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Notepad word wrap bug
by Guest Robert Hart- 9 replies
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I recently investigated and documented strange behaviors in Notepad that have been bothering me for a while. Basically, if word wrap is on, and you save a file, Notepad inserts CR CR LF characters at the wrap points. (These characters are only in Notepad's display window, the file is saved without extra characters at the wrap points.) This can cause problems if you copy and and paste from Notepad into other windows. You can read more details here: Notepad bug: Saving with word wrap on inserts CR CR LF characters http://bavih.blogspot.com/2008/07/notepad-bug.html I tried searching online to see if anyone else had already documented this problem. I foun…
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Hi, I hav win xp sp3. I want to allow certain programs to run with admin rights in User enviorment always once I tell them to run with those rights in that User profile. How can I do that? Plz help me in this regrad and thanx 4 ur time n effort in advance. Oc9ine.
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I used to have three user accounts. Now when the computer is rebooted the microsoft box comes up asking for login and password and is only acknowledging one user. We cannot find the other users stuff. Even email is not loading.
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SP 3 anomaly #2
by Guest ManyBeers- 6 replies
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Since updating to SP 3 I have noticed the Info Tips behind Taskbar fix--click Start, click All Programs, right-click any program and select Sort By Name no longer works. I have rebooted my computer 3 times since I updated so that will fix the problem temporarily until the Info Tips hide behind the Taskbar again in which case they stay there until I reboot. It's not that big of a deal, I mean I'm not going to remove SP 3 because of this. Anyone else notice this on their computer?
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Outlook Express - deleting messages and then compacting has not reduced dbx file size
by Guest Rupert- 18 replies
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My emails are important. I copied my Inbox to an archive subdirectory. Then I deleted from my Inbox all messages from 2002-2006. Then I compacted all files offline. The Inbox dbx file is still over 2gb. deleting all those messages and compacting the file doesn't seem to have affected the size of the file. Can someone help me reduce the size of my Inbox dbx file? I deleted messages by pressing the delete key. Maybe I should have right-clicked the messages and chosen delete. If that's the problem, can I fix that?
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CD Writing
by Guest John- 10 replies
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I have just wanted to burn a CD of some music tracks. I couldn't get Media Player to burn - the "Burn" button was gray. I couldn't do it by dragging files in explorer and selecting copy to CD. It kept asking me to insert a blank CD. Explorer - properties shows it blue - Zero free space and zero used. After trying several blank disks I tried burning some photos from Picasa - this worked. I then tried Real Player and it burned the CD without problems. It seems Windows XP / Media Player has a problem with burning - but other applications don't. Any ideas on what I could check?
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msctfime.ime Errors
by Guest BlackHeartNY- 0 replies
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After shutting down hub's computer for the evening with no problems, and then booting in the a.m., he is now getting msctfime.ime errors relating to iexplore.exe. When he tries to open Internet Explorer he immediately gets a report reading: Internet Explorer Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were working on something, the information you were working on might be lost. Please tell Microsoft about this problem. ETC. This is what the error report contains: Error signature: AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 7.0.600.16674 ModName: msctfime.ime ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 000076a…
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WinXP will not shut down
by Guest Don Rist- 6 replies
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Windows XP hangs during shut down. After saving configuration and playing the shutdown wav it just stops responding. This is a clean install on a Gigabyte GA-7N400 motherboard with an ATI 9250 128 meg video card. The only non-windows software installed is Norton Antivirus. Here's what I've done to try resolving the problem. 1. Booted into safe mode and confirmed that it would shut down from this mode. 2. Used msconfig to disable all services and start items, restarted and tried to shut down. No luck. 3. Used Device Manger tried to update the driver for everything on the device list. No luck. 4. Uninstalled Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition 10.1, re…
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Power options wont work
by Guest John Smith- 1 reply
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I have a Dell laptop 1520, not even a year old. When I setup the Power Options to turn off the Display after "X" minutes or shut down.....none of those features work or it stays on all the time. How can I get those features to work? thank you
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Questions about Nero 8
by Guest PT- 16 replies
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I'm looking for software with which I can easily: 1. duplicate unprotected CD's or DVD's 2. create data file backups. I was directed to Nero 8. But I found their website confusing. For example the Nero 8 Ultimate web page describes a program BackItUp, but I'm not clear whether this is a different program, or just a component of Nero. In addition, the Nero 8 Ultimate program looks as though its designed for a variety of tasks far beyond my needs. I'm not worried about the price, as much as ending up with a highly complex and hard to use program. Please advise -- PT
