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Irresponsive

miku
Hi Guys, I have this very weird problem Whenever I open some program. Let say My Computer or Control panel or some file, it first takes 5-10 secs doing nothing. The send light on my cable modem keeps blinking for that time and the light on my hub for this computer keeps blinking for that period.
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How to replace agp drivers

HawkBoy
I installed new agp drivers and they are REALLY screwing my pc up. How can I replace them and bring back the windows defaults? I can't find the agp drivers in any of the usual places (device manager,.
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Xp Sp1 Beta Out

NTGAMEMAN
give options. . if you have installed it btw i'm not installing it i heard bad things about it i soon have to format i just bought XP home OEM later guys.
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How to export Outlook 2002 settings?

Bursar
I'm currently running Win2k Pro with Outlook 2002, and am planning a hardware upgrade this weekend. I'll also be upgrading to WinXP. I've run into a minor problem with exporting stuff from Outlook though.
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outlook crash opening messages

riz
Hello all, I have a friend whose outlook xp will crash when trying to open an e-mail message from the inbox. I have the sp1 update installed, but it still doesn't work. I think it has something to do with Mcafee Antivirus version 6.
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msconfig

teenguy
When i run msconfig I am receiving the below error msg Cannot find the file msconfig (or one of its components). Makesure that the path and file name are correct and that are required libraries are available.
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Help with .avi audio

RavishingRocket
What are some audio codecs i can get that would play sound on some divx files i have? I have the Radium mp3 codec and it works fine, but i have some avi's that im not gettin any sound from and its showing in the properties that it has sound cuz its showing the audio length and bitrate
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Access is denied (stripped disk)

tpe
I am getting an access is denied error when attempting to access a stripped dynamic drive, can anyone please help as i would like to keep the info on it. After a graphics card burnout that necessitated a motherboard replacement (costly smoky and rather smelly) i have had to reinstall win2k.
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cpu usage 80-100%, system slowdown,please help

platon
Hi,i am having seroius problems with my system and i am wondering if it is the motherboard or Win XP that is causing the problem. Let’s say i’m playing mp3:s (the only application running is musicmatch jukebox, winamp etc.
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PowerDVD & .mp2 files

Alien
I can manage to play all the file types that I've tried in PowerDVD Xp 4, but for some reason I can't get the stills capture function to work with. mp2 files. It will capture stills from. mpg. . wmv, & DivX.
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Windows Explorer

EgoWarrior
Whenever I right click on a file in explorer with Win XP Pro my CPU usage rockets to 100%. I've done a fresh install, the first thing I test is going to my computer, right click a file, its fine. I press win-e, get explorer up, right click a file 100% CPU, then from then on even in my computer its 100% cpu usage ev ...
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Updating Norton Antivirus subscription on two PC's

SnapperOne
Our Norton's AntiVirus 2000 ver. 6. 0 Live Update virus definition download subscription expired. We went to Symantec's site and successfully purchased and updated our subscription, processing the information through our 1st PC.
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Installation stops at 99%

jbrauns
I have recently installed w2k and have problems installing some programs such as Encarta 2000, Acrobat Reader (yes, the version for W2k) or Need for Speed Porsche (German version, and it says it supports W2k).
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Morpheus Question

Alien
Does anyone know how to make the search filter function in Morpheus actually work? I tell it to screen out results with a given extension & it still shows them in the search results!!!
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MS Office XP question

tsonta101
I am using office xp (uk version) at the moment and I was wondering if I can get the files for the greek spelling from my Office 2000 CD (greek version). There should be a way of doing this, right? every little piece of help is greatly appreciated!.
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A 2packwin2kset of mindboggling probs.

RedStar
1) WHen i bought system. . dealer applied SP2 for me. I Then downloaded it from MS site to put it on CD for whenever i would need to re-apply it again. A while ago i had to replace the HDD. Got some crash problems.
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2k Advanced Server account question

GTwannabe
In 2k Advanced server, is there a way to add users but disable their ability to logon the system? I want to give other machines access to my shares, but want to remain the only account that can actually login to use the system.
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