Windows XP
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lose connection with usb hard drive
by Guest musicfreak91967- 7 replies
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i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all of a sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal host controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and what can i do to fix?
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Restore Points-3rd attempt
by Guest Stan- 5 replies
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This is the 3rd time I am posting this. The first 2 posts never showed up. Am I doing something wrong? When I open System Restore "checkpoints" are listed and "Software Distribution Service 3.0" is often listed. Does anyone know what this means? TIA Stan
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ISP Wanted
by Guest Lou- 6 replies
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I know this is not the right newsgroup to ask this question, but my ISP will no longer provide me access to newsnet newsgroups. I need a low cost ISP that provides access to newsnet newsgroups. Any help will be greatly appreciated. ----- Lou Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most
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After Dark Screensaver
by Guest Benzmum- 8 replies
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This may not mean anything to those who are younger than middle-aged, but I'd like some advice about one of the screensavers that Berkeley's After Dark produced. I had a Mac in those days (don't now) and I could sit for ages mesmerized by Nirvana, which generated a vast range of psychedelic patterns on my computer screen. It's no longer available, even for the Mac, but I'd love to get hold of the equivalent for XP. Is anyone familiar with this Nirvana screensaver? If not, can someone suggest perhaps another (reputable) forum where I might have more luck? Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Pc slow on shutdown and boot
by Guest bastband@octas.net- 4 replies
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Hi All, Looking for a bit of advice please. PC is getting a bit old now and seems to 'hang',(no drive activity for 3 min)) when closing down and then when starting up. I have run both updated Spybot and McAfee scans to no avail. Is there anything else I can try. Any help appreciated, Thanks
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Silent Restore Points?
by Guest LMO- 16 replies
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Aloha all. Is there a way to automatically have my system create Restore point without them showing up on the screen? I use a small Create Restore Point program, which I have placed in my Startup file. Whenever I reboot a point is created, but it also shows up on the screen and delays access. Is there a way to schedule Restore Point creation (say first bootup of the day) that would be silent? Thank you.
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External Hard Drive Connection Problem
by Guest parkchung@gmail.com- 1 reply
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We just installed a 100 Gig HD into a Dell Latitude 100L that previously had a 40 Gig drive. We stuck the old drive into an enclosure, planning to get iTunes and other assorted files off of the drive after reinstalling the OS etc. The process went smoothly except when we tried to get the files we needed off of the old hard drive. When we plug it in via USB it immediately goes to a blue screen with a message saying that a "problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down." It also says that "Plug and Play detected an error most likely caused by a faulty driver." We've installed SP2 as well as the driver the enclosure came with to no avail. Any help you…
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svchost 100% cpu and network connections service
by Guest charts- 1 reply
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I had what appears to be a common problem with svchost taking 100%cpu. I was convinced it was the problem listed in KB 927891. I applied those updates but no luck. It still showed 100% CPU like the article said it might. However, turning off automatic updates didn't stop the CPU problem. Which led me to think that it might not be update related after all. So I used "sc config wuauserv type= own" to start the updates in their own svchost and it that confirmed it. Procexp showed that the updates svchost was happy but the other was still taking 100% cpu. So by a process of elimination I got it down to the "Network connections" service which is set t…
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Troubleshooting in Safe Mode
by Guest Jiimy Jay- 3 replies
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I'm running XP Pro and each time I launch Rossetta Stone I get the message Macromedia Projector has encountered a problem and needs to close. After following all the suggestions from their tech support I still have the problem. I even encounter this error when I boot in safe mode. The interesting thing is that I have 2 copies of XP loaded on my computer. The other version I boot up to when I want to play video games. This version of XP does not have stuff such as Virus protection, startup progams, etc. Its just barebones to give me the most amount of memory free to play games. I installed Rosetta Stone on this version of XP and it boots up fine, even in …
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Win XP SR2 requires System Disk to boot
by Guest Ch33zst34k- 18 replies
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Guys - I need some help on this one... I just purchased a new custom-built gaming rig that was shipped with Vista. After experiencing all the headaches and non-working apps, I decided to wipe Vista and install XP. To do it properly I had to eradicate all traces of Vista using Killdisk. I installed XP SR2 and all drivers on the virgin system, however it will not boot without my XP System disk in the dvd drive. If I attempt to boot without the disk, it initiates the bios screen which is followed an all black screen with a single flashing cursor... and sits there until I reboot with the CD in. With the CD in, it asks to boot from cd, which I do not and then…
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How to screen print in XP
by Guest HeyBub- 1 reply
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Batch Job
by Guest dr_ahmed- 8 replies
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i need to include a line to empty recycle bin within batch file i already include a line to display it: explorer ::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} but i now want to empty it without even opening it, i will tell you what i have: i beleive that it could be done through RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,entry point but i don't know the right one, in registry i found this key (search for it) @shell32.dll,-31331 with value= Empty the Recycle Bin, i thought it was what i want, but it is not and this value is the text will appear in the tasks panel in RecycleBin window. another thing: i already found the entry point it is SHEmptyRecycleBin and when…
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Blank results list with fully indexed drive
by Guest Davin- 2 replies
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When I type in the search box in the explorer task bar, I currently get a completely blank Windows Desktop Result popup pane. If I use the full blown Desktop Search window, it works as expected. It was working great until a couple of days ago. I tried upgrading from 2.0.6[?] to 3.0.1 thinking that might fix the problem, but its still happening. I miss my live as a I type search results. Any ideas on how I can get them back! The only thing I can think is that I uninstalled on older version of Symantec antivirus, but can't see how that could be related. Any help gratefully received - has anyone else seen this issue?? Davin.
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Cursor Does Not Show Up in Dialog Boxes
by Guest McRolin- 1 reply
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For some reason, my cursor no longer shows up in dialog input text boxes but when I type, the input is there. Just can't see cursor, blinking or otherwise. Anybody know a fix? Roger
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Regedit: error while deleting key
by Guest Sal- 3 replies
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I'm trying to delete the registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\LPTENUM] as per the recommendation in the KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298370/en-us. However, when I try to delete it regedit returns: "error while deleting key". How can a delete this key and try to solve the New Hardware Found wizard from reappearing every time I boot? I've tried deleting the printer and unplugging it and still can't delete the key. If I go into Device Manager to try to delete the driver, it isn't even there. That's right, no driver in Device Manager. This problem is driving me crazy. If I could only delete that key at least I think I…