I have done something to my win explorer. Now when I click search instead of
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I bought the new Intellimouse Explorer Platinum 4, but
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Mike

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I'm having a problem changing the names of pictures.   I right click on them
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I have a problem in XP Home that just started after I downloaded the latest
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