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If I use IE6 to connect to the web I have no problem, however once I have used Outlook Express I get the DCHP error in Event Viewer as per attached screenshot. Is this a fault with my computer or with the Broadband Supplier. If my computer please advise how to cure this issue. Thanks in advance Teriel9 -- All our emails are scanned by Norton Antivirus before sending Please advise any virus that gets through

If I use IE6 to connect to the web I have no problem, however once I have used Outlook Express I get the DCHP error in Event Viewer as per attached screenshot. Is this a fault with my computer or with the Broadband Supplier. If my computer please advise how to cure this issue. Thanks in advance Teriel9 -- All our emails are scanned by Norton Antivirus before sending Please advise any virus that gets through

Has anyone here tried to write a custom Authentication Package and Credential Provider on Vista? I'm trying to do this, but I've encountered a bug (or an undocumented feature) in the Credential Provider subsystem. I can successfully log into an interactive session, but it seems that the credential provider subsystem is trying to read my custom authentication package's profile buffer. I don't place any meaningful data in there, and the Authentication Package specs don't require me to. The credential provider subsystem randomly crashes depending on what kind of data the auth package returns. And, when it doesn't crash, a bubble appears in the task bar tellin…

I have a problem with de voice recognition because i think that is more easy to have a button to switch active/deactivate the recognition. This button exist? Any button to deactivate the microphone? Thanks!!

AP - It was supposed to be Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s day Monday with the launch of its highly touted new server chip, but Intel Corp. swooped in and stole some of the headlines from its smaller rival with a boosted financial forecast. Link To Original Article

AP - Listening to radio over the Internet is easier than ever, as high-speed connections have proliferated and online offerings become more sophisticated. Now the legal aspects may be falling into place too. Link To Original Article

AP - IBM Corp. researchers are touting one of the tiniest pieces of art ever made � an image of the sun made from 20,000 microscopic particles of gold. The precision required is a breakthrough that heralds ultra-miniature sensors, lenses and wires inside nanoscale circuits of the future. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - BEA Systems and Adobe Systems are partnering on rich Internet application development in an arrangement incorporating both SOA and Web 2.0 concepts. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - To those who think the Apple iPhone is just a clever way for AT&T (T) to grab wireless market share - think again. AT&T's new chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson, says the iPhone is just one part of a multipronged global strategy to turn AT&T into a "mobility" play. That's Stephenson-speak for any type communication anywhere, anytime. Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - NEW YORK - When cellphone giants Sprint and Nextel merged in 2005, investors had a lot of hope for the combined company. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - With an incremental update to its Solaris 10 OS, Sun is extending the platform's virtualization capabilities to accommodate Linux and Solaris on the same computer. Link To Original Article

HP ProCurve says continued growth means it has to compete with Cisco. Link To Original Article

InfoWorld - Fans of American football who are too busy to watch every game may enjoy the latest edition of*Cyberlink's MagicSports software. Link To Original Article

Plus: Indian government monitors every cafe keystroke. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra. Link To Original Article

The latest figures from Nielsen/NetRatings on the most popular Web sites in the U.S. are in, and Microsoft and Google are on top. But that's a simplification because there is more than one list and several metrics can be used to gauge popularity. For instance, Nielsen/NetRatings has two Top 10 lists (PDF). ... Link To Original Article

PC World - Newly released processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp.will reinvigorate the market for high-end servers, according to one server analyst. Link To Original Article

Fraud information group Early Warning creates a map of the United Kingdom, showing the worst-offending regions. Link To Original Article

Rather than rely on customers actually wanting to buy its products (and for the long term), Microsoft is apparently intent on forcing them to do so. In a move reported by eWeek, Microsoft is forcing customers into buying its "Software Assurance." What does this mean? ... Link To Original Article

Reuters - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc on Monday posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss, helped by sales of games such as "The Darkness" and one based on the latest "Fantastic Four" movie. Link To Original Article

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(cross-post added to Vista General) "Carl Clay" <CarlClay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A201C35C-D4E5-4230-A70D-F3E1D4247344@microsoft.com... > As with the problem I am having with internet explorer, it keeps stopping and > restarting and I lose all icons on the desktop as well. If I act quick > enough I can log on to the internet and my homepage and email and can stay > hooked up but no desktop icons start button etc. That's a problem with explorer.exe (aka Windows Explorer) not IE. Assuming Vista still allows access to the Task Manager via Ctrl-Alt-Delete you could restart explorer.exe as a New Task and get…

Hi all.... I've run into this problem (again) and there's GOT to be a solution.... A friend's hard disk started to puke. So I got a new one, formatted and installed a fresh copy of XP on it, and mounted the old hard disk in the same machine as a slave (happens to be F:) The old hard disk, now F:, seems to still run well enough to be able to "see" the contents and manually copy stuff over to the new C: Is there a way to run the files and settings transfer wizard on F: and restore them to C:?? TIA

Although when moving the location of my Contacts, I selected the option to move the contents of the (empty) folder, I still seem to have a duplicate Contacts folder. I seem to have the required permissions to delete it, but I can't. Also the folder has a standard icon, and no Location tab. Any ideas?