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Windows Software 5498

The playa 0.6.6 ?

valery

I use The Playa 0. 6. 6 to look my divx. I can look these properly, but when I try to move forward into a divx, by moving the position indicator cursor, I receive each time this error message: This application must close.

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Last reply by ThC 129, 2002-01-03 00:03

Windows Software 5498

getting use of msn messenger for groups other than admin

Helmann

wonder how i can enable msn messenger to be used by users in groups other than admin. It appears in start menu for them but doesn't seam to load. All users from administrators group can use and access with no problem.

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Last reply by ThC 129, 2002-01-02 23:51

Windows Software 5498

XP Pro or Win2k Pro better for this system?

pr-man

Also please let me know why you think one is better than the other. I am a avid gamer(i know im working on the vid card situation ) and broadband internet user. My system: T-bird 1. 33ghz 384 megs PC2100 DDR Epox 8K7A rev 1.

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Last reply by Xiven, 2002-01-02 03:23

Windows Software 5498

Possible to remove backed up files?

Desmond

Been running windowsupdate for some time now and i've got a bunch of backed up files in the winnt folder. . Since i'm i need of hddspace i was wondering how one can remove them and if it can be done without damaging the 2000 installation.

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Last reply by ejsmith, 2002-01-02 02:05

Windows Software 5498

All users not working?!

John Miller

I have no idea what happened with this, but suddenly a bunch of my icons disappeared from the start menu and desktop. After a bit of investigation, I realized the files in All Users are no longer showing up.

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Last reply by John Miller, 2002-01-01 21:59

Windows Software 5498

maybe stupid question about NAV2002

rgodart

When the liveupdate fucntion expires after one year, it's sitll possible to manually update the virus definitions right?

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Last reply by *Iblis*, 2002-01-01 21:49

Windows Software 5498

Word 2000 and Win XP

valery

Does somebody try Word 2000 under win XP ??? It's horrible, it crash everytimes ! Why ? Does somebody know ?

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Last reply by valery, 2001-12-31 14:51

Windows Software 5498

Replace Mediaplayer 6 with 7 for online streaming?

ok_interested

Hello i was wondering if anyone can tell me how i replace windows mediaplayer 6 with 7, what i mean is that when i am opening an online streaming source ( like yahoo news or some other news sites that use mediaplayer) instead of mediaplayer 7 poping up and playing the stream, the old windows mediaplayer 6.

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Last reply by Intlharvester, 2001-12-31 11:01

Windows Software 5498

WinXP and ZIP files

pmistry

What is the deal with XP and ZIP files. I use Winrar 2. 9 and anytime when I am browsing my files in Windows Explorer, if I single click on a ZIP file, CPU usage jumps to 100 % or so for a brief moment.

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Last reply by pmistry, 2001-12-31 03:59

Windows Software 5498

IE6 save as jpg option missing (was there before)

Thomas Maryniak

Just noticed that I cannot save pics as jpgs anymore- the only option is to save as a bmp. How do I switch it back?.

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Last reply by Thomas Maryniak, 2001-12-31 00:52

Windows Software 5498

help

mfc

i'm really new with this xp and a computer illiterate so i need some help. i didnt know that xp already comes with antivirus so i installed mcaffee and got this message NT on access scanner service encountered a problem and needed to close.

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Last reply by OLEerror, 2001-12-31 00:24

Windows Software 5498

how to make mediaplayer 8 default player for online streamin

ok_interested

whenever i play online streaming content, it uses the 6. 4 media player instead of the newer 7. 1 or (8. 0 in xp) i know its using 6. 4 because if you right click on the window and choose about. it shows that its using 6.

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Last reply by ok_interested, 2001-12-30 22:39

Windows Software 5498

XP messenger incompatible

Andy Stokes

Hi, I have just brought a laptop which is preinstalled with XP and built in messenger. However I cannot send files or video mail to users on win98 machines using messenger. Any ideas on a workaround.

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Last reply by Wolf87, 2001-12-29 22:27

Windows Software 5498

Why was my thread locked?

brainsoft

I would appreciated it if I were informed when a thread of mine is closed, and a reason for it being closed. .

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Last reply by CUViper, 2001-12-29 21:35

Windows Software 5498

Complicated Outlook Express, WinME/WinXP problem

ahearnb

Hi, Here's the story. I switched motherboards and did not reformat. I sold my other motherboard. I am dual booted (WinME and WinXP) and find that when I boot into WinXP, I automatically get a BSOD and have to restart.

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Last reply by ahearnb, 2001-12-29 00:12

Windows Software 5498

Xp Sp1 ?

Ant -|- One

Does anyone know when SP1 for WindowsXP is due to ? Because I encounter sudden crash while playing a game (i. e: Soul Reaver 2), with a message at reboot telling me there was a Cx0000005 Access Violation.

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Last reply by Brian Frank, 2001-12-28 19:03

Windows Software 5498

Guys! What versions of Partition Magic work on XP?

Shrink

AFAIK, version 6 will work fine with FAT32 but won't with the revisions that were made in the new revision of NTFS. Shrink.

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Last reply by Poxnor, 2001-12-28 14:34

Windows Software 5498

how do you update the cleaner's db manually

fleexp

how do you update the cleaner's trojan db manually? i downloaded the newest def file from moosoft already. . what to do next?.

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Last reply by fleexp, 2001-12-28 12:26

Windows Software 5498

Windows Mediaplayer AND Full screen

Phat

is it possible to have WMP stay in full screen even when u are working with the computer? coz i am always having a music video running at screen #2 and when i do something on screen #1 the video gets back from full screen to dafault mode.

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Last reply by crossy, 2001-12-28 07:24

Windows Software 5498

How to locate the controlling .exe and stop auto loading Tas

SnapperOne

I have two Taskbar icons (far right side of task bar by volume icon) that I apparently picked up while surfing. While I can make these icons disappear by right-clicking each icon and selecting their exit option, I've been unable to find the file that's associated with them that initiates their being loaded into the ...

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Last reply by crossy, 2001-12-28 07:07