Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Permissions Question.
by Guest MJ- 0 replies
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I have several directories under my web root. These directories are tied to virtual dirs. All is well and there are no issues, however when I delete files within a certain directory (not withstanding that it is a virtual dir), the virtual dir display in mmc show a stop sign. AND, the dir security settings show that USERS has FC, no one else. If I then change the perms on this particular dir to inherit and prop al the way down, the stop sign disappears and the appropriate groups have the correct perms in the dialog. As suggested, there is no harm and everything seems to be fine. My question is, why do the permissions disappear and only the local US…
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Internet Explorer 7
by Guest Tom- 20 replies
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I have downloaded Internet Explorer 7,but when I open it, I get a screen asking me for required settings, for me to choose either to keep my current default search provider, or to let me select from a list of other search providers. When I pick the first option, and click "save your settings", it immediately comes up with"settings were not able to be saved successfully". I tried reloading IE 7, but get the same thing. This means I do not have a home page. I can use IE 7 normally after this, but it's driving me nuts, so any ideas?
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User Account Logon
by Guest LondonLad- 2 replies
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Hi XP pro SP3 I am a single user with full Admin rights, i did not like to have to log in with a user name so I followed instructions ib my XP book. eg:- Start - Run Enter text:- control userpasswords2 Press Enter remove check mark Users Must Enter..... Enter the user name and password you want to log on automatically So I thought use Home and then a password but this was not my name or the administrators(me) now when I log on I get an error, if I click OK everything works fine. When I go to the Users Account GUI up at the top on the grey section left hand corner to the right of the Right Green Arrow there is added User Account Icon with the name:- Home…
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NETWORKING QUESTION
by Guest its_my_dime- 3 replies
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Windows XP. How do I add a second DESKTOP to a wireless network? Is there some sort of device that plugs into the cable input or to a USB port that will provide wireless capability? Thank you.
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Update Briefcase from Command Line
by Guest DickJ- 4 replies
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Is there a way to update the Briefcase in Windows xP from a command line statement or batch file? -- Thanks! DickJ
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BT and PAN problem
by Guest Chris Watts- 3 replies
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I am having problems getting my computers to communicate using bluetooth PAN. My configuration is: (1) A BT LAN Access Point. (2) A laptop, running XP, with a USB BT adaptor. (3) A brand new Netbook, running XP, with a different brand of USB BT adaptor. The laptop (2) can make a PAN connection to the Access Point (1) and browse the network The laptop (2) can make a PAN connection to the Netbook (3) and browse its files. The Netbook (3) can find and pair with both the laptop (2) and the Access Point (1) but is unable to get a list of services from either of them. [The Netbook can locate, pair with and locate the seriel services of my BT-ena…
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cdr drive not seen
by Guest whcampbell2- 5 replies
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When I open My Computer or Windows Explorer, my CDR drive D: is not shown. It shows up in device manager as enabled and operating correctly. If a disk is put in, the drive will spin up and read, but no info is displayed. If a disk such as windows setup is inserted in the drive and the computer is restarted, it will boot the system from the cdr and it properly shows up on the display. How do I get windows to recognize the drive. I have downloaded a new driver from microsoft and installed it with no difference. the drive works properly in another computer. The drive also shows up in the BIOS. -- wcampbell2
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New error message keeps popping up.
by Guest Frank Martin- 3 replies
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Suddenly I am getting a window appearing called "Miscellaneous Files - Microsoft Script Editor [break] - http://www.easycounter.com/counter.php [read only]. In the body of the window there is: "<html><head><script src="res://mshtml.dll/objectembed_neutral.js"></script></head><body objectSource="http://www.easycounter.com/counter.php?radefr" onload="ObjectLoad();" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 scroll=no> <form id="objectDestination"></form> </body></html>" When I try to delete this I get a dialogue box asking "do you want to continue debugging?" and when I press "No I get another wi…
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Unable to double click on external Drive
by Guest AJS- 12 replies
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Hi, I am suddenly unable to open an external drive by double clicking its drive letter. I have to right click and click on open. Any suggestions why that is? Thanks
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CoStar Label Printer hook-up
by Guest Antares 531- 3 replies
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Last fall I built a new computer using a Gigabyte S-Series GA-P35-DS3L motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, two DDR2 one GB 800 MHz memory chips, and a Western Digital 500 GB SATA hard drive. I installed Windows XP Pro and updated it to SP3. All works very well and I have no complaints at all....except that I can not connect my old CoStar XL Turbo Model No. 90344 label printer. This label printer's connection cable has a parallel and a serial connector at the computer end but this motherboard has no provisions for either of these connectors. What is the best approach to resolving this problem...new USB label printer...USB to serial converter...para…
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Removal of Windows 98
by Guest Gambo- 1 reply
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I have both Windows XP and 98 installed on an older Sony laptop. How do I remove Windows 98? I have very little disk space available. -- gambo
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by Guest smicale- 2 replies
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Disabling Extension
by Guest Jack Gillis- 2 replies
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I have been having a problem with the Acronis Shell Extension and would like to disable it by using the capabilities of XP and not having to resort to a third party utility. Is thee a way I can to that from within XP? Thank you.
