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I manage a small network but dont have any vbs expertise. My problem is that I have a piece of software that writes an ini file to the windows directory on the pc each time it exits. However, only an admin login will enable this to happen - anything below gets a permissions error. If I create...

I am trying to reinstall xp onto a pc (a bit on the older side) but have hit a few obstacles. Setup will get as far as reformat and start to load the setup files but at some stage then it will throw up a message that a windows file that can’t be copied correctly and another message that says...

I have 3 pcs networked at home and rather than each individual pc doing its own updates i would prefer to do it via one download and then distribute them to the others - is that possible??

I am trying to reinstall xp onto a computer. It needs to be reformatted 1st. I placed an xp cd into the cd-drive and on boot-up get asked to boot from cd – when I do this it still goes to windows and the set up does not continue. I have tried both cd drives and different xp cd’s. They work ok...

All of a sudden any attempt to get to ‘My Computer’ or ‘Explorer’ either directly or through some software results in a ‘not responding’ message on my pc. If I ignore the message and wait - up to 15 minutes - eventually it appears, but then i have to wait for the next connection to be made...

How can I tell if my computer has a raid controller?

What do you type in the cmd screen to see the ip's of all computers etc on a network?

When I create a playlist I am unable to activate it in Windows Media Player when i double-click on it in Explorer. The Media Player interface appears but no list appears and nothing plays. If I locate the file in Explorer and use the 'open-with' command the list will then be generated and the...

I am getting this message after installing media player 10 - 'the application failed to start because gdiplus.dll was not found - try reinstalling the product'. Does anyone know how to correct it? - a reinstall does not work. A roll back will probably enable media player to work but not solve...

Currently I have 5 options listed for html editing choices in IE6 - Excel, Publisher, Front Page, Word and Notepad. How do I add/delete applications to/from this list of options? Thanks :-Dzm

I run a laptop on two networks. At work I set it up on a domain and it uses dhcp etc. At home my network uses static ips. I was able for a while to just select "this computer" at logon, not change any settings and I could use the internet sharing at home. Then all of a sudden I was...

Hi All I was wondering if someone can remind me how to change the colour of the font on the Desktop in XP - eg from white to black. In fact how can you change the font itself? Thanks Dzm