Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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google language problem
by Guest survivor- 1 reply
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Why is it when I do a Google search that everything is in foreign language? -- survivor
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Smart Menus
by Guest JBL- 3 replies
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Where can I uncheck the box to get rid of the smart menus. Those arrows that hide little used menu items. Just got 20" wide screen so have all the room for full menus. Thanks Joe
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PC will not boot when mouse plugged in
by Guest John- 2 replies
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Please note: I am not 100% sure of the details of this issue, however I thought I might post a message here. I recently gave a family member a microsoft wireless 6000 mouse with receiver. Installation was fine but when they reboot the machine it will not boot up (I don't know if it gets to POST but I would assume not) unless they unplug the mouse. Once the mouse is unplugged the machine boots up as normal. I'm not sure if they are using the USB plug or the PS2 plug... I don't have that information yet. I suggested that they try the PS2 plug instead of the USB, although on second thought, the USB plug would/should have 0 effect on boot, while the PS2 pl…
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Old box set WinXP cannot install in new PC!?
by Guest herman- 4 replies
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Hi masters, I have a new PC running Q6600 and P43 chipset motherboard. I also have a box set WinXP Pro which I used on my old PC (bought 2002). Now I want to use this pack to install into my new PC. Problem comes, when it loads all the drive for installation, blue screen appears. Then it held. My friend told me that it might because the old CD doesn't support new hardwares. What can I do? I tried to install it from another CD with SP2, but when I input the Product Key of the box set, it tells the Product Key is not valid. Please help! Thanks a lot@!! :( herman
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Desktop Icon in Quick Launch zone
by Guest Picsou1981- 2 replies
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Hi. I removed the "Desktop" icon of the Quick Lauch bar , allowing us to reduce all current windows, and I can't retrieve it. Can any1 indicate me the correct procedure ?
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I'm trying to create a document and linked to a websitethat allows people to add information to it, save it and have those changes reflected when the next person views the document. Any way to do that? I don't even know who to ask... Any ideas of how I can structure this or does it require something within the site rather than linked? I tried an excel spreadsheet but when attempting to save, it saves on my desktop, not the site. When I return to the linked version, it is unchanged.
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help
by Guest Kyle- 1 reply
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my download manager keeps starting my files on a program I don't want them to use further more I can't hit my save or save later button.
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file ownership
by Guest Dabbler- 0 replies
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I recently migrated an old XP system to a new one. The old XP system was able to login to the SBS server as a workgroup computer fine, but the new system couldn't access server shares due to authentication problem. so I tried to log the new system into the server with a domain logon which worked but is a different user id. The problem now is twofold. The migration wizared put all the files in the local logon folder (documents and settings/user1) where as the domain logon puts them in user@mydomain.local's folder. What is the best way to have the domain user take over these local user documents (.doc, .jpg etc). Also when logged onto the domain th…
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Disabling Download Manager
by Guest Tracy- 2 replies
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I have just bought some software on-line and I have been advised to disable my download manager to allow it to be downloaded - as currently it just hangs whilst trying to download. How do I do this? Thanks.
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Device = Unknown in Device Manager
by Guest Vernon CThomas- 2 replies
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In Device Manager, I have an entry that is under category Unknown. The detail is "OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller". I have no idea what this is about but I recently installed a HP All-In-One printer and it ended up with the same "Unknown" type entry. It didn't work at all and I'm still unable to install it. This doesn't seem to be an HP issue. Thought / Comments?
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csrss process -- I/O Reads getting extremely large
by Guest matthewtec- 3 replies
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On a couple of computers I've checked, the csrss.exe process in the task manager sits at around 10,000,000 "I/O Read Bytes". I checked this out because I happened to notice on my laptop that it grows continually and within a few hours will even get up near 1.5-2Gb [1,700,000,000]. I've run a virus checker and did a full scan. Nothing changed. I am hoping someone can help me with letting me know some things to check -- perhaps I changed some settings one day and didn't realize the consequences until later. I just don't know. I also don't know if this is 'bad', but it just seems odd. Any help whatsoever that anyone can provide would be just great…
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Xp hangs at drvmain.sdb
by Guest JP Bless- 3 replies
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When I boot my Xp machine it displays the option to boot to safe mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Last Known Good Configuration etc... when I select any of the option Xp hangs at drvmain.sdb. I have booted into repair console and did chkdsk to check for disk error. Chkdsk ran OK however when I restart my pc the cycle repeats. Does anyone know how to resolve this problem? Much thanks in advance
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Fax consol can't receive
by Guest JBL- 7 replies
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I have tried 2 different computers and 2 differnt fax modems to set up to receive a fax. Have it set on manual and when phone rings I hit answer button. I get box saying I am receiving fax from another phone number. After about 50 sec, I get "An error occured receiving a fax from xxx-xxxx" I have reinstalled fax services and still can't receive. Running Windows Firewall and AVG 8.0 Any suggestions on what is going on? I have a phone connected into the phone jack on hte internal modem that works fine. This is driving me nuts Need Help Thanks Joe
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Can't use mouse or keyboard after uninstalling SP 3
by Guest johnbigbootie- 1 reply
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After installing SP3 on a Dimension 5150 in xp home edition I receive a BSOD both when booting normally and when trying to access Safe Mode. The error is the following: STOP 0X0000007E (0x000001d, 0xf78de8ea, 0xf78de7f4, 0xf78de4f0) It was working great before the update. I found http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950249 very useful to remove SP3 while in the Recovery Console. I can now boot to safe mode and boot normally but the mouse and keyboard do not work. I have only USB port - I do not have any serial ports. I get stuck in the screen that allows me to choose what user I want to sign-in as. Any suggestions so as my keyboard and/or mouse will work…
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Has been file replaced?
by Guest Santander- 10 replies
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Someone run untested self-extracting archive (executable) on work PC. I checked Event Viewer tasks and find there: System -> Source: Windows File Protection Event Type: Information Event Source: Windows File Protection Event Category: None Event ID: 64002 Date: 2008.09.17. Time: 9:59:49 User: N/A Computer: UserName Description: File replacement was attempted on the protected system file setup.exe. This file was restored to the original version to maintain system stability. The file version of the system file is 5.1.2600.5512. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Has been replaced thi…