Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Ever since 7/9/2008 according Windows' event logs, I noticed my explorer.exe would crash randomly and I can't figure out what is causing it and why. I tried removing, disabling, downgrading, etc. programs/updates (e.g., SpyBot v1.6.0, KB951748 (DNS), Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - July 2008 (KB890830) [don't think it removed anything], uninstalling Sun Java 6 Update 6 to install update #7, K-Lite Codec Full Pack v4.00, and TrueCrypt v6.0 portable. These were the products that I recall installing since then. I might have more and need to dig and think more. I already ran full scans with the latest definitions from Norton AntiVirus, SpyBot, S…
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linkd file
by Guest Josh- 1 reply
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I have tried to make a soft link from a local directory on my computer to a mapped network drive on a server using the Linkd software . is this possable in windows XP? TIA Josh
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robocopy
by Guest DD- 5 replies
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I used robocopy . e:\data /S /XO , getting access denied then ised robocopy . e:\data /S /XO /ZB , i am getting no access right. how to grant the access right to run the /ZB command ? i am using windows xp , normal user right.
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allow restricted users to enable/disable lan connections
by Guest H. S.- 6 replies
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Hello, I forgot the method to allow restricted users to enable and disable network connections in Windows XP Pro and I am not able to find it on google. Could somebody point me to the web page which describes the procedure? Thanks. -- --- Please remove underscores, if any, from my email address to obtain the correct one. Sorry for the trouble but this is to reduce SPAM.
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Windows XP SP3 CD
by Guest Steven Tan- 12 replies
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I have downloaded xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd from Microsoft website and burn into CD. May I know how to install the SP3 to other PC with this CD. Regards, Steven Tan
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Rundll32
by Guest Peter- 3 replies
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I have a very slow computer and I am investigating Rundll32.exe. I found it in the right places: C:\Windows\System32 and again in C:\Windows\Dllcache, both with 33,280 bytes; and then again in c:\I386 but here with 11,075 bytes. Should they not be all the same? If so, which is the right one? I have XP Home SP3 on a Toshiba laptop satellite 1900-303 Many thanks JB
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CD key not valid after slipstreaming sp3
by Guest Wildprairie- 5 replies
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I am trying to upgrade a laptop with an oem mce 2004 system. I have an older version xp pro upgrade disk and when I try it, I get a message that the installed version is newer than the one I am trying to install. I slipstreamed sp3 into the disk and now it is willing to make the upgrade, but then says my cd key is not valid. FYI concerns about piracy: The xppro disk was on a P3 that I salvaged for parts. It will be on only 1 machine. PS: When I start a clean install with the original disk it does accept the key that came with it. I also tried all the keys in the pid.inf and the unattend.txt files.
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fax
by Guest Nate Rosenthal- 1 reply
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I am having difficulty adding a few components to my computer. I have XP and had it up to SP3. I have cleaned things by unistalling and removing through Add/Remove. Included in this were all the updates along the way over the past five years. For example in trying to add fax service, it is asking for my CD of SP3. I don't have that, only the original CD. I am guessing that I may have deleted some important files in previous updates. Should I be going to Microsoft's website to reinstall updates that go all the way back? Should I reinstall SP3 or even go to SP2 and then SP3. Any thoughts
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iscsi Initiator target hard drive
by Guest Abu Fahd Daud- 0 replies
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Hi, Can i specify my local laptop hard drive as a iscsi target and use to it play around with iscsi, i tried but the discover process did not show up the local drive.
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disabling the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
by Guest JayDee- 1 reply
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has anyone come up with a way to disable the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security through either a Global Policy GPO or by changing a registry key which can be implemented as a custom GPO? If we want to uninstall using ADD/REMOVE as suggested, I believe we will have to do it through a machine script which I'm trying to avoid. Thanks - JayDee
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Networking Question
by Guest TwistedPair- 3 replies
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Hi Everyone, I have a Windows desktop that is joined to the domain, but it won't process group policies. Now before you refer me to the Group Policies group, I have to mention that I've done some troubleshooting, and I've found that it's a problem with the network card. It comes on the network after the computer starts processing group policy stuff. I know this because I'm watching it boot up, and I have a continuous ping window open and I can see when it's live on the network, and when it isn't. It's not supposed to do that. Can any of you help me? Thank you!
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warning registry activity
by Guest Kaja- 13 replies
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Hi, recently I made a big mistake and wanted to tell others so they would not suffer the same fate I did. I saw programs saying they could speed up my computer and optimize performance by checking the registry and fixing problems. Programs such as Reg Cure and Spy Bot search and destroy. I used these programs and they messed up my computer bad. The registry is basically a database of files and has nothing to do with speed I learned later. Microsoft reccomends only advanced users alter it and MS has their own editing program for advanced users. Windows has buil in tools to speed up your computer which are reliable and safe. See this article: http://…
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My laptop features are; winXP pro, SP3, intell Core 2, with 2.49GB of Ram and I use ie7. I do have other browsers installed on my laptop, such as Mozilla F.Fox and Safari from Apple. Lately ie7 has not been working for watching web video's, from youTube, or Yahoo, or MSN. I receive an error message that says "need to update your flash player", so I've dowoloaded the latest flash player [ver.9] as well as latest shockwave player and I also made sure to get the latest updates from Microsoft, adobe, and updated the java program to the latest version as well. But still the video's just won't play using ie7. The same videos work just fine using Fire fox or Safa…
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Service Packs query
by Guest franktee- 11 replies
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Have successfully reinstalled WinXP Home Edition. Windows update gives me choices of many updates to install, including SP1 and Sp2. Should these be installed, even if I intend to install SP3? Thanks for any helpful info. franktee Dell insp 4000
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cdroms won't read
by Guest Joe T- 2 replies
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I have 2 cd-roms. According to the device manager these are working properly. No exclaimation marks. 1. D: drive is standard cd-rom drive/F5B. Put disk in and get flashing red/green light. 2. E: drive is Cendyne_522452AX. Put disk in and get green light but no loading. 3. Only E: drive will ONLY read my ATI utility disk. Both drives will not read any other disk. XP disk, Office 2003, motherboard disks etc. 4. Uninstalled both through device manager. Add hardware. Both returned to same condition. 5. Problems started same day as network connection problem. I fixed that. 6. Can't do XP repair with disk because cd-roms won't read.
