Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
26818 topics in this forum
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XP SP3 install causes mapped drives to open in Notepad
by Guest Lisa Delafield- 4 replies
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After running current Windows updates I have a problem with mapped drives. When you launch My Computer and click on a mapped drive it launches Notepad. If you use Windows Explorer you can click on the mapped drive and it works fine.
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Change video resolution in Bios mode.
by Guest John- 0 replies
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I have WinXP SP3 Media center. When I go to BIOS mode by F2, the screen is blurred because the screen resolution is 800x600 instead of 640x480.How do I make the BIOS open in 640x480 resolution. Safe mode will open in 640x480 resolution and the picture is clear. -- John N
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Can't remove programs
by Guest PW- 6 replies
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Most do not have the Remove/Change button in the control panel. Any ideas why and do you know of any utilities that will do so? XP SP3 -paulw
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Lost much of the right context menu;how to fix? Thanks
by Guest buddy b- 0 replies
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Can`t make new folders,shortcuts, etc. Appreciate any help. Regards buddy b
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Remote Time Update
by Guest Lost in Microbiology- 1 reply
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We have two notebook computers in the field that are not connected to the internet or network. The users have limited accounts. Is there a way to update the time zone (or clock time) as a limited user without giving them the administrator password? Or even a batch file I could create and write to a disk or flash drive to have them boot and/or use? These computers contain patient information, so all wireless and lan setting were disabled so the sites could not modify certain settings. Thanks for any help or ideas for life science inclined.
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Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem.
by Guest Yolanda- 1 reply
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Problem Description: I get this pop up window every time I turn on my laptop. Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 5.1.2600.5512 szModName : wuaueng.dll szModVer : 7.2.6001.784 offset : 000e3e14 error report contents: c:\Docume~1\owner\locals~1\temp\wer7283.dir00\svchost.exe.mdmp c:\Docume~1\owner\locals~1\temp\wer7283.dir00\appcompat.txt If I select any one of the options offered: Debug, Send Error Report, Don't send Report, my computer freezes up and I'm forced to manually shut off. If I don't do anything, when I try to turn off t…
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AVG 8.0 Resident Shield Alert
by Guest mayfriday- 2 replies
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The AVG has detected this shown as follows:- C:\Docs nsetting\all users\application data\microsoft\Onecare Protection\LocalCopy\{CFD.............}IEUPDATES.EXE Thread name: Trojan horse Generic 11 SHA and been asked to either Heal /Move to Vault/ Ignore Process Name: C:\Prog files\Microsoft Windows OneCare Live\Antivirus\MsMPEng.exe Now what must I do with these?
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Does Win XP release IP address at shutdown?
by Guest Saqib Ali- 8 replies
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If not, how can I force it? Thanks saqib http://doctrina.wordpress.com/
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OT post but desperate. Sorry.
by Guest sandy58- 9 replies
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How does one raise "Administrator" on Vista? I don't have it but my buddy has. Any help gratefully received. TIA.
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Loss of Focus Problem
by Guest Norm Dresner- 5 replies
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Computer is a Dell 9100 Inspiron Laptop with WinXP SP3 and all later automatic updates. Randomly while typing, the open window loses focus. We can't correlate it with anything on the keyboard or mouse. Further, I can't figure out where the focus is! All global keys (e.g. Windows key, Ctrl-Alt-Del) still work as normal. If we tap the right mouse button, the focus point is restored to the point where we were typing, though no mouse icon or cursor is visible on the screen. I think as a first step, I'd like to find out where the focus has gone to. It's not any open window and it's not the desktop because these can be tested by typing keys that would h…
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Thumbnails become smaller until refreshed
by Guest Bob the confused!- 1 reply
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I am running XP Pro SP3 and I am having issues with thumbnails in folders that I have to refresh to get them back to the size I want them to be. I have read most of the posts about thumbnails and have insured that I am not having any of those issues. I have recently reformatted the hard drive and reloaded windows on it. I did not have had the problem before I reformatted the drive. Thank you for any info about this problem.
