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PowerPoint File Won’t Open From Outlook Express

Found this on the Internet. It occurs when you have Windows XP with SP2 and are using MS Powerpoint Viewer 2003 or 2007. If you try and open the attachment from Outlook Express it gives an error. The following gives you some options:

Powerpoint won’t open from Outlook Express

One of […]

Lexmark Deskjet won’t install in Vista

Not a fan of Lexmark deskjet printers. Don’t get me started on their cheap colour laser. Their high-end mono lasers are not bad.

Had a client that bought a new Vista PC and could not get the lexmark x1140 printer driver installed. Turned out the user tried to install the XP […]

Winlogon.exe at 50% CPU

Had a client that was getting 50% cpu on the winlogon.exe in the task manager. Did the normal virus/spyware check/remove. Found out it was related to the offline option in XP when connected to Windows Domains. Turning off the offline files and restarting the PC solved the problem. If you have an XP […]

Access Denied When Installing XP SP3

Had a client that had this problem. Found this on the internet.

Access Denied When Installing XP SP3

While installing Windows XP SP3, you receive the following error:

Windows XP Service Pack 3 installation failed. Access is denied.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Resolution:

1. Backup the Registry

2. If […]

E-mail Hoaxes People Fall For

Here is a link to tell about some of the hoaxes people get in their e-mail and have fallen for them.

8 Crazy E-Mail Hoaxes

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates Video 2

Speed up XP Performance

Here is an article about speeding up XP

Virtualbox Upload Speed Slowness Fix

I have been playing around with Virtualbox 1.6 under Ubuntu and find it a great way to run Windows under Ubuntu. One thing that really bugged me was the upload speed inside the Windows guest. Using the default NAT network configuration made it really slow. By switching to a Bridge mode for network card(similar […]

Survey Says!! XP!

What’s Wrong With Microsoft’s ‘Mojave Experiment?

I really like this article. Really describes Microsoft’s trickery.

What’s Wrong With Microsoft’s Mojave Experiment?