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How do I stop this auto update thing? If I ignore it after a time it updates anyway and usually slows things down. The icon in tool bar seems to have changed since last year too. A newer version? It does not left you right click it and stop or anything.

Can I remove Messenger and have MSN still work? of course the tech help says you can't do that or whole thing will explode my CPU. If so, how to remove? Or....how can I reset for no auto start up when starting MSN? Or this all just part of life with this huge, bloated, power robbing, slow...

I know they make bulk burners to make 100 copies of a CD, but I need a bulk loader to load many many CDs onto a computer instead of sitting there for eternity. Anything like this exist? I need to load 1200 CDs onto a 1 TB external hard drive. Thanks !!

How do I add a guest or new user to my home computer with W2K Pro?? Thanks

I have a spare box with W2K on it. I can donate it if I reload W95 and give them the OEM disk with the box and the OS loaded. How do I go backwards and reinstall W95 on this old PII 300 rig? It is my first machine from early 1998 and is a doorstop right now. I can get a write off this way.

I want to build a second box to network with my old PIII 733 box. Put all the graphics and scanners on new second box, keep Office and internet on old first box. So for the second box, I need case, power, MoBo, processor, HD x 2, CD burner, fans. Do I have to have a second Vid card? Can I just...

I think I will build a second box this summer. Am I crazy not to go with SATA HDs? I will use for graphics. Also, do I have to use 10,000 rpm HDs vs. 7200 for any video work? These new HDs now with 16mb buffers etc.

I want to install a new 200G HD into my old PIII-733 machine. I have an Asus P3V4X mobo. Have been running W2K Pro with SP4 for long time. Can I just take out my current two HDs, plug in new one, use 4 floppy boot disc, and then do CD install just like a reformat/install on an existing C drive...

I have an ancient box with W98. I want to format HD and install 98SE. Do I need a boot floppie or what? I am used to using the 4 floppies for the W2K reformat/reinstall. Same same? No files or anything to save either.

I have a W2K box and may build a second box. Is there any comelling reason to upgrade to XP Pro for this? I have used W2k Pro for years and it seems to work fine, and I know how to reformat/reinstall it once a year or so. I would network the two boxes, one W2K and one XP Pro if it is worth the...

I am thinking of installing XP Pro on two machines and networking them. What happens about the "activation" when it is loaded twice? What about a clean reinstall a year or two from now also? Thanks

I have an older machine with W2K Pro and SP4. My expert adivsors at office say if I build a new box I can install XP Pro upgrade on the new box with no other OS on it. They said it might ask for an earlier Windows CD to check the serial number, but not every time. Can I do this??

Somehow....my log.dll file got corrupted. It jacks my MSN 9 email and browser. I spent 4 hours on tech phone call with Qwest and MSN guys. They were very good and we figured out the log.dll is problem. But...they don't know how to fix or repair the file. Do I need to do a repair function from...

I installed the first Service Pack 3 last year. My cpu got all jacked and drive letters went away etc. I uninstalled it. Later I ended up reinstalling W2K Pro, formatting etc. I am wondering if SV 3 has been updated lately? I have some driver conflict where my Nero Express causes machine to...

On my W2K machine with an internal Intel 2100 DSL modem...if the phone line does not go into the modem then there is no problem with virus etc, right? Is there an "inline" switch that can go in the phone line for remote access to shut off the line, and then disable firewall and virus...

Since I have all these usb devices....two printers, scanner,mouse,Zip drive and now a Belkin 4 usb hub....if I go into the bios and disable serial and parallel ports will this "free up" IRQs for my other deivces? They all seem to work now so should I just be quiet and leave them all...

I got two viruses and sort of trashed C drive. So my expert adviser came over and we tried to format C and reinstall W2K...it said hit D key to delete C partition but it would not. So we "installed" the OS from there. Then I had to reinstall drivers for vid,sound and internal DSL...

My friend has a tired PII 233 Dell from about 1997. It has a 4G HD in C/D partitions. Had 32 mb Ram. It had never been dusted out, scan/frag or anything. I did that and added a stick of old Ram up to 160. Then did Win 98 upgrade, but it seemed to be "missing" a few files during...

My second machine is a PII 300 with W98SE. Four years old now. All of a sudden it locks up after 15 minutes of running anything. My expert suggested cpu overheating. I removed the case cover and it was a dusty nightmare. I ran a house fan right onto the mobo/cpu and the thing worked fine. Then I...

I had to have a shop wipe the small partition on my C drive and reinstall W2k. Before I took it in, I removed all my files etc I wanted to save. The partition was less than 1/2 full. When I got the machine back the partition was still almost 1/2 full without any applications on it, such as...