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Windows Hardware 9627

Okipage 4w

shadowraven

Here is the old INF for my printer. It starts to install and then says that it is an invalid data type. What can I do? I would really like to get my printer going. It is a OKI Okipage 4w. ; NTPRINT. INF (for SUR) ; ; List of supported printers, manufacturers ; Signature=$Windows NT$ Provider=OKIDATA LayoutFile=layout.

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Last reply by peterh, 2005-04-13 17:04

Everything New Technology 1823

Setting up a domain

ajpriest

Hi all, Presently I have 5 pc's, all have logon accounts built in and range from 98, 2000 to XP SP1. I would like to setup a Win 2003 server that MS have kindly given me (as a student). I want to setup the server to control the access of users on my home network.

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Last reply by peterh, 2005-04-13 16:54

Windows Software 5498

Outlook Express replaces names with ######

felix

Hi all, Just got an email from my sister who said the following: Hello; From your Youngest Sister I need your help. We are having trouble with sending e-mails. All our names are been blocked, as in ########### Some how some one at this end has done something and now I don't know how to change it back.

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Last reply by felix, 2005-04-13 14:02

Windows Networking 2246

Web Server on Windows Server 2003

leemur

I am running Windows Server 2003 on a computer behind a Netgear MR814 router. I want my other computers behind the router to still be able to connect through it. I am trying to run a web server that people on the internet can access with something like I have a reserved IP for the server and port forwarding (port 8 ...

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Last reply by Wilhelmus, 2005-04-13 08:42

Everything New Technology 1823

Just a FYI Patching begins now this month

harplayer

At 1:15 Eastern, WSUS is synching the new patches, Get your boxes synching now

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Last reply by harplayer, 2005-04-12 19:12

Everything New Technology 1823

Win XP to Win 2000 'downgrade'

m_phoenix83

Hey all. Got my second PC at home now, and this one is far better than the one that's runnning Win 98. But as we all know, I have plenty of problems, so here's my next one for ya. . . . Windows XP is the current OS on the system.

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Last reply by m_phoenix83, 2005-04-12 11:57

Everything New Technology 1823

Need help with wireless networking

pr-man

I have a laptop with a wifi card, my desktop has ADSL via an internal pci dsl modem which my phone line plus into. I want to be able to setup my daughters computer and my laptop to be able to share the dsl connection wirelessly.

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Last reply by SHS, 2005-04-11 16:24

Slack Space 1613

Trying to contact SHS (Anthony T)

gdonovan

Anyone know how I can get in touch with him? Is he still about? Yes I have sent a PM. I have a running Quantum3D Mercury system that could use his touch on the drivers for proper operation in Win2000.

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Last reply by SHS, 2005-04-11 16:11

Everything New Technology 1823

Dual booting windows xp and windows 98

Deepack

I have windows xp on drive C(SATA Pimary) and windows 98 on drive H(IDE secondary) (F is used for a firewire hardrive). I tried to edit my boot. ini for it to let me choose to boot into windows 98 at the boot menu so i tried this timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0) ...

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Last reply by AbGraat, 2005-04-11 03:23

Windows Software 5498

Able to freeze my PC consistently

philipio

I can make my PC freeze simply by visiting a specific website. The problem is, I haven't a clue what's causing the freeze. If I visit the Nissan website then click on the link to view their new Murano SUV on the bottom right of the screen, I am then taken to a fresh page which contains a link to the Nissan Murano w ...

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Last reply by AbGraat, 2005-04-11 03:07

Windows Games 5469

SW: Galactic Battlegrounds on Win2k

fpatton

Hello - I'm having trouble running SW:Galactic Battlegrounds under Win2k, SP4. When I start the game, I get through the intro, and get to the opening menu. When I try to play, I get Please insert a game disk in the CD drive.

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Last reply by fpatton, 2005-04-11 01:58

Windows Games 5469

Problem with OpenGL on Windows 2000

ChawngkuhH

Every game I have on my computer will freeze after about 30 minutes of playing time and I'd have to manually reboot the machine. I know it has something to do with my OpenGL because I was playing a video on VideoLAN using OpenGL for video option and it freezes also, but if I just leave the video option at default i ...

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Last reply by ChawngkuhH, 2005-04-11 01:33

Windows Software 5498

[b]Cannot (!) delete files[/b]

tsonta101

Here's is the situation: I brought the removable hard disk from work, and copied over some mp3s to a folder I call 'Unsorted MP3s'. When I actually found the time to move the mp3s to other folders, I got a nice little message saying 'Cannot move xxxxxxxx: Access is denied.

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Last reply by tsonta101, 2005-04-10 22:17

Windows Hardware 9627

Video capture cards...

Atreyu

Ok. . . I have some home videos I want to copy to my computer and make DVDs of. What kind of video card do I need for this. . . ? Any recommendations?.

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Last reply by Jerry Atrik, 2005-04-10 20:09

Customization Tweaking 1790

Hi-Performance for 2k/XP/2000 56k OR Cable

akiss

thanks you. .

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Last reply by zaqzaq, 2005-04-10 19:03

Windows Hardware 9627

Western Digital Hard Drive Format Problem

compunut

I have a Western Digital 160gig hd in an external usb configuration. It shows up as 31 gigs and will not let me format it to 137gigs. Do I have to hook it up to another machine and use the Western Digital CD to format it or is there another way to make it reconize it as 137 gigs? I've tried everything I can think o ...

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Last reply by akitoto, 2005-04-10 18:42

Windows Games 5469

My sims 2 games has gone crazy please help me

ruinsgirlmtk

Ok I have never done this before and don't even know where I should post this. I need help and quick. My Sims 2 university game comes up and runs normal except for a huge problem, My kid works all my moods run but my 2 adults sims won't do anything.

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Last reply by ruinsgirlmtk, 2005-04-10 17:25

Windows Hardware 9627

Linksys WRT54G having wireless link problem

ak6110

Hi All, I have this problem after a 1 month usage on the router. The wireless connection will automatic cut off or turn off by itself when tansfering large files from another wired PC. But when I am do a streaming audio from the internet, there is no problem.

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Last reply by Thangalin, 2005-04-10 05:29

Windows Games 5469

No MS Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel

NascarFool

Has anyone got the MS Sidewinder FF wheel to work as it should in Windows 2000 ? ? All I get is a plain wheel in the game controllers panel. It shows as a FF Wheel but no force. .

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Last reply by ELX, 2005-04-10 03:40

Windows Software 5498

DirectX problems - Direct3D fails

krisis

I can't get any Direct3d games to work. When I go to dxdiag it shows: DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Not Available (< problem!?) When I run the D3D tests I get: D3D7 Test Result: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT = 0x887602eb (error code) D3D8 Test Result: Failure at step 8 ( ...

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Last reply by krisis, 2005-04-10 03:33