automatic. How can I resolve this issue?

Gurus, Running Windows XP Pro SP3 on a Sony Vaio laptop. The system has been running fine except for one little problem - when I try to use the "Undock Computer" option from the Start Menu nothing happens. It used to work fine - and present a dialog box indicating "Undock is complete" but now it doesn't do that anymore. Thoughts? -- Spin

I am having to backup my exchange 2007 server with windows backup on windows server 2003. I notice that ntbackup is able to see the e2k7 server and the information stores in it. And it is able to do a backup. What i am wondering is when i go to do a restore - on the restore and managed media tab. I see the both the information stores, the log files and mailbox database folder. But i don't see any catalog information on the right pane in that window(it just says no entries found when i click on either the log files folder or the mailbox database folder). Is this normal, or the way it should be. I am wondering if i need to install the exchange 2k7 management…

installing sbs 2003 from boot, hangs at the stage 'Windows is starting Setup', will not load past this point,

windows-xp I cannot put a address into my address book from an e-mail and an error comes up with this message.( subject) -- ja