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    Dell Laptop need opinion !

    Well we ended up with an Toshiba Satellite A215-S4757 Dedicated 128 megs for video. 2 gigs system memory and vista home Prem.250 gig HD and Dual core AMD Turion. Also DVD burner.
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    Dell Laptop need opinion !

    No games. He is in Tech school and uses it for classes. There might be some cad programs he might have to load. The price range is about $ 800.00. I have heard that Dell is junk, but I think most lap top are made from the same parts, it just what parts you get when you purchase the laptop. I...
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    Dell Laptop need opinion !

    My son is interested in a Dell laptop , I need an opinion on it if it is worth it. Below I will list the specs. Thanks Bruce Inspiron 1501 AMD Turion 64x2 mobile @ 2.0 GHZ/1mb 2 gig DDR2 @ 533mhz 120 gig sata HD 5400 rpm DVD burner Ati radeon Xpress 1150 256 mb mem. Hyper memory 85 hr battery...
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    Problem with Panda

    I started having problems after partitioning my 250 gig HD with Partition Magic 8.0. I read later that it was only tested on 160 gig drives and could cause problems. this mourning I didn't boot up with that message, so that was good. I also had to a chkdsk after using partition magic to fix some...
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    Problem with Panda

    I am getting a message after booting up " APVXDWIN.exe Abnormal program termination. I click OK and every thing is fine. Can any one tell what this might mean or what to look for. Thanks. Bruce :( :(
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    Need secure software

    I have used almost every companies product and the reason I like Panda is it works and is less intrusive upon my resources.
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    Need secure software

    I really like it and have thought of turning off the anti spyware in Panda and using spysweeper. I really don't know if I can Turn off the spyware part of Panda.
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    Need secure software

    I do like spy sweeper, and I do stay off most download sites.
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    Run two different microsoft office?

    If I have two separate Hard drives installed in a computer can I load office 97 pro on one and office 2000 pro on the other and run them independently. The reason I ask is I have a medical program that I won't upgrade because of cost and it only runs on office 97. I also want office 2000. Can I...
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    Need secure software

    I am installing Panda Internet security 2007 and want to know if this is all I need for anti virus, spyware, hijacks, and so on. I don't want to bog the computer down with numerous programs. Thanks Bruce
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    Office pro 2003 not valid

    It did ask for the cd. Can I just copy that CD to a folder in my root and use it there for updates. Bruce
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    Office pro 2003 not valid

    No discount mentioned. something funny tonight, even though microsoft said my pro was invalid, the automatic updates updated my 2003 pro to sp2. That is strange. My 2003 pro also says it is activated. Go figure that. Bruce
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    Office pro 2003 not valid

    Microsoft said they would replace it for free with opnly the basic office not the pro. Bruce
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    Office pro 2003 not valid

    I ordered office 2003 pro from anysoftwares.com for a good price. To good to be true.I recieved it and it was a volume license product, I installed it with no problem and it activated. The problem is when I went to update it , Microsoft said it was not valid. The web site is no longer running...
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    real time protection disabled

    My wife at work every once and awhile gets a pop that says "Symantec antivirus corporate edition file system realtime protection is disabled. She can't do anything while that window is up. The tect told her that her memory and drive were full.I think that the virus protection was disabled and...