Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Re: Modem removed - unavailable device
by Guest Martyn Tindall- 6 replies
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Re: Modem removed - unavailable device sgopus wrote: >I would imagine your missing the driver for your modem that matches XP. >The downgrade may not have installed it . look on the cd for drivers and >modem. and see if it will install manually The downgrade comprises a "Rescue & Recovery" CD and five "Product Recovery" CDs. Don't think I've got much chance of finding drivers, let alone installing them, but thanks all the same! Martyn -- Martyn Tindall Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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USB External HDD Error
by Guest Skippybox- 8 replies
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My USB External HDD has been working fine up until this point. When I try to access the drive in My Computer I get the message: [Windows Explorer] F:\ is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. When I look at the drives 'General Properties' it says that the File System is RAW and that Used space, Free space, and Capacity are all 0 bytes. In Disk Management, it says I have a Volume: (F:), Layout: Partition, Type: Basic, File System: 'blank', Status: Healthy, Capacity: 465.76GB, Free Space: 465.76GB, % Free: 100%. I had been using the 'Optimize for performance' write caching setting. Could this be the cause for the corru…
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Taskbar stuck at double height
by Guest Bill- 12 replies
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my taskbar is stuck at double height. I can make it taller but not down to standard height.
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hosts file to restrict Internet sites
by Guest Greg G- 3 replies
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I want to use a host file to restrict ALL internet accect from my PC EXCEPT for specifically defined addressess. Can anyone help me with what would that host file look like? -- Thank You
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Multiple copies of Wininet.dll
by Guest Ed Wood- 1 reply
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I am running Windows XP Pro with sp3. I have multiple copies of Wininet.dll on my computer, in various sub-directories. From the System32 directory, the IE7 directory, to individual program sub-directories. Many of them are different sizes, from 460kb to 1800kb, with different creation dates. First, can I delete all of them and replace them with the latest version as indicated by the most recent date of the .dll file? Second, I have a program (RemoveII Pro by Incodesolutions) that will not download the latest updates to the data file. In contacting their technical support, their response was that the Wininet drivers were busy or corrupted. They sai…
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Folder Options - deleting files automatically
by Guest Victor- 7 replies
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Is there any way to automatically delete items in a particular folder that are older than, say two weeks?
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Why do unwanted characters appear in emails, web pages, and forums?
by Guest Stan Hilliard- 5 replies
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Why are these unwanted characters displayed? Here is an example: I sent an email to myself with a "-" (minus sign) in the title. When I read the email subject lines on my provider's server using Firefox. the - is displayed as these three characters: –. This is just one example. Other characters can be transformed. The occurrence of this problem is intermittent for me and thus I cannot necessarily repeat it at any one time. I think this issue widespread. I did a Google search on – and got 141,000,000 hits. What causes this and how can it be prevented? Stan Hilliard
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IE7 Startup problem
by Guest pennerp- 5 replies
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Hello I just recently installed IE7 on my WinXP Home laptop. Everytime I launch IE ever since it was installed it loads: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=74005 But then i get a error page cannot be found webpage. I am connected to the internet and i have changed my homepage. Any other website i type in works. I would just like to get rid of the default startup page and use my homepage. Any Ideas? Thank you Peter
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Display Won't Go To Sleep
by Guest pestocat- 3 replies
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I have a laptop Dell 600M with WinXP and with all updates. I have set the Power save to turn off display after 15 minutes and goto a screen saver after 2 minutes. The problem is the display won't go to sleep. I have tried several things. I reinstalled the wireless card drivers and the screen saver worked once and only once. I uninstalled SP3 and again the screen saver worked once. Then not again. Do I need to reinstall Windows? Or any other ideas?
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Ctl-Alt-Delete within remote desktop
by Guest Howard Brazee- 3 replies
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I had an application lock up today within my remote desktop (It was Vista, while my computer was XP). I hit Ctl-Alt-Delete and got my computer's list of programs, which included the remote desktop program. So I could have killed the remote desktop, which I didn't need to do - but I didn't see how to kill that locked up program. What are my options.
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No Activation Icon
by Guest Scott- 1 reply
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My HD`crashed so I have to install a new one. I just installed the original Windows XP Home SP1 on my new HD. When it asked me to Activate Windows I clicked on "remind me later" I went to activate it and when I went to the System Tools folder there is no activation icon there. I tried to do a Windows Update and it wont until I activate it. Is there a "Run" command to launch the Windows Activation?
