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Is there a way I can do this? I want certain accounts to appear at the top of the list. I do not use the Local Folders - so I want that to move to the bottom.

TIA.
We need more info. "Local Folders" in what application? What version of Windows?DAH...truly sorry - my fault...this has to do with Outlook Express 6.0.

I am using OE to access multiple email accounts, such as GMAIL and Hotmail.Quote from: musicollector on February 06, 2008, 10:41:06 AM

I do not use the Local Folders - so I want that to move to the bottom.

good day
i have just bought a laptop for the first time and do not know where to download free software, can any body HELP please.
[emailprotected]WELCOME to the CH forums.

Please immediately remove your e-mail address or you will be spammed forever.

For downloads - depends what you want - you could have a look at Download.com

Good luck
download.com has a large list of freeware, shareware, etc.

But honestly, I just google whatever type of software I'm looking for:

For instance, if looking for a decent photo editing program, I'd google this:

download freeware photo editor

or if you have a mac, search for
download freeware photo editor macthank youMaybe check my site pcsourcepoint below, where I have links to plenty of popular software freeware sites. There is also a link to a list of those sites you can download. Perhaps subscribe to snapfiles freeware (or others) to get daily updates of new freeware software...Check HERE as well. 73 pages, all freebies.Don't take this too personal, but you do sound a bit new to the PC scene, at least as far as PC setup and software goes....
Please be careful with what you install. Many free downloads may have viruses attached, or might include malware or spyware as part of their installation.
I would look around and COME up with a couple titles you're interested in, then ask the boards opinion about specific software titles before installing. You might otherwise do youself and your new laptop a bit of harm!
(You didn't learn to drive your first day by taking your brand-new car and driving it off a cliff or wrapping it around a tree, did you?)Quote from: JAZZNSKA on February 04, 2008, 08:39:19 AM

Don't take this too personal, but you do sound a bit new to the PC scene, at least as far as PC setup and software goes....
Please be careful with what you install. Many free downloads may have viruses attached, or might include malware or spyware as part of their installation.
I would look around and come up with a couple titles you're interested in, then ask the boards opinion about specific software titles before installing. You might otherwise do youself and your new laptop a bit of harm!
(You didn't learn to drive your first day by taking your brand-new car and driving it off a cliff or wrapping it around a tree, did you?)

good point Jazznska

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good point Jazznska

Yes, indeed, however I wouldn't post any link to any unsafe programs.

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By the way, I recommend Ashampoo Firewall, even though you must get your free license code to use it. However, the registration process is simple.

How full is your Inbox now that AShampoo has your info ? ?

Secunia Personal Software Inspector

My first hard drive was a 32 MB in an EPSON PC-XT clone. The next PC I had was a Compaq RUNNING Windows 3.11 which had two 110 MB hard drives!
I've got dual-boot Windows XP Pro and Vista Home Premium. So far, I like the XP better. There seem to be many restrictions with Vista. The benefit of a dual-boot is that if one system crashes, I still have another one that WORKS. I think XP is going to be like the OLD 98SE. When XP first came out, a lot of people still stuck to 98SE. Now, with Vista, a lot of people will be sticking to XP for awhile. Something Like that I suppose. My first pc was a Dell DIMENSION 4100. We still use it too.

Hi Guys,

I have a situation in my office that I need some help with. We have 6 users that we want to combine all of our contacts into one master user list that all of us can use.

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thanks in advance for your help...

DavidI know this is not what you wanted to hear, but: Combining Outlook Contacts from Multiple UsersFrom Outlook help files...


About public folders
Public folders is a feature of Microsoft Exchange Server that provides an effective way to collect, organize, and share information with others in an organization. Typically, public folders are used by project teams or user groups to share information on a common area of interest. When you are connected to your Exchange server, folders labeled "Public Folders" appear in the Microsoft Outlook Folder List. You can manage these folders from Outlook. Public folders can contain any type of Outlook folder item such as messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, journal entries, notes, forms, files, and postings. You can also create a shortcut to any public folder and save the shortcut to the Outlook Bar or Favorites folder.

Things you can do with public folders include:

Post information on an electronic bulletin board

A bulletin board allows you to participate in online discussions. Each topic can be stored in its own folder with its own access permissions.
A bulletin board can be unmoderated, making it similar to an Internet newsgroup for which everyone has permission to read and post information.
A bulletin board can also be moderated by an assigned person who receives users items and decides which ones to post.
You can work with posted information in the following ways:
Once the online discussion is started, you can post a reply in the public folder for the group to read.

If you don't want the entire group to read your reply, you can reply DIRECTLY to the person who posted the information, or forward posted information to only the recipients you select.

To use a public folder as a bulletin board, the folder must be able to store e-mail messages.

Share Outlook items in a calendar, contact list, or task list

Share a calendar to keep track of meetings, events, holidays, vacation time, and project deadlines that affect the group.
Share a contact list to make NAMES, job titles, addresses, and phone numbers available to the group.
Share a task list to keep track of each MEMBER's progress on a project the group is working on.
Share files

Open a file in a public folder to read or update the file or to quickly browse through a series of files.
Start a new Microsoft Office file from the public folder and be able to use commands and tools from other programs WITHOUT leaving Outlook.
Use Windows Explorer to copy an existing file from another program to a public folder without having to open the file's program.
Post a file to a public folder without exiting the program used to create the file. For example, you might want to post a quarterly sales report you just updated in a Microsoft Excel workbook so the group can quickly view the latest information.
If you want to share files that are frequently read or updated by others, you must have the program the file was saved in set up on your computer. When you copy a file from Windows Explorer or post a file from another Office program that is open to a public folder, the original file remains where it is stored. CHANGES to the copied or posted file in the public folder don't affect the original file.

