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My PC locked up at pre-boot
by Guest a- 1 reply
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Hi I have posted this problem about one week ago. The problem was fixed by no reason for a while, and now it comes back again. Problem description My PC is locked up at pre-POST stage. The keyboard light is flashed once. I have replaced the battery. 99% of the time, no monitor signal received. 1% of the time, the monitor receives signal and it shows that the boot sequence halts at "Initialize Plug and Play devices" So, how should I narrow down the troubleshooting? Thanks
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Error message on boot about OPXPApp.exe
by Guest puskarman- 4 replies
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Just started to get a message on boot up that OPXPApp.exe could not run and wants to send an error report to Microsoft. Once the computer is fully loaded, it takes 3 or more minutes to sign on to the Internet even though I have high speed cable. Anyone know what this is all about?
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Recovery Console CHKDSK
by Guest Tecknomage- 1 reply
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OK, boot to WinXP Pro SP2 Install CD and use [R] for to load the Recovery Console. Run CHKDSK /R During the run CHKDSK displays... "CHKDSK is performing additional checking or recovery..." What is meant by "recovery" in this case?
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DVD burning conflict
by Guest Sue- 0 replies
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Hi, I used my DAV drive to backup my system. Recently I installed a movie creation program which includes the gear security utility. Immediately thereafter, I was no longer able to use my backup program, nor any other as Drive E is now "inaccessible". I have tried uninstalling the program AND gear security however even after uninstalling and reinstalling my DVD drive, I can't use it for backing up. It seems obvious that gear security modified some setting in Windows, but I have no idea which one, so can't reset it. How do I fix it? Restore was inadvertently turned off, so that isn't an option. Thanks! Sue
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XP hangs when clear recently used files from the start menu
by Guest dhaynes381- 2 replies
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Whenever I clear the recently used files from the start menu by hitting the clear button, the system hangs for a couple minutes before it executed the clear request. Aside from being annoying, it holds me up from doing other things. Any suggestions?
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Logon script
by Guest 2Tian- 1 reply
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I am using Windows 2003 server. I have created logon script in Group Policy and applied to OU. During boot up it will auto-map drives. It works fine all along. Recently, randomly, some users complained that they did not have the mapped drives in their "My Computer". When reboot the workstation, the mapped drives appeared. Anyone can advise what is the problem?
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Microsoft.Net Framework
by Guest Kevin D.- 1 reply
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I recently downloaded the latest XP security updates from Microsoft. The Microsoft.Net Framework Ver 2.0 (KB928365) security update keeps installing itself evertime I start my computer. I install it but it keeps coming back. This is beyond annoying! How can I get rid of it? Thanks. Kevin D.
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Removing deleted files from a Windows Briefcase
by Guest Conan Kelly- 1 reply
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Hello all, I like to use the Windows Briefcase to keep my traveling files up to date. The problem is that I absentmindedly added files to a briefcase from a CD-ROM, edited these files, and removed the CD (not that it could write to the CD anyways). I think I deleted the CD-ROM files from the breifcase after realizing my mistake (I'll have to verify this). Now everytime I go to up date the files, I get a message about the 2 CD-ROM files not being accessible. Is there any way I can delete the references to the CD-ROM files? I was looking for some sort of INI file or some other system file that would list all of the files with there sync copy paths …
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Problem with ctfmon
by Guest computerkiller- 5 replies
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I have done all that is in the help files and this thing will not go away. Does anyone have any other answers. (XP Home SP2)
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File Copy Utility
by Guest mikeita@gmail.com- 4 replies
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Does anyone know of a utility that will copy a specified number of files from a source folder to a target folder. I have an application that can only handle processing 500 files at a time. I have 220,000 files that need processing. I would like to schedule the next 500 to be copied to the target when 500 complete. I have hunted around for all the regular applications (Robocopy, xcopy, xxcopy etc) but none have the ability to copy just any 500 files at a time. Is there a better way to throttle these files 500 at a time from the source to target??
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Cant read GIF in IE
by Guest WEKITTYWE- 1 reply
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When i open a website to download the animated emoticons, the images should be animating but it is not .. So wat should I do. .. I first I though it was the Zonealarm anti virus, but I unload the programe and restart my computer. The problem still remains.. ;(
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Setting up PC
by Guest JohnH- 19 replies
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I was given a computer with a pirated XP Pro on it and found out only after running the validation software. Needless to say, I want this pc above board and want to install Windows 98 SE and then XP Home Upgade. I also want to remove any traces of the old owner as you never know what they put on the hard drive(ie..kiddie porn). I need detailed advice on how to proceed. I would also like to keep some of the programs that were loaded on it if possible. I hope someone can help and guide me through this as I have found confusing information on how to proceed and in what order. Thanks in advance to all who can help.
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Need to select myself on startup since installation of .NET
by Guest speedy_mike- 9 replies
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Since I installed .NET, I am now required to click on my name as part of the booting process. My name is the only one there and I'm the only user on my system. How can I circumvent this requirement? I'm running XP Pro. Thanks much in advance. Mike
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VMware on XP home edition
by Guest rubberlugs- 4 replies
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I'm hoping to run VM Server on my home edtion computer but have just seen posts in this forum that suggests I can't put IIS on this machine, which is required by CM ware. Is there no way round this????
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Intellimouse problems
by Guest SAL- 2 replies
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I hope this is a good place for this post. I have Intellipoint 4.12 installed on my computer and our IT department ran some updates on my computer (Win xp sp2) and now the Intellipoint software doesn't recognize my Intellimouse Optical. I've uninstalled and re-installed a couple of times and each time, during install, it allows me to pick the Intellimouse Optical but after reboot, the Intellimouse Optical is missing from the list so I can't use the outer left and right buttons. I also installed and uninstalled Intellipoint 6.1 but there's no support for scrolling in VB6. Can anyone tell me if there's some file I need to force a replace on or if there's …