I recently downloaded some file sharing software and accidentally copied the ‘My Documents’ folder to the shared directory in the file sharing software. Subsequently the file sharing software was removed, but this also removed the My Documents folder! Completing a System Restore does not recover the My Documents. Can you help me get these files back? The computer is running Windows XP.
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Recently saving attachments from Outlook Express is woefully slow. For example, a 28 KB attachment took about one and a half minutes to save! The computer is a Celeron 467 MHz with 256 MB RAM running with Norton Antivirus 2006, Ad-Aware, and ZoneAlarm running Windows XP Home Edition. How can I speed up the process of saving attachments?
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When I first setup my ISP email in Outlook Express I was told to use the address format: XXXX@ADSL.on.net . However, Internode subsequently advised me to use a different email address: XXXX@internode.on.net . Even though I have changed the email address in Outlook Express, when friends reply to emails the ADSL version of the email address still appears as the sender. Meanwhile, I have advised my friends to use the Internode address so I receive the emails twice, once on the ADSL address and once on the Internode address. How can I resolve this problem?
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If you use the Firefox web browser (www.mozilla.org/firefox) you might have experienced the situation where you close a browser tab displaying a particular web page, only to find you have accidentally closed the wrong one! Fortunately, Firefox 2.0 has a neat feature which contains a history of your most recently opened tabs, allowing you to restore the tab. This feature can be accessed through the ‘History’ menu > ‘Recently Closed Tabs’. (more…)

When Windows XP starts some messages appear about Windows Messenger. I don’t use Windows Messenger, so how can I stop these messages from appearing? (more…)