Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Suddenly no free space.
by Guest Lyn- 10 replies
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This is a WIN98 question but I suppose it could apply to XP. My friend has an old WIN98 computer that his wife uses only for her Email. The active partition is 6GB and has alwaws been about 2GB used. Suddenly it reports that it has only a few MB free, the drive is almost full. I got him to delete and recreate the windows managed swap file, and he only has the default recycle bin which is empty. He searched the hard drive for any unknown large files and found none. Any suggestions please, Lyn.
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Cannot Drag & Drop icons/prgms to quick start bar ??
by Guest Sabine Elsner- 0 replies
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On a computer with a new WinXP installation in an Exchange Server based LAN I can not drag & drop icons resp. prgms to the quick lauch bar on the bottom. Why? Yes, I disabled "Lock the taskbar" In SysTray all running prgms appears as normal Sabine
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running a program from cmd
by Guest markw- 5 replies
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one of my kids click on a spyware virus last night. Trying to run a program to remove it but need to run it from CMD. Virus is not allowing me access to my desk top. The virus is XLG Service Center Thanks for any insight
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Any good free third party explorer.exe replacement?
by Guest Ant- 6 replies
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Hi. In the past, Windows had third party replacements like LiteStep. Are there any good ones to try for XP Pro. SP3 without any incompatibility problems. Thank you in advance. -- "The shadows now so long do grow,... That brambles like tall cedars show,... Molehills seem mountains, and the ant... Appears a monstrous elephant." --Charles Cotton's poem /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: philpi@earthlink.netANT ( ) or ANTant@zimage.com A…
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IE6 email Linking has stopped working.
by Guest Gilera- 2 replies
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When i normally clicked on an email link in IE6 website it took me to a new Hotmail page directly, this has stopped working. Now when i click on i get a message saying (unable to complete this request, please report this problem to microsoft.) I have sent this but i have heard nothing. Any ideas as to what could cause this problem please?
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Desktop Icons
by Guest JonW52- 3 replies
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I have created a series of custom icons that I am using for shortcuts on my desktop. When I use several of them to open their corresponding application, the picture on the icon changes to some other image when I close the program. I have tried a number of different things to restore the image which seems to work only until I open the application again. The results when I close the applications is always the same. This problem does not seem to affect all of my custom icons, only some of them. Is there some way to 'lock' the icon so that my custom image remains? I have tried saving the desktop as a custom theme and this does not help fix the problem. I su…
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adaptec ASPI layer
by Guest Jones- 1 reply
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i have an older PIII, where' I've installed the Adaptec ASPI layer at windows install (necessary for advanced audio software). normally, not a problem, but nuked the soft-shutdown of the computer (windows turns off the computer), simply going thru it's shutdown to the message "it is now safe to turn off your computer". so, normally, i manually switch it off. no problem there, really. but recently, after updating windows, my computer gets to the "saving your settings" screen and hangs there. I can manually turn it off at that point. any way of trouble-shooting a system hang up like that? thanks.
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can not delete a videofile
by Guest Cesar Guerra- 2 replies
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Hi there I can not delete a video file, which size is 4.2 GB, I am the owner of the file, and apparently is not open, but, the system said it can not be deleted beacause it is open TIA Cesar Guerra
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3.5" 7,200RPM vs 2.5" 7,200RPM
by Guest cashcream55@googlemail.com- 1 reply
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I'm considering using a 2.5" 7,200RPM as a primary C: drive for the OS + applications, would it run as fast as a 3.5" 7,2000RPM? i.e. latency and throughput. I'm aware it's more expensive per GB but that doesn't affect since it's only for the OS installation and not for massive storage space. Would I be correct it that it would use less power and generate less heat also?
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Issues with internet
by Guest jayne- 2 replies
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I seem to have an issue were whenever I try to move away from the home page of any web site to enter log in details or enter anything in like quantity of an item etc the page automatically shuts its self down
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Logical/Physical disk drives
by Guest Alain Dekker- 2 replies
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Logical disks: Does it help to partition your 40 Gb C:\ into two 20 Gb partitions (C:\ and D:\)? If I had an application that only wrote to D:\ (and lets say, for arguments sake, that the app writes frequently to disk), would the partition help reduce the likelihood of OS corruption? Would it reduce disk fragmentation? Physical disks: On a related note, does having two physical drives help with the above? Presumably with file fragmentation it would, but what about helping with OS corruption? Thanks, Alain
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XP SP3, instruction at "0x00000000" and Data Execution Error
by Guest Darth-Eeyore- 5 replies
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I'm getting to major errors back-to-back. A "Data Execution Prevention" and "Application Error". When ever I look at directories with video's "Thumbnails" and only once with "details". ERRORS: Data Execution Prevention - Microsoft Windows To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this program. Name: Windows Explorer Publisher: Microsoft Corporation *********** explorer.exe - Application Error MESSAGE: The instruction at "0x00000000" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written" *********** Windows XP Media Center, SP3 Pentium 4, 3.00GHz 2.50gb Ram (It is a Gateway, but installed a Retail copy of XP Media Center - SP2.…
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schedule task
by Guest inbaa- 2 replies
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I create a task for *. exe to open everyday at 12.00 a.m .if it is system shut down when it gets log on at that time *.exe need to open .give your ideas
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Event Log Not Saving on Local Machine After Use Over Network
by Guest jregan5- 1 reply
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We have 4 computers networked together and must perform weekly audits on them. Typically we use the event viewer to review the events, then clear the event log and save it to a file. Recently we've started doing this task for all 4 machines over the network from a single computer. What's happening, however, is that after clearing the log on the local machine, the file isn't saved - we're asked to save, but the file seems to disappear. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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Desktop Icons that Move By Themselves
by Guest Steve- 4 replies
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A limited number of the icnos on my desktop move on their own - ie: I do not move them. Why does this happen and how can I stop it from happening?
