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    Problems with quicklaunch tool bar

    Problems with quicklaunch tool bar & autohide after reinstalling XP. I had 5 buttons in the quicklauch toolbar prior to the reinstall. These were all in the lower right hand side of the quicklauch toolbar (right next to the system tray). Afte I reinstalled XP they're all on the far left and...
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    DVD drive disappeared!

    I was installing some software last night and after a reboot at one point I noticed my 2 DVD drives wew no longer showing up in My Computer. I went through Device Manager and saw they are listed there, but with the yellow question mark showing their status. I tried to do an uninstall of the...
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    Problems with Internet Explorer

    Something is really screwed up! Here's an example: I get an email with a link and when i click on the link a new browser opens up, but it hangs there, never opening the page. Hitting stop and refresh will force it to work. Another example: At Carmax.com you can sort the order of milege...
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    Partition Magic freezing

    A problem and a question: When I start to use partition magic 7.0 (8.0?) in XP the program lauches and then freezes my whole PC while in the splash screen. Nothing works or shows signs of life forcing me to hit the reset button. This is happened before and after a complete reformat and...
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    web sites with images

    Here's the problem: I'll go to a web site with images, and when I click on the link for the sitewith the images I want I get a page with more images again (similiar to the one I was on). Repeat process. I never get to a page with the images I want. Any way to validate this linking without...
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    Problem with Internet Connection Firewall

    using Windows HP home. When I go to the advance tab and click to enable my connection firewall I get the following message: "An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled. the Dependency Service or group failed to start". I am the only computer in the house on the...
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    UserData folder

    In my Documents and Settings folder I have the usual folders for Favorites, Desktop settings, etc... I also have a "UserData" folder that contains other folders with names that have 8 letters or numbers (it appears to be random generation). The files are empty. What is this UserDatafolder...
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    Quick shutdown for Xp

    I used to have a short cut for 98 that when clicked on would immediately shut down the PC. What is the exact path for this in XP? If no direct link, then how can I make a XP shut down with out having to go through the start menu?
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    Mediaplayer2 in XP

    The player is supposed to automatically play videos whe launching them, but I have to manually hit the play button each time. Wassup with this and how can I get the default to be set for automatic play?
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    Customize notifications in XP

    How do you clear the listing of available programs that can be hidden in the notification area? I've uninstalled programs, yet I still have the ability to hide the icon in the notification area.
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    Folders created with XP fresh install

    I've upgraded Win 98 to Win XP home. There are several new folders that seem irrelevent and I'd like to delete them. Some have random numbers on them and some appear in the Programs folder (Xerox...for example). My question is what can go and what needs to stay?:o
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    Media Player in XP

    Hello. Just upgraded to Windows XP Home from Windows 98. I liked the ability to open a new player for each media played using Media Plaer 6.4. This is now lost in XP's version 8.0. Is there any way to enable that, or is there another mpeg media player out there that encorporates this feature...
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