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MinAnimate continuously rechecking itself
by Guest Larc- 0 replies
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I'm having a big problem in a system running XP Home SP3. In System Properties > Advanced > Performance Setting button, the first item is "Animate windows when minimizing or maximizing." I keep having to uncheck this box since it continuously rechecks itself. Oddly, when it has rechecked itself, what is supposedly the controlling setting in the Registry is still on "0" or false (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics > MinAnimate). How can this function turn itself on when the Registry setting still shows it turned off? I thought the Registry was the ultimate controller. I'm not aware of any other program that could be causing this.…
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RE: No Numbers on Num Pad?
by Guest Gopakumar KS- 0 replies
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RE: No Numbers on Num Pad? I have an another question How can I create digital id "Cushie" wrote: > After a reformat and installation of XP_SP2 I have got the same problem on > two new keyboards. A new bog standard UK keyboard with the number keypad on > the right > is a "Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard", and another > new usb wireless keyboard of similar layout, a "Logitech HID-Compliant > Keyboard". The NUM Lock key is on at boot up but the number keys will not > work. If I take the NUM key off the alternative keys do work! I have tried > setting XP to 'English keyboard' and 'English extended keyboa…
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Re: No Numbers on Num Pad?
by Guest Gopakumar KS- 0 replies
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Re: No Numbers on Num Pad? thank you for your infermation "Rock" wrote: > "Cushie" wrote > > > After a reformat and installation of XP_SP2 I have got the same problem on > > two new keyboards. A new bog standard UK keyboard with the number keypad > > on > > the right > > is a "Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard", and > > another > > new usb wireless keyboard of similar layout, a "Logitech HID-Compliant > > Keyboard". The NUM Lock key is on at boot up but the number keys will not > > work. If I take the NUM key off the alternative keys do work! I have tried > > se…
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DHCP - obscure error message
by Guest Terry Pinnell- 5 replies
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In Event Viewer I see many errors like this --------- DHCP "The IP address lease 192.168.x.xx for the Network Card with network address xxxxxxxxxx has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.1.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message)." [i've inserted the x's for security.] --------- Totally meaningless to me! Any of the experts able to help please? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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No Windows sounds but do have WMP sounds
by Guest Another Brian- 2 replies
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I'm so confused. I've just finished rebuilding an old Gateway PC. This morning I had Windows sounds (the logon ta-da and other beeps and boops) but audio CD's wouldn't make any sound. Playing wav files through WMP did not do anything. I then updated the audio drivers downloaded from Gateway for this PC. Now I can play any media through WMP, but the Windows sounds do not work. When I go into Control Panel | Sound and Audio Devices Properties, Volume tab, it says "No Audio Device". When I go to the Sounds tab and try playing any of the sounds such as Asterisk, I get the error message: Windows cannot play the sound %SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Error.wav …
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Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down
by Guest barbara anderson- 0 replies
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Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down "Li'l Roberto" wrote: > Run Help and Support, enter doctor watson in the search field > > rgds > Li'l Roberto > > > "tonpal" <tonpal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C954AABF-DFCC-404C-B83F-BEF273A03BB7@microsoft.com... > > For no obvious reason, I started getting an error message when I shut > > down > > WinXP. The message is only on-screen for less than a second so I've > > been > > unable to catch it all, but (probably paraphrased) it says that > > "DWWin.exe > > failed to initialise because Windows is shutti…
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Solutions Fast Track - Monitoring and Intrusion
by Guest arigano.spagety@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Dear Reader, Designing for Detection ---------------------------- - Get the right equipment from the start. Make sure all of the features you need, or will need, are available from the start. - Know your environment. Identify potential physical barriers and possible sources of interference. - If possible, integrate security monitoring and intrusion detection in your network from its inception. Defensive Monitoring Considerations ------------------------------------------ - Define your wireless network boundaries, and monitor to know if they’re being exceeded. - Limit signal strength to contain your network. - Make a list of all authorized wireles…
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swapping hard drives ?
by Guest dwolf- 1 reply
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I have two dells both with XP.. They are not the same model. The older one has been having freeze up issues and probably just needs a operation reinstall. My new system came with XP. I loaded all of my programs.. and after a couple of months I added a second drive where I put Vista. After a short time I unplugged the XP drive and there it sat. First of all... the problem pc is my wifes.. What would happen if I put my old XP drive in hers... (please no jokes) moved all of her data and setting over and then took out her original drive. My drive has all the programs she would need. The programs on the new drive. Will they run ? And any other problems to…
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Finding eSATA port number?
by Guest Sayo- 0 replies
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Is there a way to look up the port number for eSATA ports, how do I go about doing this?
