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Phil, OK, then maybe I will try that when the old computer does go south. Right now the computer's user doesn't have the mental energy or time to deal with any change, she is trying to write resumes to get a job, and isn't a big fan of computers because of all the trouble she has been having...

Phil, He said, depending on the MB, the MB may think it is the new booting drive and that would cause quite a mess to unravel, something like that.

When I contacted a local computer guru, he recommended not putting the old hard drive into anew computer as a secondary drive. This computer is owned by a friend of my wife's, and if she isn't using the external hard drive that I lent to her, then it's not my responsibility. The hard drive in...

The whole issue came to a head suddenly and I had to hire a professional to fix this and other issues. When I got the computer back, the power supply died and I ended up hurriedly installing a new one, and now all is fine except the computer professional recommended doubling the RAM and I will...

Word 2007 opens but only after some annoying messages that it is configuring, etc. Is there some way to clear that up? We have the Product Key but no disk.

Thank you everyone especially rclarke because this will be a WIN7 thing. I won't be able to report back how this works, because the old computer in question is still functioning, but its days may be numbered. Meanwhile we will have an external HD hooked up and are copying files to that.

For the purpose of data recovery (word documents etc), if a computer fails for any reason other than hard drive failure, and that hard drive is moved into a functioning computer as a secondary drive, is it then possible to simply access the desired files in the functioning computer? I am...

My answer to 3) should have ben 2007. However I recommended deleting 2007 and keeping 2010,but my friend insisted on keeping 2007 against my advice. Now it is possible to open 2007 but only after there are about 3 messages about configuring 2007, so I also d/l Apache Office. It may be all a...

kjv, Thanks, but it will be a while. The problem is actually on a friend's computer, and it will be a few days before we can get to it. But I will keep you posted of the results.

I think I know where this is going - uninstall 2007

1)no 2)yes 3)2010

When I try to open Word, computer says "configuring Office 2007" and locks at that point.

I changed the location of the mouse USB adapter, and it has been OK ever since.

Yup - things could be worse, like actually BEING in jail

1. Wireless I will try all the above, but the problem seems more intermittent now. The mouse has not swapped for 2 days. The problem is not really a big deal, of course, it is just another one of the annoyances

I always thought they built their empire by stealing technology and putting competitors out of business by Machiavellian methods.

goomba: I respect your logic, it is just that I am a victim of my own carelessness, yes. But if MS had enough empathy, surely they could come up with a better solution?

CCX: I am getting the same 30 day nonsense because I forgot my password, and the 30 days is MS' idiotic solution to prevent hacking/fraud. Oh well.

If threading conversations is possible by keeping the subject line the same, why doesn't threading occur in Sent mail? Why is it only working in Inbox? Then, why doesn't it have an option to thread all conversations with the same subject line, both Inbox and Sent, so I can see every email that...

kjv: 1. Computer starts quickly, and runs very fast. I will disable Epson for a while. 2. I will check all of that. Primary drive is SSD, secondary is HDD, diff mfr