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    - Long time trouble and problem in ms Word This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010502000108050200020603 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Finally, could someone help me to solve this riddle? When working in Word sometimes the position of keyboard on screen eats my letter/s so it's very annoying, it comes back every 5-6months and eats my letter and whole words like a monster. Very upset as always cause don't know how to fix it . Thanks. Fighter against LetterEater monster! c. --------------010502000108050200020603 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="comitter.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="comitter.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Majki Majk n:;Majki Majk adr;dom:;;;Zagreb email;internet:comitterMAKNIOVO@europe.com tel;cell:091/5045311 note;quoted-printable:Cijenjena ponuda na e-mail kontakt!=0D=0A= Ozbiljne ponude molim!=0D=0A= Mo=C5=BEe i sms-om! x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------010502000108050200020603-- Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322347
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    - Installing or upgrading programs - Closing open programs Often, you see the notice to close any open programs when installing or upgrading a program. Question: Does this include the programs running in the systray? (the icons adjacent to the clock) Many thanks. -- Don Vancouver, USA Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322346
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    - how do i fix task manager hi my computer is acting weird it sais that the task manager has been disabled by the administrator however i am the administrator and i think my cat might have something to do with this one any help please ? Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322345
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    - minidump files Which program allow minidump files to be readable?? Thanks Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322342
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    - Searching Network drive in WinXP On a user's laptop, he goes out to a network drive to Search for a particular file type, by clicking on the Start Button, going to Find Files or folders then entering the file spec (*.dwg) and chooses a particular Network drive. The results are returned instantaneously. There are no files in the returned results. The odd thing is that I can find files of that type on the drive. The other noteworthy aspect is that I can search other network drives or his local drives and find files of that type. The search utility takes an appropriate amount of time. Any ideas? Thank you, Rich Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322341
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    - screen resolution I'm wondering if anyone could help: My screen resolution is locked on the lowest setting 800x600 pixels. Every time I try and move the setting to the highest, the screen goes weird and there is a partial view of a box in the far top left corner of the screen. After a few seconds, the screen goes black and then goes back to the "normal" low res screen. Also, I have noticed that on the display properties and settings screen, in the scroll down menu, it has the option of; 1. Plug and Play Monitor on ATI Radeon X300/X550/1050 Series 2. (Default Monitor) on ATI Radeon X300/X550/1050 Series Secondary I wouldn't have thought this was abnormal but have noticed that my computer has a ATI Radeon X600SE. This may just be me looking for a solution but I downloaded and installed the driver for the Radeon X600 series and it is still the same. I would appreciate any tips or advice. Thanks in advance. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322340
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    - Retrieve data from a User folder that has a password I have taken a hard drive from a crash WinXP Pro computer and put it into my computer to retrieve the data. Hard drive is reading fine. The User, Shelley, had a User Password on her computer. I now cannot access that folder to retrieve the data. How can I free up this data so it can be transferred to the new computer? Please help. -- Margy Kzn - South Africa Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322337
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    - IE offline viewing of web page problem Hi, Can anyone tell me what to do to be able to look offline at an Internet Explorer web page that I looked at previously but the system does not allow me to look at again without connecting inline. I get the message : Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage even though I set File > "Work Offline". That should not be because I know that IE has stored my previously seen web page on my computer. Thanks, Peter Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322328
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    - XP installation with only license key Computer came with XP Pro in 2004, and I had to change to 2000 pro to accommodate another software. Now I want my XP back. I have the license key but no software. How can I reinstall XP Pro having only the license key? -- plemcke Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322317
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    - Re-Registering a .dat File ???- Need Help Please hi all. i just transfered this question from what i posted in the plus newsgroup & also the windows xp help & support newsgroup. it's been posted 6+wks. @ both of those without a reply. i'm hoping this may be a more appropriate place & finally lead to a solution. any help is definitely appreciated as i've actually been dealing with this for a couple of years. anyway, here's a little background:after literally countless hrs. & being bounced around the globe(dept.