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    Printer Driver Issue

    I am designing a new system for a client who is an engineer. He is in great need of a newer and faster computer, but would like to keep his printers as if possible. The only printer that gives me any concern is his HP DesignJet 430. HP lists a VISTA driver for 32 bit or 64 bit, but nothing...
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    Microsoft Security Essentials

    Just thought I would share few of my thoughts on Microsoft's new entry into the Internet Security department. Microsoft released a new FREE application called Microsoft Security Essentials from beta a few days ago and I now have it installed on all my systems as a way to validate my earlier...
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    Local Drives Hidden in Windows 7

    Greetings from Sunny Central Florida, I have been testing Win 7 from beta to RC and now have three installations of Win 7 RTM. All previous installations went as expected: Fresh install on a cleaned drive on my TestBed system (Home Premium). Upgrade install (Vista Business SP2) of Win 7 Pro...
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    Extend range of WIRED system

    I have a system with a RV082 Cisco router (8-port) hosting 7 stations all well within 50' and the 8th port uplinking to a LinkSys 16-port unmanaged switch. All works fine on the systems hooked to the switch with the exception of two systems that are connected as follows: CAT6 from the...
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    Windows 7 reports it is not connected to the Internet

    THe title says it all. Windows 7 v7100 reports in the notification area that I am connected to the Network, but not connected to the Internet. However, it is actually connected. This has been a problem since I removed the beta version and installed RC1. Any ideas??? Swampster
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    Edit E-Mail Address Cache

    I have Vista Business 32 w/SP1 and noticed lately that when I start to type an address in a new message it is showing addresses that I have entered previously, but not added to my contact list. It may have been doing this all along, so I can't presume that it is really a new problem. This...
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    Cannot Send Yahoo Plus mail from Outlook Express

    Good Morning All, I have a client with a problem that is somehow evading my resolution. He took it to another shop and they could not correct it, so their solution was to reformat/reinstall. Over and above the fact that it didn't solve the problem, he is also quite upset to find that they...
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    Excessive Internet Traffic

    Greetings from the Swamps of Sunny Central Florida, I have a customer's computer that appears to have been attacked by some sort of bot or at least something similar. Usually I am pretty good at finding these types of things, but this one has me stumped. I have used Hijackthis, AVG 8...
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    Virtual Machine Security

    This may seem like a dumb question . . . but here goes anyway. I am running Vista Business on a test machine. I have added Microsoft Virtual Machine and installed Windows XPP into it. The host OS is running a full compliment of security programs and in any case is not used for any high-risk...
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    IE7 Slow

    I have two computers, both XP with the latest updates and both have a problem with Internet Explorer 7.0. System #1 is an older system . . . 900MHz with 512MB of system memory. For some strange reason, it had changed its default setting to Work Offline. It then tells me that I need to go...
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    Password Rejected

    I changed the password on my computer the other day (XPP w/SP2 and all updates), and ever since it has gotten the bad habit of sometimes accepting the password and sometimes rejectng it. Anybody have any thoughts on what to do about this annoyance???
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    Broken Internet Connection

    Hi Guys! I am too smart for my own good some times <sigh>. Several years ago, a friend asked me to fix his daughter's Win2000 system so that it would connect to the other computer on their LAN (so she could use his printer), but not to the Internet. Now she is older and more trustworthy...
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    Visioneer 9450 error light

    Good Morning Group, I have a Visioneer 9450 scanner which was working correctly until a few days ago. When the unit is powered on, the Power light comes on and the Ready light blinks for about 10-15 seconds, then the Error light starts flashing slowly. At this point, the computer (XPP)...
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    Blank Web Page with Placeholder Icon

    Good Morning, I have an interesting problem. I have a client who cannot download from the Internet because when ever he tries to go to that site's download page, all he gets is a blank page with a placeholder icon in the upper left corner. This is on a DELL with WinXPP/SP2, and I was able...
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    Site Won't Open

