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Removing files based on a list
by Guest still- 5 replies
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Hi all, I've got a folder with about 3000 pictures. My sister has gone through and made a list of pictures she wants to remove in excel (instead of actually deleting them). She now wants to get rid of the files on the list. I was hoping there is a way of using the excel list to delete the files automatically. One thing to note is that the file names have spaces so I'm not sure how that will affect this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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DAO.msi is missing
by Guest churin- 2 replies
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I installed EMC10(Easy Media Creator) and attempt to launch it then an error message was displayed which said something to the effect that DAO.msi is missing. It appears to be a file associated with the OS. Could anyone help?
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Hello, I am curious, what are the reasons that some applications after being uninstalled leave some entries in the registry, or leave behind a corrupted registry? Are the application developers incompetent? Or is it just difficult to do this in Windows (bad OS design)? Having gone through the recent ZoneAlarm and KB951748 fiasco, I am strongly thinking of doing away with ZA. But looking at the methods to clean up one's computer, e.g. one is here: http://forums.zonealarm.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=inst&message.id=78945 I cannot recommend this method to an average Joe. Are such applications' developers just plain incompetent and/or c…
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My problem is like this, i have Xp pro installed on a SATA drive which is having 2 partitions as C: and D:, size of disk is 80 GB Xp is installed on C:( Both system and Boot partition are same) Recently I started having a lot of chkdsk error while satrting the machine and while using it also, It appeared that volume has got corrupted or developed surface defects. I reinstalled the Xp on Same partition by deleting the partion C:\ but problem reappeaed again. So I decided to install xp on partion 2 (i.e D:\) on my system during the installation using OS Cd I observed that althoug h i had selected partition 2 during installation ,but xp's setup pr…
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Bootable CD Does Not Exist
by Guest Crystalprimesourcedesign- 3 replies
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I tried the end of last week to download Windows XP service pack 2. I needed to do this before I upgraded to Quickbooks Pro2008. The process took over a hour and a half before I had to leave the office. Left the computer on over the weekend. Came in this morning the computer was frozen. Cancel out of the install, (it did not complete) and the computer rebooted itself. Now the computer reboots after it gets to the window XP screen. Error message on the second screen: Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM - Bootable CD Does Not Exist.... Is there anyway to stop the computer from doing this loop? I am ready for a new computer, but I would like to get into this to get …
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Two mysterious directories, sometimes invisible
by Guest Anthony Buckland- 5 replies
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YMMV, but on my system (WinXP Media Edition with SP3), two directories hang off C:\Documents and Settings, but are invisible by all normal means that I can discover in Windows, with one exception: if I go to Command Prompt and do a "dir /ad" in Documents and Settings, they are visible. There is one application that seems able to see them; in Zone Alarm (lately the subject of considerable debate in this group) -- in the Anti-virus/Anti-spyware window, go to Advanced Options, then to Scan Targets, and they are oddly enough visible. Yes, I have hidden files and system folders set to be visible. The directories are "LocalService" and "NetworkService", one word…
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PowerPoint / LCD projector
by Guest STS- 2 replies
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I am using XPpro and PPT2003, which usually works perfectly. However, every time I attach a LCD projector to do a presentation, the first slides shows, but then PPT freezes up and I can no longer change slides. Other office applications, such as Excel, also act up and by itself zoom in to 0ver400%. Also, the cursor gets stuck and flashes really fast. After I unhock the LCD and re-tart the computer, evryting works fine again.... Any idea why this is and how to trouble shoot? Thanks. Simon.
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Boot Error - Blue Screen - DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
by Guest Kgolfer- 8 replies
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Please Help Anybody - I am dead in the water! When I power up my desktop I am receiving the ugly blue screen with the following contents: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Tech info: STOP: 0X000000D1 (0X00000018, 0X00000002, 0X00000000, 0XF821225F); iastor.sys - Address F821225F base at F8203000m, DateStamp 42b2df42 I have Dell XPS system running Windows XP Media Center Version. Please note that I have attempted to Restore my system to the last working configuration by going to the Advanced Start Up Option to no avail. In addition, I was not supplied a Start Up CD when I purchased the computer directly from Dell. -- Thanks, Ken
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anyone able to give me a answer on this please?
by Guest chronos- 3 replies
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ok I've found this error in the event log from a few days ago Event Type: Error Event Source: crypt32 Event Category: None Event ID: 8 Date: 13/07/2008 Time: 10:34:50 User: N/A Computer: Description: Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from: <http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt> with error: This operation returned because the timeout period expired. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. anyone able to shed light on what this means? or can I just ignore it?
