Windows XP
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My DVD RW drive loads by default as E:, the lowest available letter. I want to use E: for something else, so I assigned it the letter Z: using Administrative Tools. But on reboot it reverts to E:. A virtual drive created by the InstantWrite software has the same problem, i.e. I cannot permanently reassign the drive letter, but another DVD drive which was earlier assigned to Y: is still Y:. I can successfully reassign the drive letters of the various hard disk partitions. They do not revert on reboot. I have just reinstalled my whole system. I had the problem before reinstallation, but as far as I can recall it was not there at first in the new installati…
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Disk Read Error...What the Heck??
by Guest C J.- 5 replies
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Today when turning on my PC - I was greeted with a "Disk Read Error - press ctrl - alt - del to restart." message. My PC has been running great - up to today. I'm thankful I thought to make a NT Boot floppy a while back just for stupid things like this happening. Anyway, I typed in the error and found a KB article relating to using older versions of Windows (multi boot) with Windows Vista. They recommend correctly re-installing the older OS. My problem however, is I'm running Windows XP SP2. Theres no Vista installed on my System, and I've had no problems starting up until today.
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problem reinstalling windows xp
by Guest mrcoonut- 0 replies
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i got a virus in my laptop that changed the administrator settings and deleted all my files and to try and get rid of it i decided to try and reinstall windows xp using the fujitsu siemens product recovery cd rom but every time i try my laptop keeps turning off at random times during setup does anyone have any ideas or is my laptop dead?
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When run Install/Setup.exe, it open with Notepad.exe
by Guest Ndoy- 2 replies
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When I try to install NOD32 antivirus or TuneUp Utilities 2007 (Install.exe), it open with Notepad. What cause this problem ? Please help me with this problem. Thanks All. Note : Before I try to install NOD32 antivirus or TuneUp Utilities 2007 (Install.exe), I was uninstalling Norton Antivirus 2007. I don't know if this could cause the problem.
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ChkDisk Problem
by Guest Michael Mossman- 9 replies
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Every time Windows (XP Pro) tries to start up, ChkDisk cuts in with a suspect disk problem. It never finds a problem but, if I don't stop it, it will loop all day without ever starting Windows but perpetually running ChkDisk. How can I stop this startup problem occurring, starting with the premise that I do not have a faulty disk. Thanks, Mike.
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file and transfer wizard
by Guest st- 3 replies
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I know that everyones my documents folder size is different, so excluding at folder can someone tell me what is the average size of data that is being copied over. I am transfering from xp to xp. I just want to know because if it is too much data i dont want to transfer it across the network
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Partition gone after install vista home premium
by Guest noob- 5 replies
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I was using Vista Ultimate RC1. I just bought a Vista Home Premium and do an installation over my RC1(full installtion not upgrade). But the problem now is that after the installation, I cant access/read my other partition. When I click my other partition, it prompted me to format. I didnot format or delete any partition during the installation process. How to recover those data save in my other partition. I cant afford to loss them. Please help!!!! -- computer idiot
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cannot format hard drive
by Guest nizan- 8 replies
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I have 3 computers, all of them with the same problem. I've made a startup ms-dos disk, I inserted the disk and restarted my computer. Whenever I type format c: and press enter I get the following error: bad command or file name Whenever I type cd c: end press enter I get the following error: invalid driver specification Anybody know what could be the problem? I used partition magic to format my hard because i did not have any other options. But the formating takes less then 1 minute. My hard drive has 50GB and I really doubt that it only takes 1 minute to format it. Thanks -- nizan
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Use Wifi for internet and ethernet for intranet
by Guest newsbirdie2@hotmail.com- 1 reply
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I'd like to configure my computer to use wifi for internet and the ethernet for intranet. Is this possible? It sounds simple but I haven't found how to do it by searching google.
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Host File in the Registry
by Guest Ekka- 8 replies
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Could someone please help me locate where the host file is in the registry. I know where it is using Windows explorer but dont know how to translate that to the registry. -- Ekka@DeeWhy
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DVD Playback Hangs
by Guest ISX- 2 replies
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Hello, I've just installed Xp pro on a PC that ran Home edition. Loaded new motherboard drivers etc but just can't play DVDs. IDE channel is set to DMA. Got a Radeon 7000 graphics card but running ATI's latest driver. Haven't tried the original ones yet! The drives reads data, everything Just NO DVD play back, hangs or crashes the system. I've tried different drives, the original cable is the normal 40 pin type, tried an 80 pin type no luck, baffled. Any help appreciated!
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direct x
by Guest pam- 4 replies
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I was getting booted from my online game due to a direct x error. Downloaded updates and was still getting booted. Someone told me to unistall and then reinstall it. Well I uninstalled it, and now don't know where to get it to re-install it. Can anyone help me
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XP Screensave password
by Guest Mike H- 3 replies
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Apologies for this re-post but I didn't get an answer that solved the problem of being asked for a password after my screensaver has kicked in. To recap:- The screensaver i'm using "My Picture Slideshow" doesn't require a password. Screensaver setup "on resume password protect" is not checked. The "Prompt for password when computer resumes fron standby" on the advanced tab of power management is not checked. Despite this I am still being made to enter a password. Any further thoughts? Her's the link to the previous thread. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&mid=f1a7756a-a30d-…
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XP "Help and Support" missing ...
by Guest krobbie- 9 replies
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Not simply disabled in Menu Items, also unsuccessful with ... "Open the folder c:\windows\inf and right-click the PCHealth.inf file,nthen choose "Install". If you have a Service Pack installed, select c:\windows\i386\ServicePackFiles\PCHealth.inf instead." ... the whole thing has disappeared. How to re-instate the facility, is there some other way?
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Open Office
by Guest SD- 7 replies
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Does Open Office read file extension with .pps. I have power point installed but can't view some emails I receive that have the extension .pps. I understand they can be read if you have the full MS office program. Thanks