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    - Software damage to HDD ? This Dell WinXP PC is ultra slow. 32-bit SCANDISK reports "Windows was unable to complete the task" DOS CHKDSK fixes 2 corrupt attribute records but then "cannot continue in read-only mode." SMART drive tests passed OK. I would bet some system files are corrupted -- but do not know what to do next, if SCANDISK will not complete. [ I do have restore points since Dec. 31.] CF in Ottawa Tag: product code error Tag: 190069
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    - Laptop Dangle Accessory A Gateway WinXP laptop that I bought several years ago came with a Kingmax ZV-DVD PC Card that connects to a ZV-DVD Dangle, which has Audio, Video, Dolby and S-Video connections on it. What is the purpose of this accessory? There's also an InterVideo WinDVD installation CD. Any idea what this does, and is it for the Dangle? Thanks! Scott Tag: product code error Tag: 190066
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    - binaries Tag: product code error Tag: 190063
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    - how to WIPE out everything hi, i've been on this for weeks now....how do you completely wipe out everything on the c:/ drive? i wanted to start from scratch because my computer is so slow...pls help thanks for any help! Tag: product code error Tag: 190058
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    - how to wipre out everyting hi, i've been on this for weeks now....how do you completely wipe out everything on the c:/ drive. i wanted to start from scratch because my computer is so slow... thanks for any help! Tag: product code error Tag: 190057
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    - Folder off line Hello. I use the rows in offline for my job at this point from some years (window 2000) without large problems. Lately it happens often that when I connect myself to the net comes to me marked l' error " \ \ server_name \ share_name. The parameter is incorrect. " In the technical support of microsoft I have already since it is possible to re-initialize the database of cache. Re-initialize of cache losses of all the modifications made in offline. It is not possible to make a " maintenance of this cache of the data in way d not to lose the made modifications? and ONLY possible to re-initialize the DB? why lately it happens to me often? Thanks to all for the answers. Luca Nazari Tag: product code error Tag: 190054
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    - usb driver I am trying to install software and I need to know how to tell if I have 32 or 64 bit connection and I dont know how to find out. Thank you m Tag: product code error Tag: 190052
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    - windows for vectorworks I just downloaded vectorworks but windows is not supporting it. which windows software should I download to make it work? please help.... Tag: product code error Tag: 190040
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    - no items in group policy I tried to turn off CD autoplay. I opened the group police editor and selected "computer configuration/administrative templates/system". There was nothing there. Absolutely nothing. No single item. I played around a little and found that there, too, was nothing in software settings. I noticed earlier that there were only few items in programs/accessories. For example, I had to manually added notepad and calculator to accessories. Is there something wrong with my XP SP2? How to fix it? Tag: product code error Tag: 190035
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    - Dell Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday need tips and tricks Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday need tips and tricks I just got this yesterday locked it up 1st time on but it restarted ok. Zero in control panel was a surprise I searched for a hour on Google did anyone else have to click start on this, and get the windows screen you must start zero? Dial up connection will not dial the phone number, window comes up dial on your phone then click ok it worked once but I changed so many settings looking for the modem to dial now the modem will not connect when I dial the phone... any tips? wifi my girl friends compac connects to BIH I get this on my connections too but its secure I need a key but she got in without one far as I know, as she is in Breckenridge skiing I can't find out how she got into a secure connection, it ask me for a key every time. Any tips for secure... keys? Vostro 1400 xp pro yesterday it boots up nicely, I have been using win98se and a Pentium 3 for the last 8 years, so this is light years down range. I did not click on Dell quick fixes just read a message not to let Dell set your start up etc... so if we cant use Dell icon what is the best way to check msconfig without knowing what all the lines on the screen do, if they are junk or not? Also Dell did not send a packing list. No