Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
26818 topics in this forum
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How to stop automatic re-booting
by Guest zynteq7- 2 replies
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Hi, How do I keep the computer from automatically re-booting at a "fatal exception" error/BSOB so I can read what the error actually is. Thanks :)
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re-installed XP Pro SP@ can't get monitor resolution
by Guest rlp- 6 replies
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re-installed XP Pro SP@ can't get monitor resolution factory software won't load on auto or manual
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How to Use Folder Shortcuts to Jump to Specific Folders While Savi
by Guest Inobugs- 0 replies
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I recently needed to reinstall my operating system. It was before and is now Windows XP. I have created folder shortcuts so that when I save I can "jump" to a folder deeper within my directory structure that I use often. I had several of these shortcuts and they worked splendidly. Now that I have reinstalled Windows XP, I can jump to the desired directories using the shortcuts while exploring, but when I try to do so while saving the folder shortcuts do not appear. How can I use folder shortcuts to "jump" to specific folders within my directory structure while saving? Thanks. Dan
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Moving drive to new computer - file access
by Guest Ragnar Midtskogen- 6 replies
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Hi, A friend of mine had a problem with his computer, Windows could not start. When visiting his house I tried repairing Windows by using the restore CD that came with PC, but got message that some files could not be found. Gave up and suggested my friend try to move HD to another PC with Win XP, as a secondary or a slave drive. He says he did and the drive was recognized OK. The original PC had several users, and now he say he can't see any of the files for the other users. Does anyone know any reason why this should happen? As far as I know, you should be able to see all the files when using Windows Explorer, but you can not edit any files belonging to …
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OEM SATA Drivers
by Guest William Cooper- 12 replies
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Hi I have a HP Pavilion Desktop with SATA drive. I am trying to install XP but obviously I need to press F6 to select Third party drivers. I have them of course but it will only look to a floppy drive. I do not have a floppy drive. Is there a workaround to this. apart from going to a museum and borrowing one?? Thanx in advance Help
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Picked wrong keyboard
by Guest creynolds- 1 reply
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I have a Microsoft Natural Multimedia keyboard. It was working properly except the shortcut buttons. I tried changing drivers, but picked the wrong one and now the keyboard and mouse only work in BIOS setup and recovery program. They don't work in safe mode. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Carl
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"Not Responding" for HOURS
by Guest gary- 2 replies
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My Excel 2007 spreadsheet has been "Not Responding" for HOURS. I can hear the hard drive spinning (at various speeds) but, on the PC, the green activity light (indicating that data is being written to or read from the hard drive) has been flashing very infrequently. I don't want to lose the changes I've made to my spreadsheet so how can I save my spreadsheet? What could be causing the "Not Responding" condition?
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Paint Shop Pro X2 .. won't closeout
by Guest Stakeout- 4 replies
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been using PSP X2 since it came out last October .. all of a sudden when I close it out off the desktop.. it remains 'open' in Task Manager'.. the only way to reopen it is to 'End Process'.. or do a reboot.. any fixes available.. any help much appreciated..
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Windows not starting up completely, no start menu, no task manager
by Guest Jim 5coat- 2 replies
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Had a virus attack and have cleaned it using McAfee including a full scan in DOS safe mode. No infected files are on the disk based on the scans. When I start the PC in “normal mode” the desktop displays but the start menu nor the task bar display. Even when I use the windows key. Right clicks on the desk top do not work. I normally do not have icons on my desktop so I do not know if other programs work. In the safe mode I have attempted to run windows explorer and the system says in can not find explorer.exe even though I can see it in the windows directory using the DOS dir command. I have attempted to do the sfc /scannow process but got …
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No audio device detected
by Guest jdmatus- 0 replies
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Greetings all, My system includes: ECS P4M800PRO-M motherboard Intel Dual core P4 3GHz processor 4GB Kingston DDR2 533MHz memory BFG 7800GS video card Windows XP Professional with SP3 installed Originally a SBLive! 5.1 sound card Also tried a CompUSA "CMedia CMI8738/C3DX based" 5.1 sound card (which is currently still installed) After downloading and installing a couple of "optional" software updates from the windows update site, my system started crashing to a HALT and Memory Dump screen. I did a "Repair" re-installation of my Windows XP Professional. Installed SP3 and all "necessary" updates from the Windows update web site. Also I download…
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Video is red
by Guest Rob- 12 replies
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Windows XP Home with all service packs and updated. All videos play with a dull reddish image, regardless of player used (Windows MP, VLC, Media Player Classic). The preview in Windows Explorer is correctly coloured. Videos play fine on the same machine in a Linux installation, and also on an XP guest installation in VirtualBox hosted on the Linux. Video also was fine in the old main XP installation before reinstalling. I believe the fault has been there since reinstallation, but cannot be sure.
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I have a mess with ny desktop icons
by Guest Jen- 1 reply
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I hope I can make myself clear. I have about 25 icons on my desktop. The first several work fine when I double click on them. However they look to be super imposed with another desktop icon. When I double click the other icons nothing happens. When I right click it does not give me the option to open the icon. Thanks!!
