i recently did a system restore and had some problems Geek squad recomended
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I have a genuine copy of windows xp pro reinstalled on the same DAW
(dedicated) not connected to any network. I have to reactivate but after it
tells me that my product key is not valid and doesn't give me an installation
ID.  I called the activation center who told me to call ...

2007/12/01 new Vero.VISI.v15.0., Cadence.OrCad.v16.0,
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Is it possible to remove the 2000-file limit in XP's command line FTP
program? I'm trying to pull over 80,000 files.
Thanks!

In the process of installing Photoshop CS3, I seem to have also had
something called Bonjour Service installed. I'm using XP he SP2.
In C:\Program Files\Bonjour there are two files: mdnsNSP.dll and
mDNSResponder.exe

...no it isn't!
This has been happening with annoying regularity. Trying to organize files
into folders, and get the, 'this file is being used by another program'
error. It's not. Every program is closed down. I even re-boot, and get the

I recently began having issues while backing up some files to a CD.  Used to
take 10-15 minutes to copy and 5 minutes to write.  It now takes 1 - 2 hours
to copy, and 5 minutes to write.
I am able to copy these files to a CD on a CD drive on another computer on

What is the value of this application? Is it needed if I have other anti-spy
ware programs in place. I removed Defender and found a lot of new free space
on my disk.

Hi, I use a Broadband connection which requires a username and password to
logon. I need to add this connection to my startup folder, so that the
broadband connection is started everytime I boot my PC (when windows starts)
I use Windows XP professional SP2. Can anyone help me in ...

Sometimes, when I right click on a file and SEND TO my cd drive to burn the
file to CD, the CD burner door will not open after burn has been completed,
and will not open unless PC is rebooted. Anyone else heard of or solved
this?

My Zone Alarm Pro firewall subscription expires in a few days and I recently
bought a Norton Internet Security 2008 package that contains a firewall.
I currently have the Norton firewall turned off and just use the Zone Alarm
Pro firewall.

I am running XP Pro w/Sp2. The Internet Options shortcut in both the Control
Panel and under tools in IE7 does not respond. It seems to be trying to load
an error message. Any help to restore the shortcut would be appreciated.
Bob

This is not really all that annoying to me, its just somewhat funny.
When I right-click on a hard drive and go to Properties | Tools |
Backup, it requires a floppy disk drive for the process to work. Says
it will create a boot disk. Can't make it select the DVD drive as an