Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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"Search Desktop" go away!
by Guest Jim- 3 replies
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Well, I grabbed some Windows Updates and now have an insidious little box on my Taskbar labeled Search Desktop, and I can't find where to turn it off. I went into msconfig and unchecked Startup for Windows Search, but the little box is still there. I can't find anything running under Task Manager that looks suspicious; what can I do to regain my Taskbar space? Thanks in advance!
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Defragment
by Guest Ron- 6 replies
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After running Disk Cleanup and deleting Cookies, Temp files, etc., I find that a "Disk Defragmenter cannot start" message appears when I try to defragment either disk. Any ideas? "
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Formatting a Hard Drive Using 6 Disk
by Guest Dukey- 3 replies
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I want to format my hard drive. My computer will not recognize my WIN XP CD to do a automatic bootup. I understand I can use 6 floppy disks. Where can I find these disk? Thankd Douglas
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TMP prefixed files appearing on desktop
by Guest GHL- 0 replies
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Using XP Pro SP 2 For the last month or so a number of our users have been reporting files appearing on their desktops with a name in the following format: TMP_10-0916-380 20-08-2008_411 NB. there is no file type suffix. All of these files are zero byte in length and are created either when the user logs on or off their account. Between zero and 10 of these are generated at any one time. All users who experience this have roaming profiles. Caching is turned off on the user profile share. Anyone else seen this or have any idea what generates these files? Any help/advice would be much appreciated. Thanks. -- GHL
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Will changing MB & CPU invalidate OEM license/key?
by Guest Ben Bowen- 3 replies
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Hi all. I'm having some overheating problems with my PC running OEM XP. I'd like to change the MB and CPU to something a bit newer to get rid of this problem, but I don't know if XP will recognize the change and invalidate the license/key. Any advise? Thanks
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Removing items from a Briefcase
by Guest Eddie- 3 replies
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Hi, I want to remove a folder from a briefcase. Is there any way to do this without deleting the briefcase and recreating it without the folder? If I just delete the folder, then it will be deleted from the original when the briefcase is updated. I just don't want it sync'ed in the briefcase. Eddie
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dvd drive
by Guest Butch- 2 replies
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Tried to burn a dvd last night. It would just set and do nothing. I have 2 burners, I was trying to use my lightscribe burner. After looking in my computer I notice this burner is now listed as a DVD-Ram drive my other burner is listed as DVD-RW. I never noticed this before I installed SP3. Used the other burner and it worked fine. Went to lite-ons web site and I have the newest driver. Any ideas?
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Power utility?
by Guest Mark G.- 3 replies
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So I have been looking to see how to auto boot windows at specific times. Nothing XP Pro can do by itself from what I see so I was turning to some utilities out there. While quickly browsing I thought maybe some of you have run across some good utilities for this very thing? Am trying to make my computers turn off at certain days/time and then turn them on at certain days/times. I have never really cared for the hibernate function built into XP Pro plus I want to conserve some power by turning off machines when I know I want be using them for a period of time or need access to them even if briefly. A lot of utilities I briefly glanced at don't see to have …
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Local profile cannot load
by Guest Clang- 0 replies
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I have had several workstation with this same problem. When the user logs on in the morning they receive a message that the local profile cannot be found and they are being logged on with a temporary profile. Users only log off at night and then log back on in the morning. If the user reboots his computer he can log on with no problems. I have removed and rebuilt both the domain and local profiles for these users. Two worked with nor problems, another worked for about a week and then the problem started again. Does anyone have any idea on what is causing this and how I can keep it from continually happening? Thanks
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Printing to IP Printer not working
by Guest PhilGSmith- 1 reply
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I have just added two printer drivers to a client's laptop. Both printers are on a network and are being used by other people on the network. On the laptop I added the printers using their IP addresses adding the printers as a local printer. The printers installed without a hitch. However, when I sent a test print to them neither printer responded. The print queue displayed the test print job, then it disappeared as you would expect when the print job succeeds, but nothing came out of the printer, no error on the printer lcd or on the PC screen. I tried loading a PCL dirver instead of PCL6 on one printer, but the affect was the same. The netwo…
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Always asking for proxy server authentication..