Determine folder access through permissions

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Alan, your info is about sharing Outlook calendars, Contacts, Tasks, etc., where Outlook is being used with/on an Exchange server. It does not pertain to what davidg47 wants to do, Combine Outlook Contacts from Multiple Users. The combining point is the essence of his question, and I believe he'll have to manually achieve this task. Quote from: soybean on March 13, 2008, 10:31:31 AM

Alan, your info is about sharing Outlook calendars, Contacts, Tasks, etc., where Outlook is being used with/on an Exchange server. It does not pertain to what davidg47 wants to do, Combine Outlook Contacts from Multiple Users. The combining point is the essence of his question, and I believe he'll have to manually achieve this task.

I ran across mention of Outlook (2007) with a Business Contact Manager add-on today -- never heard of it before:

http://www.bizjama.com/2008/02/06/microsoft-outlook-expands-to-help-small-businesses/

Is anyone using this, is it worth the money? I use Outlook for my personal contacts now, and I'd love to be ABLE to use it for my business as well. THANKS!Soybean and a few others well-versed in Outlook may be along shortly to advise...but unless it's needed yesterday i'd say hold off. There may be some DECENT Free alternatives for what you WANT.
Welcome Aboard.What version of Outlook are you using now? I don't believe the Business Contact Manager is an add-on that you can buy separately and add on to a standard version of Outlook 2007. To get Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, that's EXACTLY what you buy, Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager.

Do you simply want to maintain the same type of data in Outlook for business contacts that you now have for personal contacts? If so, just add one or more folders for business contacts. To add folders, with Outlook Contacts open, click on File, New, and then on Folder.

Microsoft has a neat online "test drive" for Office 2007 components. To take the test drive, go to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101687261033.aspx and proceed. You must use Internet Explorer to do this. If you take the test drive for Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, you'll see that it adds a lot functionality for business contacts, such as integration with accounting software. So, again, is that what you had in mind, or just basic contact info, like your personal contacts?

When creating or replying to an email MESSAGE, the insertion point in Outlook 2003 has changed from being a single blinking vertical line to a blinking square box about 1/8th inch WIDE. Any suggestions on how to fix? OS is Windows WP Professional. ThanksAre you using Word to compose/edit messages in Outlook, or are you using the Outlook editor? If you USE Word, does Word show the same type of cursor in a Word DOCUMENT?

If one takes, in theory, reasonable precautions to protect one's computer, is antivirus software necessary?

If one uses a browser like Firefox, from which one can control (through extensions) scripting and other elements, and uses programs like HijackThis to monitor (and prohibit new) processes running on the computer, and perhaps uses a firewall, aren't those kinds of things enough?One very simple ANSWER - you need antivirus, which monitors your computer constantly in real time.
Second thing, you have to have is firewall.Quote from: Broni on March 11, 2008, 10:47:30 PM

One very simple answer - you need antivirus, which monitors your computer constantly in real time.
Second thing, you have to have is firewall.

I'm not going to mention any brand names, but some of my experience with anti-virus and firewall software is that they can really slow down your computer, or in some cases, even repeatedly crash the operating system.

I was wondering what the best way is to copy a bunch of software programs (some free & some registered) to a disk or FLASHDRIVE so that they will load just like they do from my HD. Windows XP SP2 with Nero 8 burning software. Would like to be able to load them into another computer ... most are saved as .exe files. Should I zip them or just copy as they are?
Thanks in advance.Most probably will not run in this manner...programs need to be installed to run properly...this is by design.
What exactly is it you are trying to do ? ?Check out http://portableapps.com/ they make apps that run specifically from your keydisk with no installation. I don't know if they have a version of nero, or any CD burner on there yet, but look around.

Edit: Just searched the site and FOUND this http://portableapps.com/node/8035 which is some CD burning software. It's in beta, but try it out.Thanks patio,
I just want to know how to copy programs such as lets say CCleaner.exe or IconChanger.exe to a disc or flash drive...then be able to install them on another computer (that dosen't have internet) or even to re-install them back on my own after a fresh Windows install. Hope I am being more descriptive. I would like to have a group of programs on one disk...load the disk & be able to download them back to a HD.
Thanks.That's easy. Just GET the installation files and copy them to the keydisk the same way you would any other file, then install from the keydisk on your new machine.Thanks...was not sure if it would work that way...it's something I haven't attemped before. I'm still kind of new at this STUFF. Appreciate you help.
We're talking about two different things here.
You can copy, move, and install CCleaner somewhere else from ccsetup204.exe file.
You CAN'T simply copy, and move CCleaner.exe file, which is a part of installed already program. This is possible only with programs, which don't require installation (very rare, small applications).
To clarify further...

If you download a freeware app, utility, or any program that's not paid for the program is either a self-contained installer or a zip file that will install on any machine.
This download can be copied to any medium: portable drive, external drive, thumb drive etc. and can then be installed on any machine you want any amount of times you want simply by double clicking the original file to install it. It will still remain as an installer etc. on the thumb drive for example.

A Retail or paid for application 95% of the time will not re-act in the same way because simply they don't want it to be free to everyone.Therefore the rules and circumstances are different.
If you install Photoshop for example on your machine you cannot simply copy/move the .exe and files to any drive and expect it to work...it won't.
And this will be true for as i said about 95% of Retail applications out there.

Disclaimer: Because this is meant to be informative here everyone who wants to chime in at this point saying " i made so and so work" just resist the urge...

There are some Retail applications that will run this way but they usually will advertise this fact. As they are getting fewer and farther between i don't have an example off the top of my head.

The protection measures being taken by copyrighted manuf. of software programs continue to get more and more sophisticated...some allow only one install (simple approach) others have phone home dialers that verify serial#'s to installed hardware (more sophisticated ) and others can even remotely cripple software functions ( MS approach )

The only reason for the long winded explanation to a simple question is to understand what will and won't work and why.

