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    IE 6 comes up blank

    When a program wants to go to home page for update or any other reason a new window in IE opens but all is blank including the address bar.
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    password doesn't work

    thanks Frank4d for the thought but thats not the solution.Is there a way to get in with the command prompt?
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    password doesn't work

    was useing puter without problem. disconnected all cables and moved it to another location(in the same room). reconnected all cables. when logon screen came up, typed in password but it was not recognised. Now cannot start windows, tried in safe mode, same result. Is there anyway to get around...
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    extra long bootup time

    try this: go to --http://pcugr.org/ShareWareSig/april.html-- download the small freeware program called BLA and follow the boot trail.With this you can view the entire boot sequence,just the failures or just the long delays till the final boot.
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    problem w/laptop HardDrive installation

    I want to install a new 12gb hard drive in my compaq Presario 1200 XL-111 lap top. The factory restore disks will not work with this new HD.I tried to install win98se and it failed,Not only once but 3 times.It would install till it rebooted then would give a message of some fatel error and go to...
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    can't get usb cd-rw to work.

    tektippy4u, Thanks again The NTKERN.vxd driver is present in all the computers and yess they all have cd-roms, one has a dvd rom and cd-rw.it is hard to imagine that today someone would manufacture and sell something that is so difficult to install using a USB interface.I will wait till the...
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    can't get usb cd-rw to work.

    tektippy4u, I have all the files in sys32/drivers.Yes, I tried installing from the add/remove programs and the same windows appeared.I tried steering to the windows insallation disk but the drivers are not what it wants.I did recieve an e-mail from the Mfg's support person who informs me that I...
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    can't get usb cd-rw to work.

    thanks tektippy4u, I have tried all that you speak of with no luck.You ask about the System, well I have tried it on all 4 computers that I have.ASll are running win 98se. 3 are pentium 2 and the laptop is AMD-6.One of the pc's has an IDE cd-rw installed using NTIcd software.On all what happens...
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    can't get usb cd-rw to work.

    I have a maddog 52x cd-rw external usb connect.Every time I reboot windows sees it and asks to install the drivers.The website for the device states that there are no drivers required for it.I cannot ever see this device in windows explorer, so there for I cannot use it.Any advice out there?
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    Quick Launch Bar Empty!!

    Well,TekTippy4U gets the prize.This is the first solution that actully works in my case. Bravo, and many thanks for saving me from another usless re-install of Windows.
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    Quick Launch Bar Empty!!

    As I said in my original question, I have done extensive research and this info was previously posted, I therefore have checked it out and to my chagrin the reg. key was not even present to be able to deleat.So at this time there is no solution present.
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    Quick Launch Bar Empty!!

    I have checked all the previous threads concerning the Quick Launch bar and could not find any solution to my problem. It seems that in the process of cleaning up the hard disk I must have deleated something, but what I don't know. I have been keeping my computer free of unnessasary files for...
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    Location:offline.php

    As I wrote,The message which is in plain text in the top left corner of the blank browser window is as follows "Location:offline.php" thats all.I too can open the site on 3 other computers that I have on my lan.This is why it is so perplexing.It's not a really big problem since I can...
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    Location:offline.php

    I gety this message in my browser when trying to connet to http://smirkingchimp.com. This only happens on one machine in a 4 computer LAN.There is no problem with this site on any of the other machines, and there is no such message on the problem machine with any other site.Is this the correct...
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    cannot see secondary IDE

    thank you all,It was simply the setting in the bios that selects the choice of ide channels.In these BIOS it is in a folder called "Features Setup" and called "Onboard PCI IDE".

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