Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Can I Logon Automatically in Windows XP
by Guest patetc- 5 replies
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I had to reinstall Windows XP and SP3. Now when I start Windows, I have to click on my user name to logon. Previously Windows started automatically. I can't find an option to change this as administrator. Since I'm the only user on my computer, I don't want this extra step before Windows starts. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks. Pat
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Lost MS Money
by Guest Malke- 5 replies
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tooh wrote: > Using XP Home Edition I recently reinstalled (Windows XP) and now cannot > locate and run the MS Money application that was there prior to the > reinstall. Suggestions to locate. MS Money has never been part of the XP operating system. If you had it before, it either came preinstalled by the computer mftr. (Dell, HP, etc.) or someone (you?) bought and installed it. Look through the CDs that came with your computer. If you can't find the installation CD for Money, you can purchase the latest version from your favorite online or brick&mortar store. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephant…
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Computer won't stay off until unplugged
by Guest RetiredBob- 3 replies
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When I "Shut down" my Toshiba Satellite laptop running XP/SP3, it will power off and then immediately power back on. To get it to stay off, I have to interrupt the AC power by unplugging it. When I plug it back in, it will stay off. This started about about two months ago, but I can't think of anything I might have done at that time to start the problem. Thanks for any assistance.
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Echo speech
by Guest Hilary Lewis- 2 replies
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I have a Realtek AC97 sound card which has a test facility that enables me to speek into a microphone and and hear on the speakers. However, I have not found how to do this without using the test facility. Does anyone know if speech into a microphone can be echoed on the speakers? Lewish
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Dell Dim 8300 Freezes in Standby Mode
by Guest Charliec- 4 replies
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I have a bit of a problem. I have my Dell Dim 8300 set to go into Standby Mode when idle for 30 minutes. Most of the time, it wakes up fine when I click the mouse or hit a key on the keyboard. Lately, sometimes it will not wake up and I have to do a hard boot to get it back up. I'm running WinXP SP3 with all the latest updates. Anyone has experienced this have a possible solution to it. Would appreciate any advice to heal this. If you need more information, please let me know. I'm also going to post a message in the Dell Computer Newsgroup, but wanted to try here as well. Thanks Charliec ****************************************************** Char…
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Creating a Data CD
by Guest Big_Mack1- 6 replies
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I'm posting this in the XP forum because most of the people who will be getting my CD are still using XP, and I want the Data CD to be able to open and play on most of their machines. Setup for my question: I created a Data CD which contains: (1)400 wedding photos, (2)a Powerpoint 2007 slideshow of the wedding, reception, and honeymoon, (3)and 3 mp3 files that were played during the ceremony, which are also used in my Powerpoint slideshow. My question: How do I get my Powerpoint 2007 creator to use the ->user's<- CD-rom as the "default" disk when searching for a music file which is embedded in the slideshow? The problem I'm having is that the…
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update KB958644 has caused problem with my computer screen
by Guest aviramof- 19 replies
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i have just installed this update and reseted the computer and all of a sudden my secondery screen was turned on as if he's the main screen i tried activating my main screen from the drivers options (catalyst) but with no luck it seem to be that the driver is no longer recognizing the fact that my main screen is the main the best i could do was to extend my secondery screen in order to activate the main any way i did a system restore to the restore point before installing this update and the problem was solved my screen is mag xj810 19 inch and my screen card is hd6350 sappire 512MB ati agp so please fix it and thanks in advance.:)
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"Use DDE" box keeps getting checked for all file types
by Guest scptech- 0 replies
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I am trying to resolve issues with Word and Excel files loading slowly, and in File type associations Advanced properties for .DOC and .XLS I unchecked the 'Use DDE' checkbox. However, this checkbox always seems to be checked automatically after saving and exiting the dialog. Any ideas how to keep it unchecked?
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Delete Obsolete Windows Update Files
by Guest RG- 1 reply
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When we went from sp1 to sp2, all of the security, software, etc.. updates for the periods between sp1 and sp2 are included in sp2. How can I delete the files associated with these updates and just leave that of sp2? Thanks in advance
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Options have vanished without a trace....
by Guest Stoker- 4 replies
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I had recently noticed that my screensaver, and desktop background options were missing. I can choose a picture and assign it to background however the tab in the properties section is missing as well is the screensaver one.......anyone have any ideas? -- stoker
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iTunes download screwed up my computer
by Guest dubiousraves- 3 replies
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Hi. I just downloaded the latest version of iTunes, and it's wrecked my CD/DVD functionality. (This happened to me once before, too, but I assumed it was a broken optical drive, so I installed a new one.) The only thing that works now is playing songs in the iTunes library. If I try to play a CD or DVD, there's a ticking sound, and distortion. This is true even if I used a different player from iTunes. If I try to upload a CD into iTunes, iTunes does it, but at about 1/15th the normal speed, and all other computer functions are slowed down drastically while the upload is occurring. Any ideas on fixing this? Thanks, Dave
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Re: Lost HD space after uninstalling a program
by Guest hAMMERS- 0 replies
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Re: Lost HD space after uninstalling a program Hmm. You is OK? :-/
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XP Turn off / restart
by Guest Lil' Dave- 2 replies
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Not a big deal, but I thought I would ask... Using Trend AV payfor version 2007. All up to date. When I use the turn off option, and turn off the computer, all is normal. When I use the restart option, 2 subsequent instances of tavsvc.exe errors occur and point at memory locations during the closing process. I have the option of either to "end now" or "cancel" for both errors. If I choose "end now" for both, PC restarts normally. If I choose to do nothing, about 5 seconds later, all closes, and the PC restarts normally. If I choose "cancel", it still closes and restarts normally. However, I've noticed that some windows updates initiate a restart. W…
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Svchost.exe Error
by Guest Tom Pamin- 1 reply
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I'm getting a random svchost.exe error on shutdown. What could be causing this?
