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XP Pro and Vista Ultimate shutdown and immediately restart
by Guest Polaris- 2 replies
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System Configuration: HD1 - XP Pro with all updates HD2 - Vista Ultimate with all updates I switch OS at boot time via F10 key. Problem: I select Turn Off computer and system executes normal shutdown procedure. A second or two after shutting down it Restarts. If I press the Power Btn. and hold it down until the system shuts down, power remains off. This occurs using either OS so I suspect something common to both; perhaps the power supply? Any suggestions?
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RE: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down
by Guest H9YRP-TV98J-93RQJ-HTQP3-2QXWD- 0 replies
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RE: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down "tonpal" wrote: > For no obvious reason, I started getting an error message when I shut down > WinXP. The message is only on-screen for less than a second so I've been > unable to catch it all, but (probably paraphrased) it says that "DWWin.exe > failed to initialise because Windows is shutting down". > > It may be that this started after automated error reporting to MS when FS9, > and later WinXP, said that they 'had to shut down' but I did not notice it as > following immediately, nor did it immediately follow any installation or > update. > > Part of me doesn't care becau…
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Add or Remove Programs
by Guest Don J- 6 replies
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I have two installations of Win'XP. One has "Add or Remove Programs" installed and one does not. In the case of the one that has it installed it appears as a specific item on the takbar. Opening it up shows a single list of all running programs. By selecting any particular item on the list, it open it up, and there are one or two buttons. The button marked Delete is always there. The button marked Modify is sometimes there. By pressing the Delete Button one is able to delete the selected program. I know of a "Task Manager" look alike that has many of the same features of "Add or Remove Programs". But on my system the "Task Manager" version doesn't seem…
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Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down
by Guest H9YRP-TV98J-93RQJ-HTQP3-2QXWD- 0 replies
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Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down "S.Sengupta" wrote: > First of all dwwin.exe is an error reporting tool.It's only trying to > investigate "events" that it believes is causing problems that may lead > to crashing. > you look at the Event viewer to know what exactly is happening. > > How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308427 > > Error Reporting Overview > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/satech/cer/GettingStartedMNU.asp > > regards, > ssg MS-MVP > > tonpal wrote: > > > For no obvious reason, I …
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Error Msg after Reformatting Hard Drive
by Guest Ranelle- 3 replies
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I reformatted my hard drive and installed windows again so I could start with a clean slate. I installed the drivers and everything seemed to be fine but now when I start my computer an error message pops up and says: The procedure entry point LocalizeString could not be located in the dynamic link library STLang.dll. Does anyone know what this means or how I can fix it? I don't know much about computers. Any insight to this problem would be a big help!! (Windows XP Professional, SP2)
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flash content webpages
by Guest karen- 7 replies
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I was having problems with ads popping up eventually found a virus and cleared it but now unable to load pages with flash. I know I unticked a box which mentioned flash ad web pages but I now do not know where to look to recheck it. Hope you can help thanks -- Karen
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differernce (chronological?) btwn windows xp PRO and windows xp sp
by Guest CYBER23HYPER- 2 replies
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alot of the applications/ programs/ internet service providers (zonealarm, ect) I am intrested in reference a system requirement as Windows XP service pack 2..... if I have Windows xp professional edition.... does this mean I have all the requirements to meet the Windows XP service pack 2 requirements? -will be taking distance education via web -would like to use Rhapsody (yahoo) -my internet service provider uses zonealarm and forcefield -dsl or broadband internet connection (seperate from using a phone line) thanks for your input
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Networking Xp Desktop to Vista Notebook - firewall gets in the way!
by Guest Uncle Ben- 4 replies
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Is there a way around this? My two-PC network seems to work fine except that I can't share files and printers unless I unload my F-Secure AV and Firewall. Is there a way around that? Another naive question while I am at it - Does the AV software that I have installed on the desktop also protect the notebook (while connected to the network) - or do I also have to install an AV software on it? Many thanks for your help. Cheers!
