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time and date)

I have 3 drives.
In the BIOS, they are ordered properly. The boot is first (First SATA
Master), then the docs (2nd SATA Master), then the misc (3rd SATA Master).
However, Windows sees them in a different order, even BEFORE Windows is

Can somebody show me how to schedule MS defragmenter, which is a windows
based program requiring human input?  Does it provide a command line mode to
make it possible to schedule it?  Any help is much appreciated.
JD

Long story short: My daughter's laptop ran on Windows XP Media Center 2004.
Someone got the clever idea to replace that OS with Windows XP Professional
Office. But since the machine was built for Media Center, I ripped out the
new OS and re-installed Windows XP Media Center 2004. ...

Until recently I have experienced no problem transferring binaries from News
Rover onto a DVD. Suddenly I am unable to do so. A small sign comes up with
"Windows encountered a problem when trying to copy this file. What do you
want to do? (Choice of)   Retry  and  Cancel." Your help ...

Until recently I have had no trouble copying binaries from Newsgroups onto
CD's. Now that I am trying to use DVD's I am having difficulties whichever
way I try. A message appears on screen: "Windows encountered a problem when
trying to copy this file. What do you want to do? ...

I have sent several Emails through Outlook Express, yet none are shown in my
"Sent" File. Can they be somewhere else in my CPU? MTIA

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I highlight some text on a website, right click, and copy the text.  I go start,
programs, acc, and left click on notepad, click save as.  When I click
"save as" the menu that appears has "Computer" as the save to place.
Can this be changed because I never save there, only to the ...

I feel really stupid. Somehow I totally screwed up my main disk. I have re-formatted the disk and attempted to re-install, but at completion, on the restart I get an invalid partition message. I am totally at a lost. Please help.
Bob

My desktop background wallpaper choices is locked. When I press start,
control panel, appearances and themes, desktop background, the wallpaper
choices are locked. I cannot even scroll down the choices of wallpaper. The
only thing I can change is the color of the desktop. Please ...

The Compaq Presario 7000CA I just bought
(literally off the back of a truck) tells me
"No high speed USB ports have been
installed" so transfers via external USB

I have made a shortcut on my desktop and i would like to put a personal icon
on it  
When a click properties and click change icon and then go to my pictures,
the picture I want to make an icon does not appear.

When I got my new computer, it asked me to create a D: drive to copy all the
important files. I did so. It allotted about 12 gig and used most of it. Now
everytime I start Windows XP, I get this annoying popup message saying my D
drive is almost full and I should delete some ...