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deleting items in history folder
by Guest Ronald Foltz- 1 reply
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In documents and settings\user\local settings\history, . some of the items i wish to delete in "My Computer" will not delete. .i receive the message, "the specified path does not exist". . what's up with that??? . . how would i provide the proper path??? Thanks for any help
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Can I get XP to shutdown when I close laptop lid?
by Guest Three Lefts- 5 replies
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The only Power Button options for closing the lid are (1) Do nothing, (2) Standby, and (3) Hibernate. Google turned up several sites that say these are the only possible options. Is that true? Is there no way for me to get XP to do a Shutdown when I close the lid?
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WGA
by Guest Terry R.- 4 replies
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What would cause the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool to be installed every time Windows Update runs? I have at /least/ a dozen workstations on one network that require it every "Update Tuesday" before the real updates will download. And multiple single user computers. Thanks, -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
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XP problem
by Guest Trish- 1 reply
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Hii, frequently when I try to close a program, or shut down, i get this screen that says tht the program is taking longer than expected to shut down and gives me the option to End Now. I hve done a disk clean up and run a defrag - is there anything else I can do to stop this from happening? What is causing it? Many thanks in advance :-) -- Trish
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Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)
by Guest Aardvark- 11 replies
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Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!) Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected. On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote: > "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message > news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2... >> Moronic top-posting corrected: >> >> >> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote: >> >>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message >>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com... >>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just now I did a s…
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IRQL not or less equal
by Guest knucmo- 5 replies
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Hello there, My friends computer is having a few problems at the minute. One of which is a recurring BSOD containing the error message 'IRQL not or less equal'. Coincidental (or perhaps caused by) is the fact that he cannot connect to our router although the rest of us on our house can. But the IRQL error is the one I would like to solve firstly. I have ran a memory test as recommended by many IT experts and there was no trouble with the memory. Any other things I can try?
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Saving the best info
by Guest vcandys49- 5 replies
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There is such an incredible worth of knowlege on this site that I have a hard time leaving it. I can't be the only one that would like to keep a "scrapbook" of the things I don't want to forget when I need them later. I know somebody out there can tell me how to do it, so come on, give it up!
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chk only
by Guest jim- 0 replies
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Cannot extract old DOS zip file "Unknown method"
by Guest ju.c- 4 replies
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I've got an old DOS zipped file that is not corrupt but I cannot extract it. I've tried WinRAR, IZarc, Universal Extractor and Windows unzip.exe, all say unknown method. I also booted into Dr-DOS but I get the same message. Also, I've tried zip repair tools. How can I extract it?
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How come IPConfig /flushdns doesn't work??....
by Guest Penang- 14 replies
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Hi, all ! I've tested IPConfig /flushdns command and found out that it doesn't work. But before I go on, here are some background details... My connection to the net is via ADSL, dynamic link. In theory, the use of the following 3 commands:- ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew supposed to flush out the "old" dns, and obtain a "new" one. So I made a batch file (ip.bat) with the following command:- ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew ipconfig /all and run 2 tests, about 20 minutes apart. The result is, the dns and the IPs staye…
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Blue Screen problems
by Guest husky86- 9 replies
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I’m running XP Pro (SP 3) on a AMD-based laptop (2 GB RAM). XP is crashing at least once a day. However, instead of providing me with the standard “blue screen of death,” the blue screen does appear, but just briefly (a couple of seconds). Thereafter, the computer restarts. When it gets to the desktop it displays an error message saying that “Windows cannot find ‘http://oca.microsoft.com/resredir.aspx………’” The actual error message/link is quite long. As you know, oca.microsoft.com is Microsoft’s error messaging control center. Under such circumstances, what is the best way that I can begin to determine what is actually responsible for causing these r…
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KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today. Grrr 1 2
by Guest Charles Lee- 31 replies
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My internet was blocked completely by the last security update.... yesterday, I was fine.... I have 3 pc's on a home network, all on xp... 2 of them, I let update with the latest offering from ms... the security update KB951748... then I lost all connectivy to the net via my router upon reboot, except for the pc I didn't update... pc number 2, I recovered via system restore, back to yesterday... all became fine again... with my main pc, I had not any restore points.... so had to remove the update via 'add/remove' which then killed off 2 programs after uninstalling, which I then had to reinstall.... yawn.... after removing KB951748, my inte…
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
by Guest Mike R.- 1 reply
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One of my college daughter's laptops is having problems. It's an Inspiron 8600 running XPHome SP2. The best way to describe the problem is to copy the letter she sent to me this afternoon. I've googled, etc, and my hunch is that it may not be malware, but a driver problem. Here's what she wrote: ******************************************* ...I have been unable to use my laptop since Sunday night when I got back to school. I opened it up like usual that night and a blue screen appeared with a bunch of text on it. I'm sure you've seen it before. I told mom that I would try System Restore hoping that I could at least get it working good enough to use…
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How can I open old Wordperfect files?
