Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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[Commercial] Training on Windows Kernel Programming fromProfessionals
by Guest Concepts Systems- 1 reply
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Hello All, With a growing demand for Windows System Professionals, we are pleased to announce a new weekend batch of “Windows Internals and Device Drivers” for working professionals and Engineers. Course Highlights: Windows Internals - It includes topics related to key components of system like - Thread scheduling, I/O, memory management, - Windows Security - Debugging using Win Dbg to explore windows internals. Windows Device Driver It deals with important driver-building and designing mechanisms - Windows Driver Model and development - PnP Concepts - Storage Stack - Device Driver building, debugging, writing installer. - Synchronization, Inte…
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Blue Screen
by Guest shen- 23 replies
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Hello, Sometimes i always got blue screen on my windows.. im very sad -_- and untill now i can not repair. Please open my screen shoot http://piload.com/files/show/iyguzzymoyzywtaxtnn2.jpg thanks and waiting your reply soon Regards, Anton
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RE: ramdrive
by Guest prberg2- 1 reply
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RE: ramdrive I was also interested in setting up a ramdrive. Not to increase the performance but to allow the hard drive to spin down and save power. I have a laptop with XP and want to just run one small application. Is there a way in Windows to create a ram drive, put that app on the ram drive and keep windows from accessing the hard drive so it can spin down? I see so many other ramdrive applications but it makes me nervous to install software from someone I don't know. If Microsoft had a solution that would be better. thank so much! -Peter
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Windows Product Activation Problem
by Guest --Ivan--- 1 reply
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HI, i had to reinstall Win Xp on my system once i done that it told me i need to Activate windows but by the time i got my new internet Connection it was over 30 days and i cant get into my computer unless i activate. Now running a Wireless internet and even when i plug it in it wont detect it so i can activate online, is there a way i can get into the computer to activate it??? cant do it in safe mode internet wont connect so i have no idea thanks for your help
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System Tray on Taskbar
by Guest trvlnmny- 5 replies
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When XP started I always say some icons in the system tray portion of the taskbar. Particularly Norton Ghost, Norton Internet Security and a couple of others. I no longer see these. The system tray is empty. I do not know what changed this. I am not absolving myself as it is possible I did something but I do not know what. My real concern is that these programs are not running. Is that possible? How do I correct this? Thanks for any and all advice.
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Blue screen!! plz help..
by Guest Sami- 5 replies
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Dear friend, Few days ago I faced blue screen with following error message: A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL If this is the first time you have seen this stop error screen, restart yoyur computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: Check to make sure any new hardware of software is properly installed. If this is new installation, ask your hardware or software manufaturer for any Windows updates you maight need. If problem continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memeroy option such as caching or sha…
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Deleted System Restore Points
by Guest ralphs- 17 replies
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When I wipe my disk with sdelete http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx XP SP3 deletes all but one restore point, apparently when the disk starts to fill up. How can I configure to keep the restore points?
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Hi, I have an HP Pavilion a820n, which has a mother board: Motherboard manufacturer's name: ASUS PTGD1-LA HP/Compaq name: Goldfish-GL8E OS: Windows XP home. CPU:3.20 GHz, Intel Pentium 4 HT processors Memory: 2.5 G I would like to replace the on-board video. The strang thing is that even though I set video to PCI from on-board, the on-board video output still has signal out. The video card, on the other hand, has not signal out. I had test that video card on other machine. BTW, I first uninstall the video display driver first before I change the BIOS setttings. Anyone can help me out? Thanks in advance
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Vista: desktop shortcuts will not delete help please :)
by Guest fend- 4 replies
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Hi, hoping this is in the right catagory, ok, when a program puts a shortcut on the desktop, if I go to delete it by right clicking or even just highlighting & hitting delete on the keyboard the computer just stops responding, get a message saying 'windows explorer has stopped working' & that it is trying to find a solution which it doesnt, just goes blank then comes back to desktop like its reloading. (if I put something on the desktop I can delete it, just seems to be shortcuts, even ones I have put on) hope you can understand what I am saying & that you are able to help. Thanks -- F.E.N.D
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scan disc
by Guest JJ- 4 replies
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When I try to run a scan disc, as the computer reboots I get a message stating that my 'C' drive is NTSF and the scan disc can not proceed. This is new as I never had a problem running scan disc in the past. I don't know what happened. Any ideas and how can I fix it? -- jj
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Problems trying to run netdom.exe from command prompt to rename sy
by Guest Sandy Wood- 3 replies
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I'm running a batch file to rename a system - the command looks like for /f "delims= tokens=1" %%a IN currentname.txt DO Netdom RenameComputer %computername% /NewName: %%a /UserD:mydomain\admin /PasswordD:mypassword I have a computer name in currentname.txt which I want to fill in after /NewName. When I run the command it looks like this... for /f "delims= tokens=1" %a IN currentname.txt DO netdom RenameComputer OLDCOMPUTER /NewName:%a /UserD:domain\admin /passwordD:password Why would it not pick up the value from the text file? -- Sandy Wood Orange County District Attorney
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Sony Visio notebook
by Guest RScotti- 3 replies
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A friend of mine is having trouble with her lab top.She is running Windows XP SP2. She starts it up and it goes directly to the advanced startup menu.(F8) without selecting (F8) If you select one of the options It just goes blank but she says she has to take out the battery to shut it down. Should we just deep six it or can it be fixed within reason? -- Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me.
