Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Check disk is a complete joke.
by Guest Lord Turkey Cough- 7 replies
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Been stuck on 'phase two' for about an hour or more, no info whatsoever. If that what I paid £70+ for? I guess you can say that about most of microsofts stuff though. It's either dead slow or doesn't work at all. Dr Watson for example, who kills his patients.
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I know this is easy by just right click and click on "Remove From The List" but I was wondering if this can be done via batch command. I saw few on how to remove it but that is using VB scripts. Appreciate if someone can advise me on how to do it using windows batch command. Regards, Shah
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Miniscule fonts
by Guest xylophone- 9 replies
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I have XP SP3 on a Dell, with Office 2007 Student and Home, and IE7. I can right click on Desktop/Properties to get the Display Properties, from where I can manipulate the specified font and font sizes to my satisfaction, which I have done. However, none of this seems to have any effect on the minuscule font sizes that appear elsewhere and over which, for the life of me, I cannot see how I have any control. For example, the Display Properties box has tiny font sizes, say size 4, Start/Favourites come up in a tiny size, likewise Start/All Programs. Weird. Start on its own comes up in big fonts. I can read the tiny fonts, but they why this behaviour an…
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by Guest blog611@watchesblog.cn- 0 replies
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I can't delete certain programs
by Guest Flick- 4 replies
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There are several programs that windows won't allow me to delete (itunes and others)
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vondo/virtumonde help
by Guest pemo- 13 replies
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i have caught vondo trojan on another pc. all attempts to remove has not worked. tried fix vondo, vondo fix, both say it is not present. when i run spybot search and destroy, it finds files, including 3 on registry. when i click repair, it has acted two ways-- 1- it removes files (so it seems) but a second scan finds they have reloaded. or 2- the program freezes. when i reboot and scan again, same files are found even though previous scan has said they were deleted. have found two .dll files that are corrupted with the trojan, but i am not permitted to delete them. i am told they are locked or in use by anothe program or person. have tried this over an…
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Joining or Logging into a domain
by Guest Miracle Max- 3 replies
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I know that XP Home can't join a domain, but can log in to a domain and access shared files. What can't you do if you are logged in to the domain but not joined to it?
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Uprading Me to XP
by Guest N. Miller- 7 replies
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I finally obtained a copy of the upgrade version of Windows XP Home Edition. The problem was with an old HP Pavilion 6745C running Windows Me. The OS is not geared to running a service, such as a mail server, with a long uptime. For whatever reason, Mercury/32 would cause Windows Me system resources to drop to 10%, or so, which, usually, locked up the computer, requiring a reboot. Since Windows XP does not appear to be afflicted with this problem, an upgraded seemed to be in order. To begin, I flashed the BIOS with new code, downloaded from the HP site before they pulled software for older products out of the support life. The flash was successful, but there wa…
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Hello, I kept getting these errors in Windows xp, rebooting and blue screen etc. I found out my 512k memory card was bad, so i was only left with the 256 k card. so i bought 2 kingston pc2700 ddr333 (crucial.com says this is the size that will work), but actually received 2 pc2100 ddr266 (kingston.com says this is the size that will work) whatver the case may e they should both work. Windows says I am running 1 gig like normal, but the speed doesnt seem faster than the 768 i was running before. ANyway, the memory tests i run online ALL say I have 512k, and only 1 slot is being used. I tried both cards, in both slots, and each card alone, and each card …
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Need a DVD backup program recommendation
by Guest PT- 15 replies
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I want a simple cheap program to enable me to back up selected files and folders from my C" drive to DVD's. I don't want a feature overloaded deal which covers creation and editing of videos, etc.. Just something where I can select my desired folders on the C: drive and back them to the DVD. it would be nice if the program would remember the desired folders, so I could repeat the backup each month. PT
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ATI CAT drivers
by Guest Lee M.- 4 replies
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I am using release 7.5 with a Radeon 9600XT card (XP Home, SP2). Is there any benefit to going to a later release (current is 8.6)? I don't play games and the only video is Windows media and You Tube.
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Video Problems where to start
by Guest Bob H- 2 replies
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Each time I turn on my desktop PC (Dell Dimension 4700) with XP Home I now notice when the little MS logo/flag comes on that vertical lines are on it in black and more when I am for instance viewing a video clip in Media Player I get verticle lines and the picture color is off. Where should I start looking given that I am fairly unable to much technically. Is this Geek time or is it a video card issue and ideas?? Any and all help and suggestions will be appreciated. Bob
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Why might I need .NET
by Guest John- 3 replies
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Can someone explain in very simple terms what benefits I may get from downloading .Net Framework and Silverlight? I am just a humble surfer and Office user.
