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About Saad Shawwa
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I Can answer most questions regarding to Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows ME , Windows XP Home or PRO , Windows VISTA.

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How to change reset setting11/13/2009James Milligan
  Q: I have a question regarding reset settings in windows Vista, when ever i shutdown the system the ...
  A: You should never shut down the system by pressing the button on your computer - this window will ...
accessing floppys in Vista11/3/2009James Milligan
  Q: I have 10 years of word processing files saved on 3.5 disks, created in MS Word 97 and I used ...
  A: Erm other than the standard advice which is not to use floppies, there's not much I can do without ...
login then shutdown10/28/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: When i log in to my user account on windows vista it shuts down after about 2-5 minutes of me being ...
  A: sorry for the delay well it could be a problem with some startup programs that runs during the ...
Battery icon on taskbar . . .10/24/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: Saad, The last few times I've booted up my H-P laptop, the battery power level icon has not shown ...
  A: great im glad the problem was fixed your problem was fixed so i dont think you need the file ...
windows vista registry10/23/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: I have a problem with the photoshop cs3, I tried to reinstall it from the CD. It doesn't run. I ...
  A: there is a safer way to do that , there is a tool called CS3Clean you can download it from ...
outlook 200710/23/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: I am using outlook 2007 and i have 2000 email from same email id and i want caopy all the attachment ...
  A: you can import the PST file from microsoft office 2000 to microsoft office 2007 , thats going to ...
Battery icon on taskbar . . .10/22/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: Saad, The last few times I've booted up my H-P laptop, the battery power level icon has not shown ...
  A: there are a lot of tweaks to fix that problem so lets start with the easiest one open that link and ...
Vista Password at Set Up10/21/2009Richard Rost
  Q: I have a new Gateway One computer with Windows Vista Home Premium. Windows Vista Set up appears on ...
  A: If you don't want to enter a password each time you start Vista, just remove the password from your ...
Windows Vista Password at Set Up10/21/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: I have a new Gateway One computer with Windows Vista Home Premium. Windows Vista Set up appears on ...
  A: oh dont worry about all that just setup it up without a password if you dont like to have a password ...
Windows10/19/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: On my parents computer a lot of programs sound as if they are trying to load up when windows start, ...
  A: the command you have to type so you can get into the start up tab is goto start menu and type ...
Modify a form10/3/2009Richard Rost
  Q: We have Windows Vista Home Premium and what I'd like to do is scan a form I use to make reports on ...
  A: You can either scan the document as an IMAGE and use it as a background in your Word documents, OR ...
sound problem10/2/2009James Milligan
  Q: I have a problem with sound on my IBM z60t with a 32 bit vista os. ive reinstalled the drivers in ...
  A: To be honest it's more likely a problem with the speakers if the computer is showing the correct ...
Start-up9/30/2009Richard Rost
  Q: I am running Windows Vista Home Premium. I wish to know how to add a program to my start up, ...
  A: Create a shortcut to the web page you want to automatically load and drop it in your startup folder. ...
Backup9/24/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: how are you doing? I bought a computer about a year ago with Vista on it. The computer did not come ...
  A: well most of the computer companies stopped shipping windows cds/dvds , most of them now have a ...
Backup9/24/2009Richard Rost
  Q: how are you doing? I bought a computer about a year ago with Vista on it. The computer did not come ...
  A: Check your user manual. A lot of computers today come with a HIDDEN PARTITION on the hard drive that ...
backing up files9/19/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: Is there a program that I could buy that would backup the whole "C" drive including the system ...
  A: there is a hug collection of software between free and sharware for this purpose im going to name ...
no system on computer9/16/2009James Milligan
  Q: I cleaned up my computer to rid it of things i did`nt need anymore the process was working fine, the ...
  A: OK when you start your computer up, after the initial boot screen (where Dell or something is ...
Vista Home Premium Defrag problems9/15/2009Richard Rost
  Q: Richard, I have an Acer Extensa 5510 which has crawled down to very slow indeed. I have done virus ...
  A: Backup your data. Reformat and reinstall Windows. It's good to do once a year or so anyhow. Nothing ...
Multibooting XP (Vista Pre-installed)9/15/2009James Milligan
  Q: I bought an HP G70-463CL last week. I need to multiboot XP in order to install a design program that ...
  A: If you're having BSODs etc, I recommend that you try installing Windows XP into a Virtual Machine ...
Multibooting XP (Vista Preinstalled)9/15/2009Richard Rost
  Q: I bought an HP G70-463CL last week. I need to multiboot XP in order to install a design program that ...
  A: You should set up a SECOND PARTITION on your drive to install XP. Don't try to run XP and Vista off ...