Now that i've thoroughly confused things carry on.I've NEVER seen you typing so many lines....Are you OK?Thanks for clearing that up for me.

I installed Konami Fifa 2002 football GAME on my laptop,but the game plays slugishly as if the game is in slow motion.I need help, as the STATED processor requirement and RAM size recommended by the game vendors is meet by my laptop. Check the SPECS of the game. also the video CARD of your laptopTry to uninstall then reinstall the game

Hi, we'd like to write a batch to see what wallpaper our users are currently using, and if it is our old pre-defined wallpaper, we'd like to push an update POINTER to a new file containing our new logo, if the background is set to anything other than our old pre-defined logo we'd like to leave it as is, because it is likely a background that our users have set and would like to keep. I have had no problem writing the portion that changes the wallpaper, but I cannot get the syntax to TEST what the current wallpaper is set to. Here is the code which I have gotten so far:

@ECHO off
cls
call :QUIET>nul 2>&1
::quiet

REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /V Wallpaper /T REG_SZ /F /D "C:\filename.bmp"
%SystemRoot%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters

This simply sets the background to c:\filename.bmp but does not test to see what the bg currently is, any and all help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

I need help!!!!!!!

I am not a super user, so please do not overwhelm me.

I am using a Toshiba laptop with Windows XP Home SP2

Office 2003. I think it is Professional because it has word, exel, access, powerpoint, outlook and everything else you can think of.

The Problem....I have numerous word documents on the laptop, however as of last night I cannot open any of the docs using Word. I noticed this when I was sent several 4 word files from a trusted source. A virus scan was performed before downloading the docs however I was not able to open the docs usign word. I was able to open several old & new docs using word pad this morning, therefore I presume that my documents are OK.

I still have the Word listed in the programs however when i click on the icon or the software in programs nothing happens....when I double click on a word doc on my desktop, nothing happens....when I right click on a doc on my desktop & choose "open with" , I can open the doc with wordpad but not word.

After reading some other forums & this forum I tried to find the Normal.dot file through the search feature....the search CAME back with no results for this search.

This is a licensed COPY of Office.

What am i doing wrong? Can SOMEONE help me........be gentle, I am a true novice, can use the software but do not know how it works............I am certainly NO expert on this stuff...but the first thing I would try is to un-install Office...then REINSTALL it.
It worked for me when I had pretty much the same problem. (Mine was 2003 as WELL)

Good Luck.Before you start uninstalling and re-installing open Word and click on Help, Detect and Repair and see if that solves the issue.

My final mail on this:

After trying all combinations of cloning and restoring that we thought might help, we gave up on trying to do this the smart way and made our copies the tough way.

So, what we did successfully:
1. We created one MASTER system with XP and its applications on C, Vista on D, and shared data on E
2. Using Acronis TrueImage 11 Home we made a copy of the XP-partition on a USB-disc
3. On the new systems (the clones) we restored the XP-partition; not the MBR or track 0
4. On the clones we used Partition Magic to create the partitions.
5. We installed Vista in Partition D
6. We installed the Vista applications in partition D
7. We copied the data to partition E
8. We finalized the settings and Faronics Deepfreeze
9. We used VistaBootPro to change the start-up prompts and default
10. Steps 3 thru 9 were repeated 9 TIMES (for each of the clones)

In retrospect: TrueImage turned out to be good for XP; at least we only did everything once there. My feeling is that either TrueImage has some flaws with Vista and dual-boot and/or with the combination with Faronics Deepfreeze.
I have reported the problem to Acronis.

This was a one-time action, so my interest in solutions is academic from now on.

Thank you all for your support!Quote

3. On the new systems (the clones) we restored the XP-partition; not the MBR or track 0

6. We installed the Vista applications in partition D
7. We copied the data to partition E

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3. On the new systems (the clones) we restored the XP-partition; not the MBR or track 0

How did you do this ? ? Restore from an external disc using TrueImage

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6. We installed the Vista applications in partition D
7. We copied the data to partition E

And i'm not clear on these ...

Following a bit of a meltdown I'm trying to reinstall VB4.Pro but floppy disk 10 which contains VB4-10-Cab is corrupt and no program I've TRIED has been able to recover it. The disk is in DMF format and contains approx 1.6mb.

Can anyone send me the contents by e-mail, I should be able to COPY it to my hard drive and alter the Setup .inf file to install from there.

I know this is MS copyrighted material, the version I have is genuine, purchased by me, registered to me and with a COA. A response from MS states that VB.4 is no LONGER supported and that I should upgrade to VB.Net (at vast expense).

Thanks

I am a newby to this. but i am looking for a free software package where i can make a sporting fixture DRAW. Surely theres something out there thats simple and uncomplicated to use and is free. im just looking for a PROGRAM that will get 10 sporting team into a random draw for 18 rounds of sport
Look forward to HEARING from some one soon.

Kind regards
Ra WilsonI haven't used any such programs, but take a look here: Games: Gambling: Sports: Software and Toolswasn't exactly what i was after.Thanks anyway. I was after a simple program where i could generaate a random sporting fixture draw from 11 competing TEAMS

Is there a limit to how many email addresses I can PASTE at ONE time from an Excel list into the To: field of an Outlook email? I've tried pasting 1200 at one time and it appears to work mostly fine, but there are occasional QUIRKY results that makes me WONDER if I'm pasting too many at one time.I don't know the limit but OE have a limit to how many characters a text field like the TO: can hold. If you're copying 1200+ emails into a field you could be hitting that limit.
Remember OE is a personal email client and not designed as a mass mailer.

