Date: 06/24/05     Keywords: virus, spyware

Every now and then, internet explorer will start randomly opening itself repeatedly. If I leave it alone, it'll do this 40 or 50 times. Actually I don't know how many times it'll do it because I always just reboot. Does this sound like a virus? Spyware? Ever heard of this before?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/37553.html

Date: 06/21/05     Keywords: no keywords

I have computer that was assembled by an acquaintance. It had Windows 98 from a dubious source. I formatted it to get rid of some problems. I'd like to install a legal copy of XP home, but it's $200 at the store! Is there an affordable solution? Thanks.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/37335.html

Date: 06/20/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hi everyone, new to the community.

I have a question about Excel, I have a few workbooks with forms that need to be filled out with a lot of the same information. The fields are all named to specify them.

I'd like to create a macro that will populate the fields (regardless of what workbook is open) with information, but I am not really too familiar with macros and can't find a lot of info.

I tried creating a new workbook with my info I want filled in, and recorded it with me copy and pasting into each field but it gave me "Object Defined Error".


Any help is appreciated!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/36898.html

Date: 06/18/05     Keywords: no keywords

I recently got a (legal) copy of a Window XP Pro installation CD & key through the MSDNAA. (My school's CS department just got a subscription and a computer science major got the copy for me.) I've been trying to use it to upgrade from Windows Millennium.

Problem: it tells me that my CD key isn't valid. It's the correct key. I've checked it and rechecked it, typed and retyped it. I've tried the hints on this troubleshooting page--installing from a command prompt, copying files onto my hard drive and installing from my hard drive, running scandisk, booting with very few things running and then installing...no success. It continues to tell me my key is invalid. Is there anything else I should try? I really, really want to switch to Windows XP.

Thanks!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/36794.html

Date: 06/17/05     Keywords: no keywords

Okay, I've heard that everything - history, cookies, programs, everything - is saved on your computer for others to access it. For instance, if I install "MSN Messenger," then un-install it, it still remains on my computer in a "secret" sort of place.

Anyways, besides clearing my history, cache, etc. is there any way to access these "secret" logs and clear them (if they do in fact exist)? I'd imagine they'd take up a great deal of space.


Thanks. :)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/36364.html

Date: 06/08/05     Keywords: no keywords

Does any of you know what this short-command does ALT+CTRL+- besides making the mouse-pointer looking like a minus-sign? I am just curious.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/35558.html

Date: 06/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

hello, i'm new. and i'm so pleased to have found you :-)

i've been using excel a tremendous amt in my relatively new job... i'm pretty good w/ it but i know there's a lifetime's more knowledge i could accumulate. i'm trying to work on that accumulation now. ;-)

so first a specific question...
i have a column of cells (column A) with a combination of letters/#s, but i would like to strip out the letters and sort by the #s. The problem is, the numerical code in each cell is prefixed by one word in some cases, in other cases, two words. so if i use the text-to-column feature to separate the cells at the space, i get some of the #s in column B, some in column C (where there are 2 words preceding the #). [hopefully this is making sense so far -- i fear i'm making this explanation excessively complex.] is there a merge perhaps, such that i can get the data from columns B & C to combine into one column?

thank you :-)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/35054.html

Date: 05/30/05     Keywords: microsoft

hopefully i came to the right community to ask something like this...

i have a project and i want to take pictures that i've taken off my digital camera and make them into a powerpoint presentation. i'd save the pictures to disk and try to put them into a presentation at my school because unfortunately my dell doesn't have powerpoint or any microsoft on it...

i was just wondering if anyone knows if that idea would work? or if i'd come into problems...i kind of need to know a.s.a.p. because my project is due in about a week and i really wanna get it started...

thank you soooo much for any advice/help in advance. really. anything, it's a lifesaver.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/34111.html

Date: 05/29/05     Keywords: no keywords

I've probably asked this way to many times but I'm an idiot and keep forgetting. But, on windows media player, I want to copy/paste an image from a video I'm watching but I can't remember how. It's something ctrl +alt + a letter and I've went through the alphabet and couln't get anything to happen. I've tried print but it does something very odd to the image once I set it into photoshop or paint. Help?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/33583.html

Date: 05/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

sorry for offtopic
but can anybody tell me how to separate cells by diagonal and insert text??

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/33093.html

Date: 05/27/05     Keywords: no keywords

I'm having serious issues with WMM 2.0, As soon as I start the program (or almost as soon as.) it gives me an error Message. ("Windows Movie Maker has encountered a Problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.")

I can't do anything, let alone back up the .avi clips it took ages to import in the first damn place. I've restarted numourous times, changed screen resolution, but still there is no hope. Is there help, a patch, anything?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/33000.html

Date: 05/24/05     Keywords: no keywords

when you burn a cd using windows media player...is there any way to have there not be a space between the songs? Usually when I burn a cd it puts maybe a second or two between each song and I find it really annoying. Is there any way to adjust this space? thanks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/32762.html

Date: 05/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hello

Im having some formatting issues and really hope someone can help me with this. Anyways, Im writing up a lab report and there are numerous .jpg files incorporated into the document. One of the images happens to be a bit on the large size, so to make it stay on the page I want, I dropped the margin down a bit. Now when I look at my document, the margin dropped on all 10 pages! Is there any way to adjust the lower margin for only one page, and not have it carry to all the others? I really dont want to shrink the image any more because its starting to look bad. Couldnt find anything about this in the help files either.

