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    - when deleting a large FILE I get a messege, "The FOLDER is... When I'm deleting something that's too large for the recycle bin, I get the message asking to confirm to permanently delete it instead of sending it to the recycle bin, the curious thing is though, that even if it's a file I'm deleting the message always reads, "The folder '...' is too big for the recycle bin....", It doesn't really matter but I was wondering if this is normal or not? Thanks in advance. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227718
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    - Computer extremely slow I am working on my sisters computer for her and it is running extremely slow. It takes 5+ minutes to open anything on the computer, whether it be the start button, internet explorer, or any other program. I have ran the scan disk, defragmenter, anti-virus, and emptied all the history, temp files, cookies, etc. What could be the problem and how can i fix it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227706
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    - start-up on start up i get a message saying cmos checksum bad. what is this and what can be done to solve it. Thanks lee Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227697
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    - Can not receive mail I can send mail but can receive in Outlook Express it has an unknown error 0x80004005 mail: moesparky@yahoo.com cell: 618-407-097 microsoft windows xp Mwdia center edition Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227693
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    - Memory DDR PC2 5200 vs 5300 ? Is there a noticeable difference between PC2 5200 and 5300? I have now both installed, 1 MB each of DDR PC2 5300 and 2X 512MB of DDR PC 5200. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227674
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    - Hiding Taskbar what are the registry entries for hiding Taskbar not for Auto Hide Taskbar in Windows XP Professional Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227671
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    - IS 47 C too hot for GEForce 8500GT? Is 47C or 116 Fahrenheit too hot for the above card? Should I buy another fan? The AMD Athlon 64X2 4200+ runs at 40 - 43 Celsius, the Samsung Hard disk at 33 Celsius. All on a HP. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227668
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    - HP 9130 OJ Printer causes slow access to 'My Computer' There is a delay in opening 'My Computer' (and save as 'browser' - I don't know the name for these interactive windows). It is a t60 laptop running xp+sp2. It happens after installing an HP OfficeJet 9130. I have unistalled and installed in several different ways (options), but the trouble persists. I just re-confirmed that the problem is caused by the presence of the 9130 by unistalling it again, and checking. I have read several suggestions about why slow access to My Computer occurs. I don't have any drives connected. The 9130 is the only real printer I have attached. (Adobe PDF and MS Office Doc. Writer are listed as well.) I use the scanner on this computer. The WIA service is 'automatic', but was not running when I checked once when the 'My Computer' issue existed. BTW: I have a second t60/xp+sp2 computer that is set up to use the same printer/scanner. No hang-up on that machine. I hope you can help! Regards, Tim Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227666
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    - Transfer settings after rejoining computer to domain We replaced our domain controller and need to rejoin workstations to the domain. When doing so, the previous local user profile is not accessed, as joining the domain creates a new profile under documents & settings. Is there a way I can retrieve and make active the original local user profile files and settings? Thanks, Barry Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227664
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    - optimum partion size Hi Dear I have a question about Windows XP (SP1 or SP2): What is optimum partition size for drive c in windows (particularly in Large Hard disk ex.160 GB) I believe that because of using virtual memory (paging) in drive c, we can configure it to large size (for example 20 Gb in 160 GB total) but my friend thinks that if we configure Drive c to large size it will be slowly and system performance will be down (because of search & fragment) and he believes that we should use smallest size for partition of drive c (for example 4GB). If possible, describe that is right or no. Thanks a lot Best regards Reza Beglari Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227655
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    - Screen Freezes CPU Overheating? Im struggling to determine a problem of mine. Recently I recieved fatal CPU temprature message in my BIOS when my system was starting thought nothing of it switched my machine off and came back to find i working alright. However a few weeks down the line now I am finding m system is freezing or so it seems. My screen will freeze the curren picture, sound will stop. Therefor I can still see the state of th crash. However outbound MSN connections remain intact and my CD driv still opens and closes. To this I think it could be an overheatin problem. Checking my cpu temp running P4 Intel 3.21Ghz im on 57*C and usin 0.07% CPU usage. My case is open, well venitlated and I have vacumen my case clean, removed my heatsink and and dust. Could it simply be a problem of a lack of thermal paste, OR could it b a graphics card problem. I cannot determine! Any help is apriciated! Thanks, Jami -- rootj4m13 Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227651
