Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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SP3 corrupts Adobe Flash Player
by Guest Scott- 6 replies
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I updated one of my computers with SP3 today. I discovered the adobe flash player on the Yahoo Launch web site no longer has full functionality. Specifically, clicking the full screen button does not do anything anymore. Everything works fine on my other computer. FYI, when I first restarted my SP3 computer, the internet connection did not work. Restarting again corrected the problem. Any fixes out there? Scott Los Angeles
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SCHEDULED TASK
by Guest DD- 2 replies
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I have few scheduled task running in user windows xp pc, how to prevent user from deleteing the task been created ?
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TRAVELLING WITH LAPTOP??!!! HELP!
by Guest husky13- 18 replies
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Hi there, not sure if I am in the right forum but just a quich question...I have a Sony Vaio and will be taking it to Italy for 6 months...any idea what i would need or what kind of adaptor I would need in order for me to use it over there?? could I just get a travel plug convertor? any help much apprecciated! thanks very much!! -- husky13
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Filtering
by Guest Ron Badour- 0 replies
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In mid June in this group, there was a conversation (John2, Alan, others and myself participated) about filtering in MS newsgroups. In order to get the straight skinny on the issue, I asked my MS contact to comment. If you would like to read his comments, please download a zipped .txt file from my web site: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/Filtering.zip If you have any comments, you can contact me via email through my web site and thus avoid an (off) topic conversation here. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP Shell User
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XP installation failed
by Guest maniac968- 1 reply
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Reinstalling the OS for a friend. But reinstallation failed several times, here the info.... When the installation process moves to the GUI part, the Windows XP logo freezes in place. It stays there too long. Then discovered one problem. The CPU was not properly seated, I reseated, still have the problem. I thought it was the hard drives so I alternately reinstall XP on either 250 or 40GB. Same problem The system has the following P4 2.8GhZ Elitegroup MB w/ Intel chipset 512mb RAM PC3200 specs 250gb hard drive 40gb hard drive DVD burner nVidia card 300W PS
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OEM XP Tablet
by Guest Adam- 6 replies
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I have an Acer tablet that is less than three years old. I am trying to reformat, but I do not have the original disks. I have contacted Acer and as they no longer support the machine or a tablet of any kind, they do not have any software they can give to me. When I contact Microsoft about it, all I received back from them is an email with a standard copy and paste that tells me to contact Acer and/or the OEM help section on Microsoft's site. I have the Key on the sticker that is on the machine, but now I just need a copy of XP Tablet. Any suggestions?
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Share a shared folder : )
by Guest Nime- 4 replies
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Hi People want me to publish a folder which one located on a computer. Files & folders are shared and named as "docs". I've got a public Windows 2003 Server Web Ed. with real IP and private Windows 2003 SBS with shared folder "docs" I've tried to add IIS a virtual folder "\\sbs\docs\" as "http://mydomain/docs/". However when I browse with IE, a login window prompts... I tried all possible user/pass combinations but no luck :/ "Everyone" may read&write&list the folder "\\sbs\docs\" (both Security and Share). How can I make the folder public/accessible from internet for dumb people, I mean who cannot use ftp, rdc, etc. They just …
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Re: Windows XP Task Manager
by Guest David- 1 reply
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Re: Windows XP Task Manager Carey how do you do that where do you go? "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > Enable or Disable Task Manager for the Current User > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm > > [Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox] > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Bryan" wrote: > > | My Task Manager has been disabled and I don't know how to turn it back on can > | anyone help? >
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Hyperterminal
by Guest jedrek- 3 replies
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I was wondering if Hyperterminal was installed by default on either Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Pro SP1, Windows XP Pro SP2. I believe it is installed by default on Win XP Pro SP2, but I am not sure about the others. Thanks.
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How do I stop those annoying yellow balloons 1 2
by Guest tommy- 29 replies
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Every time I move the mouse onto the screen these huge annoying yellow popup balloons telling me exactly what box my mouse is near pop up blocking my view. For instance, when typing this message if I did not move the mouse to the edge of the screen a huge window telling me to "enter your message" appeared. These are NOT folder descriptions, which in theory can be turned off. I went so far as to use TweakUI to set a "hover" to take 50 seconds, but these "tags" ignore the setting. As more and more programs add these "helpful" information tags, it makes using the computer nothing but frustrating, my machine is useless to me, I can't even use CAD programs any …
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problem with xp and large drive
by Guest seth- 6 replies
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i have a strange problem with xp and my additional drive i recently bought. i was running vista for a while and just couldn't deal with it anymore so decided to go back to xp. i have the original 250gb drive and added a 1tb drive. when i installed xp it saw the 1tb drive as D and worked fine. i started to install my drivers, first with the latest nvidia drivers for my video. it installed fine, but after the reboot i nearly freaked out when D was gone. it didn't see the drive at all. subsequent reboots did not show the drive in device manager at all. i started over again with fresh xp install and after it finished D was there again. i installed s…
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OT: Linux share jumps 17% in one month!