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Add or Remove Software
by Guest JohnD- 6 replies
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I want to install the latest version of Ad-Aware. The install program wants to uninstall the previous version first, but it can't because up comes a message that says: "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or enter an alternate path to a folder containing WISDED53BPBB67C4244AE6ADSFD3C28D1EF_7_C in the box below. This box contains " c:\Program Files\Common Files\Wise Installation Wizard ....." I checked that path and the file is there. I tried deleting AD-Aware using control panel's ADD or Renove. Same result. I found the file on another PC and copied it over. (I know it was the s…
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Unable to reset/shutdown XP
by Guest deeps- 1 reply
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when i tried to reset or shutdown xp from shut don menu its giving me error,new box comes up saying.. Moving... Windows is currently working with file. Either wait for windows to finish or close it before you quit windows. this box just has a ok button or you can close it using X(close button) Also there are no active transfer, also this box does not shown on start bar or in task mgr. i've to shutdown it by using power button. checked for viruses nothing found. Please help me out... thanks in advance.. Deepak
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protect the password admin
by Guest Pietro84- 4 replies
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hi, there's a way to protect the administrator password by users? that can prevent the "users" can change my password admin? tnx
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Folders: Filmstrip view not always available
by Guest Keith Stonefield- 1 reply
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On certain folders on both my hard drives, the Filmstrip view is not available in My Pictures. I checked the Windows Help and Support and it said to choose "Show common tasks in folders" under Tools > Folder Options > General tab. However, that option is already chosen. It's weird because every once in a while, the Filmstrip view does not appear whereas all other times it does. Thanks for any help!
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Router vs software firewall
by Guest Spiral- 8 replies
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Using a secure wireless router as my gateway, why would I need to use a second software firewall, regardless of brand? I browse to port-attacking sites and they can't even see me on the net, let alone show a vulnerable port. Is there a further benefit from adding a software firewall in this case? All comments appreciated.
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C:\WINDOWS\services.exe
by Guest JonnyTwoShoes- 1 reply
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Hi there, I recently removed a Worm/Trojan but now everytime windows starts up it say's,"Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\services.exe'.". I believe this file was associated with the threat which was removed and is now no longer there but the registry key still remains. Before I delete the wrong registry key I would like to know if the following registry key is legit, 'HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/C:\WINDOWS\services.exe' - Microsoft Windows Update Client. Is this really the Windows update client reg key which I do not want to delete or the suspected key which is trying to locate and run the threat ..exe? My knowledge of reg…
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XP SP2 Task bar has shrunk vertically
by Guest Bob S- 4 replies
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I cannot see all of my Task bar. I can see just the top of it at the very bottom of my screen. Last night it was doing that, but if I right clicked the top of it, I got a double arrow with which I could make it taller so I could see it at the bottom of my screen. Now I can get the double arrow, but it does not make it larger so I can see it. I thought it might be a problem with the vertical position or height of my monitor. So, I adjusted the monitor and found that if I moved it up, I still got just the top 1/16' of the task bar. Can anyone help me find my task bar? Thanks in advance. Bob
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Deleting downloaded automatic updates
by Guest Dan- 3 replies
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I have Automatic Updates set to automatically download but not install until I want to. However, one got dowloaded that I don't want to install. Now every time I shut down XP says there is an update ready to be installed. Can I get rid of that downloaded automatic update? I know you can hide an update from even downloading, but unfortunately I'm past that step. Thanks. Dan
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Cannot copy files in use? 1 2 3 4
by Guest Bazzer Smith- 76 replies
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I tried to do a drag and drop back up but it aborted as it said some files were being used. How can I get round this? Boot up in safe mode?
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Desktop Anomaly
by Guest gecko- 2 replies
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On my desktop, in the top left of center a little, I have two items that look to be grey'ed-out icons. The labels underneath the icons are 'Reply' and 'Ctrl+R. Double clicking on them does nothing. Right clicking on them produces the same window that I get when I right click an unused area of the desktop. So I guess they are not icons. It's almost as if they are burned into the screen, but I sure hope not. If I open a full-screen window which covers that area of the screen, they show through that window. Am I in deep S? -GECKO