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    What is the Best IT Magazine

    I want to keep up on new trends and developments in the IT industry, and I want to know everyone's opinion on a good trade magazine for IT professionals. I really prefer something in print. Can you all let me know what you read/prefer, and why? Thanks! Rob
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    Desktop Freezes

    Do you have a roaming profile on the domain? Or is it just a local account?
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    Installed SP2, want to disable firewall in Registry

    I justed installed SP2 yesterday, and for testing purposes I need to be able to turn off the firewall using a registry edit. I've looked and thought I found the key in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center but changes I made did not help. Any suggestions?
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    winXP rebooting by itself

    Can you boot into safemode?
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    How did a surge get through????

    Some surge protectors and UPS's have places to connect ethernet cables (if that's what you have) to protect against surges through the cable.
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    Outlook 2003 -- Disable Reading Pane for all folders

    dcompto, Thank you. That definately works. I just tried it out and that is exactly what I needed. Thanks again!
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    Outlook 2003 -- Disable Reading Pane for all folders

    I am looking for a way to completely disable the Reading Pane (preview pane) in Outlook 2003, without having to select each folder one at a time and use the View menu. Does anyone know of a registry key or is there a setting that I am missing? Thanks in advance... Rob A+
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    Hijacked browsers

    This article talks about hijacked browsers and how to recover settings. Hope it helps. http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
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    Problem with System Tray on desktop!!

    I'm unaware of any way to change the order of icons in the system tray, but couldn't you set all of the icons that you don't want to see as Always Hide, and set your calendar program to Always Show? You do this in the taskbar properties, and the the customize button next to Hide Inactive Icons.
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    Matrox Dual head card - Trying to clone the monitor

    We have several PC's with Matrox dual head video cards here. One output goes to the monitor, the other to a projector. I want to clone what is on the monitor and show it on the projector. Matrox defaults to expanding the desktop. I have learned that I can setup a hotkey to enable cloning...
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    Outlook 2003 News button

    Looks like changing Internet Options in IE is the fix for this. Under the programs tab, Newsgroups should be set to Outlook Express. Changing that has fixed the machines here.
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    Outlook 2003 News button

    We're starting to test Outlook 2003 here and we're having an issue with the News button on several machines. When it's clicked, instead of starting the OE newsreader, it opens the following folder: root:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook We...
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    displaying the date in the system tray

    Is it possible to display the full date along with the time in the system tray? I think you can do it in 98, but we have some users here who want to do it in XP. I haven't been able to find anything on the subject thus far so any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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    Transferring all data from HD to HD

    have you tried using win2k's backup capabilities?
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    Transferring all data from HD to HD

    are they in the same machine? what OS?
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    2k or not 2k?

    "Also, can anyone throw out some ideas on justifying upgrading from NT server to 2k server?" A quick and dirty answer to that: Microsoft is doing a phased retirement of NT. Details follow. http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/ProductInfo/Availability/Retiring.asp
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    program.exe...go away...

    Try starting IE and goto the tools menu. The click Internet Options and goto the Programs tab. At the bottom, there is a checkbox next to Internet Explorer should check to see if it is the default browser. Check it and click OK. Exit IE and start it up again. You should get a message from...
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    Blank Desktop

    Did that user have access to the Global policy editor? Those items can be removed under the administrative templates folder.
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    Upgrade Windows 98 to 2000 -- possible?

    You can upgrade to 2000 pro. I've done it. Here's the MS take: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/howtobuy/upgrading/path/win9x.asp
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    Keyboard cleaning?

    I use q-tips, cotton balls and rubbing alcohol. The alcohol evaporates quickly so no moisture is left.

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