I'm an experienced Macintosh user, getting familiar with the Windows world, on a new Sony Vaio laptop. Model PCG-K13. I looked for a windows laptop newsgroup, but couldn't find one. Sorry.
The screen on the Sony is getting artfiacts. The look like pink horizontal bands, but the ...

I get the error message Data1.ms1 in not valid. I refered
to KB 299661 removed and rinstalled Office 2000. The
Office 2000 came with my Dell Dimension computer and it
was on 2 CD's. The Srvice Pack 2 CD contains SR-1 and 2.

I will appear totally ignorant but that's because I am and I would be grateful for some info
There is one Admin account and several limited accounts on the computer I use.  What is the best way to ensure that all accounts get the windows updates downloaded.  Will that be done ...

When I try to schedule tasks I am getting the error:
"ox800700a: The data passed to a system call too small"
Any ideas?
thanks,

onlooking atincredimail saying itsis sendind 112 emails outof 112 -ilok in
theoutboxbytherearenot 112 emailsin ther-whaycould causes this?
thanks
peter

My dad has bought his first PC (winXP home). Does anyone know of a
multimedia tour that is aimed at the real computer novice. We are talking
"this is a mouse" and "this is a monitor" level here. Having now mastered
how to put a CD in the drawer shiny side down, I think we are ready ...

How do i boot into DOS from XP?
I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy enough,
but actual DOS..
Thanks.

I use several excel spread sheets.  On my last visit there, I inadvertantly
laid a book against the space bar and wiped out several rows of data.  Not a
big deal and I recreated it.  (After I figured out the book on the space bar
was the problem).  However, for those rows that were ...

I recently reformatted my hard drive and installed xp pro.
Since then, every time I switch the pc on, at the end of
windows start up, the windows installer program tries to
run twice. Any ideas what is wrong?

I no longer have the option to empty temporary internet files on browser
shutdown in the Internet Options under the Advanced Tab.    All the other
options are still there and the option to empty temporary internet files on
browser shutdown used to be there untill recently .      I ...

I have developed many favorites in IE and now I wonder how I can save
them/backing up.
Dannie

Am trying to remove a couple of programs from start-up and went to
System Configuration Utility to do so.  This did not do the job. How
to proceed is the question?

Each time I switch on and use Solitaire I need to enlarge the screen display, even though I have maximised from the top left corner previously. How can I make the size 'lock' at what I want.

My desk top, like  everyone else's has a number of shortcut icons. I am finding that these change for no apparent reason. For instance, many should be the true logo of the source eg Yahoo has its own distinctive badge and so do many others. What seems to happen, though, is that ...

on myc drivei cantopen any exes-anyonegotanyideas why not?
thanks
peter