Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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XP Computer Locked Issue
by Guest Jeff- 3 replies
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Hello, I have created a web page with some screen shots that will hopefully make it easy to understand the issue I am having. Thanks for your help! http://www.worxmart.com/xp.html Jeff
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ntfs and fat32
by Guest Bill Cunningham- 9 replies
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I am try to convert ntfs to fat32 which I've always had success with with partition magic. Now the computer drops out of PM with an error 1517. I looked at the events and Userenv has that code. What should I do ? Bill
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Active X keeps prompting
by Guest victoriaaa- 0 replies
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I cannot install Microsoft Updates since the Active X frame keeps popping up, and although I click on "allow Active X" and "run", it pops up again when the page refreshes automatically. What can I do to stop this?
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Turn Off PC Balloons?
by Guest Tom Pamin- 3 replies
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When I shutdown my PC, a balloon popup now appears telling me what each option means (Turn off, Restart, StandBy). This didn't appear before. How do I disable these balloons?
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Boot.MeBroot virus,
by Guest Helpless in California- 3 replies
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I live in Southern Cal, and am running Windows XP, with Mc Afee Security and Norton Virus, now all of a sudden - It shows computer is being recorded, by a new virus, of which is to only be showing up in europe, called Boot.MeBroot-- Well I have news for you it is here in the United States too, It roots its way in to the boot processes of your computer then records everythng after,and sends where?? I am infected,, Need to know how to get rid of it, have gone to Windows and taken every security patch, Norton says it can not get rid of it and McAfee just tells me it is there,, Need Help,,
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Remembering open windows
by Guest John- 2 replies
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Hi I have several windows/apps open, mostly internet explorer. Is there any way for windows xp to remember which windows were open if I have to restart and get back into those windows easily? Thanks Regards
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Hi. I had a problem with accessing files that I made outside of XP (DOS bootable CD with old Norton Ghost 2003 for DOS [not Windows]). H:\Images\C-07142008>dir Volume in drive H is AFA64-H Directory of H:\Images\C-07142008 07/19/2008 08:51 AM <DIR> . 07/19/2008 08:51 AM <DIR> .. 07/14/2008 05:41 PM 2,147,464,817 C-071001.GHS 07/14/2008 05:42 PM 598,245,376 C-071002.GHS 07/14/2008 05:46 PM 349,705,127 C-071003.GHS 07/14/2008 05:46 PM 2,147,466,450 C-07152008.GHO 07/19/2008 08:35 AM 106 readme.txt 5 File(s) 5,242,881,876 bytes 2 Dir(s) …
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cannot put data on cd's via DVD and DVD RW drvies
by Guest Loveembirds- 1 reply
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seems I cannot put photos from my documents, etc. onto a cd via my DVD and DVD RW drives. If I put a CD that already has data on it in either of these , it reads the data on that CD just fine. However, if I put a blank CD into either of the drives , my computer is not recognizing the such and says to " insert a disk" into either the E or F drive, --whichever the case may -when I'm trying either drive. There is a Roxio program on here that sometimes pops up and wants me to put data on it via that program, however- I just want to "send to" the photo -or whatever -straight to the CD without going through Roxio. Any ideas? Know this is prob.a no brainer …
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Service Manager / sqlmanger.exe
by Guest Bobbi- 0 replies
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I'd like to speed my bootups by removing unneeded items from starting up using MSCONFIG. One of the items is "Service Manager" (sqlmanger.exe). Some of the Google references think it's a useful file, but I'm not aware of using SQL in my normal applications, and I think I don't need to have it start at bootup. Any reason NOT to disable it at startup? Bobbi
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computer does not reognize my optical drives
by Guest hawaiiankine- 1 reply
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after inserting a cd into my drive,it would not play or eject..I removed my disk via one of the many helpful video hints (using a paper clip-by inserting into the access hole and slowly turning the gear-AFTER powering down) I tried to repair it by using system restore,by going back to an earlier date and time ,BUT it wouldn't work.My cd drive can not eject on its own nor does the power light comes on.My dvd drive light does come on,it opens and closes by using the power button,but it does not play on my Windows media player...Everything worked before I put that cd disk in.It also happened to me a while back.I just forgot how I did it...Mahalo (Thank You) f…
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device manager refreshes and refreshes
by Guest Microsoft- 3 replies
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Hi group, Lately I've been having problems keeping my internet DSL connected, tech support suggested updating drivers in device manager, havent been in there in quite a while, when I opened DM it continously refreshes after 2-3 seconds. Don't know how long its been doing this. I went into safe mode and it does the same thing in there. Running windowsXP SP2 Any suggestions. Many thanks in advance
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Suddenly I cannot open a pdf file?
by Guest Catt- 8 replies
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I received a pdf file today in Outlook Express. When I clicked on it Windows said there was no program associated with the file name. Huh? I've opened hundreds of them....what's this about? So I went to Folder Options and sure enough there was no pdf file extension in the list. So I put one in and created the association to Adobe 8.1, which is in my computer. It still will not open. If I save the file I can open it at will from the Adobe program. But this is not the way it has been. Whenever I click on a pdf file Windows always opened it up with Adobe Acrobat. Can someone help?
