Windows XP
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"Delete Active-X Add-On" Button Greyed-Out??
by Guest Dale Franks- 3 replies
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Today I went to remove an Active-X "Add-On", and discovered that the "Delete Active X" button is "greyed-out" ... I can't delete any in the list. I've scanned for viruses and spyware with the latest updates, and I'm clean. I can only guess that some outside internet shennanigans was attempted in the past, and changed the registry key that activates the button. HELP!!! Located At ... Control Panel Internet Options icon Programs Icon Manage Add-Ons" button Delete Active X" button (greyed-out) Thanks ALL!!!
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Undo Safely Remove Hardware
by Guest roadstomadness- 2 replies
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I have a ton of stuff on my external hard drive, which happens to be my E drive. I somehow managed to click safely remove hardware, thus removing my E drive. I went to Hardware Manager to try and recover it and got the following meg; Windows cannot use this hardware device because it has been prepared for "safe removal", but it has not been removed from the computer. (Code 47) To fix this problem, unplug this device from your computer and then plug it in again. I have not rebooted or anything yet. How do I restore this drive w/o losing its contents...? Thank you very much
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Shell/User
by Guest Leigh- 2 replies
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Just want to know!!! Just had to ask!!! Many MVP's signature include Shell/User. What is a Shell/User. Leigh
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XP Intenet and Virus Checkers
by Guest Steven- 7 replies
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Are there any free downloadable virus and Internet security programs to use with xp home as an alternative to Norton Internet Security?
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Too many installed programs.
by Guest Julia- 8 replies
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My pc is showing 208 installed programs. I would say that about 170 of them are updates for windows, microsoft office and security updates. Is there a way I can cut this down? Can they be uninstalled and another update be done to maybe minimize this or I am just looking for trouble. My computer has a 512mb hard drive and I just upgraded to 1gb memory. When I check for system optimization through my Tune-up program(not a free one) it tells me I have too many programs installed.
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Video Game Problem
by Guest Leasee- 1 reply
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Hi. I have a computer that is running XP Home, 80G HD, with 79% free space. The computer is used mainly for gaming, specifically PlayOnline Final Fantasy XI. All of a sudden we cannot connect to the game. I have tried doing a connection test, and all seems well. I have tried to uninstall the game, but it will only get part way, then stop and go back to the menu, either add remove/programs or the game disk. I have tried to remove the folder by hand, with no results. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I am doing wrong, or how to correct this?
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Windows xp recovery - please help
by Guest Fidz- 12 replies
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ok, long story short, hard drive died yadda yadda. Got new ones but now need to set up my system. I have a dell 9100 dimension desktop and I have the recovery disk. I have replaced the hard drives in a RAID 0 set up, but have realised that of course I need to set up the RAID 0 again to get everything to work. As well as this I know there are other things I should be doing but not sure Has anyone got the time to give me a step by step method of sorting all this out? It would be most appreciated. By the way, I know that after all done I'll need to install drivers etc so you dont need to go that far...just the hard drive set up and anything in between ple…
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e-mail Attachment not working since August updates
by Guest Brian Buchholz- 1 reply
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Since the Microsoft Security updates for August 14, 2007 our domain has had a degraded download speed from the internet. Our Outlook has problems with e-mails with attachments. When we disable the Microsoft windows firewall the problem disappears. Have there been reports of difficulties with this set of updates? Thanks! -- brian
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RAM usage
by Guest Reg Garbett- 7 replies
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The amount of RAM on my computer is 512MB. I am having a problem with some games on my PC such that they will not operate correctly. Contacting the game owner, they tell me I have too much RAM in use. When I go to "DXDIAG" I find 448MB of RAM with 403 used and 682 available. Checking the direct x listing I find I have at least 200 of them and do not know what they are for and so do not want to delete any until I know what they are and if I need them. I have tried removing items from the task bar which has helped reduce the usage but it is still too high.What do the games have to do with RAM usage when they have already been downloaded onto my computer. I e…
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Installing XP updates
by Guest Parman- 6 replies
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I use Outlook Express as my email service. When I get notified of updates and install them, it switches my Outlook Express to Outlook and I have to restore to get my express back. I have be asked on separate occasions after updating if I wanted to make Express my default email service and I have said yes. This time I am not given this option. Is there a way to install the updates and keep Outlook Express as my email service? Thank you for any assistance anyone can give.
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FAX with high speed LAN?
by Guest Carlos Martinez- 1 reply
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Dear All, How can I send a fax with Windows Fax Console without a modem but by using my high speed LAN? LAN is used to send and receive many Gigabytes of data there must be a way to send a simple black and white fax with it. Thanking you in advance for any info. Carlos.
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Logon Failure
by Guest Frank X- 2 replies
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I used to copy all of the files on my office computer (WinXP Prof) to a portable drive by dragging them to a portable hard drive and dropping them. It always worked fine, but I can't do it on my home computer (also WinXP Prof) Whenever I try to back up all my files, I copy "MyDocuments" to one of those portable hard drives that I bought. But each time that I try, it only copies some of the files and then stops. I get the error message: "Cannot copy --------: Logon failure:account currently disabled" where -------- is the name of some seemingly random file. Then I have to restart the machine to get back into my account. When I check, it seems t…
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Request for reboot on startup
by Guest Dark Hobbit- 2 replies
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Greetings, Our university has automatic updates set to always on, but I generally check for updates on various programs manually also. Unfortunately the other week I manually installed some that were waiting to be installed automatically and now every time I boot the machine I receive the popup saying the computer must be rebooted to finish installation. It does not continue with the messages after I select No (fortunately) but it is a nuisance. Windows updates are not listed in Add/Remove Programs on our machines. Is there any way short of roll back of multiple weeks to fix this problem?
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New Folders don't Sync as Offline
by Guest babbster- 0 replies
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I have set up Offline Files on a Desktop & Laptop. Everything works & Sync fine. The only exception, is when a New Folder is created (on Desktop), as a Child of a Shared, Sync'd Parent Folder. The new folder is not sync'd. When the laptop is connected to the network, I can see them, open them whatever. I can manually (right click-Make Available Offline) set them and sync, but I need this to happen automatically. Any ideas?
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Executables are shown as File Folders.
by Guest test- 2 replies
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Hi Everyone, I have a pc running windows xp sp2. However this is the strage behaviour I am observing. When I click on Start => Run and type msconfig, I expect the system configuration utility to open up. However it is opening the msconfig in the notepad and showing all the executable code. So I went to the \windows\system32 folder and saw the executables. What I noticed is that all the applications (including msconfig.exe) are shown as File Folder instead of applications. I dont know what is going on. Is there any setting which might have caused this? Can some one help me out on this issue. Because of this, I am not able to run any utilities …