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Don't turn on automatic Windows updates at this time. Next, apply Windows XP Service Pack 2 (find it by going to Control Panel, System and it will show Service Pack 2 if it is installed). If you don't have it, use Google to search for "Windows XP Service Pack 2" and download it from a genuine Microsoft website. This 266MB Service Pack must be installed first. Then reboot. Next, if you don't have the motherboard and peripherals driver disk originally supplied with the PC you will need to download these too. You will need to ascertain the exact model of the motherboard, video card, modem, etc. Open the case and look for a manufacturer's name, model number and hardware revision number on all items. Belarc Advisor (free from www.belarc.com) or SI SANDRA Lite (free version from www.
Houston, is there a problem?
The answers to these apparently unrelated questions show how much privatization and globalization have deeply changed space exploration and politics. Take Paolo Nespoli, the 50-year-old Italian astronaut who has been waiting nine long years to enter the International Space Station. His childhood dream was stoked on the streets of Beirut when the ambitious Italian journalist Orianna Fallaci told this young paratrooper: "You have to decide what you want to do when you grow up...if you want to do something, even be an astronaut, you have to try it." At 11:38 on Oct 23, with his orange space coveralls, his helmet and hopefully the Italian specially prepared meal, Nespoli will shoot off on the shuttle for Esperia mission STS 120, the first mission headed by two female astronauts, and a key trip to expand the station with an Italian-built module called HARMONY.
The Other Women to Watch
Cruz was one of several top Wall Street executives who participated in a mid-August conference call organized by the Federal Reserve to help soothe investors worried about the fallout from the collapse of the subprime-mortgage market. The markets are still jittery, though, and Morgan Stanley hasn't escaped unscathed. In the first nine months of the firm's fiscal year, through Aug. 31, Morgan Stanley earned $1 billion by correctly betting on a downturn in the price of subprime-mortgage assets. But the same bet went awry in the fourth quarter, costing the firm $3.7 billion pretax in its first two months and leaving another $6 billion in exposure. While the full extent of the damage remains to be seen, Ms. Cruz appears to have the support of Chief Executive John Mack. The biggest reason: institutional securities, the firm's biggest business which she oversees, saw its revenue grow 65% to $21.6 billion between 2004, the year before she was named co-president, and 2006.
Dream ride to Cape, but a nightmare driving home
For thousands of visitors, going to Cape Cod over Memorial Day weekend was much easier and more pleasant than heading home. The new $60 million flyover, which erased the hated rotary at the base of the Sagamore Bridge, smoothed Cape-bound travel on Friday and Saturday. But drivers returning from the Cape Monday found themselves in a worse-than-usual traffic nightmare, with backups that stretched as far as 17 miles to Yarmouth at midafternoon. To avoid a repeat this summer, state transportation officials said yesterday they plan to install electronic signs urging vacationers to stagger their departure from the Cape as well as their arrival. Officials said they will also look at possible changes to the roadways around Exit 1, where Route 6A merges into Route 6 at the base of the bridge.
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