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- Wireless card not picking up any ip address
- Hi there, I have a linksys wireless card on my laptop but for some reason, it is not able to connect to the internet. This use to work before it stopped about a week ago. The strange thing is that it is able to detect the wireless access point with...
- Tags: INTERNET, Wi-Fi, Notebooks, bfadero@..., card, wireless, wireless card, laptop computer, IP address, IP
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
- Windows XP freezing
- I recently re-installed a thinkpad laptop with XP home edition. The there were no issues with the install and I did a disk check and no errors have shown up. The problem I'm having is that it takes quite a long time to boot up and always freezes up for...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, bfadero@..., windows, Microsoft Windows
- Q&A 2006-08-14
- Changing the language of XP and Office
- I have a laptop loaded with windows XP home edition and office XP but the language is in german. I would like to change this to english and want to know if there is an easier way to doing this without having to re-install windows XP and office XP.Bad news!!!...
- Tags: bfadero@..., HAL, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows XP, windows
- Q&A 2006-08-04
- forgotton password for excel file
- This is a long shot, but is there a way one can open an excel file that one has forgotton the password for the file?There is a way to view it in a new spreadsheet SS, so knowing the password is not a factor. What is a factor is knowing...
- Tags: password, This IS
- Q&A 2006-05-04
- DOS program blank screens
- The OS being used is win 2K pro. The issue I have is when I run dos based programs and get it to full screen by typing alt+enter, the screen just goes blackblankand there is no way of me exiting the program unless I physically power off the pc. If...
- Tags: full-Screen, bfadero@..., full screen, DOS
- Q&A 2006-03-10
- Internet explorer error
- I have a situation where when it appears my browser has been taken control of(I.E)Whenever I type a url, you can see on the status bar where it says downloading page from site but then it comes up with a message saying internet explorer can not open page. The OS...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spyware, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Q&A 2006-01-26
- Joining a domain with XP home edition
- I'm trying to join a domain with a pc running XP home edition. Anytime I try to join, it comes up with an error message saying a domain controller for the domain can not be contacted. This is inspite my making sure that the DNS address and WINS address correspond...
- Tags: bfadero@..., Domain, domain, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, windows, XP Home Edition
- Q&A 2006-01-10
- Viewing pages that are octet streams
- I am having an issue viewing certain web pages in either internet explorer or firefox. With IE, it just displays gooblygook when I try to access certain pages in ebay that run cgi scripts. With firefox it comes up with a message saying that I am trying to download content...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, file type
- Q&A 2006-01-04
- PC abrupt restart
- I have a pc which literally restarts itself between the 3.30 pm and 4.00pm for the past 3 days nowor more. It's as if it loses power for a split second and then restarts itself. I checked event viewer and it created .dmp files for each of the shutdown. The...
- Tags: Desktops, PC
- Q&A 2005-11-03
- Printing from DOS based programs
- We've recently upgraded our network software from Novell 5 to windows 2003 server. Our client OS is windows 2000 pro. The problem I'm having is having certain workstations not being able to print DOS based programs to a network printer even though the workstation is mapped to the specific printer....
- Tags: bfadero@..., DOS, LPT1, printer, printing, windows
- Q&A 2005-10-31
- Strange Excel file
- I have a bespoke DOS based program which I now export data from in the form of Lotus workbook file(wk4). I then save this as an excel file. I am able to edit this file and save any changes I make. The problem I have is with working with formulas....
- Tags: bfadero@..., Microsoft Excel, software
- Q&A 2005-08-09
- SqlSetconnectattr failure
- I have created a data source with all the relevant settings in ODBC. I am supposed to create queries in excel by linking to the database. Each time I try to connect to the database in excel I always get this error message "Drivers Sqlsetconnectattr failed" and then it comes...
- Tags: Desktops, Storage, Databases, bfadero@...
- Q&A 2005-07-25
- Admin rights over new pcs to domain
- We are upgrading our network software from novell to window 2003 server. With the old system, we had to define ourselves as administrators of the local workstation which runs on windows 2000. Now when we join the workstations to the domain, we find that we still have to define as...
- Tags: workstation, administrator
- Q&A 2005-07-12
- Unable to receive packets
- I have a situation where I am running XP on my laptop and trying to connect to the internet. Even though there is a notification saying I am connectedusing LAN, the connection shows that it has sent packets but no packets have been received. Even when I try repair the...
- Tags: bfadero@..., DHCP, IP, IP address, laptop computer, MAC, windows
- Q&A 2005-03-30
- Error playing DVDs and games
- Anytime I try to play a DVD or CD-ROM game it always comes up with a VMI error and does not launch the game of DVD. I have a brand new dell dimension 3000 desktop running windows XP. Is there a way I can fix this or do I have...
- Tags: Games, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows XP, DVD
- Q&A 2005-03-12
- Icrease gragics capacity in laptop
- I have a P3 windows XP laptopTiny modeland was wandering if it was possible to increase the graphic s capability so that I can be able to play games. At the moment it does not render graphics porperly. I would be very interested in knowing if anything can be doneyou...
- Tags: bfadero@..., board, graphics, hardware, laptop computer, RAM, video
- Q&A 2005-02-21
- Increasing the size of text in pdf document
- I was wandering if it was possible to increase the font size of a pdf document from adobe reader I am trying to print. At the moment, the fontsize is a bit small and even if I zoom out print, it still remains at the same small sizeI don't believe...
- Tags: Acrobat Professional, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF, bfadero@..., pdf document, software
- Q&A 2005-02-10
- Importing a in outlook
- I'm trying to import an excel file into my address book in outlook 2000. The problem is that the import and export option are greyed out when I try to do it directly from my address book. The only other option is through the file menu which only allows me...
- Tags: bfadero@...
- Q&A 2004-11-16
- Printing multiple copies from LJ2300DTN
- I have an HP LJ2300dtn printer that I print to via our network at the office. The OS on my pc is windows 2000 pro and our network runs on Novell. The problem is that I have problems printing multiple copies with some documents. The default size for the print...
- Tags: bfadero@..., multiple copy, printer, printing, windows
- Q&A 2004-11-02
- Duplex printing from Dos programs
- I recently installed an HP Laserjet 2300dtn printer for some users. The printer is networked and they can print without any problems from windows based programs. The problem is when they print from DOS based programs,it always prints in duplex form even though I set this option to manual. I...
- Tags: Printers, Document management, DOS, printer
- Q&A 2004-10-23
