Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Computer takes a long time to shut down.
by Guest Frank Martin- 2 replies
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I have WinXP pro. Lately the machine has been taking a long time (about 2min) to shut down. Why does it take so long and can the shutdown be speeded up? Frank.
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User Name display error in Task Manger
by Guest Darshan Maiya- 2 replies
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In the task manager window under the Processse tab the User Name field is empty for all processes except for the System Idle Process in which System is displayed. Can anyone tell me what has happened and how to rectify it? Thanks in advance.
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user groups in xp
by Guest Alan- 5 replies
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This is probably a simple, stupid question to many, but here goes. I have XP Home at home and only have two user groups: Computer Administrator and Limited. I see lots of references to other groups like Power Users or Backup Administrators with different levels of privileges. Is it possible to create new groups in XP Home? Thanks for info.
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Renaming a user's home folder
by Guest Rich Pasco- 4 replies
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In Windows, it's easy to rename a user (change a user's user name) at Control Panel / Users / Properties / General. However, this does not rename their home folder (the subfolder of Documents and Settings). Is there a way to do that, without breaking all the system references? - Rich
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Folders view: how to set default
by Guest falcios- 5 replies
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When I view folders through windows explorer it displays as a list. This is the default I have set. When I try to do a save or a save as the folders display as thumbnails. How can I set it so the folders are set to the list view in any window? Thanks.
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Need to Deactivate my XP Pro
by Guest Starship- 3 replies
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I am going to sell my pc to a friend with loads of software i have on it. I want to deactivate my xp & he has his own registered product key (5 PC License). I dont want to reformat pc & cant seem to slipstream SP3 onto it as the CD doesn't have SP1 on it. I dont have the cd's to allot of the installed sofware. Is there a way to do this so when he boots it up he need to enter his product key? Its windows XP Pro & has SP3 in it. I was told its simple & googling it gave me incorrect info. Thanks
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SP3
by Guest Edwest@Vrisis- 12 replies
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Am I the only one living this nightmare? Having read about the problems with a confilct with Zone Alarm I downloaded and Installed the Zone Alarm new update that works with SP3. I then downloaded and Installed SP3 and the whole system crashed, unable to start Windows at all, not even in Safe Mode! I have just had to do a complete reinstallation - well done Microsoft!
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System Restore Issue
by Guest Zack- 3 replies
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So i did a system restore the other day and i went to eject a disk while in the middle of the restoration process and i accidentally hit the power button and now i have nothing on my desktop like icons or a start menu, when i log on to a a user account i get a error message of WININ somthin but i have nothing what do i do?
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Headset/microphone gets muted, please help
by Guest Michael Allred- 6 replies
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I own a LogiTech headset/microphone, you know headphones and microphone all in one? Anyway I use it for voice chat, primarily through Yahoo messenger to call up friends' computers and talk that way. Problem is sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and I have no idea what causes it not to work. Somehow the microphone gets muted and no sound goes through at all. The headphones work and I can hear sound (not from another person talking mind you, just whatever it is I'm listening to, music, etc.) Anyway, I'm going through everything I know of before making a call through Yahoo messenger to be sure everything's set up like it should. I'm no expert o…
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explorer command line switches with /separate
by Guest simonc- 0 replies
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Just discovered the useful /separate option for explorer.exe which can be combined with runas to get an explorer window with a different user's privileges. But it doesn't seem to work if I try to combine /separate with oher explorer switches, such as /e or specifying a directory to open in. Is there a special syntax for this or does /separate preclude the use of other switches? Grateful for advice.
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Installing XP, Activation, Product Key, etc
by Guest Peter- 9 replies
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Hi All, This is my first Question/s ever, so be nice to a first timer. please. This is my story. I bought a second hand computer with WinXp Home on it. Acer Veriton 5500. I wiped the Hard Drive clean because I didn't want any virus's, etc. I didn't understand to much about Re-Installing, Activation's. So I bought another WinXp Home SP1 OEM Cd brand new(unused). I’ve installed it & its all working great (much better than my Win98). But I believe I've read in your newsgroups that I didn't "need" to do this. I could have used the Product Key that was on the side of my computer to re-install Wimp Home with the Cod they gave me. (I know I'm real dumb in …
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SP3 stops Microsoft update working
by Guest Brian- 7 replies
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Installed the official SP3 on a brand new Dell Inspiron Core 2 Duo 2.66 with 4 G RAM last night before installing any programs. It immediately stopped the Windows update site from working any further - any attempted installations failed, so I couldn't update Office etc after loading them. Did a system restore to remove SP3 and all was fine again. Any thoughts?
