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I am about to install a new hard drive,I would like to know how to back up all my e-mail to cd and reinstall them on to new hd.I am using MS Outlook. Cheers Mick.

Can I remove SP2 from "Add or Remove Programs" in Control Panel as my pc is taking ages to boot and I cant see anything beneficial in it. Cheers Mick.

A friend has just given me a Compaq pc for my daughter,nothing special ,monitor is excellent,pc boots up ok but the mouse is not showing,I managed to get into System/Hardware and there is yellow exclamation mark next to mouse,looked in properties and it states as follows:"This device is not...

I have just set up a network of 2 pc`s,I can share files(except windows and program files on "c" drive on host pc)I can print from client pc ok,I just cannot get the ics working,I have read loads of info on prob but am getting brain overload.I am a newbie with this networking thing so please...

I currently have a CD-RW,and a DVD-ROM installed in my pc,I would like to add a DVD Recordable drive,what make should I go for?and out of the two I have installed,which one should I ditch?and which IDE channel should I put each piece on(jumpers etc). Cheers Mick. PS.What speed and formats...

In"My Computer"settings I have the following,Hard Disk Drives-Local Disk(C),New Volume(D).Devices with Removable Storage:CD Drive(E),CD Drive(F).Can I rename (E)and (F)CD Drives to DVD Drive for (E) and CD-R Drive for (F)or to anything else I choose,is this possible? Cheers Mick.

I have just purchased a digi camera,all is well except I have loaded software on the wrong partition on my hard drive.I have 40 gig split in 2 partitions,one at 10 and one at 30.I try to keep os (XP Pro)on 10gig and every thing else on the other.Is it poss to move software application from...

Abit KT7A mobo,AMD AthlonXP 2000+(1.6Ghz),Nvidia GeForce 2MX/MX 400,640Mb SDRAM,Creative SB Live Soundcard. I am thinking of upgrading the above to Gigabyte 7NNXP mobo,AMD 2800 Barton(DDR333) cpu,ATI Radeon 9600pro graphics card and 512Mb (pc2700) 333Mhz DDR memory,is this all...

Abit KT7A mobo Athlon XP 2000(1.67Mhz) 640 SDRam Award Bios. Please bear with me as I am not an expert,my pc has been performing ok untill the other night,I was playing MOHAA(breakthrough) when my pc crashed(not the first time).I rebooted and during bootup screen there was the...

Under Disk Clean Up,there is an item called "Compress old files",what are the benefits of doing so and does this action slow down a PC,and how does it work? Cheers Mick.

Just a niggle,I use Outlook 2002,and when I open prog up it opens in Inbox whereas I would like it to open in Outlook Today.Tried ticking box in Customize Outlook Today to open but still opens in Inbox.Any ideas anyone. Cheers Mick.

Just received a pop up from messenger service stating that I have won a prize worth £1000,my number was chosen by the draw manager in the hourly draw.To claim the prize I have to ring a number that costs £1.50 a minute(Con?or what).Observations please. Mick.

Just started getting error messages while online,"ntdll.ll",anyone know what this is?anything to do with Norton AV. Cheers, Mick.

Went into Add/Remove program,pressed button for removing certain Windows components,got a message as follows, Windows XP Setup Setup was unable to load the master information file. I pressed OK button,another message came up as follows. The Application could not be initialized. Any ideas...

I have 6 pci slots on my mobo(Abit kt7A),only 2 are being used.No1-Modem,No2-sound card,can I move either to another slot to give a bit of space(heat?),what are the pitfalls if any?and what is the procedure? Cheers Mick.

I have just installed a philips 604 sound card,that went ok,upgraded drivers ok but in device manager there is a yellow q mark against gameport(under other devices).Any ideas anyone. Mick.

I have just done complete format of pc and reinstall Win XP because of errors below plus others,everything went ok,pc going along nicely,untill the errors started popping up.This seemed to start after installing several Windows updates including one regarding future IE content that needs XHMTL(I...

After closing OE,I get an error message as follows, msimn.exe Application error The instruction at"Ox77f51d26"Referenced memory at"OxOO7f47c"(this sometime is different). The memory could not be "written" Click on OK to terminate the program. Any ideas? Is a repair of IE the order of the...

Had two blue screen crashes recently,last one as follows; DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Tech Info: Stop:OxOOOOOOOA,OxODCDOOOC,OxOOOOOOO2,OxOOOOOOOO,Ox806C8154. Previous message same,different sequence after the Stop. Checked event viewer,nothing in there except in security,something about...

Is there much performance difference between a 1Ghz Duron and a 1.2Ghz Athlon? Cheers Mick.