Computer and technology questions and answers from Andy Kaiser
Archive for the ‘Windows Maintenance’ Category.
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I’ve searched the net for a solution to the problem described below with out success. However, it appears relatively common since it is discussed on several sites, for example “help2go”. I suspect though that for most it remains un resolved.
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How do I manually add entries to the Google Toolbar whitelist?
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Upon startup, Symantec antivirus automatically starts a system scan. This can be annoying for laptop users running on battery, as the rtvscan process must be manually stopped.
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I have a 2GB USB drive, keychain lighter style, that I want to use to backup data. It shows up under Control Panel > Administrative > Disk Management. From there, under Properties > Tools, I can backup everything in My Documents. That’s the only way I can backup annything. From there, I don’t know how to retrieve anything from it. I can’t even display what’s in it other than the My Documents icon. If I click on that, the computer just asks if I want to back that up again.
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Brief summary of XP nightmare below involving log on error problem.
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