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    - how do I remove nginx on my windows vista laptop I run my laptop at work and the big LAN guys monitor various things that could be suspect. Today I was told that nginx is running on my laptop's IP, occasionally spiking, and making them nervous. I run Windows Vista Home addition and I don't need a server on it. I have been reading that nginx is a web servrer, like apache. Which is all fine and good but I don't know how it got on my laptop, and I don't know how to get it off. Perhaps it installed with some other application? My work thinks it may be spam, adware, malware, or otherwise malicious. If anyone knows how I can remove this please let me know. I've spent the last couple hours on google and all I can find about nginx is that it's a web and mail server, I can't find what apps might use it, and how I can remove it. Thanks Cynthia http://www.lunatail.com Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355528
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    - Sounds like something Alias would do http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/02/national/a142146D42.DTL After all, he uses Ubuntu! Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355522
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    - Vista Boot issue Hi, We have two identical Vista machines (hardware wise). They are running Vista Corp 64bit. When one of them boots, it sits at a black screen before the login. Sometimes it will sit here for 2 minutes, sometimes 15mins, depends. No hdd activity, no error logs, no nothing. SP1 has been installed and still no joy. Any ideas? Thanks Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355516
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    - syncing internet clock - error I keep receiveing an error when trying to update the clock using any one of the five possible sites provided by MS. I keep receiving the following error message: An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com [or any of the other sites]. Suggestions? Thanks, DH Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355507
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    - I Can't Post Questions I am having to use an ME Computer to post this question. When using my Vista computer, I can log in to this site, my name shows up, but when I click New/ question like I just did for this post, I just get a clunk sound and nothing happens. Deleting cookies and temp internet files did not help. Thanks -- ldl Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355497
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    - On screen key board How do I disable on-screen key board Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355483
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    - Did XP have birthing problems too? A friend claims that XP had lots of initial problems just as Vista appears to now have. I don't recall that as being so. Any comparison? Bubba Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355475
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    - unable to burn data disks, event id: 51 running vista home premium (without the sp1 because it killed my computer). this problem just started. i have burned numerous dvd data disks up until a few days ago. audio cds and data cds are burning without a problem, but every time i try to burn a dvd data disk (using wmp 11 or explorer) it fails. when using windows explorer, it starts burning then says an error has occurred. wmp gives me the error C00D10DA. in both instances the event viewer reports a warning as event id: 51, "an error was detected on device\Device\Cdrom0 during a paging operation." Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355472
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    - Any way to make a shortcut to "show windows side by side"... to avoid having to right click on taskbar and choose from shortcut menu? I'd like to have a shortcut sitting in the Quick Launch toolbar for that feature. dave Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355452
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    - Vista 64 problems I currently dual-boot Vista 32-bit Home Premium and Vista 64-bit Ultimate, both OEM versions. I have no problems with the 32-bit installation. I was counting on SP1 to solve two problems with the 64-bit installation but it did not. Problem 1: My DVD/RW disc (NEC DVD+-RW ND-3650A) will not read or write discs. Device Manager reports no problems with the drive but it will not read a disc and when I try to access it with Windows Explorer, Explorer freezes. Problem 2: Internet Explorer freezes for no apparent reason. This is not the same problem I have seen posted here. I get no error message - it just freezes when a link is clicked. I must use Task Manager to close it. Problem Event Name: AppHangB1 Application Name: iexplore.exe Application Version: 7.0.6001.18000 Application Timestamp: 47919813 Hang Signature: e49e Hang Type: 2052 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Hang Signature 1: 13a0399de88b943c2b4f58c7e76e26f2 Additional Hang Signature 2: da66 Additional Hang Signature 3: 8fe9bde4331d4b36a013c8716b08932a Additional Hang Signature 4: 86e3 Additional Hang Signature 5: 298605ab0bbbdccb3d856dcfddf0f004 Additional Hang Signature 6: 4fdc Additional Hang Signature 7: 4a2fd3749f93074e08c1a0bb049be2bb Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 198469168 Can anyone help with either of these problems? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355450
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    - I can't get any hard drives to stay open I am using vista and just recently cannot access any of my drives. They open for a second then close down. Any thoughts? Will I need to re-install the OS? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355445
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    - win 98 question - thought someome here would know please help. i know this is a vista newgroup but i could not find a win 98 group. i am installing win 98 se for a friend of mine. hard drive is fully formatted. i put the start up disk and the dos promt comes on. i use cd support and then i get to the d drive for the cd rom. so I am at the d prompt, the cd drivers are installed and seing my cd rom. now for the life of me, i cannot remember what dos command to type in here to get the cd to kick in. i tried several cdwin 98 cdwin_98 setup I am lost. TIA -- ____________________________________________ Kevin Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355442
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    - Fast user switching Hi, we have Vista Home Premium on my sons laptop and just put Mcafee desktop firewall on. When I try to access the firewall settings I get the message 'If you are using FUS, disable it'. How do I disable it? or do I need to? Thanks. Ray... Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355439