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Good resources and books for scripting
by Guest happytoday- 8 replies
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I need to know what are the good books Or internet resources for learning writing batch files and scripts for all kind of operating systems (Dos,Windows,Linux....) describing batching in general and comparison way between all operating systems . If not possible please specify the good ones for (Dos,Windows) only. Thanks
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How to use Sandisk pen drive as RAM On P4-2.4 Win XP-2
by Guest sagarkolhe777@gmail.com- 2 replies
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Can I Use My sandisk Pen Drive As RAM ON Windows Xp -2 My Com Features : p4 - 2.4 845 M Board Please Relply Me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Problem with web links
by Guest Jeff Stanton- 1 reply
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Lately, when I attempt to go to a web link embedded in an email, Outlook Express locks up. When I use Task Manager to get out, OE closes and the computer locks up, requiring a restart. Going to a link by any other means causes no problem. Any ideas? Jeff Stanton
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Windows XP SP2 keeps crashing my Videos
by Guest Gesy- 2 replies
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How can I stop Windows XP SP2 from popping this dialog while I am capturing video with my Canopus's ADVC-55 Hardware ? Anyone knows ? Windows keep detecting the dam thing over and over and nocking down my video ! This link is to my website: http://www.gondarelectronics.com/images/WINERROR.JPG That Picture shows the dialog....... Thanks...... Gesy Gondar Electronics
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Windows XP immediately reboots after login
by Guest Sheila- 1 reply
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PC had indicated viruses last week and tech came and cleaned it up. However, apparently there is no antivirus program installed. This week noticed appearance of Antivir08 which I thought was AV put on by tech but found out it is malware. Shortly thereafter PC cannot be booted other than safe mode because after Windows login PC immeidately reboots. I was able to get into Safe Mode and install Malawarebytes Anti-Malware (as suggested in another forum) which indicated it removed Antivir08 but the reboot problem persists. Any ideas how to solve this? Since safe mode is only option to start successfully, I cannot get to Windows updates or other installs as …
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Restarting Comp
by Guest sagarkolhe777@gmail.com- 1 reply
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My Desktop Com With p4 - 2.4 Whis is Restarted abnormly after some time But some Time It Still Run more than 3 -4 hour continue & Some time Restart With in 2min Pleae Help Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
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SP3
by Guest didee58- 3 replies
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Could someone please tell me just what SP3 is. do I need it? cause its hanging around behind its little shield, I started to download then stopped cause of all the stuff you have to do to do it. Need a little help please. Thanks
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Can't follow threads - error on page
by Guest Alberto- 1 reply
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I don't know if I can get an answer to this, because every time I try to read any response to a question in this newsgroup I get an error on page message down in the status bar and nothing happens. If iI roll over the name of the responding post, the status bar says "javascript:void(0);" - is the whole page messed up?
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OCR, scanning, Omnipage
by Guest Uncle Bill- 0 replies
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Hello, Nuance (Scansoft) doesn't seem to support Omnipage 16 well. The initial install worked OK until six months ago. Since then I have failed to get one good OCR of a document. The program Omnipage 16 crashes in msvcr80 and msvcp80. I've tried putting the latest versions of those programs in the c:\windows\system32 directory, but that does not work
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Slightly Off-topic but not way off?
by Guest ManyBeers- 4 replies
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I have a Sony Vaio PCGFXA 47 notebook with WindowsXP sp3. The computer came with Recovery cds and not a WindowsXP cd. So there was no Recovery Console originally with my computer. However about 6 months ago I was at this website http://www.aumha.org/ and there was a procedure in a thread outlining the steps to installing the Recovery Console on any WindowsXP computer. I followed the procedure and I now have the Recovery Console listed as a boot option on my Boot.ini file. A few weeks ago i deleted Screenblast Sounforge&Acid; Photoshop Elements; and WinDVD from their default install locations on my C:\drive so I could make a smaller …
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Had to remove an extra AOL program, but the Add/Remove stalls and says that there was an error and had to close (says something about app conflict in info sent to Microsoft). I believe that the program I wanted to uninstall is the problem, but not sure. Then I went to RESTORE my computer state to a previous time that was good, but it goes through all the steps to restore only to state that it is unable to restore to any previous date. What is going on? How can I fix these issues?
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Can't modify folder details (XP 64-bit)
by Guest leeisme- 0 replies
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When I have detail veiw selected, I go to View> Choose Details and select the details I want to be able to see, but no matter what I select (such as album title, artist, year, track number, etc) and click OK, it makes no difference. On the main folder at least the detail titles show up, but the details themselves don't, and for any subfolders, even the detail titles don't show up. All I'm able to see is Name, Type, Size and Date Modified. Thanks in advance for your help.
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RE: Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
by Guest mike- 0 replies
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RE: Files and Settings Transfer Wizard I had the same problem attempting to install from another drive. I transfered the file to my desktop and it worked from there. "shelleyanne" wrote: > I cannot get my files and settings transfered. It keeps telling me that the > file specified for transfer does not contain any information. I can clearly > see that it does but it's all .dat so I can't read it. Can anybody help? > Thanks