Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Country Version
by Guest LGB- 3 replies
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My son has moved to Germany and taken his pc with him. Upon trying to register with a new Internet Service Privider (T.Com) the software CD they sent him will not load. When he tries to load it a message pops up saying "The country version of your operating system is not German - it cannot be identified. The installation is therfore aborted." My question is how can he change the country version so that he can load the required software? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks
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How do I remove XP Pro setup at boot?
by Guest Reggie D.- 15 replies
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I made a bad attempt to install XP Pro on a W98 desktop . It only got to setup stage and when I boot I now get the 15secs choice of W98 or XP Pro. I want to stay with W98 on this machine. I cannot remove the XP Pro setup from my 'remove prog's' . Is ther any way of reverting to clean W98 boot? Reggie D.
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Explorer search button not functioning
by Guest Denys T- 0 replies
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When I have a folder window open the search button isn't working. When I click the button nothing happens. The search feature works correctly from the Start menu and if I press F3. Anybody ever encounter this before?
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Partitioned drive
by Guest Ken Williams- 5 replies
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Is there any way I can unpartition a drive? This one is partitioned in the middle of an old 40GB drive and there is ZERO data on the one side that I'd like to get rid of. I do not have any partitioning software installed on WinXP.
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HELP!!! Computer will not boot into Windows! 1 2
by Guest MS- 27 replies
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One of my computers (running XP Pro SP3) will not boot into Windows! I have no idea what caused this! It starts up, goes through the first part of the boot process, but will not boot into Windows, other than safe mode. When it gets to a certain point, it always reboots and starts over, never loading Windows at all. I've gone into the BIOS setup utility (Thinkpad R60), but cannot find anything to fix it there. I can boot into safe (regular, with networking, or command prompt) mode, but not into regular mode. While in safe mode I did a "System Restore", back to a restore point when the system was functioning. Yet still, it does not boot, other than…
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hal.dll-problem continues
by Guest conny- 2 replies
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Ok, so I´ve tried "bootcfg /rebuild", which results in a Fail, a message telling me that it´s not possible to search for windows installations and that Bootcfg can´t search the harddrive correctly. So i do chkdsk, and everything´s apparently fine. I´ve also tried the "expand d:\i386...hal.dll"-command, which results in a "can´t find file or cataloge". What to do?
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DVD+RW Drive
by Guest laura- 4 replies
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My DVD drive does not read cd's. It used work occasionally but now not at all. The light goes on when the cd is inserted but then it cannot be read. I am trying to load music to my Ipod.
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Well, i have the "missing/corrupt hal.dll"-problem, but can´t get going with the Recovery console because of a forgotten administrators password - what to do? I have Windows XP pro.
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Compaq SR2020NX
by Guest Sam spade- 0 replies
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Using Compaq keyboard and Compaq mouse as well as Officejet all in one printer. Would like to hear from anyone with SR2020NX pc using an Officejet printer and a Wireless keyboard and mouse in terms of mouse and keyboard manufacturer model numbers and of course how satisfied/unsatisfied they are with set up. TIA
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Low level re-format and partionning of a disk drive under Windows 1 2
by Guest dareys- 36 replies
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Greetings, I have been experiencing a number of problems with Windows XP Home Edition (SP2) on my machine. At this point, I have re-installed the operating system half a dozen times with the same suspect behaviour, in spite of getting new install disks from the hardware vendor. So, now I am considering a low level format of the machine, but I am having a very hard time locating a boot disk containing the format or fdisk commands. Can anyone point me to where I could find these files, on this site, hopefully? Thank you. Jean-Pierre
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chm file access
by Guest SteveDB1- 5 replies
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morning all. In trying to resolve an Excel VBA programming issue, I was encouraged to find and install a script56.chm file. That's the actual name of the file. Go to the MS download library and type that name in, and you should call up numerous responses-- the first of which should be a link to download this file. I did so and have found that all I get is a page cannot be displayed error on the right side of the open file. The left side appears to work as normal, but I'm unable to read any of the data in the file. Since all of the contacts for MS are tied up in fee based responses, I'm hoping someone here can help. 1- my first thoughts are that…
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My Pictures
by Guest aandj- 3 replies
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All of a sudden, thumbnail picures under "My Pictures", have red exclamation marks or green check marks under them. When the pix open, the marks are gone, but this just started today. Any reason for this? I don't like changes and suprises. Jane
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Error: Not valid windows image
by Guest Rahul- 4 replies
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Hi, I am getting the following error when I startup my WinXP Professional SP3. DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddcAtstt.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette. I am using IE7. How do I get rid of the error. Thnx, -Rahul
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Print to Word
by Guest Jason- 19 replies
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Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing. Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.
