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Have two locations that use the Northern Telecon system. One location can page from the phones, using 77. The other store can't page at all. They only get a busy signal. Why the difference? Thoughts? Thanks. Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none...

Working for a major company that is leasing equipment that is still using WINS. No big deal, just wondering why anybody would still be using it. Thoughts folks? Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Benjamin Franklin

I have a wireless network. Recently bought Windows 7 desktop. Vista laptop is already on the network. Setup a shared folder on the desktop. When I setup the Windows 7 machine, it showed up almost at once on the network. Here's the rub. I can access the Vista files from Windows 7 with no...

This has been working, but for some reason, now when I save something, it freezes and stops responding. I've tried re-installing, done google searches, which told me to turn off auto-save, don't have a clue what to do. I'm running Vista on a laptop. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. if...

I bought what I thought was a valid copy of XP off of ebay, and when I installed it on a machine of mine, I kept getting the message asking me to validate the copy of xp. When I did, it told me it failed, and now my machine is slower than mollases. Any ideas what I can do? Google hasn't...

I have a friend who, everytime he goes on the internet, Internet Explorer opens up a new window, sometimes several. He's running AVG free which is up to date. I installed IE7, then installed Malwarebytes, which found a few things, and rebooted. Once he went back on the internet, the extra...

A lot of people call me at home to come over and work on there pc's. Got to the point where I started a home business with cards and small ads in local papers. I charge a very affordable $20 an hour because a lot of people are retirees on fixed incomes. Is that to cheap in todays market? I...

I've been hearing more and more about the Gumblar virus. Anybody had to deal with it? I'm trying to find out what the symptoms are if you visit an infected server. http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/support/gumblar.htm?cid=W200002 http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenajohnson

Been helping a friend with multiple issues. Think all the viruses are gone, but she loaded IE8 on just before getting the viruses, so I'm not sure if some issues are IE8 or viruses. We'll be working on the internet, and suddenly, the window will close. We can start the internet up again, and...

I have a friend that had Antivirus 2009. I cleaned it up, and installed AVG freebie, which is what I've used for years. Now, she called me and has the virus again. She swears she didn't open any attachments. Any ideas how she got this virus. I've never gotten a virus using the same...

Can I open an excel spreadsheet in Calc, work on it, and save it again in the .xls format? Sorry for sounding stupid, but I'm used to excel. Friend doesn't want to spend the money on Microsoft. Thanks.

Started working on what I thought was Antivirus 2009, using instructions from http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus-2009.html, which told me to use Spyware Doctor, which wouldn't run. Then I had popups from Antivirus 360, so I ended up using Malware Bytes. That ran, but only after I...

Just installed WSUS on my W2003 server, and I've got IIS and .NET running. When I go to http://server/wsusadmin I recieve "The page cannot be found" error. All services are running, I've re-booted, searched Google till my fingers are sore and nothing has changed. Any ideas would be greatly...

Simple problem. Setting up roaming profiles. Everything works, but when I set up the backgrounds, they don't show up on the target computers. When I select the display properties, it shows what the correct backgrounds should be, but they don't extend to the actual desktop themselves. What am...

I've got a linksys printer router that I had set up on a laptop before. It was on an XP machine. Now, I've got a Vista machine, so I'm trying to set it up. Still have the setup disk and everything, it all works until the very last when it tells me to turn off the power, disconnect the cable...

Been certified with MS2000 Pro and MS2000 Server for quite a few years now. I'm hoping the test (70-290) isn't going to be much different. I've taken both the courses, 2274: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, and 2273: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003...

Been working with pc's for years, but this is my first vista machine. Basic hp laptop, set myself up as admin. That said, when I've tried to install certain things, it says I don't have the rights. Can't make changes to my hosts or lmhosts files, things of that nature. Ideas? Thanks.

Just changed out Linksys wireless router, all machines can get on internet. Vista, XP and W2K Server. Everything works, except XP can't ping itself except for 127.0.0.1. It can ping Google by name and IP, but anything inside the network, it can't ping by name or ip, including itself. Must be...

Friend turned me onto Toggit which is a web site for helping to get certified. So far, it seems free, other than people trying to sell you stuff. They've got tests to take, suggestions on how to pass tests for MS and Cisco and CompTIA. Anybody else used them? Just curious. Glen A. Johnson...

Can't afford Transcender, so what's the next best thing with a good price? Going to take the test on the 30th of the month. Suggestions? Glen A. Johnson Johnson Computer Consulting MCP W2K [americanflag] Support our Troops!