Windows XP
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Manually Removing Certain Registry Key Types
by Guest Scott- 5 replies
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What are the possible consequences of manually removing the following type of registry key: hkey_local_machine \software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internet settings\zonemap\domains\ (website) If my understanding is correct, the values of this key will set the security/privacy settings of the IE browser for the specified website. For the case of malware, the malware would create this key and set the security level to "Trusted" for the website. It would then direct the browser to the website and run more malicious code from that site. Using REGEDIT, I looked to see how many keys I had of this type and found a huge amount. I estimate about 500. N…
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Xp AntiVirus and internet blockers
by Guest Paul C- 10 replies
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The other night I accidentialy was hit with the XP Antivirus as well as some form of software which turned off my firewall and is now blocking certian websites on my IE explorer which is not allowings me to certian software download sites like Mcfee, CA, MSN XP support, and most of the recomended spyware and virus removal programs. I also notice when I do a serach in explorere, the links are fake and they open another window. At the same time my desktop changed to a Large Windows warning message indicating Spyware detected on your computer. Warning Win32/adware.Virtumonde and Win32/privacyremover.M64 I also have lost the ability of screen saver and …
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can't transfer animation file to website files
by Guest Tony G.- 1 reply
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I have a webpage that was created for me that contains animation. I want to transfer this webpage to my website files on the internet. I have this file stored on my computer in the MY Documents section. Everytime I open this file on my computer the animation is blocked and I have to right click the script and active x warning bar that pops up and click allow. I need to transfer this file to my website files, but when I do, the animation does not come with it. How can I stop internet explorer from blocking the animation so that I can transfer the COMPLETE file to my website files? The animation company made the program on a MAC if that will help you. …
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Win Media Player slide show speed
by Guest wheat667- 2 replies
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I was wondering if anyone could help me with this. I tried this question in the WMP forum and got 0 replies. I'm using WMP11 to display a slide show of jpg files. I can get to the area where there is a play speed slider and buttons to change the presentation speed, but nothing I do has any effect. The slider arrow only appears when I click on the Slow, Normal, Fast buttons. I can then move the arrow but it doesn't stay where I put it and then it disappears. And the Slow, Normal, Fast buttons also have no effect on the slide display speed. The jpg's always display with about 4-5 seconds interval, no matter what I try. Also, if you don't click on S…
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Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt C:\windows\system32\config\system
by Guest RJK- 2 replies
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Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt C:\windows\system32\config\system Switched on my 2nd PC tonight and got a black dos screen :- Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt C:\windows\system32\config\system ....rather than wade through http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 I've just booted from Norton Ghost cd and am now restoring a Norton Ghost *.v2i full hd backup taken 13-08-2008, from 2nd hd (in same the machine), and its' now 58% into "Copying volume data over existing volume" This PC has been as solid as a rock for many weeks, ...nay ...several months ! Any ideas as to what…
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turning off all unnecessary programs ....
by Guest AV Guy- 4 replies
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Is there a list of only the basic files need on startup? How do I turn off those I don't need so they don't interfere with what i am working on in XP? thanks
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AVG Update problem
by Guest Navyguy- 6 replies
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I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with XP SP2, with DSL connection. I have AVG antivirus free version 7.5, Comodo firewall, Spyware Blaster and Hive Cleanup. All of these have run well together and I have had no problems. Today I updated AVG which I do on a regular basis and it ran successfully however afterwards it said that there was another update so I ran it again but this time it failed. I tried running it several times with the same result. The last time it did somethig like this it gave me a missing bin file error code but this time all it says was connection with update server failed. It turned out that the the problem was on the AVG side and I didn't have to…
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font failures in wordpad save dialog
by Guest xp-pro- 3 replies
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Xp pro (SP-3 and all current updates) I've noticed an odd bug in my laptop. Wordpad displays blank boxes forfilename text in dialog boxes. Someone gave me a fi earlier but I lost it. What was that fix?
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How to remove zxmshwin.dll?
by Guest andyjho2@gmail.com- 2 replies
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My Symantec detect this file in Windows\system32 directory but it could not delete it. I tried to manually delete it but it still does not work. Any ideas? Thx, Andy
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Terminal Services Configuration
by Guest ChrisW- 10 replies
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Hiya, How do you run Terminal Services Configuration (tscc.msc) on XP? I've tried installing adminpak.exe from the Windows 2003 setup disks. tscc is not in adminpak. So I've tried copying the files from a 2003 computer to the XP box. Tho when I run tscc.msc from XP after copying it says "MMC could not create the snap-in." So whats the right way to run the console, eh? ChrisW
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Copy the Recovery partition
by Guest Charles W- 5 replies
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I have a Dell Dimension. The WinXP "Recovery Disk" for this computer is on the same disk as the working WinXP but at a different partition. If the Hard Disk crashes, I have no way to reinstall the WinXP back to a new Hard Disk. My question is Is there a way to copy the "Recovery Disk" from its partition to an external CD and make this CD bootable so that should anything happen to the existing Hard Disk, I can reinstall the WinXP from the CD back to a new Hard Disk? If possible, I would like to use whatever tools there are in the WinXP. I don't want to have to buy some fancy third party programs. Thanks in advance Charles.
