Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Run program at system startup
by Guest Lou Jackson- 4 replies
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Our install program has set a registry entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to run our app everytime the computer is started. Instead it runs the app everytime a user logs on with several available logins on the machine. Seems this registry entry is being mapped somewhere else. Does anyone have a clue as to how this happens ?
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WGA
by Guest Barbara M- 15 replies
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Does anyone know if it is a good idea to install the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool? What purpose does it serve? Is it better NOT to install? Does it take up much space on the computer?
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clean up old passwords
by Guest Ginnie- 3 replies
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Sometime ago - I was given the link to a program that would clean up the password file for XP2 - as you have done I am sure sometimes you type incorrectly and the password stays - Thanks for any help
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How to change the icon attached to PDF?
by Guest Luis Zamparoni- 4 replies
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Hello there, I don't know how to change the icon attached to PDF. The "usual" way for other file type doesn't work for PDF (Properties -> change icon). Google gives http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=3577 and > The simplest way to change the adobe pdf icon is to go to the "Installer" > folder in C:WINDOWS and find the adobe acrobat folder. Name your icon > "PDFFile" and substitute it for the stock icon in that folder. Logoff or > restart and the new icon is used. Every acrobat update requires a repeat > of these steps. This is the only successful longterm way I've been able > to change the pdf icon. But I'm not sure wha…
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Creating Mirrored Volumes
by Guest KDawg44- 1 reply
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Hi, Is there a way to create a mirrored volume in Windows XP? And if not, is there a way to create a mirror box across the network? A mirrored volume on a remote XP box? Thanks.
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mailspectre
by Guest mageo3-sql@yahoo.com- 3 replies
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Find it! Fix it! Post it!
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Reformatting XP Home-no disks
by Guest Jeff Neufer- 5 replies
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I have a Compaq computer that had XP Home preloaded. It is completely locked up with a CRONIC virus and needs to be completely reformated. I do not have the XP Home Disk or the Compaq disk that would have had the OS on it. How does one go about getting a disk to get the machine working again? Thanks!
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No sound
by Guest Ernie Lane- 2 replies
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Every so often when I boot up, I get a message from iTunes (it loads on startup) that the sound device isn't working properly. When I check my sound devices in Control Panel, the usual device (SoundMAX Digital Audio) doesn't show up on the first, Volume panel. So I reboot, and things are normal. Why is this happening?
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Microsoft update with User rights ?
by Guest matte- 4 replies
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Hey I have a short question: Shouldn´t you be able to use automatic updates with Microsoft update when you are logged in as an ordinary user ? (Not admin) When I´m logged in as a user and manually tries to use Microsoft update it says I need admin rights. Does that also include automatic updates, because it seems that I haven´t got any updates even though I´ve been using the machine online for quite som time, and have had Internet connection Seems strange not be be able to use automatic updates when you use the machine as an ordinary user. If so, you always have to log in as an admin to get the latest patches, and that´s no good solution in my case, si…
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RPC Default ?
by Guest cbcb52- 1 reply
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I noticed that my printer failed to print ( a boot would solve the problem ) - after USB cables and USB port changes it still did not solve the problem ( I tried with another printer ) ( It would print to network printers ONLY ) I Quite convinced I followed the right steps in installing HP software for both , and after browsing some HP pages , I stopped and restarded the Print Spooler in Services MSC . It did the trick , but I noticed that the Print spooler , has a dependency on RPC - And , that RPC LOCATOR , is not on auto matic mode - What's the default mode for RPC locator ?
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Please help...can't get help and support to open and msconfig
by Guest shirlaust- 5 replies
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Have been unable to get help and support open in my xp home edition...in trying to9 get it working I have followed directions and gone into services.msc and set the help and support to automatic/start pressed apply and ok....still can't get it open..tried typing in run/msconfig but that is also not available and I am not sure what to do anymore....I have tried to open these things in safe mode also and they don't work there either. I am not sure when they stopped working., or why they stopped working, have also done ccleaner, spybot, virus scan and nothing comes up. Please I need some help
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can`t see second hard drive
by Guest daddygod- 9 replies
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My second hard drive won`t show on my computer,I see it on divice manager,it says is working fine ,nothing related to this drive works. What coud be the problem?
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Unable To Copy 'Control Panel' Shortcut To Desktop?
by Guest (PeteCresswell)- 3 replies
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On one PC, I can drag/drop the shortcut from Start | Settings | Control Panel onto the desktop, but on the other PC I cannot. I can, however, drag drop shortcuts from entries on the Start | Programs menu ? -- PeteCresswell
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Drive C icon's gone
by Guest Jack- 4 replies
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Hello, My icon of drive c has mysteriously gone, leaving an "ordinary" program icon in the window explorer. I tried Powertoy, but still no use. Is this a virus or things like that? Thanks Jack
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Default dialog box font
by Guest Dan- 0 replies
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What is the default font that is used for labels, tabs, etc. in dialog boxes? I had a problem with Adobe Photoshop recently, and to fix it I had to copy all my fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts to a temporary folder, delete all the fonts from C:\Windows\Fonts, and then reinstall all the fonts. This solved the Photoshop problem, but ever since that time, many of the dialog boxes in programs I use (such as Adobe Acrobat and Adobe FrameMaker) use a larger font size for text box labels, tab labels, etc. This means that text is sometimes truncated or covered by another control. I would like to get the size back to what it was before. Dan