by Guest Lord Turkey Cough- 5 replies
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"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ubUWyqT4IHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > From 0.68% to 0.80% !!! > > Is this exciting, or what? Yes it is, goo job I have got Ubuntu installed otherwise I would not gave had internet access when windows failed (again) today. Due to a faulty 'security update' - Bastards. > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2179 >
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DEFAULT VIEWER FOR FAXED DOCUMENTS
by Guest RACER X- 2 replies
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I USE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL OF MY FAXED DOCUMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES. I WENT TO LOOK AT THEM TODAY AND FOR SOME REASON I CAN NOT GET THE COMPUTER TO OPEN THEM UP. INSTEAD, I GET THIS MESSAGE, "YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE A DEFAULT VIEWER FOR FAXED DOCUMENTS. HOW CAN I SET OR RESET THE DEFAULT VIEWER AGAIN? I DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW I CHANGED IT TO BEGIN WITH. THANKS RACER X
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Dial-up password
by Guest Humpty Dumpty- 4 replies
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I forgot my dial-up password. Where is it stored? TIA Humpty
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Microsoft Office Word 2003
by Guest Johnny from New York- 2 replies
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I took a news letter template from Micro and used to send out to my classmates. When I tested by sending to me and another classmate to see how it would look, the RECEIVED e-m attachment had to be read in PRINT LAYOUT And exceeded the boarder parameters Any suggestions Thank, John
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How to start Power meter from a shortcut
by Guest Oliver- 1 reply
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I'm trying to find out how to open the Power meter window from a shortcut. This windows normally appears when you double click the battery icon in the systemtray (laptop) I've tried rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL powercfg.cpl but that merely starts the entire power config and not just the power meter window
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OT: pci USB Cards...
by Guest RJK- 0 replies
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After hours of trawling the web, across many months -...now and again when time permits - if you see what I mean, I still can't find that "just right" PCI USB card. ....the nearest I've come to it is: http://www.shenztech.com/code/ui/product/product.aspx?prdid=SFU2N-NEC72874&catid=9 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/60608/show_product_reviews ....I've found a few with 1 x 4 pin header internal connector. i.e. I'm trying to find a PCI card, preferably with 1394a on it as well, and which has "double" USB pin headers on it just like on a motherboard 9+key/10 pin Intel style connector, ..heaven would of course be - also an internal Intel style 1349a / case fro…
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Hot CPU!?
by Guest dizzyd- 15 replies
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It is summer here in London but I'm sure my cpu has never been this hot? Its averaging around 70 degrees celcius? Is this way to hot should i shut down? I've got the fan set to optimum and the case has grills to allow cooler airflow but it seems to be running super hot. Any thought most welcome.. AMD X2 6000 2gb ram 500gb hd xp pro
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sp3
by Guest abhishekrishna- 1 reply
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Should i opt for sp3 or is it better to go on with sp2 of XP pro
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undeletable file
by Guest gneuner- 3 replies
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Hi all, I am rescuing files from the drive of a Windows computer that died. Unfortunately the old drive was PATA and the new computer is SATA so I borrowed a USB drive housing and copied the whole "Documents and Settings" directory from the old drive to the C: drive on the new computer. But now that I've rescued files, I can't delete the directories. The offending file is: C:\Documents and Settings\Kathy\Desktop\rescued\Documents and Settings \Kathy\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\RH8ZMR9M \l.yimg.com\cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com\ver\242\embed-2007-08-28-1213\swf \yup_embed_module.swf\testmo~1.sol I can see the .SOL file in explorer a…
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Windows Explorer error at startup
by Guest James- 8 replies
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I have a very stubborn problem here. I'm look for anyone else's help. At startup and error box comes up saying "windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." The startbar is also frozen so I have to use command lines. I have cleaned up my computer from malware and virus using DrWeb CureIt!, Malwarebytes, CCleaner, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot Search and Destroy, OneCare Scanner, avast scanner and Norton 2008. The error also occurs when trying to move a file in safe mode. I have checked and unchecked startup items to see if I could stop the error message but none of them worked. Clean booting didn't …
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Hello, When I turn on the thumbnail view in Windows Explorer, in a directory of 1000+ .jpg images, only the first 640 or so are displayed, the rest are empty placeholders, and some are empty Icons. These images are all ok, none of them are corrupt. When I do this on another pc, all the thumbs are there, none missing. So, its not a WINXP bug, or a SP3 bug, because the other pc is also WINXP+SP3. Something is rotten on my pc, maybe a registry entry... I have no idea. I have tried various suggestions from this group, including: regsvr32 shimgvw.dll and REGSVR32 SHMEDIA.DLL and http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (xp_thumbnail.exe) N…
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My product key says it's invalid
by Guest Kenny- 10 replies
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Hey, everybody. I have a problem...i have an HP computer which has it's on COA on it. Unfortunately, greedy HP does not give you any restore disks or the XP cd on this computer. It was bought new at the store. Too much junk was on it, so I reformated and since I didn't have an XP cd thanks to HP...I borrowed a CD trying to reinstall windows. I reinstalled it....however my COA product key is not working for this computer. What do i need to do...is there a way to activate xp with my COA key? Or do I need to call microsoft and have them activate it for me? Thanks.
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Reformatting
by Guest Jenni Elizabet- 4 replies
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Hi all, I first posted this in the 98 area. But they told me to come in here. I have an old Compaq Presario 5000t ( about 8 yrs old now). I have a full version of 98se with an upgrade version of Xp pro on top. What I want to do is to completely clear the hard drive and reinstall. Because my disk space is gone because of all the windows updates. My hard drive is only 10gb. Computer will only take 60gb more because of bios or motherboard. And I cant find one any more. So, I can only clear and reinstall. 2nd) Is there a way to make the computer run windows off the external hard drive I have? If so, then I could just unplug the 10gb and run off the 320gb …
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XP SP3 will not install
by Guest Molly- 0 replies
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Hi, PA Bear sited a web site a few days back that was designed, I think, the type of problem I've had. Ceptin it did not work. I updated XP to SP 3 about 3 weeks ago. Sigh, just after scanning, pruning and doing all sorts of maintenance. Then the OS starts doing a freezing up and constantly running memory in the background. Because I had just primped everything I did not realize I was infected with Trojans, etc. So, I uninstalled everything I had just installed, including XP3. Now I cannot reinstall it again. I made the registry changes, which were duly accepted for a missing ..dll file. Any other ideas? Thank-you, Molly PS.. I'm also the pers…