Windows XP
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Windows XP - Hard drive issues
by Guest Polish Don- 20 replies
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My PC had some virues and now, after I've cleaned it off, when I try to open my hard drive C: or D:, I get a "browse program" window How can I fix this ?
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RE: Where to download dotnet 3.0 SP1 full package ?
by Guest Muzafar Ganie- 0 replies
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RE: Where to download dotnet 3.0 SP1 full package ? Hi, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=10cc340b-f857-4a14-83f5-25634c3bf043&displaylang=en Muzafar
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SMTP not sending
by Guest Mel- 4 replies
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Hi. Email suddenly will not send through one of my provider's SMTP (AT&T - old Bellsouth). I know this sounds like an Outlook issue, but I have other programs that send email and they also cannot send. Outlook can receive from that provider, but not send. Luckily I have another provider on this machine (Earthlink), which uses a different SMTP, and it works fine. I can send using it. So it seems just the Bellsouth SMTP has issues, which seem to be outside Outlook's fault? Before I speak to Bellsouth about this, are there anythings I can check first in Windows or information about this elsewhere? I appreciate any help. WinXP -Mel
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Re-installing XP Pro....
by Guest smackallica- 4 replies
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Two weeks ago my computer froze up. I powered down and repowered up. As Windows was loading it stopped and an error stated: Floppy diskette error: Press F1 to try again, F2 to reboot. This error pops up every time anything is tried. I have tried to repair and re install with my CD. After the long wait of Windows completely reinstalling, that error pops up. I just bought and replaced my hard drive thinking that may be the problem. After installing Windows XP Professional on my new hard drive that error popped up again. Is there anything anyone can offer that may help? Also, I do not have a floppy drive. Thank you.
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Newsgroup not working
by Guest denmarfl- 5 replies
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This question is not related to XP.....but I am hoping someone has an answer. For the past 2 days I have been trying to Signin to the Vista Newsgroup. When I click QUESTION, it correctly takes me to the Signin Window, after I enter the ID\Password it does back to the Newsgroup, but when I click QUESTION, it simply comes back to the Newsgroup and I see the SIGNIN tab.... So I am unable to get to the window allowing me to enter a question. Obviously yhere is nothing wrong with my ID\Password...I am now entering this question. Anyone know of any problems with the Microsoft Vista Newsgroup? I see new questions entered yesterday and today so some users ar…
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Hi My XP machinces are running slower then usual. I intalled XP 6 months ago and now users are complaining that their machines are working slower then normal. I reinstalled the Win XP on one of the computer and this computer is working normally. We have not made any changes on our network and we have not installed any new software on the client computers. These machines are completely clean. Has any one encoutered this kind of problem? Does XP become slower over the time? Do we need to reinstall it after some time? Secondly, Can anyone recommend good registry cleaner and system cleaner software to tune up my xp machine? Thanks in advance
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Antivirus
by Guest DEFENDER01- 10 replies
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HI All. is there such a thing as a good freeware anti virus. i have been using A V G for sometime but since their last new program i have trouble with the updates. -- DEFENDER01
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7 updates will not install
by Guest stevierogers- 3 replies
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I am a complete novice, and have been given a fairly new PC. However, 7 updates today will not install, and I dont know what to do.... the numbers are KB936782,953838,951066,952287,951072,890830,950974. iI am running Xp, and the SP3 updated fine.... not sure where to turn to...any help would be greatly appreciated
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Cannot Logon to other users of the same computer
by Guest Jingshan- 0 replies
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Hi, I notice that I seems to have a similar problem as encountered by one of the users, Carl. All along, I haven't had any problem logging on to other users in the same computer, until recently. I tried to logon onto other users, I keep receiving this error message 'Windows are unable to load your profile. Pls check that you are connected to the network. Add. details: insufficient resources exist to complete the requested service'. What does the above error means? Is there any other way to resolve this issue rather then create a new user and copy the files from the old users to the new user?
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wingrub
by Guest orange- 0 replies
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I'm having trouble with wingrub. The problem is that it won't load menu.lst Here is setup: SATA drive= NTFS Windows on C: IDE drive= Solaris with its grub on MBR the problem might be caused by strange thing that after loading windows, SATA drive becomes (hd1,0) but in grub its (hd0,0) so grub is trying to load menu.lst from solaris, but I cannot change that in windows.. if I try: grubinstall -d (hd0,0) -1 c:/boot/stage1 -2 c:/boot/stage2 -m c:/boot/ menu.lst it says that hd0 is not NTFS or FAT (because its Solaris) please help me solve this..
