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When your display properties only show one or (at most) two possible settings, it's definitely the driver. Have you tried uninstalling the hardware and then reinstalling it? Also, do you get this problem if you us an external monitor? I'm assuming that you have a video out port -- most laptops do.

If you take a look at a patch cable and a crossover cable, you'll notice that the colored wires are setup completely different. Because of this, you will not be able to use the them together; they serve different purposes. My suggestion: get longer patch cables.

I've also noticed someting similar with it. It's not a huge deal for the machines which have it installed, but it did slightly catch my attention. Storage space is wicked cheap these days. I'm pretty sure that both of you are right about the extra space taken up. SP upgrades require backups, restore points, and the likes, but 1 GB is a bit high. We've decided to hold off on installing SP3 for multiple reasons. The issue with Symantec software is one reason, and (more importantly) the issue with Dymanics (Great Plains): data loss or corruption is prone due to a bug/compatibility issue with SP3. As a general rule of thumb, we never install a new SP until at least 2.5 months after its release. There's always something wrong with them. Although, I do run tests on an external system to see how the new ones look.

packman, Thanks for clarifying, as I think I may have missed what exactly you were looking for. Regarding older versions of XP, we have machines which date back to 2001 with XP installed on them. The OS has been reinstalled multiple times on those machines, including different HDDs, and I've never encountered a problem before. In fact, I'm currently formatting and rebuilding 8 of these machines and have not run into any snags; Windows update is vali[censored] every installation and allowing the updates to proceed. Conversely, I've tried to install XP with a machine which had Windows 98 SE installed on it and had no luck. The version could not be validated. So if your machine originally had XP on it, you should be safe. Microsoft now uses a tool to validate that you are running a genuine copy of the OS, which completely replaces the activation of the OS. However, the Office suite still uses the activation action before it can be used. I hope this is helpful or at least in the ballpark figure of what you are looking for. Sorry for being wordy with this.

You should be okay with the installation, provided that you don't use your old HDD to boot up XP. Most of these licenses are more concerned about two separate systems running the same license at the same time. They take into account that users will be upgrading pieces of their machine, like your scenario. As for your retail version including usage on a second machine, I think that you may be mistaken by that. I could be wrong, but regular retail versions of an OS aren't usually multi-license copies.

If memory serves me correct, the power surge message means that the USB port which the device is plugged into cannot handle the device. If your laptop is an older model, it may not have USB 2.0 ports on it. While devices like flash drives will still work, other devices such as external HDDs can cause issues with this.

I'm trying to get 4 separate web pages to cycle through as a display in our lobby. I've found some good applications which allow this to happen quite smoothly. The only problem is that they run off the IE6 engine and 3 of these pages are XML; the two don't play well together. IE 7 and Firefox both display XML just fine, but I can't seem to find an application (whether 3rd party software or an add-in) which will do what I am looking for. Anyone have any suggestions?

The next time you plug your external drive in, open Windows Explorer. Right-click on the device's drive and select Properties. In the Properties window, you should see an AutoPlay tab. Click that and you'll have an option there which says "Take no action." OK out of the window and that should take care of it.

Take a look at these patches: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21149&rhtml=true They may help you out with not just this error, but other potential ones later on in the game.

you can try deleting it outside of Windows in DOS. Just be very careful and make sure you are deleting what you mean to.

When you are saying that it "clicks off and then reboots," do you mean that you hear strange clicking from the inside of your machine followed by a reboot? If this is the case, it almost certainly means that you have a physical error on your HDD, which is unrepairable. Unfortunately, this will only get worse, to the point where your OS cannot even load up before the system reboots again. My suggestion would be to get a new HDD and transfer all of the data you wish to save over to the new HDD. I had this happen before and it's a royal pain to deal with. Luckily, storage is wicked cheap these days.

It could be a corrupted display driver. Try up[censored] it to see if that helps.

Look at her Device Manager and see if there are and ?s next to devices. If not, then her USB ports may be fried. This can happen if USB devices are removed without safely stopping the port (which can be done by clicking on the green arrow on the taskbar and selecting which port to stop). I've had this happen to me and it's wicked annoying.

