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i have 2 almost identical computers even same motherboards ect. p4's with 600 free memory one a 40 gig the other 80 gig hard drive they connect with a hub to cable modem. both have always been very quick and dependable on the net. however i have just upgraded to win xp pro on both machines. only...

i had a very similuar problem last year. after much diagnosing what i found was in the mouse folder in "my computer" the settings had changed to open folders automaticaly and the mouse spped had changed to real fast. i restored the setting to double click and a mouse spped i was comfortable...

you should also be able to go to the hard drive manufacture web site and download a hard drive overlay then you should be able to install the overlay and use the hard drive as one large drive

i had a similar problem i installet netscape which i dont like and completly uninstalled internet explorer rebooted and re installed explorer then when it was running again i uninstalled netscape

might work. but go to start and programs and look for the dos prompt and try rename c:new folder c:(new name)

try clicking on the folder and open the view on the tool bar and choose detailed icon it gives a list of the details beside the small icon

if you decide to reformat and reinstall winme. first make sure you have a boot disk. if not go to control panel and add and remove programs. make a startup disk. i have noticed some hard drives now recomend you dont fdisk them. so you would boot from floppy with cd support. and format c: go into...

this iexplore error is an ongoing thing. at microsoft there are pages of message boards just on this very thing. i have the same problem and have tryed everything myself so i know how frustrating it is. i did a complete reformat of the hard drive and install of winme. and within 5 min i had...

im not a beginner myself. and i tryed every trick i could think of and called in a few big favors from a few higer ups and we all were scratching our heads over this problem. but thats how we all learn. and for sure ill never forget this one. all most one for belive it or not

are you connected through a hub or how. our provider here will only allow a single ip adress. so i either have to assign a subnet mask. or run through a hub ect. or drop the ip adress on one computer and pick it up on the other one.

i asume your zip drive is an internal ide drive. some had a jumper to assign drive letters. if not the 3.5 floppy should have try to set one to a drive b:

i have a nec laptop and it came without a cd. i got a backpack cd 4x parrellel port unit very cheap. just connects to the printer port and installs with a diskette. and i was away.i think i payed 10.00 for it.

go to http://www.aluminumstudios.com/ top right hand corner click on the link protect your self from spywear. some good reading and links to programs and sites to look after this problem

ram idle is a program that lets you specify who much memory you want kept free. it keeps purging un used memory as you work.

i would go to this site http://www.aluminumstudios.com/ on the top right hand side you will see protect your self from spywear. click on that.it takes you to a page with good write ups and link to pages offering free blocking and spy removal ect programs. i have used lots of programs ive found...