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  1. scottdfs

    page cannot be displayed

    have vista home. ie8 started displaying "page cannot be displayed". but i am leasing an ip address, and can ping my isp. i reset tcp/ip stack and winsock catalog using netsh. did not help. uninstalled ie8, rolled back to 7, still no luck. i ran hijackthis and malwarebytes and removed a bunch of...
  2. scottdfs

    giving restricted users permissions to change time/date

    we are in a stand alone workgroup. most users login with the same account, which only has user rights applied to it. i have looked everywhere in the MMC, but can't figure out how to give the restricted profile permission to change the clock settings. is there a way to do this?
  3. scottdfs

    windows will not recognize blank cd

    yes, both drives can read normal cd's. when i use Nero, it also says no cd in drive. yes, did a complete reinstall, to include deleting old partition, recreating and reformatting.
  4. scottdfs

    windows will not recognize blank cd

    have tried to burn a cd, but windows says no cd in drive. below are the steps i've already taken tried to burn using windows, sonic record now, and nero. have tried with multiple blank cd R installed latest drivers and firmware. uninstalled itunes (still have not reinstalled) removed "upper...
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    head scratcher

    when i turn my computer on it will post, then the screen goes black. the harddrive appears to keep running. here are the troubleshooting steps i've tried: boot to dell utility parttion and run extended hardware test. all tests passed. removed the harddrive, slaved it to another computer. ran an...
  6. scottdfs

    unable to hide .tmp files

    thanks to both of u for your reply's. the temp files in fact do not go away when the document is closed. not on the computer in question. they do on others. this problem is on of my customers computers. it matters to her because when she goes to my docs to open a file to work on, for example-...
  7. scottdfs

    unable to hide .tmp files

    i modify a document and save it. this creates a new .tmp file that is supposed to be hidden. i have gone to tools/folder options/view/ do not show hidden files and checked it. but the temp files keep showing up. so i have dozens of temp files in my documents for each document created, and not...
  8. scottdfs

    vista not networking with xp

    i have a vista computer in a workgroup with 3 xp computers and 4 windows 2000 computers. the vista pc does not see the other computers on the network, but they see the vista pc. turned firewall and spyware pro off.
  9. scottdfs

    unable to access my documents on slave drive

    i'm using xp pro. i conected a friends harddrive to my pc in order to save all of his files. i can copy and paste any file except for his profile file in documents and settings. i receive and error message "access denied". is this because he had his user account password protected? if so, how do...
  10. scottdfs

    errorsafe popup when opening browser

    whenever i open a webpage, or change pages, a separate webpage comes up pointing to an ip address, and i get a page not found error. so i went to tools/internet options/security/restricted sites and restricted the ip address (83.149.105.143). now when i open a webpage, a separate page opens and...
  11. scottdfs

    problems starting up

    like ed said, check ide connections. then remove both ram chips. put one back in and try to start. if it works, or doesn't, do the same with second RAM. do you get a beep error code? don scott www.stlcomputers.net
  12. scottdfs

    neighbor's wireless knocks me off of mine

    I solved my problem by changing channels, and moving our wireless router to a different location. I don't think it is rude to ask him. Explain the problem you have, and your suggested solution. You can offer to show him how, if he doesn't know how.
  13. scottdfs

    can't burn cd's

    i am using windows 2000 pro with administrator rights. installed roxio easy cd creator. when i try to open the wizard, i receive an error. followed all of roxio's tech support help to try and fix with no luck. so i removed for about the 10th time, and installed nero instead. nero will only let...
  14. scottdfs

    scheduled tasks do not complete

    we have two local user accounts on a windows 2000 pro pc. one is administrator account, the other has restricted user rights. i scheduled disk defrag to run once a month, as administrator. computer is always logged on with restricted profile, and doesn't run disk defrag. a look at event viewer...
  15. scottdfs

    can't load cd rom drivers

    i have two cd rom drives on the secondary channel. windows no longer loads the drivers. if you look them up in device manager, both drives show up, but with an exclamation point. windows says drivers missing or corrupt. i have uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck. i have also installed a...
  16. scottdfs

    no spelling tab in outlook express options

    i found that article and tried it before i made this post. i have a csapi3t1.dll in the proper folder.
  17. scottdfs

    no spelling tab in outlook express options

    i miss understood your question. no, within outlook express but not within the message there is no spelling tab under tools/options. at least not on one profile. if i log off and back on as the other user, i have a spelling tab. profiles are large and cumbersome, didn't want to have to wipe it...
  18. scottdfs

    no spelling tab in outlook express options

    OS is windows 2k pro, outlook v6. tried to access spell check options from within the message, I believe.
  19. scottdfs

    no spelling tab in outlook express options

    we log onto a computer with one of two accounts- an administrator account and an account named nfs with administrator rights. logged on as administrator, all is fine. logged on as nfs, i open outlook express, and have no spell checker. so i click tools/options to fix this, and there is no...
  20. scottdfs

    ms publisher

    if i open an exitsting publisher document, it opens fine, and i can edit and make changes. but if i open publisher, or choose new document, then i get an error message the says "mspub.exe has encountered an error and needs to close. a log is being generated. first i went to add/remove programs...

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