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    - service disabled ?? Ok, have windows vista business sp1 (sp1 does not matter because have the same trouble before it) I think I have missing or stoped services. 1. Under My PC, properties, on the part of the evaluation, it is missing and the processor/ram are "Not availables" 2. The bottom right network icon is not updated. It always says not connected, even if I am using internet. It does not matter if I am using wireless or wired. Note that the icons on the network interface connections are fine. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355433
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    - Vista Closes in on 150 Million Sold Licenses - Leaving Mac OS X and Linux behind http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vista-Closes-In-on-150-Million-Sold-Licenses-82354.shtml Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355402
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    - Free utility slipstreams SP1 with Vista (vLite) http://www.neowin.net/news/software/08/04/03/free-utility-slipstreams-sp1-with-vista-vlite Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355398
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    - Can't View My Documents from Enclosure I have a new laptop and I connected it to an enclosure that has my old hard drive. When I go to windows explorer in Vista, I'm not able to see my old "My Documents" folder, which I think was located at "C: \Documents and Settings\My Documents". I can't even find any files that were in that folder using "Search" on the entire drive. However, I can see other files that were saved outside of that "My Documents" folder. Any ideas why this is happenning? One thing I left out is that my old computer crashed. When I tried to start it, the following error came up: Error Message: Windows Could Not Start Because the Following File Is Missing or Corrupt: \Winnt\System32\Config\Systemced I didn't have the repair disk to fix the problem above, so I decided that I'd just transfer my old files to my new computer. But I can't find the main folder. Please Help! Thanks... Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355393
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    - Quick Reference Guides When I turn a Vista PC over to one of our users, I would like to give them a quick reference guide. While I plan to have some training sessions, when actually faced with Vista for the first time, it can be a little overwhelming, espieically for the ones who are not too good with PC's to begin with. I was thinging that if I could give them a quicl reference guide that tells them how to do the basics in Vista that they use in XP all the time, that might help. Does anyone know of a book or whitepaper that might help me with this? Other ideas for wasing the transition for my users? -- Bettie Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355384
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    - Outlook 2007 Meeting Reqeust My default calendar view is week. When I get a meeting request, there's a handy 'view in calendar' button. This opens my calendar in a new window in day view BUT when i view my calendar again it has now changed to the day view too. Opening a meeting request's 'view in calendar' window changes my calendar default from week to day. I can live with the meeting request opening in day mode but can anyone tell me how to prevent it from changing my default calendar view? Thanks. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355380
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    - windows blocked startup programs... Hello, I have installed BOINC client and Vista blocks it after logon, so I wanted to enable it, but why the hell should I do it? :o It shows as "not yet classified", but the only active buttons are remove and disable! Meanwhile it scans, so shall I wait until it scans whole drive and then it will be active or what should I do to permanently enable this? -- VitasLoWang Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355378
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    - missing .DLL file I received an error message "apdproxy.exe" missing ConnAPI.DLL file. It only pops up on certain sites. Any suggestions? thank you -- mpj Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355374
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    - DVD Drive Ownership Blocked Hi, I have two Acer desktop computers with Vista Business SP1 they both have blocked security permissions on the DVD Drive. There is a crossed out circle on the icon, and I cannot access any discs from the drive (it opens empty). "Access is denied" when I try to access it through the command prompt. In the Security Properties of the drive the Current Owners is "Unable to display current owner". I am unable to add a member or group to the ownership there. Is tells me "Unable to set new owner on DVD RW Drive (E:). Access is denied". I'm accessing all this through the built-in Administrator account, and have opened the command prompt as Administrator. *I have been able to get in through Safe Mode in the Administrator account, but still have been unble to find a way to open this up for users and admins. Thank you! Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355371
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    - Vista SP1 conflict??? I am running Vista Home Premium with SP1 on an HP Media Center PC. After a regular install of Delorme Street Atlas USA 2008 the program was fine. Now after SP1 (the only recently installed software) the title screen briefly flashes after double clicking the destop icon but the program does not run. I have tried running as Administrator and have followed their suggestion to uninstall and reinstall with Selective Startup and with cleared Startup Items. Any suggestions? thanks Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355360
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    - Outlook 2007 adding my Vista user picture to emails... I don't want it too! Outlook 2007 is adding my Vista login picture to outgoing emails. How do I stop this? I'm sending my resume out to companies and it doesn't look to professional if I have my picture there as well... friggin thing has been doing this for quite some time and I didn't know this. Thanks Paul -- HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC Vista Premium x32-bit SP1 iPAQ 2490 WM5 Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355341
