Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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I installed Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) many times, and most of them I got this "Rename temp file failed" error during the setup (even though it happened to work a few times). Do you know how to solve this problem? I remember that once I uninstalled it after getting that error, and reinstalled it in D:\ instead of C:, and that time it worked. The only difference between C and D is that my C drive is FAT32 whereas D is in NTFS. Do you think this could be a problem? Please let me know, since I really need this to work these days... (for more info: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1815099&SiteID=1) Thanks in advance, Alberto
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Changing audio volume causes a beep
by Guest PSiegmann@mail.nu- 1 reply
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Hi newsgroup. There is an annoyance with XP, that I noticed already years ago.. but I never decided to to something about it. Until now. OK: when you change the volume level (with sndvol32.exe) of the general channel (not wave, sw-synthesizer etc. but the one the far left), it will cause a "beep" of the system speaker. Of course, everything works ok, and I noticed that not only on this PC, it seems to be by design. That behavior never occured with earlier windows versions. So, how to turn that beep off? It's very distracting.
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had a dual boot, but upon reinstalling xp vista is missing
by Guest disciple- 1 reply
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I had a dual boot with xp and vista whic was fine, then xp became corrupted so I repaired it but now vista is missing from the os loader menu! help!
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desktop icons comes back after restating PC
by Guest sameer- 2 replies
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Hi i am using a win 2003 server and cleints win xp prof and win 2000 on few cleints i am getting a problem that after deleting the icons it reappers after i restart the computer.this is happening on clint computers. please help. sameer
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Windows Explorer & Folder Tree
by Guest Ayush- 4 replies
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[shirlo] wrote-: > I have a user who has one shortcut to a folder that opens with just the > directory tree displayed (no folder tree to the left) and another one that > brings up the directory on the right and folder tree on the left. How can we > get the folder tree to show up every time in the one where it does not > currently display? Command-Line switches for Windows Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130510 How To Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307856 Good Luck, Ayush. -- XP-Tips [schedule a weekly defragmentation] : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/ti…
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Filemanager View
by Guest Jeff Granger- 6 replies
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Is there a way to make Windows Explorer open in "file manager" view by default? i.e Folders on the left hand side, rather than File and Folder Tasks etc Jeff
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Still a problem with files transfer...
by Guest Sirius- 1 reply
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I am trying to use the files and settings transfer wizard, and on the new computer I get the following message: "The location that you specified does not contain stored information. Please type a valid folder path into the edit box. If you entered a path to a folder on a removable disk, the disk must be in the drive." I can see the collected data with my eyes, so why does not the new pc? I followed the steps as instructed, so what am I doing wrong? Any help would be great. Thank you.
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WINDOWS ALL WAYS IN SAFE MODE
by Guest PRASHANT- 1 reply
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WHEN I TRY TO INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE IT SAYS CANT INSTALL EXACT ERROR " THE WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE COULD NOT BE ACCESSED THIS CAN OCCUR IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS IN SAFE MODE. OR IF THE WINDOWS INSTALLER IS NOT CORRECTLY INSTALLED CANTACT YOUR SUPPORT PERSONNEL FOR ASSISTANCE. "
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Here's a poser. When I activate the HT in BIOS on my 3.06 P4 northridge (recently upgraded from a non HT CPU) it causes the keyboard to effect other programs, specifically the music from any media based application. The symptoms are like one key is overloading whatever cache and causes the music to stutter. When HT is off, things are back to normal. I have the most recent BIOS, XP updates, keyboard drivers, etc. Any ideas? -- Mattu
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Windows Encryption
by Guest SPD- 0 replies
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Does anyone know if the Windows Encryption is logged anywhere on a Windows XP computer? Trying to find a date that a folder was encrypted. I checked the System, Application and Security Event logs but there is nothing there. Thanks
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Wallpaper problem
by Guest Doug- 4 replies
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Hi, Got a simple problem, but I'm baffled... I have 3 user accounts on this system, and everytime someone changes the wallpaper on their account, it changes it for everyone to the same one. How do I prevent this?? I"m sure there's a global setting or something somewhere?? TIA, Doug
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XP reinstallation and activation
by Guest ozzie1451- 2 replies
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I have and older compaq computer which had win 98. I have upgraded to win xp some time ago. I do not use this computer anymore. I have another dell computer with win 2000 which I use. How can I cancel activation of XP on older compaq computer which I do not use and reinstall and activate XP on newer Dell computer legally. Thanks for your help
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Counterfit XP Pro installed w/o disk over XP Home on its own
by Guest KingNando- 1 reply
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I have XP Home on my computer. It is a legal copy. It came installed on computer and always will be there even if reformated. I was adding a port to my network settings and it said I needed to restart my computer before they would take effect. I restarted and windows dynamic update came up. It started installing XP Pro with out any disk in the drive. I dont even own a XP disk for this to happen. Well there was no stopping this so called upgrade from happening so I waited it to complete. Once completed and rebooted it let me know that it wasnt even a legal copy of XP. Now how in the hell does something like this happen? I tried to do a system restore but…
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OT: XP seems to have stopped responding to scripts
by Guest Martin C- 0 replies
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This may not be the right forum for this question, but I was not quite sure where to post it. This has occurred recently with no updates having been made to the PC. It was first noticed with BitComet, my torrent download app, which was giving scripting errors all the time. I updated it to the latest release, but the problem remains. Whenever I change view in the app, I get a script error dialog. The other thing I noticed is that while I was looking for BitComet using Google, the search button would not work via a <return> key press. This always used to work before. I had to use the mouse to click on the search button to instigate the search. …
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Application Data Folder
by Guest Daddio- 2 replies
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In Documents and Settings folder resides Application Data Folder, it has at least 3 gigs of file space used up, my question is, what affect does it have on the applications listed and can you safely delete any of the folders and their contents. On one of my other computers this Application Data Folder does not exist? Thanks
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Unknown .exe files popping up.
