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For some unknown reason my usual programs including MS Office have gone missing and would like them back. If anyone has had similar issues please reply. Running XP Pro SP3. Thanks

A friend who is quite sight challenged is using dial-up and having a problem with anti-virus updates. Are you less prone to saddling yourself with a virus or trojan using dial-up service than if you used high speed. Thanks

Good Day, Browsing certain sites, a warning box displays "security warning" : the web page is trying to open a page in your "trusted sites".... How can I manage this annoyance? Thanks

Good Evening, I have a loaded version of XP pro which I believe is not legal. I would like to purchase an upgrade version of XP (it's cheaper by half) and load it on top of my present version. Is this possible? - And will my files and e-mail be left intact in Outlook and Outlook Express. My...

I have tried the standard method of configuring a screen-saver in Win Xp and usually it functions for a time but after a re-boot there is no screen-saver function even though it should display given the options are all chosen to show a screen-saver. Any ideas would be great to solve this. Grays

After a quick check of the q&a's I can't find a solution to this one. My Games folder does not contain the old standards like Freecell, solitaire and others. Any instruction on how to get these back would be appreciated. I have tried "add remove programs" to no help. Games aren't there . Gray

Hello, This intriguing and also frustrating. When I type in a frequently used E-mail address, the addressee appears as it would normally, however I have no list in my contacts/address book at all. Therefore as long as I can remember the first three letters of the person's 'name', the auto-fill...

Hi, Presently I cannot access Help & Support in Win XP. Is there anything I can do to right this problem. A bit annoying, and can't figure this one. Grays

Hello, I am using Win xp pro as usual and could like to use my infrared port to copy maps from a HP infrared scanner. This usually works on my machine with no problems but now I cannot get "services and apps" to co-operate and start the service. I am given a message that "Could not start...

Hello, Although not a problem that stops computing, my folders won't allow me to view them as one page. This means everytime I use windows explorer to view my local files a new window pops up instead of replacing the last one. I have tried diefferent options to change this viewing problem but...

HI I run XP on a PS2-400mhz CPU, not a fast machine by today's standards but have upgraded the RAM to 256k. All offline tasks are operated well. Online with a US Robotics 56k win modem with IE ver. 6.0, I am experiencing "line freeze" regularly which means new pages do not come up...

Anyone know where I can download a version of messenger that doesn't need service pack 6 for NT4...I am thinking earlier than version 5.0 of messenger. Thanx Grays

Hi! I was trying to help a friend solve a problem with outlook express, the program would not run giving a message box saying that the "address book" was not configuered properly and would have to be re-installed. What is the best way to wipe the original copy of this program (outlook...

Good Morning, My question today, how much processer power for XP?- i.e., I have been running XP on a dell pentiumII @400 mhz and have a lot of interupted connections while on the web. Could I improve my connection qualities with a higher powered machine? [peace] Gray

Good Day, I have followed the standard help info in Excel '97 in Tools (General) tab with no avail. Still can't change my user name. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks Gray. [3eyes]

Are there any others who have tried to run MS Works'99 on Xp? I have set-up problems trying to re-install present setup within XP. Most faccets of the Works program seem to work but on a few I have had crashes. Is there a patch to download available for XP. Thanks for any help Grays

Being new to Windows XP I am curious to know if anyone can relate how to know if my software (XP) has been activated with Microsoft. [pipe]

My dial-up is quite noisy and I've tried to silence the modem with configure in the dial-up properies to no avail. Anybody like to share knowledge on this dark secret...would greatly appreciate the silent log-on. [ponder]

I am using Win 98. Just lately some of my image files on my hard drive have been changed from (jpg) format to a much smallerunreadable vbs file. I am perplexed as to why this has happened. Anyone with a similar experience and possibly knows a fix for this would be great to allow viewing...

I am using Win 98. Just lately some of my image files on my hard drive have been changed from (jpg) format to a much smaller unreadable vbs file. I am perplexed as to why this has happened. Anyone with a similar experience and possibly knows a fix for this would be great to allow viewing...