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Computer on APC BackUPS battery backup goes into standby on its own
by Guest Gregg Hill- 3 replies
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Hello! I have a Dell Dimension 4400 desktop computer that is plugged into an APC BackUPS battery backup. At random times, it goes into standby on its own, even though the power settings are set to Always on and never go into standby mode. No APC software is installed. When it is awaken from standby, there is a warning message about a low battery...but it is on AC power! I have the following error in the Event Viewer. Event Type: Information Event Source: Application Popup Event Category: None Event ID: 26 Date: 10/18/2008 Time: 10:15:21 PM User: N/A Computer: TAX-2 Description: Application popup: Critical Battery : You should change your batte…
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HELP!!
by Guest dasie6- 11 replies
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ok, so I bought a webcam, Microsoft's LifeCam VX-3000, I installed it..went fine..restarted my computer a few times then..windows won't boot up. I turn the power on, then the 1st Windows screen loads then a blank black screen and no more action. I really don't want to format my computer, I have very important files on it. I have tried the F12, and F8 things, I have also ran a test on my harddrive to make sure it is healthy. I am using Windows XP Pro, with Service pack 3. Please pretty please help me.
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IE EXPLORER NEEDS TO CLOSE DOWN
by Guest cgee- 1 reply
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My brother is having troible with Internet Explorer. When he tries to make a payment through PayPal it comes up " internet Explorer needs to close this page down. Send error report/ don't send error report." I have updated him to ie8 and reloaded Java but the problem persist and even comes up when he tries to close down a site. Any ideas please. CGee
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XP Professional Licensing
by Guest Tom F.- 1 reply
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Where can I find a listing of the components that are included in the XP Pro license model? For example, MSN, NetMeeting, etc...
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Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error!
by Guest poochbeast- 6 replies
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I am trying to diagnose a problem with a tiny software application called vdat. BACKGROUND: I have a large live music collection...much of it is recorded onto Digital Audio Tape (DAT). I have a DDS tape drive (Sony SDT-9000) with a special firmware update which allows the drive to read digital audio data and transfer it to my hard drive at up to 4 times normal speed. The software program that controls the tape drive and allows me to choose what portion of the tape I wish to copy is called vdat. I previously ran this application on another PC without any problems. I recently built a new PC...with the identical configuration, but now whenever I try to open …
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'Log on to Windows' screen: how to change cursor location?
by Guest Thumper- 1 reply
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On the 'Log on to Windows' screen, the cursor automatically starts in the Password field (box) -- not the User field. How can I change the starting location of the cursor?
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Restore sysclock to systray
by Guest FACE- 9 replies
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Restore sysclock to systray? I removed sysclock from systray and now the "show sysclock" checkbox is gone from adjust/time-date displays. How do I now restore sysclock to systray? Thanks FACE
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Turn Off computer style
by Guest Petr- 2 replies
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Hello, I have one computer with combo box dialog for Turn off computer http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/Taskbar_Manipulation/ScreenShotSmall.JPG but i want to use blue dialog with buttons http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/New_Shutdown.jpg How can i switch this Turn off screen style please? Petr
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no status for LAN connection
by Guest BBran- 2 replies
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Hello, I am using XP SP2. When I try to display the status of my LAN connection, nothing happens. Any ideas? -- Thanks, Bob
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Hi, I'm starting to think that Firefox3, is causing my Windows Media Player to stop working, the mp3 still shows as playing, but no sound, even if I restart WMP. Happened with version 9 also, currently using version 11. When the sound stops, Windows also becomes really unresponsive, until I close WMP. Task Manager shows WMP using 98% of the cpu at times. I think its related to FF because, right at the exact same time as I closed a tab in FF, the sound stopped. Also noticed before, opening new tabs has caused WMP to stop playing, at the exact time of opening a blank tab. Even just opening FF has caused WMP to stop playing. If I dont open FF, all is fine. …
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Side-by-Side-Cache
by Guest Johann Blaser- 1 reply
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Hello, is it possible to transfer the Side-by-side Cache to another Windows-System, just by copying the WinSxS- Folder? If not, does anyone know what has to be done to get it work? Thanks, J. Blaser