>dept. a dozen + times), ms offshore support was all of 0% help. the upside: it's nice to see their english improving slightly. can anyone sense my frustration?? the product i'm actually dealing with is ms plus! digital media edition, but i'm guessing this situation pertains to other programs as well. i use the alarms program of this software & rely on it daily. occasionally i lose my alarms that i have set & am using with this program. they vanish & i'm just left with the bare program as if i just installed it without any of my alarms in place. the file the alarms are stored in is "MyAlarms.dat the location is: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\Application Data\Microsoft\Plus! Digital Media Edition\Alarm Clock the MyAlarm.dat folder, ends up with 0kb of data in it so i do know they have disappeared from that file as well as the user interface of my alarm program. if i copy the MyAlarms.dat file, while my alarms are intact & try to restore the copied file after my alarms disappear, i'm unable to register it back into the program. i can copy that file by right clicking\copy or dragging to a backup folder i use & selecting copy. when i choose to restore it to the proper location it appears all is well but none of my alarms appear in the program. i've searched my complete computer including the registry for all instances of the MyAlarms file while it is working properly & cannot find any instances of it other than the location stated above. evidently though, it or whatever file it's somehow related to must be hidden elsewhere & by me replacing it from the backup copy, it is not re-associating itself correctly. it would seem to me that file or some other file that is required is hidden somewhere (possibly in the registry ?). if so, how i may go about finding the location & name of the file\files involved so i may associate or re-register it in hopes of restoring these alarms? someone previously suggested this program may link through the windows media player, but i've been unable to find any association to myalarms.dat file to win media player. plus! alarm is associated with media player in the registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\UIPlugins\ {C6368CEC-5205-4398-8CC3-2B98650F60DF} \Capabilities\80000002 \ControlPanelDescription\Sets alarms that play audio content from Windows Media Player. \Description\Set an alarm for any time and day by using your music and audio content in Windows Media Player. FriendlyName\Plus! Alarm Clock it appears to me to have an association for sound. There are also these keys, as examples, but i see nothing apparent: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Alarm.Plugin HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Alarm.Plugin.1 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AlarmClockProps.AlarmClockProperties HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AlarmClockProps.AlarmClockProperties.1 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{1B37A914-56AA-4912-8009-B1FA744140B6} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{AEECED7F-B400-4AA7-8D80-85981D10F4C0} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\AlarmClock.DLL HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\AlarmClockProps.DLL HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3FB269FA-34D5-47B9-AB06-42592BBFCC05} i read somewhere that ms hides .dat files in the registry. how i go about finding where & how to re-register\associate this file with whatever other file\files that are required, if that's the case, is beyond me. i've spent literally hours searching ms & google & can find no help. as mentioned, i previously talked to ms regarding what file these alarms were stored in & they had no clue. even the existence of the MyAlarms.dat file that i myself found eluded them. finding the actual non-hidden file MyAlarms.dat that stores these alarms is as far as i've gotten. Being able to restore MyAlartms.dat from my backed up file would save me from having to re-enter 40-50 alarms manually 6-7x a yr. i do really like this alarm clock(except for the major bug that allows these alarms to just vanish) & it is a piece of software i paid for & expect to work properly. i would expect ms to support this product by making available the process of backing these up or at least making the location of this type of file critical to the function of this program available to their own support people when referenced. i guess i expect to much. i do apologize for the minor rant to any ms employee that is able & willing take the time to help me with this problem, i know this less than stellar product has been shoved to the end of it's short life cycle by ms & it is no longer available, but as stated previously, ms has been absolutely zero help from the day this was purchased(key word: as in paid for w\my hard earned cash) & i've been trying to find a way to back my alarms up for literally years now. i do apologize for such a long post, but i just want to provide as much info as possible in hopes of finding a solution. once again, any help at all is very much appreciated. 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    - Temperature limit for storing CD's/DVD's Hi everyone, Sorry if this is off topic but I hope someone can answer this for me. I will be moving and will be having movers pack, move, and store my stuff in a warehouse in Texas and I am sure it could get up to around 125 to 140 inside one of those metal enclosed storage units (non air conditioned). Could you please tell me what the recommended maximum storage temperature is for CD's and DVD's. I know a lot of people leave them in locked up cars with the windows up, and it could easily get up to 125 degrees inside of a locked up car with the sun beaming down. Would they deteriorate more, the longer you left them at a high temperature (say if I had some discs stored in the warehouse for three months or something like that). Or should you never store them above a certain temperature regardless of how long. Thanks...Pete Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322310
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    - Why do the 25 character CD keys have to be random letters? Has anybody every found real words in a key to register their Windows XP? I would like to see some of these: BILLY-GATES-SUCKS-GOATS-COCKS ANGLO-SAXON-ARYAN-WHITE-POWER Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322308