First what needs to be known is what were my objectives in this post?
1.To be able to use a computer (Sony Vaio desktop) that was unuseable
2.To be able to use the existing O/S XP that was INSTALLED on the computer
3.To if unable #2 to install another version of XP Pro SP2 O/S
What has been achieved is #1.
I believed that the problem was either a software problem or a hardware problem or a combination of both.So as the bulk of the ideas suggested required an operating computer able to recognize and install software--this was not possible.I did try other suggestions like removing after mfgr. hardware--no improvement.So i said to myself--what would give me the best bang for the buck? It seemed to me if the problem were software it probably resided on my system drive (C)> Either as a corruption in my O/S or some other aspect of the computers startup process. So as we all know this software resides on the installed harddrive. So given that i have a lot of harddrives kicking about--remove the harddrive and install another. The one that was in is a Seagate 80gb.The one i replaced it with is a Samsung 80gb. The Samsung had been working in another computer i have.When i installed it i used a windows 98se upgrade cd-r i had to reformat and install an operating system. The end result of that was to be able to boot the computer into win98se. Now i am in the process of reconfiguring all the associated hardware devices that were installed to run with this new hardrive -that is a work in progress.But at least now i have a computer that works. My eventual intention once i have created an internet connection will be to download the required drivers for the hardware and once i get to that stage i shall reintroduce the Seagate back into the computer as a slave drive and see what i can do with it from that position. Failing my ability to recover the Seagate i will eventually try to install xp pro on the Samsung harddrive. But for the moment i just want to rejoice in being able to finally use the Sony Vaio.truenorthKeep in mind that Win98 does NOT have to be installed to "upgrade" to XP. There are also a lot of reasons not to try this. A clean install is always the best way to go.GX1_Man, Yes i do know that but here is my rational for doing things the way i did.
1.I did KNOW that the o/s (xp-home) on the Seagate h/d (original) was NOT working.
2.I had not been able on the Seagate to overwrite or remove the XP-home o/s and replace it with the XP-pro (corporate) that i have. Thus i cannot be certain of the functionality of the Xp-pro o/s
3.I did know that the Samsung was a working h/d.
4. The Samsung had been a SLAVE in it's previous installation. Thus there was NO o/s on it of any kind.
5.So my DECISION was to install an o/s i KNEW worked on a h/d that i KNEW worked.
6. I may be able once i get the Samsung recognizing and able to use all the hardware (particularly the 56k modem) to massage and manipulate the Seagate (to be installed as a slave-at least initially) back to life as a h/d with a version of xp running on it. As you know the way things were i could not use the computer at all. So as stated earlier this is a work in progress (but at my age the progress needs to be relatively quick) if i want to be around long enough to enjoy the fruits of all my labour.However with all you guys/gals on the forum to assist me i am confident that progresss and indeed success is quite probable. truenorth This will probably be my last post on this topic. However as there has been such a huge viewing of this post i feel duty bound to give you the final outcome of this event. This reply is also posted in the "windows forum" as it relates to an issue also involving this same computer which as is stated here is also resolved.


This is an advisory to those that have posted on this thread and as well to those that may have viewed it and are awaiting a status report.
1.While i have yet to overcome my wife's resistance to "fiddling " with her computer (the Cisnet) my natural couriosity obliged me to experiment with one of my own computers. A Sony Vaio model PCV-RXA 842.This computer and it's PROBLEMS are related in CH "computer software" ""problem with Sony Vaio Desktop" .
2.Besides the generous help from the CH forum members i could not have achieved the success i have now without the additional help of 2 web SITES http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_install.htm & http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/dsss/docs/w2kprob.shtml .
3. I now have a 3 partition 80gb H/D (Samsung) 2 C&D as FAT32 and a G as NTFS .
4.C contains the original O/S Win98se (upgrade) that finally got the computer running again and G contains the XP-pro (corporate edition).
5. I was initially getting a freeze at the "Windows Setup" again as i did in the other post i mentioned . This was the same problem that was occuring with the original Seagate H/D. This time i used a suggestion in the 'www.le.uk" site to press "F5" when the option to press "F6" comes up during the boot phase. This overcame the freeze and allowed me to complete the O/S (XP-pro) install to a successful result.
6.While i have NOT yet attemted an install to a removable H/D given this experience i do not envisage a problem as as long as the removeable is plugged in and recognized one should be able to direct the O/S install there.
7. In this instance i had to format and create a file sysyem on the 44gb of the Samsung H/D that was recognized but not formated (G). Once both were done it was there that i installed the XP-pro.
8. The only item remaining to declare "mission accompished" is to regain the use of the 80gb Seagate H/D originally installed in the Vaio. Thanks again to all of you that endeavored to assist me in these related issues. truenorth
Thanks for the follow up I'm sure any other members who may have a similar issue will appreciate it.This post is by way of a little bit of house cleaning. As a result of solving another problem (with regards to a difficulty using internal hdd's in external cases) i have a further (hopefully final) comment on this almost one year ago issue. I believe it may have been my very 1st on CH forums. The HD (a Seagate 80GB internal) which was one of 3 i was endeavoring to use in an external case and that i had never been able to get to work in the Sony Vaio (as per this post) is now totally functional in an external USB case. The material contained on the Seagate (now that i can access it) shows 2 partions. The larger of 58+ GB has absolutely nothing on it. The smaller 10+ GB has a very small amount of program data and a tiny bit of personal data (not mine). The most significant absence is that of an operating system. There is none ,which i believe goes a long way to solving why that computer initially did not function. I am so elated by this situation that i am going to install Linux ubuntu 7.10 on the now available Seagate hd and really get myself in over my head. This will be easily achievable as i have absolutely no experience with Linux and most certainly i am not a programmer.Thanks again to all that had tried to help me on this lengthy issue. :)truenorth

I have not yet installed the software and want to verify system compatibilities before voiding any WARRANTIES on software.

Can I INSTALL Photoshop Elements 6 onto a new pc Gateway GM5483E that is operating with Vista, PENTIUM D Processor 925, each core is operating at 3.0 ghz ?

The Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 states system requirements are Pentium 4, Pentium M 1.3 GHz with XP or Vista.

Are these compatible?

Help keep me out of trouble before I install something that won’t run properly. Thanks in advance for your help. I tried finding answers elsewhere here but couldn’t locate anything on the search at this TIME.

Case resolved!

I removed all profiles and recreated them. However, this time, I did not rename them. That worked, though it does not make sense! I have no clue why because it asks me to 'Type the name by which you would LIKE to REFER to these servers..." but when I gave the accounts names I chose, 'GMAIL' and 'Gmail-Business', it did not like it! I am totally puzzled. However, I did rename my Hotmail account years ago when I set it up in OE, and I have NEVER had any errors! This happens only with Gmail, but I would be hard-pressed to find a way to contact them. Apparently, they WANT people to use their mail services but are not interested in supporting them.

Now things are back to normal.

Thanks to all who responded.

That thumb drives are wrongly named by poeple who call them memory sticks.But they have memory in them, and they look like sticks.
Call them what you like...but memory sticks is not INCORRECT.It's really not incorrect -- it's all in how you want to think about memory, I guess, and memory can be permanent (like on hard drives, and USB DEVICES, etc) or it can be TEMPORARY (like in RAM, or my brain).

Quote from: Aegis on March 13, 2008, 02:54:34 PM

memory can be permanent [...] or it can be temporary

I can't do anything with my pictures. Until a few days ago I had no problem and I haven't added or subtracted any programs. When I click on a picture, I got the MESSAGE that I should install the EPS Parser plug-in for ADOBE PhotoDeluxe Home Ed 3.x and PhotoDeluxe Business EDITION 1.x to ensure proper operation on this version of Windows (I have Windows WP).
I installed a plug-in. Still got the message. When I try to install it again, I get the message that FILE c:\temp\adobe\EPS parser plug-in for Adobe Phot Deluxe \EPS Perser 8by already exists.
Would appreciate your help! Thanks!

how do I fix this? I have nothing stored on the phone whatsoever and then this message comes up when I'm trying to transfer MP3 files to the phone. well samsung said I needed a MICRO sd card. *censored* is this. it didnt even COME with my phone. I guess I have to buy this ADDITIONAL BS again PHONES only come with a certain amount of memory installed ...much like computers.
A new thread wasn't neccessary for your issue. Most readers probably missed the first 1/2 of the details.

I have just set up a new system, I have an HP Pavillion, Intel Core 2 duo CPU E4500 @ 2.2 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, running WINDOWS Vista, 32 bit OS. I installed my old copy of Office XP Small Business on it, and my wife has been running into trouble with WORD.

It types fine for a while, then, the typing doesn't register as it is supposed to. For example, the apostrophe (')starts to register as that little accent thingy (`) in the to left hand CORNER of the KEYBOARD. The accent thingy registers as the number sign (#). There are probably more problems, but at that point we give up on it. I tried shutting down the program and RESTARTING, and then it returns to normal. As far as I know, I have run all the upgrades and service packs to the program. Can anyone tell me what's going on and what I can do about it? As far as I know, it only happens in Word, but tomorrow I will test other programs to see if anything else is affected.

Thanks

BruceDid you remember to grab all the Office updates ? ?
You could DLoad and install Open Office (Free) to see if you still get keyboard errors...this would eliminate Office as the culprit and point to hardware issues.
Is this a USB keyboard ? ?
If so you could also try a PS2 keyboard.

Welcome Aboard to both you and your Wife...

I have a gateway pc that CAME with microsoft XP pro software. I just got an older Dell laptop and would like to reformat the drive and install my xp software that I got from Gateway on it. Can I do this? The disks have Gateway PRINTED on them. The operating system disk also says "To be used with a new Gateway PC". Any help would be appreciated.Probably not...
OEM XP CD's are normally tied to the machine they shipped with and will not install properly on another machine...even if both machines are the same brand sometimes.
You may want to CONSIDER another OS for the laptop depending on the COMPONENTS such as Win2K or even a flavor of Linux such as Ubuntu.

This bit of INFO is for ANYONE that is using Thunderbird to download their Hotmail email and using AVG to scan it.

Apparently there is a problem, and they are WORKING on it.

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...AVG Free PROGRAM update 7.5.518 has been temporarily withdrawn & replaced by 7.5.516. This situation will be corrected shortly.

What is the file file size of the .ISO? If it's over 700 MB I suspect it is an .ISO from a DVD. Many of the apps suggested thus far will probably not work on a DVD .ISO. Both of mine will.Quote

It's a copy of some foreign LANGUAGE SOFTWARE.

According to my friend, the files are torrent files, but neither of us can figure out what do with them. I keep coming ACROSS the BitTorrent program in my internet searches, but I'm not QUITE sure if it's what I'm looking for -- do I need to download that program to get my software to work? The software is a program for learning French, if that's any help.

I don't know much about the cd or the software -- it's something that's been making the rounds through my classmates,

I cant believe it. I just got a new cell phone and I want to INSTALL the phone's pc suite disc but it says it's only compatible for windows 2000 and windows xp, and I only have windows vista. how do I install this?Check their website for Vista software...if they don't offer it return the phone for one that does.
That usually gets the manuf. attention.I got a Samsung SGH a516. I sent them an email about this problem ok. Did you look for a newer version of the software on the Samsung website? It will probably be a lot faster to find a new version yourself than to wait for a reply from Samsung.
If it is a new phone there most LIKELY is a Vista compatible software suite available.
ok I got that over with. my main priority with this pc suite is to transfer music to the phone. I tried doing that but it just CANCELS during the process and says "insufficient memory." *censored* is this. I just got his phone and I have basically nothing stored up in the phone why is it saying that LIKE my phone's storage is full. really strange. Im just simply trying to transfer music but that weird alarm message comes up

I have windows Vista , and when i TRY to OPEN up the control panel nothing is in there... there was like a day AGO but i think i went to Temp files and maybe deleted something that wasn't supposed to be deleted.

