Windows XP
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Drive E going nuts!
by Guest jock- 4 replies
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My cd-r/rw drive opens and closes continuously. Can not stop it. Tried rebooting. No good. Help!!!!! -- jock
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direct x fatal error mesage
by Guest pam- 4 replies
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Could anyone help me to fix my problem, I keep getting booted from my game due to the following error msg... I have tried updating, with no luck <verify>D:\live\eq2\framework\core\devices\src\DirectX9RenderDevice.cpp (1974): DirectXError. (E_OUTOFMEMORY) I am only using about 55% of my pc's memory if that is important
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Duplicate file finder
by Guest Thinkpad21- 5 replies
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Looking for a free or really cheap but effective duplicate file finder. One that can crawl trough 10 or 15 network shares on Windows 2003 servers and report on any duplicate file found... Have tried couple of tools from the Internet, but not very effective or even working... Thanks !!! --
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Caps Lock problem
by Guest Austruck- 6 replies
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My stepdaughter has a problem on her HP laptop. She thinks she hit a weird key combination that has now done a sort of permanent "caps lock" to ALL her keys, not just the letters. This includes the numbers and symbols, which are all now showing up as opposite of what they normally are (as if she were holding the shift key down all the time). Rebooting doesn't get rid of it. It's happening in all programs, whenever she types. Other symptoms: -- Holding the shift key down doesn't change anything. -- Holding the Caps Lock key down changes the letters to lowercase but doesn't fix the number keys or punctuation keys. She's trying to find out what key comb…
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Clean install of Windows XP "Hangs"
by Guest Thomi- 5 replies
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I started yesterday to do a clean install and with help from Ken and Gordon obtained detailed instructions of the process. I manage to get into the installation as far as Windows "installing Devices" and it stops at about 65%. I've done this twice and waited an hour although the screen has indicted "Setup will complete in approximantly:33 minutes" and stayed there for some 40 minutes . Am I just being impatient and shoud wait even longer. or should I remove some of the hardware like the graphics card and install it later after the Windows installation is complete? Thanks Iain T
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can't see usb memory key
by Guest Mark- 3 replies
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I have lost the ability to see my usb memory key when I am logged in under my network ID. If I log into the machine only I can see it. I believe it may have something to do with norton internet security. I have removed the program but I still can not see the key. Is there something that could affect one profile but not another?
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LaCie USB External HD Problem
by Guest jrmpt- 0 replies
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I recently purchased the above product, but when I try to format it in NTFS on my desktop (Windows XP SP2) I get the error, "The operation did not complete because the partition or volume is not enabled. To enable the partition or volume, restart the computer." It still doesn't work when I restart the computer. It DOES work on my wife's laptop, so I know the drive works. I found a thread in this group that may help if I was able to communicate with either party but I have been unsuccessful: [Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general From: Eli <E...@discussions.microsoft.com> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:30:03 -0700 Local: Tues, Apr 10 2007 3:30 a…
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Instruction at 0x7c918fea
by Guest wmitty- 0 replies
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svchost.exe Instruction at 0x7c918fea fails at this location because cannot wite to memory location 0x00000010. Any idea why this keeps happening?
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Mirsoft XP startup
by Guest OS XP disgusted- 4 replies
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I sent this email to Microsoft. Any solutions? I doubt it. Just when do you know when the computer is ready to work with after startup when the hour glass comes on and goes off continuously. Is it the first time, the second time or the third time the hour glass goes off? Don't you think this is not too smart?? I wait and wait and wait for the hour glass to go away, thinking that this is it. Know I can click on something and get started working, but NO, the hour glass came on again, it is still loading something. I have to wait for I don't know how long before it goes away and may come back up again. I have worked with a MAC for years and when all th…
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Setting environment varibale with output from a program
by Guest Dennis.P.Mulqueeny@wellsfargo.com- 4 replies
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I am trying to duplicate the following UNIX command in Windows XP DOS mode: set WFHM_DATE=`perl Calc_Prior_Work_Date.pl` which would set the WFHM_DATE to the value of 20070703 (when run on July 5th, 2007). I am running a third party software package that supports a DOS mode which is the only place I can manipulate the environment variables on-the-fly. I have tried doing 'perl Calc_Prior_Work_Date.pl | set WFHM_DATE='. It did not work. Any ideas? Dennis
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XP Screensaver password
by Guest Mike H- 5 replies
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Hi, Whenever my screensaver kicks in on resume I'm prompted for a password to unlock the PC. All fine you may say but the checbox that asks for a password on resume is UN-checked i.e. it shouldn't be asking for a password. Ive tried the obvious like checking the box and then un-checking again but the behavour persists. How can I stop this irritating feature. Mike
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which edition am i using windowns 2000 or 98
by Guest emmabruno- 4 replies
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hello - basic question in know but how do i find out which edition of windows i am using - windows 2000 or 98 ? there must be an easy way for me to find this out please?
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FTP connection error - XP professional SP2
by Guest Rye_Encoke- 3 replies
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I play several online games. In order for the games to update patches I need to be able to access their ftp server. I get an FTP connection error! Please check the internet line connection. If I disable my windows xp firewall I can connect without a problem, but then I end up playing the game with no firewall which makes me nervous. I have added the associated files to the firewall exceptions, also added the correct ports to the exceptions. In internet tools I have unchecked the passive ftp, and also tried it while checked. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.
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Not listing jpb, bmp, gif, etc.
by Guest ImASweetP- 4 replies
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When In want to save an animated picture and I go to "save picture as" the only thing that shows up is bmp. Why doesn't it list all of the conversions...I think I need a gif to maintain the animation because now it looses all the animation that goes with the tag I'm downloading. I have infanview and since I cleaned my computer of some of my programs, the only thing that I can convert to is bmp and very rarely gif shows up. Thanx
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Using Windows Scheduler to press the keyboard 'Enter' (Return) button
by Guest mik357@hotmail.com- 1 reply
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Hello all, Is there a way to use Windows Scheduler so that the keyboard button 'Enter' (Return) will be pressed on a set interval? Thanks a lot in advance.