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Maximum Power Management Under XP SP2
by Guest Thomas M.- 3 replies
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Windows XP SP2 We are currently evaluating Vista for deployment in our environment and we have learned that one of the supposed advantages to Vista is the enhanced power management features when running on a Certified for Windows Vista machine. We would like to test the power management features of Vista and do a comparison to XP SP2. Toward that end we have purchased a Watts Up Pro device to monitor power usage. I am planning to run XP and configure the power management options to save the maximum amount of power. I will then run Vista on the SAME machine and also with the power management options configured to save the maximum amount of power. …
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Keyboard error
by Guest Peanut1974- 4 replies
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When I hit the dash on my number pad, my computer goes into sleep mode. When I hit CTRL my favorites menu pops up. The keyboard was working fine until I had to restore and reload Windows XP. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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'Help' - Cannot write messages Outlook/Word.. Just disappears...
by Guest kiwi1010- 1 reply
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Hi.. I have a notebook running XP, Office 2003 - Recent problem developed, and not know why? Always good before.... PROBLEM: Whenever I try to tpye a message inside a Word document or Outlook email and press the 'Enter' key to go next line.... my whole message and program disappears.. That is Outlook and Word programs just close and all information disappears into black hole... cannot find it!! I have tried reloading Office and also IE 7 in attempt to fix with no luck. On using virus scan... this was found.... "Microsoft.Windows.Security.InternetExplorer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LO…
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Internet stopped working for no reason
by Guest Dooglius- 2 replies
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When I came home, I was getting errors every time a program tried to connect to the internet. They went something like "C:/WINDOWS/system32/mswsock.dll is not a valid Windows image". I downloaded and replaced the file with one from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?mswsock but now I get error 10050 (WSAENETDOWN) every time. Spybot S&D found no problems and AVG is running right now, so I don't think it's a virus. Any suggestions?
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Internet Explorer can not dispay webpages
by Guest Sharpie- 10 replies
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Hi, I can't get Internet Explorer to load any pages, keeps telling me there's can't display WebPages? Can someone please help me? I did a defrag to my system today that is all, I was able to get online for about 20 minutes and then it would not load anymore. Appreciate any help out there. Thanks Val
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XP Home: Unable to hibernate after scanning or installing new soft
by Guest Mr. Low- 0 replies
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Hi, Everytime after I scan my PC using Windiw Defender or Norton Internet Security, I would not be able to hibernate my PC. The same thing happens when I download and install new software. The error message is “ The device driver for the ‘Communication Port (COM1) devices is preventing the machine from hibernation. Please close all application and try again. If problem persist, you may need to update the driver.” Usually I coulkd overcome this problem by uninstalling the COM1 driver at the Device Manager and Scan for hardware changes and let the system to reinstall it back. Is there anyway to prevent similar problem from recurring ? Th…
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Software Distribution Service 3.0
by Guest Alberto de Oliveira Alves Filho- 0 replies
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My Windows XP installed the Software Distribution Service 3.0 but my Internet Explorer and Outlook Express were unable to connec Internet. I had to restore my system to connect again. How can I solve this problem? Is it needed to configure something in order to be able to connect internet after its installation? I am waiting for your feedback. Thanks in advance.
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XP SP3 AMD ?
by Guest KG- 3 replies
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Does anyone know if the XP SP3 CD has the AMD cpu fixes on it yet? Also any information on what level the AMD fixes are? Thank you for any assistance. ***************** Thank You kGbAT@msbx.net To reply to this email please remove the AT after the kGb in the reply to address as shown above.
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Strange program not responding at shutdown
by Guest Moonbarker Osbourne- 1 reply
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For a few days now, when I go to shut my comp down after it's been on for a few hours, I see this "shutting down" window that end up looking like what you see in the photo seen below that I took with my camera. I tried doing a start/search/for files or folders/all files and folders for app.b and the only two files found were hlabapp.box and abapp.box in C:\Program Files\AIM6\services\addressBookApp\ver1_1_14_1\content What can I do to fix things so I don't keep getting this at shutdown? http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/Moonbarker/P1040246.jpg
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and anotheer prediction while we are at it...
by Guest The better version- 0 replies
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Ms wants to persuade everyone and mostly companies that somehow now just by magic, vista is a good product and there is no reason to hold back by still using XP, and there is no reason to wait for windows7. Well my prediction is that they will fail so bad it will be hilarious You can trick a few people lots of times, you can also trick a lot of people a few times.. but Sorry Microsoft, you cant trick lots of people lots of times. Vista is dead, no one like its and it doesn't matter how much new $$$ you push into advertising this flop, it will never be trusted, and for good reason. No matter how hard microsoft tries, tricks, lies, and other crap, Vista wil…
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Error message
by Guest Richard- 1 reply
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After downloading the latest Microsoft updates, when trying to open my ISP'S webpage I have suddenly started getting an error message-"WOOBrowser.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close". How do I resolve this?