    Greetings, I have been lurking regularly, but not posed for a while. I have an office with 3 WinXP systems and 1 Win98 system. All of the XP systems will go to "appraiser.pascogov.com", but the Win98 system refuses to connect. It gives no error, it just won't connect to the site. I have...
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    Encryption over a network

    I have a server running Windows 2000 Server and two work stations running Windows XP Professional. Both workstations access the Public folder on the server for their documents. One person is the owner, and the other the office manager, so there is no security problem at that point. Now...
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    ME doesn't display Explorer correctly

    While reinstalling Windows ME on a friend's computer, all was well until we downloaded and installed all the Updates. Now, when we launch Explorer, the left window is gray with an "X" up in its upper right corner. I have run into this before with ME, but forgot what the solution was...
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    XP install will not complete

    I seem to be going in an infinate loop . . . While helping a friend delouse his system, and in the process of removing a page and a half of spyware and viruses in Safe Mode, we seem to have removed something critical. When we tried to reboot to normal mode to see if it was more stable, it gets...
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    Backdoor.Trojan

    I am trying to help a friend with their computer. When they open a program (it really doesn't matter which), they get a Norton warning that it found a Backdoor.Trojan in LOGALEP.DLL. It cannot repair, remove, quarintine, or delete the file. I have tried following the Norton directions for...
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    software eject command

    I'm not sure if this should go in Operating System or Hardware, so I flipped a coin and chose this forum. I have a computer (1400, 256MB RAM, WinXP Home) that recently sustained apparent lightening damage to the modem. It has been replaced and it works fine. If the USB printer is connected...
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    Mystery Virus

    I have run into what I am fairly certain is a virus . . . but I can't seem to get any identification on it. The symptoms are: (1) Virus protection corrupted, and therefor not usable. It is, however, able to be uninstalled. (2) It will allow you to surf the Internet, but once to a site it...
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    10-User Workaround

    Greetings one and all! Does anyone have a workaround for the l0 concurrent user limitation in Windows (2000 Professional as well as XP Professional). We have 10 systems (all running XP-Pro) and they all have to logon to a Windows 200 Pro system (via mapped drive) to access the company's main...
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    Dialer Problems

    Greetings Fellow Computer Nerds! I am trying to help a friend who has what appears to be some sort of Dialer infecting his system, and I have hit a wall in trying to eradicate it. At times, like when you click on something in Explorer, or maybe on its own at times, the DialUp Networking window...
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    Win2000 Server and WinXP Pro

    I seem to be missing the Documents and Settings folder on all my WinXP Pro systems. A little background . . . I had 5 systems happily running Windows 98 on a peer-to-peer network when I was talked into getting a server running Windows 2000 Server and upgrading the user systems to Windows XP...
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    AOPEN MK77M ll (E) won't boot from hard drive

    Just about the time I think I have seen every kind of problem in a new system, I get humbled again <sigh>. I built an economy system for a friend based on an AOPEN MK77M ll motherboard, 256MB of Kingston PC2100 DDR memory, and Athlon XP 1800+. I took their running hard drive and CD-ROM plus a...
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    An Error Has Occurred

    Just when I thought I had seem just about every error screen Microsoft could invent . . . I came upon a new one today. This is a new AMD 1800+ system with 256MB of RAM, and an AOPEN G4-MX440 64MB video card. When shutting down Windows ME, it almost completes and I get a BSOD that states that...
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    Can't Go

    OK troups, I seem to have stumped the group with my lack of ability to ping anything besides myself, so I will put that project aside for a while and see if anybody has any ideas on this one . . . I have a Win98 computer where the person tried to clean things up, and has apparently deleted...
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    Can't Ping

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    DUN Error 650

    Greetings, I have a server running NT4 and previously had two remote WimME systems set to connect to it via a modem connection were I dial the number of the phone line that is connected to the server's modem. The two systems in question are networked together at a remote office using a...