Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Service pack and antivirus problem.
by Guest DEFENDER01- 3 replies
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Hi all just a question for a friend of mine he was installing service pack three when Avast anti virus found something allow or not allow he denied it and since then is unable to get on the internet. i told him to try a roll back which he is now doing and i am waiting for a reply. wondered if anyone on here has had a similar problem. Regards. -- DEFENDER01
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Cut, Copy Paste, hot keys on the side of my keyboard not working
by Guest Pumpkin- 3 replies
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I have a keyboard that has the extra buttons on the left side for Cut, Copy, Paste. They have worked for 3 years and now they have stoped working. Ctrl X, C, V are still working. Any suggesting on how to get them working again?
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Missing desktop tab
by Guest Jim Kreutzer- 4 replies
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When I right click on the desktop and click Properties, my desktop tab is missing. How can I get it back? -- Jim Kreutzer
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.NET Framework 2.0
by Guest Terry- 7 replies
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I have an accounting program that must use .NET Framework 2.0. The program as worked for several years on my XP Pro machine. Now it will not load. Event viewer as it is a .NET Framework 2.0 Error. However I cannot install the dotnetfx.exe says it is the wrong verson. Where do I start to resolve this issue.
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startup errors, blue screen.
by Guest Tim- 3 replies
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Hi, I have an xp machine unfortunately after installing a new program or driver ( i don't know which) windows won't boot fully.I have no idea what this program was, sorry! I can't access windows via safemode as all I get is a black screen. Windows loads a bit further when I select Last Known Good configuration .It gets to the point where "windows is loading ...please wait"and then I get the following error: "The problem seems to be caused by the following file: mrxdav.sys DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANNCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS TECHNICAL INFO: *** STOP: 0x000000CE ( 0xBA5E75A8, 0x00000000, 0xBA5E75A8, 0x00000000) mrxdav.sys Please note …
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Regcure Opinion required 1 2
by Guest Gail Rossum- 29 replies
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I scanned my PC with Rescuer & of course I had 1000+errors that need to be fixed, for a price of course. My PC has some problems I am sure as its very sluggish, freezes from time to time. Very annoying to say the least. Should I pay the $30.00 & buy this or is there a free one out there also. I regularly "clean" out my PC but is this enough? Need your opinion. Gail
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problem with AOL mail
by Guest teegeepen- 0 replies
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i have a fairly robust dell optiplex gx520 PC -2GB RAM, ....works fine..but on an intermittent basis when i click the mailbox icon on the menu bar in AOL 9.1 to open mail ...computer shuts off and reboots... i have tried registry program fixes...and reinstalling AOL 9.1...is there any one out there who could give me a sense of what causes this reboot??.. i dont have this problem with any other program...only AOL 9.1....i would contact AOL , but they are no longer supporting their product...of course the obvious answer is to not use the clunky product..but i had been using if for a while and had no problems...computer is virus free...and has a big hard d…
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Open/Save as in Details view as a default
by Guest David- 7 replies
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Is there anyway of changing XP (SP2) so that the Open and Save As dialogs open with a Details view as the default view? Perhaps there's something I can change in the registry? TIA, David
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xp crashing & restarting
by Guest shaun- 0 replies
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hi all been having issues with my computer.after logging in comp would shut down and restart.went into safe mode, start up folder and narrowed it down to amd-dc-opt (amd dual core optomizer)which i disabled.things seem fine for now but how did this problem occur it had me quite worried and how can i fix the problem as disabelling it does not seem to be a fix.any help appreciated.thanks in advance.
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Windows Search 4.0 toolbar
by Guest Victor- 1 reply
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After all of my tray icons have loaded, the search toolbar is a bit small. Is there any way to make it larger?
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Acronis True Image Boot Disk 1 2 3
by Guest JS- 54 replies
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I plan to do some testing which will require a baseline (clean install of Windows XP with SP2) image that I can restore to an newly formatted partition multiple times. I have Norton Ghost but thought I'd try True Image (the 15 day free trial version). Question is, does the trial version allow you to create a True Image boot CD than can be used to restore a partition from a baseline image file stored on another partition. If the trial version does have this feature any tips on creating the boot CD would be helpful. JS
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form data password
by Guest iMarriedMyself- 3 replies
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could some one please tell me how can I find what folder the form data (form password) are stored in ?
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Cloning a user?
by Guest Pheasant Plucker®- 1 reply
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Hi there, I wonder if some kind soul could help please? I have a bunch of computers on my home network with various usernames such as Administrator, Admin and some using my own name. As I use RDP to zoom around my network both locally & remotely I would like to standardise on the username to make it easy to remember which computer has which username. For example my MediaCenter PC was originally setup with a default account of Administrator and all of my program settings, preferences, folders etc are defined as such. Now if I setup a new user (my name for example) I am going to lose all kinds of things as detailed above including probably the…
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CHKDSK won't finish, XP won't start 1 2
by Guest MichaelG- 33 replies
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I scheduled a check disk from within XP, it freezes on the 4th part at 66%. I have tried a repair which runs but then on the reboot, it runs check disk again... and freezes at 66%. How can i cancel check disk before windows loads. From the command prompt chkntfs is not a valid program. I can not open in safe mode. Thanks in advance.
