Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
26818 topics in this forum
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Windows Logon
by Guest chesjak- 3 replies
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Hi I am using XP home edition I used to be able to boot up and go straight to the desktop without having to go to the logon or select a user screen. For some reason, I now go to the small "windows logon screen" where I can just click OK and I then move onto the desktop screen. I know there is a way to bypass and stop the logon screen coming up but can't remeber how to do it. Can anyone help please. Regards
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Shut down issue
by Guest Judy- 11 replies
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Hi, Something weird has started happening to my computer. When I shut down I click Start > Turn Off Computer > Turn Off, but I have to do it twice. The first time you can hear the computer “thinking” then nothing happens. The second time everything shuts down normally. This has just started within the last couple months or so. I have not had any infections/malware/spyware. The only thing that was found on my computer by Malwarebytes was Adware.PopCap. Does anyone know how to fix this. Thanks. Pentium IV, Windows XP Home SP2 IE6
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Persistent Autoplay for CD/DVD
by Guest xp-pro- 3 replies
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Dell Inspiron B130 - Windows xp Pro (SP-2) (more than one user account) It seems no matter how often I check "always take this action" (which I selected as take no action) Whenever I insert a CD or DVD into the drive, I get the same dialog AFTER "Auto play" searches the disks for several seconds. Is there a bug and or fix for this. Thanks.
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Desktop shortcuts not working
by Guest bsbm525- 2 replies
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Hello, When I lock my computer & then unlock, the desktop shortcuts stop working and only takes me to the shortcut properties window instead of launching the program it's intended for. When I logoff & back on it's ok. This behavior only happens when I lock & then unlock the computer. Please assist. Thanks....
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cd-rome drive not working, error message here
by Guest perckypick- 3 replies
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Hey this is my first question so sorry if it's in the wrong place... So since my computer hates me it has decided to stop the cd-rom from working. A quick check in device manager showed that it was detecting it, but wasn't loading the drivers (error 39). So I went here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060 and downloaded the "guided help". When I tried to use it, I got this lovely message: http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/cheeseman123_2007/cdsux2.jpg So...I'm lost. What do I do now? I really need these CD drives. Thanks in advance! P.S. To anyone who doubts my operating system is missing the drivers and …
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Issue with IE7?
by Guest franktee- 5 replies
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Hi all When updating to IE7 from IE6 my "cookies" folder disappears, and when reverting back to IE6 via system restore the cookies folder returns. What's happening?? Thanks in advance for any helpful advice. franktee Winxp Pro.
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Explorer crashes with help from Dr Watson32
by Guest ldiaco- 1 reply
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So, the title gave you a summary of the entire problem. Seemingly randomly, Explorer crashes, and tries to restart, but Dr. Watson32 also crashes with it, and explorer wont work until the DrWatson32 program is terminated. There have been continuing intermittent performance issues including choppy videos, slow internet communications, brief freeze ups which last up to several minutes, inability to delete some programs and files on the desktop, while others are deleted without trouble, incorrect RAM totals, etc.. I was thinking about trashing everything, and reinstalling XP, but I really don't want to, since the way my hard drives are set up, Im not sure what …
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Spurious startup activity
by Guest BobO''''''''B- 3 replies
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After a recent update, I now find that the Norton Systwmworks folder opens on a 'Shutdown/Reboot'! There is no reference to this folder in any of the Start Menu->Startup folders and, for lack of experience, I can't see anything in SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI, BOOT.INI or STARTUP (when I run msconfig) that would give me a hint. -- BobO''''''''B
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Cleaning up msconfig
by Guest Richard Harison- 14 replies
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I am running XP SP3. Is was looking at msconfig as I was annoyed by a few startup items such as Adobe updater, etc. I unchecked the boxes, rebooted and everything is OK. But I have a few startup commands that I have unchecked which are still there even when I uninstalled the associated programs, as well as one with a blank command column. Is there any way to get rid of these unchecked startup entries so I don't have to look at them anymore? Thank you! -- Regards, Richard Harison
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"Autolpay" instead of "Open"
by Guest Alex- 2 replies
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When i double-click any of my drives it doesn't open them. When i right-clicked each of the drives i saw that the first option is "Autoplay" instead of "Open" as it was. This happened for no apparent reason. I want the drives to open on double-click. How do i fix this? Thanks in advance.
