XP de-evolving

[Guest]

This one might be a bug I caught.

XP on my laptop seems to be de-evolving. A couple of things I have noticed
over the course of the last week. The XP graphics are different -- no longer
a green, but now something that looks like the Win2000 start button. I
cannot set up a dial-up connection. My device manager shows I have a modem,
but when I use the connection wizard, making a dial-up connection is grey-ed
out.
Then, this morning, when I went to printer, I got a message that told me no
printers were installed on my machine. Sure enough, the printers area is
empty.

Any ideas?

Gil

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=827315

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Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware
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http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
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| This one might be a bug I caught.
|
| XP on my laptop seems to be de-evolving. A couple of things I have noticed
| over the course of the last week. The XP graphics are different -- no longer
| a green, but now something that looks like the Win2000 start button. I
| cannot set up a dial-up connection. My device manager shows I have a modem,
| but when I use the connection wizard, making a dial-up connection is grey-ed
| out.
| Then, this morning, when I went to printer, I got a message that told me no
| printers were installed on my machine. Sure enough, the printers area is
| empty.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Gil