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drwtsn32.exe error: (0xc0000142)
by Guest Charles- 1 reply
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Dear all, My computer couldnt start. Every time it failed with the message: application error application failed to initialize properly (0Xc0000142) click ok to terminate the application. I could not terminate it even though i clicked OK. I tried with save mode,...., all failed. Please help me out! -- Thanks, Chaeles
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log on to domain on 2003 sbs with firewall
by Guest Yaniv Atia- 1 reply
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Hi, I need to configure 2003 sbs server with firewall. I try the article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555381 but its seems that my clients drop on several ports How can I configure my XP clients to log on via customise ports? Thanks
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Downgrade to XP pro
by Guest MSExchangeStudent- 23 replies
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Hi I will be getting this laptop (HP Notebook - 530 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 (1.6Ghz), , Win Vista Home 32) but want to take Vista off when i get it and put XP Pro on - is this possible or must i buy a separate downgrade pack or something?
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Once in a while, winlogon.exe will hog CPU and makes my Windows unresponsive.
by Guest Phillip Pi- 5 replies
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Hello. I have a strange rare and annoying Windows XP Pro. SP2 (IE6.0 SP2; all critical updates and optional softwares for SP2) issue that had been around for three years or so, and I can't figure out what's going on. Once in a while (very rare -- maybe once every one/two months?), I winlogon.exe decides to go nuts and take one of my CPU (have a dual core Intel P4 Prescott machine). From there, softwares don't respond and some can't be shut down (e.g., SeaMonkey.exe, Trillian.exe, Outlook.exe) even if I force end task. When I try to shut down Windows to reboot, it gets stuck forever and I need to do a force shut down on the power switch on the Dell Op…
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Cannot repair/uninstall .NET Framework 2.0
by Guest Smirnoff- 3 replies
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Trying to help a friend who is running XP Pro (SP3). In IE7, kept getting .NET Framework 2.0 runtime error. Tried repair and uninstall in Add/Remove but get "..encountered an error....". Tried in Safe Mode, same result. Obviously 2.0 is corrupt. Thought I'd try downloading Visual Studio 8 in order to get .NET 3.5 and any other missing files. It errored trying to install 3.5. Tried to install Windows Install Cleanup Utility but get error message: Windows script host: Script: c:\Documents~1\Admin~1\locals\temp\IXP000.tmp\startMsi.vbs. Line: 1 Char: 1 Error: ActiveX component can't create object: Scripting FileSystemObject. Code: 8000A01AD.
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Supressing Folder Creation
by Guest Tom- 0 replies
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Is it possible to stop Windows from creating the 'My Picture's / 'My Music' , etc. folders when user's 'My Documents' are redirected to a server? I would like to have each staff member within a department have their 'My Documents' folder redirected to their departmental share but don't want a bunch of 'My Music' and 'My Pictures' folders automatically created. Thanks, Tom
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Ctrl Alt Delete
by Guest Jim1812- 1 reply
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Actually I have two questions: (1) When using the Ctrl Alt Delete to cancel a program, once it does its "job", it freezes up the computer and I have to reboot to remove the ctrl alt delete screen. How can I correct this? (2) consistently get the following error message when attempting to install a program: exception processing manager c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf7c 4 75b6bf7c 75b5bf7c What can I do to correct this? Reload XP? thanks, Jim1812
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Hauppauge WinTV PVR TV Tuner Driver
by Guest rebelscum0000- 0 replies
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Dear all XP W/SP2 HP Desktop m9060la I prefer to get the TV-Tuner driver and WinTV app directly from : http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/support_pvrpci.html And not from Hauppauge WinTV PVR TV Tuner Driver: http://tinyurl.com/22t588 But I do not understand, if I download from Hauppauge: I have to Download the Windows2000 and Windows XP base driver (w2kdrv311.exe) Download the WinTV-PVR driver update file pvrpcidrv15_20045.exe Reboot Download the latest WinTV2000 application with the new video formats. Download the WinTV application (wintv2k339_20112.exe) Then install this MPEG decoder. Hauppauge MPEG decoder version 1_20032…
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I reformatted the drive on a machine, and reinstalled XP, but now when I boot it up it gives me those setup windows screens asking for time zones etc. When I get to the one that says give this computer a name it just hangs up. I hit the next button or the skip button and it just hangs and I power off after 15 or 20 minutes by holding in the power button. I am using the reinstall disk that came with the computer when I bought it. Any way to get past these things?
