Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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lauguage icon disappear
by Guest Billy Ng- 6 replies
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Morning all, my XP Pro. the language bar (»y¨¥¦C), i.e. a small keyboard icon on the taskbar, no show from the taskbar. I have try to right-click from the taskbar and select the language bar, but no language bar selected. How to resume the language bar icon? Thanks!!
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Copy shortcut to desktop in a batch file
by Guest Diane Walker- 15 replies
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I use Installshield software to setup the executable file to install the software. In that executable file, I setup a batch file to copy a shortcut to the desktop. The executable file ran successfully. However, the shortcut was not copied to the desktop. I got the error message "File not found" for the shortcut command. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.
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ntdll.dll problem
by Guest cavelamb himself- 2 replies
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I'm having some trouble with my CAD system crashing and blaming ntdll.dll. Other than that, the machine runs fine. XP pro sp2 -- Richard (remove the X to email)
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How to be prompted for SATA drivers during installation?
by Guest James Egan- 9 replies
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When I attempt to install XP Home on a clone PC, I get to the point where the install says something like "Setup is checking your hardware configuration". That's when the screen goes black, the hard drive light remains on, and it just hangs. This PC doesn't have a floppy drive, so I purchased a USB floppy. However, during the install process, I'm never prompted to insert a floppy disk with drivers. How can I get the installer to recognize the SATA drive if I'm not prompted for the drivers? -Thanks
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possible virus
by Guest footie423- 5 replies
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The words VIRUS ALERT appears next to my clock on mt computer. Does this mean that I have a virus?
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Re: REGISTRATION
by Guest LadyBossTLC- 0 replies
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Re: REGISTRATION This was absolutely the easiest utiliy to use ever and it totally fixed my problem! "Malke" wrote: > NANCYTHOMAS65 wrote: > > > HOW CAN I RE-REGISTER IN MY NAME? EX-FIANCE REGISTERED IN HIS NAME. > > Re-register what? > > If your question is "how do I change the name of the registered owner" - > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm > > If this isn't what you meant, go here first before your next post: > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - …
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crack winxp password
by Guest Doug- 11 replies
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My daughter changed the password on my dell laptop. Now I cant get in to the computer. How can I remove this password. She has changed the admin password. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from unsolicited email by Spam Alarm from Dignity Software http://www.dignitysoftware.com
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Xp over Vista
by Guest David- 5 replies
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I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro cd from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. The cd I got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. Do they (Dell) really know more than you folks? Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get rid of Vista? I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would that be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated.
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home PC with multiple users on it
by Guest Babab- 1 reply
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using Windows XP Media edition. I am the main users of the PC and can access the internet just fine. When another user logs in (also setup as administrator) they get errors on pages, etc. Also that user cannot change their Internet Options and cannot access the Help menu from the Start button in windows. WHY and how to fix -- Baba Bonnie
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OT: Good web cam for XP Pro SP3
by Guest Gregg Hill- 3 replies
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Hello! I am buying a new system and want to get a web cam. Dell has the Creative Live Cam Voice webcam, but the reviews of it are really bad (fisheye view, bad audio). So, can anyone recommend a really good web cam? Thank you! Gregg Hill
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Some USB Storage Devices Don't Work - But Some Do
by Guest Lost Texan- 12 replies
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My current challenge is a new Maxtor Onetouch 4 external hard drive. Windows detects it as an "other device" and gives error code 28 asking for a driver. It never shows up as a hard drive. The Maxtor is plug and play and should not need a driver. The Maxtor works fine when plugged into another computer, so I know the drive and USB cable are okay. I also tried three different USB ports that work fine with other items (like my printer) plugged into them, so the ports are okay. I am running XP home edition, with Service Pack 3 installed. This issue seems to be part of a pattern that has emerged in the last 6-12 months. Windows recognizes one Ipod …
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Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager
by Guest jopa60- 0 replies
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I am using MSVDM and need some help. It is part of the Power Toys set of software that MS does not support. I was wondering how to completely uninstall it. Using the Add/Restore part of the Control Panel does not work completely.