serial # nothing I was thinking I would have to take this to FedEx Kindos and put the laptop on the copier and take a picture of the bottom numbers etc. Is there a better way? One question about a monitor plug in I have a old Dell monitor I bought for $10 and it works can anyone tell me the steps to connect this.. do I plug in the vga plug and turn the Dell Monitor on first before I turn on the Vostro 1400? thanks On can I leave a sd card in all the time? DSL lic for my music tried to open Carly Simon and got the Microsoft lic screen... Can I just copy the cd to the Vostro as I copied the files via an external usb hd? I bought 2 books on xp pro from Amazon. Both used for about $10 each one with a cd. One book is 700 pages grin. So e mail me any good xp pro links you have I'm not going to use Vista for the next 10 years. Got a good deal on the Dell Vostro 1400 $715 on the Outlet Store. My next Dell will be the m6300 $1,200 almost twice as much but could plug this into a 32 inch LCD might be ably to plug the Vostro 1400 into a 32 inch LCD too as it has the GeForce 128 meg card. Anyone try this? Thank Greg Buell Inventor84@att.net Greg Buell http://www.endwaronearth.com Tag: product code error Tag: 190034
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    - RAM Chips and Video Card Hi , Re: RAM Chips and Video Card How do you determine when to purchase more hardware in XP Home? The Kernel Memory shows 54256 total. The Kernel Memory Pages shows 33460 while watching Foxnews Video: http://www.foxnews.com/video2/ The CPU 2.6 Ghz runs up to 75% - 100% most times while watching Video on IE 7.x. How do you determine when you need to add more RAM chips or a Video card? This PRESARIO S5100NX has 512RAM with onboard Video. The taskmgr shows Physical Memory: 515608. When watching VIDEO on IE 7.x the Available memory gets down to 65000. If I buy more hardware, Video Card with 256MB and more RAM; 1024 that should help it. But my main question is by watching TaskMgr how do you know when the Memory is used up so much you need to buy more RAM? Regards, Novice in New Orleans, Louisiana, Enjoy Your Gumbo COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100NX XP Home; Service Pak 2 2.6 Ghz; 60 GIG HD 512 Ram, Wireless DSL Creative Labs Audigy SE Tag: product code error Tag: 190028
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    - XP Sp3 release (change in EULA?) A BIG CONCERN of mine revolves around my current understanding of the DIFFERENCE between Vista's EULA and XP's EULA. VISTA EULA says the ("owner") of the s/w may reassign to another PC only once. XP SP2 EULA ...this does not seem to be stated limitation. Do you all agree with the above? and MORE IMPORTANTLY CAN THIS CHANGE WITH THE RELEASE OF XP SP3? (so that is aligned with the less than friendly VISTA EULA) Tag: product code error Tag: 190013
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    - Product (CD) keys The purpose of a product (CD) key is to ensure a piece of software is legal. CDs are produced en masse so it would be impossible to make every one unique to match its product (CD) key. Would it, therefore, be possible to install, say, Windows XP Professional from any Windows XP Professional CD (of the same 'type') if you had a valid product (CD) key. I am thinking here of a (common) situation where a computer (which has a Windows XP Professional product key sticker) has been passed on without the Windows XP Professional CD. I am asking in respect of the capability of doing so NOT the legality of doing so which is another (complex) area. Regards. Bill Ridgeway Tag: product code error Tag: 190009
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    - computer auto locks At work my computer has been set to automatically lock after a few minutes of inactivity. I just find it annoying to have to re-type my pword to get back in several times a day. How do I disable the auto lock? I was told I could do this even though my comp is part of the network. We are running on Windows XP. Tag: product code error Tag: 190001
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    - Underline turning bold I have a 3 line paragraph that needs to be underlined. The last line reads this "Agreement"). Agreement is bold italic. When I underline the entire paragraph the third line of the paragraph (this "Agreement").) turns the underline to bold, while in the rest of the paragraph the underline appears not bold or normal. The funny thing is if you add spaces to the third line of the paragraph the bold comes off the underline. Anybody have an answer to that one? I can send an example if need be. -- Bmctiern Tag: product code error Tag: 189998