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reinstalling windows xp - product key
by Guest zdotb- 3 replies
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i bought a laptop from dell about 2 years ago and its now time to reinstall windows. all i recieved was a disc from dell that will restore the computer to its original state, but that wasnt good enough. dell is now sending me xp media centre discs and drivers. will i be able to use the same product key that is currently active on my computer? i believe its a 25 letter and number key on a little sticker on the bottom of my laptop...is this true, and can it be used again? thanks
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Offline Files not Syncing/Windows Media Player Error (LENGTHY)
by Guest Zakhary- 1 reply
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I admit that everything was working and that -I- messed it up. To allow "My Documents" to be shared between two computers, I set one of the computers' (\\zm01) "My Documents" folder to be shared and redefine the other computer's (\\zm02) target to the share name of the "My Documents" folder on \\zm01. It recently came to me that I may wat to restict access since a few people share this home network. So, I tried by disabling easy share and setting permissions, but realized that \\zm02\username could not be given permissions since a common domain doesn't exist. I then changed the share name to include a dolar symbol ($) at the end so that it would be h…
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XP support life span
by Guest WinXP-pro- 5 replies
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I heard a rumor a few days ago. Rather than repeat it, I will ask an MVP in the know... How much longer will Windows XP have full support from Microsoft? Are we getting "very" close to the end
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User account not right
by Guest Carl- 1 reply
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I have 5 user accounts on my Windows XP Home computer and they have all been working fine until about a week ago. My sons account is now acting like it it is a brand new account. He gets a USER ENVIRONMENT dialog box with the following message..."Windows cannot load the locally stored profile. Possible cause of this error include insufficient security rights or a corrupt local profile..." The background screen went to a deafult background instead of the picture he had up and none of his account connections are working. Any ideas as to what file may be corrupt or what I might be able to do to get the account working properly without deleting it? Thanks for …
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Question on Windows XP Media Center operating system
by Guest Jim- 7 replies
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Several years ago I purchased a new HP laptop with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 as the operating system. I've downloaded the latest security files and service packs but my system always indicates "Media Center Edition 2002 SP3". However, the Microsoft Windows web site talks about a version called XP Media Center Edition 2005. Is this a newer version that must be purchased since I can't seem to upgrade to this edition. TIA
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Downloading
by Guest teak- 1 reply
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I cannot get some pages to download. My computer gets internet very slow and many pages will not load I get that white "Unable to Display". like google groups or www.newyork.com" They need a special program? teak
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administrator blocked out of computer
by Guest msimsva- 2 replies
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My daughter changed my password to sign into my computer and im the administator how do i fix this problem -- Melissa
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Clearing documents list in Start Menu
by Guest KEN- 2 replies
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In WinXP SP3 how do I clear the Documents list in the Start Menu? Thanks.
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Defrag has no Association
by Guest Starla- 1 reply
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I try to use my defrag and i get an error "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel" I have an emachine and it did not come with Windows CD, it just gave me a serial number for it. I do not know how to get this associated file. Any options besides getting a new computer? :-) Thanks
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what IA-32, IA-64 and intel 64 are
by Guest Mike- 12 replies
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Hi I'd like to ask what IA-32, IA-64 and intel 64 are. Are they related to compiler? How do I know which my computer is(or has)? Thank you. Mike
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Clear IE History using Batch file...? & Recent
by Guest sunny_ti- 7 replies
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Hello, Can we clear IE History using Batch file or not...? I'm using IE 6 and I want to clear history of IE using batch file and also I want to clear Recent Documents Lists using batch file. So please guide me up... Thanks Have a Nice Day...
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Empty Folders
by Guest miner- 2 replies
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I am using Windows XP with SP3 and all recent updates. Also AVG antiviral program and have 4 partitions on my hard drive with one used exclusively for programs. Recently I noticed that almost all my folders were empty in one partition and encountered only one empty folder in an another partition. Otherwise the computer is running well without any problems. Using Acronis I reverted to a backup I had done on Feb 20th wondering whether some recent update or SP3 had caused this problem, but the folders are still empty. Is there any way to remedy this situation or recover the information and does this indicate a hard drive problem? Corrupted software? How c…
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Uninstall Network card driver (Win XP)
by Guest UWStudent- 5 replies
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I want to uninstall my network card driver completely. I am using Win XP, I go to my device manager and uninstall the driver from there but when I reboot my system Windows loads the driver again. Is there some way that I could completely uninstall the driver and it doesn't get loaded when the system restarts?
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How to enable FireFox to download more than one file at a time ??
by Guest Hari Hari Mau- 0 replies
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Hi all ! I'm trying out the new firefox 3.01 and have found out that this version has an annyoing limit of "one file at a time from one site" ! In other words, if there are like 20 files from a site, and I want to download them all using FireFox 3.01, I have to download the first file, wait until it is finish, before the second file is downloaded, and so on, and so forth !! Is there a way to enable FireFox to download _more_ than one file at the same time from a single site ??? Please help !! Thank you !!
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Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop
by Guest TomYoung- 21 replies
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Hi all: Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what it is. Thanks Tom Young