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I have XP SP3 installed and when (I think it's) Windows update accesses the internet just after startup, the rest of the computer almost comes to a standstill. If I start Task manager > Processes one of the several svchost.exe is taking 98-99% CPU time for about anything up to 4 mins after startup. I have 'Download updates and let me choose..' set. If I select 'Turn off Automatic Updates' my computer starts normally. This has developed lately, but I cannot deffinitely associate it with the installation of SP3. System is Athlon 3200, 1GB ram big HD and a 6Meg broadband connection. Any suggestions would be more than welcome.

Could someone please tell me how to change my email address in Microsoft Passport? I can't find any information anywhere in MS.

Hi all, I have an app that I need to run as a service. I used SRVANY and INSTSRV to accomplish this in the test XP Pro computer; however, I am having problems doing this on a Win 2003 Server (not SBS) SP1 computer. When I start the service nothing happens, no log is created. I then tried running the Calculator applet as a service and got same results. FYI: I did the same with XP Pro and Calculator started just fine. I had a look around and found articles such as: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q152/4/60.asp&NoWebContent=1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890/EN-US/ http://support…

HELP cannot boot up my dell latitude laptop get below error I did not download or add any programs or files that changed anything at all STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Windows Logon Process system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000034 (0x00000000 0x0000000) The system has been shutdown.

I access my compter remotely and use an XP password to provide at least minimal security. If there is a power outage, I have the BIOS set to start the computer when power is restored. I also use a program to force a reboot if a program hangs which results in my not being able to access it. When it reboots, either after a power outage or a forced reboot, it stops at the password prompt before it loads Internet conectivity, which means that I can't access it remotely. Is there any way to get it to load Internet connectivity BEFORE the password prompt? TIA. -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.91 Beta 2 Web @ http://www.ne…

hi again ppl..... i replied to your replies to my post,,,, (the original ones that i Still cant see.. grrr),, and it is now about 15 minutes or so since i did that.. (and i know one or two of you have clock time thingys happening,, so i will be relying on you too to confirm.) and i have refreshed a zillion times and cant even see my replies to your replies. (boy,,,,,, now even i'm getting confused,, then again, i'm easily confused,, ha ha) bottom line is,,,,, does anyone know why i cant see my posts in this group anymore? i have a screenshot of exactly what i see right now.. (took it less than 30secs ago) complete with little purple arrow…

I have a customer with a very big problem. If he opens the Internet Explorer from his terminal Server 2003, he is able to surf the internet as usual, but if he opens another program at the server Windows locks. I he closes the internet, the server locks totally for that user. He is able to press CtrlAltDel and enter the taskmanager. If he ends the processes IExplore and explorer and after that starts explorer as a new task he is able to run normally again – until he enters the internet again. I have tried the following. This happens for all users and directly on the server. Delete temporary internetfiles and cookies. Delete the content of C:\WINDOWS\IIS…

Re: Problem Major "dennisa16" wrote: > I do not have anything in the A drive > > "Frankster" wrote: > > > Take the floppy out of the A drive. > > > > "dennisa16" <dennisa16@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:3DA7C619-2A7E-496E-BEC1-970CDE097D59@microsoft.com... > > > NTLDR IS MISSING ON STARTUP WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO I FIX IT Please Help Me > > > Thanks > > > > > >

Re: synchronize windows xp clock I have had this problem for years! Courtney's answer was so totally simple and IT WORKED! Microsoft did not have a working answer in the multitude of places I looked. Microsoft should send out an "all points bulletin" to all the frustrated users, giving Courtney credit and a monetary reward. -- Buck in Lees Summit, MO "Courtney" wrote: > I solved the problem by going to another time server: tick.usnogps.navy.mil. > > courtney sends.... > > > Now & Forever wrote: > > I've got similar problems. In intranet, only http proxy is provided, how can > > I synchronize system's time? …

Re: Not sure if firewall is OT On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:00:51 -0700, DaffyD® wrote: > How safe is it to browse without a firewall? I know of a newsgroup that is > devoted to firewalls but I feel answers may be more impartial here. I'm > still running W98SE and IE6 SP1 and believe me, I'd upgrade to a newer OS if > I could. I was using ZoneAlarm but it's a resource hog for my system. I just > finished a scan of the first 1056 ports at GRC.com and there are 2 open > ports, four stealth, and the rest are closed. Should I use firewall > software? I will concur with Michael Jennings about Kerio Personal Firewall on a Windows 98SE box. -- …

If you have a new computer, then you will definitely need a Windows XP registry cleaner. I think the registry itself is not going to need fixing, if you don't ever do anything to your computer. But, once you start installing software, uninstalling software, making shortcuts on your desktop to your favorite programs, and even surfing the internet, you will need a good Windows XP registry cleaner. Let us cover the basics on what the registry files do, and why they are important. The registry files are the files, which tell the computer how a program is supposed to operate. It gives the basic instructions on what the program is suppose to do, and when it is suppose…

I tried to download some clip art from Microsoft Office, and I got this error message: Catastrophic failure Error code 0x8000FFFF. Any idea what could be the problem. Thanks. Jeff

I would like to recover some file space. Is it ok to move or delete AMD64 files?