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    - Heuristic Malware Security: Cmpatable?; ADVISE on specific I have a Dell Dimension 3000 running XP with SP 2. To secure it, i have installed the PC Tools Internet suite, and also the Windows Defender antispy. Both PCT Internet Suite (its component named Threat Fire) and Windows Defender are heuristic. QUESTION: (1) are all heuristic security applications compatable? ; (2) I am considering also adding Dr. Web Cure It--is it compatable?; (4) I want some very light weight and intuitive heuristic apps--can you ADVISE on light weight and intuitive heuristic apps? They must be compatable. Thanks a lot! Best! Robb Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322304
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    - Rundll - error loading ctccw32.dll Hello, My new laptop seems to have developed the following error each time I start up: "Rundll - error loading ctccw32.dll". Whilst by just clicking on the "OK" button to make it disappear, it's knowing that the system is not running correctly that's annoying. Can anyone advise how this can be corrected please? I searched the web to no available and the only info found was relating to the bluetooth on the laptop which is not used and hasn't been used since acquiring the laptop 4 wks ago. Would appreciate a solution please. PB Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322295
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    - Suite Integration Toolkit When I shut XP down yesterday, I was told that it was going to install an update unless I clicked "close without installing update" I clicked this and it seems that XP installed it anyway. Today, Zone Alarm Pro is telling me that something called Suite Integration ToolKit is trying to access the Internet. After I deny that, I get Microsoft Installer is trying to access the Internet. What is this Suite Integration Toolkit? Also I am getting a pop up that says "the update was almost complete, but you need to restart your computer" I have googled Suite Integration Toolkit and most all the posts are old. I have found a few people who are asking the same question without an answer. Any help? Bill Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322292
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    - Out of memory for image display I normally have 2GB of RAM but just now I am testing the four sticks by only inserting one 512K at a time. Now I thought that if XP required more memory it would use its page file and if the page file was not large enough it would increase it automatically as long as the default settings were in place. Today I tried to open an Outlook 2007 email which contained a 650K photo attachment. I got a message from my viewer which is IrfanView: D:\IE temp files\Temporary Internet Files\Content:Outlook\Beemer_20080408_6533_email.jpg : Decode error ! Error: Can't allocate memory for result image(s) ! Out of memory Are there certain applications which must use RAM and not paged memory? regards, Beemer Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322289
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    - How to reinstall failed updates?? I have discovered that I have 2 XP Home updates from February that are listed as "Failed" in my Windows update log. I would like to correct the situation by installing them but I can't locate them among the Microsoft web pages. I followed a few links from the update log but they only took me to the Microsoft Update sign-up page and I don't want or need that as I don't use Office or Word . I'm happy with the Windows Update service. Can someone point me in the right direction to reacquire 2 of the Feb. 2008 updates? 'Drew Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322284
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    - Partitioned Hard Drive - two operating sysems After a blue screen of death due to bad data on WindowsXP, I somehow loaded a second copy of Windows (rather than replacing original) in a small partition. I keep running out of room due to every thing getting put on the small partition. What can I do now? Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322281
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    - Who's accessing the net? Is there a program, someplace, that will tell me which of my files is accessing the internet while I'm doing something else -- almost anything else? All that disc activity while I'm working is driving me nuts. Maybe it shouldn't, but it is and I'd give almost anything to find out what's causing it. Thanx. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322268
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    - Windows Explorer stops responding Clean install of XP Pro SP2 - no patches, no AV. Have added to a domain and can browse the domain shares. If I right-click or double left-click a file the instance of Explorer stops responding. This doesn't happen when I access files on the local hard drive. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322262
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    - Removing "Install" from "Shut Off" icon I have purchased a new notebook running XP Home SP2. I have set my Windows Updates options to "notify but do not download/install". When I use "Start >> Turn Off" to shut down the system, I notice that the "Turn Off" icon that next appears in the "Turn Off Computer" pop-up has a "Security Center" shield attached to its upper right corner and a text that explains that Windows will install downloaded updates when the icon is clicked unless I select the option (also in this text) shut down with installing. My desktop (running the same OS) does not have this option and I would like to remove it from my notebook. I cannot locate any setting that would do so. The Windows firewall is disabled in favor of another firewall. I am the only user account on the system so I assume that I have administrative rights. 'Drew Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322261
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    - XP Backup Program I'm looking for opinions on the "Ntbackup.exe" program built in to XP Pro. Has anyone used this? I need to do more frequent backups for my business and I'm thinking of purchasing an external hard drive and do the automated backups that XP Pro provides. Has anyone got any experience with this program as far as restoring from it? Or are there suggestions that might work better. Thanks in Advance Kat in WI Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322259