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Desktop shortcut malfunction
by Guest cg- 0 replies
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I use WindowsXP. My shortcuts for my xl spreadsheets have started giving me errors such as: can't find c:\documents.xls. I click ok and then it says: can't find c:\and.xls. I click ok and then it says: can't find c:\setting.xls. and so on. it continues on between each word in the pathname but the spreadsheet opens in the end. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Retail XPproSP2's Comparison
by Guest Willard- 3 replies
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What is the difference between products E85-00085 and E85-02665... I can't seem to find the difference on the MS website..
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Request
by Guest Farhad Anwar Khan- 1 reply
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How i change the Copy dialog box u got it I mean how to change the Copy, Paste Dialoge boxes in XP Sp2 Pla
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Cannot Complete the CD Writing Wizard
by Guest Skippybox- 14 replies
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I am trying to write 695MB of files to a 701MB CD-RW using the CD Writing Wizard. I have the files in the CD Burning folder, which I currently have on my D:\ drive. I also have the D:\ drive selected under the Recording tab as the place to have Windows store an "image" of the CD to be written. My D:\ drive has about 5.99GB of free space and my C:\ drive has about 599MB of free space. So, according to my configuration I would figure I could write the CD-RW under these conditions. However, when I attempt to write the CD-RW, the wizard proceeds to prepare the image, but my free space on C:\ whittles down to almost nothing. Eventually, I get the error: C…
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DCOM Question - Remove Entries
by Guest NvrBst- 0 replies
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dcomcnfg.exe > Component Services > Computers > My Computer > DCOM Config I see some entries here that shouldn't be there anymore. For example there is a "TestDCOM.exe" which I remember playing with a few month ago, but that exe has long been deleted, yet still shows up here. My problem is that the "X" (delete) button is greyed out. I am loged in as administrator. I know that if I do "RegSvr32.exe /u TestDCOM.exe" for example, it removes the entries from the above list. If I don't have TestDCOM.exe anymore is there another way to remove it? Thanks, NB
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Strange problem with DLA CD
by Guest Moi- 0 replies
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Hi all! Windows XP (with auto update on so I imagine sp3 is installed). I have a strange problem. I read one of my CDs recently and looked at some old Excel files. I closed them and all other applications. When I tried to take out the CD I got a warning that DLA had detected an open or unsaved file (nothing had been changed exceopt that I had printed from a couple of them). Pressing OK revealled that nothing was open. Once again an attempt to open the drive failed. I then had to do an emergency eject (paper clip in hole). In both cases there was warning that damage might occur to my files. Now I have tried again and the files ook OK and no such warnin…
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Restart on hibernate
by Guest Sirius- 9 replies
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Hello, My pc will not hibernate. I tried updating BIOS. But it did not help. When I click hibernate, it gets to the black screen with the blue progress indicator then it restarts. KB does not say much. I am trying to save power and startup time. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
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XP system restore - cannot restore, so now what? 1 2 3
by Guest foobar5@home.com- 50 replies
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I very rarely use the system restore feature, but of course it's a godsend when I do. Last night, I inadvertantly cleaned up some desktop icons I didn't wish to, so I figured I'd just do a restore to that morning's restore point to put my desktop back the way it was. So the standard stuff happened, then upon restart, I got the message saying "Cannot restore. No changes have been made to your system" The only "cure" I'm aware of for this is to disable system restore, then re-enable it. Which is fine, but what if I really really really needed a restoration? Again, in this case, it's not a life or death thing; I was restoring for a cosmetic fix. Questi…
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CD/ DVD ROM not reading discs
by Guest mugentuner- 6 replies
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Hi, just like it says above. I open windows explorer and i can see the drive as letter d:\ with no issues. You can even double click on the drive in explorer and it opens but the contents of any cd you open is blank. When i try cd's that used to autorun, they also do not autorun and you cannot view the contents of any cd you put in. Any ideas? Thanks
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New Install of Windows XP sp2 Hangs on startup
by Guest G4star- 1 reply
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I have an old "E-machines" computer that i am trying to do a clean install of windows XP on. The HD was reformated. I am fully successful when i install windows XP sp1... but when i try an install of sp2 (or try updating to sp2) then the machine won't start. When i try starting it in "safe mode" it appears to be hanging on a command line ..." Mup.sys". i have tried clearing the CMOS, reformatted numerous times, removed every device from the computer except for HD and CD ROM... nothing i have tried works... PLEASE HELP! :(