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  1. fidleid

    XP will not see Brother Printer HL-1440

    Printere is found and installed normally using original disk that came with printer. After install get message that cannot change parameters on printer because access is not authorized. Have tried cold start, download from Borhter site, etc. thanks in advance
  2. fidleid

    Microphone causes XP to Hang

    I have had two instances lately of XP failing after a microphone was installed. The micorphone worked fine but XP hung which is really rare and the XP splash screen even changed. Removing the microphone made the problem go away. Any clues.
  3. fidleid

    thunderbird will not send mail after restart

    Installed thunderbird. worked fine.. .power cycle computer it would not send, reinstalled thunderbird ...worked fine until power cycle and again it would not send. It recieved ok. thanks
  4. fidleid

    HP R80 will not print after power down

    I replaced an old computre with a new one with XP home on it. The R80 is connected via the parallel port. Upon startup the printer works fine. However if the printer powers down it will not print again until I restart the computer. No better drivers are available from HP but there is some...
  5. fidleid

    quantum drive will not see data

    a win 98 computer with a built in dlt tape drive using tapeware...computer crashed.....got new xp machine....got new quantum usb drive.....tape ware will not see old data on tapes but will write over tapes and restore from tapes that were written over. I need the data from the old tapes. any...
  6. fidleid

    SurfSideKick and Nail

    Does anyone have a surefire way to elimiate SurfSideKick? I have tried Adaware, Spybot, CWShredder, HiJack This and several other anti spyware programs and I cannot get rid of this. I check it for removal in HiJack This and is comes right back. I cannot get rid of the Nail stuff either...
  7. fidleid

    Thinkpad disassembly

    does anyone know a source for disassembly instructions for thinkpads? I find them very difficult to disassemble and I as starting so see a lot of them in my shop.
  8. fidleid

    Dell Dimension 4600 cannot get Ethernet Drivers Loaded

    I had to wipe and reinstall Windows XP on this 4600. Now I cannot get the onboard ethernet to work. I tried the drivers from their web page but have had no luck. Any help will be appreciated. I just get the big yellow ? and cannot get it to work with any of the drivers from the webpage/...
  9. fidleid

    IBM restarts randomly

    This is a netvista with ME. Unit shuts down as if power failure and restarts at various intervals. Subbed power supply, added extra cooling. Problems seems to get worse with time. That is the longer it is on the shorter the interval between shutdown. Seems to be affected by various changes...
  10. fidleid

    thinkpad I series .3 beeps then off

    I have a 2621 thinkpad that beeps 3 times and shut off on power up. Any help will be appreciated.
  11. fidleid

    Yahoo mail will not compose in XP ok in 98

    I have a computer running XP and Yahoo mail's compose will not work. It worked fine with 98. Any advice will be appreciated.
  12. fidleid

    Just updated XP with SP2 cannot remote access

    I held out updating my main computer because I had problems when installing SP2 on my other computers but I gave in and installed it and now I cannot remote access it. Is the a firewall problem and how can I fix it and still use the firewall?
  13. fidleid

    I want to make a command button blink

    I have a form and on that form I have some command buttons. I need to make one button blink so it catches the attention of the users. The button has text as a caption and it runs a macro that accesses the internet. I am using office 97 but I have all version available to me. thanks
  14. fidleid

    adding a hub to wireless connection

    I have a wireless access point in one building and want to set up a test bench for computers in another building so I need the internet in that second building. How can I connect a hub to my wireless network. I have an extra DLW2100AP and would like to connect it to a hub in the second...
  15. fidleid

    USB Wireless adapter corrupts windows during power failure

    I have a Linksys wireless adapter (USB). If it is up and running and there is a power failure it corrupts Windows in such a way that I cannot see any USB adapter until I reinstall Windows. I am using XP professional and it did the same thing on two different computers with the same operating...
  16. fidleid

    20% added to address in browser

    Win 98...IE 6 ... when user types in an address in browser it comes back with URL not found but the address has a change made to it. It has a couple letters and 20% added to the left of the address. It does it to all addresses and does not add the 20% stuff until after it enter is hit. Then...
  17. fidleid

    MFC70.DLL was not found reinstall

    I have and XP mcahine that posts this error. I think it has something to do with AOL frsk.exe-unable to locate component application failed MFC70.DLL was not found reinstall Can anyone help?
  18. fidleid

    Query that Avoid Articles

    I need to make a query that will search a database of book titles and avoid articles (a, an, the) when it searchs. My problem is users cannot find titles because the tend to try to type in the exact title and they either add or omit the articles and the query comes up blank. I use Office 2002...
  19. fidleid

    Cannot log on to tek tips using Mozilla

    I cannot log on to Tek_tips using Mozilla If I switch to IE it works fine. Any help?
  20. fidleid

    SpeedStream 5200 DSL Moden Stuck in Bridge Mode

    Does anyone know how to ret this unit out of bridge mode and back into router mode? I accidentally hit enter at the wrong time and the it went into bridge mode. Thanks

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