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    How to copy a program?

    Exactly. The company is still around, but they no long offer an offline version of that program. It was something that required a supscription to get updates every month. However once your subscription ran out, the program still works, you just can't get the most recent updates to it. They...
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    How to copy a program?

    I downloaded a program. It was only a limited version of it. I updated it to the full version. It is no longer available now. It's a program I use on a very regular basis and saves me TONS of time. I want to be able to back up this program so I don't lose it, and can install it on a...
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    Active Desktop Recovery not working

    I've already tried that and it works temporarily. But once the netbook is restarted again, it always comes back to the Restore Active Desktop screen.
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    Active Desktop Recovery not working

    My wife's netbook froze up the other day. She had FF, Chrome anf IE open. It wouldn't respond, I had to turn it off by holding the power button. When it started up again, it went to the Active Desktop Recovery screen. So I clicked on Restore my Active Desktop. Then it give me this...
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    Creating recovery disc for vista 64 bit not working

    I've been procrastinating for a long time now (over a year) about creating the recovery disc for our laptop. I open Recovery Disc Creation and go through the steps. When it says it's creating files, it goes pretty slow. AFter about a minute, it's at 6% and it says "Cancelling in progress...
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    Firewall for comp noob?

    Personally I've always been a big fan of Zone Alarm, and never used any other firewall However, with it constantly asking if it should allow certain programs or not, I don't think it would be a good choice for my friend who is getting a computer this weekend. She really doesn't know much about...
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    MP3 editing software?

    I'm looking for a very simple, basic, easy to use, free mp3 editing software. All I want it for is to cut certain clips out of some of my songs to use for ringtones. Anyone know of any?
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    Sidebar Properties from another user?

    *sigh* Well, I sort of managed to get in there. I got the Sidebar Properties window to open and that's what the problem is. There's at least 100+ copies of the calendar gadget running. However, by the time I get into that window and try to stop them, the comp has practically frozen by then...
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    Vista user accounts question

    No idea about the first two, but for #3, I use mozbackup. It's not made by Mozilla, but it works great. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ It will let you transfer bookmarks, settings, cookies, add-ons, etc...
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    Sidebar Properties from another user?

    I thought the sidebar was one process...??? I'm going to go try it again and see if I can get anywhere.
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    Sidebar Properties from another user?

    I left my laptop open by mistake. One of my cats decided that is made a nice bed. She ended up opening LOTS of windows. I managed to get most of it under control, however I believe that she opened a ton of vista sidebar gadgets and now that user is extremely slow to boot up and it makes the...
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    Laptop fan VERY loud

    The fan on my HP Compaq nc8000 started making this loud whirring noise a few weeks ago. It only was noisy sometimes and would stop after giving the bottom of the laptop a good whack, or just putting it to sleep and waking it up again. Today it started making this noise whenever the fan is...
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    Want to move Firefox (w/ add-ons) to new user

    Wow, that was quick and easy. That's the exact kind of thing I was looking for. THANKS!
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    Want to move Firefox (w/ add-ons) to new user

    We have been using our comp for a little over a year now and of course have a ton of different add-ons for firefox (extensions, themes, etc...). I just created a new user on the comp. Is there a way for me to move firefox, exactly the way it is, over to the new user? Or do I have to start...
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    Firewall for Vista 64 bit?

    I've used Zone Alarm on every computer I've ever had. We just got a new laptop and it's running Vista (64 bit). I have no clue what the difference between the 32 bit Vista and 64 bit is other than the fact that Zone Alarm only works on 32 bit Vista. I just took a look at Comodo which I have...
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    Getting photos off my cell phone.

    I have a USB cable for it.
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    Getting photos off my cell phone.

    Hmmm...it doesn't have a memory card. No bluetooth. And it doesn't just show up if I plug it in. A friend told me I need a program to get the pics off and he suggested BitPim. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any others.
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    Getting photos off my cell phone.

    I am currently using BitPim, but not that crazy about it. Are there any other programs that can get the photos off my phone that have a better interface?
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    How do you take a screenshot?

    Thank you very much. It was pissing me off that I couldn't figure out how to do something that seemed so simple.
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    How do you take a screenshot?

    ^topic.
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