by Guest Sampathn- 3 replies
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One of our company laptop user is getting a proxy authentication message frequently. He is using domain user account. The message is coming even though he doesn't want to browse the internet. And he can browse the internet without entering the password. Is this a result of spyware? Thx, Sampath
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suddenly there is a user and admin password in XP
by Guest edje- 1 reply
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after i have manualy cleaned up my registry after lots of virus and spyware infections, there's suddenly a password set in my XP home sp2. when trying to log on in safe mode (admin) there is also a password requiered. i think i have deleted the wrong reg-key (allthough the keys i've deleted appaired te be infected). is there any possibility to get into the reg and restore/reset the password without login' in to windows. i have tried to run the tool described here http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ and in the log it said there is no password set in the user and admin accounts. can someone please give me advise on how to get back in my computer with…
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USB device suddenly becomes "unknown device"
by Guest Pawel S.- 2 replies
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hi guys, today something strange happened to my 4port usb hub. after soft-rebooting my system i wondered why my external drives and mouse didn't work (all connected to my usb hub). at closer look i found out that an "unknown device" is plugged into my machine which happened to be the usb hub. of course i tried unplugging and replugging it to other usb ports but no effects at all - stll unknown. so i googled and found out that some people have experienced similar problems and solved it by uninstalling all usb devices from the device manager, deleting an "infcache"-file and rebooting. (and yes, i did "set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" and did rem…
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RDP into XP after NewSID
by Guest ChrisW- 0 replies
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Hiya, I made an image of Windows XP Professional SP3. This has a whole lotta software and settings. The only thing that doesn’t work is I cant RDP in. Everything else is peaches. The error I get is: Event Type: Error Event Source: TermDD Event Category: None Event ID: 50 Description: The RDP protocol component "DATA ENCRYPTION" detected an error in the protocol stream and has disconnected the client. So I get this error. It doesn’t happen on the original image. It only happens after I run NewSID. So RDP works on the original image and breaks after NewSID. I can get it working again by deleting the Certificate registry key. But RDP only works one tim…
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Mobile phone fails to connect - "conflict"
by Guest B Brannigan- 0 replies
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Hi, I've got an LG viewty and was able to connect before using the LG PC software. Now, although it recognises the phone, I'm getting the message 'failed to connect' on the computer and 'failed to connect - conflict' on the phone. I've tried a number of the USB ports on the computer, to the same result. I recently installed a second internal hard drive. -- B Brannigan
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open save requester windows xp
by Guest omega42a- 0 replies
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hi all i have the following problem in windows xp (sp2 now sp3) i have changed sort order to date in windows standart open save requester windows had saved this state if i now want to change sortorder to name, it works temporarely but windows don't save this sortorder state so if i open the open save requester i get sortet by date can anybody help?
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Ghost upset PC !
by Guest RJK- 5 replies
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Stayed up most of the night, installing Aunties XP Home SP2 OEM PC, and all went swimmingly. ....and I was impressed, particularly with hardware, in that after everything I installed and changed and tweaked, and after every reboot - within two to three seconds of XP Homes' classic theme blue screen "WELCOME" ....WALLOP ! ....desktop and icons were there in a flash. After all this work I decided to Norton Ghost 9 | full backup C:\ onto 2nd hd D:\ ...ready for when Auntie gets her hands on it, (just kidding - she's very good on a PC). Knowing that a PC is bever quite the same after Nortons' been in there - I diligintly made a Restore Point and labelled…
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Windows Explorer pops-up when rebooting.
by Guest Russ M- 6 replies
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Everytime I reboot, Windows Explorer pops up. I did not see it listed in msconfig but did find it listed in autorun.exe and unchecked it. But it still pops up.
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torrent client
by Guest miracle- 8 replies
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Is it safe using torrent client of win XP? thanks.
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Problem opening My Documents
by Guest FClifton- 0 replies
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The first time after logging in, when I open the My Documents folder, Windows Explorer hangs. I use Task Manager to end Windows Explorer. Further attempts to open My Documents are successful. Any ideas? XP Home installation.
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Partitioning drives with XP Pro
by Guest Dan- 6 replies
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Running Windows XP Pro SP3. This is the setup.... HD #1 - 40 gig (one partition) Drive C:\ (System) 40 gig HD #2 - 40 gig (three partitions) Drive D:\ (Backup) 3 gig Drive E:\ (Setup Files) 1 gig Drive F:\ (Music) 33 gig Two questions...Is there a way to partition the first drive (with Windows on it)? Secondly, if I use disk management in XP to delete the drive D or E partitions on HD #2, will I lose data in drive F partition? Drive D is the active partition, E is an extended and F is a logical drive...I think! Thanks in advance for any help.
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Windows Explorer
by Guest aligatrjoe- 3 replies
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-- Bill W Windows Explorer no longer lists the C:\ drive. It does list the My Documents folder under the Desktop. I recently defragged the disk and ran chkdsk c: /f from a CMD window. Also ran chkntfs c: from a cmd window. Help
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XP/Vista profiles transfer???
by Guest incarnuim- 1 reply
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Someone please help me. I bought a new computer with Vista on it. How do I transfer all my old XP profile data (web bookmarks, etc....) to vista? Thanks
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External Dail-Up USB-to-Serial Modem Hangs and Requires Reboot To Fix
by Guest ShadowTek- 8 replies
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I have an external serial modem that is run through a serial-to-USB converter. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16825134002 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812107956 &Tpk=trendnet%2busb%2bserial It will occationally hang, and the the only way to get back control of the modem is to reboot the computer. When I query to modem from the control panel, it says: "The port that the modem is using is currently open by another application. Exit any application that may currently be using the port." I don't know what could be causing the problem. I have tried disabling all other needless applications that run in the b…
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Microsoft Picture It Photo 2002
by Guest Mrs Luke- 2 replies
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My computer was just worked on and I have the Microsoft Works Suite 2002 loaded, however the Picture It Phote 2002 will not operate. I have removed and reinstalled but it did not help via disc 3. Everything is there, but when I click on a card size, I am kicked out of the program. Can anyone tell me how to repair this? If not, can someone tell me if Microsoft offers another program that operates the same as this one did? The other Microsoft Works Suite 2002 programs work. -- mrs luke