Can ANYONE help me out? and now it just flashes and nothing pops up in it. Boot to your Vista CD and choose the Repair Windows OPTION. Follow this guide from bleepingcomputer http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html and see if that takes care of it for you.Deleting temp files will never cause anything like that. Try System Restore.oh ok thanks guys i'll do that right now maybe it was a virus can i did i clicked delete files that had it ? but i dont think of that either

the OPERATING SYSTEM CORRUPT it cannot boot properly so it is windows 200 professionals i start repair the oprati
ng system i used windows 2000 professionals with service pack 4 after finish repairing start properly but lost data on desktop and my documents how to recover my data this id urgent !!!!!!!

thanks It sounds as if you did an over the top install instead of a repair install...if so your data is gone.
What EXACT method did you USE ? ?

Hi all, i hope someone can help, the other week i was downloading my favourite TV show and had no problems up until about a week ago, i always use eztv for my downloads and never had any problems, i also use utorrent to search for downloads, i decided to get a separate IDE hardrive for my downloads taking the strain off my HDD, i also installed AVG7 virus programe, and the first thing i noticed happening is when i started to download a new show onto my new hardrive it also appeared on my other hardrive, when this happened utorrent pop up said the download had stopped because another person or programe is using it, i DELETE it off my original hardrive and it reapears again and again, so i disconnected the new HDD and although i can download a full show without a problem onto my original HDD i now have the problem that when i download it to a CD or dvd the sound is a GOOD 10-20 seconds out of sync, i also use nero7 now since my last succesfull recording.

It seems to me that the only thing that is different now from a few weeks ago is that ive got nero7 and avg7 so it must be one of these causing the problems.

Any help would be greatQuote

the sound is a good 10-20 seconds out of sync

I have been using a local hotel wireless to DOWNLOAD music with bittorrent and azureus, some work, but for 2 DAYS I have received the error that access is denied, I have a gateway LAP with Vista, which is a loaner, would not have bought it. Can anyone help with this or is the Almighty Raptor out there???So your leeching on someone else's wireless and now you're can't get access to it? Hmm I WONDER why...

no, he's not leeching... they're SEEDING.

Im having problem getting my image file on the server. It says access DENIED EVEN if I use administrator. I use floppy the boot disk. I was able to log in but access denied.

Is there ANYTHING that i forgot to do on my win2k3 server. I SET full control on the shared FOLDER.

Some avis that you download are badly done and can cause crashes. If it is (say) one in 20 then just be more careful where you get them from, is my opinion.
But the thing is, a lot of these I've had for a long time, back when MPC worked just fine. Not only that, but the same video file could work fine once, and then crash the next time. Also, it's just kind of odd that I've never had this PROBLEM with VLC (I still don't want to use it, THOUGH) with the same video files.Create a copy of one of the AVI files that crashes MPC.

Download DivFIX & execute main program.

Click 'Add files' then navigate to the copied AVI & select it, then select 'check errors'.

* I've never tried this program (never had to) which is why I suggested copying the AVI first.

See if it FINDS any errors with the file.

I would also scan your computer for malware - what security do you have?Well I went ahead and error CHECKED all the files I've had problems with, which was about 15 of them, and they all checked out fine.

I've RECENTLY done a check with AVG Anti-spyware, and I'm also quite careful with what I do on the internet so I don't get those kinds of problems often.

Is there ANY possibility it's in the settings file that MPC creates? It's the only other file accompanying it in it's folder. I'll try it out with the default settings and see if anything is different and report back.You might be onto something there... let us know how you get on

I have HP MEDIA center m1270n (XP) with lightscribe doublelayer 16xdvd=/- with CD writer capabilites.How do I save pictures and video (allready on my computer) to a DVD? I cant COPY to,send to or cut and paste to DVD.You have to BURN them. You may use freebie CDBurnerXP: http://cdburnerxp.se/

Hello:
I've been using PhotoStudio for a long time:
Now all of a SUDDEN when I attempt to open a photo I get this MESSAGE;

"xxxx(filename).jpg is not a valid Win32 Application"

Any suggestions please
Jim
Sounds like your file associations may be hosed. Check here for file association help.
Hi:
I went to the place you suggested, And I don't know what the heck they are telling me to do.
Any other suggestion for a COMPUTER dummy???
Jim
At what point does the confusion begin?
Thank you for answering:
After I click "File type" then the New Button..
A little window comes up and ask for "File ext"
Now I'm confused, I don't know what to put in that box.
Jim
forrestback
Right click on any .jpg file, and click Open with, then Choose DEFAULT Program
Select PhotoStudio from the list, checkmark ALWAYS open...., and click OK.
You're set.Thank you, PhotoStudio working fine now....
Now why does my "Picture Publisher" give me this message and locks up when I do a "Open with" on a "JPEG" and select Picture Publisher:" I get this message
"C:\my photos\IMG_0168.JPG" does not exist. Maybe it's because his calls it a JPG file when all other references call it a JPEG file.
If you don't want to bother with this, I understand.
Jim
I'm glad, it worked

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Maybe it's because his calls it a JPG file when all other references call it a JPEG file

I am currently using windows xp pro for quite some time now, i purchased a licenced version of windows xp pro of ebay last March 2007 fo 80 euro (im living in Ireland). Got it, installed it and everything is working fine. But last night my sister was listening to some music on my pc, when she was finished she TURNED of the pc but she did not click 'start' and 'turn off computer', instead she hit the switch on the wall where the pc is PLUGGED in! . So i started up the pc today and its TELLING me that my version of windows is genuine

So i went on to the page Microsoft told me to go on https://www.microsoft.com/genuine/selfhelp/ValidationHelp.aspx?displaylang=en&cCode=IRL&Error=13&PartnerID=131&sGuid=9300ab37-16af-4c11-a90a-bac1014598dc and re-entered my product key but it wont take it, its saying that the product key is the wrong one What can i do to fix it? Do i have to buy another licenced product key?

