Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Safely Remove Icon
by Guest doncee- 2 replies
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Installed a flatbed scanner succesfully on XP-Pro but the "safely remove hardware" icon is now stuck in my task bar. I've set it to be hidden but would like to know where to go \ what to do to remove it entirely since the newly installed hardware is working fine. Ideas or suggestions?? Thanks in adavance dc
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date and time resets to December 31, 2000 upon boot
by Guest Headache- 15 replies
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Ever since Sunday September 6th, 2008, my computer has had a problem with the date and time displayed in the task bar. Whenever I turn on the computer, the date would reset to December 31, 2000, and the time would reset to a time that\s approximately 3 hours later than the actual time. After I readjusted the date and time to the correct ones, and I restart again, the time would be fine. However, if I turn on the computer the next day, the time would revert to the December 31, 2000 date and the corresponding wrong time. When this is the case, as I turn on my computer, the first screen would be accompanied by a beep sound and this weird "America *something*…
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Volume License or Prof. on TS
by Guest Saurabh- 1 reply
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Greetings!!! I have one server with MS 2003 stnd edition with Terminal Service running. As I am using 60 Thin Client system who are connecting to my server. I purchased MS office 2007 professional edition OEM. It got installed, but when i open word or excel it says this Microsoft office version will not run on terminal server. Then i found on internet, it says that only volume license ms office will work on terminal server. But when i contacted my dealer he said i will have to buy minimum 5 volume license. But as i will install only on server and all the thin client system will access from that, then why should i buy 5 volume license, it will be a costl…
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Changing User Name
by Guest Fran99- 4 replies
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I am Running 3 machines with XP Pro I am tring to access the desktop thru the LAN. I am tring to change the user names on all 3 computer to be the same. When I change the name of the Computer Administrator user the file under Documents and Settings is still the old name and I can't rename it. WHY? When I create a new folder with the new name and copy all the files I can it seems to work. WHY? Thanks for the help fran99
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Generic Windows System directory
by Guest Man T- 2 replies
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Is there a way I can use the generic label to change to system directory in XP? eg. by default the system directory will be c:\windows\system32 At command prompt cd c:\windows\system32 What if some OS they are installed say c:\winNT\system32?
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Windows cannot open this file
by Guest Ben Stevenson- 5 replies
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I tried to download a program that would enable me to save videos, but Windows says: "Windows cannot open this file. File : video_downloadhelper-3.2-fx.xpi " and then it goes on to say that I have to go to the web or select the program from a list. These are difficult things to do. What could be the solution? TIA
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Format USB drive
by Guest Ed Mc- 1 reply
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I have a Fat32 disk I want to place into a USB enclosure and clone my XP disk. Can I format the enclosed disk to ntfs using disk management? I've researched a little but I want to be very sure, hence, I'm asking here. TIA. -- Semper Fi
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AVG 8
by Guest Smirnoff- 14 replies
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AVG 8 seemed to have gone a bit Italian on me. The annoying information bar at the bottom (which you can only hide after it opens with the interface) was advertising some game called Shark Shooter and it was in Italian! It updated itself today in the normal way. Has AVG itself become a victim of some spammer/hacker? Chose to update again and was told no updates were available. Closed it and re-opened and this time there is the normal option to upgrade to Internet security.
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Clipboard viewer
by Guest Sirius- 6 replies
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Where did it go? I can't find it anywhere, even after uninstall and reinstall. It supposed to be a windows component. Thank you.
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Can't boot into windows xp
by Guest mlc- 1 reply
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Ok, the system was working fine and then the next morning I booted it up and a screen came up and said that windows could not start due to windows\system32\config\system was corrupted. I tried recovery console and that did not show my windows installation. It did not even prompt me for a password. I tried running chkdsk and that didn't work. If I try md test it fails with access denied. Then I tried rebooting and going into windows install, pressed f8 and then I wanted to try to repair the installation. However that option was not given to me and it showed that I had an unpartitioned drive. I could only create a partition. I don't want to lose my stuff on…
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Switching Users button
by Guest Mercutio- 2 replies
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The button to switch users located on the bottom of the start menu has disappeared. How do I get it back? To switch now, I have to re-start!
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updates
by Guest zirath- 3 replies
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I recently left our computer on for 2 days while we were away, in order to send a scheduled fax. When we got back there was a message that windows had been updated and the computer had rebooted although I had not requested this. Is this normal for windows xp (home edition)? Windows automatic update is on. I had thought that the automatic updates would only happen when shutting down. The rebooting caused the fax program to exit and the fax didn't get sent.
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Desktop documents/folders no longer available?
by Guest MILK MAN- 3 replies
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Before i upgraded to Vista from XP i I backed up My documents, favorites, pst etc etc and i also backed up my desktop items. To do that i opened my Windows explorer and dragged and dropped all my misc docs and folders on the notebook desktop and copied them onto my external HD. I checked my external HD to verify that all these critical docs etc on my desktop were now safely backed up. I opened several docs and everything seemed to be working fine. 4 Days Later: I have since then upgraded from notebook from XP to Vista and now after copying my desktop docs and folders from the back up drive onto my laptop with Vista they seem to be pointing to now…
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Can't Open HOTMAIL E-Mail
by Guest George- 4 replies
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Just this past week I've been unable to open my individual Hotmail e-mails - neither the new unread or the older already read e-mails. When I click on an e-mail the dotted rectangle encasing the "from" or "subject" appears but nothing happens after that. Repeated clicks bring the same result. No problem getting into hotmail after entering i.d. and password, but after that zilch. Can't get into "sent" mail either. Using XP with OE6. Have done nothing unusual recently that I can think of and that might be the cause of this problem. No problem with other e-mail accounts. Any help appreciated. GB
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Date Created - always correct?
by Guest Amy- 7 replies
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Quick question about the "date created" on files. Is that date always the date the file was created, or placed in a particular folder? Or is it possible to modify that date? I am trying to verify when something was placed in a particular folder, and want to make sure that the "date created" isn't modified if the file is modified. Thanks!