Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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SMTP
by Guest Milt Spain- 18 replies
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I'm trying to use the SMTP included with XP Professional. I use Outlook which connects to SMTP and indicates messages are sent. However the messages remain in the queue and are not sent. Nor are error messages getting to my email address. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong or something I haven't done. Thanks for any help provided.
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registry corrupt, need help to recover
by Guest AmyNY- 5 replies
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Hello everyone. I've been reading the internet and this forum for 2 days now and need some help. Error message on Dell laptop: c0000218 registry file failure ....\systemroot\system32\config\software and the blue screen of death. Can't start in safe mode or last good configuration. I purchased a hard drive enclosure and hooked up the drive to another computer so I can see the drive and copy, move, delete any files. BTW, a few days ago the program registry fix was used so I'm guessing that's what caused this problem. It made a backup but I don't see how to utilize the file. I looked at the help here and Microsoft page. This version of windows …
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Infrared Sensor
by Guest toreilly- 1 reply
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My Inspiron 8200 does not see any infra red device when it is in range unless I start a HotSynch on the device.. Infrared driver is up to date and enabled. I am now using a Palm T/X Handheld. It is a new installation, previously had a Tungsten E with which I had no problem. Any comments advise would be appreciated. tom
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Safer desktop
by Guest acetoolguy- 4 replies
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Hi all, I want to set up an account on my computer for my 10 year old grandaughter to use, give her her own desktop etc. While I don't want to make it impossible for her to use searhes etc I am concerned about those searches might return. I know I've been surprised a few times. How do I set it up so she can go to webkins, disney etc without me having to worry about what might pop-up? Thanks in advance for any insights.... -- Steve
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Out of Sync Video
by Guest pbl- 4 replies
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I have downloaded several HDTV XviD files and to varying degrees I have a terrible sound/picture synchronisation. It starts out poor and worsens over time to the point that the movie becomes unwatchable. I am playing these files through Windows Media Player 11.x. Playing through Nero Showtime shows an even worse synchronisation problem. CPU usage hovers between 50-60 %. My system is WinXPPro SR2. Is there anything I can do to?
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Recycle Bin not fully emptying
by Guest barrowhill- 6 replies
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I use a Webroots's Window Washer to cleanup my PC. Not had any problems. I installed on a friends PC to do the same. She has 5 User accounts and uses Norton 360 IS Suite. I noticed when running Window Washer through each account I never cleared the Recycle bin completely. Having run on all accounts I'm left with 77.8MB still showing. Every time I run it, the account statistics show another 77.8MB recovered -but it (what ever it is) is still there. Can anyone shed some light on how to fix??? I have tried to uninstall, clean registry out and re-install but to no evail
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window xp prof CD KEY
by Guest bing- 2 replies
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Hi, I am planning to format my hard drive but I cant remember my CD KEY # FOR my window xp prof OS, Is there any options on how to find out what is my XP CD KEY #? I was able to manage to copy my Operating XP CD but my problem is I lost my key number. Is there any options on how to find out what is my XP CD KEY # On my machine? Thanks a lot for all your help..
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Missing Toolbar in IE7
by Guest barrowhill- 4 replies
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Just fixed a few problems on a friends PC. She's running Norton 360 Internet Security Suite and has 5 (five) user accounts on the machine. As I was checking through all accounts making sure everything was now OK, I noticed that on one account the Norton360 toolbar was missing!? - showing on all other accounts. I've checked to ensure the toolber is "ticked" to display (which it is) but I can't get it to show and become visible. You can switch on/off but doesn't display Any Ideas ????
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Windows Update
by Guest Darance Jordan- 4 replies
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I can download the updates, but I can't install them. Everytime I try its says failed. Can anyone help me with this situation?
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Removing win98se from dual boot with XP
by Guest GTT- 2 replies
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Can someone outline the steps that I need to take to uninstall win 98 and the boot screen that gives a choice. W98se is on my C: partition and Xp is on my D: partition Can I simply erase the windows folder on C:? I think I was previously advised to rename C:windows to say c:windows98 and wait a while to make sure nothing was amiss. I seem to recall there is a batch file boot something that I also need to amend. I also am giving this computer to my wife to use. How do I change the reference from my name :ie Gordon to Judy?
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Can't boot into Safe Mode
by Guest thomas- 16 replies
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I have Window XP Home Edition SP2 installed on a Dell Inspiron 1300 notebook. While I was online, AVG popped up to inform me that it had detected a virus located in C:WINDOWS/system32/DRIVERS. (I regret not paying attention to its name.) I selected sending the infected file to AVG's VAULT. A second message informed me that removing a system file might cause my computer to not operate properly. I confirmed that I wanted the infected file sent to the vault. Then another message appeared (that I have never seen before) telling me that the vault was full. (It had not had much in it, the last time I looked.) The computer locked up at that point. (The cursor moved, but…
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Sounds from hard drive
by Guest milkman2283- 5 replies
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Whenever I do a disk cleanup, a get a loud whirring sound from my hard drive (I think), and it sound like when I'm burning a CD. It also does it from time to time at other times. Is this anything to be concerned about? -- milkman
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Memory write error
by Guest Jeff3- 4 replies
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After updating windows xp from the MS website I get the folowing error message: "instruction @ 0x00a596bc reference memory @ 0x00000000 could not be written" Can anyone tell me where to find a fix for this problem? I am running Xp SP2
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bluetooth
by Guest cstepp- 0 replies
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can't connect mobile phone to pc. not even a bluetooth icon in control panel like every set of instructions says there is
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Diskeeper boot time defrag?
by Guest George Neuner- 5 replies
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Hi all, I've got a Thinkpad running XPpro that won't perform a boot time directory consolidation defrag under Diskeeper 9.0.532 (Yeah, I know I should upgrade to v10 but I've heard some horror stories about it). When I run the boot time defrag, it *appears* to work saying it is moving the directories (MFT and page file are already contiguous) ... but when the computer reboots, XP says it encountered a "problem" and gives me the boot menu. I choose normal start and XP runs Chkdsk - which finds no problems. After I log in, I go into Diskeeper and analyze the disk to find that absolutely nothing has changed - all the directories are, AFAICT, exactly where the…