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XP Gone MAD
by Guest Belprice- 4 replies
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Hi everyone, I pray someone can help me. I had some viruses on my system and ran a spyware and virus removal program. Now I can't get into windows at all and when I do get in my desktop keeps disappearing and reappearing and the computer keeps crashing. Also , when I try and run the recover thingy it asks me for the administrors pasword/or log in and I don't know what this is. I have ran spotbot and VGA 8.0 ? and they both found loads of problems. But as I say I can'y get into my own computer. Also , when I did manage to get in I got a message about some run dll or something was missing or counldn't be found. Please help as I need to work on this comput…
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Wireless internet
by Guest vista2 via WindowsKB.com- 1 reply
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After I reinstalled my windows xp system on my laptop, I can no longer access wireless internet. It doesn't recognize it. How can I get my wireless internet back? -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200807/1
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Windows XP installation disk gone bad?
by Guest Jonathan Sachs- 14 replies
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I'm trying to reinstall Windows from my Windows XP installation DVD. It's not working. Windows boots from the DVD, then tells me that I need to put the DVD in the drive -- even though it is already there. Removing and replacing the DVD, jiggling it, cleaning it, etc., have had no effect. I've tried this with two different DVD drives (a brand-new internal drive and an older external drive which I have no reason to be suspicious of), so I'm pretty confident the drive is not the problem. That seems to be the only the disk, but all the system's other hardware is the same, and I'm concerned that something less obvious might be wrong. Three questions. First…
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Problem opening a picture in an email
by Guest PT- 9 replies
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I have two computers, each using Outlook Express 6 and WindowsXP Home. On each I tried opening a picture embedded in an email by right clicking the picture and selecting Save As. On computer 1, the file opens "Save Picture" and allows a normal save as JPEG. On computer 2, I get an error message. "Can't find the file specified". The help button identifies the missing file as c:\windows\sysyem32\mshtml.hlp I checked both computers' folders and find that each contains two files: mshtml.dll and mshtml.tlb. In other words, neither has the "missing" file. What's the explanation? -- PT
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Recovery Console
by Guest Kgolfer- 7 replies
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Hello, I am attempting to get the Recovery Console and place my Windows XP CD in the CD Drive but when I attempt to reboot its by-passing the CD and going to the hard drive. How do I get it to recognize the CD Drive first? -- Thanks, Ken
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Getting rid of bp.specificclick.net
by Guest Joe T- 6 replies
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Can't seem to get rid of this. I've ran Norton Anti virus, AVG 8.0, deleted cookies, history, etc and it keeps coming back. Anything else?
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vista anti-virus
by Guest Stressed out- 13 replies
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I need help! I recently encuntered a virus (I guess) which is called vista anti-virus. it has crippled my computer. One of my user desk tops wont even display icons. I'm a novice at computer stuff. I really have no idea what to do. Can anyone try to help me?
