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    System Manufacturer in system properties.

    If you have a Dell system, you can download the zip file for these at : http://www.bay-wolf.com/downloads.htm Extract the oemlogo.bmp and oeminfo.ini files to the Windows/system32 directory. You'll need to edit the oeminfo,ini file to add your service tag number and express service code...
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    Windows XP Server/Client?

    You can use XP either as part of a peer to peer network or connect to a domain. With XP Home edition, you can have up to 5 clients on a peer to peer network, but you can't use XP Home edition to join a domain. With XP Pro, you can have 10 connections on a peer to peer network and you can join...
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    How do you guys do your computer maintenance?

    I've had an XP Pro laptop for almost two years and have yet to reformat the hard drive on it. I run Norton SystemWorks about once a month or so to clean things up. I've never used the system restore feature of XP yet. On my 3 yr old desktop, I reformatted twice, but both times were to do...
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    Microsoft OFFICE 2003 or XP [ ? ]

    We have Office 2000 on the machines at work while I use Office XP at home. Got Office XP as an OEM version on my home machine and laptop. I really didn't see much improvement between 2K and XP. I probably won't upgrade my personal systems to Office 2003 until a service pack is released or...
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    Are floppy drives optional?

    With bootable CDs and CD-R and CD-RW media as cheap as floppy disks, the old 3 1/2 floppy disk drive is obsolete. I don't have one on my Gateway laptop that has XP Pro, nor will I get one with my next PC purchase.
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    Reformatting & Installing Windows

    With Win2K and XP, you're better off booting directly from the CD. You can delete existing partitions, then create new partitions and format them with the NTFS file system. If you can't boot from a CD with Win2k, you'll need to make several floppies to load the setup program for Win2k, then...
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    How do I set up a laptop to choose which network to log on to?

    Both these networks are peer-to-peer networks. I have one at home and another one at work. Neither one is on a domain, they are just workgroups, with the workgroup names different for each location. Is there a tweak in Windows XP where I can choose the workgroup to log on to or is there an...
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