Windows XP
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Windows Installer Error Message Pops Up when Starting Apps
by Guest mfitzg- 0 replies
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Hi, I use an OEM copy of Windows XP SP2 Home. Recently, I updated CDBurnerXP Pro 3 to version 4 which downloaded into a different folder than the Pro 3 version. I then attempted to delete the Pro 3 version through Add/Delete Programs. However, the uninstall failed when a message window opened saying, "The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-Rom or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the CDBurnerXP Pro 3 disk and click ok." I never had a disk for the program as it was a free download from the website. I clicked the ok button a few times to no avail. I then clicked the cancel button a few times until the message window disappeared. I …
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No link to the Control Panel??
by Guest dannyleach- 4 replies
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Older Compaq Presario running XP that was originally set-up by someone else. Prior to my deleting the old user account and adding in a new one (put my son on a new pc, created a new user account for me, and then deleted his), I could get into the control panel off the start button and get to everything like Display and Add/Remove programs - etc, by going through the steps of start/settings/contol panel and then clicking on any of the icons in the control panel window. Now that I have created the new account and only have the new one I created being shown at the logo on window and the switch users windows - etc - note there is no admin account - the control panel …
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termservdevices error on windows xp pro
by Guest inenewbl- 0 replies
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Hi all. I have a windows xp acting as a fileserver for 2-3 users in my office. Every now and then i would use remote desktop to administer this xp machine. However termservdevices error with event id 1111 and 1114 would be logged whenever i use remote desktop into this xp machine. The error messages are mostly for drivers required for certain printers and to check that print spooler is turned on. I have checked and found that print spooler is turned on. How can i solve this problem. Thks in advance.
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File and transfer settings - transfer errors
by Guest Robert Church- 10 replies
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He has tried in vain to retrieve his documents all saved using the FAST transfer wizard from XP SP2 He has made 2 separate saves and has the correctly named files i.e IMG00001.dat and "status" in the folder USMT2.UNC He has now given me the files and now I have tried FASTConv with the error message "Source store is invalid" The windows fastwizard gives "the source folder does not contain the correct data" for every version of FAST he and I have tried A computer pro has also spent hours trying with no success So he and the computer pro have given up I and we have looked at a million goggle hits and have found at least one person with the same problem - plus lo…
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Shutdown registery Edits
by Guest sransom- 4 replies
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Hi All, Con someone tell me the registry seeting I need to alter to get XP to restart the PC when a used loggs off? Thanks in advance Scott -- I Run A Help Desk, Not A Resume Service
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RE: XP service pack2 reinstall
by Guest MAP- 0 replies
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RE: XP service pack2 reinstall You should be able to reinstall SP2 but I doubt that this will solve the request for the cd.Here is some reading about SFC and workarounds for the cd prompt. Good luck! http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html -- Mike Pawlak "Brian" wrote: > Hi - > Is it possible to reinstall XP (Prof) SP2? I have run sfc and it wants my XP > disk to be inserted. However, the CD on the laptop isn't working and the sfc > will not read from a USB external CD drive. > > There seems to be many files that it wants to replace/repair so I am > wondering if reinstalling SP2 would do the trick. > > Any advi…
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How can I change the "my Documents" location using a regedit (reg) file that our Helpdesk can use with out doing it the manual method? P.S. I know about group polciy and the like but that is not my department so please lets not get into semantics. I'd like this to work for the .PST file as well but I'd settle for the "my Documents" folder reg hack. Thanks, Al
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can I install XP recovery console on Toshiba laptop?
by Guest michael brooks- 2 replies
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Friends, I have a Toshiba satellite A75 S1253--it didn't come with an XP installateion CD, just a recovery DVD which can either wipe the hard drive and start over, or reinstall selected apps. I'm interested in being able to run the recovery console, to be able to format and partition external drives or do other such tasks. One helpful person gave a link to a MS page to download XP diskettes onto floppies--but I don't have a floppy drive. It occured to me that maybe I could just use a friend's installation CD to install the Recovery Console as a startup option. Toshiba tech support thought this was not a good idea, since their OEM version of Windows m…
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RE: XP service pack2 reinstall
by Guest hustedj- 0 replies
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RE: XP service pack2 reinstall Windows should allow you to install SP2 again. "Brian" wrote: > Hi - > Is it possible to reinstall XP (Prof) SP2? I have run sfc and it wants my XP > disk to be inserted. However, the CD on the laptop isn't working and the sfc > will not read from a USB external CD drive. > > There seems to be many files that it wants to replace/repair so I am > wondering if reinstalling SP2 would do the trick. > > Any advice on this would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Brian. > > > > >
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Online storage
by Guest Terry- 0 replies
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Charter only gives 20M of web space. I saw in another message where Earthlink was giving 10G. I was thinking how useful it would be if you could store your "My Documents" folder online without ever having to worry about backing it up again. Using Winrar and pass-wording the file would seem like a pretty useful thing to do. You could then install your settings on any computer anywhere.
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trying to install new software (Peachtree)
by Guest Angel C- 4 replies
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How do I fix? Error 1639 invalid command line argument, consult window SDK for detailed command line help? and what does it mean.
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Please help
by Guest Ursh- 1 reply
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They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing - and I am living proof of that. I thought that it would be easy to do some port forwarding to open up some ports to enable faster downloading. However, I now appear to have totally messed up my internet connections! I believe that I may have done something to my internet connection which means that on trying to change the settings on the internet connection, I am told that the host computer doesn't allow changes. Now I cannot even find the internet connection. I have run a network diagnosis and am being told that my IP address is causing my modem to fail. I really do not know where to go from …
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XP Fails to detect SATA drive
by Guest Magnus E- 3 replies
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A Windows XP Home computer of a friend of mine suddenly won't boot. We suspected a HD crash, so we booted from a Live-CD (Ubuntu). From there we were able to mount both his SATA drives and access files. Still no luck in booting windows though. The HDDs are _not_ in a RAID setup. They are visible in BIOS. We tried to do a repair install of Windows but the Windows XP installer could not find any drives at all! How can this be? I find it confusing that the drives: A) Show up in BIOS B) Does not show up in Windows XP install. (The same install CD was used to install the OS in the first place without need for specific SATA drivers) and C) That th…
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Can't see workgroup computers any more
by Guest Scott M Smith- 4 replies
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Recently (within the past 2 weeks) I've lost my ability to see my workgroup computers on 3 out of 4 computers on my home network. One computer can see everything, but if I go to "My Network Places" on the other 3 computers, I can't even see the workgroup "home". What makes this even more strange is that if I manually type the name of my print server computer into the "add printers" wizard, it finds it and adds the printer. So, all my computers can print via my print server computer ------- it's just that "My Network Places" seems to have stopped working on 3 of my 4 computers. On the computer that it still works on, I can see all the other computers an…
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Is There A MS Site For "All" The XP-2 Updates & Patches?
by Guest E. Barry Bruyea- 16 replies
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Unfortunately, I'm in a Rural Area with no High Speed available at this time. I'm planning on Installing a New, Faster Mainboard on my computer along with doing a drive change, meaning I have to reinstall XP and when I count up the number of upgrades & patches the amount of time it is going to take with a dial up connection is ridiculous. I have a friend with High Speed and would like to use his system to download all the 'fixes' and load them on a CD or DVD and then install them on my computer. I have been unable to find a site where the specific ones for XP-2 (in order) are listed. Any help would be appreciated.