Simon,
Has Did you know updated?
I don't like for my wretched PC or Windows to beat me either.
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Wes
Following more activity in H&S Center an XML doc. "newsver" (70 Kb) has
been created in Helpctr/Config/News which was previously empty.
Does this help?
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Sim
:
Sorry to keep troubling you Wes but I have followed all these steps and
still can't get NewsHeadlines_1033_Personal.xml to create. Should I
give up? - it's just that I don't like being beaten by the wretched PC!
Seriously, do you or any other reader have any further ideas?
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Sim
:
Simon,
Connect to the Internet with Internet Explorer, open Help and Support,
navigate around Help and Support for a while. Click some links. Type
something in the Search box and click the arrow, click the Back
button. See if NewsHeadlines_1033_Personal.xml gets recreated in the
%windir%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\Config\News folder.
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Many thanks for the detail Wes. I'm on Dial-up and have made the
changes described in the knowlege article. Unfortunately though I
don't have the file for XP Home -" NewsHeadlines_1033_Personal.xml "
. Any ideas where I can get it from please?
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:
Simon,
Sorry, I misread your problem.
See if one of these helps...
Windows XP Internet Programs Cannot Connect to the Internet Through
Broadband Connection
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307164
Help and Support Center Does Not Automatically Connect to the
Internet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315955
Also, if you do not have one of these files
NewsHeadlines_1033_Professional.xml (For XP Pro)
or
NewsHeadlines_1033_Personal.xml (For XP Home)
in this folder
C:\WINDOWS\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\Config\News
you will get the When you are connected to the Internet message
instead of the Updated: date.
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Sorry, this doesn't help with getting "Did You Know" to work in XP
Help & Support Center.
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Sim
:
Try synchronizing your clock.
Double click the clock.
Click the Internet Time tab.
Click the Update Now button.
If the Update Now button is not available, select: Automatically
synchronize with an Internet time server.
Click the Apply button.
Click the Update Now button.
[[Click to synchronize your computer clock with the selected
Internet Time Server. You must be connected to the Internet, and
the Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server check
box must be selected.
If synchronization fails, a message will display below explaining
the reason. Most corporate firewalls will block time
synchronization, as will some personal firewalls. If the network
is too busy or not available for some reason, try again later.]]
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The debate is interesting but any more thoughts on how to solve
my problem please? How do I get "Do You Know" to start working?
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Sim
:
Most of my answers come right out of Help and Support.
People look for answers here because they are too lazy or have
no
idea
how to use Help and Support.
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I have XP Home with SP2. Have looked thro' all the threads
but cannot get the "Did You Know" section to load up even when
connected to Internet. It was previously stuck with a DEC
2004 date. I have re-installed XP and SP2 and it now states
I have to connect to Internet which I already am!
Please, please does anyone have a definitive solution?
(Usually find Kelly's solutions work fine but not this time
as I don't have the file that
Kelly says to delete).
