Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Admin error
by Guest Elvey- 2 replies
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My system has been working fine for months, then today it would not boot passed the log on sequence. I swithched off and restarted and it said it had a consistancy error which it fixed. Once booted up I noted that all my personal settings were gone. The problem is when I try to change them it says " This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." I am the system administrator and the account is set up with full admin rights. I would be grateful if anyone has a solution short of reloading XP. Thanks Elvey
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WE behaviour change
by Guest KiwiBrian- 5 replies
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For quite a long time I have used the following shortcut successfully to display the expanded contents of my D drive when launched. %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,D: This no longer works correctly since the last Windows Update, which may be coincidental. How can I restore the desired launch display behaviour? TIA
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Networking shares problem!!
by Guest BigAl.NZ@gmail.com- 3 replies
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Hi Guys, There is a simple solution to this i am sure. There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No Domain controller etc. Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as a file server is on WORKGROUP. All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \ \p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data. Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant access the share. I can ping the file server ok. When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc" Anyone have any ideas why not? It…
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I am trying to boot virtual guest from phisical disk (under VMWARE) and I receive STOP: 0x0000007B (teh same is with guest Windows XP 64bit, Win Server 2008 64 bit and Vista 64 bit). I think I need SCSI drivers (propably LSI because only LSI is avaible when we use phisical disk). Moreover how to install these drivers (I can boot this machine normally without virtualization and it is working OK)? Is any posibility to add this drivers to the system when I have access to the filesystem and system? -- ahtung cross post
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Runtime Error Line 117
by Guest PK- 3 replies
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I keep getting the following error message: Runtime Eror has occured Do you wish to Debug? Line 117 Error: 'document.f._stype.0' is null or not an object If I say "No" it comes up everytime I open that same site for the first time, with each time I log in. If I say yes, I don't know enough computer to do anything. How can I correct or stop this error? -- Ferret Mom
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XP/windows hard drive test program
by Guest Tester- 5 replies
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Hi there, Is there any available hard disk test program for a windows XP PC? Thanks, T
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Temporary Internet Files
by Guest whitesmith- 2 replies
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Hello, When I use Windows explorer to look at the contents of TIF on my PC I see dozens of objects -- cookies, GIFs, ICOs, HTMs, etc. When I open a command prompt in the same folder, the dir command only lists 3 folders: AntiPhishing, Content.Outlook, and FrontPageTempDir. I'm mystified because none of these appear in explorer, and none of explorer's files appear in the directory list. Can anyone explain this to me? I'm using XP with SP2 installed and have no files or extensions hidden by default.
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licencing ?
by Guest S t i n g r a y- 4 replies
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I have just bought a used Dell P4 2.4 GHz, now that pc has a windows xp professional license sticker, Although seem simple but still want to confirm do I need to buy Windows Xp again for this PC ? just confirming regards
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mousepad locked
by Guest asdeanes- 1 reply
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I have a HP Pavilion zv5000 laptop with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. My mouse has locked up and I cannot get my mouse to move. I do not have an external mouse, I only have the mousepad. I have rebooted numerous times but have been unsuccessful in unlocking my mousepad. I have played with the mousepad key but with no success. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, what did you do?
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Add/Remove windows components not working.
by Guest John- 4 replies
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I'm using XP with SP2 and now out of the blue when I click on add/remove windows components, I get a small window saying 'configuring components' which just finishes and return me back to the main add/remove programs window. I have no access to the windows components screen at all. Any ideas please? Regards, John.
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Takes time to save
by Guest Dr Alok Modi MD- 2 replies
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I have Win XP Pro, Office 2007, Satellite Pro Toshiba Laptop, Centrino Intel 1.5 Hz and 1.5 GB RAM, with 120 GB HDD. Recently when I try to save a microsoft word file, the message comes "initializing the places bar" a meter comes and then after a long time, the save as dialog window appears. Where is the problem? I have taken the screenshots of my screen to make it more clear. I wish I could upload the screenshots for a better understanding . Sincerely Dr Alok Modi MD
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Task bar could not show program icons
by Guest chenhaic@hotmail.com- 4 replies
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Hi. Open serveral programs and minimize them, but those program icons do not show at the task bar, do you have similar experience, is there any one know the cause and fixes? Appreciate your advice. Chenhai
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Oracle service
by Guest Alan T- 2 replies
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I installed Oracle sometime ago and then uninstalled. However, I noticed there are still some Oracle related services left: Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services, however I got no ways to remove but only disable it.
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No Control of Scrolling and Cursor
by Guest Stringed- 2 replies
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My Sony VAIO notebook suddenly has become unusable. When I click on the left touchpad clickerwhile the pointer is on the scroll bar, the page should move downwards. It DOESN'T. The page jumps back to the top immediately after releasing the click button. That happens as well using the arrow buttons. They work momentarily but immediately, the screen scrolls to the top of a web page. Also, when I try to type into a box, the cursor jumps to the left extreme, causing words to form backwards. Finally, on the desktop, the highlight defaults to the upper left icon. I cannot select and click on any other icon. As soon as I highlight another icon, the highli…
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No Sound in WMP11 for Non-Admin User
by Guest skydiver- 2 replies
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Hi folks... I notice a strange issue here. When I try to watch a particular website video stream in my computer I cannot hear any sound if I'm logged with a non-admin user account. I have a Windows XP Pro English and IE7 and WMP 11 fully patched system. It doesn't matter whether I'm using IE or Firefox, if I log in my admin account I can watch the video and hear the sound without problems, but with my non privileged user account I can just watch the video without sound. I notice this with videos from this website: http://noticias.uol.com.br/uolnews/ It's a Brazilian website. In order to provide examples, here are some direct links for the videos f…