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Tape Eject command using RSM eject
by Guest CLarke- 0 replies
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In my backup scripts for Windows 2003 server we use rsm eject /LF"Library_id" /Astart and it ejects the tapoe all the time. When I send the same in Windows XP it says Additional arguments required. I have no idea what additional arguments are required. It is an HP USB DAT 72 Tape Drive, and it works perfectly on a Windows 2003 server, but not on Windows XP. I even tried the Guid and changing the command to /LG"GUID" but it still says additional arguments required. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
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Screen keeps flickering? Can anyone Help?
by Guest Scottishlass- 2 replies
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Hope someone can help me. My Screen has been flickering for the last week and its driving me insane! It looks like lots of lines flickering. I have refreshed the screen rate and that helped a little but then it just went back to flickering. I have checked the cables and they are fine. I tried the monitor on a different computer and it flickered on that also. Does anyone know what my problem is and how I can fix this. I also tried to restore my computer and it kept saying it was unable to do so. Thanking you in advance.
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My computer will not display Chinese from the web.
by Guest Petem- 0 replies
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I have XP Home edition with service pack 3. I tried to go on a sit that is written in chinese and the computer couldnt show it. I dont have the XP disk with service pack 3. It asks me to install Chinese simplified. Please can someone tell me how I can get my computer to display Chinese from the web
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user has maxed out their sync relationship quota
by Guest wallmann- 0 replies
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For some reason when I go into my MSN account, I cannot access my emails. I can send but not receive. If I login into hotmail.com, I can access my email and work it that way. I spent about 90 minutes online with MSN and they came to the conclusion I have a problem with IE. They uninstalled it and reinstalled it but to no avail. They said I had to contact Microsoft. Anybody have a solution before I put out the $59 for help? Please email me at wallmann33@msn.com and I will access it thru hotmail.com Thank you. Larry Potter wallmann33@msn.com PS: I did install the IE pack 3 this evening, but I still cannot access my email directly thru MSN I ha…
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Moving User Accounts
by Guest Skippybox- 2 replies
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I would like to ONLY move my user account and I've read the article, "An error message informs you that you cannot move or rename the Documents and Settings folder" at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314843/en-us. Does the procedure of updating the path in the ProfileImagePath sub-key under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList registry key automatically update all the other registry keys that also use my profiles path? If not, is this solely so Windows knows where my profile is during logon? If so, do I have to update all references to my profiles path in the registry, even though the article only mentions doin…
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XP Pro (Gold?) and SP3 1 2
by Guest ClueLess- 49 replies
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Hi All I see many posts stating that SP3 can be installed only after applying either SP1 or SP2 I have already successfully slipstreamed SP3 on XP-SP2 and made a fresh install which went smoothly, no problems. Today I tried with my original XP Pro (Retail) and the slipstreaming with nLite went without any warning or hitch. That means, AFAICS, update.exe did not check whether XP was with either SP1 or SP2. Since I have no spare hard disk I did not try to install it and see if there is a problem. Having slipstreamed I believe there should be no problem. I will get a new hard disk and install this weekend and come back. Meantime if anyone has more in…
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Licensing issue
by Guest RD- 1 reply
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In brief in would like to install a educational volume license version of XP PRO over top of XP Home OEM version. Can this be done without having to reformat and reinstall? I installed the latter by mistake and now need to correct the installation license. In case someone is wondering I own both copies. RD
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Service Pack 3 -- To Be An Automatic Update Thursday???
by Guest Arclight- 2 replies
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Starting-tomorrow-SP3-for-Windows-XP-is-an-automatic-update--/111078
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Installation failure for KB948110
by Guest Goomba- 2 replies
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The auto update tries to do its thing with every startup, but the installation fails. Why?
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Open Windows/Tabs Disappear From Taskbar
by Guest Candy- 3 replies
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Why do windows or tabs that I have open in my taskbar "disappear", and I have not (to my knowledge) closed them myself? What can I do to stop that? Candy
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Howdy all, Everytime i logout of XP then go to log back in i have to logon to the computer and then re-enter my domain name everytime before i can logon to my domain again.
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cd/dvd rom not working
by Guest Sylvia- 2 replies
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Unable to to play Cd/DVD on my computer in Windows Media Player. Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available
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em.pc-on-internet.com
by Guest JohnK- 2 replies
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My laptop which is running XP Home Edition with all the latest updates keeps trying to sign on to em.pc-on-internet.com. I have scanned my computer with several spyware, adware and virus products and they all say I don't have any malware on my machine. Any suggestions as to how I get rid of this?
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Keep losing the fax function
by Guest Derek Peters- 0 replies
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Over the last three months or so the fax facility has been playing up. When I attempt to launch it from Winword the wizard starts then freezes, so I need Task Manager to get out of it; if I launch from the Desktop the console comes up but will not display any files. The only way I can get it back is to do a system restore, and the next time I switch on the fax will be gone again. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the windows component and the modem driver but I still have to do a restore every time I want to send a fax. Is it a glitch in the boot process, and if so how on earth do I find it? In hope Derek Peters