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Compaq notebook LCD shows only black screen, external monitor plugged in is fine. On the same day Dell Desktop monitor on same network shows only black screen. Note: this home network has teenage gamer-could this possibly have something to do with it? Ideas?

After successful install on 733Mhz with 768Mb pc133 RAM I'm a little under recommended hardware requirements. Has anyone found a source for what items of this bloatware can be turned off?

Have seen three isntances recently of users having Outlook 2000 choking on emails (with attachments) in the Outbox. Won't respond to Delete or Move commands. Nonsense Error Message ends with "..run Repair tool.."(didn't help) MS (lack of) Knowledge base was no help. Finally fixed by exporting to...

Excellent! bcastner, I would love to find out how you came to the fix "netsh winsock reset". I spent an hour searching MS Knowledge to no avail before posting here. Any tips you can share on gleaning info from Microsoft?

Have newer XP Home with SP2 that lost network connectivity. Cleaned 13 viruses and discovered Background Intelligent Transfer Service (set to Automatic) is Stopped and can't be started. Get Error 2147952506 but don't know where to go for more info. Any ideas where I can find more info?

Thanks bcastner; DHCP scope is okay. Will look for router firmware upgrade and/or FAQ. Double thanks for FAQ779-4625, very interesting, will try. Still want feedback re: loss of Remote Access Connection Mgr. Ever seen that?

by drop off the net I mean an error message "...limited or no connectivity..." and Repair in Status is unable to release/renew an IP address. Previous Event Log entries how it reconnecting on it's own, but now it won't. Virus/Spy clean. No recent changes, problem is "out of the blue". Power...

Just came on the scene and have a Dell on a p2p network using DSL, LinkSys Router, LinkSys Switch. This machine and three others are XP Pro, 2 are Home Edition, and 1 win '98. Using router assigned IP and this machine has no Remote Access Connection Manager(Shows errors in Event Log and can't...

When I try to save an office doc I choose "Save As", but when the dialogue box appears and I try to change the save to location it hangs for as long as 90 seconds. This is driving me nuts. Any ideas?

Running Win XP on a new HP machine. Notepad is not there. Have no idea, other than a recent virus infestation. How can I re-install it?

Excellent! Nice work bcastner, thanks!

I should add more detail. I can't copy/paste any of these folders. I know the Attributes in XP always show the Read Only, but this actually IS. Details:This is an XP Pro machine with the OS on the first partition (20Gb) and storage on the second partition (40Gb). Second hard drive 40Gb. LAN has...

This is an XP Pro machine with the OS on the first partition (20Gb) and storage on the second partition (40Gb). Second hard drive 40Gb. LAN has 3 machines behind a firewall/router. I really beat this machine up, testing applications for people, then uninstalling. Still, it has performed...

Did you run the XP Compatiblility test before beginning the install?

seemingly out of nowhere, all my folder attributes are Read Only, and revert to that even if changed. I can't copy them. These same folders don't display this when accessed over the network, so it's something within XP Pro on this machine. Hope to avoid a re-install. Has anyone heard of this...