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XP won't start, can't access Safe Mode
by Guest Howdego- 3 replies
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Due to my own negligence, I think, I requested a download of XP, SP3 at the same time I asked for an update to the Microsoft software update program. Somewhere during the install process (I had walked away), my Dell E1505 Laptop crashed. I found a message that a ”problem has been detected, Windows has shut down and I should restart in Safe Mode” to clean out the programs I just added. After this restart failed from the message page, I tried to restart using the F8 command, selecting Safe Mode, XP Media Center OS. The response is a list of about 30 file paths like “multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)…etc”. After about 30 seconds, the screen changes to the o…
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Strange Monitor Problem - maybe
by Guest blueman- 2 replies
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I just finished setting up and installing programs in a new PC running windows XP. Something must have happened and the monitor screen went black. If I try to hit "reset" I can nothing seems to happen. I think the computer shuts down and restarts but the screen remains black The only way I can get the monitor to work (if it is the monitor) is to unplug the PC (when the screen is blank) and plug it back in. Once I have a screen and shut down normally using the start menu, the next time I try to start it up I get nothing but a black screen. I can't even tell if the PC is booting up or getting past the cmos boot up as the screen is black. I have tried a different…
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Back My Microsoft Windows Xp Pro SP2
by Guest shen- 4 replies
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Dear, How to make backup my OS CD? I already try backup but can not be bootable cd. Please help me, i want back my cd coz im afraid somedays my cd broken. thanks
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Please Help-- Cannot Remove Virus Scan
by Guest jamalsbro@gmail.com- 7 replies
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Hi All, Longtime lurker, first time poster.. I am trying to install a new virus porgram and cannot seem to get McAfee removed from my Dell Dimension 8400 running XP Pro. I have run all of the automated programs, tried to remove it using the system removal tool, and tried to remove the files manually. But not matter what, I cannot seem to get McAfee out! Please help I have tried everything but I know there has to be someone out there who can help me to get rid of it. Thank you! DJF
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Strange Monitor Problem - maybe
by Guest blueman- 0 replies
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I just finished setting up and installing programs in a new PC running windows XP. Something must have happened and the monitor screen went black. If I try to hit "reset" I can nothing seems to happen. I think the computer shuts down and restarts but the screen remains black The only way I can get the monitor to work (if it is the monitor) is to unplug the PC (when the screen is blank) and plug it back in. Once I have a screen and shut down normally using the start menu, the next time I try to start it up I get nothing but a black screen. I can't even tell if the PC is booting up or getting past the cmos boot up as the screen is black. I have tried a different…
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Probem with copying to Memory stick
by Guest Tracy- 9 replies
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I have a 1GB Scandisk memory stick and was attempting to download 340 pics amounting to approx 380MB's on to it from my Computer (XP) and when it was just about finished this message popped up- "Cannot copy DSC327: The Directory or file cannot be created." The photo that was not copied just happened to be the last photo of the 340. The rest were copyed just fine. I tried to copy again several times different photos on to the same memory stick with the 239 pics on it from another folder and got the same error message. One last attempt I tried to download the same photos onto a 2GB Memory stick and got the same message. I just cannot download any more pi…
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How to block installation of Supplemental Language Support?
by Guest John Hupp- 0 replies
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I found that Supplemental Language Support (files for complex script and right-to-left languages, and files for East Asian languages) and Input Method Editors (IME) were causing problems on one laptop here, so I uninstalled them via Control Panel: Regional and Language Options: Languages: clear the check-boxes for those two options. But today I found that the laptop was having problems again, and I found that the Supplemental Language Support had been reinstalled! I don't know how that happened, but how can I block/prevent a future reinstallation? --John Hupp
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Desktop Disabled
by Guest molariu@keyassets.com- 6 replies
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Hi all, I run WinXP+SP2 on an IBM notebook (Z770). I use Windows "classic" view. Recently I cannot use the Desktop anymore: 1- all icons (including the trash bin) are gone; 2- I cannot copy anything on the Desktop (drag & drop); 3- When I click Mouse-right-button I get the menu, but: - "Arrange icons by" selection opens a menu with all options disabled; - "properties" / Desktop allows only to change the color of the desktop; Background cannot be changed. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. Thank you, Mihai.
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Service pack 3
by Guest barry- 5 replies
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Hi. In UK,have today downloaded and installed Microsoft service pack 3,had no problems. If I recall took under 1 hr (did not styay with comp during download. Friend started his download /// install @ 7 am today,sixteen hrs later wizard is still appearing to install pack 3,had to cancel in the end. So Q ,when was service pack 3 released ?,he tends to think it was 3 weeks ago. Anyone idea's as to why so long and doing little. Barry -- Don't Thieve. The government doesn't like competition.