I accidentally deleted all my data in my contact list in Outlook 2000. I have duplicated few copies of backup. The problem is that whenever I open the backup file in floppy disc, the contact in the computer will override the floppy disc and clear all the data. That means the both become the...

Completed a flush recently of the system restore. Lowered the restore slider to 200 mb. Now, would like to remove all previous or cached files. 1. Is it necessary to create a bootable disk or can I just go into the dos prompt? 2. How do I properly set up the FIFO option?

Looking to troubleshoot an issue that I have using a program. The window that pops up asking to choose which program to use/open a file with. What utility is this called and where can I locate it too remove programs in there?

Hi, Every time I right click in the chat box or try to access a command my MSN freezs, any idea what is causing this?

Writing to indicate that recent upgrade for messenger indicates that it could not locate above extension. Where can one obtain this file? Thanks

Hi, all. I have a friend who just got a computer from another. The last owner had a net card in it. New owner has dial-up. She put in a brand new modem, tried to get back to her old server with her new computer and can’t get online. The "window" that pops up say the computer has no dial-up...

I received a CD from a friend, put it in the drive, and windows ME tells me cannot find autorun.exe. I tried renaming autorun.inf like someone suggested but Windows told me it is not valid. Is there any program I can download to take care of this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks, Jim.

HELP! I restarted my computer in selective startup mode and now when I restart, it's still in safe mode. How do I get out of this?

My Dear Mike, I did create a restore point at 11.30pm Indian time.It appeared on the calender.I run AVG free antivirus,ZoneAlarm Pro&Spy watcher.Can any of these be responsible?I would like to reiterate that I don't need to restore at present but want to keep the option handy for future need. BTW...

Having a tough time converting a .txt to .reg in Notepad. Ive tried to rename, however, file is still a .txt in properties. Ive tried to save as, however, only have the two options; txt or all. What can I do to ensure when I double click this file it will save to the registry. Thanks

Recently changed some .pwl to old from a post that I read recently. After that search for the files, I havent been able to use this utility at all. When I tpe in a request it hangs. Any ideas how this would occur? Not getting any error message.

I click and double click on "question" and the message window does not appear..except in rare cases,like now..Is it software or in the clicking technique?..Thank you -- Jfern

Problem:In certain serious(no tabloids),european papers websites,when I open the page it comes up either blank or partially blank..Please help..Thank you -- Jfern

Just recently, whenever I go to a new site using Explorer the window is minimized for that site and I then have to maxamize it to see the page, this is most frustrating as I don't recall making any changes to my system and I keep getting the pages minimized 3 or 4 times before I seem them and then...

Recently, when Pressing the Reply button The opened window in narrow (about 2 inches), and I have to press the Expand button to reply. Any way to correct this annoyance? Thanks

Hello, I am working on a gal's computer being as she can't get on the net and there when you start the computer up was a message wanting her log on name and password. When I put in her name it would take it but she said she didn't have a password for it and that she would just click out of it and...

Mike, Unable to Hibernate- Post 2-20-05 Mike, I Thank you so much for your help. (Thank you doesn't even come close.) This was something that I really wanted to do. I was extremely frustrated in all of my attempts and also by what seemed to be my inability to get an definitive answer on how...

Whenever I run Windows Millennium Edition Updates, I receive a "Recommended Update" of Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1. But, when I attempt the installation, it FAILS. Repeatedly! I get "The following items failed to install. To try installing them again, click Review and install updates,...

I'm trying to swap out the CD reader with a CD-R. When I plug the CD-R in when I reboot it is asking me to insert a system disk. It's sort of acting like there's no OS. When I plug the old CD reader back in everything works fine. I notice the ribbon goes from the motherboard to the hard drive to...

My system is slow. I cannot defragment because I need to run ScanDisk for bad sectors and cannot run scan disk because something is running in the background and writing to the C: drive. I assume there are programs running I am not aware of. (I disabled virus and spyware to see if they were...