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    net work sharing problem

    Thanks for your help, turned out to be request password was turned on, but the funny thing is, it never asked for a password, or any place to enter it. Turn password off and found the printer right away, stupid windows7, if only it was XP wouldn't have had this problem... Thanks again...
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    net work sharing problem

    OK I've hundreds of XP networks, this is my first look at Windows7, what a pain, thank god for Google. However I can't get past this problem. 3 computers all had the same computer names, so I changed them, computer 1 and 2 can share printers and files not problem, computer 3 is seen by 1-2 but...
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    Multi OS booting

    Thanks, I just bought DualbootPro, I was fed up with bashing my head against the wall. And for my next trick, I'll be installing 64Bit windows7 onto another drive and adding it to the boot menu. Wish me luck... Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it...
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    Multi OS booting

    Ok, short story, I had XP and Vista installed on separate drives, XP was the first OS installed and later came Vista, Simply I had programs that wouldn't work in Vista so having a Dual boot set up was great. XP's BOOT.INI file looked like this: ; ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and...
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    Activate, can't 'cause computer has a driver problem

    All the keyboards are ps/2, this may be a hardware problem when in windows, I'll try a USB keyboard next Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it up and SMASH something with it!!
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    transparent taskbar

    thanks, i'll try that Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it up and SMASH something with it!!
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    Can't Hear Audio

    What type of laptop do you have? Make sure in windows control panel, the speakers are not muted. run the speaker test to ensure they are working, if they are then the problem be with the program you are using Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it up...
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    transparent taskbar

    My 76 year old dad got a lap top, his first computer. The problem he has is the taskbar on Windows7 is transparent, unlike other versions of windows, if a window is opened to the fill size of the screen, and this one program has a button that is behind the taskbar you can't click it and can't...
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    Activate, can't 'cause computer has a driver problem

    Hey thanks for your reply, I was able to boot to safemode and command prompt, and found I can't use the keybouard there either, I'm starting to think the problem is hardware, however, the keyboard or boards I've used three now, all work out side windows and worked entering the key code during...
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    Activate, can't 'cause computer has a driver problem

    Computer motherboard died, had to replace. Because the hardware is different, windowsxp couldn't start, so I had to do a repair, there is still a driver problem I need to fix, Windows hangs when trying to login, keyboard stops responding. Tried a safemode with network but get a message "windows...
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    XP Pro - Curious "Microsoft" download

    Well, if your OS is legal, then you can chalk it up to another Windows BUG, that been said, those with questionable versions of the OS shouldn't post any questions here. You can validate your copy of windows from Mircosoft's web site if you feel there is a problem, or at anytime you update an...
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    Formula pain part2

    Thanks macropod, that works perfectly, maybe in a week or two I'll figure out why it works, but thanks again. Rob Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it up and SMASH something with it!!
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    Formula pain part2

    Thanks skip, but it didn't work, the first argument did as expected, it move the appointment date up a day to Sunday but the second argument didn't do anything and left the day on Sunday Any other ideas, I tried a few things but couldn't get it to work, if only I could write a script in basic I...
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    XP PC with multiple wierd things going on

    I had a similar problem with AVG. The only thing you can do is uninstall avg and download it again using firefox, install it and rescan your computer, you may find you have a bug in there some were. Try this link to make sure you don't have the conficker virus stopping avg...
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    Formula pain part2

    Hey guys, I need help on reworking this formula you helped me with a few years ago, thread68-1330475 =B6+MIN(5000/D9,150)+(TEXT(B6+MIN(5000/D9,150),"ddd")="Sun") It figures mileage and a date for our customers next appointment but not to pick Sunday. Now we don't want to pick Saturday or...
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    Formula pain...

    Thanks again Tony, Its works flawlessly. Rob Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it up and SMASH something with it!!
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    Formula pain...

    Thanks Tony, I see what your saying and I will try that, looks like it would work better. Thanks Rob Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it up and SMASH something with it!!
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    Formula pain...

    Thanks Skip, the formula works great. Now it's not the end of the world if I can't it nested with the formula that creates the date, but it would clean up the work sheet. Here is the formula: =IF(5000/D9+B6>B6+150,(B6+150),(5000/D9+B6)) It basicaly takes the mileage and date of the last oil...
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    Formula pain...

    Thanks for your help, I'll try those formulas and let you know how it worked out, if I have any problems I'll be asking again Rob Computers are like a bag of hammers, they won't do a damn thing until you pick it up and SMASH something with it!!
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    Formula pain...

    We have a spread sheet to calculate when customers need to come back for their next scheduled oil change. It works really well calculating the mileage verses time and will produce the next date. The problem is when it picks a “Sunday” we would like it to add one day to the date. So, in the cell...

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