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Speedisk won't install

*Iblis*
having trouble installing speedisk from norton utilities 2002. i've tried using the nu installer or running the setup program directly from the sdnt directory. the installshield progress bar pops up, goes to 100% then disappears, then nothing happens.
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Zone alarm

Lucifix
Every time I restart my computer and I go to internet Zone alarm I must configure the program again. Please help me. Lucifix ND.
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Dynamic Disks

tsonta101
I am thinking of taking advantage of the increased speed of a software raid array, with the help of converting to dynamic disks (through Computer Management/Disk Management in Administration Tools). My 2 hdds run at udma4 under winXP pro, the first one is a Maxtor 30Gb and the second one is a Quantum AS 40Gb.
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Is there no option for a "repair floppy" in XP Pro

DremNeonBlack
In win2000 I always made a repair floppy which was a very nice thing. Where is this option in winXP Pro? Also, when entering dos installation menu (with the options Install/Repair etc) there is no repair with repair diskette but only repair using recovery console I need a diskette that fixes my bootrecords because ...
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DVD Decoder Software - XP

David987
Having upgraded to XP and solved other problems the one remaining problem is my DVD player no longer works. Every now and then XP tells me I have to upgrade the software decoder, problem is its recommendation is the same outfit my original decoder came from and they charge $40 for the upgrade.
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How to change Internet Explorer's timeout settings?

shassouneh
Hi All, this pertains to Windows 2000 and XP (IE 5. 0 or later). How can we change the time out settings for IE? For instance, since I'm on a crappy network, IE returns a page not found / cannot find server page whenever I try to upload some file becaus ethe upload time times out! I KNOW the server is there and run ...
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ISO Recorder Power Toy for XP Pro/Home

ofelas
UPDATED DOWNLOAD LINK - Uses the built in burning capabilities of XP; not one coaster so far; adds right-click ISO burning functionality to WinXP. Download from- and do send an e-mail to with your opinions of this very useful app.
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damn dvd wont work in 2k

NOKIA
anyone has any ideas why in 2000 I cant play a dvd with tv out? Im running Hercules geforce 2 ultra with det 21. 40 Im using powerdvd 4. 0 if anyone has a fix etc? thanks NOKIA.
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Account Deletion

miku
Hi Guys I have the Default Administrator account. Last day I just created a new account name 'Chicco'. For some reason this account was also an Administrative account. I couldn't get it to be limited.
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Internet Explorer 6 and Memory Loss

Saqx
Here's the problem that happens to me. . . when i try to open up to 50 IE windows. . . (just about:blank) around the number 50. . . it just doesn't seem to open any more windows. . . sometimes i get a few more but they are missing the toolbar or something else like the menus.
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Ping/Connection Problem

LavaLamp27
2 days ago I was left unable to sign on to AOL over my cable modem and get the message The connection to the host was lost. At first I thought it was an AOL issue but I have found that I am no longer able to ping anyone from my computer and get an Error Code 65 when I try to do so.
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