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Reconnecting to the Internet if connection lost
by Guest Richard Fangnail- 2 replies
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Suppose my antivirus program breaks the connection to the internet (this has never happened but it could happen). I have DSL modem that automatically connects whenever I turn on the computer. If the connection is broken, would I have to reboot or is there a way to reconnect? My Start> Connect To does not list my current DSL connection.
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Uninstall Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157)
by Guest Pseu- 8 replies
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Hello, I want to uninstall Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP (KB940157) but it does not appear in Add/Remove, how do I completely remove it? I shall thank everybody in advance for any help. Regards, Pseu
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Re: BioStar Motherboard eaten my RAM ???!!
by Guest M.I.5¾- 0 replies
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Re: BioStar Motherboard eaten my RAM ???!! "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c9b44d15-81e3-4940-837e-8a91e6d92800@v26g2000prm.googlegroups.com... > Hello all ! > > Just recently I upgraded my PC to 4GB of DDR2 RAM --- 2 X 2GB DDR2 RAM > Modules. > > But when I plugged in the memory modules and powered up my PC, I got > an unpleasant surprise !! > > Somehow the 4GB of RAM only shows up as 3587072K of Memory !! That's a > whooping 600MB of memory ****missing**** !!! > > The motherboard for my PC is Biostar's P4M890-M7-SE and so far it > hasn't given me any problem. > > The mot…
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Downloaded Program Files
by Guest Peter- 1 reply
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I had a look at the DPF folder through 'View Objects? and found 4 entries damaged. Twoi refer to Symantec which I do not use but may have done an online scan in the past; the others were fro Microsoft: Security/controls/sass and the other to do with the the update. Although I repaired them I wonder why they got damaged. I am pretty certain I have no viruses at the present. Then, can I delete the Symanted ones? Directly from the folder, or is it better through HijackThis? Thank you JB
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Safe to delete?
by Guest KEN- 2 replies
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I have a bunch (60 or 70) of folders labeled $UninstallKB935839$ all with different numbers in my C:/Windows folder, all in blue type. I'm running WinXP service pack 3. Is it safe to delete these? Thanks.
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How to clone a hard disk ?
by Guest RJK- 16 replies
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I thought I'd try a route different to ghosting C:\ out to a USB hd, and then restoring that image onto a new hd, i.e. booting from Norton 9.0 Ghost bootable cd 'cause is slowish. So I tried the "Copy drive" on the Norton Ghost 9.0 windows interface, to "copy drive" C:\ on hd0 to hd1's unallocated space (both SATA hd's). On the options screen I ticked "Set drive Active" (for booting OS) ....there's a radio button in Primary Partition. Drive Letter is set to None, 'cause C:\ is unavailable ? ....and I put a tick in "Copy MBR" ....now I left it "copying", and when I returned, the XP screensaver was on but, I don't think it had rebooted, and I dutifully …
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Why Can't I Sign In to Windows Vista Community?
by Guest XRaySpeX- 7 replies
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I have a NET Passport and can, and always have, successfully Sign In to the Windows XP Newsgroups. However, when I want to ask a question in the Windows Vista Community it fails to Sign me in or post a New Question. All it does is return to the same page after a long delay, with me still Signed Out. Sometimes, usually on the 1st attempt of the session, it does display the Login page but ignores it; more often it does absolutely nothing.
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Where can I request a Windows XP SP2 (or SP3) CD?
by Guest A.J.- 5 replies
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I want to reinstall Windows Xp on my computer. I had SP2. But, I would prefer to install it via a CD rather than dowloading it from the windows update site. Is there a site where I can request a copy of Windows XP (either SP2 or SP3) on CD?
