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    Excel and offline files

    Hey guys, I have a user who has his user folder on our file server synchronized using Offline Files of Windows XP so he can work on documents at home. He is using Office 2000. Whenever he tries to save an Excel document when working offline, he gets an error message saying the file could...
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    Stall on formatting hard drive

    Hi all, Things seem to just keep getting worse. I wrote yesterday about my Windows XP crashing after attempting to upgrade. I managed to back up everything I wanted though and said screw it let me just do a clean install. So, I do a clean install and select to format my drive from XP...
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    HELP! XP not starting any more

    Hi all, I have quite a problem here. I was attempting to upgrade my Windows XP Home laptop to XP Pro. I selected the Upgrade option from the CD and it went along doing its thing until it got to the "Preparing Installation" portion. At this point, the computer rebooted and I got a Stop Error...
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    XP Home cause of my network issues?

    Hi all, I am having a problem here with connections to Network resources. I am on a workgroup right now and have two shared drives mapped as well as a shared printer mapped. I am on a laptop with Win XP Home and after logging into my computer I have sporadic outages where it will say that...
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    Recommendations for LCD for photo editing

    Hi all, I was hoping for some opinions about what LCD to buy. It will be used mostly for photo editing in Photoshop. I'd say my ceiling in terms of price is around $300. Also, I have a GeForce 6200 vid card if that makes any difference. Thanks!!!
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    Keep losing printer

    Hi all, I'm having a problem with an HP Color Laserjet 4600. I recently switched the computer it is hooked up to with a computer that has Windows 2000. Originally the printer was connected to a computer with Windows XP. After swapping out computers I had problems installing the printer on...
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    Get HD Serial Number

    Hi all, I need a way to get the serial numbers from my hard drives. They are 2 WD raptors. I downloaded WD diagnostic utility, but I do not see the drives from it. I think this is because the drives are in raid 1. Is there anyway I can get the serial number for each drive without having to...
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    Turn router into WAP

    Hello all, I am having a bit of a problem here. I have a wired network already setup, but would like a way for wireless users to connect to it. I have come across a Netgear wireless router that I would like to use for this. Now I figured it should be pretty simple. But I am a bit confused...
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    Sort Outlook inbox

    Hello all, I am trying to sort my inbox by multiple columns. I tried SHIFT + Clicking on the fields I wanted to sort by and even tried creating a custom view. However, every time I restart Outlook, it goes back to sorting by only one field (the first field that I selected from the...
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    Need some Mac user's help

    Hi all, I've got a bit of a problem trying to print from a Mac. Everything has been working fine until today. A user was trying to print a Word document to an HP Laserjet 4600 that is a network printer. They got an error saying that "Word cannot print because there is a problem with the...
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    Help printing envelopes

    Hi all, I have a HP Laserjet 1012 and I was trying to print some envelopes from Word 2000. I have about 70 of these to print and they are all in one word document. I hit print and it spit out the first 7 or 8 fine. Then instead of printing what I wanted on the envelopes it started printing...
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    Viruses everywhere!

    Hi all, I need some help cleaning up a friend's computer. I was originally there to help them with some CD recordings, but then this came up. Basically they are running Avast antivirus and it has started picking up a whole bunch of infected files. I tried quarantining or deleting those...
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    Send a message to all stations on network

    Hi all, I was hoping for some help in finding some software that would allow me to send a message to all computers on my network. I can't just use e-mail because I want this message to take up the users screens to make absolutely sure they see it. Any ideas?
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    Help with server locking up!

    Hi all. I'm in a bit of trouble that we have running here that has been sporadically freezing. Its running Win2k Server and for whatever reason it just starts to hang. As an example, while I was browsing the shared directories from my computer, explorer would lockup and I would need to...
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    Print servers

    Hi all. I have a Netgear PS110 print server that originally had an HP Laserjet connected to it. That printer has died and I want to replace it with a different LaserJet (its a lower model, but its all we have right now). So, I have gone about hooking the printer up to the print server with a...
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    Outlook signatures

    Hey guys, I've got a question about Outlook signatures. I'm trying to create an Outlook signature in Word with the company logo. So I created a table with one column for the text and the other for the logo this way everything is arranged nice and neat. The problem I'm having is when I try to...
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    Looking to buy a UPS

    Hi all. I was hoping for a little help. I'm in the market for a new UPS, specifically something by APC. I don't really know much about them though and was hoping you guys could tell me what I should be looking for or give me some recommendations. This will be used to power and protect a desktop...
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    Help with Outlook

    Hi all. I'm having a bit of a problem with Outlook 2003, namely after I open it and it tries to display my set reminders it freezes on the Reminders window. It will stay like this for 10 minutes or so before finally coming back. I have tried using the /cleanreminders switch. I did this...
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    No sound on laptop

    Hey guys. I'm in need of your help again. I have a laptop with Windows XP that for some reason does not play sound. Sometimes when I restart the computer I will have sound and other times I won't (like today). Any way here is what I've done so far: I checked to see if it was muted by going...
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    Question about Win2k permissions

    Hi all. I was hoping for a little help. I have a Win2k file server with 3 directories shared. I have serveral workstations that have these shared directories mapped as a network drive. I have some special concerns about one group of users though. Lets say I made a profile for this group of...
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    Question about Ethernet cables

    Hi all, I've been doing some reading about networking and physical media and I was reading about different categories of UTP cable (Cat 1-6) and something I'm having a hard time understanding that the book didn't explain too well is the difference between MHz and Mbps. For example, the book...
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    Funky screen display

    Hey guys, I was hoping for a little help. Here's the deal: I have this relatively new computer that was built not too long ago. Lately there has been these horizontal and vertical bars that just cover the screen, making it impossible to do any work and requiring a shutdown/reboot. Now I'm...
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    Help with Lanier printer

    Hi all, I was hoping someone has had some experience with Lanier printers specifically the LD238. What I want to be able to do is allow users to send faxes through it from their computers. I tried going to Lanier's website looking for some info, but couldn't even find the manual for this...