Windows XP
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Windows keeps reloading without rebooting
by Guest Jim Ormsbee- 5 replies
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I don't know how to describe this, but my computer keeps reloading without rebooting. It does not shutdown. Rather the desktop is emptied of all icons, the toolbar disappears, and then everything is reloaded. This will happen continuously if the mouse pointer is on the desktop. If the pointer is on the toolbar or an open window, most things seem to work. I can use my keyboard to load programs and run them, but I have to be very careful with the movement of my mouse. I reinstalled the mouse driver with no changes. I checked the other devices in the Device Manager and saw no errors except one audio controller warning. My mouse is a Microsoft Intellimouse …
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degrade or not
by Guest XP via WindowsKB.com- 7 replies
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I am going to have to purchase a computer and Vista will probably come with it. Should I degrade to Windows XP PRO or leave Vista as it is? -- XP Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1
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Task did not execute
by Guest KCav- 0 replies
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Yesterday I scheduled a Disk Cleanup for 3am. When I booted the notebook this morning an error message said, " task did not execute at sheduled time ... Task Scheduler not running." I went to run and entered cleamgr.exe, and pressed enter. The program executed. Then I went to Services and found that Task Scheduler had started automatically. I wonder, why didn't Disk Cleanup run last night? I went to the properties page for Disk Cleanup and found it was enable to start at a specified time. The scheduled time was 3:12am daily to begin 7/23/2007; the Power Management setting was "Wake the computer to run this task." I wonder what could be preventing Ta…
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Why new data to my \Temp ?
by Guest Will- 1 reply
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In my Mce 2004 XP SP2 \local settings\temp file, have recently been getting new/questionable additions for various including this newsgroup. They are read only "www1F.tmp" (hex count is incrementing over time); containing for example: [DEFAULT] BASEURL=http://www.microsoft.com/athome/default.mspx [DOC_pagetools] XMLUSERDATA__Size=720D00007F XMLUSERDATA=3C0...etc.. (on and on for 8K) I would like to know why this is happening, or how to prevent it. Seems mainly to be coming from Microsoft.
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Where are the files and folders I should backup saved?
by Guest Taxed Mind- 4 replies
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With Win XP I am obviously backing up all that can be found in My Documents, I have my Outlook.pst file and I have exported my Bookmarks from IE. Am I missing anything other than specific program settings that I can redo on reinstallation? Would any standard programs save stuff outside My Docs? Any help is much appreciated. I am burning everything on to DVDs and am not using any specific backup software. Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
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Windows Rights Management
by Guest Barry Karas- 2 replies
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20/Jul/2007 I have Windows Rights Management (WindowsRightsManagementServicesSP2-KB917275-Client-ENU-x86.exe). What is it? Thank you, Barry Karas
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Copy the address fom One hdd to another
by Guest lauraqto- 2 replies
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Recently installed win xp and ms office 2003 (ms outlook) into a new hdd which is now my pri master. How can I copy the add from my old hdd into the new one? (Basically both hdd are the same except the old one is about to go to heaven. Thanks
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Display setting needs to set at every restart in window xp pro sp2
by Guest Dakshesh- 0 replies
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hi, i m using xp in domain. a user in an administrator group gets the resolution of 1024x768. but a normal or domain user get 800x600. the user must be add in admin group then and only it will get 1024x768. my system is hp d530cmt. display adapter is intel 82865. even i had installed latest display driver but there is not solution for that. if u have any tips or trick for the same. pls give me.
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keep logging off
by Guest gbkhor- 3 replies
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hi i'm running winXP home edition, when i try to login to system, it always keep logging off i had try the F8 and boot in safe boot, it still the same, it happen to all the user account any idea? thanks
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Favorites - sort by order
by Guest geoffeagle- 0 replies
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Lots of questions about how to do this, but mine is about how to undo this setting. Everytime I re-arrange (by dragging) my favorites into an order of my own, they all go back to alphabetic after I've closed IE (6). How annoying! I would like my favorites in my order thanks, microsoft! Anyone know how? Cheers.
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How to use Newsgroups?
by Guest David of IC- 14 replies
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I can not find understandable instructions on how to use Newsgroups. Can anyone help? I am not a computer geek and only understand normal logic, not PC logic.
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SFC /scannow problem
by Guest Stephen- 6 replies
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When I try to run "SFC /scannow" on my daughter's PC, it does not run but gives the following error message: "Windows File Protection could not initiate a scan of protected system files. The specific error code is 0x000006ba [The RPC server is unavailable]." Following possible leads from a Google search, I have checked three things in trying to solve this: 1 That the RPC service is running ("Started, Automatic"). 2 That the Verisign certificate is present (KB 296241). 3 That the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs is present. In case it's relevant, I mention that until recently she was connecting to the internet…
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Stop access to other computers
by Guest Fahad- 1 reply
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Dear All our user support team added to local admin group on all PCs in the company by using. I'm looking for stop the access to other computers from run window (i.e. when we click start and then click run. type in run window \\PC name or IP\C$). I want to restrict the access with such way to one user only within user support team. Is there a way to do that and what is the impact?
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send/receive missing
by Guest Busslayer- 2 replies
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Outlook 2003 lost the send/receive button. Already tried tools,customize,commands,tools. The send/receive is not there to drag back in place. Prior to this happening I was on the phone with our isp changing passwords.
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Sound issue
by Guest nanb- 3 replies
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Recently, usually after playing a game, I notice that the sound has an echo to it. I'd appreciate any feedback as to how this could happen. Thanks