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    - Re: Internet Connection Error karl miller wrote: > Message-ID: <24391f4a91f3416db43650278c57b113@newspe.com> > X-Mailer: http://www.umailcampaign.com, ip log:65.204.237.7 > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics > NNTP-Posting-Host: 22.bb.5446.static.theplanet.com 70.84.187.34 > Path: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl!newspe.com > Lines: 1 > Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:313710 > > Has anyone found a fix for this? I am experiencing the exact same > thing. > >url: http://www.ureader.com/msg/12699010.aspx Can you please post back with the complete message? A link to a screenshot posted to a place like http://imageshack.us/ or http://www.postimage.org/ might help, too. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322257
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    - Missing addresses in Word mail I was trying to apply an address from my mail address book to a letter I am about to send out and discovered that all of the addresses have been wiped out. All that is left is an Outlook Express list of my email addresses. I believe that I have these addresses saved a s part of a back-up, but I can't figure out where to look for them. A couple of days age I rtried to install outlook express 7, but had to restore the computer when it replaced my email addresses with an old email address book. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322250
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    - TechNet and WinXP Now that Microsoft is discontinuing support for WinXP (I believe in June), what will happen to TechNet Subscribers? 1. Will current XP product keys that have been obtained from TechNet remain active even if they haven't been used? 2. Will TechNet subscribers be able to obtain XP Product Keys after June? 3. When will Microsoft remove XP as a download/product for TechNet Subscribers? Thanks in advance for any/all help, -Chris Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322243
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    - Cannot get out of safe mode I have recently returned home from being away for 5 months to find that the computer was running in safe mode. I have asked the other members of my family what had happened and they didn't believe that they had done anything to cause it although they had removed some programmes. I have tried starting up the computer, tapping F8 and starting windows in normal mode which didnt work, and then i tried changing settings on msconfig which didn't work. I have thought of doing a system restoration but was wondering if anyone could offer me some advice. thank you in advance Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322242
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    - Some websites now not opening properly I am running XP with plenty of memory, etc on the computer. When I now open some websites that I have used for years, I don't get all of the graphics and get a not at the bottom, "Page opened with some errors." These are trusted, reputable websites I have opened before with no problem. Last week I down loaded Spybot. Could that be the culprit? Other than that no changes. Did a restore to before I downloaded Spybot and that did not help. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322241
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    - copying files over 64 kb in size to My Book gets "The request could I've been trying to copy files to a western digital 1 terabyte external hard drive. When I try to copy a file larger then 63kb I get the following message: "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error." The drive works fine on another computer. I can create directories and delete files. I can copy files to it as long as they are smaller then 64kb. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322238
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    - Coosing default Bullets Does anyone know how to choose the default bullets? My default bullets got changed so that the "Close Windows" "X" that normally appears in the Top Right Corner of each window is now a box and arrows on menus are now little mouse symbols. How is this controlled? It is not in the "Appearance" menu and it is not a problem with the loaded fonts. Is there supposed to be a "Bullets" subkey in my registry, and, if so, where? Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322237
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    - labels under desktop icons I used to have tannish-gray horizontal boxes with black outlines and black letters under my desktop icons, and I liked them. About a week ago, after a Windows update, these changes to bright neon blue boxes with white letters and without borders. I searched and searchd under themes, appearance, etc., but cannot find how to get my old favorite gray with black letters and borders back. Can someone please help me? Thanks. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322229
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    - Director player Error??? I recently downloaded some photos onto my computer this erroro message came up...Director Player Error Property not found #pdown curser.... my computer is frozen, can't close anything, when I try to turn it off, it just goes into standby, and when turned back on, it's still where I left it... Please, how do I get out of this mess? url:http://www.ureader.com/gp/1269-1.aspx Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322208
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    - C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService What is the purpose of this folder ? Should I back it up ? Same questions apply to "C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService" and "C:\Documents and Settings\c4" Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322201
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    - police For years police have done crimes. If a lot of people look at my video the truth might be exposed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV_RaVVGrt8 A person needs to do their part fighting bad people or they are dishonest. Kurt Stocklmeir Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322199