The easiest way to do this is to use your installation CD for Windows XP. Put the CD in your drive, restart the machine and press F11 once your keyboard flashes (do this twice just to make sure); you'll hear a single beep for each time F11 is pressed. Once the boot select menu comes up, select your IDE CD-ROM drive, which will boot up the Windows Installation program. This will allow you to format your partitions. When it gets to the part about deleting partitions, delete the C:\ drive partition (make note of the sizes of your current drives before restarting your machine with the disc in so that you are certain which drives are which), then do a fresh install of Windows on the unpartitioned segment of your hard drive (format in NTFS). Read the on-screen instructions carefully and you should be able to get through this process relatively easily. NOTE: I'd suggest not creating a partition from the unpartitioned space, as this tends to show that there are two versions of XP installed on the machine, which is just plain annoying. Instead, just install Windows XP on the unpartitioned space. Once you've reinstalled XP, you can load up Windows and open Windows Explorer. Right-click on the D:\ drive and select Format. This will wipe the drive clean without altering the size of the partition. VERY IMPORTANT: Please understand that by formatting your partitions, you will be erasing all data on the drives and anything which used to reside on the drives will now be gone forever. Only do this if you are 100% sure that you do not need anything from the drive(s) in question. There are other ways to do this, but a simple type could lead to big mistakes.

What does the blue screen say? Let us know what the part in all caps says, as well as the complete hexidecimal section (example: 0x0000001C). That'll help pinpoint the problem.

We have multiple resources available for users to book so that double-booking never occurs. While this works just fine, users are not informing us that they need the equipment setup until literally minutes before the meeting's scheduled start. Is there a way to have specific resources inform an admin that they have been booked? Essentially, if a user books a projector, I want to be notified so that I can put it in my calendar and be able to have it setup in time. I've poked around the Rules wizard, but have not found anything that works. Because users technically cannot send emails, none of the rules will work; requests to reserve the resources are not emails, rather they are calendar events. This isn't a pressing matter, but it would be nice to smooth this out.

I hear you on keeping the logs clean. This is the only error message that is still plaguing this server's log. I've tried changing the credentials for the services and web site itself, but to no avail. This isn't a top priority for me, as WSUS is still functioning properly. But I check up on this every other week to see if anyone has found a solution.

Can your system recognize any CD put into the drive (music, game, data)? If not, there may be an issue with the hardware, which might require replacing it or up[censored] firmware/drivers. Also, what OS are you using? Is this game intended for use on that OS?

Dells are known for having parts short out, which is why I strongly recommend that anyone who has a Dell machine keep up-to-date with their warranty extensions. If you have a warranty, then get the CD-ROM drive replaced, as it sounds like you've tried everything from a user point of view. The only other things I can think of trying is upgrading the firmware. Still, it should be recognized.

We are trying to rid our network of Outlook archived folders (PST files), as they are not the most stable files and they taken up a lot of space on the file server. While this transfer is extremely simple with regular folders (e.g., Sent, Deleted), I cannot figure out how to merge an archived calendar with the existing calendar in the mailbox. I can only copy/move the archived calendar and place it as a subfolder under the existing calendar. It is possible to move events one-by-one from one calendar to another, but this is very tedious and a waste of my time, especially when an archived calendar contains hundreds (maybe thousands) of events. Several users have expressed concern, as this can be confusing: which calendar does one look at to find an old event. Does anyone know how to merge two calendars to eliminate this confusion? As always, thanks in advance. Side note: it does not seem to matter which version of Outlook. We currently use Outlook 2007, but had this problem with 2002 as well.

Wow... I feel like an idiot. I literally just found a solution to this, and it's completely obvious. I spent a good while trying to figure this out with no luck and stumpled up on the answer simply by entering the subject of this thread into google... yeah, like I said: I feel like an idiot. Apparently a lot of people couldn't find the answer either, though. Essentially, you have you view the calendar in a table format (the best one is by category). This allows you to select everything (ctrl + a) and move it into the apropriate calendar. That's it. Obvious, but just beyond normal logic. The only items which cannot be moved are invitations which were sent out, but not answered by all of the recipients. Sorry to take up space with this thread. Hope this at least helps someone.

Can you supply us with some more information about your external HDD, please? What is the exact model and make? If you have warranty on this unit, I'd see about having them take care of it. Opening the unit will void your warranty. If you do not have warranty, then try out what DosFreak suggested.

Another thing that I've seen happen is when users do not stop the USB port before unplugging devices. To do so, you should right-click on the icon next to your clock on the taskbar (the icon should be a small green arrow and a small grey bar), then selecting "safely remove hardware." This stops the port which will prevent you from frying it. I've done it to one of my old machines, so it is possible to do this, which might explain why the port used to work but now doesn't. Have you tried any additional ports? Most machines have multiple USB ports located in the front, as well as the back.

It should be, provided that you have an available PCI slot. While it looks like a good deal ($35), it's nothing insane, so you shouldn't have any problems with it.

Did DosFreak's recommendation work for you?