Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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can't copy encrypted files
by Guest arkein- 8 replies
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Hello, Is there any way to copy or decrypt encrypted files if I've got the encryption key and can access the HD contents but I'm not the designated decryption agent and can't log on to the account that owns the encrypted files? I can't log on to windows in normal or safe mode because of a corrupt boot volume. running chkdsk, fixboot and fixmbr in the recovery console did not fix the problem, so no way to log in to my account. I can access my hard disk contents by running ubuntu live cd. I have even set up a network between the faulty machine running ubuntu, as server, and another machine running XP. But I can't access or copy the encrypted files e…
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Desktop does not load from hibernation
by Guest ashmeadm- 2 replies
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Hi Guys, I am running Win XP Pro - fully updated. I usually let my system hibernate. Lately, when I come out of hibernation I get a black screen. The mouse pointer is available but when I press the buttons I get a beef. I have power off/on the system to to get back in. What is causing this issue and what is the solution? Thanks.
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Sound issues
by Guest Seuss- 13 replies
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I have Realtek AC 97 sound card. There have been no changes to my computer except what update does BUT my sound mas disappeared. When I check it in the Realtek Audio Control Panel, I have sound. In XP control panel it says my sound card and my drivers are working fine, but no audio device. I run DXDiag and it says no sound card. But when test direct music through the Realtek Audio button I have music. I checked my hardware and the sound card is there. I searched the Microsoft Knowledge base and it offered a patch for an issue with a security update and Realtek which I ran to no avail. I am lost--does anyone have any ideas?
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missing .bin file
by Guest Geoff- 6 replies
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Hi, AVG is telling me I have a missing .bin file, and so would accept updates. I've tried downloading avg again. This doesn't fix it. What could this .bin file be? How would I get it back. Thanks. -- remotelearner
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Microsoft Management Console
by Guest Charlie- 1 reply
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I was trying to run a defrag with Diskeeper and I get an error message saying that MMC has detected an error in a snap-in and recommends that I shut down and restart MMC. Can someone tell me how to do this? I am running XP Pro SP3.
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reloading xp from original disk
by Guest JOHNGVINDIOLA- 1 reply
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I need help. I was advised by an HP tech to reload my XP home program on my laptop to correct some error issues I encountered I started the process, and found my self inthemiddleof havintwo different xp programs. I did not find any indications on how to uninstall the original system prior to installing the new one. Is there any information available on a how to reinstall xp step by step? thank you -- JOHNGVINDIOLA
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Win XP and Boot Speed
by Guest henriJ- 3 replies
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My Win XP SP3 insists on booting in the 'Quick Boot' mode, regardless of how I adjust the boot command in the BIOS 'SetUp' menu. Is this normal with XP and/or XP SP3 or is there some way to get back to the old 'slow boot' mode with XP SP3? Thanks, in advance, for any assistance.
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Blue Screen 0x000000B8
by Guest jmv- 5 replies
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Hi, I keep getting the follwing Blue Screen dump. This is an intermittent problem. It may happen after a few hous of use or after several days. Each time I am doing something different. Running XP Sp3 on MacBook Pro 17 using BoorCamp. Used to crash also on Sp2. Can anyone provide advice? Event Type: Error Event Source: System Error Event Category: (102) Event ID: 1003 Date: 8/21/2008 Time: 5:07:36 PM User: N/A Computer: SPATIAL-IT-MAC1 Description: Error code 000000b8, parameter1 00000000, parameter2 00000000, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 00000000. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.as…
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reinstalled windows xp with sp2 no audio drivers or sound card now
by Guest huneybunch_2000- 6 replies
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my win32 file went corrupt and a friend of mine got windows xp with sp2 reinstalled on my desktop but now there is no audio device or sound card found...this is a dell 4700 ... Im not sure what driver i should update to or reinstall... would downloading sp3 take care of this problem?... as you can see i know very little about a computer.. your help will be greatly appreciated!
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Shortcuts, panes, grayed out
by Guest Belltent- 0 replies
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Within the last day, my computer has booted with all my shortcuts grayed out on my desktop. This is also true for the panes of any windows that I open. Upon minimizing or closing these windows, my entire desktop, startup menu, basically everything becomes gray. It's responding slowly when this happens. My drivers are all up to date and I havn't installed anything recently that I think could make this happen. Help would be much appreciated.
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WinXP Home SP3 CD burning error
by Guest Manuel S.- 0 replies
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Hi: I'm running WinXP Home Ed, SP3. My pc has its own CD Burning software (Roxio) and works fine. But for simple tasks, like storing a file in a CD/CDRW I like using windows built in burning capabilities (Send to->CD). It also works fine, but I have noted that when I add files to a CD that already has some files, the newly added files are stored but burning wizard ends with an error: An error occurred when burning CD, delete files, store for later, or expulse CD?. However files are correctly stored... I can add more files to the cd and again the same error, but files are OK. So what's happening?
