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    Multiple Hard Drives; Profiles, Access Rights???

    On www.windows-help.net (infinisource) has posted for a second time an artical: "cloning xp professional" I think you may find your answer here. It is located under general interest features. jim (nutcracker1955)
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    Need to burn backup copy of xp pro

    Is there someone you know that has a cd writer? Maybe they have NERO software you can install, or bring the tower and do a network connection nic to nic so your copy in your folder can be cloned. I have two spare copies I keep just because I have a daughter with blond hair. also if a warning...
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    This program cannot run in DOS mode

    As a Lodge Secretary, (one of my functions)to keep track of membership related items is a program written in dos. I tried many times to run it on w2kpro, XP Home, and XP pro. The program installs,but not completly. I've tried the many tricks I knew of and no success yet. I can open some...
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    upsidedown characters

    My brother has a Laptop with XP; after startup when he types most characters come up upsidedown and in smallcase. When using the shift key they invert also. After he uses the on screen display keyboard everything is as it is suppose to be. Where can I begin to look at this problem. This is all...
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    This program cannot run in DOS mode

    I did not think XP supported DOS. I have other DOS software and can't use it so I Kept my 98se Hard Drive and purchassed Trios II so I can switch Operating systems. Jim
  6. nutcracker1955

    UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

    What you want to do with your HP may not be possible or a correct thing to do. Upgrade windows creates many other problems in the driver section. I do know from repairing HP computers that the windows software was written for HP and HP has cloaking on the disk and use there oun style of zip to...
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    XP Home and 98SE and LAN access

    Connected to the internet how? and are you running a firewall? example: with norton internet security, goto personal firewall launch configue, then click on the home networking tab and the do the wizard.
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    xp install problem

    Try this, Disconect one of yor CDroms from the ribbon, then try it agian. I had to do that before and it worked. Jim
  9. nutcracker1955

    networking 2 pcs

    Your connected wrong, with a cable mobem you need to use a cable/dsl router, run the software that came with it and your golden, life is easy this way. I have three PC's connected to the internet this way, also have networking access. If you have norton internet security you have to go to...
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    UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

    I recently had a simular problem with XP Home. New install on HD. That blue screen keep coming up. I have other things attached to the inside of the tower like; Trios II, a CDROM & CDRW, 3 hard drives and a zip. My bios was set improper to start off with. Boot from CD ROM should have been the...
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    Which Windows Updates Causes Slowdowns?

    I copied thi artical, Please read on. Microsoft is said to be looking into problems that some people have reported after installing a security patch that was issued last week. The patch - which was designed to stave off a buffer overrun that could allow attackers to elevate privilege permissions...
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