XP Home reboots when CD inserted
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:53:44 -0700 (PDT)
I have just moved my PC from one room to another at home. Now, when I
insert a CD into the optical drive, my PC reboots without warning and
without displaying any error messages. I have tried using different
CDs, of types CD-R and CD-RW.
Apart from physically relocating my PC (very carefully) I have not
install ...
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Windows Live Mail program and Hotmail account - sent items are not saved
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:43:25 +0100
A customer is using Windows Live Mail as a replacement for Outlook Express
to send/receive mail for a Hotmail account: this was forced upon him because
Hotmail have withdrawn support for the protocol that OE uses for accessing
web-based mail such as Hotmail.
Despite a Tools | Options | Send setting "Save mail ...
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A5;W` Rich or Stupid? A5;W`,R
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:58:42 -0400
Must Read Book:
"Will The Next Liar Please Stand Up"
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PC as a TV?
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:29:57 -0700 (PDT)
I'm thinking of getting a new PC with a TV card and use it as my main
TV. I plan to use the PC hard drive as a PVR, and the DVD drive as my
main DVD player.
How practical a plan is this? Are there any problems or downsides that
I need to know about? ...
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CFP 14th Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2009
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:06:00 +0200 (CEST)
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Vista cannot connect to shared print queues on XP, although it used to do
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:23:35 +0100
A customer has a Vista Home Premium laptop which cannot connect to shared
print queues on an XP PC. This used to work perfectly - I set it up for
him - but suddenly one day all the queues ("Printer-X on PC-Y") disappeared
and all attempts to connect using Add Printer fail with "Windows cannot
connect to the pr ...
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Outlook Express will only spell-check in French
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:18:46 +0100
Brand new Dell PC with XP Pro. Installed Office XP on it.
Outlook Express (which I think uses the spelling facilities of Office) will
only spell-check in French: Tools | Options | Spelling | Language only has
French in the drop-down box, whereas other PCs have English (British) and
English (American).
I've ...
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surfing very slow
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:29:05 +0100
I'm in the UK for a short while and have just subscribed to '3' broadband
internet over the mobile phone network. I get very high speeds when
downloading, eg, program files, podcasts or anti-virus updates, but very
slow (similar to old dial-up) speeds when surfing the net: this happens
whether I use Opera, Max ...
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Problem with software?
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:23:11 +0100
My system: Microsoft Win. XP-Version2002-Service pack 2.
For a long time I've used System Mechanic which seems to be of help in
maintaining my laptop, my
experience with running computers is limited.
A while ago I suddenly got two errors while opening System Mechanic7 so
decided to upgrade to the 7Pro,
but ...
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Recommend a PCI-E graphics card for Apple CRT on Dell PC?
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:20:24 +0100
I need a recommendation for a graphics card so I can run an Apple CRT
monitor on my Dell PC. The Apple monitor has no on-screen controls
other than brightness and contrast. Everything else has to come from
a suitable graphics card.
My Intel on-board graphics has no adjustments available, so I need a
new gra ...
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