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The future of PCQandA [View all]
Hi all, As you might have noticed, PCQandA has been very quiet recently. When we first launched in October 2002, we had close to 11,000 posts in th
jasonlevineSep-14-23 10:04 PM
by ablib
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Outlook 2002 [View all]
I have WinXP Professional. A few days ago I started receiving ALL e-mail in duplicates. I haven't changed any of my mail-settings. How do correct?
_RJFeb-27-02 07:35 PM
by _RJ
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RE: Outlook 2002
Feb 27th 2002
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Outlook 2002-Can't Delete Mail [View all]
Hi all, I have; OS: Win XP Pro factory installed, CPU/Ram: P4CPU 1.80GHz/512MB. Using Outlook 2002 SP-1. I do daily/weekly maintenace with Norton S
_RJApr-20-03 02:57 AM
by TeLo
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Apr 20th 2003
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user menu [View all]
Hello. I am looking for the "user menu" to change my password, and I don't see it anywhere. Could somebody please point me in the right direction? Tha
_Jan_Oct-04-02 02:22 PM
by mcnallyjp
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RE: user menu
Oct 04th 2002
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XP Security settings???? [View all]
Hello. I was unhappy with my java sun plug in, and I ditched it . I was sometimes getting errors, and sometimes slow loading. I got the microsoft java
_Jan_Oct-08-02 03:14 AM
by _Jan_
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RE: XP Security settings????
Oct 08th 2002
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Games freeze [View all]
Hello. My os is xp, and gamecard is NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 . Pentium 4, 512 memory. I have no problems with the computer, but my son's games alway
_Jan_Nov-18-02 02:03 PM
by scaramouche
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sp1 [View all]
Hi. Another sp1 question. I have downloaded it before, but removed it when I couldn't switch to my other identities in oe. Well, last night I put my o
_Jan_Nov-23-02 11:37 PM
by _Jan_
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non web based free email [View all]
Hi. Does anybody know of a non web based free email program I can try that is easy to set up, and works on xp? I use oe, but can't use my other identi
_Jan_Nov-24-02 10:38 PM
by _Jan_
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Follow up-problem fixed!! [View all]
Hello. Below is my original post. I brought the computer in to the shop-they replaced an internet card. I brough it home, and it was still screwed. I
_Jan_Dec-16-02 04:31 PM
by mcnallyjp
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RE: Follow up-problem fixed!!
Dec 16th 2002
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Epson printer woes [View all]
Hi.I use windows XP with ie6, and have plenty of memory. We recently bought an Epson Stylus C42UX instead of buying ink for the lexmark (much cheaper)
_Jan_Apr-25-03 07:03 PM
by _Jan_
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RE: Epson printer woes
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one XP account can't get internet [View all]
Hi. I just found out my daughter's Xp account hasn't been able to get on the internet for some time now. She uses the guest account on this computer.
_Jan_Oct-09-03 01:19 PM
by _Jan_
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RE: one XP account can't get internet
Oct 09th 2003
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(Solved - Thank you) .JPEG and File Icon Problem [View all]
Windows 2000 OS. Something in my folder associations has suddenly become ... funky. When I open MS Explorer and go to a specially created folder whe
_Chewy_Dec-11-02 06:24 AM
by _Chewy_
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IE Question [View all]
I'd like to start my IE browser with a blank page but set my homepage to Yahoo. Is this possible? In other words, I want Yahoo my home page but not
_Chewy_Dec-09-02 11:52 PM
by SteveYandl
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RE: IE Question
Dec 09th 2002
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Windows Explorer Question [View all]
Running W2K here. Whenever i start up Windows Explorer, the default view is always "My Documents". I then have to click on the + sign next to "My Co
_Chewy_Dec-10-02 12:53 AM
by _Chewy_
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RE: Windows Explorer Question
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Navigation Tips! [View all]
Lately i've been trying to customize things to make the most efficient time on this PC. I've come across some tips and created some ways to customize
_Chewy_Dec-10-02 06:36 AM
by bycycle
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RE: Navigation Tips!