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error while windows logon
by Guest gapy- 2 replies
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Hi,i light on the computer but, while loading windows, appear a message that say " There are not enough resources in the system to call the api" what that means? what i can do?there is something more to do than call technics?. thanks
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No windows audio
by Guest Oldjarhead- 0 replies
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When I go to Sounds and Audio devices in control panel and click on it,it comes up. When I click on sounds and click on a sound to play such as dada the little arrow next to the name doesn't highlight and I can't play the sound.I don't have windows sounds or Adobe Flash sounds. Everything else is fine Windows Media player.Rapsody and Quicktime play sounds fine
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Disable Windows-viewer print wizard
by Guest M. Janmaat- 2 replies
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Hi, Does anyon know how to disable the Windows viewer printing wizard? Kind regards, M
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Restart without using password
by Guest HankL- 3 replies
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I am using Windows XP with SP3 This computer O/S is Windows Media 2004 Could anyone tell me how I can restart my computer each time without having to put in a password? I am using quite a few Scheduled Task and they do require a password to RUN. I attempted to leave the password blank in my Administrator user account. However, if I do that my Scheduled Task will not RUN. Whenever I restart, I get a splash screen requiring a user ID and a PASSWORD. Thanks in advance for your assistance HankL
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Windows Live Spaces Discussion Group?
by Guest afgoody- 2 replies
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Does anyone know where I can get answers regarding Windows Live Spaces?
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Windows XP SP3 handles Daylight Savings Time end incorrectly?
by Guest Joe Zygala- 16 replies
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This morning (Sunday, 10/26/2008) when I got up and rebooted my 3 computers, the 2 that are at SP2 say, correctly, that they are on Eastern Daylight Time. The one running SP3 says it is on Eastern Standard Time. All three are configured the same way - (GMT - 5:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) and Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes. Is there a bug in the SP3 code? How can I fix this?
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Windows hangs on startup
by Guest ashmeadm- 1 reply
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I am running Win XP Pro, fully updated, with 2 Gigs of RAM. It recently started hanging for about 4 minutes on startup. When I check Event viewer I find the following errors : In Applications - Userenv and Application Hang; in System - Service Control Manager and ati2mtag. How can I correct these errors withour a new install? Thanks in advance.
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Constant down scrolling / Racing
by Guest Trish- 4 replies
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my laptop recently began to scroll to bottom of every window I have open as if I were holding down the left click at bottom of scroll bar. When I try and raise to top it races bar down again. Anyone else ever experience? Thank you
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Lost Favorites in ToolBar
by Guest pgarcia- 3 replies
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How do I get my Favorites back in my ToolBar? The oppion to check it off is not there.
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can windows count pages?
by Guest buster crabb- 2 replies
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Can windows keep track of how many pages have been printed since changing a printer cartridge?
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pc-kitchen registrycleaner 1 2
by Guest andysacks@live.com- 34 replies
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Hey guys, My computer kept on giving me 3 error messages. So I googled them and ran into a company called pc-kitchen: http://www.pc-kitchen.com They said that their registrycleaner could solve my errors. I downloaded the program and it solved 2 of my errors. Now i have one message that appears. Will buying their full version fix the last one? Has anybody even heard of this product\company and share their experience? Thanx, AndySacks AndySacks@live.com
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registry cleaners
by Guest Sammy Castagna- 8 replies
- 487 views
Some say thet are good and some say they are bad. Sorry. Sammy Castagna
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autorun not working
by Guest Jason- 1 reply
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tried searching for autorun and only got autoruns stopped loging - registry needs fixing. How do I get the CD to automatically process the autorun.inf file. I tried cd-rom properties. thanks, J.
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shared folder copying extreamly slow
by Guest venu- 1 reply
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Hi, Shared folder copying is very slow.both machine hard ware configuration is good.Net work bandwidth is also good.No scripts running on both system.Pls provide me solution. regards venu
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Run mystery
by Guest Jorge Bravo- 6 replies
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I use the Run command selom and unually only for Msconfig and Regedit. However, sometimes I find in the 'memory' other commands, like the one for the Firewall. I assume that these are acused by viruses/malware. Is that common? Is there a way of blocking the Windows Firewall so that no introsuion is possible? Thank you JB