Recent content by MjrTom

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    XP Pro needed for networking?

    Stash, That sounds like the key.... "If your network is running in a workgroup rather than a domain, than XP Home should be fine. " I don't know enough about the setup to tell how we are configured. So I'll ask the guy. If we are just on a workgroup, I'll have him just hook us up without the...
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    XP Pro needed for networking?

    Guaraguao, Thanks for the quick reply. We access the internet through the workstation with XP home (or we will once we get it to work properly!). I have a techy coming in to hook it up to the server, and they are the ones who told me that I had to upgrade from Home to Pro in order to network...
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    XP Pro needed for networking?

    We are running Windows NT on our server at work, and we recently bought a new computer that came loaded with Windows XP Home. Do I need to upgrade this new computer to Windows XP Pro in order to network to the NT machine? thanks....
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    Windows problem...98SE

    My son has fiddled with the registry on my system, and now I cannot launch programs by using the shortcut icons. I can launch from the run command only. When trying to launch using a shortcut, I get the message "...is not a valid Win32 application. Can anyone tell me how to repair the...
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    IRQ Assignment problems

    I have my video card, usb controllers, nic and onboard audio all using IRQ5. This is causing my system to hang up. I tried going to the resources and changing assignments, but the option isn't availble (and I'm signed in as Administrator). I've tried installing these in different orders, and...
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    Go to sleep...go to sleep....

    I hate to grovel....but....what the heck.... grovel grovel grovel... Does anyone have any advice for me here???
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    hibernation problem

    I posed this question on another section of the forum to no avail...I cannot get my computer to automatically hibernate. After reloading windows, it worked for a short period, and then wouldn't hibernate again. I'm told it could be a hardware issue, or a driver issue. All bios and control...
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    Go to sleep...go to sleep....

    Anyone have any ideas on this....it's driving me nuts and I can't find an answer on any other forum. If I can't find the answer here, there must be no hope...
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    Go to sleep...go to sleep....

    Everything is set in the bios correctly. I still can't figure it out...
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    Go to sleep...go to sleep....

    For some reason my computer will no longer go into hibernation. I was having the problem before I reloaded XP, and then after reloading it worked for awhile. Now it is once again refusing to automatically hibernate. I am told that a driver conflict can cause this, but how would I know which...
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    Computer wont hibernate..??

    Thanks for the info Hoss...I did have a message that the video card was preventing it from going into hibernation, but it was doing this before i had installed that card, and is doing still after I changed the card. I'll try changing some of the drivers. Thx again Hoss
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    Computer wont hibernate..??

    My computer has decided to quit hibernating. I was working fine, and then one day quit turning off. I have tried resetting the settings in the control panel, and also in the bios. Whassup wit dat????