Why would I be able to connect to other Windows computers in a workgroup via IP, but not by NetBIOS name? [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 9 answers

What is the lightest, meanest, most-secure image of Windows XP Corporate I can install onto my MacBook Pro that will allow me to use Corporate MS Exchange Email, Visio, and IE-only intranet? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 1 answers

I have a small network consisting of a couple of PC's and a router/firewall/ADSL modem. On one PC, files that are placed in a folder which is shared with everyone else aren't accessible by everyone else. What am I doing wrong? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2007 - 6 answers

Can someone point me to a resource that will help me configure file sharing properly in XP? [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2006 - 8 answers

My old Dell just died, bought a new toshiba, am able to get some but not all files from old computer. Help me get the rest! [more inside]
posted on Jul 14, 2006 - 5 answers

I just know I can't be the first person to ever do this, but I haven't been able to find an answer. I religiously back up my files from my local drive to my network every day, but it appears that yesterday, while I was in a hurry, I actually copied the files from my network drive down to my local drive, thus overwriting a very full day of work on one particular file. Is there anyway I can get back the version that was stored on my local drive or am I, as I fear, screwed? Also, when I try to search my local drive for all the files with the same extensions (*.as) in hopes that I actually just saved it in the wrong place, Windows XP tells me I have no files with that extension, even though I can see that I do. Is it possible that my problems are bigger than my own incompetence?
posted on Jun 15, 2006 - 7 answers

I'm looking for some software to be run under Windows XP that I can set to move or remove files which are past a certain date after specified intervals. Ideally the software will have a small footprint and relatively easy to use. Is this the sort of task that can be done through some sort of Windows based CRON program? Ahhhh help me Mefi!
posted on Mar 25, 2006 - 12 answers

How can I change/append an extension of a large number of files at once? [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2006 - 7 answers

Windows XP crashes whenever it accesses a specific file. The problem: I don't know what file it is. What would cause such a serious error and how do I fix it? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2006 - 8 answers

File sharing problem in XP.. I can access my laptop files from my desktop but not the other way around. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2005 - 13 answers

On WinXP, every minute, I get a new file in my temp directory, and it appears to be a downloaded webpage. I'm sure I have a virus or summat, but I can't see where. MI.
posted on Jan 4, 2005 - 9 answers

Two XP questions in a row! Does anybody know how to remove the "Windows cannot open this file" dialog box that offers a web service? I'd like this to act like it did in previous versions of Windows, just going directly to the "Choose the program you want to use to open this file" dialog. Google has failed me.
posted on Jun 5, 2004 - 1 answers

Windows XP rebooted, and chkdsk set many of my files to zero bytes. How do I get what was originally in those files back?
posted on Apr 4, 2004 - 6 answers