Windows XP
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Internet Settings - Multiple users
by Guest PT- 2 replies
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I have a computer which uses WinXP Home and IE6, and is configured for two users. There's a DSL router, but no other firewall. The main user's internet connections work fine. But the secondary user's settings have a problem. For the secondary user, only certain websites can be accessed. For example, I can log into Google, but the result of any search is an error message to the effect that there's a problem with the internet connection. In some cases, such as Drudge Report, I can get an abbreviated web site, but with no pictures, and whose internal links produce the same error message as above. When I run Tools | Diagnose Network Settings, I get a long…
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How to display the Clock?
by Guest Don J- 4 replies
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How do you display the "Clock" in the lower right hand corner of the Windows XP screen? Don J ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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If an item is listed in the System Configuration utility (in this case) (C:/windows/system32/kavo.exe) and its location: “software/Microsoft/windows/currentversion/run” Does the file exsist?. 1. I have managed to view hidden files and I can’t see it. 2. An online scanner PreVxCSI found it. Nod32 online scan found and killed it (and others) 3. Norton couldn’t find it in safe mode. 4. The computer shop spent 6 hours and killed it. 5. Norton say: “removal easy” 6. System restore is turned off 6 Jeeeezzz! http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-082706-1742-99&tabid=1 http://www.prevx.com/freescan.asp http://www.eset.com/onlinesca…
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usbport.sys error on new machine
by Guest Keithg- 2 replies
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Hello, I recently built a new computer and immediatly encountered blue screens. Every time it happened there is a message about USBPORT.sys and irq's I have ran hardware tests to see if anything could be wrong with the hardware and it does not seem like there is. My system is Windows XP Pro SP2 Intel Q6600 Asus Striker Extreme OCZ Reaper 800 2 gig BFG 8800 gtx OC2 BFG physx card 250 gig sata hard drive 500 gig sata hard drive lg lightscribe sata dvd burner I have tried 1 stick of ram and just the video card with the same error coming up i can be idle, surfing, downloading or playing a game and it happens I have reinstalled and not used any usb …
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Weird commas
by Guest Gilda- 2 replies
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I recently opened Excel and started working on a document and suddenly the computer started adding commas to the cell continuously. It would not allow me to delete them I had to backspace to get rid of them and if I stopped backspacing they would continue on infinitely. I thought it was just a problem with Excel but when trying to change the name of a document somewhere else it started again. I don't use this computer often and so I dumped everything and reloaded the factory software and Office and the problem still continues. I scanned the documents for a virus and found nothing. The has rendered my laptop useless...help!
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remove the reminder for Windows XP update
by Guest aa- 4 replies
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how shall I remove for good the reminder for Windows XPupdate
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Re: XP Home to XP Pro hack -- anyone tried this?
by Guest Julie D.- 0 replies
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Re: XP Home to XP Pro hack -- anyone tried this? -- jad "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:39:16 +0100, "Jon" > > >This article seems to suggest that there are more steps required, than that > >simple registry change. > >The original article being 8 pages long. > > >http://www.i4u.com/article3533.html > > One wouldn't mind so much if there were some unique and appropriate > value to XP Home, such as a total destruction of the ability to > manipulate the OS via network and Internet. > > > > >------------------------ ---- --- -- - - - - > …
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cannot install printer driver
by Guest rick- 3 replies
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Hey all, I am trying to install a printer driver on a winxp machine. It has all the current updates. I am able to install an hp8 driver without problems. I am setting the computer to print on a second network printer. The installation appears to go fine but when i go to printer properties and try to print a test page i get "the ... printer driver is not installed on this computer... do you want to install it now?" and i am in loop. I have uninstalled the driver and deleted the contents of the spool folder, reinstalled and same issue. On other computers in the area i am able to install the driver and they work fine. so its computer specific. Any ideas? …
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XP Backup
by Guest Mark S- 2 replies
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When you schedule a XP backup it makes you enter a Password. When user changes Logon Password the backup stops working. Is there a way when user changes password the backup password will change with it? Posted before, but no response.
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Hard Drive Issues Preventing XP Load
by Guest BH22- 5 replies
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MSFT has to come up with a way to load a disk utility similar to chkdsk to attempt to corrupt bad drive sectors, etc. On my machine I see the following message at boot, "windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupted". I have been serching forums/websites etc. for five hours and just ran BartPE. It can't even see my c: drive. This is my second issue with a drive in the past six months. Last time I somehow got chkdsk to run under DOS to fix this issue. This time no luck. Also, I purchased and tried PowerSuite 2007 from Spotmau to attempt fix. I would not recommend this product. Apologies for verbosity, it should not be this hard for a relat…
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Question about Laptop & XP as opposed to Vista
by Guest Graphic Queen- 6 replies
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The biggest and most important question I have is if I buy this laptop, will it run ok if I reformat the hard drive and install Windows XP Home Edition on it? That is what I have on my desktop here. That brings up another question I have because I need to know if the sales person was BSing me or not. He said that XP Home Edition might not work on this laptop because the drivers were made for the Vista. I wanted, and still do for that matter, to buy another XP and reformat the hard drive on the laptop and do a clean install of the XP I would buy. Why is it that it would not work? I just didn't understand his explanation about the drivers wouldn't be there for XP b…
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permanent registry changes
by Guest Kennard V. Wilson Jr.- 3 replies
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I'm using Windows XP with service pack 2. Is there a way to make a registry change permanent so that it doesn't reset to the default when you reboot? I've done it before but can't remember what I did. Thanks. - Kennard
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Multiple Monitors & ULTRAMON
by Guest MattWood- 4 replies
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Hi, I am using Ultramon - good product and works pretty well. One thing that I can't get it to help me with though is this : I use a line of business application that opens window upon window as you select menus within the application. e.g. 0kay so its an insurance application, click 'policy', it opens up a new window, click 'search', opens up a new window, type in a policy number, opens up the policy in a new window. Each window behind is left open, but only the active window is accessible. The problem I have is that whilst the application is open on the secondary monitor where I want it, any new window generated by the application is opened in…
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Printing via Remote Desktop to TCP/IP printer
by Guest Tom- 0 replies
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When I make a connection to an XP box I notice that only a local USB printer shows up on the host. I have several TCP/IP printers on the remote pc that I would like to print to but they don't show up in the printers list. I have the drivers installed for them on the host. Is there something I'm missing?
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Help - lost all of my Desktop files!
by Guest David D- 6 replies
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I just turned on the computer and all of my desktop files - like .doc and so forth that resided on my desktop are gone!!! The folders are there, but the loose files are not! What the heck happened? I did a search for them, but nothing is coming up! What should I do? Where could they go to?