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nice Info From The Printers Newsgroup For Vista i had a problem while back with my printer. My dad wanted to use a different driver called HP DeskJet 970C series, because of that, i wasn't able to print on xp or vista. For some reason, only way to print was to use the HP DeskJet 970Cxi driver so what i did was created two printers on the host computer. One is for him, he's using the C Series Driver, The other one is the one that he shares on his pc, which is the cxi Driver. Here are the steps to have two different driver for one printer: I went to his printer changed the driver to what i wanted it to be, then used the wizard to SEARCH the driver that my dad w…

everytime I click on START>Control Panel I receive a message box that ask confirmation of "create shortcut" on desktop. I am unable to locate an issue with the OS and believe it may be a virus or malware issue. Any ideas? -- Bill Rowland MCSA MCSE

everytime I click on START>Control Panel I receive a message box that ask confirmation of "create shortcut" on desktop. I am unable to locate an issue with the OS and believe it may be a virus or malware issue. Any ideas? -- Bill Rowland MCSA MCSE

We have co-op students working in our office and want to restrict their visits to approved web sites. Some of the websites on the available list are ones that we develop. These web sites receive graphic files such as .AI, .EPS & .PDF, which can be saved easily to the folder on the user's machines. Our problem in IE is that when we turn content on the student can not save .BMP or .JPG files to their computers. Can we receive a suggestion as how to control web access and still download our graphic files?

We have co-op students working in our office and want to restrict their visits to approved web sites. Some of the websites on the available list are ones that we develop. These web sites receive graphic files such as .AI, .EPS & .PDF, which can be saved easily to the folder on the user's machines. Our problem in IE is that when we turn content on the student can not save .BMP or .JPG files to their computers. Can we receive a suggestion as how to control web access and still download our graphic files?

When I highlight a digital photo I have uploaded from my camera to my hard drive with my curser I am no longer able to right click on that photo and send its file to my cd drive to eventually burn to a cd. In fact, the cd rom associated with Windows XP no longer shows up as an option when I follow the process mentioned above. What is the solution?

When I highlight a digital photo I have uploaded from my camera to my hard drive with my curser I am no longer able to right click on that photo and send its file to my cd drive to eventually burn to a cd. In fact, the cd rom associated with Windows XP no longer shows up as an option when I follow the process mentioned above. What is the solution?

Thank you so much. You saved my life. And some money! "Byte" wrote: > Sometimes, it depends if they have been overwritten. Try using the below > program. Download and save it to your downloads on your harddrive and run > it from there using Windows Explorer and navigate to your 3 1/2 floppy drive. > Restorer (Rest2514.exe) > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/REST2514.EXE > > "remcgill" wrote: > > > Can files deleted from a floppy disk be recovered?

Can I use XP home SP2 i386 files to setup Fax where I succeeded? ----- Original Message ----- From: "smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Failure to copy files > On Sep 16, 4:46 pm, "chateau" <some...@somewhere.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I wanted to setup Fax on my machine. My OS is XP pro SP2. During the >> Setup >> the XP pro SP2 disc was prompted for, >> because my machine does not have i386. The computer is not copying the >> files >> from the disc's i386 that was given to me. >> My…

Can I use XP home SP2 i386 files to setup Fax where I succeeded? ----- Original Message ----- From: "smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Failure to copy files > On Sep 16, 4:46 pm, "chateau" <some...@somewhere.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I wanted to setup Fax on my machine. My OS is XP pro SP2. During the >> Setup >> the XP pro SP2 disc was prompted for, >> because my machine does not have i386. The computer is not copying the >> files >> from the disc's i386 that was given to me. >> M…

He has tried in vain to retrieve his documents all saved using the FAST transfer wizard from XP SP2 He has made 2 separate saves and has the correctly named files i.e IMG00001.dat and "status" in the folder USMT2.UNC He has now given me the files and now I have tried FASTConv with the error message "Source store is invalid" The windows fastwizard gives "the source folder does not contain the correct data" for every version of FAST he and I have tried A computer pro has also spent hours trying with no success So he and the computer pro have given up I and we have looked at a million goggle hits and have found at least one person with the same problem - plus lo…

How do I disable standby as the default (or override) for all users? Every time a new user logs onto a computer (Windows 2003 SBS domain), standby is enabled by default, the computer goes to sleep, & I cannot connect remotely using RDP as I normally do for remote maintenance, etc.

