Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Iuser_ADMIN
by Guest jbarnes- 0 replies
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This is to the person that had the same problem I did. IUSER_ADMIN profile kept recreating itself. It had to been a virus I went through system deleted files that were created when it happened. Went throught he registry and deledted entries that were created that day and was unfamiliar to me. Well it worked and its gone computer is running fine. Not to mention found viruses that nortons didnt completely remove. Took care of them as well manually. I cant tell you the one thing that worked, cause I did so many.
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Reboot-loop problem with D-Link DWA-542 n-protocol wireless-carddrivers
by Guest no_spam_paquette@uwo.ca- 11 replies
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About four months ago I purchased a D-Link DWA-542 n-protocol wireless card for use with a legacy desktop whose motherboard I had just replaced with an identical “new” (sealed in original package) Intel D845GEBV2 replacement motherboard that I bought on eBay for a reasonable price. The motherboard works fine but I have had no end of difficulty with wireless card. Various problems, including the one that I am about to describe, led D- Link support to recommend that I exchange the originally purchased wireless card for an identical replacement which I did on July 22. With the latest D-Link driver available for that card at the time, this card worked well for ab…
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Why doesn't pdf file association work in XP anymore?
by Guest Catt- 6 replies
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Even though my file association settings are set for a .pdf file to open with Adobe Acrobat 8 , Windows XP will not do it. Why not? It always did in the past. What has changed? As I've seen in a few other posts after a search, it's seems it's another step to save the pdf to a file then open it. I tried a system restore to a time when I knew it used to but even that did not work. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks Catt
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Undeleting / recovering a file
by Guest Peter Hucker- 7 replies
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In DOS and Windows 3.1, if you deleted a file, you could just undelete it again, as long as you hadn't written to that portion of the disk. What has happened in Windows XP which prevents this? I was given a USB memory stick, the owner had deleted the wrong file, and wanted it back. I tried 6 different recovery utilities, one said the file was "overwritten", the others said "poor". The most they recovered was the heading of the word document (it was 7 pages of text). So I tried a test, I got my own USB stick, copied a couple of images and a word document to it, then deleted them. Then I immediately tried to recover the three files. None of the 6 utilities got an…
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70 yr old needs help - reactivating XP
by Guest Anthont- 13 replies
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Wife and I are going to the States for 50th wedding aniversary. We are going to drive from Los Angeles to Washington. We intend to take a old IBM laptop and use it to download videos onto. Trouble was that it was rather full of programs which, although I deleted as many as I could, did not give enough space on the hard disk. The original XP operating system is held in a hidden sector on the hard disk but I didn't know how to get to it. What I wanted to do was to format the disk and then reinstall the OS. However I couldn't do it so I took it to the local "Guru" who done it for me. When I switched it on I was asked to "actviate" the software. When I wen…
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Recovery Console crashes
by Guest Tony Batchelor- 8 replies
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XP Pro sp3. I installed RC as per instructions and on boot the option appeared. When I selected it, the RC gave messages that it was starting and then when the screen blanked, instead of the RC command screen, I got the blue failure screen. I uninstalled RC, removed the cmdcons folder and file and reinstalled. Same result. So then I used msconfig and went to BOOT.INI. That gave me a message that the path was no good, so removed the entry for me. Rebooting and reinstalling I went to RC and then got a message that hal.dll could not be found. After booting into XP again I found that the file was labelled HAL.DLL so I renamed it and tried again. That…
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Defragmentation software for Windows XP?
by Guest Ken- 14 replies
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I am aware that there has been lots of debate as to whether defragging is necessary, but if one chooses to use such software, what is the latest and greatest in the defrag software wars? Thanks Ken K
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Possible Unknown intruder..
by Guest msnews.microsoft.com- 19 replies
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Hi, My machine have XP pro SP3 and also have NOD32 antivirus Business Edition install both uptodate. I have firewall on. I don't have any network sharing folder open or any other program open, but when I reboot my pc, a notice dialog pops up saying something like this "another user is still connected to your computer. are you sure you want to turn off your computer?". My question, is there a way to tell whos connected? Thanks in advance! Mingo
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Internet Explorer 7 icon missing
by Guest Neil Harrington- 5 replies
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I THINK this started after updating one of my WinXP computers to SP3, but since it's not one I use online most of the time I can't be sure. I've lost the regular blue-e-in-a-gold-orbit IE icon from my Start menu. Now there's just a generic icon there. Anyone know how I can get the IE icon back? The IE version number is 7.0.5730.13.
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tweak TCP/IP stack
by Guest pcnerd- 18 replies
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How do I tweak the TCP/IP stack in XP? I have DSL at about 2 Mb/sec. Eventually, I will upgrade to FIOS. I suppose that there is software that I can download & I know that there are Registry settings that I can change or add. Is there a wizard in XP (I have XP Pro.) that I can use to tweak the TCP/IP stack? Does TweakUI or Powertoys tweak the TCP/IP stack? So, in other words, what are my options? Thank you. David
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Page file fragmented
by Guest Laurel- 11 replies
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This looks like a serious hit on my system's performance. Is it? How do I consolidate the page file. Defrag doesn't seem to touch it, and I assume it's one of those chartreuse un-moveable files? Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 766 MB Total fragments = 27,866
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Trojan removal
by Guest SomorPlz- 5 replies
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I have this on my computer Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Tiny.h and cannot remove. I know this isnt the right place to post but didn't know where too. HELP !!