My specs are:
Windows XP Pro SP2
Pentium 4 1.4ghz
Geforce FX 5200 256mb Graphics Card
640mb RDRAMSorry, where i SAID "So i started up the pc today and its telling me that my version of windows is genuine" i was ment to say that its NOT genuine.Visit Here...OK im going to contact Microsoft by email tomorrow and see how i get on.There is an 8oo # as well which may be quicker...
Best of Luck.

os-windows xp service pack 2
ram-1 gb
prossessor-pentium d 2.66ghz
hard drive- 74.5gb
maker-dsisd pc tech students


i am having trouble finding a photo EDITING program that would allow me to change physical features of a person. any ideas on what a program like this is called or even were i can find a free version? i have tried a lot of different keywords in GOOGLE with no success. can someone point me in the right DIRECTION?Take a look at Photobie. I haven't USED it, but I've heard good things about it. I believe it does not have a Help feature embedded in the program, but the website has tutorials and a forum where you can ask questions. Also Photofiltre is good, LOTS of effects

I have a glitch with Adobe...I need to know is there a way to fix it so I can print from Adobe Acrobat Reader. It currently SAYS "Is Printer available?" when I try to print a PDF File.

There must be a way to do this without REFORMATTING my hard drive. Can you print from every other application on your COMPUTER, with SUCCESS? What version of Adobe Reader is this? What's your OS?

I stuck in my thumb DISK to transfer Excel files and got the MESSAGE "files converted to shortcuts." and LATER got "shortcuts moved." I can't find them ! Now what do I do? ThanksDid you send the shortcuts to your Recycle BIN when you deleted them? If so, OPEN Recycle Bin and restore them.

Just informed by the Author the latest ver. of MemTest has been RELEASED...

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Hello,

Good news ! After two years, I'm back online on a new french website
called www.canardplus.com (that just integrated my old website
x86-secret.com). Consequently, I will have access again to the latest hardware
and I will be able to spend more time on Memtest86+. For now, here is
Memtest86+ v2.00. A brand new revision that supports many, many new
hardware and correct numerous low-level bugs with the latest processors.

Here is the complete changelog for Memtest86+ V2.00 :

- Major Architectures changes
- Modulo test now use random pattern for better accuracy
- Added Advanced DMI ERRORS Reporting Mode
- Added support for bus ratio changes on Intel Core CPU
- Added support for non-integer bus ratio on latest Intel CPU
- Added SPD DATA Display for all Intel Chipsets (more to come)
- Added serial support as a linux boot parameter (Thanks to Michal S.)
- Added preliminary support for VIA CN Isaiah CPU
- Added preliminary support for Intel Nehalem
- Adedd support for VIA C7/C7-D/C7-M/Eden on Esther Core
- Added support for AMD K10 (Phenom) CPU w/ timings detection
- Added support for Intel Pentium E w/ 1 MB L2 Cache
- Added support for Intel Core 2 45nm (Penryn)
- Added support for FSB1333/FSB1600 Intel CPU
- Added support for Intel 5400A/5400B w/ timings detection
- Added support for Intel Q35/P35/G33/Q33 w/ timings detection
- Added support for Intel X38/X48 w/ timings detection
- Added preliminary support for Intel 5000P/V/Z
- Removed on-fly memory timings change (UNSTABLE)
- Numerous (really) bug fixes

Thanks to all betatesters & Canardplus.com team !

Download is available at http://www.memtest.org

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Morning,

New one for ya!! Does anyone know how to remove a program title from the add\remove program LIST in which the program has already been removed?

Thanks!Give CCleaner a try; get the Slim version here. When you run CCleaner, go to the Tools part of it, and select the Uninstall button at the upper left PORTION of the screen. Then, select the item you want to DELETE and click the "Delete Entry" button on the right side of the panel.Awsome!! Thanks, I also found this little reg hack Click Start, Run and type regedit.exe
Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall

and delete the one you don't want to see!!

Thanks!!!

When ever I shut down, restart, put to sleep, hibernate, do anything to my computer that involves turning it off, even for a short period of time, the screen resolution keeps resetting itself to the lowest setting. I really don't want this and it gets a bit annoying to have to keep changing it back to the way I like it. Can anyone help?

Stats:
Original resolution: 1440 X 900 pix
Keeps resetting to: 800 X 600 pix

Windows Vista
Nvidia Geforce 8600M GS
17" laptop
Intel Centrino Duo 1.67GhzDo you have the latest drivers for the Nvidia card?
If so uninstall the video card and the monitor from Device MANAGER, restart your PC and reinstall them.

Test and report back.I uninstalled my video card, and monitor uninstalled with it, restarted computer, and now I can't seem to reinstall it. It keeps running a scan for new hardware, finds the video card, trys to install it again but keeps getting an error. I tried downloading driver software from nvidia but its not working, windows update wont install the driver, so I'm still trying to GET it to work but no luck so far with even reinstalling it.

Another quick question: i have a recovery drive on my computer that i set when I first got this computer. If i use it, will my programs/files be deleted? I was just thinking i might be able to set it back to the previous proper settings when this never happened, but afraid I will lose the programs I installed on this computer and my files that I have on this computer. That partition will destroy everything on your hard drive and return it to the exact state it was in when you bought it.

Ok, MAKE sure that no drivers are currently installed for that video card. Restart your computer. When the Add Hardware wizard comes up hit CANCEL. DO NOT let it try to install.
Now run the Nvidia driver setup files and let it run to completion. Once it is finished reboot and it should now have your video card correctly detected and installed.I tried your steps but it didn't seem to work so I contacted HP, my computer's brand and they told me the same thing but I told them it didn't work, so they led me through a recovery process thing where it only recovered my graphics card driver, and I didn't have to recover anything else.