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    - Multiple Desktop folders I have a situation similar to the person who posted this: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.general&tid=42ee2a8e-34e7-40c4-a265-2af41b58cb8b&m=1&p=1 The thing is that when I delete the extra folders (and I have checked which ones seem to be the extra ones in the manner suggested in the post above) I still end up not being able to open the original Desktop, as "the folder xxx has been removed" or some such. The folders go down 7 levels (Computer>Music>Desktop>Desktop>Desktop>Desktop etc.) and are situated in the Music folder, for some stange reason. How do I get rid of this? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355332
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    - windows.old cannot be deleted... Hi. I reinstalled Vista (x64 ultim., in Italian) upon a previous installation, then another time, 'cause the previous one went bad (drivers' issues; black screen); so I've got "windows.old" and a "windows01.old" folders. I easily deleted the latter, then I rebooted and tried to delete the former. Thus I hit "DEL", and deleted the folder (some 10 gb). Thereafter I rebooted, but... windows.old is still there on the root! Thus I tried to delete it, but the prompt said (I approximate a "translation" from italian to English) "impossible to find the item; it is no more present in c:. please check the item's path and try again" OMG! But how! I see it! It is still there! What can I do please? I want to remove it at all costs; it is like a challenge, 'cause I feel very frustrated that I have installed a OS behaving such a way! Thanks. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355330
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    - Fon't won't load, says it's "in use" I'm trying to install a few fonts that are on my machine. When I go to do it (thruogh the control panel) and I find the fonts, I get an error saying it won't install them while Windows has them in use. But...nothing is open and no fonts are being used. Help? Thanks. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355324
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    - .pps files I am using Vista Home Premium 32-Bit. I have not subscribed to Microsoft Office. My problem lies with opening .pps files. It interrupts the process by asking for a Product Key. When I decline and get the slide show back it has lost the sound. I have installed the Windows 97 Power Point Viewer and selected it as the default program but the problem remains. I have even gone to deleting Microsoft Office completely to no avail. How may I remove this Product Key request so that I may use the 97 viewer on .pps file without interruption? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355298
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    - Will Microsoft be doing this in the future? Since Vista SP1 can not be integrated into the regular dvd, I wanted to know will they be offering a public download of the integrated install image. I know the currently have this for the technet, msdn and connect subscribers but what about the rest of us who dont have the cash to get one of these accounts? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355250
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    - Locked Out I love Vista. Tried to access some of my folders today (as an admin) and I find I am not authorized to view my own stuff! I get a dialog box with Access Denied. How does that happen and, more important, how do I get into my folders? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355245
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    - AdresBook I tried to delete an adres contact, out my adresboek But then my windows file ("verkenner") doesn't work properly anymore, How come ?? Greetings David van der Meer Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355237
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    - Gadgets - Sidebar I have a table pc and when I orient my screen in tablet mode, desktop icons get placed under the sidebar. To access them, I have to turn the sidebar on and off. Is there anyway to prevent desktop icons from being positioned under the sidebar for table pc users? -- Regards, Dtyler Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355233
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    - Weird Virtual PC behavior I have Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 installed on my Vista machine. However, if I go to Start, Programs and select Microsoft Virtual PC, nothing happens. Well, that's not strictly true. The logo flashes on screen for a second or two, and there's a presence on the taskbar. But if I click on the Virtual PC item on the taskbar it just disappears. However, if I double-click on the .vmc file the program opens fine. This is a problem because I can't seem to change the setting for my chosen virtual machine. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Virtual PC but that didn't solve it. It worked fine up until a couple of days ago. Anyone any thoughts? Thanks Edward Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355228
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    - Removing SP1 backup files SP1 has been installed for a week or so now - no problems reported. Where are the backup files the install creates located, and is it just a simple "delete" that I need to do? Thanks Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355222
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    - Win Calendat in Sidebar Is there a way to get the Windows calendar into the sidebar? It would be more functional than the other date/time calendars out there. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355220
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    - Where can I find the HID Non-user Input Data Filter update? I am using Vista Ultimate with a wireless mouse and I need the HID Non-user Input Data Filter update to fix the screen saver problems. When I go to Windows update, this optional update is not available. I have tried everywhere to find this update. Does anyone have a suggestion where I may find it? -- cegb Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355209
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    - change description of program how can I change the description of a program? this is because many times I see a program called DOC-file, instead of Microsoft-word-document (this is just an example). how can I change this??? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355205
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    - Vista Service Pack 1 Is Service Pack 1 officially available and will it down load automatically? I can see all kinds of problems being reported by many downloader's that it makes me wonder if it is practical to download? Jim Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355196
