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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...

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?

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?

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...

all folders remain "Read Only"...and I can't get them to hold the setting when I de-select it in Properties. I seem to remember something about Symantec or Win Fax causing something similar, but I can't seem to find any information. There was a registry edit of some kind. Any ideas?

I've got a W2k PRo machine that won't boot after installing Service Pack 4. Can't find ntldr. I ran the install disk and chose Repair to get it to boot. System files are in a WINDOWS folder instead of WINNT. I suspect the MBR is looking in the wrong place. I uninstalled the Serv. Pack 4, but...

Our ISP only allows 5 user assigned static IP addresses per Package. Need to add more users to the Sonicwall VPN so will require 2 DSL modems. Current setup: Cisco modem>Sonicwall SOHO3> 16 port switch. Question: What's the most economical way to add the 2nd modem to the sonicwall? A switch...

I'm in an office with with 11 computers. They have Office 97 installed on 7 machines, but no idea who installed it. I can find only one Office 97 install disk. The Office 97 serial numbers on the machines are identical except for the last group of 5 digits. Are these illegal multiple installs...

Whatt's the story on licensing/compliance with OEM disks? I thought they were valid Microsoft software. Are they legal on my machine if I purchase them from a third party? Where can I find more info on this subject? Thanks...

Went to upgrade my Dell factory installed w2kpro (with a shutdown hang) to Dell provided(discount coupon) XP Pro upgrade and it asks for a BIOS flash. Tried bypassing, but the install doesn't recognize the existing OS. Tried another xp install disk and it sees the existing OS as an...

When doing a restart or a shutdown with a newer Dell (1.7MHz, 512 RAM) I get a long "Windows is shutting down.." and then a blue screen that "hangs" indefinitely until I do a manual power off. Only about 26 processes running and no open apps. Tried different antivirus...

I set up a small peer-to-peer network with W2K machine(FAT), a Win98 and a WinME. Everything is fine re: sharing etc...except the ME can't access the W2k. The 98 can. Both can access the ME. Does ME require special settings on the W2k machine? Why is it different than the Win 98? Anybody have...

Installing WinFax Pro 10.0 on Win98 is no trouble, when I try to install on NT Workstation or Win 2000 Pro it creates a conflict with MS Word, which becomes totally unaccessable. Has anyone else seen this problem?

Running win98se. Loaded an application that requires blocking a specific port, 1583. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Running Win98SE, application requires blocking port #1583. No idea where to start, any help greatly appreciated!

The time display (tray clock) in my win98 SE has never been very accurate, but lately has been losing time faster and faster, up to ten minutes per twentyfour hours. Is this an indication of OS decay? Where can I find more info on how this "clock" actually works?