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    XP -> 2K networking help needed

    Hi there. I think I must be having some kind of 'senior moment' or somesuch here. Problem is this: I have a home network with two desktops (both 2K) and two laptops (one 2K one XP-SP2). The desktops are linked by wire to a Netgear router and out to broadband. The laptops use wifi through an...
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    W2K Wierdness

    Hi there. I've got the wierdest problem! I recently replaced a hard drive in my system - the old one occasionally refused to start at boot time. I transferred all files OK and it's been working like a champ. I also have XP installed on one of the partitions of this drive (it's 80 Gb Hitachi...
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    Strange explorer behaviour

    Mmmmm. . . Explorer (the desktop not Internet) has started to do something very odd on my wifes PC. She's got a fairly standard setup with Win 2000 Pro on. All has been fine for quite some time, but suddenly, when you right click an icon (real or link) I see a message saying that Explorer has...
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    Interesting problemette with XP

    Hi there. To fix things up after a hard drive failure, I've just had to do a repair install of XP. On my system, W2000 is the primary system dual bootable with XP. I have 3 drives in the machine. Disk 0 is primary C: and logical E:, Disk 1 is primary F:, logical G: and primary H: (with the...
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    Strange problem - any ideas?

    Hi folks - got a bit of wierd problem and I kind of wondered if any of you guys could perhaps shed some light on it for me? Suddenly (and I can't track back to any specific change I made) I don't see anything displayed on my screen between BIOS and boot select and the main full resolution...
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    Help understanding an apparent anomaly

    Hi, I have a small home network based round a Netgear DG814 running to broadband. Broadband gives me a dynamic IP address. I want to run a small web site from home. I have set up an account with DynDNS and it is updating regularly from my router. What I'm having problems understanding (and it...