Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Can't Change Desktop?
by Guest cvdw- 1 reply
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Hello, I have gone though many of the posts here, and I am still stuck. My wallpaper is blue. I am the administrator on my computer. I did have my own picture set as my wallpaper, then I came home one day, and my picture is gone and it is only blue. When I am logging on, my old desktop breifly appears, but quickly dissapears. the kids are not haveing any problems with their desktop. just mine. I am not sure if my hubby downloaded something? any help would be great. Thanks!
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Telephone Answer Software?
by Guest D. Kirkpatrick- 14 replies
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I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. DMK
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pop up alarm clock for/included in windows XP?
by Guest hamiltoncruiser- 12 replies
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I need some kind of alarm to remind me of a couple of things before I leave work and have to go catch the bus. Does XP come with something like that or can someone recommend some spyware-free freeware? ....Lisa
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Power Meter - bogus On-Battery indication
by Guest George Neuner- 5 replies
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Hi all, Got a weird problem with an XP Pro desktop and a new APC Backups ES 750. I'm using the Windows UPS service and connecting the UPS to the computer via USB (plugged in directly - not through a hub). AFAICT, the UPS service is correctly configured for a USB connected BackUPS. About 20 to 30 minutes after the computer is started, the battery icon suddenly appears in the tray. In the Power Options applet, the UPS tab shows the system running on AC power. At the same time, the Power Meter tab shows the system on battery with 100% remaining. The battery meter does not drop over time - it remains pinned at 100% but keeps insisting that the power source …
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USB Audio driver problem
by Guest aggress- 0 replies
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I'm using a Generic USB Skype phone, which work fine except a problem of it's driver. Once I plug the USB, Windows find my phone and assign the driver "Generic USB Audio device" for it, I can set to use this device in my Skype, but it also become the default audio device for my windows, all other sound come out from this device. I go to control panel, switch back to use SoundMAX as default. But problem persist after windows reboot. Everytime the USB audio device is plugged or plug before boot, the default Audio device will change to Generic USB Audio device automatically. Anyone can't tell me how to set the default audio device to SoundMAX?
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Hello, I bought a new notebook from Fujitsu Siemens, and it came with Windows Vista. I installed it, but it seems that lots of our softwares aren't working correctly anymore (I'm a developer). Therefor I formatted the thing, and installed Windows XP. Since I had to do it "quick", I used a copy of a Windows XP SP2 CD at one of my customers. Now it seems that this copy isn't "Genuine", so I can't install any updates and stuff. I'd like to make my Windows XP Genuine, but I can't figure out how! I contacted our supplier, and he told me that Microsoft allows downgrading from Vista Business to XP Pro. I had to use a normal Windows XP SP2 CD, and install it, and …
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connecting an eSATA hard drive
by Guest BeasleyM- 7 replies
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My notebook has an eSATA port but there's no documentation on how to use it. Connecting a drive to this port elicits no action from the notebook; plug and play does nothing. However, the drive can be added using the Disk Management utility on the control panel. The down side is I can find no way of removing the drive short of rebooting and removing the drive prior to XP starting up. I've tried turning of caching but XP still hangs whenever any software tries to find the drive that was there. So this is an unworkable solution for a notebook in my mind. I can find noting on the Microsoft website mentioning eSATA. Ditto for the notebook manaufactur…
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Cannot ping my pc from the network
by Guest MSExchangeStudent- 2 replies
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hi all If i log onto my server via Terminal Service i cannot ping my pc(laptop). I can log on remotely from my laptop to 3 different servers and i cannot ping my pc from there but i can ping the servers from my pc 100%. What settings do i change to accomplish this. I have win xp pro and the servers is win 2003 server. We are all connected to a LAN. i did turn off my firewall but the result is the same.
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Retrieve Deleted IE7 History?
by Guest Melvin Edward- 4 replies
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I'm running vista and acidently deleted the history, can it get it back??
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making "scraps"
by Guest Ronald E. Foltz- 7 replies
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have forgotten how to make "scraps". . .can anyone refresh my memory? Thanks for any help. . .. Gene
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Blue Screen of Death
by Guest Tom- 2 replies
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Hi Guys, Well basically when I start up my computer, it starts to load XP for 1 second, then I just get the blue screen of death with the error message "unmountable_boot_volume". Any ideas?? -- Thanks
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screen magnifier question
by Guest anon- 3 replies
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I hit an unknown key and suddenly a 2" x 4" square is magnified centered on the cursor (NOT the 'magnifier' across the top of the screen.) Which key enables and which key disables this option? Rebooting seem the only way to disable this magnifier.
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My computer restarts after I insert a Blank DVD+R
by Guest skapehatch- 0 replies
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My computer shuts down and restarts after I insert a Blank DVD+R into any of my DVD Recorder Drives. How can I fix this problem. I am running Windows XP Pro. SP2.
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XP keeps asking to reactivate
by Guest BOB Urz- 2 replies
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I have a garden variety machine i use at hope that is dealing me fits. Intel perl 865 mB, celeron 2.6 512 ram, ati all in wonder 9600. the machine keeps wanting to think its lost its XP activation and asks to call MS to reactivate. It has done this so many times MS would not reactivate it and issued a new number. It did it again today and would not reactivate using the 800 auto dial. It did reactivate manually over the phone the old fashion way. This was a complete legit XP pro software. What could be causing this behaviour? Bob
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unable to Switch user account
by Guest tlcb31- 1 reply
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the option to switch user account is gone in the user account window. I am only able to access my computer as a limited account. I can't seem to have access to the administrator account anymore... Everything I do refers me back to the administrator account that I can't find anymore...