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i dont know much about computers, i dont know what i did, but my system configuration utility starts every time i boot up my computer. please help me stop this oh ya im running win xp
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I have a removable usb drive that has been working fine on my old machine. When I attach it to my another XP machine, it doesn't recognize the file system and it always prompted whether I want to format it or not. Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks
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Briefcase not working correctly.
by Guest Harold- 3 replies
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When I try to view an html file in briefcase windows tells me the briefcase is in use on another computer. There is no other computer just this one. If I copy the html file I wish to view to the desktop, then I can view it. How can I fix this?
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SendTo Shortcut missing
by Guest Alberto de Oliveira Alves Filho- 4 replies
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Hello, A software called Free Internet Window Washer disabled my "SendTo Shortcuts". If a copy and paste a shortcut from My Computer to Desktop the shortcut doesn´t work. This software delete all MyDocuments files too. How can I restore the SendTo Shortcut? I am waiting for your feedback. Thanks in advance.
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now what?
by Guest pentium- 1 reply
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i have windows xp pro sp2 and i can't reinstall yahoo messenger or msn messenger. it kept saying "communications error". i tried older versions, still nothing. i can install/reinstall anti virus software and all. i'm not quite sure if this is even the right place to ask this. any advice or suggestions?
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HELP! Chkdsk /r deleted files.
by Guest Display_Name- 3 replies
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I had a machine running XP Pro SP2 that started complaining about a corrupt HAL.DLL error. I used MS's KB#314477 and used the XP CD to run a recovery. The recovery ran fine. I booted from CD, selected Repair existing install, got to the console, typed bootcfg /rebuild and then did a chkdsk /r. It successfully got past the HAL.DLL error and was able to boot to Windows. The problem is that not all my data is there. There is SOME of my data, but not all. It's like the PC was reset to sometime close to the original install, but with SOME of my data. HELP!!! It seems like to reset the MBR to sometime in the past. How can I at least get my data that is miss…
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C:\resycled\boot.com is not a valid Win32 application
by Guest Marks- 2 replies
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I can't open c: when double click on it but pop up a message "C:\resycled\boot.com is not a valid Win32 application". Please help. Thanks.
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Disable folders compacting on Outlook Express
by Guest Tyler Durden- 6 replies
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Is there any registry tweak to disable the folders compression at 100th execution? Kind regards.
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CMD window at startup
by Guest Terry- 5 replies
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I have 2 cmd windows open (minimized) at startup. I have used various utilities to check my startup programs and they are not listed. Is there another way to see what might be starting a cmd window on startup? I have been having Virus problems, so I would like to investigate. Terry
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Wireless connectivity
by Guest Chrisp- 1 reply
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Hi I have the following attached to my wireless home router. 2 x Windows XP computers, 1 x Windows Vista computers, 1 x Apple Mac computer, Apple TV, iPhone. Until last week all devices connected to the internet fine. One day both the Windows XP computers (from two different vendors) stop acquiring IP addresses and therefore cannot connect to the internet despite the fact that they have successfully attached to the router wirelessly. So I put in static information and they still could not see anything externally. I've run updates on them (by connecting them via an ethernet cable to the router) and it appears that they are up to date. I have subst…
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Server constantly asking for authentication
by Guest havenlad- 2 replies
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I have a user having this problem every 30 secs. Another engineer ran a simple fix file for this a few weeks ago. Can't remember what it was. Apparently it's a well known one. Does anybody know it? Thanks Havenlad
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Does an XP repair replace the whole registry?
by Guest beemer- 2 replies
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(Originally in xp.basics) When carrying out an XP repair installation does it replace the whole registry with a new one? regards, Beemer
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Hi to forum members, My Dell 5150 XP+SP2 has been running like a dream for several years but I had to go and upset it and now need your help quite urgently. I have Tweak-XP Pro v4 installed but seldom use it. However I was reading some stuff about speeding up performance by optimising the Prefetch settings and went and clicked the Re-Initialise the Prefetcher button. When I rebooted the start-up items failed to load and the were no icons in the right hand side of the Task Bar just the clock. I used System Restore and everything is fine but the next boot returns to the no icons situation. I have checked the start-up activity using WinPatrol and all …
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program delete
by Guest Kyle- 6 replies
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cannot delete a program that my internet installed on my computer without me knowning it's no where to be found in the add and remove section it just sits here on my taskbar please help me get rid of this.