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    - XP Pro with 4GHz DDR3 fails to boot at Mup.sys XP runs fine with 2 Gig of DDR3 mem installed. MoBo is DX38BT, cpu is Cr2D E8400 3GHz. When i add 2nd set of CD3X1024-1800C7D mem sticks for a total of 4 gig system bios sees it, but XP hangs on boot up at: "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\drivers\Mup.sys" boot up hangs at this line and will not proceed. Boot up into Safe Mode will work but system will hang if trying to boot up normal at that line listed above. Any suggestions or answers as to why system will not boot to normal mode with the 4 gig of DDR3 mem installed. Take the two sticks out leaving 2 gig of exact same ram and system boots fine with out any problems. -- Frank Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227648
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    - XP slow to boot First time post.... On occasion my computer is slow to boot Win XP at 1 to 5 min. and when this happens the computer does not recognize my DVD-RW (not listed as an avalible drive in My Computer) Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227639
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    - defragmenting I've tried to defragment my c:/ drive but it stops at 50% and says that some files could not be defragmented but the box that is supposed to describe the files is blank! I can't even begin to figure this out. Help. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227638
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    - Windows XP Pro My Computer issue Hi, I have recently had my computer "fixed" by the company that built it. Since I got it back I find that My Computer takes an age to load. Nothing else seems to be affected - even Windows Explorer loads immediately, but each time I try to open My Computer it hangs. I am sure that it is looking for something that it expects to find but can't. Can anyone tell me how to sort the problem out? Even knowing how to find what it might be that My Computer is searching for would help. -- Richard Australia Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227637
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    - automatic download failes automatica download for cumulative security updates for IE7 fails and has been doing so for some time. how do I get around it. It continually shows as an update that is required when i do an express search of microsoft for updates. it continually fails to download. what do i need to do? I have alread turned off the other security just to obtain this one and that does work. pls help. -- gmp Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227633
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    - Drive Order Windows XP Pro Service PK 2 I Don't know hoe this happen but my drive order changed to My Desktop 31/2 Floppy (B:) DVD-RAM Drive (D:) Removable Disk (E:) Removable Disk (f:) Removable Disk (G:) Removable Disk (H:) D on "Hughserver" (J:) F on "Hughserver" (k:) G on "Hughserver" (L:) Control panel My Sharing Folders Windows (C:) How do I get C: back to the top of the list. When I open Winzip or other programs the correct path is no longer there and I Have to type it in manually or sometimes save to desk top then go into exeplorer and manually move the file. this is time consuming not to mention a real pain. Please Help. View doesn't change the order on the left only the right. On the right it dosn't show my C: drive at all. Thanks again for your time -- Hugh McCann -- Hugh McCann Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227622
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    - Drive Order I Don't know hoe this happen but my drive order changed to My Desktop 31/2 Floppy (B:) DVD-RAM Drive (D:) Removable Disk (E:) Removable Disk (f:) Removable Disk (G:) Removable Disk (H:) D on "Hughserver" (J:) F on "Hughserver" (k:) G on "Hughserver" (L:) Control panel My Sharing Folders Windows (C:) How do I get C: back to the top of the list. When I open Winzip or other programs the correct path is no longer there and I Have to type it in manually or sometimes save to desk top then go into exeplorer and manually move the file. this is time consuming not to mention a real pain. Please Help. -- Hugh McCann Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227616
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    - Formating drives Hi, my pc has become unreasonably slow in recent weeks, i keep it in good shape (defrag, chkdsk, registry cleaners). My conclusion is that i want to format and start fresh, c drive is full of unnecessary crap, My issue is...... As i didnt get any boot disk with this laptop(bought in Thailand) i am unsure as to how to create one...... Any help?? thanks In Wanting -- wanting Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227614
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    - Registry maintenance programs. I see them everywhere, and my gut feel is that some/most/all of them are dangerous at best. Would anybody care to recommend a reliable version if, in fact, these things are really necessary? Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227604
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    - Computer diagnostics other than PCPitstop? I am looking for an online free computer diagnostics that works with AMD hardware and windows XP. I am familiar with PCPitstop but I think it is not up to date since it tests the Video card only in 2 D mode. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227598
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    - Error #3041 generated by DAO.Workspace After reinstalling XP MCE with Rollup 2 from the manufacturer's CD, I installed their Driver's and Utilities CD. It installed fine, and I installed drivers. When I later went back to access the CD again, I received this error: "Error #3041 was generated by DAO.Workspace. Cannot open a database created with a previous version of your application. Please reinstall this application from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel." So I uninstalled the CD from the Add/Remove programs list, rebooted and tried to reinstall the CD, but I received the same error. Can you help me clear up this problem so I can access the drivers. Thank you. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227597
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    - Deleted Defrag File I deleted a defrage file now the disk defrag won't run. the application doesn't even open. I believe it was some type of search program Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227596
