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Best ICS proggy...

iks
Hello there! I need a good Internet Connection Sharing program because I need something more configurable than ICS built in Windows XP. So please tell me what's good and worth of buying. . . I don't like Sygate, because I need to restart server form a time to time because it somehow stops sharing internet connectio ...
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My explorer shell is WAY screwed up

Wren
My windows taskbar seems to have gone missing. It's not there. . really. It's not just invisible, but gone. If I try and click where it should be, I get the desktop right-click menu. When I try and open the taskbar/start menu properties in the control panel.
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Windows Software 5498

End Task Timeout Dialog

shovmyfist
I leave Outlook open all the time & when i shutdown the comptuer the End Take Dialog comes up saying that the program isnt responding (becuase outlook uses winword). But this end task dialog used to have a coutdown thing on it so after about 20 seconds it would automatcally End the Task & continue.
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Activate Windows

DaveBC
I activated windows immediately upon installing. But now i get message on my taskbar counting down days left to activate. So I click the little set of keys and up comes a blank screen and nothing loads, so I wait still nothing loads in the window.
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Need some quick help

INFERNO2000
I have a file, data. bak that's used by MS Office XP. I need to find a way to make that one of those protected system files, so it won't get deleted by another program I use to clear up registry entries and useless files(EasyClean, to be precise).
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Related Pages In IE gone in XP??

shovmyfist
In win2k using IE 6. 0 there was an option for related pages to get webpages that are similar to the current one you are on. . . this seems to be gone in XP. . . is there a way to get it back without installing all that **** software?.
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Unable to View SSL or HTTPS w/IE6

Hellafax
Hey all, I've buggered my brain for about two weeks now, trying to figure out why I can't get into any secure web pages. What ends up happening if I try, is I get the standard DNS Error/Page Cannot be displayed error.
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Uninstalling WinWasher

SnapperOne
Used the trial version of WinWasher once or twice over the 30-day trial period. Appears to be a nice program. Didn't use it enough, however, to determine if I wanted to spend $30 for the complete package, so I tried to uninstall then reinstalled the demo.
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cd burning=corrupt instalation file???WTF

enio
when i try to check cd i get corrupt instalation file it says burned sucesfully??? I got XP (processor & os, hehehe)kr7a-raid, via4in1+agp4. 10, plexwriter 24/10/40a, latest version of clone cd and nero and im completely clueless.
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Defrag Doesn't Do Anything

PrinceAli0
Hey All, Got a 40 Gig drive thats about 45 to 50 % free and when I Defrag, upon completion it tells me that some files cannot be moved. The problem is when I load up Defrag again it analyzes my drive and tells me that I should Defrag the drive that just took 3 hrs to complete.
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CloneCD Usage anyone

LanFeaR
Hey ppl, I'm having a bit of trouble getting CloneCD to work properly on my System. I'm using a Cheapo LG-DVD Drive, Can't remember the Model and a Samsung SW204 CD-Burner. Where's the deal. . . . In Win-XP, CloneCD will not recognise a blank CD unless Roxio EASY CD Creator version 5 (+XP Patch, which is the only v ...
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Group Policy Snap-in failed to initialze

shinglung
Hi I've been running my latest install of XP pro for quite sometime now with little trouble (Apart from the Infinite Loop thing and some other small things). But today I thought I would have a play with the Group Policy settings and so I tried to open gpedit.
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Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1

JBoDEAN
I recently reformated/reinstalled winxp. I am not sure if I didnt configure somthing right. I put Adobe Photoshop 6. 0 on, then dl'ed the 6. 0. 1 update, and tried to run the setup, and i get an error Cannont find file setup.
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Windows.NET Server beta 3

Marktait
ok! i should have Windows. NET Server by tomorrow morning and im just wondering what drivers Windows. NET Server uses? Does it use Windows XP drivers ok or not? Thankyou! Is there any good sites that have details on.
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Thumbsplus 4.50 crashing please help !!!!

thefunky1
Hi im having a big problem with thumbsplus 4. 50 (build 2041) When im connected to the internet and i have thumbsplus running my comp will freeze up at random when it freezes i have to physicly restart my comp.
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