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Repairing XP and re-installing Drivers (Long - sorry)
An old solution was to search your *Netscape* folder for a file named wsock32.dll and, if found there, rename it wsock32.bak. I don't have any ad-blocking software installed, A file named nsreg.dat in the C:\Windows folder tells Netscape where to find your profiles. BUT: Netscape refuses to store my newsgroups!

Finding Outlook Folders
I have installed Office 2000 on my new computer and hard drive. I am trying to import by old Outlook 2000 address book, calendar, to do list and other items into the new Outlook 2000 but I can't find the old data files. I looked at the various subjects in the Microsoft help menu, and did searches for the various

IE 5 Cache problems...
(with WINXP HE) My old "C:" (also WINXP HE) is now "G:", so I can retrieve files from it. In setting up my OE6 again, I have located and copied my address book and email files/folders to "C:". I was successful - they are visible and useable in my new OE6. But where can I find my settings - my accounts, email rules,

New PC - Restore from Backup Problem
This has annoyed me before, so I decide to move "My Documents" directly onto C: and then to rename the file "e." To make a longer story short, I try this in Windows Explorer with a simple drag and drop, but the entire folder "disappears." This includes the than 1GB of data I transferred from my old computer onto

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I have XP with an Athlon 1800 processor, 60GB H/D and 512 MB RAM and it runs so slowly that I doubt it is much faster than my old Pentium 100 which came from Noah's Ark! Is this simply a matter of putting the disc in and letting it run itself or must I select certain files/folders to install?

lost files I need to find on win install CD why search will ...
I lost the OS on my system; I was able to reinstall on another partition. The data is still there on the old partition. I want to get to my old files/folders in outlook express. Anyone know the location of these files, and/or how I can re-import them into my new installation? The OS is Windows XP Home edition.

HELP MY computer crashed and I need my old Outlook Express
The drive E message may be because I couldn't find my startup disc and downloaded a generic one from the Internet. restore folder in c: has 65613 files and 5 folders in it so (when I have enough courage) I will work on your suggestion to remove it - there is no wininit file and all my restore points have gone,

IE 5 Cache problems...
Old versions of Outlook stores the address book in pab-files. When searching for the file make sure you include hidden and system files/folders. I had to reinstall my system using the recovery disks. I thought that I had backed everything up. However, I can't find my Outlook address book or calendar.

Fix for Autocomplete
To which files should I go to locate them? I cannot find my identity anywhere on the hardisk. What would these files be called? folder (click on the home button):documents:microsoft user data:office x identities If there is a main identity in that office x identities folder, rename it to old identity.

Lost OS need to find old outlook express message files/folders
Allen R Darby a...@eagle.com.au microsoft public win98 gen_discussion $# in the process of restoring data from my old PC to my new PC. I have Iomega 3.5Gb PPT Tape Drive and I'm using Ditto I'm currently 5.5 hours into a restore of 2500 files/folders (about 1/3rd of the data). Questions / Pleas for Assistance 1.

Outlook Express Folder Import
I created 2 new contact name and addresses in my newly loaded Outlook on drive C: because I wanted to find out where Outlook would store them. After I did that I used Windows Explorer to search for *.pst files/folders on drive C: and the only file it found was the old archive.pst file in my Personal documents

Need of Desperate Help!
How many files/folders are there? If it's around 64 thousand, then LiveUpdate has been up to its tricks again, and you'll have to completely remove the folder I followed the instructions and renamed my wininit file to wininit.old, and I then re-booted my system. Now I get an error that says it cannot find my

"Network Error" for outgoing attachments
Those blue files/folders are probably compressed by Win2K. If you are lucky, the old DOS techniques will work. Open a "DOS" window and type: dir /x The /x Please reply mtpocke...@hotmail.com in case I can't find my way back here because I am using some kinna thingy on the Microsoft WebSite which I have no idea

"Focus Factor" by Vital Basics WARNING
Hi, I have just changed my hard drive and reinstaled all my software and reloaded all my old documents and folders. I have just come to work on a web page using FP 2000 but get the error 'server error: cannot open file "C:/my documents/mywebs/myweb2/_vti_pvt/service.lck" for writing'. I cannot even save a new web

can't find my address book or calendar info.
It is located in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\_vti_pvt and this folder may be hidden. So you need to make sure you can see all hidden files\folders. Done in Windows Explorer Did copying my old directory over instead of first publishing it somehow mess things up (I have since publish it but it didn't fix anything).

Publish Web Site
Thanks in advance, Brad Tip for your old computer (reduce discard pollution too): If you can't sell your old computer, don't throw it away. Use it to backup your software by transferring files/folders from your new computer or laptop to it. I transferred my Windows folder and other stuff to my old computer using

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Then enable showing hidden files in folders under Tools | Options | View in WInExplorer. Then go to that directory in WInExplorer and look for any dbt files. It succeassfully restored all my applications, settings, etc. but all my old email msgs. from the inbox were still gone. they are no longer on the isp

Useing Agent with 2 News Servers--2 installs ??
(b) START, Find, Files or Folders, Applog" (c) Double-click the Applog folder to open it. (d) On the Edit menu, click Select all. (e) On the File menu, click Delete, I want to keep my Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Corel, Word. I just want to safely get rid of the unnecessary stuff and not jack up my old fossil.

TMP Files
It happened most often when and Explorer window was open, particularly if browsing a folder with a large number of images. However, I first discovered it when trying to copy some large files from my old machine...the shell would terminate and leave the partly copied file on the new machine.

HELP windows email addresses where are thay keept ????
Search for Inbox.dbx and you should find all of them in the directory, unless you had some identities, whereby there will be more than one. The data is still there on the old partition. I want to get to my old files/folders in outlook express. Anyone know the location of these files, and/or how I can re-import