How do I disable standby as the default (or override) for all users? Every time a new user logs onto a computer (Windows 2003 SBS domain), standby is enabled by default, the computer goes to sleep, & I cannot connect remotely using RDP as I normally do for remote maintenance, etc.

Hi I have XP. I am unable to access AOL Broadband through my wireless USB Azureware dongle. I get the green light on the device. But a message pops up "Acquiring Internet Access" "Limited or no connectivity." I tried to ping the gateway but it "was not reachable". Physical Address - 00-15-AF-2B-23-C2 IP address - 169.254.60.147 Subnet Mask - 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway - no entries while other computers on the network have IP Address in the range 192.168.0.* and subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 When I click on Repair. XP report "unable to renew IP address". In the Services console, DHCP clinet and DNS client are set to Automatic and Started. Please …

I've downloaded these two updates twice now and afterwards Internet Explorer would not open. I've had to install IE 7 again in order to regain contol. Has anyone else had this problem and if so do you know what going on? -- hardway1111

I recently got a new desktop PC with Vista Home Premium. Until two days ago it was connecting to my wireless router and the internet just fine. Now it will not connect to my wireless network at all. Sometimes it shows up in the available network list and sometimes it doesn't. Every now and then it appears to be connected but then when I go to access the internet it fails. I've spoken with Verizon Internet support and HP support at length with no resolution. My HP has a USB wireless 802.11 b/g adaptor. My two older laptops (both HP) have windows XP and are connecting to my Westell router with no problem. I assume the problem is with the new computer…

I go to start a video or whatever and nothing happens. Then I go to task manager and end wmplayer.exe and it works for a short time after that. This also stops my Mobile Device from syncing until I end wmplayer.exe in task manager... Anyone? Thanks... jf

Recently a problem has developed with "switch user." In the past no problems but of late the process of switching from one user to another freezes as the second user's desk top appears. The start menu does not work or any other mouse stroke. At this point the only way out appears to be to switch the PC off and start again. The only way to avoid the freeze at "switch user" is for the first user to log out completely before the second user logs in, which is causing some friction between family members! Any ideas for solving this would be great. We have XP Pro.

Recently a problem has developed with "switch user." In the past no problems but of late the process of switching from one user to another freezes as the second user's desk top appears. The start menu does not work or any other mouse stroke. At this point the only way out appears to be to switch the PC off and start again. The only way to avoid the freeze at "switch user" is for the first user to log out completely before the second user logs in, which is causing some friction between family members! Any ideas for solving this would be great. We have XP Pro.

I think you're out of luck. It seems you need an update before it'll work. Good luck waiting for that. Poul. --- 'Protect your software with LM-X License Manager' (http://www.x-formation.com/lm-x_license_manager/index.html) 'FLEXlm License Management with License Statistics' (http://www.x-formation.com/license_statistics/index.html) -- pould ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pould's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=31184 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=532204 http://forums.techarena.in

I am migrating from an older PC to a new Vista 64-bit Ultimate PC. In the past, the way I circumvented all the sharing issues of copying files from my old PC was to make an Acronis True Image 10 backup of the old PC. Then I'd mount that backup image on my new PC and copy files from that mounted image. It worked fine in XP but in Vista I get a "The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk" error message on every file I try to copy. It doesnt matter if the archive is local or on a network HD. It doesn't matter if the file originates in a shared directory in the mounted image. And it doesnt matter if I try to copy to a 'public…

Want to have access to my notebook running WinXP-Home from my WinXP-pro home and office computers but no one else. Currently can access my C: drive folder except Doc..&Settings folder. A helpful site said to 1.. Restart your computer in Safe Mode. To do this, follow these steps: a.. Restart your computer. Before you see the Windows XP logo, hold down the F8 key. b.. Select Safe Mode. 2.. Login in as Administrator. You'll get a warning about running in Safe Mode. Click Yes. 3.. Find the folder whose permissions you wish to change. Right click on that folder, and select Properties. 4.. Change the properties of the desired folder(s). Voila. You can now change…

Running XP home. Trying to download windows update files. 1st screen 'check for updates' > downloads files ok then > copying files: 100% & just stops Will go no further Help please Thanks

Thanks Zaphod!! That really helped me out!!!

Thanks Zaphod!! That really helped me out!!!