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Flash Drive Files and SP3
by Guest hrvgds- 3 replies
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I updated my computer with the SP3 update today, and I accidently forgot to remove my flashdrive, since I had to backup my computer on it. I noticed it was still in the computer by the time the cleanup had started, since I had many other things going on at that time. When I restarted my computer and went to open some files on my flashdrive, I noticed they were gone, deleted. I know for a fact that the files were on the flash drive before the cleanup. I could have dealt with one or two missing files, since that happens sometimes if a program isn't closed properly, or the wrong button is pushed. But I have at least ten missing files, along with things that h…
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dual boot xp and 2000 error
by Guest millin- 5 replies
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Hello, I have a problem with my windows XP. My windows 2000 server working fine with some warnings for the driver files that is understandable . I have installed windows 2000 server after XP and now whenever I am trying to boot XP,I am getting a black screen with an error message "Windows 2000 could not start because of the file is missing or corrupt:\windows\system32\config\systemd startup options for windows 2000,press F8. I tried to copy the NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the actual XP Cd in to the WINNT folder.Still no luck!!! is there anyway I can boot both the system instead of removing the XP and 2000 and change the order of installing o.s? …
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Yet another "No Sound" problem 2
by Guest Gray Brown- 2 replies
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I’m sorry about taking so long to respond to Andrew E’s advice to me about my problem(Yet another “No Sound” problem on 8/8/2008), but there’s too much stuff at home & work distracting me. Uninstalling & reinstalling everything under ‘Sound, Video, and Game Controllers’ in the device manager gave the following results: Video & Audio Codecs, Legacy Audio & Video Capture Device, and Media Control Devices - these drivers disappeared and wouldn’t come back; Realtek AC’97 Audio driver - the device manager says that the driver is enabled but not functioning properly. Further probing into the AC’97 properties turned up the message that a WMD d…
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Hidden files/folders cannot display from XP Prof. Windows Explorer
by Guest Billy Ng- 4 replies
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My Windows XP Windows Explorer cannot display the the hidden files/folders. The Windows Explorer do not allow me to change the settings from Tools --> Option --> View --> Unhide the hidden files, it is no changes even Apply and OK button pressed. Please help.... thanks. Billy
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stray Desktop.ini
by Guest Timothy Daniels- 1 reply
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A Desktop.ini file has appeared in My Recent Documents folder, but I don't know its original location, so I can't return it there, and I'm warned of dire consequences if I try to delete it. Can somebody tell me where its belongs? I run XP Pro/SP3, and here are the contents of the stray Desktop.ini file: [.ShellClassInfo] InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-12692 IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll IconIndex=-21 LocalizedResourceName=@shell32.dll,-12691 *TimDaniels*
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ho do you really turn off windows firewall in XP
by Guest A usenet user- 6 replies
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In the "Windows firewall" settings, the General tab, I have the firewall turned Off. In the security center, however, windows firewall is always On. How do I really turn windows firewall off?
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VPN file access and Transfer issue
by Guest GNET_NY- 1 reply
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Anyone know why a Winxp laptop would take an extremely long time to copy large image files over a VPN network link? i.e. broadband connection, 5 meg file, 15 minutes? the same thing happens when connecting to a VPN network outlook.pst file for mail. It could take up to 25 minutes to send and receive mail in outlook 2007. Every other request takes normal time. Even after the Mfgr. (Dell) replaced the processor and memory.
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Adding Network Printer to laptop...no other suggestions have worke
by Guest Samantha- 2 replies
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All of a sudden after always working before, my printer, which is not connected to my laptop, but our home pc, is not connected to my laptop. I can not find it using the add a printer wizard, and I no longer have the original printer install disc. I have tried numerous suggestions from other posts, and none have worked. My home pc printer is set up to share, the printer has a name, and my wireless connection is up and running. Any suggestions for getting my printer to work from my laptop?
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Excel 2007
by Guest Gary- 2 replies
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When opening a file shortcut, excel opens a blank worksheet. The worksheet will eventually fill in if the resize button is clicked. Opening files from menu works but not from shortcut. I found a regedit procedure a while back that fixed it but after installing SP3 for XP it no longer works and I can't find the regedit again. Any help? Thanks
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What file opens mouse controls?
by Guest Moonbarker Osbourne- 1 reply
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I know that desk.cpl opens the Display control panel, which one opens the Mouse control panel and what folder is it located in? Askin' because the computer for guests at my workplace needs for the mouse speed to be adjusted but the Control Panel menu has been deleted to keep guests from screwin' up the computer *which happened several times)
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RE: cannot connect to internet through wireless network
by Guest Gordon Paterson- 0 replies
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RE: cannot connect to internet through wireless network "SPEEDY36@gmail.com" wrote: > Ever since uninstalling ie7 we cannot get on interrnet on 1 computer. > the following is mnost of the error message. I reset the winsock > catalog, but keep getting the same error. Then I did system restore > back to ie7 but the screen is just blank when trying to sign on. > > This computer still works through the office network. > > Help! > > > > info Error attmpting to validate the Winsock base providers: 2 > error Not all base service provider entries could be found in the > winsock > catalog. A reset is needed. …
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using AVAST : Trojan malware found Trojan , how to clean?
by Guest Loveembirds- 7 replies
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Hello all, Just ran my virus sweep and also use spysweeper here. Avast found Win 32 : Zbot-ALY [trj] in two places it seems : C: System Volume Information\restore and C:\documents and setting\myname\desktop XPAinstall . There's more info. per those two places but I don't know how to hijack this-or whatever-to leave it all here. Just wondering if someone can lead me to a good source ( thats free) to help clean this stuff totally off my computer. As of now, I only had the option -per avast- to put it in the virus chest , should I leave them there , delete them or what ? Thanks if you can help !
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File Associations and User Profiles
by Guest Steve- 8 replies
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I have an issue with file associations not being set for all users. I log in as local administrator and set Microsoft Document Imaging Veiwer to open ..tiff and .tif files. I check the box to always use this program to open this type of file. It works as it should for the local administrator. But when I log in as a different user that does not have admin privledges the file association does reflect the changes I made to use Microsoft Document Imaging viewer to open .tiff and .tif files. How can I set this so that all users on our computers will use the same program to open .tiff and .tif files? I feel like this is some sort of a permissions issue but I am …
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burning files to CD
by Guest j43fleck- 9 replies
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I know I can use Media Player to burn media CD's. But what does Windows use to burn data CD's, non-Media Player CD's? Is there a way to keep the CD session open? -- Thanks, John