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    - Microsoft Document Imaging (MDI) just Discovered I am brand new to the built-in XP Microsoft Docuemnt Imaging tool. It is my understanding now that a multiple sheet FAX (tif) or several scanned document may be manipulated by the XP MDI tool. Until now, I have been scanning individual sheet documents and saving as jpeg files with page 1, page 2, etc. With MDI, will I be able to merge additionally scanned in document sheets into an existing MDI file ? For example, I try to keep a running file on one of the several medical clinics that I visit. Once I have scanned in several sheets and closed the first MDI file, will I be able to append additional informational sheets into that existing MDI file ? Also, are the files created with use of MDI readable from other image viewers, such as IrfanView: will either application be able to pull in and display their inddependantly produced TIF files ? Also, is is possible to get a TIF image that is saved on disc into a MDI (empty) window, e.i., without scanning the original paper document? Thanks. Regards, Vince Long Island, NY Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322194
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    - Turning off the hard disk Hi, I would like to save power and also not to repeat having to replace both my fans, as happened on my previous computer, by using the "turn off hard disk" feature reached from "Control Panel"> "Power Options" after 1 hour, say, but my book does not explain what do I do to "get the power back on". 1) Do I just press a key on the keyboard, say 2) Is the state of the system then still there so I can continue my work or do I need to do something else ? Thanks, Peter Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322193
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    - Why The Need To Reboot ? I was on a website when I clicked a link and could go nowhere. Got the message "Firefox cannot find the server...." Also, received the same message trying to return to my homepage. So, Closed the browser, deleted cookies, history, etc. and tried to return to my homepage. Got the same message as above. Looked at the DSL and all lights were on. Rebooted the computer (XP PRO) and everthing was fine. Why the need to reboot ?? Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322187
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    - Monitor Settings? I am using Windows XP Home Edition, and browse with both IE7 and the latest version of FireFox. While adjusting my monitorI must have chosen a setting that caused a display problem. For example, if I browse to www.clusty.com I am unable to view the blue bar or the "Clusty" patch logo - but everything else is still there. Another example is www.abstractfonts.com. With this website I can view everything except the font list examples. Instead of sample fonts I only see empty white boxes where the sample fonts should be. If I click on a box I can then see the detail of the font with no problem. Please help! Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322185
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    - Ethernet Adapters A while back my onboard VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter stopped working, so I went out and bought a new one.. a Linksys LNE 100TX (v5) Fast Ethernet Adapter which is enabled in device manager.. I disabled the VIA COmpatable One, AND when I tried to uninstall it , windows tries to install it every time I boot up.. What is the best way to handle this? Thanks for any input.. Rainy.. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322163
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    - Enlarging a desktop icon I want to be able to enlarge just one desktop icon and make it bigger than the other ones on my desktop so that it stands out. Can I do that? I thank you in advance for your attention to this question... Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322151
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    - .NET Framework Question I'm running WXP Pro Version 2002 Svc Pack 2. I just attempted to install SyncToy V1.4, but a window popped up advising me "This setup requires the .NET Framework version 2.0.50727." It offered me a link, but the link was broken and I was redirected to a web page with multiple choices, none of which I understand. I am not a developer; I simply want to install the basic requirements that will permit me to run SyncToy. If anyone can point me to the appropriate .NET download, I would appreciate it. Thanks for your help. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322147
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    - Use of Partition Magic Hi Folks, Thanks to several of you people responding to an earlier question that I had asked re: "one drive, two partitions", I have chosen to use Partition Magic to solve the problem. However, because I honestly don't know what I'm doing, I'm needing some more help. Partition Magic has identified my computer's drive configuration as follows: II. Existing Configuration: A. Partition: Disk 1 1. Local Disk (C:) a) Type: FAT 32 b) Size: 8001.1 MB c) Used: 6499.6 MB d) Un-used: 1501.5 MB e) Status: Active f) Primary/Logical: Primary 2. (*) a) Type: Extended b) Size: 11076.1 c) Used: 11076.1 d) Un-used: 0.0 e) Status: None f) Primary/Logical: Primary 3. Local Disk (D:) a) Type: NTSF b) Size: 11076.0 c) Used: 882.1 MB d) Un-used: 10193.9 MB e) Status: None f) Primary/Logical: Logical Partition Magic gives me the following choices: I. Options A. Tasks: 1. Create a new partition 2. Create a backup partition 3. Install another operating system 4. Resize a partition 5. Redistribute free space 6. Merge partitions 7. Copy a partition B. Partition Operations: 1. Delete Partition 2. Resize/Move partition 3. Convert Partition 4. Split Partition I've used a lot of space here, so I'll just simply say, I want one drive, with one partition labelled C. How should I proceed? Thanks very much. -- Dr. Sinister Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322136
