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I have lost my envelope in the taskbar when I get new mail ! Any ideas please Metwo

When I insert an SD Card on my Thinkpad X60, I often need to reboot before it shows up as a drive. The hotplug console recognizes that the card is inserted (it shows up as "SD Memory Card ---> Generic Volume") but no drive appears. I can stop the device, eject, and reinsert, and the same thing happens. The only way I've found to make it accessible is to reboot. I get the following error in Event Viewer: Source: sdbus Event ID: 6 The description for Event ID ( 6 ) in Source ( sdbus ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to us…

I too keep getting asked for a disc I do not have. I have also gone and downloaded the full XP Office Service Pack 3 only to not have it recognized by my brand new Dell. After the 3rd time - I give up and must ask for help. Please . . . done anyone have a solution that works?

A StartUp folder is created on the Desktop when I added a short-cut icon in the StartUp area. I relocated all short-cut icons which are located above the "Programs" in the classic view, and the StartUp folder on the Desktop dissappeared. Then I restored the icons but the StartUp folder did not came back. The StartUP folder is not always created when a short-cut icon is added in that area. I wonder at what instance the StartUp folder is created. Could anyone help?

Hello, I am running XP Pro/SP2 and have been using IE 7.0 for a few months without any issues. I have a folder in the root of my main drive called TempIE4 that looks like it has most temp files in it with the ext of "log" and such except for one "dll" file. I was wondering if I need this folder or if it was safe to delete the whole thing?

AP - It's Thursday, so 18-year-old Dennis Tiangco is off to a bank to collect his weekly allowance, zapped by his mother � who's working in Hong Kong � to his electronic wallet: his cell phone. Link To Original Article

[/url]AFP - A research group will be set up in Japan to develop optical technology that will replace the Internet Protocol as the global standard in communications, a report said Sunday. Link To Original Article

PC World - Google Inc. Friday confirmed that it has acquired Zingku Inc., a mobile social networking company geared toward teenagers and young adults, another in a series of moves to boost its mobile services. Link To Original Article

[/url]AFP - An eastern China court has ordered a French electrical company to pay 330 million yuan (44 million dollars) for infringing the copyright of a Chinese enterprise, a company official and state press said Sunday. Link To Original Article

I have been unable to download anything from any website. I receive a message that Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. It hangs up whenever I try to download using Firefox. The latest was after installing Windows defender, it was trying to receive updates and I received the following error message: Error found: Code 0x80240022. I could not find that error on Microsoft's website. I am using Windows XP SP2 and IE7. I did run %systemroot%\Windowsupdate.log file and below is the latest log: 07:19:53:156 196 f90 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.0.6000.381, tz: -050…

I have been unable to download anything from any website. I receive a message that Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. It hangs up whenever I try to download using Firefox. The latest was after installing Windows defender, it was trying to receive updates and I received the following error message: Error found: Code 0x80240022. I could not find that error on Microsoft's website. I am using Windows XP SP2 and IE7. I did run %systemroot%\Windowsupdate.log file and below is the latest log: 07:19:53:156 196 f90 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.0.6000.381, …

This is interesting, not directly vista related... What is seamless integration of a virtual machine? I means you can have a windows application window directly on the Linux desktop, and NOT confined in the virtual machine window... therefore it reacts like a normal application. since a picture is worth 100 words see here http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1298214399&size=o as you can see the 2 OS (windows and Linux) coincide within the same desktop! You have both the Linux and the windows taskbars at the same time! This is BIG news to people who like virtual machines and are flexible enough to try Linux as their host os. http://www.li…

This is interesting, not directly vista related... What is seamless integration of a virtual machine? I means you can have a windows application window directly on the Linux desktop, and NOT confined in the virtual machine window... therefore it reacts like a normal application. since a picture is worth 100 words see here http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1298214399&size=o as you can see the 2 OS (windows and Linux) coincide within the same desktop! You have both the Linux and the windows taskbars at the same time! This is BIG news to people who like virtual machines and are flexible enough to try Linux as their host os. http://www.…

