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And make sure Windows firewall allows file sharing.

cheers, Paul

And why spend the money on W7? Apart from being poorer, what difference has it made?

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I don’t know why you are getting the error but my money is on a NetBIOS problem.
I would remove NetBIOS from all PCs and just run IP. The router will register the names in DNS and you should be OK.

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Don’t forget to select WPA2 encryption and use a good 63 bit key.

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Searching for “mount points on network share” throws up plenty of options.

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I’d try it on another cd reader first. If that’s OK, copy the files to a USB stick and go from there.

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Only system files are considered un-movable – this includes the swap file pagefile.sys.

If you are really stuck you can ghost both partitions, then re-load them and change the sizes for the re-load. You could even move the second partition to a new hard disk.

cheers, Paul

This can happen if you have a dodgy network connection – Windows will wait for the network connection to timeout before doing anything else.

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I find the HP software more akin to bloatware and fairly clunky to use, but it does do all the things you need.
I would live with it as long as it’s working, if not I’d un-install and re-install.

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Normally caused by not closing the sheet properly. Do you close Excel manually or let Windows do it when you shut down?

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You should be able to get the desktop to connect via the wireless card – start with WEP and a simple key, then work up to WPA2 and a proper key. You need to connect the laptop via a cable while you test so you can talk to the router.

If you have dial up on the desktop you can turn on ICS and connect the lappy via a cross over cable. There is no speed / throughput problem as long as only one machine connects to the internet at a time, but that is unlikely given the number of things on the average PC that wants to connect to the internet unannounced.

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I have used SendTo from Trogladite software for years

SendTo is just a folder in %USERPROFILE%. You can drop shortcuts in there for pretty much anything – I always put a shortcut to Notepad in there.

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Probably, but it may also be a bad connection to the video card, or the card itself. Best test is to use that monitor on another computer – though different video card and settings may prevent the problem occurring.

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You can use cable or wireless to connect the lappy to the desky. You can either connect via a router / switch or direct via a cross over cable.

What is your set up with internet access, printer etc?

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The printer may be picking up a new address from the DHCP server on the router. You could try a hard coded address for the printer – that’s what I resorted to using.

cheers, Paul