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    Re: Windows XP licensing

    i should point out that the genuine advantage program only makes you change the product key.
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    Re: Windows XP licensing

    if it's a corporate install of xp it doesn't activate online. It's common for corporate networks to not have internet access and can you imagine how long it would take IT to activate 100 computers...
  3. Re: Upgrade to Memory requires re-activation of Windows

    all you have to do is call the activation hotline.
  4. Re: Requesting help copying mp3 files from PC to cell phone

    most phones don't give you file access through the usb plug. you usually just get access to the micro-sd card. Does your phone have a micro-sd card slot that is empty?
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    Re: Windows XP licensing

    you can use rockxp4 to change your product key with no problems. as a side note there are license keys available for xp (i have one myself) that allow it to install on multiple computers. It's a...
  6. Re: Requesting help copying mp3 files from PC to cell phone

    if it's not a smart phone, you may not have access to the folder that the media player automatically accesses. However most phones have a file browser. You would have to copy files to a general...
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    Re: NTLDR Missing

    your boot file is pointing to the wrong place. the easiest answer is to use the os install disk and do a repair install. make sure you searched for ntldr not ntlrd. It's a hidden file and search...
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    Re: XP File Copy Utility

    http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-copy-utility.htm
    i've used teracopy before with no complaints. Fastcopy is supposed to be faster though.
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    Re: [RESOLVED] Is my Hard Drive useless?

    i just saw this. what was the solution?
  10. Re: Copy Folder From One Drive To Another Drive

    the size is bigger because you have a directory tree duplicated that is empty. I can not say whether or not it was already on the drive or you copied a symbolic link that caused it to repeat. But...
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    Re: converting List to Array

    assuming you actually DO have a datagrid, and any other errors aside, it looks like your logic on your for each is jacked up. You aren't resetting value to zero after each iteration for one thing,...
  12. Re: [RESOLVED] Swapping C-Drive to another PC

    there is one thing you need to do before a swap like that: uninstall any 3rd party drivers for the hard drives and reinstall generic ones that come with xp. If you do not do this crucial step your...
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    Re: windows 7 user privacy ( Like Linux )

    if you are running one of the server flavors of windows, you can not only customize users folders, you can control how many megs of files they can put in them.
  14. Re: User Permission Settings In Windows 7 Pro

    it did not have to be administrators. Just whichever group the current user is in, or the current user specifically.
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    Re: windows 7 user privacy ( Like Linux )

    i agree. It's too easy for a security flaw to give someone administrator access.
  16. Re: USB Wifi Adapter bending in the USB Socket

    a lot of them come with those usb extension cords and you can relocate it to the side of the computer
  17. Re: User Permission Settings In Windows 7 Pro

    when you take ownership of a folder there should be something there about "do you want to apply to subfolders and files", I don't remember exactly how it's worded but it's definitely there. Look for...
  18. Re: [RESOLVED] Windows 8 + VB6 + No CTRL-BREAK

    looks like the problem is that you were wanting to use ctrl+ a keyboard combo that also required the ctrl key. your best bet would have been to remap one of the function keys to this purpose. ...
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    Re: Disable 'MouseOver' event in IE

    every browser supports extensions, but not every one has been as extensively developed for. Firefox has the excellent Greasemonkey plugin which allows all kinds of customization even on a page by...
  20. Re: USB Wifi Adapter bending in the USB Socket

    if you aren't hitting the plug yourself by moving the computer around, you are doing this with a wire from a mouse or monitor you are moving.
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    Re: Virus problem.....Need assistance.

    you could also try a different virus scanner. sometimes the people who program them are sneaky and will crash the scanner.
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    Re: windows 7 user privacy ( Like Linux )

    there is a caveat here: you can't have compression enabled. If you do, it doesn't encrypt anything. but yeah it's kind of weird. If you lose your password an administrator can still recover your...
  23. Re: my friend pc monitor turn on after taking out cmos battery while its turned on

    i would not assume the motherboard is dead. I've had similar issues of no-boot plenty of times from computers and in every case but one an unplug and bios reset fixed it. In the other case it...
  24. Re: Windows 8: previewing picture in Metro does not work?

    i had a similar issue when i first installed win 8. No pictures in any of the apps were showing. Numerous updates later it fixed itself
  25. Re: my friend pc monitor turn on after taking out cmos battery while its turned on

    you could also try resetting the bios with the motherboard jumper. all home systems have an easy to use jumper that resets bios settings. It's possible that pulling the battery like that corrupted...
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    Re: Graphics Drivers For Windows Server

    windows home server is no longer supported in any way by anyone, and was never designed to be ran with a monitor anyway. You were given trivial support of the monitor for install purposes but after...
  27. Re: problem with BIOS administrator password

    i am not sure how old that site is but you can't reset any computer's bios any more just by pulling the battery, and this has NEVER worked on laptops as they store the password on a completely...
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    Re: Copy Application Text

    that program may or may not do what he wants. It depends on whether or not the program has resources. vb programs for example don't. I don't suppose this russian program has an external file for...
  29. Re: Why my dell system is giving me problems

    click here http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19?c=us&s=dhs&cs=19&l=en and enter your service tag number. Dell keeps a record of every computer they ever sold and customizes the download page...
  30. Re: Why my dell system is giving me problems

    Iused to have that same desktop. Make sure that any drivers you are using are from dells support page. You mentioned you were having issues in xp. Does that mean you have tried win2k on it? But...
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    Re: Microphone Issue in Laptop

    there's a microphone troubleshooter built into the voice commands setup program. I suggest you try an external microphone OR headphones otherwise you will get feedback. If you mute the microphone...
  32. Re: Adding EVERYONE/FULL to all NTFS permissions

    it's quite possible that this is an effort by microsoft to close some security holes. Good luck. have you considered writing something in vb?
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    Re: localhost name Issue in Host file

    it doesn't have an extension. it's a standard text file though and can be edited in notepad.
  34. Re: Adding EVERYONE/FULL to all NTFS permissions

    just curious... did you open your command prompt with administrator permission?
  35. Re: internet sharing with a winxp desktop and ipad

    for reasons that have never been made clear, it's nearly impossible to use internet connection sharing to get this to work with an apple product. There was a software update for osx that was...
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    Re: Windows 7 Pro

    documents and settings doesn't actually exist any more. the one you can't enter is a place holder shortcut that the OS uses to redirect to the users folder. You aren't locked out of any folder in...
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    Re: localhost name Issue in Host file

    if they arent running a domain server they can manually enter domains in there.
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    Re: Funny Excel keyboard shortcut

    ah. i learned to program on that layout. took me forever to get used to the quotes placement when i got a pc.
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    Re: My experiences with windows 8.

    and charms, really? was every other word in the english language copyrighted by apple?
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    Re: Funny Excel keyboard shortcut

    there is one for the /. it's used for selecting array formula ranges. i don't know what \ does.
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