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    - XP Home Edition+sp1....My PC keeps shutting down/crashing. My pc keeps shutting down after about 1/2 hour of use'with games/watching downloaded videos etc. I have Uniblue Powersuite installed, Registry Booster2/ SpeedUpMyPC and SpyEraser, and it says that everything is a-ok. I have run various anti spy progs,various registry fixers too,but nothing shows up. The pC just crashes,no warning,no advisory window....nothing!!!. I'm at my wits end with this. Can anyone tell me what to look for, and how to correct this problem. thanks. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227593
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    - how safe is a BIOS flash? What are my disaster recovery options? I am debating whether to go in for a BIOS upgrade in the hope that my Dell Laptop will finally recognize the new battery that I bought. (I got some suggestions that said so) This needs a BIOS flash, I believe. How safe is this? I found a DELL doc. that gives me the desired update: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s =bsd&releaseid=R158849&SystemID=INSPIRONI6400/E1505&servicetag=&os=BIOSA& osl=en&deviceid=10430&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=9&catid=-1&impid=-1&forma tcnt=1&libid=1&fileid=212350 If it goes wrong I guess I end up with an unbootable laptop? What are my recovery options then? I did find some solutions online but most refer to boot-disks! Who has floppy drives these days?!! Especially on a laptop? I just wanted to know all my options before I jump in! Any opinions? -- Rahul Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227591
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    - XP & Vista swapfiles on separate disc Is there really some performance increase to be had by having the swap file on a separate hard disc? TBH, I did not notice much difference when I tried that configuration in the past, but them again, I tend not to hammer my physical memory to zilch. -- Cheers, DrT "If you want to find out what is wrong with democracy, spend five minutes with the average voter." - Winston Churchill Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227584
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    - shared dlls when doing mantainence I have many shared dlls come up. I always leave them because I do Not know if it safe to remove them. Is it safe? Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227579
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    - Cannot open more windows - plenty or free RAM! I have a 2GB XPSP2Pro machine with 800MB RAM free but are unable to open new windows. I believe it is because I have many windows and IE7 tabs open at once and something has run out of memory or handles somewhere. Is there anything I can do (besides closing some)? Currently I have 31 windows (SSH, SQL, IE, Outook, CMD, Notepad, EXCEL, WORD,...) of which 4 are IE that hold 20 tabs between them. Mostly doco search results that I want to look at later. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227571
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    - msconfig how do i get 'msconfig' plzz help Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227567
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    - ddnt service failed to start In the Event Viewer, I always have, at computer start-up, the following: The ddnt service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the device specified. Event ID: 7000 sc query in the Command Prompt gives: TYPE: KERNEL_DRIVER WIN_EXIT_CODE: 20 (0x14) (I cannot find an explanation to code 20.) I have: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ddnt.sys Does anyone know what this service is supposed to do and what "device" is in "The system cannot find the device specified." What should I do about this error? Thanks in advance. Hans L Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227565
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    - event sounds missing I have tested the sound card and it is fine and passes all tests. I have set up windows XP to make event sounds for "you have mail, USB connected/disconnected, and empty recycle bin. No matter how I configure it and no matter how many times I test it, THOSE EVENT SOUND DO NOT WORK. They did work, but stopped working a month or so ago? The speakers and dvd player sound is perfect/ Any thoughts on this subject? Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227563
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    - userenv 1054 I recieve this error numerous times in a windows 2003 mixed domain on all of my XP clients. THere are no errors on any of the DC's. It seems my group policies all run as expected except for logon scripts. If the computer is restarted and logged onto EVERY policy and setting is applied. However the next day, when the user logs on their login script does not run and event 1054 is noted multiple times from throughout the night. At that point I confirm sysvol connectivity and there are no errors with a gpupdate command. I've not tried this as my userenv.log file denoted a fast link at every instance: USERENV(29c.a10) 15:46:35:510 PingComputer: Fast link. Exiting. I've also added the GpNetworkStartTimeoutPolicyValue and tried various settings as described in KB840669 as well as tried disabling Media Sense as noted in kb326152. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tom Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227560
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    - Catastrophic Failure During InstallShield ok, so when i try to download this game on InstallShield Wizard. The download goes good until it gets to a file called Setup.dll, then it freezes and brings up this error: Feature: DefaultFeature Component: DefaultComponent File: Error: Catastrophic failure any help??? Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227557
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    - Defragmenting Question Defragmenting won't work on my PC because I only have 6% available disc space. Is there any value in deleting some programs in order to get to the requisite 15% available space, defragment, then reload those programs? Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227555