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    - One to sink your teeth into As far as I can reason out this problem, it is Windows related. I have a D-Link WBR-2310 router. Two desk-tops computers (both Windows XP SP2) are connected to the router using a cable and D-Link DFE-530 Ethernet cards. I also have a lap-top and a Palm TX PDA, which connect to the router wirelessly. The DSL modem and router are never switched off; the two desk-tops are switched off overnight. The desk-tops, as soon as they are switched on, and the various start-up programs are loaded, are on-line right away (or at least, they used to be). Both immediately load The Weather Network's "Weather Eye" and a mail-checking program (MailWasher Pro) - or, at least, both used to do this. PROBLEM: One of the desk-tops now takes several minutes to go "on-line" from start-up. There appears to be no problem with the modem-router combination, since the other units either are on-line, or immediately go on-line (in case of the PDA). There is no updated driver for the D-Link DFE-530 Ethernet card available - it is a Windows XP included driver. I have un-installed and re-installed the driver using the Device Manager. I have switched ports on the router. My machine is clean (I think). I update SpywareBlaster weekly, I update and run SpyBot S&D and Adaware weekly, I run AVG (free edition) daily. Could my Ethernet card have gone defective? It seems to work great once it kicks in (now, usually several minutes after start-up). My download speed is very good - no changes over the last few years. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated - I'm at the end of my (short) rope. If any details regarding my equipment are significant, and I haven't mentioned them, please ask. Thanks again! _________________________________ Old Enough to know I don't know a thing .... Tag: product code error Tag: 189997
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    - backup recovery incomplete Made full backup of harddisk with partitions C and D on an external disk . Reformated disk to 1 partition C Recovered almost everything, but some programs refuse to work. Like iTunes I even tried to remove itunes fully and then redownloaded and installed again but it refuses to do so and gives a program file fault. I also somehow lost my calendar inputs. Any suggestions how to solve? -- alphabet Tag: product code error Tag: 189991
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    - Does Replacing OEM Motherboard Affect Windows XP Authentication? IBM/Lenovo wants to solve a problem I am having by replacing the motherboard in my T60P laptop. I am not versed in how Windows XP is linked to a specific motherboard for verification purposes, but, given that this is an OEM Windows XP system, will I have problems with the intrusive Windows XP Authentication process going forward (like whenever I go for XP updates, etc.), or am I OK? Tag: product code error Tag: 189987
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    - start processes automatic How to edit the registry? Or a registry editor download?? Now I am trying to search google for; start processes automatic If I can get TaskMgr to start auto as a service I can take it out of the StartUP folder. Thanks for all the links and help. Gary in New Orlens, Enjoy your Gumbo Tag: product code error Tag: 189976
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    - cant get into event viewer etc if i try to get into EVENT VIEWER, COMPUTER MANAGEMENT, COMPONMENT SERVICES, MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK 1.1 (configuration), PERFORMANCE, SERVICES. MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK 1.1 (wizards)(...IS OK...) A message comes up C:/WINDOWS/system32/ .msc the archive is either in unknown format or damaged. Can someone help me out, and give me some advice on what i can do to make this right again, or what it is that has caused this. i appreciate any advice any one can give me. also i cant open and read chm files where do i get the software to open that. thankyou. -- judguy Tag: product code error Tag: 189972
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    - WINDOWS XP Home Edition in Deutsche Sprache Alles Gute und viele Spa? in jeden Zeit! Entschuldigen Sie. Ich lebe ins Russland und wolle mein WINDOWS XP Home Edition in Deutsche Sprache machen. (Oder Englisch Sprache machen?) Wie ich konnte diese Stuck verbringen? Bitte, ALL, hilfen mir. Tag: product code error Tag: 189971
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    - The young golfer from Wales believes "Discipline is definitely The young golfer from Wales believes "Discipline is definitely learned and gets better with practice." Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead. http://shenrilaa.googlepages.com/ Tag: product code error Tag: 189963
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    - USB MEMORY STICK Recently, I set up a home network, one computer with Windows 2000Pro OS, the other XP Home. Now, my computer (XP) does not recognize my USB memory stick. It worked fine before setting up network. How can I correct this? Tag: product code error Tag: 189961
