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    default printer changes after log off/on again

    Hi, Windows XP PRO machine, when you choose a default printer, log off then log back on again (as the same user) the default printer has changed back again. This is the same on the users logon and on mine (domain admin logon) she is local admin on the machine and as it behaves the same on my...
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    BIOS or MOBO dead?

    Hi, Gigabyte ga-8st667 Pentium4 1.5 Ghz award bios I was using some recording software on my PC, stressing it out using lots of memory and the software I was using stopped responding, I couldn't shut it down by hitting the "x" so I killed it in task manager. I then shut down my PC (start...
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    xo

    Hi, Fairly new install on XP home on P4 1.5 gig 512ddr. just installed spybot and adaware, spybot found some stuff (only the usual cookies etc so did adaware), rebooted machine now xp gets as far as about 7 passes of the blue progress bar then locks up and gets no further. It used to get to...
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    xp loading then locks up

    Hi, Fairly new install on XP home on P4 1.5 gig 512ddr. just installed spybot and adaware, spybot found some stuff (only the usual cookies etc so did adaware), rebooted machine now xp gets as far as about 7 passes of the blue progress bar then locks up and gets no further. It used to get to...
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    power supply turns off after about 4 seconds?

    Thanks for the reply. Its been working about a year working fine. It was built in a proper computer shop so I assume this issue would have happened earlier if there was a potential issue with the temperature? no changes to hardware or software, I guess I can trouble shoot this by trying my...
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    power supply turns off after about 4 seconds?

    Hi, The story so far: PC working fine, no previous errors. Went to turn PC on as usual; power supply fan and internal fans start fine. Then the power supply switches off after about 4 seconds before getting as far as a bios beep. I thought the issue was likely to be the power supply so I...
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    Headers wont print from outlook?

    My emails no longer print the header details when I print emails? Any idea what has changed to cause this? Thanks
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    GIGABYTE MOTHERBOARD GA-8ST667

    hey, Just bought this board (second hand) for my (rather old) P4 socket 478, 1.5Ghz CPU. I cant see any refernce to jumper settings any where, do I need to worry about this when installing my CPU on the board? Do they still exist on modern boards like they used to? Cheers
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    blue screen but not in safe mode?

    Hi, I have a toshiba satellite laptop running XP home, It blue screens regulally but runs fine in safe mode even on the internet? I have run loads of different spyware/virus programs they only find the usual stuff and remove it, any ideas? Thanks
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    Veritas backup exec 7.0 very slow

    I have a problem with my Veritas backup exec 7.0 speed. I am running an HP Bnchmark1 DLT drive and the backup is very slow. It is a new intall of Windows NT 4.0 and I am using an HP driver from the current website,version 1.7. I have an identical setup on an older machine which is runnig...
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    Cant get graphics to display correctly

    Sony Vaio PCGN505SN, originally running windows 98, just installed 2000 on it, I cant find a driver that works correctly everything is blurred at the edges, could the problem be that the driver(s) for the graphics card only work on windows 98? I have tried drivers that say they are for...
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    Ghost of XP gives an error

    I would suggest re-ghosting the original image as I have experienced this before and the image was corrupt.
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    importing mails in to outlook express

    I have extracted emails using expressarchiver and I am able to view the folders containing the mails and the mails seperatly, how do I get them back in to outlook express? anticipated thanks
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    error message after boot up

    nice one thanks, how do I install the vb runtimes library? I have looked on the web and all I can find is updates for it. I have followed the link so am i right in saying that I place that file in the directory specified after having installed the library? then Start, Run, regsvr32 /i...
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    error message after boot up

    hello, I have run what you seggested and i receive loadlibrary ("comdlg32.ocx") failed - the specified module could not be found any ideas?

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