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As long as I know, the only way to refresh USB connection is unplug it and plug it in again.

However, you can avoid such problem by modifying USB settings:

– Open Device Manager (Start -> Run, type DEVMGMT.MSC and hit Enter);
– Scroll down the list until you see “Universal Serial Bus controllers” and expand it;
– Select (click on) the first “USB Root Hub” and open Properties (by right-clicking or from Acton menu);
– On the Properties window, click on Power Management tab and uncheck “Allow the computer to turn off ths device to save power” and click OK;
– Repeat the last step for all USB Root Hubs in Device Manager.

You certainly can upgrade both VMs to IE6 SP1. Avoid upgrading Win2k to IE7 – IE7 (as well as IE8) is not intended to run under Win2k and is not running under Win98 at all.

I would recommend to download the full installation package first and install it next. For instance, see http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/software/downloads…ws/msiexpl.html for IE6 SP1 for Win2k.
Unfortunately, I did not find full package for Win98, but ask your friends – maybe someone still has an installation CD in his attic…

I think there is no other way but to boot from Windows XP Setup CD and try to repair your Windows installation.

Nevertheless, be careful – the CD must be with the same “flavor” of XP (Home/Professional, the same OEM vendor) – otherwise repaired installation will no longer accept your license key (from the sticker on the laptop).

You can re-install the gadget from your Gadget Gallery. Click the plus sign (+) at the top of Sidebar to open the Gadget Gallery.
For more infirmation, open Windows Sidebar and gadgets and scroll down to Which gadgets do I have? topic.

If there is no Feed gadget in your library, you can download it from Windows Live Spaces RSS Feed (free).

You can also consider to install similar gadgets: look, for instance, at
Windows Live Gallery: News and feeds

– Be sure that on the target computer “Simple file sharing” option is disabled (Control Panel > Folder Optopns > View > scroll down Advanced Options > uncheck “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)” checkbox > OK).

– Be sure that on target computer the folder for backup is shared (has “a hand with a folder” icon).

– Check that Access Contorl List for this folder was set up properly (How?)

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During Service Pack installation, Windows Installer removes all entries for updates which are included in Service Pack. This means, there is no reason for deleting them manually.
But since SP-3 was released, there are already between 40 and 50 (depending of particular Windows configuration) new updates, which are not included in SP-3.

However, the purpose for putting updates on the Installed Programs list is the possibility to uninstall them. If your Windows installation is working good after the update and you think there will be no reason to uninstall it, you can delete the corresponding items (keys in the Registry and folders in Windows folder). Just remember, it is a good practice to create a backup (or, better, the image) of your Windows installation before any major change.

I did not realize that it works before.

Try to reinstall Microsoft Fax (Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Fax Service).
Or mMake sure that your Windows installation source (Windows Setup CD, for instance) is available and run the following command from Run dialog or from Command Prompt:

sfc /scannow

Note: SFC (System File Checker) may owerwrite installed patches, so visit Microsoft Update (Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Install a New Program > Windows Update) after the task is finished.

Microsoft Fax console is not an independent application and does not able to send faxes by itself. This behavior is by design.
You can use it to receive faxes.

If you want to install a fax server on your computer, consider a third-party program.

Please give us more information.

What you are trying to do? Are you trying to fax a document? Which steps are done before error message appears?
For example, are you opened Word document in Word, from Print dialog selected “Fax”, clicked Print button and then error message appears?

To be sure: when you trying to install a program, do you right-click the Setup (or another executable) file and from pop-up menu select “Run as Administrator” ? Do you get Error 1619 after confirming your choice (“Windows needs your permission to continue”) ?

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Accessed date attribute (also called last accessed date) indicates on the file systems level when a file was accessed the last time. Last accessed date attribute differs from modified date and file property. While modification date and time indicates the last changes in file contents, last accessed date does not necessarily presuppose changes of content. When a file is modified, modification and last accessed date is set to the same value. However if the file is only opened for viewing, copied, moved, or in other words – if file or folder is used in any way, last accessed date is changed to current one.
Any viewing, copying or moving of the documents, images and other files automatically alters last accessed date stamp of the file.

How to check your system settings:

Start > Run > regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlFileSystem
Value Name: NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate
Data Type: REG_DWORD (Dword Value)
Setting for Value Data:
0 = Suppression Disabled
1 = Suppression Enabled (Default)

You can change NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate to 0, but your application (Disk Defragmenter) is not compatible with Windows Vista.

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Unfortunately, KB313498 does not apply to Windows Vista.

Most likely, your installation packages remain on the local drive, not on removable media. When you reinstall Windows Vista, your previous user profile is gone. Because of it, your current user profile doesn’t have the ownership of the installation packages. To take ownership of these packages, see
How To Take Ownership Of A File Or Folder In Vista

“But why it didn’t move past the CD and look at the HD is beyond me.”

You did not destroy the already existing partition during reinstallation. Next time destroy existing partition first, create a new one next, and only then select a newly created partition for Windows installation.

To fix your problem, boot from your Windows Setup CD and when prompted, select “Repair Windows installation” ( press R).
However, you can leave your installation as it is if it does not bother you.

First, you could not copy your entire boot drive when you logged on in Windows: Windows prevents you from copying files which are “in use”.

Second, you have no rights to access many system files on your C Drive (mainly for security reasons).

Third, you can “flush” some caches on your drive and regain a lot of space. Delete junk from Temp folder in your profile, delete temporary Internet Explorer files, decrease amount of space occupied by System Restore, disable Hibernation, empty Java cache, etc., etc.

And the last – the most important: a lot of space is occupied by your personal files – documents, music, pictures, movies, etc. I didn’t see any Windows XP installation which occupies more than 10 GB – the rest is your files. Move them from C:Documents and Settings My Documents to the external drive. But remember: some folders in My Documents folder are system folders and are not movable. You can use xcopy to copy files to external drive and then delete them from your C Drive.

Instead of double-clicking, right-click the executable file and from pop-up menu select “Run as Administrator”

Or in Search box type CMD, and when Windows finds it, right-click the shortcut and from pop-up menu select “Run as Administrator”. Command Prompt window with elevated Administrator rights will open – you can run your command from this prompt.

You can also activate hidden “true” Administrator account, but for security reasons IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED !
From Command Prompt run the command:

net user administrator /active:yes

Now you can logoff from your account and logon to Administrator account.
Remember: the “true” Administrator account has blank password (no password) by default.
Hide Administrator account immediately after you finish your task running the command:

net user administrator /active:no