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    - Where is Redlasso video site storing files? Not found in temp. For example, this video http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=5666142c-662a-4d33-b923-3ba847b4b987 I'm not finding any files under temporary internet files or the temp folder, which is where I normally find cached video files. Where else could it be hiding? Thanks for all input. Tag: product code error Tag: 189958
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    - Need upgrade W98SE towards XP Home I have a notebook IBM PIII 512K W98SE French. What version of Windows do I have to buy? Can you indicate me, in main lines, how proceeding? Thanks for your help. Xavier. Tag: product code error Tag: 189952
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    - My Pictures/My Music gone. > If I click on Start then on My Pictures or My Music on the Start Menu, I now get the Search dialog box instead with either the My Pictures or My Music in the "Look in:" box. > It did not used to do this before and I do not know how or why this is happening now. > How do I set it back to when I click, Start > My Pictures or My Music, I get the proper page instead of the "Search"? > Thank-you ! Tag: product code error Tag: 189947
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    - WinXP & SATA Hi I had installed WinXP into a new computer I built (2 G+) and a 250 gb SATA drive. I was inthe process of installing drivers for various programs when the optical drive ceased to function. As far as the computer was concerned, it did not exist! Not in Explorer, not anywhere. I changed the drive - no change. I rebooted the computer AGAIN and the monitor quit. I changed the monitor board and no difference. I tried the monitor on a different computer and it worked fine. Now I have a computer with no access for the monitor. I even changed the Hard drive to a regular one but still noting. Any ideas how to go from here! Thanks. - Daryl Tag: product code error Tag: 189946
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    - Uninstalling Windows Updates I suspect that a Windows update has caused a problem. The various updates are listed in "Add or Remove Programs" I was thinking of reversing all the updates of a particular date to test my suspicion. Would it be possible to uninstall updates (without causing more problems) and would the now missing updates be recognised and re-installed? (I suspect the answer to be "No" to both questions.) Thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: product code error Tag: 189930
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    - Uninstalling updates I suspect that a Windows update has caused a problem. The various updates are listed in "Add or Remove Programs" I was thinking of reversing all the updates of a particular date to test my suspicion. Would it be possible to uninstall updates (without causing more problems) and would the now missing updates be recognised and re-installed? (I suspect the answer to be "No" to both questions.) Thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: product code error Tag: 189929
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    - Restore DVD I am about to reformat my hard drive and reinstall everything YET AGAIN. Seems like I do it at least once a year. Is it possible to create a Restore DVD, similar to the CD's that come with most new computers, that has xp and my applications and service packs preinstalled? I'm tired of spending nearly a day just reinstalling my software. Tag: product code error Tag: 189923
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    - Registry I've just found a number of entries in the Registry for software which has long since been uninstalled. Would it be safe to delete these entries? Thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: product code error Tag: 189914
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    - XP Service pack 3 Is XP Service Pack 3 a recommeneded upgrade nowadays. My system says I'm up to date without SP3! Thanks Tag: product code error Tag: 189909
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    - windows tax mgr start auto IS there a way to have windows tax mgr start auto with a short cut in the startup folder? I cannot find the exe file. Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo Tag: product code error Tag: 189908
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    - Hard Drives I have two hard drives on my computer, C and D. C is nearly full, and starting to get really slow. Can I safely move items from one hard drive to the other, especially photographs which take up a ton of space. Can programs be safely moved as well or do they have to remain in C/Program files Tag: product code error Tag: 189907
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    - Add/Remove programs - problems with I am trying to remove a program. On clicking Add/Remove in Control Panel I am told I have the program and to click if I want to Repair or Remove so click Remove, next window repeats that I should click Remove, I do so. And up comes "Error 1500. Another installation is in progress" and that I must complete that first. I am not aware that I am installing anything! but computer says I am! How am I to find this ghostly installation so I can finish it and then get rid of the program I don't want. A bit verbose but at least you know what I have done and what I am trying to do! Tag: product code error Tag: 189900
