Windows XP
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Make shell32.dll working again (shell replacement)
by Guest tom.danecker@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, I created my own shell replacement and it's working quite well. The shell is registered in the registry in "...\Winlogon\Shell" instead of explorer.exe. My problem is, that the shell32.dll doesn't provide any functionality anymore (I think the functionality was provided by explorer.exe previously). How can my own shell provide this functionality? My concret problem is the following: I'm still using explorer.exe as file manager and it works without major problem, but there is one minor: The explorer.exe isn't able to call SHChangeNotifyRegister and so it doesn't immediatly display changes in the file system. Whenever files are copied or deleted, the explo…
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Windows XP separate control of AC97 audio connectors?
by Guest Inacio- 0 replies
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Hello, I am trying to control (disable/enable/set the volume) of the front and back audio connectors of an AC´97 audio device. I am using Windows XP. Right now when I plug a speaker in the back connector and a phone in the front connector, both play audio at the same time. I would like to be able to control that, as well as the mic levels. Some documents about the AC´97 architecture indicate that this would depend on the software and drivers that are installed. But I have upgraded the driver and still am not able to do it. Do you know if this separate control for the AC´97 hardware is feasible? How can I do that? Thanks in advance, Inacio.
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Help please???
by Guest digimom- 2 replies
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Drive 0 is partitioned to F: and G:, I am able to access G: but I get this message when I try to access F: "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." I am the administrator and only user of this computer for years. I want to rename my drives but am unable to due to this restriction. Is there any hope for me????? What to do please??? Thank you digimom
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What are NetHood and PrinterHood used for?
by Guest active- 7 replies
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I have two folders: NetHood and PrinterHood Do you know what they are used for? Thanks
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list recently removed programs
by Guest confused- 1 reply
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I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition version 2002 w/ Service Pack 2. Recently I used the add/remove programs tool to remove several programs that were no longer being used. Unfortunately, I think that I deleted at least one program that was still being used because I am having trouble accessing certain files. Is there a way to view a list of programs that have been removed? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance
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Can I trust the Geek Squad? 1 2
by Guest nomail1983@hotmail.com- 46 replies
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I am having a couple problems with Windows and common application (Adobe Flash), and I have exhausted my ability to troubleshoot and remedy them. I need an "expert". But I am leery. By "expert", I mean someone who knows enough about Windows XP (Pro 2002 SP2) to truly problem-solve, not someone who simply walks down a troubleshooting tree that has "reload Windows" on the 2nd or 3rd branch -- and not a "hacker" who tries random changes in the hope of stumbling upon a solution. Does anyone have first-hand experience with the Geek Squad? Preferably someone who is not an employee of GS ;-). Can I trust them?
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Compressed Drive
by Guest JCB- 5 replies
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In Disk Properties, if Compress Drive is selected, is actual disk space conserved, or only apparent space? Also, is there an overhead burden associated with having a drive compressed in terms of slower reads/writes? Thanks, -- JCB\1059
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Window coordinates?
by Guest Rob- 2 replies
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I am trying to prove that an application running under windows XP has a bug. I suspect that when double clicking on the taskbar, windows or the application changes it window location to a position off the screen. The symptoms are: - the window disappears - The item is stillon the task bar. - clicking on the taskbar item does not maximize the window (at least not on the viewable screen) - minimizing all other apps does not display the item. Is there a tool that i can use to display the coordinates of the window so i can show it to the techies and tell them "i told you so"? or a couple of lines that i can run under vb/.net to do this? (i have .…
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No preview panel for certain pictures
by Guest Mahnut- 0 replies
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I have been given pictures on a cd and can get a preview panel when using the cd. However when I copied them to my computer I can only get a thumbnail and no preview panel. I can however preview other images in my pictures it is just these particular pictures. I recently had a problem with getting a message that windows could not find a file before that window actually opened and edited the DDE setting of certain files which fixed this problem. I am not sure if they are at all related but I can only think of that recent change. Thanks for any help.
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Start Service from Shortcut
by Guest TOP- 3 replies
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Is it possible to start a service from shortcuts? I tried to copy the command line (Path to executable:) in the services.msc but it didn't work.
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Limited user error
by Guest bill- 2 replies
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Have Xp professional on home laptop.Always have been using automatic admin login. Now I need to setup a user account with limited access. Created user account and rebooted. When i click on that account, system will open a small box that says it was unable to load user profile and that it was missing a file. But it doesnt say what file is missing. Reset to default admin only account and everything works. Any clues besides a reload??
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XP Pro shuts down, power down then restarts.
by Guest Chris- Montreal- 1 reply
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New build: -Intel DP35DP -Quad core -XP Pro updated On request, the system will shut down, then poer off. About 3 seconds after it will restart. This started to occure during the XP update operation of the rebuild. If for some reason It does not compleat the Post, it will shut down normaly. Lookinf at the bios, but nothing out of the ordnary there. Thanks for suggestions.
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How to enable affinity for application?
by Guest bildos- 0 replies
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How to enable affinity for application? I have dualcore processor and when I run app1.exe first CPU is 100% usage, second 10%... How to run affinity tu run application in dual core environment?
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CSCCMD V 1.1
by Guest Enrico- 0 replies
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Hi All, unfortunely I've to restore files from CSC folder of windows XP cause of a crash of system I've new CSCCMD V 1.1 that has the /EXTRACT function for retrieve the files of offline folder. Unfortunely I've the error message System Error 31 has occured the sintax I'using is like this : csccmd /extract:\\servername\share /target:c:\docs /recurse The folder share on server servername contain the files of the CSC folder d1 to d8 and root CSC files. Anyone can help me, it's very urgent. Many thanks for attention Regards Enrico
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"Activate Windows" icon missing.
by Guest Don J- 3 replies
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My "Activate Windows" icon is missing in the "System Tools" folder. What do I do about it? Don J -------------------------------------------------------------------