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…and the title says it all.

This is why I don’t like the “new and improved” backup tool in Microsoft Vista. The old backup from Windows XP and earlier (also known as NTBACKUP.EXE), was ugly, but functional. You just told the program what folders or drives you wanted to backup - or just selected “Everything on this computer” - and you were done. Guaranteed - everything would be backed up.

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Question:

I recently purchased a new PC equipped with Windows Vista. I have my old PC tower only with data files in the hard drive but no monitor, keyboard, etc.  I was interested in using a USB flash drive or that Intelli-Mover program to transfer some picture / music files to my new PC. Would it still be possible to transfer this data without my old monitor / keyboard?

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Question:

Hi, small problem I wondered if you can help me.  I am trying to reload my computer  back to factory settings, i do have a reload cd with my computer, but when i put my cd in the drive it comes up is if the cd is blank, it did work the first time. any help you can give me would be much appreciated.

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Question:

I was having problems with my system and I reinstalled windows 2003. My problem is now my type is very small. I tried increasing the font size, but it still didn’t get it back to the original size. My computer came pre-installed from Dell. Did I mess it up?

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Question:

Since I downloaded some recent Microsoft updates, my computer is very jerky - the mouse is a bit challenging, the way internet sites download is slow and kind of weird.

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