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  1. boulder38

    Trying to use a HP300 uk cartridge in an australian HP2560 Printer?

    Hi Guys, Have friends over in australia at the moment and they brought HP300 Cartridges over here to take over for their familys printer which is a HP2560 which was brought in australia. Theyve inserted one of the cartridges but comes up saying incompatible. Is this a region thing like with...
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    Word 2000 crashing on opening

    Hi all, Appreciate this is a bit old now but ive got a XP machine running office 2000 and when word 2000 is opened it crashes (opens up white page but toolbars dont load) and it then runs the CPU at 100%. I have to kill the process to get out of it. Ive tried renaming the normal.dot template...
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    Computer running slow but can't tell why!

    Hi, I had a computer come in that was running unbelievably slow after a reinstall. After waiting quite a while for start-up (bearing in mind it was a clean install) i could see nothing obvious causing the problem and put it down to a bad install so thought Id do a re-install. HA! that didnt...
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    Microsoft Word 2000 White Screen

    Hi Guys. Just been to a customers computer where shes got a problem with microsoft word 2000 as part of the office 2000 professional edition. Everytime she tries to open up a file the word logo box comes with who its registered to and so on and then the screen gos white apart from the blue bar...
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    Intel ICH8M drivers for xp install!

    Hi All, ive got a fujitsu siemens laptop model - amilo pi 2515. it came with windows vista on which isnt the problem. the programs im trying to use with it are the problem so im needing to go back to xp. On the reinstall xp default drivers doesnt pick up the hard drive because its a SATA hard...
  6. boulder38

    Windows update not installing updates on 2 computers

    Hi I have upgraded 2 computers (1 due to motherboard breaking and the other due to customer wanting to upgrade the computer) and have upgraded the installation of xp to work with the new motherboards. after upgrading xp, i installed all the motherboard drivers with no problems. when i went to...
  7. boulder38

    Outlook express in french!

    Hi Ive just built up a computer with windows xp on. I want to use outlook express for my email but the spell checker is in french. All the region settings, and language settings within xp are set to english uk! in outlook when i go to change the language for the spell checker the only...
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    SATA mirror, set in bios then doesnt recognise drives

    Hi all. I have a AsRock AM2NF3-VSTA motherboard with 2gb ram, 2xSATA seagate 400gb Hard drives, and a 4600 amd dual core chip! I need to get Raid set up for the 2 sata hard drives to be mirrored! In the BIOS i have the IDE Configuration screen with sata enabled and set to non-raid, and this...
  9. boulder38

    Hp UTOW-CO2

    Hi, Got a HP machine and recently as i turn it on it just sits there continuously resetting it self every half second or so. now ive stripped everything out or disconnected from the motherboard so the only thing connected is the memory power supply motherboard and the onboard graphics. when i...
  10. boulder38

    260ft cat5e cable, stranded or solid?

    Hi, I'm setting up a network and need to run a cable on the outside of a building to the estimated measurement of about 260ft. Would stranded or solid cable be better for doing this job? Is there any recommendations by anybody to doing this?? Thanks, Luke
  11. boulder38

    Xp freezes on loading settings screen for couple mins then comes back!

    hey I've got a PC with Xp home on and when i load it up i get to the windows log on screen no problem but when i click on my username it goes to the loading your settings bit, and its either here are when the desktop is loaded that it hangs for a couple of minutes so u cant do anything and then...
  12. boulder38

    Bridging 2 network cards in a ring network using 3 computers

    Hi, I'm trying to setup a ring network using 3 computers each with 2 network cards. the problem im getting is getting the 2 network cards to talk to each other so i can complete the ring. Any ideas how to do it in Windows 2000 professional. PC1 can talk to PC2 and PC2 can talk to PC3 but PC1...
  13. boulder38

    Computer wont power down on shutdown!

    ive got a tiny computer running Windows Xp. When i select the computer to shutdown windows logs off and shutsdown as normal but the computer doesnt power off im just left with a blank screen and the computer powered on. Does anybody know for any reason for this? thanks for any help Luke Holder
  14. boulder38

    DELL dimension XPS T600, no screen!

    Hi ive got a dell dimension XPS T600. the problem is im not getting any screen come up. Ive taken main parts apart cleaned and put back still nothing! reset the BIOS as ive found sometimes that can be it but still nothing! ive changed the graphics card nothing and tested the priginal one and...
  15. boulder38

    windows 98 boot up selection for no reason!!

    Hi all, I had a friends computer to fix it which i did!! now hes been messing about with it installing files off a windows 98 disk and it now comes up with boot options (normal, safe mode, safe mode with networking etc.) but i cant see any reason why its doing this!! also whether this has...

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