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MSPaint Alternatives

freex3k
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows any (free) programs that function mostly the same way as mspaint. I need an alternative program since on Windows 2000 you can't save files as. jpg through mspaint.
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A error I've been getting please help

Borknagar
Everytime I boot up I get this error: And obviously this happends after I install Nortons System works. However NAV still loads cause I see the icon loaded up, but the error is annoying. This error came up before in a previous installation of xp and Nortons.
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XP Pro Bootup!

Ihor
I've just picked up my mother-in-law's desktop, at her request to fix it. On boot-up a blue screen appears with the message:autochk file not found and the computer reboots to this same message continually! Any help would be appreciated.
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Portege R100

el_vago32
First of all, sorry for my bad english. Need to install Windows Xp pro (I'd preffer a Reinstall, you'll decide) in this damn Laptop. . , as u all know it does not have any removable media such as floppy or cd rom.
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Outlook 2000 stays running after I shut it down

Avalanche
When I run outlook I usually just load it up, check my email and if there is none to be had, I promptly shut it down. Up until yesterday this hasn't been a problem, but last night I had reason to CTRL-SHIFT-ESC to bring up the Task Manager and I found that I had like 9 OUTLOOK.
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Symantec live update

gulab
I have Norton Ghost2003 installed on Windows 2000 operating system computer. I understand that there are a few updates for my version. To update I understand that computer has to be on line. However I do not have a modem or internet connection for that computer.
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HOW TO PUNISH A SPYWARE DISTRIBUTER

Ali
Hey everyone Here is the deal: My computer is infected with sort of a spyware/virus/torjan/something and it keeps installing different BHOs on my system (ie. changes the homepage and default page) and even worse, everytime that happens it downloads ton to Torjan hourses and other spyware into my system.
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Browser Hijack Nightmare!! HELP!!!

Ali
Last night I installed Windows XP SP2 (Beta) and Windows Media Player 10 just to see how they work. Guess what, as soon as i finish checking things out (the firewall settings, etc. ) the internet explorer ended up with two spyware.
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intranet help...

mjpuczko
does anyone have recommendations for intranet software? i work for a Credit union w/ 17 employees, so we're not huge by any means. i have front page but don't like it at all. i'd like something relatively cheap.
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POP UP NIGHTMARE!!!

CyberGenX
I have a HUGE problem: I have idiots for clients, one of these idiots has managed to infect 3 of his office computers with adware, malware, and spyware. . . I cannot seem to get this infection out. I have never seen it so bad.
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Symantec Antivirus 9.0 and Symantec Packager

stpfarms
We use Symantec Antivirus 8. 1 on all our laptops and are going to rollout Antivirus software to all our Workstations. We are based across several sites. We used Symantec Packager to create a custom install of 8.
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win xp home no sound

wizardken
I just installed xp home edition now have no sound i have installed all relevant drivers and uninstalled them, can anyone help me
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NT authority shutdown

raulises
hi there! a friend is having a problem with is computer getting the message This system is shutting down. Windows must now restart because the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service terminated unexpectedly u wouyld get this when infected with sasser but he doesnt have in his system any symptom produced by the virus.
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Unable to assign IRQ's

Sinluan
I recently upgraded my system to Win2K, Athalon 1800+ XP with an ECS K7S5A mobo (SiS735chipset) and a single stick of 512Mb Mushkin PC133 RAM. Still using my old GeForce2 MMX400 and SB Live! cards along with an Intel 8255 NIC card for my cable modem.
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8 bit color depth

gianko
Hi, I've a problem! I'm using Xmanager to work on a remote mAchine with cadence,but it requires 8 bit color depth to work well. I tried to set Xmanager's propertyes forcing it to work with 256 colors, but without any result.
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AIM Audio functions TCP ports

digitizedsoul
I was wondering if any of you that participate in the message board would know which port that Aol Instant Messenger uses for its Voice chat communication? I'm useing NAT for a firewall and it doesn't work transparently so i figure just map the port but i don't know which port it is! If you could help me out on thi ...
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three problems

windowsxpfreak
one when i am on the windows update page, internet explorer stops responding, it has done this numerous times, and it wont start responding again, and two when i am using internet explorer for more than 10 minuts it begins to use up 90-100% of my cpu, and i havent been able to stop that.
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