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About Lenny
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I can answer most questions based on the Windows XP environment.Issues connected with troubleshooting,installation,networking,security,hard-drive maintenance i.e. formatting,data recovery and upgrading.I am ready to assist Windows XP newbies integrate in the XP environment.

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I have been troubleshooting and maintaining system based on the Windows XP Pro environment for about 10 years now.

   

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Switch user causing Blue Screen of Death12/2/2008Lenny
  Q: Here's my issue. I recently had a computer custom built for me. Often (probably about 2-3 times per ...
  A: Too bad then.Well, I am afraid to say this but the problem most assuredly has something ...
Intel Bus driver12/2/2008Lenny
  Q: what is a "Intel(R)8280 1 EB SM Bus controller"? It is showing up on my "Device manager" and the ...
  A: An important driver responsible for data transfer is missing or rather corrupt. It requires re ...
Switch User Causing Blue Screen of Death12/1/2008Ashit Gajwani
  Q: Here's my issue. I recently had a computer custom built for me. Often (probably about 2-3 times per ...
  A: Could you please get back to me with information on (1) Whether or not is your operating system ...
Uninstalling Office 2007 Beta12/1/2008Lenny
  Q: I am having a huge problem. I downloaded (yes, I did it!) the Beta version of Office 2007. I needed ...
  A: Luckily, Microsoft has a step by step instruction on how to remove traces of Office 2007 in the ...
Switch user causing Blue Screen of Death12/1/2008Lenny
  Q: Here's my issue. I recently had a computer custom built for me. Often (probably about 2-3 times per ...
  A: The flicker on the screen is the installation of the Microsoft utility program and is not in any way ...
Switch user causing Blue Screen of Death12/1/2008Lenny
  Q: Here's my issue. I recently had a computer custom built for me. Often (probably about 2-3 times per ...
  A: The problem you are having is your computer's inability to maintain user sessions when you log off ...
Read-Only Files11/30/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: I have a Compaq Presario SR12320M computer with Windows XP Home. 512 MB Ram, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ ...
  A: The path is simply another name for the location of the file, if you look at the properties box ...
XP Sound Volume Problems11/30/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: I went into my registry to try to find out why I have no sound on my computer. Going into the ...
  A: It looks like your audio driver decided to take a vacation. :-) Get the make and exact model ...
data lost11/30/2008Tom
  Q: how can i get back my data wrongly deleted by formatting
  A: this can only be done with special recovery software look here ...
Reformatig windows xp pro11/30/2008Ashit Gajwani
  Q: i am trying to reformat my computer but when it comes to deleting the existing Partition. it comes ...
  A: That's a safety measure built into Windows Setup. Try the following (1) Boot the computer using ...
boot-up dramatically slower after power down11/30/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: Jeffrey: I hope you can help. I am using a Dell Inspiron 1501 running XP sp3 a semrpon 3500 ...
  A: All techs were "new" at one time (although some do tend to forget that :-). I was doing some ...
boot-up dramatically slower after power down11/29/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: Jeffrey: I hope you can help. I am using a Dell Inspiron 1501 running XP sp3 a semrpon 3500 ...
  A: Hopefully you haven't tried chkdsk yet because if you try it the normal way, Windows will advise it ...
XP Home Edition11/28/2008Lenny
  Q: I use a Dell lap top as a back-up computer.I recently removed the Norton virus checker to install ...
  A: Please go to Control panel and click on Regional and Language Settings.Then click on Languages tab, ...
PC will not reboot11/28/2008Lenny
  Q: While in the process of doing a check disk on my desktop, one of our circuit breakers tripped that ...
  A: There could be a couple of reasons why the computer is not detecting the disk: 1-You might have set ...
Swicthing back to windows OS11/28/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: Actually i loaded solaris OS in free space of the computer....can u tell me how to switch back to ...
  A: It depends upon which version of Solaris you installed, if it was OpenSolaris the installer should ...
booting the computer11/28/2008Lenny
  Q: My Operating System is XP Home Edition. My problem is booting the computer. When I turn on the ...
  A: I cannot say this has anything to with the Operating System but it seldom has something to do with ...
Error loading message upon start-up11/28/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: C:PROGRA~1MYWEBS~1ar.barM3PLUGIN.DLL ANSWER: Hi, Looks like you got some spyware on your ...
  A: Ahh.... USB keyboard with an older computer? I hate that! :-) On older computers USB keyboards ...
boot-up dramatically slower after power down11/28/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: Jeffrey: I hope you can help. I am using a Dell Inspiron 1501 running XP sp3 a semrpon 3500 ...
  A: First about the battery, try charging it with the computer completely powered off, when the battery ...
PC won't restart after power failure11/27/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: While in the process of doing a check disk, one of our circuit breakers tripped that supplied to ...
  A: Hmm... Normally when setting stuff up like this in BIOS the boot order should be CD, Floppy, Hard ...
