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Moving XP hard drive to computer with different chipset

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I’m cloning hard drives to support a computer refurbishing program for my local public school.  Once I build a master drive with Windows XP Pro SP2 and all the software on it, if I try to use it in a system with a different chipset it won’t work.  Is there an easy way to [...]

Very slow opening office documents through Windows Explorer when there is network connectivity.

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At work we have 2 separate computers that both have the same problem, when a user tries to open an office document (both local and network) via windows explorer it takes around 60 seconds for the program to open and display the document. The computer will just hang for those 60 seconds.
However if I disable [...]

can’t burn a cd

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Hi
I’m using sonic program to write data onto a CD-R and sometimes I try to write to it and I get a error message towards the end saying that it could write.The error code si soemthing like cd is corrupt.Now this is fresh CD and don’t know why this can be corrupt.I tried doing [...]

spec. software

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what free software can i download that will tell me my computer specs such as memory timings, speed etc, etc?.
thanks
s.

Solution:

use this free tool -
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

enable cgi in linux

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We have a Plesk CPanel for web hosting.
Fedora 5 LAMP setup.
Two NICs; One to provide a secure web site with dedicated https service.
Webmin for remote administration.
I need to enable cgi for a site we plan to migrate to this server.
I have a test file that when loaded displays the contents of the script. It [...]

upgrading winxp home to xp pro

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i need to upgrade a single pc in a book keeping office from xp home to pro, mainly for the remote desktop feature. is this a simple upgrade or should i be worried about losing data?
Solution:
Hi pbmcopiers,
It is very simple thing.. but you have to worry about formating you operating system partition (Eg. C: drive) [...]

NTFS.SYS error prevents us from any repair

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We have a laptop that came in, blue screening with NTFS.SYS errors.  We tried to boot with a Windows OEM disk so we could run CHKDSK, but the computer did the same thing.  No problem, we think…we will boot the computer with Ultimate Boot CD and run diags…but it bluescreens even then!
So…we removed the hard [...]

Issues with Drag and Drop, Copy & Paste, Programs on Taskbar, System Restore, Find, See (Q22060094)

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I am having the same issues found in Question 22060094.
While there appears to have been lots of helpful folks trying to help – I do not see an answer. And it is been set to PAQ. So I am either looking for a pointer to the PAQ or an actual answer.
A variety of things [...]

XP OS ?

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Hello,
I have a recovery CD for a T30 IBM Thinkpad.  The OS is XP.  Is it legal to use the recovery CD on a IBM Netvista desktop that has an XP COA? I went ahead and loaded the T30 recovery software on a Netvista. The copy activated and loaded fine. I just want to be [...]

Upgraded to IE7 and all typed letters, numbers etc… don’t type on web page fields.

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Help!
When I upgraded to IE7, immediately following, every time I typed on a web page some of my typed letters don’t type, show up, etc..   I switched keyboards and the same thing.  It is particularly irritating when typing in a password.  You have to watch the screen to make sure every letter is typing.  [...]