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Windows size
by Guest havenlad- 1 reply
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I have a laptop. I used AOE 2 on it, which automatically resizes the window. It even boots up small so it seems to affect the BIOS settings possibly. I can't get it back to how it was. I have connected the lappy to my LCD and it shows smaller screen with black border, ruling out the lappy monitor. I am convinced there is a really easy setting somewhere but can't see it for the life of me. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
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DMA for laptop CD/DVD-RW
by Guest xp-pro- 3 replies
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Windows xp Pro (SP-3 and all updates applied) Dell Inspiron B130 Celeron 1.5 GHz w/ Samsung SN-S082D CD/DVD-RW Nero 7 How can I reset xp to use DMA for the drive? Previously, Nero burned at the true rate (8x) now, even though Nero says it will use 8x it is actually 1.2x Obviously, 53-minutes to burn a data or video DVD is crap. IDE controller Advanced Tab...... Device 0 says Ultra DMA Mode 5 Device 1 says DMA * if available* (current mode - PIO Mode) Thanks
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Decoding files
by Guest Tomaat- 1 reply
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Hello My XP Prof was jamned and it didnt work anymore so I installed a new XP Prof, but the problem was I coded my documents so I cant open them anymore...... Does anyone knows a solution to decode the files? It was decoded through Windows. Thank you
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Re: Another Quickie ?
by Guest Doug W.- 0 replies
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Re: Another Quickie ? errata: Whoops, that NEVER such read EVER. - "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message news:... > Yes, all or most dlls relative to Windows will be re-created > if Windows is working well enough to install the Service Pack, > and I presume that it is. Any OLD dlls are copied to a backup > folder in case you want to uninstall XP SP3 which in this case > I would not NEVER do once it is installed. Since you seem to > have L O S T some of the old dlls, what have you got to lose? > If all else fails and XP does not work well or fails entirely, > then you may have to re-install Window and all the heada…
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Re:aiosoftware.msi -- unable to locate
by Guest joe turell- 2 replies
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Re:aiosoftware.msi -- unable to locate UNABLE TO INSTALL AIOSOFTWARE url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/12781159.aspx
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Apps running at startup
by Guest David H. Lipman- 8 replies
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From: "Dave" <davefrick@newsgroup.nospam> | How can I tell what apps/services are running at startup? | When my Windows XP SP3 system boots up, the CPU usage is pegged at 100% for | about 3-5 minutes. | When I look under Processes in Task Mnanager, I see the process svchost.exe | but it is my understanding this is just a process shell for some DLL that it | does not specifically identify. | I checked the startup folder for all users (C:\Documents and | Settings\dave\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) and the only file in this folder | is desktop.ini. | How can I tell what app or service is actually chewing up my CPU at startup? AutoRuns at Sysinte…
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Date and time in notification bar
by Guest danceout- 1 reply
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This is taking up two lines and I can't find any way to remove the full version of the clock and date. I only need the time, so how do I remove the day and/or date whilst leaving the time showing?
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windows XP Home reinstall issue
by Guest henren857- 1 reply
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Hello All, i recently deleted the partitions on my 2 installed hard drives and reformatted and reinstalled Windows XP home, It only installed on one of the 2 drives. the other did not show up on "MY COMPUTER". So I did a reinstall and only picked that drive to add a partition and install. Windows then reformatted the first install then installed XP home on both drives. Now when my computer starts it shows 2 Windows XP home loads and asks which one I want to start. I have reinstalled before and never had this problem. Is there a way to fix this without reinstalling? I believe it is using up memory this way or am I wrong? Please HELLLLLLLLLLLLP. -- t…
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New Volume?
by Guest ManyBeers- 3 replies
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My laptop running WindowsXP SP 3 had one harddrive divided into 2 partitions... C:(system) and D:\drives. Ok ,so i recently decided to wipe my D: and split it up into two parts. First part would be a new smaller D:\ drive and the second half would be left as Free space to eventually put a Linux distro on. Anyways now in Windows Explorer it shows D:\New Volume and not D:\local disk. How come? ps If you are wondering why the drive letter shows first it is a registry change i made several years ago. I prefer the drive letter first.
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Windows update fails on old reinstall
by Guest OSProf- 4 replies
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As a result of perpetual blue screens, I needed to re-install Windows XP on my 3-year-old Dell from the manufacturer's installation CD. Previously, I had kept everything up to date with Windows updates. However, the re-installation caused Windows and Internet Explorer to revert to their old versions (IE 6 and SP2, without any of the security updates of the last three years). After installation, I tried to update to SP3; it downloaded the update successfully, but the installation failed. Therefore, I tried "Custom updates." It downloaded 96 updates successfully, including the IE7 installer, but none of them successfully installed. I uninstalled a bunc…
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ZeroBank Security Software
by Guest Thunder Bolt- 2 replies
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Has anyone used ZeroBank Security Software (xB Browser, xB Mail, xB VPN)? Apparently it does everything what IE8 is supposed to do when it comes out later this year. http://xerobank.com/software.php