Two XP questions

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Don't know if the problem is with XP or what but here are my two problems:

1. The battery in my laptop ran completely down. When I recharged the
battery and started, the computer asked me to login -- the opening screen
now requires me to click on a box marked "Owner" -- previously, it went
straight to boot-up. How do I stop this screen from displaying?

2. When an e-mail message or an article in a newsgroup displays a URL,
previously I could click on the URL, Internet Explorer would open and go to
the URL. Now, when I click on a URL in either e-mail or newsgroup article,
nothing happens. Nothing. How do I fix this?

These two problems do not appear to be related -- they appeared at different
times.

Thanks.

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Joe S.

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Maybe try using a restore point dated before your battery died . Owner
?Might look at network settings and allow others to share same network
settings. Run SFC if that doesn't fix your links. (system file checker)
Some good advise: Dont listen to anything I say.

"Joe S." <noname@nosuchplace.net> wrote in message
news:de7v5o0mi8@news1.newsguy.com...
> Don't know if the problem is with XP or what but here are my two problems:
>
> 1. The battery in my laptop ran completely down. When I recharged the
> battery and started, the computer asked me to login -- the opening screen
> now requires me to click on a box marked "Owner" -- previously, it went
> straight to boot-up. How do I stop this screen from displaying?
>
> 2. When an e-mail message or an article in a newsgroup displays a URL,
> previously I could click on the URL, Internet Explorer would open and go
> to
> the URL. Now, when I click on a URL in either e-mail or newsgroup
> article,
> nothing happens. Nothing. How do I fix this?
>
> These two problems do not appear to be related -- they appeared at
> different
> times.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> ----
> Joe S.
>
>
>