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Restore points
by Guest Bobbi- 6 replies
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A recent virus erased all my restore points. The virus has been removed, but is there a way to protect my restore points in the future? Bobbi
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view network connections list empty
by Guest Dabbler- 1 reply
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I'm unable to connect to our LAN with any of our WiFi routers. Other systems in the office have no trouble. When I choose View Network Connections no Wifi routers show up in the list. I know the radio works because I was able to get it working by adding a preferred connection. The connection worked but the view network connection list is still empty. I ran LAN adapter diags and they came up ok. I then removed and reinstalled the wifi adapter to see if this would help and now again I have no connection. Any suggestion on how I can fix it? Thanks for any help with this. HP Pavillion dv8000 Windows XP Media Edition
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viewing two photos simultaneously
by Guest john westmore_______- 17 replies
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In deleting out some photos amongst my collection, I often want to compare two or three shots that are more or less identical; with each other. When I open one photo in the 'windows picture and fax viewer' and then open another one in another window, the first one disappears. So I can only have one window open at any one time. Since I want to compare two or more photos simultaneously, how can I adjust the settings to allow this please? thanks.
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I've inherited 40 pcs from a local school that are generic with xp pro and no coa. maybe they have a corp license, not sure. Anyone know if microsoft will hang me if i resell these in my retail consignment store?
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KB wakes PC from hibernation...
by Guest RJK- 3 replies
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....which I have just discovered and don't like. Any idea how to change that, ...I'm guessing it's in bios but, having fought long and hard in the past, (with lots of help from angels in here, particularly Paul if memory serves), to get ACPI settings, ...and a APC 650 UPS / basic signalling-serial lead etc. working in a predictable fashion, ...i.e. don't want to upset anything ! regards, Richard p.s. it's an old Asrock Conroe865pe
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Problems after reinstalling Windows XP
by Guest Martin67- 2 replies
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Since reinstalling my XP Home I have three problems of varying importance. The first is having no sound, the drivers were installed correctly in order and no downloads have proved helpful. The second is an error upon Windows opening it reads 'The procedure entry point GetProcessImageFileNameW could not be located in the dynamic link library PSAPI.DLL'. The last is ridiculous but annoying. When pressing shift and hitting @, it recognises it as being "
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Where does the files to a mounted drive go?
by Guest BillW50- 0 replies
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Where does the files to a mounted drive end up? For example, I have a Asus 701 with a 4GB SSD (solid state drive). Not a lot of room, plus writing to SSD and flash drives reduces how long they will last. EEE PCs also sports a SD(HC) slot. I have two SDHC 16GB, so I have a lot of space now. Problem though, lots of programs won't install on a removable drive. And Windows doesn't like parts of itself on a removable drive either (swap file for example). So the solution is to use "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder" option. And I installed many programs through a mounted folder and things were fine. I also modified where my Settings and Documents folder …
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Organising Folder list
by Guest Wildman- 16 replies
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I want to change the layout of the folders when I open Windows Explorer. For example, I want the folders in My Documents to be showing so I can go directly to My Music etc, and I don't want to have the C Drive folders spread out. Is there a simple way to do this? Also if whoever replies to this knows, is it the same method in Vista? - Thanks for your help
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sp3 Windows XP Pro install CD?
by Guest j- 16 replies
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will sp3 Windows XP Pro install CD/DVDs be available? (to install the whole OS, not just the service pack. I'm reluctant to try creating a slipstream one; I tried last month and killed my OS.) I'd love one, so I can do Repair Installs.
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Java
by Guest Peter- 3 replies
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My computer gets very slow as the session goes on and among the suspects is Java. Can I run IE without Java? If I uninstall Java, can I get it again for free? How does Java gets loaded, as I can't see it in Services or Startup tabs of Msconfig? Is it loaded when I open a particular webpage? Thank you for your help JB
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Dual Monitor Not Working
by Guest Richard K- 3 replies
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I am running Windows XP Pro trying to set up a dual monitor. I have a video card that supports dual monitors (display settings show 1 and 2). What I get is 2 monitors with both showing the same thing and not an "extended" screen. When I go into the 2nd monitor and select the check box for "extended desktop" then close or apply the check box becomes unchecked (won't save the changes). What am I doing wrong here? Could it be the cable I have that is Doing the splitting but instead is just showing a copy image to both monitor monitors? Thanks! -Richard K
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ccCommon file missing, error 1706
by Guest Nesha- 3 replies
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Hi... I`ve been doing some work on Norton problems as instructed by Norton Help center, and during that, i `ve made some mess, cause now, every time I turn on my PC or try to open some Office file, it runs Windows Installer for installing some ccCommon file and it can`t be found, so it displays an error message 1706. How to fix this problem? Tnx a lot!
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Please, recommend me a good, cheap (or better free) and simple DVD player for XP
by Guest Juan I. Cahis- 4 replies
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Dear friends: Please, recommend me a good, cheap (or better free) and simple DVD player for XP. One with simple menus, I want to select the language of subtitles, for example, but no more sophistication. I don't want to pay US$ 69 for Corel's WinDVD. Thanks a lot. Any hint? Thanks Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile (South America) Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!