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    - WORDPAD PAGE-NUMBERING? ALTHOUGH WORDPAD ALLOWS CREATION OF LARGE MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENTS, THE APPLICATION SEEMS TO LACK PAGE-NUMBERING CAPABILITY WHEN YOU PRINT. IT HAS PUZZLED ME THROUGH 98SE AND NOW IN XPHOME. AM I MISSING SOMETHING? IF NOT, IS THERE AN OPTION OF ANYKIND SO I CAN PRINT MY MULTI-PAGE WORDPAD DOCUMENTS FULLY NUMBERED? -- LVMAUNDER Tag: product code error Tag: 189890
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    - RealPlayer install problem I have tried to install an upgrade to RealPlayer V11. The install returns an error message "You currently do not have Administrator access to the Windows registry. Please see your system administrator to install RealPlayer". I am the only user of this computer and have administrator rights. Thinking this may be a RealPlayer issue I tried to re-install V10 which, by this time had been uninstalled by the upgrade. I am getting the same message yet I originally installed this without a problem. I have run a registry cleaner just in case something from the previous install was lurking but to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas what is happening and, more importantly how to fix it? Thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: product code error Tag: 189889
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    - PRESARIO S5100 CPU 100% Usuage PRESARIO S5100 CPU 100% Usuage. Hardware or software issue? What would you test or change ? Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ?? Performance locks into 100 % My neighbor gave me this Compaq. She said it was running slower and slower. Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ?? The Performance shows CPS usage from 5% to 100% at most times. But 1 or more times per day it goes up to 100%. At that time the PC has to be rebooted. Using the Windows Task Manager the Performance Tab shows CUP usage at 100% at times. There is no ryme or reason to when this occurs. The Processes Tab after sorting by size in Memory Usuage does not list anything unusual. This PC has all Windows Home XP Serice Pak 2 updates, Windows Live One Care for virus and spyware protection. Tweaknow RegCleaner Professional 3.7.2 was ran 3 times with reboots. C Cleaner ( http://www.ccleaner.com ) was run with reboots. Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ?? What would you test or change ?? Regards from New Orleans, Louisiana COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100 Motherboard P4G533LA ASUSTeK Award Modular BIOS v6.0 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz Current Memory Type DIMM SDRAM 512 Maxtor 6Y060L0 Creative Labs Audigy SE Monitor Envision ENVISION Wireless DSL Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo Tag: product code error Tag: 189886
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    - Reg: policy set to users hi i want to grant access for one user to use some applications i.e ms office,adobe, etc which can't access by another user. How can i configure in windows xp thanks manikandan Tag: product code error Tag: 189882
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    - Regarding regedit Thanks you guys I really appreciate your help and suggestions. The problem stems from a hardware incompatability and the manufacturer who has installed a program that closes regedit and system info so I have to phone them ( At £1:75p a minute) or email them to which they have never replied .to fix the problem. which I think is unfair.They do it from their end and give no instructions on how to do it from my end. Anyway thanks you all I shall continue to try and solve this problem. Regards. Rob Tag: product code error Tag: 189880
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    - changed my computer parts Hi! I modified most of the parts...well, almost the whole computer, then I re-installed the same OS of windows XP on the same computer but I can no longer validate my registration of my OS. What could have gone wrong? Any other options besides buying a new OS. Tag: product code error Tag: 189876
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    - New (limited) user account I added a new (limited) user account to my XP but that account will not access the internet. What am I missing? Tag: product code error Tag: 189869
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    - Toolbar Size on XP Home. Toolbar Size on XP Home. The toolbar at the bottom is a hair to high. When I pull it down it closes. Up is 2 times the size. When the mouse of held over the icons they are listed behind the toolbar. How can I set the height in the registery to make it a hair narrower ? -- Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo Tag: product code error Tag: 189857