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dwin.exe
by Guest sheila4typing- 0 replies
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I am having a problem when I shut off or restart my computer. A message flashes about dwin.exe and dll initialization error. It does not stop my computer from shutting down it only flashes real fast and then shuts down or restarts. It is a brand new Vostro 1500 with Windows XP home edition. The only programs on there so far are PC tools, AVG, Ad-aware, Spybot, and some windows updates which is up to SP3. I have went into the startup and unchecked everything one at a time to see if one of the programs in startup was doing it but I guess not because I still get this message. Can you tell me how to stop getting this message? Thank you
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problem with quick keys on keyboard
by Guest koalita57- 1 reply
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have HP keyboard model 5219URF problem is that none of the quick keys work go to control panel then to keyboard click button tab and it appears that all information has all been erased try to write in information but it won't let me then this error comes up "C:/WINDOWS/system32.dll,Control_RunDLL "C:/WINDOWS/system32/main.cpl",Teclado" please help me because I don't know what to do as I am just a learner
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Key Strokes Don't Display at Startup
by Guest old volunteer- 11 replies
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Someone was pressing the Shift Key too long and we ended up with Swift key or whatever that is. We straightened it out by exiting the application. BUT ... now every time we start the computer or restart, key strokes don't display on the screen. The only way to fix it is to hold down the Shift Key for awhile until it makes a sound and then you can type characters which display. It happens only when we start the computer. There must be a switch setting I'm missing somewhere? Computer is Laptop Dell 2600 Inspiron running XP Home. Help!
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Suggestions on site-blocking, on a per-login basis?
by Guest foobar5@home.com- 4 replies
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I have a computer in my house, XP, that is shared by two of my kids, plus there's a guest login for when we have people staying with us. I'm using the hosts file to block access to web sites that my kids waste too much of their time on and that suffices nicely. However, a situation may be arising where I might want my son (Tom) to have access to some sites that I don't want my daughter (Sue) to have access to (both have separate logins on this computer and neither knows the other's password). So the hosts file method (one hosts file per computer, used by all logins) won't work. I know that I could probably create a batch file to swap the relevant hosts fi…
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Removal of <Hardware Profile/Configuration Recovery> Menu
by Guest ckshue- 2 replies
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Hi, I bought a new notebook PC and now everytime when I turn on the PC, it always show a menu <Hardware Profile/Configuration Recovery> page. But it only shows one profile (Profile 1) for selection, and NO time remaining counted at the bottom... I've checked in Hard Profile after logged into XP, it also showed only 1 profile (Profile 1 (Current)) I've also tired to check the box "Select the first profile listed if I don't select a profile in 0 seconds", but no use, the menu is still displayed everytime Would anyone can help or comments. Thanks a lot. Kevin
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how do i resize images to fit desktop background
by Guest chuck- 4 replies
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**i posted this in the wrong forum earlier so i'm posting here also. sorry.** i can't seem to figure out how to resize an image to use as a desktop background so that i dont get a screen full of several images of one picture rather than filling the screen with the single image itself. does this make sense? i assume it has to do with an image being smaller than 800x600 but i cant figure out how to change it so that it is that size. thanks.
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XP failed startup
by Guest Jimc00- 0 replies
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When i type the password in my HP Laptop, the screensaver flashes for ..01seconds then the computer starts the normal shutdown procedure. I ran chkdsk from the recovery disk. no problems. i took the HD out and tried to read it as an external HD on my desktop in an enclosure - Doesn't show up as a drive. Looking for ideas??
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outlook express
by Guest gary hescott- 17 replies
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i have set up a new identity on my outlook express account for my partner. e-mail can be sent from this new identity but not received. when i try to send an e-mail to this new identity a message appears that states "recipient rejected by server 550 invalid recipient error no 0x800ccc79 can anyone help ?
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Best Copying CD Software
by Guest Lavert- 2 replies
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Need suggestions for software to put SP3 on cd. -- Lavert Bryant Powder Springs Ga 30127-6975
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CD Drives Missing
by Guest rdsimpson- 1 reply
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I recently added a second hard drive and that is present and working but now I have no access or acknowledgement in either windows explorer or device manager, they just disapeared?
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Key Modifiers
by Guest Guest- 9 replies
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Key Modifiers [Prev | Next | Contents] To move around the desktop toolbars, Taskbar, Notification Area and the Desktop - press Ctrl + Esc (or the Winkey) to activate Start, Esc to cancel the menu, then Tab and Shift + Tab to the various parts of the screen. Use the arrow keys to move within a section. Winkey + B jumps straight to the System Notification Area. To get a context menu of a blank part of the taskbar use the clock's context menu. Shift + F10 displays the context menu, Space or Enter activates. Key Description Delete key or Delete on the shortcut menu Deletes the file Shift + Delete key or Shift + Delete on the shortcut menu Deletes the…
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Reinstalling xp home upgrade
by Guest deb- 7 replies
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I am trying to reinstall my xphome upgrade but the computer is saying that the disk is older than the current installation. I'm assuming it's because of the service packs. I would like to reinstall without losing my files or settings, is this possible?