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Win XP Home Black screen after boot
by Guest Nigel Andrews (ITCanHelp)- 6 replies
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PC starts OK, but after the Win XP progress bar it quickly goes to a black screen. Boots in Safe Mode, and I have done a number of Restore's, back a few days to no effect. Whilst I had some problems yesterday (1xBSOD, and some program errors) I suspect the video card may now have failed. But as it does display in Safe Mode am I wrong? I have tried setting the Boot to VGA but still no display, Can anyone advise me? Thanks Nigel
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Explorer.exe frequent crashes
by Guest Dreamchaser- 1 reply
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Dear MVPs and all, Hey people. I have good news following my previous post. My exlorer.exe still crashes frequently with unknown fault module. I've tried the sfc /scannow and searched for viruses/malware/spyware using updated Symantec Corporate Edition 10.5, Spybot, as well as cleaning up the Trojan.Vundo using tools from Symantec. BUT, I can now replicate the crash. It happens whenever I exit My Computer, Control Panel, or any folders then I'll have an error screen it restarts explorer.exe. Pored over solutions on the net and set "Launch folder windows in a separate process". Problem solved but now it crashes whenever I close the Network Connection windo…
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"Not Formatted Errors"
by Guest JWHData- 0 replies
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On my XP Desktop I get the "Not Formatted Error" whenever I try to read either a floppy disk or a USB stick drive. I have no problem reading the exact same USB drives on either my XP laptop or my Vista Ultimate 64bit desktop. When I try to format a floppy on the XP Desktop (from either Windows or DOS) it eventually fails. This error has only started recently. I have ran a full virus scan, full Spybot 1.6 scan, and SFC /Scannow with no issues showing up. All suggestions welcome
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Stuck in XP re-installation routine
by Guest Seah Kai- 4 replies
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The problem started when XP cannot sense the new SATA DVD drive I installed. I wanted to check thru Device Manger, but the 'System' does not load and there is an error msg. Thus I tried to re-install my XP OS using the CD. However at the beginning of the installation, this error msg appeared, "An exception occured while trying to run "C:\WINDOWS\system32\sti_ci.dll, InstallWiaService"" There is a 'OK to terminate program' and 'cancel to debug' option, but no matter which one I click, the installation continues. This error msg appears another time, and another error msg appears," The instruction at '0x77e37eff' reframed memory at '0x77e37eff'. The mem…
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IE7 cannot open internet site
by Guest Bractals- 0 replies
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When I try to open perplexus.info I get "Your security settings do not allow websites to use ActiveX contols installed on your computer." What do I have to do to allow IE7 to open this website?
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Replacing C: Drive
by Guest Dave- 8 replies
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Not sure this belongs on this list - any suggestions as to where I should go with this one would be welcome - Anyway, my 4 year old Dell 3000 is plugging along satisfactorily, but my main C: drive (40 g) is full. I have numerous other drives installed, but leaving all those out of the discussion (hard to do), is there a practical way to replace my main HD? The obvious problem - that's where my operating system is installed. Since I assume the main HD is also the source for most desktop fatalities, I though this might also give me a few more years on the rest the hardware- which seems to be running OK. Of course, everything does until the day in cr…
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RE: Exception Processing Message c00000a3 Parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf
by Guest witchasam- 2 replies
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RE: Exception Processing Message c00000a3 Parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf I get the same thing only I get it from my DVD Drive (not USB) OR my USB Printer. Timing nd frequency same as original message. Device manager hangs up when I try to disable floppy drive. "nlschar" wrote: > Help, I've been getting an error message every few minutes - > > Windows - Drive Not Ready > Windows - drive not ready Exception Processing Message c00000a3 Parameters > 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c > <Cancel> <Try Again> <Continue> > > This has been happening for quite a few months now, I use AVG, Spybot, > Ad-Aware. It seems …
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two XP PRO in the same disk
by Guest tomgomes1- 2 replies
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I am in need to install another win xp pro SP3 on the same Disk partitioned in C: and D: and formated in NTFS. I ask: Is it possible or there will be conflict? For the boot what is the best? I think to rewrite the command line in boot.ini, like it: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)Windows= "Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)Windows="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition" /fastdetect This will work? Or then I tink also in use the magic boot from partition magic Could a valued consumer explain to me?