Strange Menu on Desktop (Vista)9/14/2009James Milligan
  Q: Sirs, A friend of mine had to send his laptop back to supplier after 'dropping' the machine. They ...
  A: Is it a Sony or Dell laptop by any chance? These usually have some sort of software installed by the ...
Reduce program window size9/14/2009James Milligan
  Q: I am using an embroidery software. When I open it, its size is larger than the size of the monitor. ...
  A: OK on your desktop, right click in a blank space, and choose Properties. Then, using this picture, ...
Program window larger than the monitor9/14/2009Richard Rost
  Q: I am using an embroidery software. When I open it, its size is larger than the size of the monitor. ...
  A: ALT-SPACEBAR to open the control menu. M to move ARROW KEYS to move the window. Try to move it ...
svchost.exe9/12/2009Richard Rost
  Q: i pay attention to my task manager fairly often to make sure uneccessary programs are not running ...
  A: The only thing you can really do is run a virus scanner to make sure that there isn't anything on ...
vista business9/6/2009James Milligan
  Q: I had several freezes on Vaio with Vista, and system repair would not work, so I used system ...
  A: OK well really you'll have to follow the other advice you've been given, to reload Vista. If Sony ...
Save9/4/2009Richard Rost
  Q: Is The Feature Save As really better than just save? This sounds like a dumb question, but I was at ...
  A: SAVE is fine if you're saving OVER the current file. Use SAVE AS if you want to change the ...
administrator actions (i think)9/4/2009James Milligan
  Q: with a lot of things on my computer i get windows pop up asking if i am sure i want to do this, ...
  A: This prompt is called UAC, User Account Control. It's a feature of Windows Vista, and is designed to ...
Stay with XP or upgrade to Vista8/31/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: I'm sure you've been asked this question many times before, so I'm a little embarrassed by putting ...
  A: oh that fine you shouldn't be embarrassed at all first of all i never had problems with vista , i ...
Outlook Address book to new computer8/28/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: How do I move my Outlook 2007 address book and user files from my old computer with XP to my new one ...
  A: you Windows Easy Transfer tool to transfer your setting from your old xp machine to your new vista ...
password8/25/2009James Milligan
  Q: the wife of a co worker of mine was playing some on line game in AOL and lost DSL connection - she ...
  A: You could also try this software: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ This has pretty much ...
external hdd, windows media player 118/25/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: my pc does not recognize my external did, it only see's it as a normal sata did. the reason i know ...
  A: lets start with windows media player 11 , windows media player doesnt play all kind of formats even ...
history got erased8/24/2009James Milligan
  Q: I had a very weird thing happen the other day. I keep my history back about 6 weeks for personal ...
  A: Afraid to say it but it is more than likely someone has specifically done it. I mean there are some ...
Windows Vista: "Save As, JPEG" Feature8/22/2009James Milligan
  Q: For the last 2 days I've been having a problem saving a picture from the web. When I right click the ...
  A: Follow these steps: Go to the start menu Click Computer Click on Organize Folder and Search Options ...
location not found8/21/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: Vista: I get the error screen “Location is not available” every time I refresh or boot-up. The ...
  A: there is an application that is trying to use that folder , check the running applications and see ...
Dragon Naturally Speaking and Vista8/21/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: I have Windows Vista and Dragon Naturally Speaking 10. I installed it and is asking for Speech.ll ...
  A: as mentioned at the software support website http://knowledgebase.nuance.com/view.asp?60VQ=IEKL , it ...
Firewalls8/19/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: Could you recommend a good free firewall for Vista 64-bit system. I understand that windows firewall ...
  A: windows vista firewall is powerful and more advanced than the one on windows xp but anyways.. zone ...
Internet Explorer 8 on W Vista not working8/17/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: My Internet Explorer 8 stopped working for some reason a couple of weeks ago, the first error ...
  A: well this is a weird problem if it has nothing to do with firewall and internet connectivity is ...
Internet Explorer 8 on W Vista not working8/15/2009Saad Shawwa
  Q: My Internet Explorer 8 stopped working for some reason a couple of weeks ago, the first error ...
  A: too many thing can cause IE8 to behave like that so i need more information please if you do not ...
Vista System Tray Question8/7/2009James Milligan
  Q: You wrote that you have already answered my question. If I asked this question before, it must have ...
  A: Apologies - when answering questions, there are options on how to respond, and once you click it ...
vista internet explorer wont load8/6/2009James Milligan
  Q: i have vista and i am on dial up, my internet connection works fine but my internet explorer wont ...
  A: and well done for working it out :-) OK, so what that result tells me is that the computer is not ...

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