Windows XP
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Shutdown Button Missing But Not in Safe Mode
by Guest THE COMPUTER LAB- 1 reply
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XP Home machine runs miserably slow. When you try to restart, you will notice the ShutDown button missing. So I reset the PC and Safe Mode runs very fast with the shutdown button appearing okay. Cannot find any discussion so far on this. Don't quote those MS KB articles about using GPEDIT.MSC because it is not used in XP Home. Also, does not matter what value you use in 'shutdownwithoutlogon' registry key. TIA
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What registries enable MRUs?
by Guest Jack- 4 replies
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Most Recent opened documents is disabled. How to set it back to enabled Thanks Jack
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CIA uses Norton AV! So there.
by Guest HeyBub- 7 replies
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According to product placement in "The Bourne Ultimatum." http://techdigest.tv/2007/08/13_technologyre.html
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Windows XP Auto-connect
by Guest Fraun- 3 replies
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Hi, my computer used to use a Connect To dialup connection to the internet, but now it uses broadband wireless, and everything works fine except for the last couple weeks, two different kinds of auto-connect boxes have been popping up to initiate a dial-up. This seems to happen constantly every 18 seconds, but sometimes very frequently and it impedes usability. Sometimes, it doesn't happen for quite a while, for example, it hasn't happened during the last hour, but I won't say the problem just fixed itself. I've been searching for answers on the internet, but my searches are too general, and really, I'm wondering if this box is infected with a virus. The …
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DX10 and WinXP
by Guest titus12- 20 replies
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Will Microsoft make DX10 to work with XP? I read that DX10 will only work with Vista. Like about 82% of computer users who prefer XP and are not planning to upgrade to Vista, I want to be able to use the newer video cards(PCI-Express 2.0) with XP. What do you think about Microsoft changing some things in Vista to be more like XP if they come out with a VistaSP1? Thank you; David
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FAX with high speed LAN?
by Guest Carlos Martinez- 4 replies
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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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XP reinstalls drivers for USB devices each time it sees them
by Guest sigmundsplatz@gmail.com- 1 reply
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I have a lab of 30 computers running Windows XP and all of them will prompt you to reinstall drivers for any USB device when you plug it it. This happens with USB key drives, keyboards, mice as well as other more obscure USB devices. If I plug something in, it detects it, asks me to install drivers, I have to click through the prompts - eventually sees it....if I remove it and plug it right back in it goes through the same thing again instead of automatically seeing it. Its happenening on all 30 of these (Dell Optiplex GX620) machines and its driving me crazy. anyone have any suggestions?
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system idle process. cpu = 99 ?
by Guest Matt320- 5 replies
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hi, in task manager on the processes tab my system idle process is showing 99 on the cpu column all the time, occasionally it will drop to 96 ish. is that cpu usage and if so is this right? i have a dell laptop with xp pro sp2 and all updates. thanks, matt320
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non-existent floppy drive
by Guest Tinieblas- 6 replies
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My computer says that it has a floppy drive installed, but there is not one there. When my computer turns on it gives an error message because it's looking for the non-existent floppy drive. Under "My Computer" I have a 3 1/2 floppy drive listed. But like I said, my computer does not have a floppy drive. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I restart it says it found new hardware and automatically reinstalls everything. What do I need to do to convince my computer that there is not, nor ever has there been a floppy drive installed? I am running Windows XP Home Version 5.1 on a Dell Dimension E521. Thank you for your help...
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screen saver does not start
by Guest Nathan- 1 reply
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this has gone on for some time now. If I select to preview the screen saver, it works, but when the designated time elapses, nothing happens. what is wrong with my Windows now?
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ReadKeyString@CSiSReg@@SAHPAD0H0PAUHKEY_@@K@Z
by Guest laurie.edberg@gmail.com- 1 reply
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I need help fixing this,ReadKeyString@CSiSReg@@SAHPAD0H0PAUHKEY_@@K@Z Can someone please tell me how to fix this item and tell me what it is exactly.
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IE Continuously Attempts To Use Dial Connectiion
by Guest heymoe1- 9 replies
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This is driving me crazy. I use wireless connectivity to my DSL line. Whenever I start IE, or when I try to navigate to various Internet sites, this Dial-Up connection window pops up, and a connection is attempted via a dial modem. I am already connected via wireless router and DSL. I have made sure that NEVER CONNECT is chosen with all dial configurations, but it just keeps going....., and going......., and going into the "dial" mode. What can I di ti stop this insanity? Thanks in advance for any advice! -- Mike
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My network places GUI's
by Guest Bill- 0 replies
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The guis' in My Network Places (under XP Pro SP 2) have disappared does anybody have a way to restore them?.....Thanx in advance
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need to reinstall System Restore and Add/Remove programs but no di
by Guest sandiedog- 1 reply
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I need to reinstall these two programs as neither is working. But my computer came with XP already installed on it so I don't have a disk. Can anyone else tell me how to do this?
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The disappearing problems
by Guest b11_- 0 replies
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Suppose you had problems which disappeared after some time. Situation 1 I boot partition G, which has Wxp, and eventually I try, repeatedly, to run an app, which has run many times before, but it just starts-up then the desktop appears. I shutdown then boot partition F where I work for a while then shutdown F and boot G. I then try to run the app and discover that it runs just fine. Situation 2 I try to boot partition H, which has Vista and has booted many times before, but the boot process only reaches the Microsoft "moving indicator". I tryed booting in safe mode. I tryed booting using last known good configuration. But the results were failure. I…