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Usernames and passwords
by Guest Adi- 2 replies
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Hi, experts! How to save all Username and Passwords for some internet sites where I need Username and password for access to those all pages. I have different Usernames and Passwords and clean tool for computer each time remove all of them. I must put this Username and Passwords each 3 or 4 days again for access those pages. Is any program to save this Username and Passwords to USB Memory Stick and running program return back on their's places. vouk.adolf@amis.net
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Windows XP Explorer.exe and drwtsn32.exe crashing
by Guest Nate- 7 replies
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I randomly get Explorer.exe needs to close etc, and then after I close that dialog, dr watson postmortem debugger has an error and I need to end the process to get explorer to end/restart itself. Fault address always changes. ----EVENTVWR---- Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.5512, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x028bfac4. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. ---------------- Dr Watson's fault address is always the same. ----EVENTVWR---- Faulting application drwtsn32.exe, version 5.1.2600.0, faulting module dbghelp.dll, version 5.1.2600.5512, …
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Security Update for IE7 WinXP KB950759 fails to install 1 2 3
by Guest ju.c- 54 replies
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"Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB950759)" installation fails on XP Pro SP3. Automatic Updates was the first try, after that failed I downloaded the file from Microsoft Downloads. That too failed, so I tried the Microsoft Update Site. Same thing - fails. It seems to do a precondition check and something tells it to stop installing. Not anti-malware software, system fully updated and working perfectly. Any ideas or sympathy? ju.c
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hello in a drag and drop action with one of my folders I selected the folder with wgatray.exe as a wrong drop target. Now I have a problem: It's not possible to get the folder back, or to look into the folder- access is denied. I tested the drag in with other folders - the same situation. The System is Windows XP Service Pack 3. How could I get the data back? Thank you for help. hs
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option bizarre dans le menu local du flash disk
by Guest Ahmed Abdelmoumen- 1 reply
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Bonjour. quand je clic droit sur mon flash disk, dans le menu local qui apparait, je voit deux item (deux ligne) bizarre? comment les eliminer, et de quoi il s'agit. Merci a tous. Ahmed
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XP Corrupted
by Guest NICK MEALE- 11 replies
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Hello ! ! I keep getting this box ... Attentioned Valued Customer! Some dangerous viruses detected in your system ..Microsoft Windows XP files are corrupted..This may lead to the destruction of important files in C:Windows ...Download protection software now..When I click the dl button I see in the Task Manager box its not responding ..Do I just Restore Windows XP..This box keeps coming up every time I go the the internet..Thank you -- Don't Sweat The Small Stuff..This may lead Nick Meale nmeale@embarqmail.com
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DNS Settings
by Guest John- 7 replies
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Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113 In response to the above security vulnerability, I'm trying to manually configure WinXP machine to query OpenDNS servers (or any other DNS server that's been patched). I'm doing this because the WinXP machine is currently using ISP DNS server and they haven't done anything to fix the problem. I doubt they will patch their DNS servers at anytime soon (I'm talking about ISP in a 3rd world country). If I configure my TCP/IP settings to use primary/secondary DNS from OpenDNS, what will happen? Will XP 'ask' primary DNS and if that fails, XP then 'ask' secon…