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    - Grouping files in Wndows I am running XP . For many months I have been able to select several similar files and have them open as a group in the correct program. Four DOC files in WORD; ten JPG files in my graphics editor for instance. This has been lost following a recent automatic upgrade to XP. How do I recover that facility? Many thanks, Robin Chapple Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322135
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    - Back-up or copy In case of a computer problem why is a back-up program used instead of just copying to a disk or external hard-drive? Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322133
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    - IE7 This is a continuation of a post on 3-7-08 with PA Bear. Greetings: I just installed the new IE7 on my Dell Dimensions 2400. It works, but not too well. It has slowed my computor down. When I click Start it is several seconds before the menu appears. Sometime it will not appear at all. When it does and I am able to open a program it will open partiatially along with two or three other programs that I did not ask for. They are in pieces. They will not close. Then I may get a box telling me the program is not responding. I just put a new Seagate Hard Drive in for these same reasons. I was advised by members of the Dell forum that the HD was the culprit. It apparently was not. It appears IE7 is the culptit. It works properly with IE6. I like IE7 and would like to keep it but not under these conditions. Can anyone advise me about how to make the IE7 work properly. Your help will be appreciated. Thank you. James I just put a new Seagate Hard Drive in for these same reasons. I was advised by members of this forum that the HD was the culprit. It apparently was not. It appears IE7 is the culptit. It works properly with IE6. I like IE7 and would like to keep it but not under these conditions. Can anyone advise me about how to make the IE7 work properly. Your help will be appreciated. Thank you. James Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322122
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    - can't launch limewire i us XP and have set my zone alarm settings to allow Limewire to connect. however the program will not open. help please rayguy Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322112
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    - Hardware Monitor found an error Hi..this morning after waking up, I found my computer frozen, and was forced to at first restart which let me to a screen that told me Hardware Monitor found an error and to click F! to continue.. I was not able to get F1 to respond, and after trying a couple of times to turn off my computer manually, I was finally able to get to a screen where Chkdsk was checking for errors.. it seemed to fix them, finding several minor errors and even an error in a gif file. Can someone tell me if there is something I can do to fix the problem or if chkdsk corrected the errors, and is everything ok now??? :) sure hope so! Appreciate any response, thanks Rainy.. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322099
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    - To remove program name in the ADD or Remove Programs Hi Can someone advise me how to remove the program name (already uninstalled) in the ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS which persistently appears? Thanks in advance Alan Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322096
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    - Windows won't recognize "System and Applications Recovery " cd Boy. am I ticked. It recognizes everything else, but not this one. The media must be broken or whatever. I was going to try to reinstall WinXP, but that's the only disk I have. I can't think of anything else to do. Can anyone suggest any options? What problems ( or whatever they're called) do you know of that I should consider re: upgrading to the Vista OS? I'm running Office & Windows XP, Outlook Express is my newsreader. Occasionally it is leaving out the ">>" that it is supposed to insert before the text of the message to which I am replying. My inclination is to buy a new machine and be done with it. I've made two backups of all the data to CDs. Huh? Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322082
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    - Upgrading to Vista or not..... I am considering buying a new desktop running Vista. Can I tranfer my accounts programs to a new pc eventhough I dont have any orignal disks?I dont see setting my old HD as a slave as being option as the desktop I was looking at will be sata drives only.Thanks for some advise. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322075
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    - How to logoff a user which has some unsaved applications running I would like to run a script that would logoff the user in a silent fashion, which means if there are any open and unsaved applications, it would not prompt the user to save them, but simply logs off and with any unsaved data being lost. Is there any command to accomplish this. Thanks. Tag: Petition to keep XP? Tag: 322063

Is there an online petition somewhere I can sign, to help convince Microsoft
to keep selling and supporting XP?

Re: Petition to keep XP? by Xandros

Xandros
Wed Apr 16 06:48:40 PDT 2008

You can always purchase extended support up to 2014. By then Vista will be
long gone and hopefully the next version of Windows will meet your needs.
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3221
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223
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Xandros

"Francis Marsden" <fake@fake.fake> wrote in message
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> Is there an online petition somewhere I can sign, to help convince
> Microsoft to keep selling and supporting XP?
>

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Re: Petition to keep XP? by ctowers

ctowers
Wed Apr 16 07:40:07 PDT 2008

Francis Marsden wrote:
> Is there an online petition somewhere I can sign, to help convince
> Microsoft to keep selling and supporting XP?

This link to an XP Petition was posted in another group -
http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/archives/2008/04/save_windows_xp.html

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