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    - Never Lose Your Backup Files. Never Lose Your Backup Files. If you install MS Live ONe Care and connedt an external USB drive of 75 GIG or more you can backup automaticly and never lose your DATA files again. Tag: product code error Tag: 189855
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    - Optimize Your Computer and XP for New Users. I see from this site that there are many issues relating to Windows XP. In spite of it all, I have heard that Windows Vista is much more of a nightmare. lol If you are new to computing as well as Windows XP, there are a few things that you could do to make your time on the computer more PLEASANT AND SAFE[/B]! 'OPTIMIZING YOUR COMPUTER' (HTTP://WWW.EASYOPTMYPC.OPTMYPC.COM) FROM THE START AS WELL AS LEARNING SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND STICKING TO A SCHEDULE AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE GOES, WILL DO JUST THAT! IT WILL NOT ONLY KEEP YOUR COMPUTER *RUNNING AT PEAK EFFICIENCY*, BUT WILL ALSO *SAFEGUARD* YOUR COMPUTER FROM COLLECTING NASTIES LIKE *ADWARE, SPYWARE, VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJANS AND MORE! Personally I recommend for the average user who is on the computer a couple hours a day, to a schedule like the following: Weekly Virus Scan Biweekly(every 2 weeks) Clean your Registers Defrag your hard drive Monthly Delete any programs, data, music, movies or what have you, that you [b]KNOW* you are not going to use. Doing JUST THIS will help, but there are a ton of other optimization steps you could take that will help you even more! Some of these steps actually make the above NEEDED less often, but I would STILL do them as frequent as mentioned. Wishing you all happy, safe and quick computing. Kelvin -- Kelvin Nikkel Tag: product code error Tag: 189851
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    - TPnala Wallpaper I found this inside my XP system, and did a search on Google, and cannot quite understand if it's bad or good? Can anyone tell me if it's safe to leave in there and just what it does? If not, how do I get rid of it? Thanks for any help. Jim Tag: product code error Tag: 189847
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    - com ports missing Hi, I have just discoverd that my com ports in device manager have gone ( 1 to 10, but now have bluetooth 11 to 21 ). How do I create new com ports 1 to 10 again Thanks John Tag: product code error Tag: 189845
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    - Online Job It is an Online job. Monthly you will get 200$ for easy earnings. http:// earneasilyonlinejobs.blogspot.com Tag: product code error Tag: 189844
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    - Regedit problem Hi Rob here a newbe, Can anyone please, tell me how I can make regedit stay open as it is only open for less than a second.I need to delete some entries. Thank in advance. Tag: product code error Tag: 189838
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    - My documents - Assigning network drive letter I have a client who uses Sanyo MemoScriber V4 (ICR1000) in which the software has lost links to the downloaded .WAV files (which remain on the hard disk). Sanyo tell me that there is a known problem with Windows using drives assigned with letters in the lower part of the alphabet. Apparently there is a Microsoft KB article (which I haven't been able to locate). Sanyo also tell me that to re-instate the link I need to re-assign My Documents to the local hard disk - not the network. I should appreciate it if someone could tell me how to do this. Many thanks. Bill Ridgeway Tag: product code error Tag: 189837

I am upgrading my hard drive and am reinstalling XP and now the product code
comes up invalid but I know its a legal version what can I do?

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Re: product code error by JS

JS
Thu Mar 20 12:59:08 PDT 2008

Look very carefully at the Key Code, it is very easy to mistake say the
number 8 and the letter B
Also the letter O can be mistaken for the number 0.

JS

"steve" <steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D495A8E0-8459-442D-860A-1C12395D2607@microsoft.com...
>I am upgrading my hard drive and am reinstalling XP and now the product
>code
> comes up invalid but I know its a legal version what can I do?

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RE: product code error by Kaja

Kaja
Wed Mar 26 10:17:12 PDT 2008

You could trry going to Google and search the product code for a fix or more
information. Let me know if this is helpful
Best regards,
Kaja

"steve" wrote:

> I am upgrading my hard drive and am reinstalling XP and now the product code
> comes up invalid but I know its a legal version what can I do?

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