Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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No Bluetooth Icon in Control Panel
by Guest cawhite- 21 replies
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There is no Bluetooth Icon in the Control Panel for me to add my device. I am running XP Pro Version 2002 Service Pack 2. I am trying to synchronize with my Motorola KRZR K1 cell phone. I am on a wireless network at my home business. How do I get this to work and how do I get the icon? -- cawhite
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how do do 'find and replace' across many files?
by Guest Talal Itani- 2 replies
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I need to do 'find and replace' across multiple document rtf files. Is there such a utility?
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some updates were not installed
by Guest David- 1 reply
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I put together a new computer today and every thing works except windows update. When I try to update , then Windows presents me with updating version 3.1 of the Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1. It just wont update. I get a message, "The follwoing updates were not installed" there are no error codes. I see some others have posted similar questions and been refered to the WindowsUpdate newsgroup. That group for some reason isn't available on my newsserver. David
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default search page dilemma
by Guest Starvoyager- 0 replies
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win xp home sp2 alienware notebook. EI 7 I use alta vista as my home page but, when I search in the address bar of the browser I get directed to ask.com it used to be MSN. How can I change it back? or is it in the registry? Greg
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Desktop problem
by Guest JohnF- 3 replies
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A white strip has appeared on the right side of my desktop. I can drag it across to cover the entire screen but can't find a way to remove it. Help John
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Control panel
by Guest NASCAR- 5 replies
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Hi...I have no access to "add/remove programs". Can anyone help? Thanks-Andy
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Windows XP upgrade
by Guest Rick J.- 0 replies
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Trying to upgrade from Win98 SE to WinXP Home. While the computer is prepairing to install the new OS I get an error message that it can't find the file "ftdisk.sys" on the CD. I get the option to retry but I get the same results. The CD is not running when it's attempting to copy the file. The CD ROM does work. Any help would be appriciated. Rick J.
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WINDOWS UPDATE
by Guest JEREMYDSUNDIN- 9 replies
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I BOUGHT A LAPTOP ON EBAY WHEN I GOT IT I RAN WINDOWS UPDATE IT FOUND 22 UPDATES AND INSTALLED THEM THEN THE LAPTOP RESTARTED AND NOW WILL ONLY GO TO COMMAND PROMPT AND NOTHING ELSE IT WONT EVEN GO TO A PREVIOUS START ANY HELP
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Virtual Memory is too low 1 2
by Guest Trevor- 40 replies
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Keep getting pop up from systray 'Virtual Memory is too low'. Doing a control alt del and looking at how much memory each application is using, I see SVCHOST has 8 entries at the moment. Is this right? How do I deal with the error message?
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Laptop Startup problems
by Guest Sitara Lal- 1 reply
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I have a Toshiba laptop (out of warranty, naturally) with Win XP home that refuses to boot - the initial Windows logo comes on and after that I have a blank screen with only the cursor showing. However, I can get the computer to start on Safe Mode - which does not reveal any 'obvious' defects (i.e. all items seem to be working on Device Manager) How can I move on from Safe Mode to Normal bootup? Can anyone point me to some online resource(s) which show what needs to be done after getting into the Safe Mode stage? Also, should I be able to access the Internet when I am in 'Safe Mode with networking support'? Thanks for your help
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MPEG Display Issue in Windows XP Home Edition
by Guest Dave- 0 replies
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Hi, I have an issue when trying to play a 30 minute MPEG, I believe its MPEG1 because not all MPEGs have this issue. When trying to play a 30 minute video clip, any player shows its only 20 seconds long and it will only play those 20 seconds of video, but the audio will continue to play. I've tried reinstalling/updating drivers, reinstalled DirectX 9.0 and it doesn't seem to work. The only thing that works is I can convert it to AVI format and this solves the issue. I have a P4 3.0 Ghz with 1.5gig of Ram and an ATI Radeon 9250 video card My second PC plays them correctly. Anyone ever seen this issue? Thanks Dave
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Need help to download files
by Guest mdnightman@gmail.com- 2 replies
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I need to download a lot of files from a web directory that looks like this: http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/ . If I type this into the address bar of a web browser, I got a blank page. However, if I know the name of a specific file and type it in: http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/image1.jpg or http://www.somewebpage.com/public/folder/video1.flv ...., then I could see the picture/video and download them without any issue. The problem is that I don't know exactly what files are in that folder and their names. There is also no index.html file. Is there a way or any software that can help with the situation? Tha…
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Help with Active Links Please
by Guest Funnyguy62- 5 replies
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Whenever I send a link through email, myspace etc...the person I'm sending to doesn't receive link active...they have to copy and paste...is there a setting in Windows XP to fix this?
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Blank screen after Remote Desktop disconnects
by Guest Leon- 0 replies
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Hi, I have WindowsXP MCE, all latest updates from Microsoft. Yesterday I connected to my computer using RDP from work, when I got back I found that my Media Center has a black screen, nevertheless the MC application itself is visible when I launch it using a green button on remote. In case of all other application I can see only black screen and lonely mouse cursor. During computer restart the screen become blank momentary after Windows boot screen, that mean I cannot see login dialog box. The remote access application are working without any problem, I still can access the computer by RDP or VNC. Any ideas? Thank you in advance, Leonid
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Laptop that has keyboard/mouse problem.
by Guest Big Liam- 5 replies
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This has me well and truly stumped. I have a friends Laptop he has asked me to fix for him. Sony Vaio PCG-FX705 running XP home fully updated. The symptoms are as follows: After boot, the machine seems to be working normally until the mouse is used to select any function from the start menu. If I click 'start' and hover on 'all programs', the 'all programs' list will appear very briefly and then disappear. Every time, rendering the all programs menu useless. The mouse then exhibits eratic behaviour. If I try to click on Icons, it is as though the mouse buttons have been assigned functions other than their proper purpose.. For example, if i doub…