May 22nd 2003
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How To: Registry Backup in Win 2K [View all]
Both R2 and Steve Y were extremely helpful in getting my registry settings back. Now i wish to make a backup ASAP. I've done ERDs (W2K) but never ju
_Chewy_Dec-11-02 02:43 AM
by Ranger Bob
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Games W2K [View all]
I'm relatively new to gaming compared to you folks here. What is it about Win 98 that makes it so game friendly?? People told me before I got W2K th
_Chewy_Dec-29-02 04:10 AM
by _Chewy_
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Context Menu [View all]
A recent installation of Easy Office made some some modifications to my context menu i want to get rid of. Whenever I R-click on any file in Win Expl
_Chewy_Jan-09-03 08:14 AM
by Paul D
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Virtual CD Drive??? [View all]
I have a Dell tower where I have a NEC CD DVD ROM (IDE 1 Slave) and in the second by I have installed a Lite-On CD-RW (IDE 2 Master). Sometime after
_Chewy_Feb-02-03 06:17 AM
by GreyFalcon
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RE: Virtual CD Drive???
Jan 31st 2003
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Serious Sam 2 [View all]
FYI: I was at Comp USA the other day and noticed that Serious Sam is now only $10.00 I can't believe this awesome game is so low. Just this past s
_Chewy_Feb-05-03 03:12 PM
by MSU
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RE: Serious Sam 2
Feb 05th 2003
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HP Inkjet Refill [View all]
You all know how much HP and those rascals like to soak us for those expensive little inkjet cartridges. :-( Does anyone know of a good website (or v
_Chewy_Feb-06-03 07:30 AM
by old dude
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Feb 05th 2003
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Compressed File?? [View all]
I downloaded a file off the internet the other day with a *.rar extension. I thought it was a compressed file of some sort so i tried to open it with
_Chewy_Feb-19-03 10:19 AM
by _Chewy_
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DOS command SYS [View all]
2 Part question: If you have a dual-boot setup with Win9.x/ and 2K, and you later decide to get rid of the Win9.x, i think the way i was told a long
_Chewy_Mar-10-03 10:35 AM
by Grogan
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Mar 10th 2003
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Quiz [View all]
Let's say you have a user that adds a sound card and a network card to a PC. Sound card: IRQ=5 ; IO address 300-330 and the NIC's IRQ is 2; IO addres
_Chewy_Mar-11-03 11:31 PM
by ChrisP
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IRQ 2 is reserved and can not be used
Mar 11th 2003
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LOL! It only showed
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Registry Question [View all]
A while back, i posted a question about removing some options listed in my context menu. Several months ago, i installed "Easy Office" program which
_Chewy_Mar-13-03 12:16 AM
by SteveYandl
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RE: Registry Question
May 22nd 2003
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Mar 13th 2003
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Disk Compression [View all]
I've heard this term tossed around in forums so often I thought i'd ask. What is disk compression? And what does it do on a Win9.x and a NT system?
_Chewy_Mar-15-03 05:51 PM
by kittenmueller
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RE: Disk Compression
Mar 15th 2003
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Upgrade version [View all]
I need a clarification on something. I have a friend who wants to upgrade from Win98 SE to Win XP. He bought the upgrade version and not the full ve
_Chewy_Mar-16-03 07:19 AM
by _Chewy_
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IRQ Question [View all]
I have a problem with Windows 2000 automatically assigning IRQs to some of my devices. In the screenshot provided, you'll see several devices all ass
_Chewy_Mar-19-03 08:43 AM
by _Chewy_
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RE: IRQ Question
Mar 19th 2003
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Mar 19th 2003
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Broadband Internet [View all]
A question for all you cable internet users out there. (Actually 3 questions). I might be changing from dial-up access to either DSL or Cable modem c
_Chewy_Mar-20-03 11:35 AM
by A_Thor
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RE: Broadband Internet
Mar 20th 2003
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Linux question [View all]
I'm a first time soon-to-be Linux user. I would like to install Mandrake 8.1 on a 2nd hard drive that is 500 MB. Question: is this big enough? and i
_Chewy_Mar-25-03 10:41 PM
by MrMan
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RE: Linux question
Mar 21st 2003
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