Kalyn Computers
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Try this:
RIGHT click on a clear area of your Windows desktop. This will open a dialogue box, click on PROPERTIES, this will open another dialogue box. Cick on SETTINGS. This will open another box, here you should see that you have TWO monitors. Click on the IDENTIFY button for each monitor, that will tell you which monitor is which. The next bit depends on your computer but somewhere, probably in the ADVANCED settings, you will be able to either EXTEND your desktop on to both monitors (this means that you can show different programs on each monitor) or you can display the same thing on both monitors.
Also, you may find that there is a function key that alows you to switch between the laptop screen and the external screen, this is normally on function key F7, you need to press and hold the Fn key and then tap the correct function key.
Lastly, you may also find that there is a setting in the CMOS / BIOS settings of your computer which allows you to set the computer to display on both monitors simaltaeneously.
HTH
Tim
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If the machine won't boot up from the CD drive then either the CD you are using is not a bootable CD or there is something fundamentally wrong with the computer and it needs a competent engineer to look at it.
Unfortunately the 'windows/system32/config/system' file is machine specific, in fact it is changed everytime you boot up.
You say that you have recently added another stick of memory, was this before the problems started or after?
I presume you have tried to boot into Safe Mode?
Making floppy boot disks for XP is an option but it is a)painful to do and b) painful to boot from! Far better is to use 'Bart's PE Builder ro make and XP bootable CD, here is the website: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/. However, in order to make the disk, you need to have a working computer! you could use your son's machine to do it. But I suspect that your problems are deeper than one corrupted file and I still think that memory or power supply are the most likely suspects.
Tim
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If I was doing this for you, first I would copy all your data to another hard disk as you suggest. Then I would try a 'repair install' of XP. Do this by booting up from the CD with a XP disk and wairing until it finds the previous install of XP, do NOT slect the REPAIR option until it finds the previos Windows installation. Use the serial number that is on the sticker on your computer. This may well solve the problem. If it doesn't, then a clean install should solve the problem.
If it 'blue screens' during the install, then I would suspect memory first, the only way to check is change the memory and if it isn't memory, then the power supply would be my next suspect.
You won't have any problems re-registering if that is the only computer using that serial number.
If you are within 100K of Bressuire, then I could help you with this, please pm me for more info.
Tim
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I have a contract with CORIOLIS which is 9.90€ per month and for that I get 30 minutes of calls per month. Had it for a couple of months now with no problems.
HTH
Tim
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Chances are that it will work. You will need to change the VPI & VCI value for the French system and enter the user name and password issued by yor French ISP.
HTH
Tim
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Open your page in Internet Explorer, then click on FILE, then SEND, then PAGE BY EMAIL.
This should open Outlook and you can then specify the address(s) you want it to go to.
This will also work if you are using Outlook Express
HTH
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There is a very good reason for not buying a livebox!
The Livebox is a notoriously unreliable bit of kit and if you buy it, you get a normal guarantee, howver if you rent it, then it is guaranteed for the life of the rental period and there is little problem getting it exchanged at your local FT shop. If you buy it and it goes wrong, you have to jump through hoops to get an RMA from Orange!
In my experience, Netgear are by far the best modem/routers you can get and out the 250 I have sold over the last 4 years, only one has developed a fault. Netgera are dead easy to setup and configure and one bought in the UK will definitely work in France, if you need to know how to set one up, pm me with the model number and I'll tell you how to do it.
Tim
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This is another Tim!
You don't need an IP address for the WinME computer if you are using the USB connection on that computer.
Don't know what router you are using but you will need to install the software for the USB connection on this computer. It is normally best to install the software BEFORE you connect the USB cable to the router. So, if you haven't installed the software I would suggest that you disconnect the cable, install the software and when it is finished, plug the cable in. Hopefully it will now find the router and all should be well.
I wonder why you have disabled DHCP? I find it is normally best to have it enabled unless there is a very good reason not to.
Hope that helps
Tim (the other one!)
Wifi routers
in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone
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The procedure for setting up a wireless network in France is the same as it is in the US. You could buy a Netgear in the US and bring it to France and it will work, no probelm!
HTH
Tim