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Firefox Help
by Guest Gail Rossum- 9 replies
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Can you tell me why I always get a "not responding" message when I use Firefox. I have un-installed it & then re-installed the newer version and it still gives me this message. I have resorted to using IE in the mean time. Thanks for the help
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installation problems with Windows XP
by Guest michael with the reinstall- 5 replies
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I am trying to reintall Windows XP from the manufacture CD and several files are not installing from the CD mostly .inf files. The error message said "cannot copy this file from CD makes sure CD is inserted into the drive. Try again. After several failed attempts I skipped over the files. After the install I cannot change my monitor type or install the drivers for the monitor. I suspect the files that did not copy from the CD have a lot to do with the inablility to change the Display settings under properties.
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Windows Media Player and mpg (mpeg) movie files
by Guest Snapper- 10 replies
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I cannot get Windows Media Player to play mpg files that were created with a Sony digital camera (still camera with movie recording). Apple Quicktime and Nero Showtime play them fine. However, when WMP11 plays them there is no video and the sound is clipped and staticy. I am assuming that it may be a codec problem. If so, where can I find the appropriate codec? I search the ms site but I got hopelessly lost trying to work it all out. The main aim was to play them over the network on the TV using the Xbox 360. I've ended up having to use "Super" a video converter to conver them to divx AVI files. That works fine but it'd be nice if we didn't have to convert th…
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"New Folder" warning puzzler
by Guest Spiral- 2 replies
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When I make a new folder, either on the desktop or in an app's Save window, I get this warning: "Renaming, moving or deleting 'New Folder' could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?" Yes or No I can highlight a folder and "Rename" with no trouble--I think it's the "new" thing that bothers the system. Just running one virus app--nothing, and I mean nothing else. Anyone with insight on this one?
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Clicking Sounds in Background
by Guest helpmeplease- 0 replies
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At times when on the internet or updating Itunes. I will here random clicks the sounds and voices will play then go away. It happens off and on. I have download XP3 and need help.
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Replacing motherboard on Gateway laptop
by Guest romac- 7 replies
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I have a Gateway laptop that lost all power and after thorough troubleshooting I determined that the motherboard is the problem (no voltage to the fans, etc.). I want to order a replacement MB but the last time that I replaced a MB (on my old desktop) there was a conflict with the new MB and and hard drive so I eventually had to reinstall Windows XP. I'm repairing this laptop for a friend and she is hoping to keep everything on her hard drive but I'm afraid that I will run into the same problem as before where I might have to do an Windows reinstall. Any insight and knowledge would be greatly appreciated
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File Sharing; Access Denied (REPOST)
by Guest Zakhary- 15 replies
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Two computers (Computer1 and Computer2) share a workgroup that other computers on the same subnet have access to. Computer1 and Computer2 initially shared a folder on Computer1, “My Document.” That shared folder was the target for “My Documents” on both computers. I attempted to eliminate “simple sharing” so that only I would have access. But because there isn’t a common domain, this couldn’t occur. I also tried to make the shared folder hidden by adding a dollar symbol ($), but then couldn’t use it as a target for “My Documents.” Upon returning everything back to how I originally had it, several files became inaccessible on BOTH …
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Numerous problems installing XP
by Guest Mike B- 2 replies
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Sorry, this is a bit long winded. About 3 weeks ago I sent my laptop out for repair for a overheating problem. I was getting blue screen errors, internet explorer has encountered a problem and must shut down, bad pool header, system dump etc. My extended warranty does not cover software issues. When I got it back I was told that there was a corrupt file in the operating system. I reinstalled windows XP and the device drivers. everything worked fine for about 30 to 40 minutes then the same errors returned. I ran anti-virus, spyware and went into start, run cmd sfc/scannow No errors were found. It kept getting blue screen errors and the same issues. …
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HTTP 401.1 Message on My XP Machine
by Guest Charles Allen- 1 reply
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When I try to access any local internet site on my machine, I'm prompted with a login box. However, I don't know what login it's looking for. It shouldn't ask for one, anyway, and I need to know why I'm being prompted. Beyond that, I've tried logging in as myself (member of administrators group) but that doesn't work either. I'm getting the following message: HTTP 401.1 - Unauthorized: Logon Failed Internet Information Services Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Charles Allen
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DISKPART : Change volume number ...
by Guest guillaume.braux@gmail.com- 1 reply
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Hello, I have made a WIM image (with ImageX) of a source master (win XP) I would like to deploy on several other computers. The source system contains several partitions (with a dual XP boot) and a dvd rom drive. I use diskpart to create and format partitions on target systems before applying the Wim images for each partitions. My problem : When I do a "DISKPART > list volume" on the source computer, volume # 0,1 and 2 are my system partitions, and volume #3 is the DVD-Rom drive. The problem is that I can't have this volume order when creating and formating the partitions on the target computers ! The DVD-Rom is always shown as volume 0 (and is not remo…
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DISKPART : XP multiboot - Diskpart gives different volume list oneach OS.
by Guest guillaume.braux@gmail.com- 1 reply
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Hello, A have a XP multiboot.I notice that the command "diskpart list volume" gives different result according to the OS I am logged on (different drive letters ...). I would like to get the same result for each OS without loging on (from a windows PE by example). But starting this command from a windows PE gives me totaly different results ... Any ideas to get the command result for each os from a PE? Guillaume
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Loud sound during boot
by Guest John Eppley- 5 replies
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I've tolerated this problem for a long time. It started immediately after one of the many MS updates. I had hoped another update would fix the problem. The problem is an enormously loud split-second sound that occurs during the MS national anthem at startup. The first half dozen bars are comfortably played, then at least two bars are deafening. The sound then returns to normal. Any ideas.
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usb port one and two not working
by Guest rich.t- 1 reply
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Please help, I have a dell inspiron 1150 that both USB Ports are not working Not sure why, all was fine then I did the updates from MS and now they dont work for any type of device I try. I've just added the new service pac 3 and Im using XP. Thanks for any assistance