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Have a strange problem. I can browse and download pages, but after about 6
downloads, the X close tab doesn't work. I have experimented and discovered
that I can use Start and IE to get back into service, but PC freezes again
after a couple downloads. Only way to correct is to ...

Hoping this is in the correct area of the forum...
Ok basically just looking for the best route to switch users (About 300-400)
who are using printers on a current print server (Windows Server 2003 box),
we'll call print-serv1. So all the printers they use are currently on that

I have been unable to log on using a SAGEM F@st 800-841 and removing
the USB cable from the machine (to re/uninstall etc) causes a crash and
reboot.........
I've got no idea what is causing this

I have Windows XP Pro with SP2 installed and Acrobat Standard 6 and Reader 8.
The Titles of a PDF document as it appears in the "Description" pane of the
"Document properties" window of my Acrobat Standard, used to appear in
Windows Explorer.

PLEASE HELP!! I installed a few programs most recently of which was magiciso
which required a restart to finish installation but when it attempted to
restart the computer nothing happened. So i hit the restart on the start menu
and it started to turn off but then got stuck on ...

How do I remove the verticle black lines that have developed in list of
programs in Add Remove Programs?

I know I have seen this before but forgotten how to fix it.
Yesterday I helped a friend reinstall Win XP Home on a Dell Dimension 2350
desktop computer.  A single user with NO password included in the setup.
After installing all the drivers, we updated XP including SP2 fully.

Can anybody help me out urgently?
When I log on to the windows, it immediately shuts down showing an error
message for just a while.The error is related to smss.exe. It shows failed to
intialize beacause window station is shutting down. The header is : smss.exe-

   I've been trying to troubleshoot two shceduled tasks that will not run
automatically, Norton Anti-vrius and Norton One Button Checkup.  Both run
manually and I have tried adding a password to the user account as well as
reinstallation from a clean boot.  The scheduled task ...

I need to try to recovery some deleted files and information from Outlook
and/or outlook express. I recently read an article talking about this, in an
IT magazine, eweek etc. but I can not relocate that article. If anyone has a
link to that article it would be greatly appreciated ...

I am renewing this previous topic because my first query contained
insufficient information and responders asked for additional facts.
Hope this will provide some additional insight:
Many thanks for the several responses and associated input. I can see

I work in an office with several workstations. When I open, print, create,
etc. a file from one of the work stations, it changes / converts the font
size and also it changes / converts the apostrophe ' into an equal sign =.
This only happens on one work station. This workstation ...

I tried to reinstall Windows XP home edition in my laptop. With just
13 minutes left for the installation to complete, the system hanged.
Now its about 8 hrs, the system is still processing. Please advice.
Thanks in advance.

I have a project to do, and we have to think of a way to shrink XP these are
the components to able to do it.
Using GUI, Network, Office Applications and Browser.
If anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.