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Found New Hardware: USB-Serial?
by Guest Brook- 3 replies
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good day all, I have just rebooted my computer, didn't make any changes and got the message that "found new Hardware". I don't know what the USB-Serial is referring too? How can I find out? Thanks, brook
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Configuring static IP address
by Guest miracle- 3 replies
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Torrent client need open port for incoming connections, so I need open port in Fritz!Box ADSL router for utorrent. Do I need first set static IP address (local IP) in my PC? There is a few PCs (small LAN) that connected to internet via this ADSL router. We have static outside IP address. Computers inside LAN have addresses assigned by using DHCP. Configuration is following: C:\Documents and Settings\User>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : UserName Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS…
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Re: Address Box on toolbar
by Guest JohnP- 1 reply
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Re: Address Box on toolbar Evening, I've recently "upgraded" to windows XP SP3, and have lost my address bar on the tool bar. I've tried right click > toolbars, but there's no option for the address bar. Any ideas how to get it back? Thanks John
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Possibly Related Errors, Scripts and MMC
by Guest emleman- 1 reply
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I have a computer that for the most part runs ok. i cannot get into the services window no matter how i try to get there. i always get the "do you want to continue running scripts on this page message" and cannot do anything but end now in task manager which causes the services screen to close. I get this same thing when i try to print an email in outlook express. The scripts error window offers no clues as to what is actually going wrong. I don't know if it is related but, I've also noticed that i can no longer get to the windows update site. Is there anything I can do short of a reinstall of windows xp home? Something new, I tried to do start-run\mmc …
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multiple instances of IE on reboot 1 2
by Guest Terry R.- 25 replies
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I have one workstation on a network, that whenever I go to reboot it, it gives the error dialog that IEXPLORE.EXE needs to close. After clicking on End Now multiple times, if I cancel the reboot, I can see multiple IEXPLORE.EXE in Task Manager, often a dozen or more instances. What would be causing this behavior, and how can I correct it? I've never seen that on any other workstation before. I'm beginning to wonder whether I should just make Firefox the default browser. XP Pro sp2 w/IE 7 and all updates. Thanks, -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clickin…
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Windows installer clean up utility
by Guest Selena- 4 replies
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I need to install the above to be able to install Norton 360. I have office 2007 student edition. Will it cause a problem?
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Computer is lagging
by Guest irncru- 16 replies
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A few weeks ago I was using adobe premiere when my computer froze. When it came about after a few minutes it has since not been working properly. Its not as if its particularly slow - programs still fire up just as fast, web pages still load as fast etc. Its almost as if the memory has messed up or something. i can listen to music in wmp if i have nothing else open, but if i have, say, firefox running the music will lag. and will lag even more if i do something as simple as click on a folder in explorer. my whole comp is like this, like i can only use a tiny bit of memory or whatever at once. i can watch a highly compressed video if i have nothing else running, b…
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MSN Email Problem
by Guest George Jurak- 5 replies
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I've been receiving emails from a friend for years and now, all of a sudden, when he sends an email to my @msn.com email address, I don't get it. He said that he gets no notification back to him that the email was not delivered; yet I never recieve it. I've search my MSN email program as best I know and I can't see where his address is blocked from coming to me. Can you help me, as you have done on countless occasions in the past?? Thank You -- George Jurak
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Just Using the calendar in outlook
by Guest Danger_Duck- 3 replies
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So I don't use Outlook at home, and there I am obviously not hooked up to a corporate network. Same thing at school. What I do like, however, is outlook's calender and how it nicely schedules everything. My problem is that every time I try to open outlook, it asks me to specify what network I want to connect to-canceling closes the applications... Is there any way for me to access outlook's calender without dealing with all the network queries? That is, how do I open up outlook without configuring outlook? Thanks!
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Outlook Express - Can't Delete
by Guest Dean- 5 replies
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I am unable to delete Subjects (emails). This just happened. Neither the delete button nor by right clicking the mouse and highlighting delete works. Any help is appreciated. -- Dean Colorado Springs
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Shut down issues windows xp sp3
by Guest mikesteven- 4 replies
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All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. Svchost is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to fix this problem? Thanks, Mike
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Is there a fix / patch for this?
by Guest Paul- 5 replies
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832936 ? It says to install a Service pack. Thats a waste of time, since XP SP3 is installed. And the hotfix above, is older than the one thats installed now I'm getting the exact error thats on this site And I dont use Standby, so I dont know why this error appears in the first place. Event Type: Warning Event Source: W32Time Event Category: None Event ID: 36 Date: 1/09/2008 Time: 8:41:09 p.m. User: N/A Computer: SPEEDY Description: The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system c…
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copying files and allowing duplicates
by Guest melanie- 7 replies
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I am trying to copy some emails onto a disc, but it won't allow duplicates. It either replaces the existing with the one being copied, or if you select no, it doesn't copy it at all. Many of these emails contain the same subject line so there are several "duplicates" so to speak. Is there a setting that can be changed so that when i copy, it does not ask me about replacing duplicate files? These emails are for an attorney and i can't risk missing any.