So now my main problem is fixed: screen resolution will stay now when i restart it
But another problem arose: I don't think my Windows Desktop Manager (process dwm.exe) isn't running properly. It's either that or something that has to do with nvidia so I'll give them a check. On like my browser, and not just my browser but for example, the top bar (with the close, minimize buttons) aren't see through like they used to be and from what I remember, every time i ended the task "dwm.exe" it WOULD do the same thing thats happening right now. Any suggestions?You may have to go in to your dwm settings and reconfigure the transparency. All of the file restoring and stuff might have reset them to the default.Could you please tell me how? I'm really stumped on this one

I have a feeling I know what it is...before I did all this stuff I could choose whether I wanted to use the monitor or the nvidia monitor and now I cannot choose that. And before when I clicked "personalize" on the right click menu for the desktop, i had the option of using a nvidia control panel but I don't have either of those options now. I was thinking of just saving what I need on a external hard drive and just recovering my whole pc to the way I got it.Sounds like you no longer have the nVidia drivers installed, you are now using the manufacturers driver for your video card. You'll have to reinstall the nVidia drivers, make sure you are using Vista compatible drivers....I have tried so many drivers, i made sure they were vista compatible, i made sure they supported my graphics card, that they were made for my graphics card, i even contacted my MANUFACTURER and they gave me the exact driver i needed and it didnt work. So I'm just gonna recover my whole computer to when i bought it.

Hi all

Running xp pro with outlook2000. I find that I can receive emails no PROBLEM. When connected to my ROUTER (hard wired) I can send no problem. When I go to my office, and connect via wireless I find that only about 1 in 6 or 1 in 10 of the emails I send arrive. I receive ok.

I have tried to see if there is a pattern but I can't really detect one.

Would value any pointers/suggestions

Thanks

EAny traffic blocking going on at the Office ? ?
This could be a FIREWALL or other web management software...I know this is porbably a "Thick" question, but where should I look - would it be in the wireless router that the office has installed?

Thanks for reply - appreciate it

Edwardsorted - just had to CHANGE the SMTP isp.

D'oh

I am using Windows XP Professional and Office 2000 SR-1 with service pack 3.

Emails that I have attached to tasks do not open; notes do. This is true both of old tasks and old emails, and also with new ones.

My other machine uses XP Home and the same Office 2000, and this problem doesn't occur, even when using the identical outlook.pst

I have UNINSTALLED and reinstalled. I have used windows cleanup utility to clear the registry and related files, and then reloaded the original outlook.pst on a freshly installed version, but no change.

Has anyone run across this problem before?Quote from: davidgreenson on March 02, 2008, 07:15:09 PM

Emails that I have attached to tasks do not open; notes do. This is true both of old tasks and old emails, and also with new ones.

I know i can get it here but at my dads house he doesn't have internet and i need (dont know which version) to run a program I am trying to install there. I have a flash drive i can take it over on but where do i download it from?.NET Framework? What version do you need?

Version 3.0
Version 2.0
Version 1.1If you don't know which version or even what framework you need, how do you know you need to install a framework?when i try installing the program it POPS up an error that says it but i dont remember which version it said. it just asked would you LIKE to download it now and of course having no internet access there, i couldn't. So I'll dload each of those i guess and take them with me. or if i just download 3 and i need 2 or 1.1 will it still WORK?Quote from: gamerx365 on February 10, 2008, 04:15:56 PM

or if i just download 3 and i need 2 or 1.1 will it still work?

we are using mm2 on our school network to allow STUDENTS to edit movies. mm2 works on laptops exclusively USED by ONE user (teacher) but when students use laptops/pcs that have multiple users the program shuts down during the process of editting, and not allowing SAVING to the network drives.
can anyone suggest a solution to fix this problem or suggest a freeware editting program that works on a network and is appropriate for 10-13 YEAR old students?

I just got a new Samsung YP-P2 Media Player and was wondering if anyone knows of any good software to convert .VOB files to... well, whatever they need to be to transfer to the player.

Something $10-20, (or free) that will just get the job done.

ThanksAudio - MP3, WMA
Video - SVI, WMV
Try Super (free): http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.htmlThanks Broni. I didn't see my device on their list but i'll GIVE it a shot.Try internet video converter at http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwvideconvert.html Also try Any Video Converter Free Version at http://www.any-video-converter.com/Your particular device doesn't matter. It's about formats. Super will convert VOB to WMV.You know I've TRIED to DOWNLOAD that SUPER so many times but it just won't have it. Why they made that so *censored* hard to download is beyond me 'activate JAVA, refresh cache blah blah blah' why don't they just have a NORMAL download that a simpleton can use? /rant

I personally use the imaginatively titled 'VOB2MPG' which is free.

Visit:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/

Everything you need for video conversion/authoringI agree. That download thing is crazy.
Here is a simple one:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/super.cfmThat's great Broni, thanks mate!

Did anyone say GOOGLE???...LOL

When I try to broadcast my cam I get" a script in the movie is causing Flash Player to run slowly" it gives me an option to abort the script or not to avoid freezing up possibly. No matter WHETHER I choose yes or no it FREEZES up and I have to unplug the machine. I have seen a refrence to this but it talked about loops and locating specific code. This is just way above my expertise. The webcam is a new"logitech quickcam". I deleted both flashplayer and quickcam SOFTWARE and reloaded to no avail. My OLD piece of crud machine would broadcast it but not my new"improved" one.Hah! Sure wish somebody had a solution to try. I'm not the fastest racehorse AROUND so be gentle in tech talk. But anyone that maybe could help-sure be appreciated. Thanks much.