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changing the color of just the taskbar
by Guest greg- 1 reply
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Really generic question. can you change just the taskbar color? without changing the windows color? thanks
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Open File - Security Warning
by Guest Rich Pasco- 3 replies
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I'm running Windows XP. Within the last week, every time I double-click on a JPG image file in Windows Explorer (or type its name on the command line), I get: Open File - Security Warning Do you want to open this file? ... [Open] [Cancel] [x] Always ask before opening this file While files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially harm your computer.... I can un-check the "Always ask" box, and then it doesn't prompt me any more for that particular image, but it still prompts for other JPG images. Can anyone explain why I am suddenly getting this prompt? Could it be that recently I installed Firefox 3.0? How can I…
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Starting compmgmt.msc maximized
by Guest Tyler Durden- 1 reply
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Is possible to run on a command line compmgmt.msc maximized? Tried start /max compmgmt.msc, with no success. Thanks to everyone!
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FTP Problem
by Guest Olen R. Pearson- 2 replies
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Hi, I am having a very odd problem with FTP. Basically, it won't work. The FTP client seems to connect but then issues an error and no files appear on the remote server. The last time I needed to use FTP was in February of this year, and it worked fine. Now, when I try it, it goes nowhere. I have tried several different FTP clients and accounts, all with the same outcome. It is not a firewall problem; I run only Win XP Pro firewall and have tried it with that disabled + anything else that even MIGHT effect connections. I have tried it in Safe Mode with no success which makes me think it is not a conflict with another app - though I don't believe I have …
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Entire Network contents
by Guest Dave Mc- 5 replies
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I have a 2003 domain with about 20 computers (Xp and Server 2003). When I go into Windows Explore and drill down to the domain, only 4 computers are shown. Yet, when I search for any computer not shown by browsing, I find all the "missing" computers. Why is this ? What does explore use to find computers ? FYI--I can ping all computers by NB name. Thanks
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Hanging up at shut down problem
by Guest computerchallengedcc- 2 replies
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Dell XPS Home - 300 G hard drive, 4 G RAM XP/SP3 Kaspersky Internet Suite 7.0- SpybotSearch & Destroy-Spyblaster- Windows Defender- All Windows Updates current: For about a month, when I shut down my pc, shut down seems to 'hang'. I get the normal shut down screen,"savings settings' windows is shutting down'etc." Then a second or two later, get a black screen, and then back to shutting down, etc. again. This time my pc does shut down. I cannot pinpoint anything I could have done to cause this. Only changes made during this timeframe is uninstalling previous version of S &D & installing latest version (V1.6.0.31) and installing any windows…
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Icons Became generic
by Guest PT- 3 replies
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Somehow, I did something which has caused a few desktop shortcut icons to change from specific icons to a generic blank picture. The icons include two DVD drives E: and F:, a utility program Acronis, and a self created icon for a frequently used folder. I was able to restore the self-created icon without difficulty. But... I next tried fixing the DVD drive icons. But if I right click the Icon + Properties + Change Icon and select the appropriate icon, I get a message that (for example) "the name E: specified in the drive box is not valid." So what's the trick? -- PT
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WiFi/dial-up/SP3download
by Guest didee58- 0 replies
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Hi got some good advice last time,try my luck again. Have dial-up but am booting wifi off nephew next door. Keeping dialup right now cause having to reboot sometimes 3-4 times a day running next door to unplug and plug back in the range extender is pain in hinny, my problem is the dialup express is running along with the wifi even when I haven't used it to get on the net, and by doing that it make the whole thing go way slower,didn't always do it now is everytime it loads anything. Do I disable it & if i do what do i do if i need it again? Second ? I allow Microsoft to show new updates & one showed up other day for SP3 when I started to down load…
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Windows could not start.............
by Guest romac- 4 replies
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I'm getting a "Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" error message. With the Windows Setup disk I tried running the repair console but when prompted to select which Windows installation to log onto I select the correct drive and I get the BSOD that says ...."Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer REGISTRY _ERROR". I'm stuck! I can't even get into SAFE MODE. Please Help! Thanks in advance.
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Task bar appears during PowerPoint show
by Guest AV Guy- 2 replies
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Help! For some reason my PPT 03 on my XP machince periodically show the task bar during a PPT show. Seems as something is scanning .... Advise?
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open with list
by Guest jdevola- 4 replies
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When trying to open a file using the 'open with...' list (right-click on file, choose program to open with), nothing happens. I have had this problem only recently. The last time was with a *.txt file. I choose MS Word from the 'open with..' list, but the file won't open. MS Word documents (*.doc) will open by choosing any program in the list. Any idea why the text files won't open with Word using the open with list? Thanks
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msconfig
by Guest Billys- 8 replies
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When checking msconfig ,everything is checked. When I choose what I want,everthing is OK until I go back in everything is checked again. Why is this happening? How can I cure this problem?
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new pop-up on my computer
by Guest Molly in AL- 6 replies
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Today I suddenly have a new "pop-up" appearing on my computer when I turn it on, and it keeps reappearing no matter how many times I cancel it. It's asking me for a login and password, and I have no idea where it came from or what it is. It says it will take me to a website 67.228.53.115 and also has the url eagle-card.com on the pop-up. If I try to just enter that url in my browser, it won't go there because a password, etc. is required. Yesterday I updated and ran Ad-Aware by Lavasoft for the first time in a long time. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But I was already sick of the regular pop-ups that appear when I first boot up, n…
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Slow behavior
by Guest BobJam- 9 replies
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A little over a week ago, my XP (HE) began to visibly slow down. For example, on startup the desktop icons would have the generic look and then slowly refresh one by one. And another example, when opening a program, it firsts displays partially and then the whole window comes up. So, I started to troubleshoot. First, I loaded Task Manager in an effort to see if any processes or applications were taking an unusual amount of resources. Nothing that gave me a hint there. Next I disabled indexing for searches, 'cause I thought maybe that was slowing things down (though I had indexing on prior to this and it never slowed things down like I'm seeing in my examp…