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    - card reader and usb not working after reinstall of xp I recently had to reinstall windows after having problems with my pc. Now my card reader and usb ports do not work. In my disc drives they used to show: d: e: f: now only d: shows, and if i plug my camera in via usb cable it is not detected at all or if i put camera memory card in again this is not detected at all. Would be grateful for any advice. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227552
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    - disable auto insert notification or equivalent service in Windows XP I'd like to do the above. I have done this in the past on Windows XP using services.msc. But when I look there now I don't see any applicable service listed and I have read every one on the list. The knowledgebase articles are hopelessly out of date - they were written for Windows 98/Me. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227545
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    - Windows XP Display Performance Problem I'm currently using Windows XP SP2 and recently discovered a display problem. It appears that any relatively dark portions of the screen, such as the blue bar at the top of windows and such, will cause darker shades to go across the entire screen as well. I can still see what is underneath these shaded bars, as it were, but the fact that it darkens the things that it covers is rather annoying. I would like to make it so that these darker portions of the screen will not cause these shaded bars to appear. This developed yesterday after a couple of programs were installed by my family members (Warcraft III, iTunes and iPod software). I do not know how this came about and have yet to find a way to fix it. Any suggestions? Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227543
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    - Windows installer runs constantly Hello, Window installer will not cancel or cease to run. I tried to unload the program it is trying to install as well as try to load the window installer utility program but I am prevented from loading or unloading any other software while windows installer is running. Any suggestions? Thank you, Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227538
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    - Disk Drives disappeared after Auto Update After one of the last few updates two disk drives disappeared (G and H). This has happened before and I have been able to get them back by doing a System Restore. I tried it again this time (System Restore can only go back to Dec 29, 2007; nothing available before this date) but still G: and H: have not re-appeared. I tried Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID 307844 "How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP" but got to #4 on How to assigne drive letter and "Change Drive Letter and Paths" does not appear (or appears greyed out). I use one of these drives to upload photos off Compact Flash card. Appreciate any help on resolving this. Please keep instructions basic; we're not IT people. Thanks. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227526
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    - Windows Explorer Application Error I have a Dell Dimension 4550 desktop computer, Windows XP Home with SP-2 and all Microsoft updates installed, 768MB of RAM. No viruses that I know about. I run AVG anti-spyware, AdAware, SpybotS&D, CWShredder, Spyware Doctor, and Zone Alarm (free version). I keep them updated daily or as often as the companies release updates. I scan daily and so far, so good. All this started about a week ago. I'm not sure what is causing all this, but whenever I plug a USB flash drive into either of the two USB ports on the front of my computer, or into the one USB port open on the back of my computer, or if I put a CD or DVD in either of my optical drives, the computer will respond with either of two error messages. Here they are: [first error message] explorer.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x7c910f29" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on CANCEL to debug the program OK (button) CANCEL (button) If I click on OK, the error message goes away, I'm back to my desktop, all my desktop icons briefly disappear, then re-appear, and my computer seemingly returns to normal. Except I still cannot use any USB port or optical drive. If I click on CANCEL, I get another error message, which reads this way: Error Signature AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.3156 ModName: ntdll.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 OffSet: 00011e58 No button appear on this box. I have to use the Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Task Manager to box this box, then restart my computer. When the computer restarts, I still cannot use any USB ports or optical drives. I have run the built-in defragger and the error-checker. Both work normally and the error-checker does not report any problems. I thought I may have a bad or failed memory card, so I ran the Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic (http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp). I ran it overnight and it came back with "no errors". Here is the second error message: Windows Explorer Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost. For more information about this error, click here. DEBUG (button) CLOSE (button) If I click on the CLOSE button, I'm back to the desktop and the disappearing and re-appearing icons. If I click on the DEBUG button, I get a box with the same information as you can read above (AppName, AppVer, etc), except at the bottom of this box is this: To view technical information about the error report, click here. CLOSE (button) When I click there, I get a larger box full of random numbers and letters. When I close that box, if I wait for a moment or two, I get THIS box: DrWatson Postmortem Debugger DrWatson Postmortem Debugger has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. DEBUG (button) CLOSE (button) The CLOSE button takes me back to the desktop. The DEBUG button shows me another error signature box, which looks like this: Error Signature Event Type: BEX P1: drwatson32.exe P2: 5.1.2600.0 P3: 3b7d84a2 P4: dbghelp.dll P5: 5.1.2600.2180 P6: 4110969a P7: 0001295d P8: c0000409 P9: 00000000 You folks can imagine how long it took me to write all this down while reading it from my screen! I thank you for reading all this, and would be grateful for any and all advice which would lead to resolving this problem. Thank you. Jim Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227524