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Problem Installing SP3 to XP
by Guest lwapner@roadrunner.com- 2 replies
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Greetings: The install was slow and appeared to virtually halt during "Creating Backup Files". I canceled the installation but had to "alt-ctrl-del" to get out of the process. A real mess! Then did System Restore. I went through this failed process twice. All works well now without succeeding to install SP3. Questions - Typically, how long should a successful installation take? Given that I used "alt-ctrl-del" to abort two failed installations, have I created an excessive number of worthless (backup) files or other problems on my hard drive? If so, is there a safe way to delete them? Thanks!!
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view bmp files
by Guest musketiii- 4 replies
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I must convert bmp to jpg to view images. How can I get WinXP to open bmps?? Many thnkas,in advance.
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iptray and awtray
by Guest Max- 3 replies
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Win XP Home, SP 3. On shut down, I get two errors: iptray.exe not responding and then awtray.exe not responding. What are these and how can I "cure" my PC of these errors? Thanks in advance.
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DVD Code 39 problem
by Guest fedosomwan- 10 replies
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I've recently encountered this issue on a Dell computer that I have. I've tried all the registry filter suggestions, I've also tried the registry scripts that I've seen posted for this problem, I've even had the DVD replaced and still I have this issue. To be precise I've tried KB 314060, I've tried the cdgone.zip, the XP_CD_DVD_fix and nothing worked. Could somebody give me another suggestion please?
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Trying to format C: drive, NEED HELP PLEASE!
by Guest jotan- 7 replies
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Situation: Laptop with non-working CD drive running XP trying to format C drive and reinstall XP from Dos prompt and i type: "format C: /fs:ntfs" then: "Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID. would you like to force a dismount on this volume? Y/N" when I type Y, I get the message "Cannot lock the drive. The volume is still in use." help anyone please?
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XP Transfer files and Settings Wizard Q.
by Guest RJK- 1 reply
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Just rebuilt Auntie's XP Home ed. PC and realised that I ran XP's "Transfer my Files and Settings," whilst her PC was at SP2 + a few, and IE6 !, and her "new" system box on the bench here is now at SP3, ...is there likely to be a problem/s when I run "Transfer my Files and Settings wizard" on new system box ? ....and does a dial-up network connection, and OE settings pop/smtp server etc. get put back in ? i.e. pointless doing it manually, if the wizard does it. (...1st time in over 25 years using that wizard - and "yes" I should have read up on it ! ) TIA regards, Richard
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Cleaning up C drive 1 2
by Guest m_ridzon- 25 replies
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I am running WinXP SP3 Pro. My harddrive is partitioned into 4 partitions with C drive having the operating system on it. I originally formatted this harddrive about 4 years ago making C drive 10GB. Over the 4 years, I've downloaded many software updates for Windows and my other applications. I noticed that I only have about 1.5GB left in C drive and would like to free up some space if possible. Once the downloads are downloaded and ran, do the downloaded files sit dormant somewhere in the C drive? In other words, can I delete the downloaded files to free up C drive space? Or are they constantly being referenced and called upon by the computer syste…
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error message
by Guest chr- 1 reply
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why am i getting error message 0x8007000B when trying to update or download xp service pack 3 -- best regards
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XP Pro SP3 took out Mouse and driver from Device Manager
by Guest JoJo- 6 replies
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I see the pointer frozen in the middle of the display but no mouse activity and weirder yet is no sign of any mouse installed and no mouse drivers can be seen in Device Manager. Scary. Opinions on what to do next? I do have really old IntelliPoint 1.1 on floppy disk and a CD to boot from.
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The End of Windows
by Guest Alias- 9 replies
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114004&intsrc=hm_list Alias
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is there a discussion group for server 2003?
by Guest oz_cast- 2 replies
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if so can somebody tell me where it is.. I cannot find any help regarding server 2003. Thanks in advance
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I have IE version 6. I am currently taking courses online. I can log on to the test site successfully, but when I click on the link to begin the test, the information box from Internet Explorer pops up asking me if I want to "allow this page to paste information from my clipboard". I click both no, yes, and exit buttons. I get a flash of the box, nothing else happens; I cannot remove this box from my screen. Subsequently, the page is locked. I have to restart my pc to fix this. Can someone please help me, I need to be able to take these tests from home. I don't know much about computers, but any help would be greatly appreciated.