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    - When is SP1 due? Subject says it all. All I've experienced so far is delay. Rumors are good enough. :-) -Pete -- ..................................... The above message is guaranteed to do nothing except take up space on your HD. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355189
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    - Control Panel doesn't show up in Vista SOLVED Since yesterday I had this problem accessing the Control Panel in Vista, the only thing I changed to the system was adding a Hauppauge TV Card. What would happen is that when you clicked on Control Panel nothing would be visible where the categories would normally appear, and sometimes it would load blank and immediately quit. I found the fix here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070816222229AABC5Vq starting the Windows Software Licensing service fixed it and I set it to automatic from manual. Control Panel blank Control Panel nothing shows up Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355134
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    - storage battery Where can I see how long my storage battery will work? I wonly see it in per cent. Where can I change it? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355121
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    - Why does 4GB RAM only show as 3GB? I know that when using 32-bit Vista you can't expect to see all 4GB of installed RAM but I was under the impression that you should see between 3.1 and 3.5GB. My new Dell Precision laptop has 4GB RAM but only shows exactly 3GB. The BIOS reports 4GB. Is this unusual or indicative of a problem? -- And loving it, -Q _________________________________________________ Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me) Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355115
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    - Only Three Weeks to Go On April 24, Ubuntu 8.04, aka Hardy Heron, will be released. See a review here: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9074438&intsrc=hm_list Alias Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355108
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    - Will not go to sleep anymore I have a Dell Vostro with home premium for about a month now. Sleep and hybernate mode worked fine. Seems like it stopped going to sleep (monitor still powers down) after I downloaded SP1 for Vista. Is this a common problem? Reading some of these posts, it seems as though it may be. I know, I know.... Read all of the articles about SP1 Beta AFTER I installed it. Thanks Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355106
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    - What All This About Ubuntu? He'll never get elected so stop talking about him. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355088
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    - Windows vista update and yahoo messenger Ever since the latest update from windows vista approximately 3 days ago my yahoo messenger has stopped running . I can open it up it seems to be working but every time i try to message someone it gives me the following error an error has occurred in the script on this page line 16 char 230 error not enough storage is available to complete this operation. code 0 url file:///c:/program%20files/yahoo!/metssentger/zFBjFg2gld3mYg5u1V7G5w- Do you want to continuer running scripts on this page yes no regardless of if i press yes or no it pops it pops up again somethin like 7 or 8 timesthe only difference is where it says line 16 this will change as does the chr with each click when i type a message into yahoo messenger everything seems fine until i press enter then it sends me the same error message when click yes or no it does not appear where typed text appears. When someone sends me a message the same occurs i get no message other then the error message. I have tried deleting yahoo messenger and reinstalling from 3 different downloads of yahoomsgr 8. something or other and have downloaded the newer beta version 9.0 as well both give me this error. Prior to the latest update yahoo messenger was running fine i also currently have 14.4 GB hard drive space available so can't be the not enough disk space issue first off anyone else having this problem second what can i do to fix it? Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355077
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    - Incredible, ultra slow! From yesterday my notebook (with Vista Home Premium) goes very very very slowly! I don't know if the cause is the update from Acrobat from ver. 8 Professional to 8.1.2 but now notebok start-up takes 10 or more minutes and then my user start-up takes other 10-20 minutes! In other words, it's extremely slow from when I turn it on to when I turn if off, you can't use it anymore! What's happen? HELP ME, please! :-( Mhaxx Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355072
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    - Can't delete a Shortcut from desktop after uninstalling a program I installed the AVG free antispyware software which I thought was a permanent program but after installing it, I noticed that it said it was only a 30 day trial version. So I uninstalled it but the shortcut remained on the desktop and now I cannot delete it. I already have the patch for removing undeletable emails stuck in windows mail, but that obviously doesn't work for anything outside the mail program. Can anyone help me out with this problem thanks. Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355065
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    - dreamscene thumbnail pictures in desktop backgroun not working in I installed dreamscene content pack/content favorite pack and notice some of the dreamscene thumbnail pictures is not showing up at all in sp1. below is dreamscene that does not show thumbnail pictures. Is this normal window orb water falls rain drops green comets, marble/3d Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355064
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    - dreamscene thumbnail pictures in desktop background not working in I installed dreamscene content pack/content favorite pack and notice some of the dreamscene thumbnail pictures is not showing up at all in sp1. below is dreamscene that does not show thumbnail pictures. Is this normal? window orb water falls rain drops green comets, marble/3d Tag: Find these Bad Guys Tag: 355063

Find these bad guys, take their computers away from them. And give
them a shovel.

How much? by Imposter

Imposter
Thu Apr 03 15:51:41 PDT 2008

<sara.langton@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Find these bad guys, take their computers away from them. And give
> them a shovel.

How much did you have to drink before posting? Just FYI

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