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    - IE7 Freezes I installed IE7 on my XP SP2 Home Edition machine which has a P4 3Ghz Chip and 1.5Gb Ram. It has recently started to freeze up, causing me to shut it down with task manager. This started with my home page, which now freezes up every time I try to open it up. Other miscellaneous web sites open with no problem, so far. I have read through the numerous articles on MS help web site, but the problem just comes back after I apply the purported cure. If I even try to type in the url of my former home page (www.charter.net), it still freezes. I have flushed the cache and reset all settings. Should I revert back to IE6 on my XP machine? Any other helpful suggestions on how I can remedy this would be appreciated. Dennis Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227513
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    - file association is correct but icons remain wrong I installed a Quick Time update and accidentally associated all my jpegs with quicktime which I obviously did not want! I changed that back using "open with" "file type associations" etc. so that again "Windows pic and Fax viewer" became my default jpeg opening app. So far so good. Unfortunately Windows still insists on showing the Quick Time icon for all my jpegs. Does anybody know how I can change this? -- Rahul Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227509
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    - Active Window changes every time i move my mouse, the active window deactivates and the window that he mouse pointer is at becomes active. I used to have to click to activate a window, now it just does it, where ever it may be. Any help would be appreciated Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227493
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    - PC won't go into standby or hibernate by its own.... My PC won't go into standby or hibernate on its own after a preset time. I still can manually bring the PC into standby/hibernate without any problem. Don't know where to start to fix this problem, hopefully someone can help me out. I am running XP pro. Have all the latest drivers and MS updates installed Thanks Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227486
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    - Internet Explorer will not work after Installing XP2 I have Windows XP Home SP1. I went to microsoft update and installed SP2. When I rebooted, Internet Explorer 6 will not work. I go to Task Manager and notice that Iexplore.exe is showing so I Ended Process and tried Internet Explorer (less plug-ins) and it opened but FROZE and stopped responding. I checked my firewall and it's allowing Internet explorer access. I then installed IE7 in hopes that would work. Same problem. I had a backup of my system so restored the backup and went back to SP1. Tried again the entire process 2 weeks later and still cannot get Internet Explorer to work at all. I have done this process 3 times and nothing will make Internet Explorer work. What is the problem? thank you Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227484
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    - Add/remove programs gives wrong frequency of use Add or Remove Programs is not giving me the correct "Last Used On" date. They are all "rarely used", even the programs used daily! What's up with that? I'd like to clean up unused items, but can't tell what's useful or not with this incorrect information. I went to Kellys-korner-xp to see if I could find help, but was boggled by too many entries. Thanks in advance. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227482
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    - Backup Limitations Are there limitations to the number of incremental backups that the Backup utility will preform? I seem to only see 30 in the backup folder and then none after that. Thank you for any replies. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227478
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    - Start Menu missing All Programs The XP start menu is suddenly missing the "All Programs" link. It is there in the classic view. How do I get it back? It is not a choice in the Start Menu properties Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227473
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    - When are roaming profiles saved to the server How often during a user's Windows session are roaming profiles saved. I know the profile is copied back to the server at log off. Are any files copied to the server during before then? I've had a question as to if the roaming profile is communicating to the server while the user is working. Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227467
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    - disk cleanup, compressed files #3 ok, sorry again, for not being savvy like you...i run this program and it shows i have nearly 1 million "KILO"bytes, not bytes...how can i access these to see if any files can be deleted to free up space? plz answer in lawman's tongue 'cause again i am not savvy like those of you who surf here! thanks... -- warwick4 Tag: "History" not working Tag: 227459

When I open Favorites and click on "history" no history shows.

When I click on the option button beside history ("sort by date"/ "today"/
etc) all that shows is "search history" and when I click on that it just
disappears.

I'm wondering if I've done something unknowingly...and can I reverse it?

Help!

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