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ad-on disabled
by Guest Paul- 1 reply
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Hi again. I don't know how but I keep getting a message that IE has add-ons disabled. At the same time I have lost the function of my cd rom. I don't Know if one has anything to do with the other?? I tried to go to tools and manage add-on but it is greyed out. I ran updates and there was something about activex but didn't provide a method of downloading. Hope you all can help. Thanks in advance! Paul
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live one care/security
by Guest village idiot- 2 replies
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Hi folks! Windows xp IE 7 Dell I am having a problem today with windows live one care. My winloc and security shield icons are both red, with this message: "Your virus and spyware definition files are out-of-date. Your computer may be at risk...." I have tried "update now", and get the message "windows live onecare was unable to update". I have tried restarting, and nothing changes. I turned my computer off for a while...still nothing. Help please! the village idiot
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Cannot find images during CD writiing wizard
by Guest Hamnod- 1 reply
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Hello: During the copying of images via CD writing wizard, a response appeared the amount of images exceeded the CD capacity. Unfortunately, I decided to cancel the writing process and now I cannot find those images! However, the taskbar periodically would say there are files to be copied onto the CD but when I clicked on the bubble, no files. Please help and advise on how to retrieve them and what happened in the cancellation process. Thank!
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Declining an Auto Update
by Guest Richard Fangnail- 5 replies
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If you have AU set to "Notify Me" and then you uncheck the update so that it doesn't install, will it reappear the next time there is another update? (I'm thinking of SP3 which I plan to decline.) I am aware on the AU setup screen there is a button to show hidden updates you have declined before.
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Sliding TOoltips Broken??
by Guest Somebody- 0 replies
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You know how there are 2 animation types for the tooltips? Fade and Scroll/Slide? Fade works just fine on my XP and Win2k3 boxes, but the scroll/slide doesn't. The tooltips on the frame buttons (minimize, maximize & close buttons) scroll/slide fine, but none of the others do. I wrote a test MFC app, and turns out that if I limit my app to ComCtrl v5.8, the scroll/slide tooltips work, but with ComCtrl v6.0, they just come up with no animations. Other apps behave the same way too, so it must have been broken with one of the recent patches, because I'm pretty damn sure I tested my app with it.
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Accont Name Change
by Guest barrowhill- 2 replies
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How do you go about changing the ADMIN user name that was inserted into a XP PC when the operating system was installed ? I have changed the user name etc using USER ACCOUNTS but there is still the original ADMIN user directory under DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS which I'd like to change.
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Themes
by Guest dmor319- 2 replies
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I am running Windows XP home edition. Last week I lost my background . I tried to go to the control panel display section and all I have is under Display Properties is just an active window and none of my other themes. ANy help appreciated.
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What could be the cause
by Guest Paul- 9 replies
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If you get a BSOD, but there's no text?? On the other computer here, this has happened 2-3 times in the last 2-3 weeks. It seems to be intermittent. Sometimes, it'll bring up a BSOD with the drivers / stop error etc, and sometimes, the screen is blue and blank, and there's nothing on the screen? I'm pretty sure the main cause, is the ATI drivers. But, I've tried the ATI drivers, and ASUS drivers. BOTH crash. The funny thing is, I've installed and use both on this system, and its never crashed It has only crashed whle playing games like bejeweled, Gin, and te other day on a website, while the person was on it. The games are that graphic intensive…
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encryption of entire harddisk
by Guest inenewbl- 12 replies
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Hi all. I am unable to encrypt the entire harddisk in windows xp. When i do a right click and select properties of my c drive i can't find encrypt option. I have to select all folders in my c drive to do the encryption. Hence when a new folder is created in c drive it would not be encrypted. Is it possible to encrypt the entire harddisk or entire c drive? Thks in advance.
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"Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"
by Guest Stellasgrl- 3 replies
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I am working on a Toshiba Satellite Laptop and running Windows XP (Home) Awhile ago I started having issues on startup and received an error message stating that "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" I have done tons of diagnostics including attempting to update my software from microsoft.com. When I try to update from microsoft, I get an error message. I have run The Genuine Advantage diagnostics tool . . . this is the reoprt I got from that : Diagnostic Report (1.7.0095.0): ----------------------------------------- WGA Data--> Validation Status: Genuine Validation Code: 0 Online Validation Code: N/A Cached Validation Cod…
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Flash Drive's?
by Guest ColTom2- 6 replies
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Hi: I just noticed that when going to format one of my flash drive that it shows File System as Fat 32 for the drive. I am running Windows XP MCE(2005) with NFTS file system. Why does the flash drive indicate File System Fat 32 and what is the significance of using it with my NFTS file system? As far as I know I have been able to save files to it and then transfer to NFTS file system with no problems. Thanks
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Error message when logging off Windows XP
by Guest VeryBusyMom- 7 replies
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Hello! Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. On one of my computers, which has Windows XP, I get the following message almost everytime I log off: "Instruction at 0X02d51611 referenced memory at 0X02d51611. The memory could not be read." Click ok to terminate. Click cancel to debug. What does this mean and how can I fix this problem? When I click either option, it automatically logs off with no problems. What could be causing this error message to pop up almost everytime I try logging off? Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you.
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Just curious
by Guest Still learning- 4 replies
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Why is it better to scan for malware/spyware in safe mode as opposed to normal windows? I have noticed that people *do* make that distinction, and I've often wondered why.