This is interesting, not directly vista related... What is seamless integration of a virtual machine? I means you can have a windows application window directly on the Linux desktop, and NOT confined in the virtual machine window... therefore it reacts like a normal application. since a picture is worth 100 words see here http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1298214399&size=o as you can see the 2 OS (windows and Linux) coincide within the same desktop! You have both the Linux and the windows taskbars at the same time! This is BIG news to people who like virtual machines and are flexible enough to try Linux as their host os. http://www.…

I uninstalled Spybot S&D, but Task Scheduler insists on trying to run it every day. How do I delete it from Task Scheduler? It doesn't show up in the Library, only the Task Scheduler (Local) list. Thanks. John

Recently the fonts in the task panes for Word and Windows Movie Maker turned from blue to yellow, which is now very hard to read against the white background. I have tried changing this with the appearance control panel, but none of the options seems to work. How to I change these back? I am not sure how they changed in the first place.

Recently the fonts in the task panes for Word and Windows Movie Maker turned from blue to yellow, which is now very hard to read against the white background. I have tried changing this with the appearance control panel, but none of the options seems to work. How to I change these back? I am not sure how they changed in the first place.

Hi, I want to reboot my adsl modem at specific interval. I can reboot the modem manually by issuing the reboot command as follows from the command prompt. ------------------ telnet 198.67.1.1 login:admin password:admin reboot ---------------------- But i want to make a batchfile or some sort of script/macro to do this automatically at scheduled time.. but in batch file mode the command just doesnt get completed it gives some error... so any idea how i can give the above commands automatically... Help will be greatly appreciated.. Thanks very much.

Hello, I've recently set up a new system. It's using a Biostar motherboard (VIA Chipset), and running XP Pro. I've got a generic USB mouse and keyboard - Neither have drivers. I can navigate BIOS fine with the keyboard, but once Windows loads, any lights (Scroll Lock, Caps Lock, Num Lock) go out and the keyboard is unresponsive - A PS/2 keyboard works, however. I lack a USB -> PS/2 dongle right now, so I can't use a mouse - I'm forced to use mousekeys and the PS/2 keyboard. USB drivers have been installed, all USB settings in the BIOS are correct, and in device manager, all USB ports / controllers are marked as functional. The USB mouse and keyboard, …

Hello, I've recently set up a new system. It's using a Biostar motherboard (VIA Chipset), and running XP Pro. I've got a generic USB mouse and keyboard - Neither have drivers. I can navigate BIOS fine with the keyboard, but once Windows loads, any lights (Scroll Lock, Caps Lock, Num Lock) go out and the keyboard is unresponsive - A PS/2 keyboard works, however. I lack a USB -> PS/2 dongle right now, so I can't use a mouse - I'm forced to use mousekeys and the PS/2 keyboard. USB drivers have been installed, all USB settings in the BIOS are correct, and in device manager, all USB ports / controllers are marked as functional. The USB mouse and keyb…

Someone I know who is running Windows XP says when he tries to empty his recycle bin the command is greyed out. Any ideas why this has occurred? TIA B.W. Sorry if this is a repeat, already posted this yesterday but can't see on the newsgroup.

Someone I know who is running Windows XP says when he tries to empty his recycle bin the command is greyed out. Any ideas why this has occurred? TIA B.W. Sorry if this is a repeat, already posted this yesterday but can't see on the newsgroup.

Is there a fix for this problem? This is happening on XPSP2, Intel 82865G video chipset. This started happening after I installed the latest Google Earth. Only this screensaver is running sideways. Everything else is upright. The screensaver works correctly when I'm in the screensaver tab with little monitor showing the 3D Flying Objects with Windows Logo, this also happen when I choose Texture Flag as the object style. Thanks

Is there a fix for this problem? This is happening on XPSP2, Intel 82865G video chipset. This started happening after I installed the latest Google Earth. Only this screensaver is running sideways. Everything else is upright. The screensaver works correctly when I'm in the screensaver tab with little monitor showing the 3D Flying Objects with Windows Logo, this also happen when I choose Texture Flag as the object style. Thanks

Hello, When I attempt to boot up my PC with its Recovery-CD, my TFT Monitor will display a complete "blurred" (unrea- dable) screen with even the mouse cursor being displayed ....twice; ie. two arrows "side by side"! But needless to state, that no problem at all in this regard when the PC is being booted up "the normal way". So any valuable tip would be now highly appreciated... With best regards, Philippe