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by Guest anish- 0 replies
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Re: Outlook Mail Send
by Guest Flyingvog@aol.com- 1 reply
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Re: Outlook Mail Send the same problem is happening with my outlook mail. any suggestions "Tom Willett" wrote: > Have you asked the experts in the Outlook newsgroups? > > ? > "Os" <Os@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:BAA93D71-D772-45B4-BFEA-B907291D7E82@microsoft.com... > > After I SEND an E mail from an Outlook E mail Message , the mail rests in > > my > > OUTBOX and will not be sent until I select the SENT/RECIEVE button . I > > have > > gone to Tools and checked the appropriate box for auto sending yet the > > mail > > remains unsent. > > >
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RE: Outlook Mail Send
by Guest Flyingvog@aol.com- 0 replies
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RE: Outlook Mail Send Same thing is happening to me. Did you get any resolution to this problem? if so what was the fix? "Os" wrote: > After I SEND an E mail from an Outlook E mail Message , the mail rests in my > OUTBOX and will not be sent until I select the SENT/RECIEVE button . I have > gone to Tools and checked the appropriate box for auto sending yet the mail > remains unsent.
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I.E.7 question
by Guest Jay- 6 replies
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running xp pro -using I.E.7: I am getting a pop-up that says :"Windows Internet Explorer out of memory at line 56" and the computer has gotten raally slow. What is going on here, and how to fix it ? Will sure appreciate any solution. TIA
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Re: windows update
by Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]- 0 replies
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Re: windows update [X-post to WinXP General] 1. Run a thorough check for hijackware, including posting your HijackThis log to an appropriate forum. Check for Hijackware http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ When all else fails, HijackThis (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe) is the preferred tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post your HijackThis log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/, htt…
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Add Printer - Operation Cannot be Completed
by Guest raydeo- 0 replies
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Not sure whether the problem began with XP SP3 or as a result of optimizing my hard drive with Norton System Works 2008. Noted after installing Acrobat Pro 9 that it will not pdf any documents as the system would not setup the necessary printers. Tried adding a printer manually and get the Operation Cannot Complete message. The fix to this is to ensure that Print Spooler is running in Services which it is. It both comes on automatically at boot and stays started. I have also attempted to manually shut it down and then start it but to no avail. If it's not the spooler, any suggestions of what it could be. I'd like to avoid reinstall my entire machi…
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Need Help Finding a Network Setting in XP
by Guest vbMark- 3 replies
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Hello, I am trying to set up Split Tunneling with my VPN. I know that I need to uncheck "Use Default Gateway on the Remote Network". But all the web sites I have gone to show a picture that does not match what I have. The sites I found say to go to your network settings -> TCP/IP Properties -> Advanced button -> And on the General tab uncheck "Use Default Gateway on the Remote Network". I have the other tabs shown in all the pictures, DNS, WINS, Options, but I don't have a General tab. I do, however, have a tab of a different name "IP Settings" but it has no such check box as described. Can anyone provide some insight? Thanks!! --…
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Caps Lock Sound
by Guest Alan- 2 replies
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I am using XP Service Pack 2, and I get sounds for almost everything except Caps Lock. I have set toggle in Accessibility Options, But still no sound. Can someone help please? Alamo
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RE: Trying to upgrade an old computer
by Guest i have windows xp home edition- 0 replies
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RE: Trying to upgrade an old computer "Peter Towning" wrote: > Receive error message NTLDR is missing whilst trying to install operating > system. Does anyone know where & could advise me of how to obtain the > appropriate startup disks for windows98 & windowsXP Home edition & WindowsXP > Professional editon? > Thx PeterT
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folder options
by Guest JJ- 1 reply
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I just created a new folder on my desk top to hold word documents. When I double click to open the folder it opens in search results mode with the search companion in far left column. Yet when I right click on the folder and select open it opens and displays the contained documents. How do I get this folder to open like all my others when I double click on it? -- jj
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Safe Mode: Press ESC to cancel loading SPTD.sys
by Guest ju.c- 6 replies
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When I start up in Safe Mode I get this message: "Press ESC to cancel loading SPTD.sys" http://www.duplexsecure.com/downloads/faq How can I make it so that Safe Mode does not even try to load SPTD.sys? I don't want to disable the service on a normal start, just on a Safe Mode boot. Thanks. ju.c
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BSOD Stop 0x00000019
by Guest Eric- 2 replies
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I have been getting a BSOD with Stop 0x00000019 with the parameters of (0x00000020,0xE38B5740,0xE38B5760,0x0C040201). I have not installed any new hardware in the last 3 months and this has only started in the last week. Any suggestions as to what is causing this?? Thanks
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NetMeeting can't Share Desktop (grayed out)
by Guest Sylvain- 0 replies
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Hello, I would like to know if there's an update fix on the following issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175956 Article ID : 175956 I can't share my desktop with NetMeeting anymore. This started when I installed ProComm Plus 4.8, I did exactly all the steps in the above link, but no luck. The last thing I want to do is re-imaging my laptop... Is anyone did it and fix their issue ? If there's another way, please let me know... Thanks, Sylvain
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by Guest anish- 0 replies
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