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Control Alt Delete Goes Crazy Replicating Itself
by Guest al- 2 replies
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I am beginning to have a problem with using Control Alt Delete. It replicates itself to the point where I have 10 sometime 15 windows open. This evening, it replicated itself and caused my desktop icons to flash on and off. I eventually had to unplug the computer to get it to stop. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance -- al
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how know/log user turn off computer without proper shutdown
by Guest it@andrewliu.com.hk- 1 reply
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i am really annoyed some users turn off computer abruptly without proper shutdown Windows XP, so systems got into problems from time to time. Is there a way I can know/log when and in what system status users turn off computers without proper shutdown? so I can find out the reason and solve it accordingly. Thanks, Dove
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Easiest way to boot between to hard drives.
by Guest Wayne- 13 replies
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My friend has an e-machine approx. 2 years old. He has windows 98 on the secondary drive and windows xp on the primary drive. What would he need to do to be able to boot up from either drive the easiest way without going in and out of the BIOS each time? Thanks -- Wayne
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Prevent duplicate instance of scheduled task
by Guest Brian- 2 replies
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Is it possible to prevent a scheduled task from opening while a prior instance is still running? I have a data transfer application that needs to run every couple of minutes. If it finds there is nothing to do, it should run for perhaps 10 seconds; if it finds that there is data to move, it can run for upwards of 20 minutes. Because the task schedule time between runs is less than the potential runtime of the application, I need to ensure that no extra instances of the scheduled task open while it is already running.
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Dates on files written to CDs
by Guest Bobbi- 3 replies
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Files written to CDs become read-only, even after being copied back to a hard disk. Also, the file's date becomes the copying date, not the date the file was originally created or modified. Is there some way to retain the original creation date of a file under these circumstances? Bobbi
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Changing IP address
by Guest deeps- 12 replies
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Hi! I've got pc and laptop with WinXP pro. I'm trying connecting to connect these with cross cable. while assigning static ip address on laptop it gives me message as "System needs to restart to changes to take effect" As far as i know XP doesn't need restart. Please help me out.. Thanks in advance.. Deeps
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General Question
by Guest Hessie- 2 replies
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Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All Users, Default User and HP-Administrator. It appears to me that the only subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one called HP-Administrator. Why do I have all the other subfolders and what would happen if I just deleted all the others?
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Microphone not working in XP
by Guest Persephone- 3 replies
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Hey... I posted another post in here ealier this week, alas, it seems ot have 'disappeared' so, I'll try this again. I am running WIN XP SP3 and I am having problems getting my mic to be recognized, I have went through all the help and advice in all the posts in here... An my Advanced areas, the mic WAS Slelected--NOT muted, but, I was able to Select another itme, hence the mic is 'clean' now, also I noticed on the Record area that isa is greyed out, should it be greyed out and if not, how do I get it to where I can use it? I was told by my brother that it SHOULD NOT be greyed out and IF it is, then I need to try another audio divice and see if…
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is windows defender on ???
by Guest rbb- 6 replies
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I installed Windows Defender properly and it shows in my Add or Delete Programs list. Can I assume that it's on and running all the time? There's no icon in my taskbar.
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PC crashes during or after startup.
by Guest Big Jon- 5 replies
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I've been give a PC from a friend and he said that its tempramental. he re-installed XP Pro and formatted the hard drive. When I turn on the PC it crashes during or just after startup, I have tried starting in Safe Mode and Last Known Good Configuration and it keeps happening. Can anyone help please?
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Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested serv
by Guest Bob Day- 2 replies
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Using XP Pro all latest updates... This is a home network with 2 computers and a NAS drive. Everything works fine until you try to copy large files (25 gig). It does not matter how you are copying them (to nas, computer to computer, etc.) you always get the error below. Bot computers are high end (2 gig ram) and NAS is 1TB Iomega Storecenter. Any ideas on how to resolve? THanks Bob Error Message: Operation with partition "C:" was terminated. Details Tag = 0x0 Error writing the file. (0x40003) function = "WriteFileNoCache" Tag = 0x7CEB2CDC9FB1212B Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service. (0xFFF0) code = FFFFFFFF…
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screen problem
by Guest giddyup- 4 replies
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My neighbor had little protection and got all sort of malware, trogans etc. in her computer. I tried to find by using Lavasofts Adware, Spybot search and destroy and Avast anti-virus which I installed on her computer because she had no antivirus at all. Anyway, after hours of finding hundred of crap through the 3 programs we still had the same problem with the homepage hijacked and an exclamation mark in a yellow triangle in the traybar by the clock. I finally told her I would take the hard drive and scan the drive as a USB Drive and used Norton on my computer to do so. I found eleven more and removed them also. Vundo was one of them. Now after pla…
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WinXP shutdown problem
by Guest Steve Louie- 0 replies
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Hi, got a laptop with windows XP Pro SP2 logon to SBS 2003 SP2 domain. I am using roaming profile. I am also using dual monitor with a docking station with the laptop monitor as the secondary monitor. The problem i am having is that when I do a shutdown (or log off) Start > Shutdown/Log Off > choose shutdown it doesn't do anything. When i do it the second time, then the shutdown prompt automatically moves to my secondary montior then it will work. I can take roaming profile off and see if that will help but any ideas how to fix this problem? Steve Louie