by Guest Engineer- 12 replies
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Hi, All. New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related. My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on, not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that anything can open it - but we have to get at it firs…
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Can Not Resize Tiny OSK
by Guest Larry- 2 replies
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After adjusting multiple Display Properties settings on Win XP SP3 to accommodate a new monitor, I found OSK to have shrunk vertically; width seems OK. The title bar and menu bar appear to be normal in height but the entire rest of the keyboard is crammed into a space about the height of the title bar. Somewhere there's GOT to be something that tells the system how high to make it. Any suggestions?
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Replacement CD for PC with COA and Product Key
by Guest james.goetz- 1 reply
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I have a PC with COA and Product Key for Windows XP Home Edition OEM Software, but I don't have the CD for the Win XP. How can a I get an inexpensive replacement CD for the Win XP?
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history
by Guest Ronald Foltz- 2 replies
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trying this again. . got no response in first post in the history folder, documents & settings, user, local settings. . .items will not delete. .receive the message, "the specified path does not exist". .. .how can i remove these items?. . .thanks for any help -- Life is a treasure. . spend it wisely
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Won't boot into windows
by Guest operaflute- 17 replies
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I had posted this as a hard drive question, but I'm having the same problem after replacing my hard drive so... Basically, if I shut down, I can't boot back up. Before Windows starts to load, I get a black screen with a blinking cursor and that's it. I can restore from some of my backup images (not all - some will give me the same black screen upon reboot.) but then I can't shut down or I'm back to square one (sorta defeats the purpose of a laptop, doesn't it?) Can not boot to safe mode. Fixmbr and fixboot don't help. Scanned for viruses, spyware, malware etc. etc. - nothing. Could this be a bios problem? I'm running out of ideas, and I SO SO SO …
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XP and Dongles
by Guest paoloricardo@gmail.com- 6 replies
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I have some software which requires a dongle for it to work (yes, it's quite old software). Will XP prevent me from using the software by inhibiting the action of the dongle?
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event viewer not displaying ServiceControlManager events
by Guest Starship- 0 replies
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I noticed my event viewer in xp, doesnt display ServiceControlManager events under system, good or bad i see all others. IS there a way to fix this when i usually boot pc i see loads of ServiceControlManager events info & sometimes errors but now I cant see any? Please Help
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My mouse won't work
by Guest cheydgal- 9 replies
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My mouse is not working at all. I had some other problems with my computer, and believe it may not be seeing the (USB?) port, but don't know for sure, and don't know how to find out. "elietabet" wrote: > I am not sure why this is happening ... but my mouse left click is too fast; > if clicking back in IE, it goes back 2 pages ... now i am not stupid in > computers but i cant seem to figure it out, i tried to change it in control > panel it didnt work ... i also tried in Tweak UI, same thing ... anybody > knows the normal sensitivity or speed for the left click? > thanks .
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Changed from Domain to Workgroup. Password stopped working!
by Guest IWantXPBack- 7 replies
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The company that I worked for went out of business. They let me keep my laptop. I decided to get this laptop onto my home network, so I changed the information for the computer. I changed the name of the computer. I removed the old Domain information and I added the computer to my local Workgroup. When I reboot the computer, my old username was in the Username field of the login screen, without the preceeding domain information. But, no password is working now. Not my old password, not my new password. Does anyone know what username/password the system is looking for now? It must be looking for some specific set, but I've tried everything I can thin…
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MP4 players
by Guest Jason- 1 reply
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Is there any free downloadable MP4 media players? Thanks, J.
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Hi There Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full reformat in NTFS a clean install. When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated. That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the laptop and continuously getting the following: Logon Message: The system cannot log you on due to the following error: The specified domain either does not exist or coul…
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index.html screens not showing
by Guest CB Weisbrot- 0 replies
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I have found recently that when I go to a website and click on a link, and if that link has a index.html address, the screen shows entirely white and says Done in the corner. What gives?