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XP left start menu pinned folder drop down list problem
by Guest GGRock70- 0 replies
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I am talking about the LEFT side of the windows XP startup. The startup menu theme is Windows XP NOT Windows Classic. I need to make a pinned folder on the LEFT side of the Windows XP start menu to display a sub menu (or drop down list) list for shortcuts, and NOT have windows explorer open a folder for the custom shortcuts instead. I know you can change folders in the right side menu to show sub menus (or drop down list) by selecting "Display as link" option, but there is no such option for new folders. Can you help me change any new folder on the left side just to display sub menus (or drop down list) list only? BASICALLY: I have used "Windows Class…
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Permissions problem
by Guest Paul Smith- 0 replies
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Hi all I just upgraded my 2000 server with an additional 1gb RAM. Now I have a problem.. Users (which are not admins) are complaining that they cannot save a file which they open from their folder on the server. They have full rights on their respective folder but still they cannot save, change filename or delete file.. it says a sharing violation or something like that. Also the office files are leaving like TMP files when opened and I cant delete these files also! Can someone suggest a solution to this problem please?? Thanks a lot!
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Post filtering on Microsoft Servers
by Guest Alan- 4 replies
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Using my Giganews account I just replied to a post made by Gary Terhune in the thread entitled "open ", "Save", or "Save As" dialog box defaults that was started by a poster named krazykat. It has already shown up in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general in the Comcast and Giganews servers, and it is already on Google groups at http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/6f0837ee2046ed2c/00027d07114c0d07#00027d07114c0d07 Is there any reason that it has not yet found its way onto the Microsoft servers, or is it being censored? Alan
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Path Not Found
by Guest danika- 1 reply
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I am trying to install an old app that uses an InstallShield installer created in 1998 on a new Win XPSP2 computer. I have done this same install on another Win XPSP2 computer and it worked just fine. However, when I click on Setup.exe, I get a message "c:\temp\setup.exe path not found". I tried setting an environment variable using the DOS command path = %PATH%;c\temp\ but I'm still getting the same error. Also, I don't think this problem has anything to do with the Windows temp directory. I have tried doing the install from other directories, for example, c:\mydir\, and in that case the message says "c:\mydir\setup.exe path not found".
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"Error moving file" when file is in use by other programs.
by Guest Amaw Opaw- 3 replies
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I was reorganizing some of my video files and one of them refused to move because according to Windows, another program was using it. I used Task Manager to look at the open processes, but I couldn't find any that would normally use a movie clip, nor were any media players working at the time. To my untrained eyes, I couldn't find anything anywhere that would be using that file. How can I find out which program is using a file when I get this error message? I'm using XP Pro with SP3, if that helps. Thanks.
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google earth does not launch
by Guest sdllw- 1 reply
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Hello, Recently, I clicked on the google earth icon on my desktop and was prompted to download the latest version - 4.3 I think. This process was extremely problematic but eventually I managed to download a copy. When I click on the new icon, however, nothing happens. How can I launch google earth 4.3? Thank you
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Taskbar position
by Guest Kas- 5 replies
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My taskbar is now displaying vertically at the side of the screen instead of horizontally at the bottom. I cannot imagine what I did to cause this but I would appreciate any suggestions as to how I can get it back to horizontal Kas