by Guest Ron Glass- 4 replies
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I am constanting getting two error messages on two ".exe" files that I have no idea what they are. The error message is "Application failed to initialize" "Press to cancel". The two unknown appliations are: NOTIFYALERT.EXE AND RNG.EXE. Also this address is displayed with the errors messages: (Oxc0000135). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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question about bailing out of a drag-n-drop action
by Guest sobriquet- 3 replies
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Hello. One of the things I dislike about xp (and previous versions of windows) is that sometimes it's difficult to figure out how to cancel an action. Like when you accidentally press the right mouse button somewhere, you can press escape to bail out from the menu. Now sometimes it happens people accidentally press the left mouse button on a file or folder in the explorer, they drag around with the items and they don't want to release the mouse button somewhere and actually copy or move files. My method of bailing out in that case is to find a location on the screen where I get an icon that indicates the contents can't be copied there and I release the mouse but…
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BSOD because of AppInit_DLLs
by Guest Aesmade- 1 reply
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After using the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs key to load a DLL into all processes, I now get a BSOD on startup. I've fixed this before by using the Windows XP CD to open the command prompt and delete the DLL, but I don't have the Windows CD with me right now. So, my question is, is there any other way to have Windows or even the command prompt open without loading the AppInit_DLLs? Thanks in advance.
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Installer continually retries
by Guest upcomingevent- 1 reply
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I am having the Windows Installer problem where the installer tries over and over again to install SOMETHING. I have no idea what is being installed. 1) Is there some installer feature to list all products installed and the success of the process? 2) Can I just disable this? 3) Any other suggestions? Are there any products which can solve this annoying problem?
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Windows Explorer Error
by Guest Sharkman@comcast.net- 3 replies
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Windows Explorer has encountered an error and has to close. We are sorry for the inconvience. App Name: explorer.exe Mod Name xvid.ax and I can't do anything with the directory.. Can someone help? thanks sharkman
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Installing old hard drive in new computer
by Guest agreen_78596- 5 replies
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When I use an old IDE hard drive with pre-installed Windows XP Professional, my new computer doesn't recognize it. The computer works fine if I use an empty, formatted IDE hard drive and install Windows. The hard drive came from an older computer that had a different motherboard. Is there any way I can use the old hard drive (which has all of my programs) in the new computer? Or must I format the drive and reinstall Windows? The specs for my new computer are as follows: Motherboard: M2N-SLIDeluxe CPU: AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Graphics card: PNY Technologies GeForce 7300 GT Memory: Corsair 2Gbyte DDR2 Twin2X
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Explorer erroneously deletes file before touching any drop-down op
by Guest theodore- 2 replies
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Occasionally (but not always) when I right click on a file name in Explorer to get the drop-down menu, the file instantly disappears. It's not in the recycle bin, or anywhere else. This system is Windows XP Pro maintained to the latest maintenance and security levels. Currently I have to do backups before I touch any files, as there is no recoverability (that I know of).
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Malware remover
by Guest Kathy Garrett- 8 replies
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Does anyone know of a good free malware remover? Thanks
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Application Freezes in Windows XP
by Guest vimalkanth@gmail.com- 1 reply
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Hi, We have a portal application developed in Delphi 5.0 which freezes in Windows XP SP2 machines.It was working with Windows 2000 Professional machines.Once the application get freezed and we are not able to access the application. We have to close the application usign task manager and all the changes are lost. We are able to login and access forms. But few forms are not working and it freezes. Please find the machine configuration below: Intel P4 3 Ghz 1GB RAM NAV 10.1.4 XP Professional SP2 Edition (English) Please let us know the resolution for this issue. Vimal.