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Can't play movies
by Guest Maggy- 1 reply
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Hi folks, long story short. I left my laptop with a friend in the US after a two month visit. The laptop was formatted and installed (XP Home) here in Australia. I send over the odd movie for her to see. Being an NTSC country she can only watch the movies (PAL) on the laptop. As time has it, the laptop crashed and she had the system reinstalled there in the states. She cannot now play the PAL movies I sent her, probably because it now has an American configuration/software. I think she is using Media Player 9 or 10. What does she need to do to get Media player (installed in the US) to play PAL movies? does she need to change XP region to Australia? W…
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Re: Message from system alert
by Guest krdu- 0 replies
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Re: Message from system alert OK, I am going to be kind and not pull your leg and tell you what to do. Windows XP Professional Click Start-> Settings -> Control Panel Click Administrative Tools Click Services Double-click Services Scroll down and highlight Messenger Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties Click the STOP button Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar Click OK Windows XP Home Click Start-> Settings -> Control Panel Click Performance and Maintenance Click Administrative Tools Double-click Services Scroll down and highlight Messenger Right-click the highlighted line and choose …
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Internet Explorer 6.0 cann't upgrade
by Guest Johnson L- 2 replies
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I have Internet Explorer 6.0 installed for Windows XP SP2. Now I want to upgrade it to Internet Explorer 7. However, my computer didn't allow me to install IE7 directly, and didn't allow me to save the installation exe file as well. It showed an error message as well to show the file can't be saved. I download the installation file to a USB memory stick from another computer, and hopes it work. However, I can see the file in my computer with explorer, but it don't respond to the click. It just halts there. Any idea to solve my trouble? Thanks!
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Customised keyboard short cut to activate batch file not working
by Guest redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com- 2 replies
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Hi I've set-up a batch file to automatically hibernate my computer (the code is "RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState"). I've then created a shortcut to this on the desktop, and assigned it the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+H using the /Properties/Shortcut option. But it doesn't work. Actually, it worked once, but then never again. I've tried it with no other programs running, but no luck. Should customised keyboard short cuts work to activate batch files?
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insert "xp professional service pack 3 cd"
by Guest jimmyinCT@gmail.com- 5 replies
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hello. Im reconfiguring the XP windows components in add remove components - add remove windows components After enabling a new item, the install starts and im asked for "ensure the disk labeled windows xp professional service pack 3 cd" in installed. It cant find the file "stamem.dll". I just installed the XP 3 service pack from microsoft, but i only have the XP SP2 volume license CD. What do i do?
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Reinstalling XP Home on Dell without original reinstall disc?
by Guest redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com- 5 replies
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Hi I've got a Dell desktop that I want to reinstall Windows XP Home on (I'm on SP3 at the moment). I have no idea where my reinstall disc is. What I do have is the OEM code that's on Control Panel/System. I also have the stick which tells me the product key. These two codes are different - which I didn't expect. Can I just buy a cheap Windows XP Home disc off Ebay and then use my own codes?
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unable to kill processes
by Guest yawnmoth- 5 replies
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There's a process I'm trying to kill and am quite unable to do so. I go into the Task Manager, hit the End Process button, click 'Yes', and... nothing happens. I use the command line tools mentioned at <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457123.aspx>, and nothing happens. It says all the processes have been killed, but they still show up when I use tasklist. I download KILL from <http://www.petri.co.il/ download_free_reskit_tools.htm>, as recommended by <http:// support.microsoft.com/kb/155075>, and after five minutes of just sitting there, doing nothing, KILL crashes. Any ideas?
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100% cpu use
by Guest n6trf- 6 replies
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I have lately been @ 100% cpu usage according to windows task manager. Its svchost that is useing >90%. So what have I done wrong? Got any ideas? TIA -- ____________________________________ In Christ's matchless name ted n6trf
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Hide or unhide partitions in XP Pro disk copy
by Guest Mike- 1 reply
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I want to use Drive Copy 5 to copy a 300GB hard drive to a 320GB new one. I have 2 partitions on the drive which XP expects to be I and L. The instructions suggest to hide the partitions so the OS will not make new drive letters. Is this a concern in XP since I see drives fom C to P with these two missing . TIA
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usb hard drive question
by Guest rb- 7 replies
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How well do the usb hard drives that are powered from the USB strip work? I see a lot of 'em are this way, now.
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Hello !! I'm trying to set the MTU value of a new PC -- dual boot, Linux & Windows -- and the lan card, the adsl modem, etc. Since I'm not so bright, I went online to check. The more I check, however, the more I got confused. On this page http://help.expedient.com/broadband/mtu_ping_test.shtml ( scrolling down to #5 where it ) says "Add 28 to that number (IP/ICMP headers) to get the optimal MTU setting" On this page, http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=157 however, ( scrolling down to TCPWindowSize ) it is telling me that "MSS is generally MTU - 40 (20 byte TCP and 20 byte IP headers)" ! Which one is correct? Just exactly how much do…
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Adding to programs
by Guest itstb- 2 replies
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I want to know how I can add templetes to a graphics program. I have tried to unzip them, It doesn't work.
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iTunes download screwed up my PC
by Guest dubiousraves- 2 replies
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Hi. I have a Compaq Presario running Windows XP. I just downloaded the latest version of iTunes, and it's wrecked my CD/ DVD functionality. (This happened to me once before, too, but I thought it was a broken Optical drive, so I installed a new one.) The only thing that works now is playing songs in the iTunes library. If I try to play a CD or DVD, there's a ticking sound, and distortion. This is true even if I used a different player from iTunes. If I try to upload a CD into iTunes, iTunes does it, but at about 1/15th the normal speed, and all other computer functions are slowed down drastically while the upload is occurring. Any ideas on fixing this? …
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administrator disabled
by Guest syza- 4 replies
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It sems like my administrator user account been disabled and when window started no acconut shown. i can't log to window. How to enable back the administator.
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F* Doesn't work to reinstall XP pro
by Guest jandespiller- 3 replies
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I cannot get the F8 key to agree to the EULA in order to reinstall Windows XP. I have the origiinal disks and the keyboard is working otherwise. Is there a way to go forward with the installation without the F* key agreement? Thanks