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Using WinXP with all updates etc in place. Lately I've started getting the 0xc0000005 error again increasingly more frequently when I double-click on the Recycle Bin or do a right-click / Open. Right-click "Explore" and "Empty" cause no problems. Didn't KB938828 fix this? Has anyone else started seeing this behavior again? -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com

Sorry if im posting in the wrong area here. Im experiencing a problem that is boggling my mind on biblical proportions. I have a Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 motherboard with Realtek ALC888 Audio Codec (Realtek HD Audio) onboard sound card. I have 2 problems which may or may not ne related (most probably not related). Firstly, my Mic In port (both on the front and the rear) produce a distorted and ever repeating noise whenever a signal is applied and i am unable to source where this sound is coming from or where it originated from. This has only recently shown up and nothing has changed in the system either software or hardware wise. Secondly, the "Line In" au…

The windows registry is an important component of your pc which keeps all the important configuration information about your computers hardware and software settings.So if your' e computer is showing signs of slower performances and faulty applications then the probability is high that it is a registry problem.The problem is caused when you continuously install and uninstall software programs from your computer over time. You see, this causes your registry to become "bloated" and becomes erroneus due to the constant additions and removals of these entries.Most of these programs only partially uninstall which leaves your hard drive litteres with residuals causing…

Hi All, I want to find a solution for one of our file structure implemented in our organization. We are having a Kofax scanner that scans all the incoming documents (drawings) and place automatically in a network shared folder; this is ongoing for last 10 years or so. The software does it by copying every 500 files in a single folder so you can image how many number of files are there in that shared folder, like that we have got 500 folders. So anybody can give me a quicker solution for finding the obsolete drawings on each folder by not going to each folder, looking for the pdf documents and delete one by one looking for the issue numbers. eg:- …

Can you purchase or download Windows Media Centre for a Windows Vista 64 Business machine??

Hi all, I can't delete or rename files on shared folder that I have been opened. it always say Cannot delete or rename this file : It is being used by another person or program close any program that might be using the file and try again. I quite sure nobody opened this file and I rebooted the client machine. I have to reboot my server to solve this problem but it's too bad if I have to do it every time this problem happened. Does anyone know ? What is this reason? and how to fix this? Thank you, Woody Kee.

When I open a word document (Word 2000) I have no command/task bar - I have tried the ALT+V to close full screen and nothing happens - I get no response to any Alt + - I have rebooted - I have reinstalled - Please help ASAP

I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds duplicate folders. Is that correct? Has this always been the case? Or is it just on my newish XP Pro PC, as against my old XP Home system? Surely that screws up the whole concept, which I'd thought was to backup/restore just the REGISTRY? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Is there a way to change some/or all dialog boxes to open up with a Details view? I have Windows Explorer set that way, but can I do the same for other dialog boxes in other programs? Jeannine

Hello to anyone with the knowledge! I'm using XP Home Svc pack 2. My first problem is that I would like the access of more folders to be restricted to limited user accounts on my computer. I don't understand why in the sharing tab (under properties) of some folders I can check "make this folder private" and in other folders, this is not checkable or uncheckable. I would think that any folder on the Administrator's account should be denied access to a Limited account, not just the Administrator's My Docs folder. My second problem and the reason why I'm here is that I have an external hard drive connected by USB. I can go into the Guest user account, and h…

I have three separate user accounts. On two of them the "transparent" and "shadow" features for the desktop icons is working and even though the settings are the same for all three accounts, on the third the text is surrounded by color and the transparent & shadow feature will not work no matter what settings I modify.