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Windows Xp not booting after installing philips spc620nc software CD
by Guest iceman2- 4 replies
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Hi, I installed a new philips spc620nc webcam and its software from the CD.Now I cannot boot into Xp sp2 anymore after restarting.After the logon screen the loading halts completely and stays there. However i can login safe mode.I've uninstalled the hw drivers and the Philips vlounge software ,still can't boot into Xp now. Is the system files/ registry corrupted ? How can I recover ? Don't have a sys restore point ( disabled it after virus attacks ) !!
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Nothing Happens
by Guest icart89- 3 replies
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I got my computer back about a week ago with a new hard drive since the old one was failing. I planned on installing a game but when I put the cd in, some lights would flicker, and then nothing happens. I tried in the CD and DVD ROM, disabled McAfee On-Access Scan, and tried to run it but I can't because my backslash key does not work. When I push it, I get a W with a line going through it horizontally, instead. On my old harddrive(with less memory), the game installed just fine. (Old harddrive/ware? had 200, new one has 250) I know playing a game isn't the most important thing in my life, but my sister paid $238 for the new harddrive so I want it to …
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How to DISABLE/REMOVE Mywebbsearch toolbar???
by Guest silverfox1938- 4 replies
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Somehow I got this toolbar MyWebbSearch, it say's in order to remove or disable, go to Add/Remove and do it there, but I can not find it anywhere even by looking for it on the registry, I emailed the company **IAC**?, and got no response, do any of you a way to remove this toolbar??? TIA Silverfox1938
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Reinstalling XP Home on Dell without original reinstall disc?
by Guest redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com- 2 replies
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Hi I've got a Dell desktop that I want to reinstall Windows XP Home on (I'm on SP3 at the moment). I have no idea where my reinstall disc is. What I do have is the OEM code that's on Control Panel/System. I also have the stick which tells me the product key. These two codes are different - which I didn't expect. Can I just buy a cheap Windows XP Home disc off Ebay and then use my own codes?
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media player help
by Guest Caught- 0 replies
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I have a 'little' laptop connected to a larger monitor. When ever I wish to play a music video, media player appears in the laptop screen, but completely fills the large monitor screen. Naturally all 'work' is done on the large, easy to read monitor. With the large monitor 'fill' I am snookered, and unable to do any further work. Is there any way I can have the music video playing solely in the laptop screen? Thanks in advance - plus I hope this is clear.
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Uninstall Windows XP Home Edition from one of two Partitions
by Guest Fistral13- 15 replies
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I have XP HE on each of two partitions. Can I uninstall XP HE from one partition without having to reformat that partition? -- Call me Old Surfer - Wet or Dry
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Black Screen
by Guest Helen- 3 replies
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My computer started doing this thing where my screen goes black. It used to be that I could turn the monitor off and on a couple of time and then the screen would stay on. Now when I do that the screen goes black a second later. I am thinking about using my recover disk and see if that will work. Any ideas?
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Browser Hijack Help.
by Guest Marge- 7 replies
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OK, it was dumb. I lent my laptop to my friend - Honest! In any case, all of a sudden I got virus alerts, I tried to clean with my AVG and Spybot - Not! Tried a SYS-Restore - Nope. Couldn't even launch Taskman. Installed Panda - scanned - it helped. Installed KasperSky - helped even more. Eventually, I got the system to the point where all is well - except the following: 1) Any Microsoft site (Win Update - either typing in the url or the shortcut from the menu bar) redirects to some random site, 2) I can hit my home page of Google (ca, us or any) all is well. When I enter a search, it seems to be fine, then all of a sudden redirected. Usually the…
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Windows XP service pack 3 will not install
by Guest S Dotson- 11 replies
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Hi, I have three computers in my home and two of them download and installed sp3 without any problem. The third (all of them are using xp pro) downloaded the sp3 update and when the computer was rebooting, the message came up "set up was interrupted. Restoring prior configuration." I tried disabling my antivirus program and installing sp3 again that the same thing occurred. I ordered the CD from Microsoft and tried installing sp3 again. Same thing happened again. I went to C:/windows and looked in the spv3 file and found the following: 449.656: Service Pack 3 installation did not complete. 250.297: Service Pack 3 Setup encountered an error: Th…
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what is this???
by Guest pentium- 4 replies
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hello. i downloaded some songs in my PC from a friend's cd and some of it are not playing in my WMP. when i click on a track, i have this: Error ID = 0x80040255, Condition ID = 0x00000000. i clicked details and it has a list of supported files for WMP. and it says that i must have this "mp2.exe". how will i make it play on my WMP like all the others? i've checked the file format and it only says "cd audio format" and has 1KB per song. i have winXP SP2 and WMP10. hope you can help me like before. TIA! p.s. i asked here instead in the WMP support coz no MS MVP seems to be there. :-)
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Slow Computer
by Guest mare- 8 replies
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Hi I am not sure what is wrong with my computer. But everything has been extremely slow to load recently. I have tried restoring the entire computer, but it is still slow. I have no idea what it could be, I have run my virus programs, and there was nothing found. Someone suggested I tried to defrag my computer? I was wondering how I do this?? And will this possibly help?