Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Is there an XP disk 2?
by Guest Zumata- 2 replies
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System scan shows that there are corrupt XP files. System asks for me to insert Windows XP disk 2. I do not have a Disk 2. If I insert the 1 disk I have (with XP on it), that disk is rejected. Can anyone tell me what I should do? Thanks.
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problem defreging primary drive
by Guest Ted- 1 reply
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I am getting Chedsk /f message when I try to defrag my primary disk. I am also cannot checkdisk. Does anyone have any ideas what I should do?
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I have no Hard drive space...
by Guest Andy Tunstall- 2 replies
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Hi Folks, Im a beginer at pc's and have a pretty basic system, my problem is i have 2 hards drives 1 with 30gig and the other with 10gig, i have dowloaded a lot of music and files and when i try to download somemore it says there is not enough diskspace to put it on, so how do i do it so i can use my other hard drive with 30 gig space to store stuff, this drive has got 25 gig of space this id doin my head in, if any one knows i would be grateful for some input but like i say im a beginer so please leave a reply with some info how to do it, thanks Andy
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Printers and Faxes Won't Launch
by Guest mburkett- 2 replies
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I am not able to launch Printer's and Faxes from Control Panel or from the Start Menu. I have triend a System Restore to a previous date, installing a printer and numerous reboots. I noticed earlier today that spoolsv.exe was hanging up and I sent over a few error reports to Microsoft. Ideas on how to fix? Thanks - Michael Burkett
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Windows XP - Task bar freezing
by Guest Gustavo- 3 replies
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Hi all, i'm having a strange behavior on one of our computers. I have Excel and some applications for the financial market (GL, Esignal mainly) with a lot of links (DDE and RTD on the spreadsheet). Sometimes - i couldn't find any thing that makes it happens, the task bar just freezes, and switching applications takes too much time. ALT- TAB still works, but when the application gots the focus, seens like it takes 10 to 15 seconds to start reponding.. After that, this app works OK, but when i change focus agains, the same 15 secs. If i close the excel and reopen it, than everything works good again for some time.. It`s driving me crazy! I can;t find an…
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Windows Open Small Size
by Guest tmb867- 3 replies
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Hi, My bosses windows are opening up small. Everytime she double clicks on an icon it opens up real small and in the lower right corner. She wants it to open up big if not full sized. Where is this setting.
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Zip File Contents
by Guest JamesJ- 9 replies
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In Explorer, how do I get zip files to show in the left (folder) pane and the contents of the zip files to show in the right pane? In other words how do I get Explorer to treat zip files as folders??
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Floppy accessed when downloads to HD
by Guest Rock- 1 reply
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HI, I have XP Pro. When I am using FF and I download to a HD directory, it always tries to access the floppy drive several times before after a while actually downloading it to the dir I selected. I have checked FF and their forums and have cleared the download cache. Is there something in XP that I can check? Thanks rock
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Limited Users Change Desktop
by Guest cmcanulty- 3 replies
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IN XP is there a way to stop limited users from changing anything or saving anything on their own desktop? Thanks
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Double Left Click on Folder results in Search, not Open
by Guest Tony M- 3 replies
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I read an MS paper on being able to print a directory listing in XP. Thought I had done everything right as the directory listing works. However when I now double right click on a folder the Search screen pops up rather than the folder opening. Folder can be opened by left click/open from the pop-up menu but it is irritating me. Any ideas how to change back to the default action?
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Cant play flash from sites
by Guest Floydiboy007- 5 replies
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Hi.. I have a problem..When I go to a site that has I think they are flash or something, I get a Q come up and a lot of blank space..I have downloaded the latest Adobe Flash Player and installed it but I still get nothing..Can someone please help..
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I have a problem installing XP on my desktop machine using my original XP CD that was pre-service pack 1. The CD install routine asks for a service pack one CD which I found was not downloadable on my laptop using the MS online site. There is a small exe file there that is related to SP 1. My laptop OS doesn't need it since it has SP 2 so it doesn't end up downloading anything. I may have to reinstall the desktop since I used the laptop's complete XP CD that had SP 1 and SP 2 and the activation isn't taking it for the original CD. Does anyone have any suggestions for this? For more information, during the install, it asks for a SP 1 CD and won't go an…
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Can't open attachment sent by Mac
by Guest Mardler C- 14 replies
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Hi I'm sorry I haven't a clue if this is the right place to ask this - but here goes anyway and your help would be appreciated. A friend & colleague uses Microsoft Word X for Mac and whenever she sends me a Word document attachment I can't read it. I run on XP Pro - have Office Pro Suite 2000. Is there anything I can do to be able to automatically open these documents. Thanks Mardler C
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XP Activation question
by Guest 3dgomerfan- 2 replies
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I purchased a used computer that had Windows XP pre-installed (originally by the manufacturer) and it is prompting to activate windows. I called Microsoft to activate, and they confirmed the Software key was valid, but they couldn't activate it. It seemed like the Installation ID Code that was on the activation screen wasn't working or correct. They told me to contact the manufacturer to see if they could turn off the activation screen somehow or pay for Microsoft tech support. I contacted the Manufacturer, who of course said they couldn't activate a Microsoft program. Any ideas or suggestions of how to get this thing activated?
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xp pricing
by Guest deb- 2 replies
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Can anyone tell me the best place to buy a copy of xp home edition? How much will it cost me and can you get a copy fairly cheap? thanks Deb