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LIST OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The intent of our FAQ is to preserve some of the most
frequently asked questions that have been posted to our group
so that new members can take advantage of important previous posts.
You may wish to read some of these posts from the bottom up.

Reinstalling XP

  • If your computer crashes and is in very bad shape and you need to start over with a fresh install, what are the steps to take to reformat your hard drive in preparation for a re-install of XP?

  • If I upgraded to XP from ME or 98 can I uninstall XP from the Add/Remove program menu? Yes.

  • How can I create a boot floppy

  • How can I create a boot floppy that will read NTFS drives?

  • If you send your computer in for repair your hard drive might come back formatted.

  • Where can I find an excellent set of discussions regarding the XP disk file system called NTFS? You can also read the pages at http://tinyurl.com/2keva - note that the request into google is define:NTFS Email

  • One way of controlling email spam

  • Why am I getting duplicate email messages?

  • If you have email on a drive other than C how can you read it?

  • Backup and restore all or parts of Outlook Express version 6 with this free program.

  • Yahoo Email is prefered by a lot of people because of it's ability to filter out ugly things headed in your direction.

    • Deleting files

  • Can I delete the files in the system temp folder on C drive \Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp

  • What are the files in the system temp folder and how did they get there?

  • Is there any free software that will help me delete temporary .tmp files?
    • Miscellaneous

  • What are the differences between XP Professional and XP Home?

  • How can I set up a user account for my children so they can't accidently damage my computer?

  • If Internet Explorer browser crashes every time you bring it up here is one thing you can check.

  • Does Internet Explorer 6+ do a good job of controlling cookies? Yes. For details check out the tinyurl pointers.

  • How can I schedule a clean disk and defrag automatically using the Scheduled Tasks Feature in XP?

  • How can I print out the folder names on a given hard drive?

  • For a discussion regarding deleting Windows Messinger check out part one. Part two points out that Windows updates do not use Windows Messinger services. Part three is a further discussion of these issues. Part four talks about a plug in to Ad-Aware from Lavasoft regarding Windows Messinger plus a pointer to an excellent discussion on these issues on the Lavasoft web page. Part five, another way to remove Windows Messinger, alters the sysoc.inf file.

  • Problems accessing HTTPS (secure) Web pages

  • How can I test my RAM?

  • To help decide which routines you want to come up with your system when you boot, check out BlackViper for a thorough analysis. Along the same line is another opinion.

  • How can I find out which ports a process is using?

  • How can I 'unhook' my Ethernet card

  • How can I find out if the Internet is slow?

  • Why is ZoneAlarm highly recommended?

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