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ARG!! what is this?
by Guest Korea92- 5 replies
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Hey all, i recently bought world of warcraft, so i thought i needed to install it on my computer, so when i put it into my computer, it didnt appear, so i went to my computer to open it. when i did it said E:\ is not a valid Win32 application. i recently cleaned my registiry and defragged my drive. i restored my old registry, but the same error message pops up. Any suggestions? my disc reader thing is.. Compact disc, digital audio. my systen is a windows XP.
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Safe Mode vs Safe Mode with Networking
by Guest Mitchb12- 3 replies
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Can you tell me what the difference is between safe Mode and the one with Networkiing. Everrything is fine in Safe Mode but every other choice including the SAfe Mode with Networking ends up up BSOD and Stop 0x0000008E. -- Mitch
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duplicate icons in Control Panel
by Guest LuDean Marvin- 6 replies
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I have four "NetWork Setup Wizard" icons in my Control panel. Does anyone have any idea how the three duplicates got there or how I might get rid of them? Thanks to any suggestions!
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Task Scheduler Error 0x80070005
by Guest ColTom2- 2 replies
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Hi: I am trying to schedule Defrag to run once a week and am getting a Task Scheduler Error 0x80070005 which says access is denied when I click on Finish of "Schedule Task Wizard". I have no password set for logon so none is entered using the Wizard. Running Windows XP MCE (2005) SP3 with all updates applied as of today. Any assistance will be appreciated.
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Retrieval of History
by Guest Nikki- 2 replies
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Hi everyone!! I need help bad!!!!! Instead of saving the websites to my Favorites (Plus I was in a rush), i just thought I'd pick them back up from my history. I could do that...but I deleted the wrong day in my history!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what I get for rushing!!! On my old computer, my husband suggested id_suite from SnapFiles. I ran that but it wouldn't work with Windows Vista...go figure!!!! I'm soooooooo racking my brains. If anyone could help, I would really appreciate it!!!!!!!
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Avoid SP3 reminder?
by Guest RasVed- 6 replies
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Hi. I have software which is not compatible with SP3, and hence this service pack is not a usuable solution for me. I'm still interesseted in reminders about new updates, which can be installed at SP2, so my question is: How can I tell automatic update to ignore SP3 and only present all other updates to me? As it is now, I constantly get pop-up messages, that Automatic Update wants to install SP3... Further more I have a yellow exclamation mark in my task bar, which makes both me and other users nervous, and make me miss other important updates...
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SP3 Application Error
by Guest Michael Q- 1 reply
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I have been trying to install SP3 on my Windows XP PC. Each time I try I get the following error:- drwtsn32.exe - Application error. The instruction at "0x5780e1c0" referenced memory at "0xddc20074". The memory could not be read. The only way to get out of the problem is to manually turn the machine off and restart. Michael Q
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3 problems, Win update,MSI, Help and Support
by Guest Sunny- 13 replies
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Hi, A Motherboard failure that took out the CPU and one hard drive resulted in: A new Motherboard, CPU and Hard drives with WinXP SP2 ghosted from my old hard drive. Things seem to be OK, but for : 1. Win Update site scans my PC and after offering SP3 (refused) : a. "Review other updates" b. "Need to download/install latest version of update" c. "Update Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 failed to update" Any attempt to review my update history gets me nowhere. (I read that MSI.DLL Ver 3.1.4000.1823 was replaced by Ver 3.1.4000.2435 (Feb 2005) but the version I have is 3.0.3790.2180 which seems a bit old) I have downloaded the latest ver of MSI 3…
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Safe to delete shortcut files in Recent folder?
by Guest Markkk- 3 replies
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In my Documents and Settings/Owner folder, there’s a folder called Recent, which contains several hundred .lnk files with names matching files in the My Documents folder. They are identified as shortcuts, but I haven’t knowingly created them, so why are they there and can I safely delete them? The icon for the Recent folder is different than other folder icons in having a clock on it, so it may indicate that its contents have time limits on them, but some of the .lnk files are 3 years old, which may mean I have to manually delete them to clean up unused files. Is that true?