Hello all, New to this group, but I've been a programmer (mainly small time database stuff) for about 15 years. I am wondering if it is possible to allow a remote connection to be established to Windows Server, that is only permiited to run 1 application? What I have is a client I am programming for and they do not want thier clients to have to download any sort of component or anything in order to run an application. I was initially designing an ASP .NET 2.0 application, but it requires the .NET download. I explained to my customer that this should not be a major issue, since it is a Microsoft component that is quickly becoming the de facto standard …

Hi I have a very frustrating issue. I've got a HP dc7800 which I would like to be able to wake from sleep using a USB mouse - It's just a standard two button scroll mouse that came with the PC, nothing fancy. It's running Win XP Pro. I've looked at both the mouse and usb properties in control panel and device manager and nowhere is there any option to tick to say "use this device to wake from sleep" or similar. I've also looked in the BIOS and theres nothing there either. Infact the only things mentioned in the BIOS under the Power option (but I've looked in other areas, too) are: Runtime Power Management - Enabled Idle Power Savings - Extended ACPI S…

Hi all, Currently, I have one windows 2003 TS with several applicationes installed. We puechased Windows 2003 TS CAL. Can we just upgrade Windows 2003 TS to Windows 2008? What about CALs? Do I need to purchase Windows 2008 TS CALs? thank you.

Hi all! We have problems with a programme, which at one customers site crashes. It has its own logfile, but that does not tell us much. I recall win98 having separate log files for each executed prg, which could be usefull now. The prg just dies (closes without anything so they say) and the *.evt files and our logfiles does not tell anything. The only thing I can see is that our "end marker" is missing, but our "start marker" is there, some minutes after the last action (which is normal action), so we are missing that in between. As I understand it, there is not even a window asking "this prg needs to close". Can I get other logfiles, as I could on W98…

An _OLD_ Fujitsu Siemens PC in my office has two licenses sticked on it. One is a windows 2000 Professional OEM which is actually installed. The other is an XP-Professional; apparently a Retail one. (there are no OEM markings on the sticker). The sticker is different than any other on the microsoft "how to tell" site, but I think it is genuine. The code on the sticker (VFGQ3-BC9PC-TPFQP-TPKTX-4J4W6) won't work with any media I tried. The original media is lost and Fujitsu won't replace it anymore. Can you tell me which media do I need ad if I can get it from Microsoft EMEA? Can you also tell me if this code will allow the upgrade of win2000 or if I ne…

I'm not sure what the name is, but I'll describe it the best I can. When I click Start->All Programs, a three columned menu pops up on my computer. Now, I feel like that these three columns are too wide, and the icons are okay, but it would be nice if they were smaller too-that is, so that if they were downsized all the program shortcuts could fit on 2 rather than three rows. Where do I adjust the settings for width and height of this menu and what is it called? I didn't find anything in Right click->properties of the start menu. Oh, and also, in the bottom right corner (taskbar?) many applications load up on startup. So many, in fact, tha…

How can I use the schedule a task wizard to run defragment at some regular intervals. I can's see it in the list of tasks. perhaps I will have to browse but where to look for it , I don't know. thanks for the help

When I start my PC and the screen comes up it just says "To begin, click your user name" but there is nothing there to click so I can log in. On the PC I have these accounts-Administrator,1 user. and something called asp I think. The PC was working fine until I used a tweaking prog so I guess I did something wrong. But I can't get in! I've tried everything but nothing works. Thank-you

Dear NG, ich have copied some files to the new Windows 2008 Server and now I couldn`t delete a folder, Windows said, that a process is using this folder. There are no files inside and i have tried with unlocker and change the rights of the folder, trying to delete with the commandline - no result. How could I see, wich prozess is using this folder? And how can i delete it - thx for any idea! Kai Apel(Berlin)

Not sure which Group to post this. All network users "Home Directories" are configured in AD under the Profile Tab H: - \\servername\users\%username% I have a few (2 to 4) users that receive an "Access Denied" message when they attempt to open thier (H:) drive. This doesn't happen all the time - it is very spartic. All I do to correct the issue is disconnect the (H:) drive and re-map it and unchecking the "connect at login" option - because I know it will reconnect because of thier profile settings when they login - and it does. They don't have to reboot/logout-login or anything of that nature. By just being able to re-map the drive tells me tha…

My OS is WinXP Pro SP3. I reside in a less developed part of SEAsia. I used to be on a dial-up connection but about 9 months ago changed Internet Service Provider (ISP) who is providing me now with an ADSL connection of variable speed. Since about 3 weeks or so, all of a sudden I am unable downloading/sending messages from various NNPT based Newsgroups. But accessing (browsing) the Internet and e-mail facilities is not a problem at all. The ISP technicians came to my place 3 times but could not find the problem, in fact they knew little about Newsgroups. They finally suggested replacing the router which was provided by the ISP. Well, I purchased a 'Lin…

I’ve done a lot of research regarding this issue and frankly I’m getting a migraine in the heat of the Southern Oregon 110 degree days! So I quit!!! I bought 4 GB of RAM because I thought it would speed up my system a bit. My motherboard happily stated in its manual that it supports 4 GB of RAM. This crazy issue regarding more than 2 GB of RAM wasn’t readily available I had no idea about it. So… I happily bought 4 GB of RAM and was proud of it! My system seemed to boot a bit faster. Microsoft Office seemed to load a bit faster. Games seemed to run even just a tad faster. I was happy though not ecstatic. But I was shocked when I noticed that My Computer/Pro…