(using ms word 2003)

Thanks!!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/32257.html

Date: 05/13/05     Keywords: web

I'm hoping that someone can help with some issues I'm having with my Windows Media Player 9. A couple of days ago, my daughter (who downloads songs from AOL's search engine) informed me of an error message upon her starting Windows, something along the lines of "a file has corrupted the library. a new library will be formed." A day later, she finds she is unable to play the audio-visual song downloads on WMP9, getting the error message: "WMP is unable to access the file", linking her to the official error message (C00D11D2),

Windows Media Player cannot access the file. You may encounter this error message for one of the following reasons:
1. This file is currently in use. Close the file, and then try again.
2. You do not have permission to access the server or other location where the file is stored. Verify that you have the appropriate access rights, and then try again.
3. You do not have permission to access the proxy server. Verify that you have the appropriate access rights, and then try again.
4. If you are trying to copy a track from a CD to your hard disk, you may not have permission to copy to the specified hard disk location. Verify that you have the appropriate access rights, and then try again. If the problem persists, try copying to another folder.

To change the folder where tracks are copied to
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Copy Music tab.
Click the Change button.
Select another folder in which to store your digital media files, and then click OK.
–or-
Click Make New Folder, enter the name of the new folder, and then click OK.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/31778.html

Date: 04/26/05     Keywords: technology

All right, so I'm in eighth grade, and I have the option to get out of one of my technology classes, Computer Applications for next year in high school. To do this, I need to take a test...the test will cover Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. Now, I know Word and Powerpoint both fairly well (though any help with those would be appreciated, also) but I've never used Excel in my life - and that's what the test is mostly based on. If anyone could give me major help with learning this program (I don't even know what it's for) it would be appreciated like you have no idea. The test is May fourteenth, by the way. Thank you so much!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/31191.html

Date: 04/25/05     Keywords: no keywords

Eegh.
Okay, quick question, and I'm hoping it's not stupid or already covered in this community or I'm gonna feel pretty dumb.
I have two computers. One is a Dell Dimension 2400 with WinXP. The other is a G4 PowerMac with OSX 10.2.8. The Dell has a modem, the Mac does not. I want to get the Mac online. I'm aware that the only real thing I need to get is the crossover cable. However, what do I do on the PC end of things once I've got the cable into both computers? I know very little about Windows, but knowing what I do, I'm sure there's a wizard for my issue. (There's a wizard for everything, it seems.) I don't know where to find it, though.
hElp?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/30936.html

Date: 04/23/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hi everyone...Im in desperate need of help...

Ok my sister and I are making a powerpoint presentation of our bands trip to Florida, and I wanted to have music play while the slideshow is going on. I can get the music in there, but ut keeps stopping. and then picking up. Can anyone help me?

Thanks, Vince

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/30350.html

Date: 04/20/05     Keywords: microsoft

I have windows xp home on my system right now on an emachine none the less
Im in college well my classes require microsoft office how would i go about getting that without having to spend 200 bucks that i truly cant afford is there a cheaper way any help is appreciated or if you have an extra copy of office for xp you dont want or need . thanks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/30101.html

Date: 04/19/05     Keywords: no keywords

Dear gang.

I am having problem opening a .pdf file. I am sorry if this is a wrong place to post such a q' nevertheless it goes to say how desperate I am, because this is my research file. It was ok untill few days ago, now I get this message.



Need help...

Sincerely
Sudhi

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/ms_windows/29554.html

Date: 04/18/05     Keywords: programming, technology, microsoft

I'm trying to install Direct X 9.0 SDK. I'm running WinXP Pro with Visual Studio .NET 2003. I have the exe to install on a CD that came with a book I recently bought (Jim Adams, Programming Role Playing Games with Direct X, 2nd edition, Course Technology). When I tried to install that version, I got an error from the WinZip Self-Extractor when it was extracting in %Installation Path%/Samples/C#/(Something, I forget). I figured that I wouldn't worry about it and download the latest version from Microsoft (April 2005).

I've tried several times to install the April 2005 version and I always receive this error: Could not create "C:\RPG Programming Stuff\Direct X 9\Samples\C++\DirectSound\SoundFX" - unzip operation cancelled.

Can someone please help me? By the way, if anyone else has installed the Direct X SDK, would they know what it puts in your computer? I already have the folders Documentation, Extras, Include, Lib and Redist installed under %Installation Path% also created with a whole bunch of subdirectries and files. I'd like to know if I'm only missing some samples and not part of the actual Direct X code needed to make programs!

--X posted--

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