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WebClient stuck in STOPPING status
by Guest ianw- 1 reply
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I'm trying to use ElephantDrive's TrunkDrive, a way of mounting their backup server as a drive on my PC using, I believe, windav. It is not however working and its been suggested that the reason is that my WebClient service is stuck in STOPPING status. I tried setting it to be started manually and, after reboot was able to start it and immediately received the message that it had started and stopped, though the status remains "STOPPING". Presumably I need to get this to stay started in order to use webdav services. Can anyone suggest what might be wrong? XP Pro+SP3. ian ....
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System Antivirus Warning
by Guest rchapman0608- 10 replies
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My pc just started having a popup window come up saying : Warning! Atteck Detected. It is called Blaster/Sasser.variant. My options are continue unprotested or activate. When I click activate it of coarse wants me to pay money, etc for the antivirus. What can I do to rid this? It would suck to pay 42.00 like they want for something that doesn't rid my pc of this. Also another security alert come up sayong: Trojan-Spy.Win.KeyLogger.aa I have had no problems with any of this stuff till today. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Can't use Update
by Guest pcnerd- 17 replies
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I recently reinstalled XP Pro & now Update doesn't work. Every time that I try to install updates, it fails. Why? What do I have to do to correct the problem? Thank you. David
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Not found error messages
by Guest skywreck- 0 replies
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I have found the following not found errors while running Filemon.exe. They occur at regular intervals and would like to know if they are critical or if there is any way of fixing them. Any info/help very much appreciated. 350885 19:05:12 nvsvc32.exe:1616 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\system32\NVCPL.DLL.3.Manifest NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: 001200A9 350886 19:05:12 nvsvc32.exe:1616 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\system32\NVCPL.DLL.3.Config NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: 001200A9 350887 19:05:12 csrss.exe:572 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\Policies\X86_Policy.6.0.Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_en-US_580a28ff\ NOT FOUND Options: Open Directory Access: 00100001 3508…
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backing up settings
by Guest Jo-Anne- 18 replies
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I'm about to install Acronis True Image 11 on my new laptop computer running Windows XP SP2. Before I do that, is there any way to back up my current settings? I've tweaked a number of things and don't want to lose what I've done if something goes wrong in the installation. (I don't have a floppy drive.) I also plan to create a Restore Point before installing the program, so I suppose that would protect everything. Thank you! Jo-Anne
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Internet Explorer Memory Problem!
by Guest PrinceOfAldan- 1 reply
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Hi, Since a few days ago, I have this problem: Whenever IE is open, the memory used by it is continuously growing, right now the memory used by IE is at 837MB and increasing. This is NOT adware/malware related! No malware of viruses on the system. This happens with ANY IE content, not a particular web site. When I minimize IE, the memory gets cleared, 837MB just changed to 16MB when I minimized it! The behavior is the same as many people have described here: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2082917&SiteID=17 But there is no solution and I am posting here to see if I can get any attention! It basically crashes my system when it ru…
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Broken newsgroups
by Guest Ben Stevenson- 11 replies
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My microsoft.public.windows newsgroups seem to be broken. After I post a question, I may see at most one reply. My reply to it is no more seen and that goes for whatever other replies I get. I have to go to google groups or the microsoft websites to see the rest. Is there anyway to repair my newsgroups? TIA
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Installed SP3 Now Cannot Access Internet(IE and OE)
by Guest Danny- 10 replies
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I installed SP3 ( via Update notification icon) now I can no longer access the Internet. What is going on??? PLEASE HELP!! Dan
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What backup program is best?
by Guest Renny Bosch- 3 replies
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I have been using NTI (New Technology Inc.) File Backup for same time. Recently they "upgraded" to version 5, and made the user interface much less intuitive. Also, it seems to lose some information I entered, such as Job Name, Overwrite option, and Verify option. Is there a preferred file backup program that you experts recommend? (XP SP3.) Thank you.
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Screen turned sidways
by Guest Justin- 5 replies
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My one year old hit something adn now the screen on my laptop is sideways and the mouse movement is strang (like inverted) how do I fix?
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Best way to create different start-ups?
by Guest Ed from AZ- 1 reply
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I have a Dell Latitude laptop running XP Pro SP2. It has WiFi, firewall, spyware and AV software that runs at every start-up. I have one certain situation where I use the laptop on a regular basis in which I will never need the WiFi and anti-malware software to run. I'd like to create a start-up profile that does not include these so I don't have to wait until everyone finishes their scans and checks and connection attempts before I can have my machine back!! Is it easy enough to create a separate profile that would do this? Or would I need to investigate smoe kind of script that would toggle these? (Also, as part of this one specific use, I use the laptop…
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XP Pro Academic Edition install problem
by Guest John- 3 replies
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One of my laptops crashed on me and I replaced it with an Apple iMac. Since the new iMacs can run Windows, I tried to install the Academic Edition that I got a year or two ago so I could still use my Windows-based software. However, I'm getting an error message. The error message goes something like this (I'm paraphrasing): "The system did not detect a current version of Windows on this system. In order for you to install this upgrade version, you must prove your eligibility. Please insert any version of Windows XP, NT, 2000, Me, 98, etc., etc., etc. The XP Pro Academic Edition doesn't say it's an upgrade version on the disk. I've read a few posts…
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Write Delayed Failed Message
by Guest Anton Geel- 3 replies
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Hi. I have a 250GB external hard drive as a backup drive. Whenever I try to save to this device, I keep getting a write delay failed message. There is nothing wrong with the drive because it works fine on any other pc. I can access all the info on the drive and copy from the drive with no problems. I'm using XP Home Edition with SP2. The drive is plugged into a USB slot (USB 2 enabled) Please help, it's driving me crazy.
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double click from keyboard
by Guest Paul- 1 reply
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Is it possible to set up a key to perform double click operations?
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XP network folder browsing is lagging
by Guest Madd Scientist- 0 replies
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Hello all, I'm really hoping someone can help me with this problem, as I've been struggling with it for the past week. When browsing through a network drive, most of the folders work fine, but clicking on certain folders will lag/freeze Windows Explorer. If I click the affected folder and leave it for about 15-30 seconds, it will highlight itself, and then I can open it. This has only started being an issue in the past week or so. I've created a shortcut directly to the folder(s) on my desktop, and clicking on them from there will open them with no lag at all. There are video files in these folders (not in the direct root of the folder I'm having the issue…