Subject: Re: Defrag no longer works! 7/24/2008 11:25 AM PST Thank you R. McCarty, everything is working as normal once again but without sp3. You were quite correct when you wrote: When you installed SP3 it migrated the MMC (Microsoft Management Console) to version 3.0. Once you removed SP3 the system doesn't roll back the MMC. The simplest solution is to update MMC for use with Service Pack 2. Information & Downloads here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907265 Simple solution to major poblem - thanks once again - Andrew

How do I save my outlook express address list to CD or flash drive ? I have Windows XP. Thanx

I want to try to fix a problem in a friend's W2K computer (over the phone) by having her use the repair function for IE6 where it's listed in add-remove. Unfortunately, on her computer IE6 it is not listed in add-remove. Is there something I can have her do in Windows (hopefully easy since she's a Mac user) to get this to work, either by restoring it to add-remove, or entering a command to repair IE6 from the command prompt, or some other technique?

I want to be able to take still frames and create a movie a single frame at a time with frame rates of 60 fps to 120 fps. I have Googled to no avail for something that will let me make a movie, 1 frame at a time and allow me to set the fps of the movie. Have you seen any software with these capabilities? Thx! jim

Most of you on here are aware of the taskbar infotip problem where occasionally they will hide behind the taskbar. The fix I have used is to click Start/Programs and right click any program and choose sort-by-name. After installing SP3 a couple of hours ago i noticed this fix no longer works. How come?, and how do i get my info tips back where they belong?.

Hello all, I'd like to monitor traffic flowing through my server 2003 server, and if possible be more specific i.e. something came in on Port 80 and was accessing http://www.domain.co.uk It's so I can see what traffic is more commonly seen, where it's going, etc and be able to display it in a nice graph, or chart, etc. also, would the same software be able to monitor an external NIC from a remote location to see what traffic is going through that as well as the server NIC? i.e. if I have a load balanced setup I'd like to see what is coming into the router as well as what is coming into each server. Does anyone know of anything? Thanks all Chris

My update notifications for my antivirus program is goofing up. Someone told me that Windows Security Center will notify me if av definitions are older than 7 days. Is this true? I have always had the security center service disabled. If I turn it on again, can I have it set only to come into the System Tray and notify me if something is wrong? -- Paul MS Office Pro 2003 XP Home Dell Inspiron 1501

I consider myself to be a pretty good techy expert....however this is just killing me....what did Windows do to make this difficult? I have a Win XP Pro machine, and a Win XP Home machine, I am trying to copy files from the XP Home TO the XP Pro...I have set up shared folders, my pcs' are on the same network, 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.1.11 respectively. I have firewalls turned off, both are in the same Workgroup called KKBR...and neither one sees the other computer on the network....what gives? I have Norton turned off as well....thanks in advance.

Win2K3 Server Trying to install SP2 I get the following message: There is not enough disk space on C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$ to install Service Pack2. Setup requires a minimum of 3 additional megabytes of free space or if you also want to archive the files for uninstallation, Setup requires a minimum of 3 additional megabytes of free space. Free additional space on your hard disk and then try again. The hard drive has 50GB Free Thanks for any help

Hyperterminal was removed from Vista and thus I assume from Server 2008. I have a firewall that needs to be setup using a null modem serial interface. I know there is a Hyperterminal download on the internet that will probably do the job. Is there any included software in Server 2008 that will interface to the server port and let me set up the firewall?

Hi everybody, is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on the host system, can I try on a virtual machine? Thanks for your time Ole

Both my wife and I are uding Outlook 2003 for our e-mail. She asked me if I could put my Address Book on her computer so I went to the Knowledge Base and downloaded quite a few documents. For a couple weeks now I have been trying all the various methods for copying Outlook.pst and Archive.pst files to her computer and I have been successful, but with one problem... I only want to put my Address Book on her computer, but when I follow all the Import/Export instructions I seem to get my entire Personal Folder with my Inbox, Saved Documents and every other item under my Personal Folders, but no change in her Address Book!!! Does anyone know how to copy …

Can someone give me a direct link to the latest XP x64 compatible version of Live Messenger?

Hi Everybody, does Server2008 come with a built-in FTP server? If so, how can I set it up and where? Thank you for your help Ole