Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Of Mice and Men
by Guest Danger_Duck- 17 replies
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This is actually a serious question: Can ball mice ever wear out? I have this ball mouse at home and sometimes it gets stuck when I try to move it to the left, I end up having to bang it gently (if that's not a contradiction) and then it goes on its way. Now, Do I just need to get the dust outta there or can ball mice actually wear out? Also, can pressing hard on a mousepad and frequent use wear out the ball/mouse roller thingies? (As in, when nerdy kids like me play real time strategy games all the time that demand precision point and clicks) Basically, I'm wondering if I need to replace or just clean my ball mouse, and if so, if to get an infrare…
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failing to start XP Pro
by Guest Geoff- 2 replies
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Recently my computer failed to load Win XP Pro SP2 (seemingly a problem with a video card, BSOD referred to an ATI driver). Fitted another video card and received basically the same BSOD message this time referring to the new video card driver. The Windows splash screen would show, then the computer would go into a continous loop of wanting to Start Windows Normally (?) and would not allow me to make any other choices such as safe mode etc. I then went into the BIOS settings and change the first boot device to CD (the second being the hard drive), placed the XP Pro disc into the CD reader (with a view to doing a "Repair" installation) BUT the computer continued to…
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windows xp start up problem
by Guest dwjones45- 6 replies
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hi, i am getting the following message when i start up windows xp professional: "please select the operating system to start." after about a couple of seconds this message disappears and my computer starts up. my question is what can i do to eliminate this message from appearing every time i start my computer? thanks dave
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Unable to authenticate Windows XP
by Guest Brian K- 1 reply
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I have a 83 year old cousin that has a pirated Windows XP (think). How can my cousin get their version of Windows XP Authenticated? Brian K
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Why can't I ping host on own home network?
by Guest James Egan- 3 replies
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I can't ping my wife's PC from mine on our home network. My PC's IP address is 192.168.1.4, and my wife's is 192.168.1.3. Our Linksys router is 192.168.1.1, and is the gateway for both PC's I can't ping her PC from mine, and vice versa. I turned off her Windows firewall, and also her Avast virus protection (including flex firewall) and still can't ping one from the other. What else could be preventing me from being able to ping her PC? -Thanks
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my PC keeps losing a connection
by Guest Cazzythom- 4 replies
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Hi All, I've suddenley started having a problem when I'm browsing the internet. Its OK for a while and then when I search for a page, it will suddenley say 'Internet Explorer could not find page' so I can then use 'Diagnose Network Connection Problems' and it fixes the conncetion which lets me browse again, but not for long before it happens again. At the same time my Outlook Express will be unable to send or receive e-mails. This has only just started happening in last few weeks but its very annoying and is really slowing me down. Can anyone help or suggest anything I can do to fix this permanently ? All help or advice appreciated.... Regards, …
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NM Indexing Service ???
by Guest Cazzythom- 3 replies
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Hi again All, Occasionally I get an error message that appears saying there was a problem with my NM Indexing service. What is this, and how can I sort it out, fix it or get rid of it if it isn't needed ? I couldn't find any useful info on the microsoft site either. Regards, Caroline -- Don''t Worry, Be Happy !!!
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C: drive not showing in My Computer
by Guest Doug- 1 reply
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Attacked by spyware. My Computer shows only the G: from the printer's SD slot, plus the shared documents folders. How did the program remove them from the display? Can't run regedit and several control panel items as the "System Administrator" has prevented it. Is there a simple way to recover after removing the spyware? -- Doug
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Lost Windows XP Pro Reinstallation CD
by Guest Gemini- 3 replies
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I lost my Windows XP Pro Reinstallation CD and I want to reinstall XP on my computer. I have the Product Key. How can I obtain a replacement XP CD?
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Admin password on XP, lost
by Guest Jeff Ball- 4 replies
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Does anyone know how I can recover or reset the admin password in Windows XP Pro? This machine has three accounts, but the admin password is not known and I cannot do anything (like uninstall programs) without loggin in as Admin. Can anyone recommend a way iof finding out what the password is, or resetting it? I assume I need a boot CD that does this for me? Any suggestions? Thanks Jeff
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Windows XP SP3 Problem
by Guest Ron- 5 replies
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I keeping getting an 'access denied' message. No other info. Any help?
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background noise
by Guest Melissa- 3 replies
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every time I boot up my computer this background radio noise plays and I cannot get rid of it. I have tried looking for it running but cannot find it. I seems like a radio station but I cannot get it to stop. I cannot listen to anything else because this will not go away. HELP!!
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cd burning
by Guest Cowboy- 2 replies
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when trying to burn audio cd my computer will get to a point and the shut off could this be due to a Digital Rights Media setting and if so how can I remedy this, I am us Windows Media Player 11
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Windows XP product Key
by Guest claude- 7 replies
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My 6 yr old computer with Win Xp home edition crahed recently, I have restored it by running Repair from the disk that I have, and believe that came from the store I bought the computer from ?, now the computer boots up and the screen come up and is asking for a key numbers, where do I get the keys numbers from, I am not even sure that I have the receipt for this machine to go back to the store with. Is there a key that microsoft can send me in order to continue my work on this machine, I really do not want to loose all I have. Please help
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Network File Sharing
by Guest JoeyB- 1 reply
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We have an open file sharing over our network in the office. There are lot of workgroups created that you can see when you go to the network places. We have our own workgroup created specifically for our department. (ex. xyz workgroup composing of 5 users) How can we set the file sharing that only us (xyz workgroup) can access? because we don't want other users see or access our data. Hope you could help us on our query. thanks