PC won't restart after power failure11/27/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: While in the process of doing a check disk, one of our circuit breakers tripped that supplied to ...
  A: Hopefully you know the password to the built in administrator account (just called administrator) ...
folder names not displaying11/27/2008Lenny
  Q: This is a relatively small problem but it's been bothering me for months and my annoyance is ...
  A: Please do the following: -Go to "My Documents" -Ensure that the folder view is set to "Thumbnails". ...
Windows XP11/27/2008Arjun
  Q: I have a original Windows XP cd.I load it in my computer & activate it.When I load it in other ...
  A: I'm sorry to reply you late, The Windows XP Which you are using i.e. the Microsoft OEM Licensing ...
did not work! =(11/27/2008Lenny
  Q: good evening Lenny, so this morning i was typing a paper and for no reason my computer keys (all of ...
  A: As a last resolution, I would ask you to start in Safe Mode and run System Restore and take your ...
installing xp11/26/2008Lenny
  Q: I have windows 2000 and tried installing XP over it but all the icons are missing. Suggestions?
  A: The procedure path you followed to install or rather format the hard-drive and get rid of 2000 has ...
security winweb11/26/2008Lenny
  Q: i keep getting pop ups every five minutes wanting me to buy it i would like to know how to remove it ...
  A: You might be a victim of a very intelligent spyware and one thats hijacks your browser/desktop. This ...
Queries about Checkdisk11/26/2008Tom
  Q: I try and keep my comp as lean and as mean as possible and when my usual maintenance programs don't ...
  A: sorry i can shed no light on this because i dont use any of this versions of chkdsk....i boot my ...
windows picture and fax viewer11/26/2008Richard Rost
  Q: How on Earth do I get rid of all the images in windows picture and fax viewer. It seems to have ...
  A: You should just be able to click on them and hit DELETE on your keyboard. If not, browse to the ...
USB Device not reconized11/25/2008Lenny
  Q: Lenny, I just got a new HP Tower with physical drives as followes: A: Floppy C: Local Hard Drive ...
  A: There could be a conflict of drive letter assignments.Please do the following; -Click on Start ...
Running A Registry Cleaner11/25/2008Arjun
  Q: I was wondering if you could tell me what the validity of these registry cleaners available for sale ...
  A: They are worth, mostly they are AD WARES which says there is wrong registry entry, so xyz registry ...
NO keys whatsoever work!!11/25/2008Lenny
  Q: good evening Lenny, so this morning i was typing a paper and for no reason my computer keys (all of ...
  A: You could be a victim of either a known piggyback infection or desktop hijack one. Please get a ...
Remove MSMessenger11/25/2008Lenny
  Q: I am running Windows XP Pro. with Internet Explorer.I would like to remove MSMessenger that came ...
  A: Please do the following; -Click on Start -Click on RUN -Copy and Paste the line below and click OK ...
disc problem11/24/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: I recently installed the Vista e-Machine.I originally used Windows ME.All my discs programs are not ...
  A: Sounds to me like your discs may be formatted FAT, you may need to use a special program to re-sise ...
Error loading message upon start-up11/24/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: C:PROGRA~1MYWEBS~1ar.barM3PLUGIN.DLL
  A: Looks like you got some spyware on your system at one time but the spyware cleaners didn't finish ...
Video file thumbnail views11/24/2008Michael Tedeschi
  Q: I run XP Pro on one machine and XP Home on another. On the XP Pro machine, thumbnail views for ...
  A: Sounds like a corruption in the operating system....no big deal.... Either Upgrade that machine to ...
Windows update problem11/23/2008Tom
  Q: I am having problems running cryptographic services in my computer. When I right-click on them in ...
  A: This problem can occur if the Cryptographic Service is Disabled in services.msc or a file within ...
installing XP11/23/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: I have an Emachines desktop that got slower and slower. I decided to reformat and reinstall the ...
  A: First make sure that you are installing to the correct partition, some computers have a recovery ...
WIN XP startup Problem11/22/2008Arjun
  Q: Goodevening, I would appreciate if you help me on this matter. I have a let's call it specific ...
  A: If you have the Eletricity Problem then Please always start using the UPS, which will try to avoid ...
No startup, shutdown, new mail sound's11/22/2008Arjun
  Q: Using XP Pro. Get ALL other sounds, just not the ones above. Have checked and rechecked "Sounds" ...
  A: Ok Now check the below solution and restart your computer and check your Start up and shutdown ...
Sluggish Response11/22/2008Richard Rost
  Q: Whenever I sign on to Comcast, it sometimes take a long time for home page to download. Are the ...
  A: Is it just their home page or is it just the first page you connect to? If it's the former, then ...
automatically sizing windows when a new window is opened11/21/2008Jeffrey Bradley
  Q: AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ 1.8 gig 3 gig ram windows XP home, service pack 3 IE 6 Hello I ...
  A: I don't know about IE6 my system has IE7 (Not by my choice) but this may still work, it works on ...

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Saad ShawwaJason NeedhamJeffrey Bradley
LennyShotJonathan D Roach
Michael TedeschiLorryAshit Gajwani
Sean OriyanoUttoransenTim Fenner
Mike DacreTomDerbias
   

     
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