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Password
by Guest Bob- 8 replies
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I have a friend who I gave a Dell Laptop to and she changed her password and now has forgotten it...other than reformatting and putting on again her original XP disk, does she have any other way of getting to reset her password. She of course did not leave a hint as she was going to remember the phrase. Any ideas? I told her to sleep on it over night and a good change the phrase will come back to her. Am I overlooking something obvious. She has her original installation XP disk. Bob
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Formatting SD card
by Guest Ken G.- 6 replies
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I have a 2gb SD card which I put into a digital camera. I didn't realize the camera would only reference a 1gb card and it has reformatted it to 1gb. Now I can't get windows (XP SP3) to format it back to 2gb. Is there way to get my extra gig back?
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Permanent white line on screen
by Guest alxrays- 3 replies
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Hello, My daughter was playing the Sims game on her Laptop computer HP with Windows XP. The game minimized and left a white line going across the top of her screen. She tried to restart her computer, change the desktop settings along with the background settings and still contiunes to have this thin white line going across her screen . Any suggestions? -- thank you -- thank you
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HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks=1
by Guest ToddAndMargo- 8 replies
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Hi All, I am told on another forum that this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks=1 is suppose to end all tasks and log off all users on XP shutdown. I know it ends all tasks, but I was unaware that is also logged off all users. Can anyone verify this for me? Many thanks, -T
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Corrupt WIA (WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION)
by Guest Stockmoose16- 6 replies
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Hello, I installed Windows XP PRO sp 2 on my computer a few months ago. During the install, the computer kept hanging on the WIA (windows Image Acquisition) drivers. I eventually skipped those files, hoping they wouldn't be too important. Unfortunately, I just purchased a digital camera that requires WIA to run properly To rectify the problem, I borrowed a friend's XP sp 2 disc, hoping it would be more reliable than my disc. I performed a repair install, but when the computer rebooted, WIA was still missing from the system. When I go into "services" and double-click on WIA, I get the message, "Unable to open service Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) for r…
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Harddisk after power failure
by Guest Stu- 9 replies
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I experienced some power interuptions at my home and now my main computer doesn't boot up (I'm using the laptop now). It gets to the piont where the Wondows Logo is on the screen with the moving bar under it. About 10 seconds into that, it shuts off and starts over. I disconected all the external hardware (printers, scanner, modem, etc.). Still nothing. I attempted to reload windows XPpro from the CD and it went through the start of the setup routine, loading files. If I press enter to set up XP, all it shows is a partition1 [unknown] of 131072 mb. ( I don't remember the size of my hard drive, but I know it's around 40gig). If I press enter, it wants me to…
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windows cannot find list
by Guest help me- 2 replies
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Help me pleas i have error my windows XP "WINDOWS CANOT FIND '/e,/idlist,:1428:3656,H:/. make sure you typed the name correcly, and then try again....." a am cannot see anythink in my dekstop, no icon, no taskbar and start menu, my dekstop is very-very clean from anythink. i am using LIVE CD to using my computer, a am using antivirus, registry tools, spyware tools and any program to detect my problem but all cannot find any problem. thank for anyone help me
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Re: XP - multiple installations with same licence?
by Guest James from Canberra- 0 replies
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Re: XP - multiple installations with same licence? I was looking through my old postings and found this one. I may as well give an update. I never did install the second copy of XP. The video card was second hand, and the seller explained it was my problem -it worked OK under SP1. The $350 (second hand!) video capture card sat in its box waiting for new SP2 drivers. They never happened. Life moved on. I bought a USB video capture box. It works fine. I gave the capture card to a friend who uses Linux on the of-chance there are Linux drivers for it. It still leaved a bad taste in my mouth. That was a lot of money. "HeyBub" wrote: > Jam…
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User questions?
by Guest Pheasant Plucker®- 3 replies
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Hi there, Has the behaviour of creating users when installing XP changed somewhere along the line? I mean *I think* when installing XP some time ago I used to setup without first creating a user - everything was under Administrator but the last few times when installing XP I was unable to proceed without first creating a user other than one called Administrator...or am I going mad? ;^) Secondly, and probably connected to the above I now have a selection of computers on my home network with various user names, Administrator, Admin, my own name etc. and it is getting more than a little confusing when I want to access a machine over the network having …
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XP user account desktop directory
by Guest dba- 3 replies
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A XP user account 'desktop directory' just vanished the other day and I can not figure out why or how to recreate. Any assistance will be appreciated.
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DST confusion for August 2008
by Guest koz- 3 replies
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hello, As I look at the august patches I have come across patch for DST again (KB951072). Our company did DST way back in March 0f 2007 using (KB931836) with the outlook move tool and Exchange 2003 DST patch. Question. Do I have to apply this new DST patch (kb951072)?? Is there another exchange patch as well or am I good? Thank you for your Help! Koz
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MP3 Players and Viruses
by Guest lindalbo- 9 replies
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We have 2 MP3 players, an iRiver IFP 795, and a newly purchased Sansa Fuze. We use 2 different computers, both with Windows XP Pro, one has Norton Anti-virus, and one has BitDefender Anti-virus version 10. Neither one will give us an option to scan our MP3 players. After dealing with viruses and cleaning them up twice, we discovered that the viruses evidently were still lurking on the Sansa Fuze. After plugging it in again, I once again had the same viruses on my computer. We don't know what the source of the viruses was. But since the Fuze was still new enough, the store replaced it. Our question - since it seems that they are capable of becoming …