Windows XP
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BT and PAN problem
by Guest Chris Watts- 3 replies
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I am having problems getting my computers to communicate using bluetooth PAN. My configuration is: (1) A BT LAN Access Point. (2) A laptop, running XP, with a USB BT adaptor. (3) A brand new Netbook, running XP, with a different brand of USB BT adaptor. The laptop (2) can make a PAN connection to the Access Point (1) and browse the network The laptop (2) can make a PAN connection to the Netbook (3) and browse its files. The Netbook (3) can find and pair with both the laptop (2) and the Access Point (1) but is unable to get a list of services from either of them. [The Netbook can locate, pair with and locate the seriel services of my BT-ena…
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cdr drive not seen
by Guest whcampbell2- 5 replies
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When I open My Computer or Windows Explorer, my CDR drive D: is not shown. It shows up in device manager as enabled and operating correctly. If a disk is put in, the drive will spin up and read, but no info is displayed. If a disk such as windows setup is inserted in the drive and the computer is restarted, it will boot the system from the cdr and it properly shows up on the display. How do I get windows to recognize the drive. I have downloaded a new driver from microsoft and installed it with no difference. the drive works properly in another computer. The drive also shows up in the BIOS. -- wcampbell2
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New error message keeps popping up.
by Guest Frank Martin- 3 replies
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Suddenly I am getting a window appearing called "Miscellaneous Files - Microsoft Script Editor [break] - http://www.easycounter.com/counter.php [read only]. In the body of the window there is: "<html><head><script src="res://mshtml.dll/objectembed_neutral.js"></script></head><body objectSource="http://www.easycounter.com/counter.php?radefr" onload="ObjectLoad();" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 scroll=no> <form id="objectDestination"></form> </body></html>" When I try to delete this I get a dialogue box asking "do you want to continue debugging?" and when I press "No I get another wi…
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Unable to double click on external Drive
by Guest AJS- 12 replies
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Hi, I am suddenly unable to open an external drive by double clicking its drive letter. I have to right click and click on open. Any suggestions why that is? Thanks
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CoStar Label Printer hook-up
by Guest Antares 531- 3 replies
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Last fall I built a new computer using a Gigabyte S-Series GA-P35-DS3L motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, two DDR2 one GB 800 MHz memory chips, and a Western Digital 500 GB SATA hard drive. I installed Windows XP Pro and updated it to SP3. All works very well and I have no complaints at all....except that I can not connect my old CoStar XL Turbo Model No. 90344 label printer. This label printer's connection cable has a parallel and a serial connector at the computer end but this motherboard has no provisions for either of these connectors. What is the best approach to resolving this problem...new USB label printer...USB to serial converter...para…
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Removal of Windows 98
by Guest Gambo- 1 reply
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I have both Windows XP and 98 installed on an older Sony laptop. How do I remove Windows 98? I have very little disk space available. -- gambo
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by Guest smicale- 2 replies
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Disabling Extension
by Guest Jack Gillis- 2 replies
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I have been having a problem with the Acronis Shell Extension and would like to disable it by using the capabilities of XP and not having to resort to a third party utility. Is thee a way I can to that from within XP? Thank you.
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Password
by Guest Bob- 8 replies
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I have a friend who I gave a Dell Laptop to and she changed her password and now has forgotten it...other than reformatting and putting on again her original XP disk, does she have any other way of getting to reset her password. She of course did not leave a hint as she was going to remember the phrase. Any ideas? I told her to sleep on it over night and a good change the phrase will come back to her. Am I overlooking something obvious. She has her original installation XP disk. Bob
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Formatting SD card
by Guest Ken G.- 6 replies
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I have a 2gb SD card which I put into a digital camera. I didn't realize the camera would only reference a 1gb card and it has reformatted it to 1gb. Now I can't get windows (XP SP3) to format it back to 2gb. Is there way to get my extra gig back?
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Permanent white line on screen
by Guest alxrays- 3 replies
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Hello, My daughter was playing the Sims game on her Laptop computer HP with Windows XP. The game minimized and left a white line going across the top of her screen. She tried to restart her computer, change the desktop settings along with the background settings and still contiunes to have this thin white line going across her screen . Any suggestions? -- thank you -- thank you
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HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks=1
by Guest ToddAndMargo- 8 replies
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Hi All, I am told on another forum that this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks=1 is suppose to end all tasks and log off all users on XP shutdown. I know it ends all tasks, but I was unaware that is also logged off all users. Can anyone verify this for me? Many thanks, -T
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Corrupt WIA (WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION)
by Guest Stockmoose16- 6 replies
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Hello, I installed Windows XP PRO sp 2 on my computer a few months ago. During the install, the computer kept hanging on the WIA (windows Image Acquisition) drivers. I eventually skipped those files, hoping they wouldn't be too important. Unfortunately, I just purchased a digital camera that requires WIA to run properly To rectify the problem, I borrowed a friend's XP sp 2 disc, hoping it would be more reliable than my disc. I performed a repair install, but when the computer rebooted, WIA was still missing from the system. When I go into "services" and double-click on WIA, I get the message, "Unable to open service Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) for r…
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Harddisk after power failure
by Guest Stu- 9 replies
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I experienced some power interuptions at my home and now my main computer doesn't boot up (I'm using the laptop now). It gets to the piont where the Wondows Logo is on the screen with the moving bar under it. About 10 seconds into that, it shuts off and starts over. I disconected all the external hardware (printers, scanner, modem, etc.). Still nothing. I attempted to reload windows XPpro from the CD and it went through the start of the setup routine, loading files. If I press enter to set up XP, all it shows is a partition1 [unknown] of 131072 mb. ( I don't remember the size of my hard drive, but I know it's around 40gig). If I press enter, it wants me to…
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windows cannot find list
by Guest help me- 2 replies
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Help me pleas i have error my windows XP "WINDOWS CANOT FIND '/e,/idlist,:1428:3656,H:/. make sure you typed the name correcly, and then try again....." a am cannot see anythink in my dekstop, no icon, no taskbar and start menu, my dekstop is very-very clean from anythink. i am using LIVE CD to using my computer, a am using antivirus, registry tools, spyware tools and any program to detect my problem but all cannot find any problem. thank for anyone help me