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start safe mode or reinstall without using monitor
by Guest alvin13- 2 replies
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Please help i eas having problems with my xp home service pack2 and i restarted and pressed delete as advised in hekp and support and i changed my settings to hdi but i dont have a HD monitor can anyone tell me using the keys only as i cant see the monittor as it says no signal MY FAULT but i need to know exactly what to press after restarting and holding delete example down 3 enter accross 2 enter also if i need to press any of the keys f1 to f12 to either run an install from my windows xp disc or to change my settings not to allow hdi as my monitor aint hdi please hhelp someone
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Headset w/mic only has one plug?
by Guest Sunfish- 10 replies
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I have a headphone/mic combination (apple stereo headset) that I would like to use to make voip calls over my computer. I am not sure how though because the headset only has one plug. When I plug it into the headphone jack and try to test the mic it doesn't work. Is there anything that I can do to make it work? Thank you.
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XP deleting font
by Guest a r u l- 2 replies
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I want to delete permanently Times New Roman font from my c:\windows\fonts folder. while I delete the font its deleted. But reboot its creating by default. I want to stop this auto generation. How I can do this? Kindly give me some suggestions Thanks in advance Regards a r u l
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ARTICLE> MICROSOFT: Learning from their STUPID VISTA MISTAKES!
by Guest leap frog vista- 16 replies
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We all know that Vista is crap. Well not all of us realise this, only those of us who have a brain... MS, AT LAST realizes the many blunders it made with vista and is trying to correct them in Windows 7. Why are they doing this? Well because of fear. People hate vista and are turning towards other solutions. People hate vista and are making fun of it. People hate vista and are calling it the Me of NT. People know vista is slow and performs well enough only on 4 core machines with 2 gigs of ram or more. Totally ridiculous! Note: I posted this on the XP newsgroup for the XP users to warn them to WAIT until windows 7 is out. Don't throw away money on v…
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audio troubles
by Guest whitcheywoman13- 1 reply
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i installed service pack 3 for xp pro and now my com doesnt recognize my > audio, mixer or play back..when i searched microsoft this is the problem link > that says this is a problem (kbprb KB329011) it says something about the > registry being change and now it points to another device..(but there is no > other device)....this is what I found out on microsoft...***This issue occurs > if a line associated with the mixer device is not read correctly during the > initialization process. This scenario causes one of the following: • The line > is not added to the current list of lines, which causes a disparity between > the current coun…
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Windows update
by Guest John- 2 replies
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I keep receiving the update message "Security Update for Microsoft Office Power Point Viewer 2003 ready to be installed". When I try to install the update, the installation failed. How do I stop this message. -- John N
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Add New Program to AutoPlay window
by Guest PSRumbagh- 2 replies
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How do I add a program (HP Director, HPQDIREC.EXE) to the pop up AutoPlay window that comes up when I attach a digital camera via USB to my computer that is running WinXP home edition?
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What "F" key do i tap to bring up "repair Windows"?
by Guest Richard Landis- 7 replies
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my computer keeps crashing. i have gotten these error codes so far : 0X00000019 , 0X00000024 , OX00000050 , 0X000000C2 , 0X0000008E . I PUT MY COPY OF WINDOWS XP IN THE CD ROM DRIVE AND I WANT TO BRING UP THE SCREEN THAT GIVES THE OPTION OF REPAIRING .PLEASE REPLY TO RICHARDWLANDIS@YAHOO.COM
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Intermittent lockups after SP3
by Guest gsayers9686- 11 replies
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Since installing SP3, I've noticed that my computer will freeze for 7 seconds every few minutes or so. Rebooted in safe mode but no change. Checking for processes in Task Manager but nothing that spikes during the activity. The hard drive light goes practically solid during that time. Any thoughts? AMD Duron Processor 1.3 GHZ w/1.5G of RAM Thanks.
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various windows xp problems after SP 3 update
by Guest PG- 3 replies
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I have been having boot up problems, drives not showing up any longer, programs missing or files missing or not running errors. Intermittently I have bootup problems, then have to disconnect one SATA drive to get XP to load at all. I tried to install XP components again and it won't let me run setup. The CD-drive is reading since it opens the files but it won't run setup!? In addition, I had to do a system restore after I installed SP 3, so all of this started after the SP 3 was installed/updated. I also did a BIOS driver update thinking that might help with the bootup and HD not found problems, but it didn't help. I don't know what else to try or …
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copy photo to cd
by Guest shaun- 6 replies
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In "my pictures" when I click on "copy to cd" the cd writing wizard stars and tells me the process takes about 8-9 minutes. Near the end the last 2-3 minutes takes closer to 5 and then it kicks out my cd and tells me there is an "error in the writing process". I've tried numerous cd and cd-rws. I copied some photos once before so I know my drive is enabled. Am I missing something or do I have a bug? Thanks for any help.
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"run as" command line & GUI
by Guest Ludo- 3 replies
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Hi, I want to launch a software in a limited account but it requires administrator privileges. If I use the GUI command “Run as”, the software works fine. However, if I use the command line “runas”, the software doesn’t work correctly. When the software is starting, it launches a lot of child process, I think that child process don’t have administrator privileges ? How can I overcome this problem?
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Windows Live Hotmail
by Guest Ragab- 3 replies
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Hello I'm wondering how forms and pictures can be included in an e-mail message itself (not as an attachment I mean). Sometimes I receive messages from Microsoft for example that have some pics and forms inside it, not as an attachment. How can I make messages like that using Windows Live Hotmail? How can I make those high quality messages instead of these traditional text-messages? Thanks -- Ragab