Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Retrieve Deleted Ie7 Histroy
by Guest Melvin Edward- 1 reply
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I'm running vista and accidently deleted the ie7 history files, can i recover it?
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XP Search Engine SUCKS
by Guest BeeGee- 12 replies
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Hi and thank you for looking at my posting. My O/S is Windows XP Home Edition SP2 with all MS updates to date. Clicking - - Start / Search For Files or Folders / and using the option "Search for files or folders named:" does NOT look in any Windows directory without specifying the EXACT directory using the Browse option. Why is this? Are there any Registry settings that will broaden the SEARCH to include all Windows directories when searching local hard drives C, for example? I wish XP was more like 98SE and other lesser O/S that searched the whole local drive including all Windows directories (without additional user intervention and key stokes) …
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Windows Key +E = crash
by Guest Rzpogi- 15 replies
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I read an article about this saying," If you press windows key+E for more than 5 secs,infinite My Computer windows will show then windows will crash. I tried it and many My Computer showed up but my pc did not crash because I was able to close all of it. My friend tried on the school computer and the same thing but he reseted the pc because he cannot catch up closing it and near crashing. Is there a update or quick solution to this? Note:this applies to Windows XP and Vista
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Windows Resource Kits COMPRESS.EXE Help
by Guest jburkett07@gmail.com- 3 replies
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I'm trying to compress some files using command line to automate a process. I have downloaded the 'Windows Resource Kits' to use compress.exe (the built in windows compression) I can get it to zip a single file however I can't figure out how to get it to zip a folder or multiple files... If someone could provide me with the syntax it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
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c:\windows\system32\config\system is missing
by Guest George- 11 replies
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Recovery not working. With regards to this problem, can I just get Windows Vista and install that as an upgrade and then I should retain my data and files?
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Missing or corrupted
by Guest Stupot- 8 replies
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Hi a friends computer wouldn't reboot. After Chkdsk removed error she now gets the message windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupted. She has a dell computer with no CD. I think her system is one of those that has a partition with the files for brining the computer back to factory state. we want to try and retrieve the damaged system without doing that.
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I downloaded a driver from Windows updates that caused my machine to freeze up. Consequently I had to uninstall driver and reinstall the old one. Now Windows Updates shows that its driver is downloaded but not yet installed. I would like to get rid of it permanently, but it's not showing up in add/remove programs. Can I do it some other way?
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i suddenly have no sound! help!
by Guest c wood- 3 replies
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I have always had sound on my Dell Dimension XPS running Windows XP Pro, SP2. A couple of days ago, all sound ceased! I can't hear sound in browser videos ... not in CDs played on the CD drive .... not the Windows sounds. I've tried several repairs and a system restore to last week, but no change. I am also getting an error when I try to synchronize my clock. Are the problems related? HELP!! Has the sound card died? Has something been switched off or de-selected??? HELP!
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yahoo messenger
by Guest quy nguyen- 5 replies
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I have yahoo messenger in my PC. I used it for years. Last week it stop working somehow. I do not know why. When I click on the program, nothing appear. I try to download and install it back but it fails installation. Do you know what reason is? How do I recover it. I did try to recover the system but it does still not work. Thanks
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command prompt - repair - system32/config/system issue
by Guest bwana- 2 replies
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A few days ago, I could not boot my computer - error message - \windows\system32\config\system - file missing or corrupted. Somehow I got a command prompt - DOS mode - I cannot remember exactly how I did this but perhaps starting in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. I had printed some instructions from Microsoft's site about how to recover from this error message problem. I located the above file - could not copy it to move it elsewhere. I renamed it. I went into the \windows\repair folder and found a file named system.bak - there was no file named just \windows\repair\system as the Microsoft instructions suggested. I copied that system.bak file with the …
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Mystery Removeable Disk drive
by Guest Dave- 2 replies
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In addition to the standard A & C drives, I have an additional HD partitioned into drives D & E, plus I have 2 additional removable disc drives F & G. Occasionally, I add an external HD (USB) for backup purposes. Initially, the external HD was set as the H drive. Somewhere along the way, my comp decided this drive should be the I drive, and added a new mysterious removable drive which it decided to call H. The H drive now insists I should inset a disk every time I try to do something with it. How do I get rid of this H drive, and get my external back to being the H drive? Win XP SP2 Dave
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recurring windows activation problems
by Guest John- 2 replies
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Hi, My company have a few hundreds of Kiosk with operating system windows xp sp2. The Automatic Update is on. All the Kiosk cannot access internet, only LAN. So effectively cannot automaticly update itself. All the XP have been activated before. Running for a few months without problem. Then sometimes some computers would pop up a message "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on". Why is the problem occur? Any method to fix it? Thanks. Regards, Bill
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USB hardcore registry fix?
by Guest gulfstreme@gmail.com- 2 replies
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I plugged in a USB CompactFlash card reader and it didn't install correctly. I later found that the card was not completely inserted in the reader and I believe that caused the reader to not install correctly. I then inserted the card completely into the reader and tried to get it to be recognized and automatically installed in XP. No dice. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the USB Controller and Hub. Nothing has worked, I even did a repair install of the OS. I KNOW the USB port and reader hardware work because it worked fine when I booted into an Ubuntu LiveCD on the same machine... it must be an XP software problem. Is there somewhere in the re…
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Deleting Access denied folder
by Guest nelsh- 2 replies
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A Download exe.exe folder with a string of numbers for a name. When I try to delete it access is denied. Even logged on to the administrator account. Having installed something is there no way I can remove it?
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Modem won't autoconnect
by Guest Terry- 0 replies
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I have tools/internet options/connections set to always dial this connection, but clicking on IE does not dial out. (I have Google as home page) I get the message that the page is offline.