Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Unable to open apps
by Guest FlaBill- 2 replies
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A message that say my OS is not configured to open this application. this happens when I try to open WinWord from my flash drive. Copy to hard drive did not solve it. Confused... Any suggestion would be appreciated, thankx Bill
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COM Port Connection
by Guest Elias- 7 replies
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Dear Experts. I connected my laptop to an STB (Receiver) through an RS232 cable. I need to check if the connection is established through the serial COM1 port to the STB. Is there any way/command that i can use to check that the PC is actually connected to the STB? Thanks. Elias
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RE: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down
by Guest i get the error when im playing game.- 0 replies
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RE: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down "tonpal" wrote: > For no obvious reason, I started getting an error message when I shut down > WinXP. The message is only on-screen for less than a second so I've been > unable to catch it all, but (probably paraphrased) it says that "DWWin.exe > failed to initialise because Windows is shutting down". > > It may be that this started after automated error reporting to MS when FS9, > and later WinXP, said that they 'had to shut down' but I did not notice it as > following immediately, nor did it immediately follow any installation or > update. > > Part of me doesn't care becau…
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trouble accessing HDD
by Guest Paolo- 1 reply
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when i go to my computer and double-click on HDD(C:) i get into the Search companion instead of accessing the drive, so i have to right-click it instead and then open it. I used to be able to just double-click the HDD icon and get into it. why is it doing this?
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Hard disk crash please help
by Guest Need a miracle- 14 replies
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Hi: Something sent a power surge through our house today and the main circuit breaker flipped, cutting off power to my computer. Catastrophe. The drive won't boot. Windows just doesn't see it. Even the "dir" command DOS (which I accessed through the repair recovery console) gives me an error that says the "directory cannot be enumerated." Running the Windows XP CD, I'm told that there's no system there and the drive needs to be reformatted to install it anew. I know the data is still there. I downloaded a program called "getdataback" and as far as I can tell, I did not lose a single user file. The preview function works and every file I looked at s…
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System Restore.
by Guest MargarineFly- 3 replies
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I hope someone can help, please? So I got this Antivirus XP 2008 show up on my computer and these warnings about spyware. I tried uninstalling it, and I tried removing it through control panel, and I can't get rid of it. Does anyone know how to get rid of it? I was thinking of doing a system restore. But I just removed a bunch of viruses with my AVG scanner. Will they come back now if I do a system restore?
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this web site safe?
by Guest shah- 12 replies
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Our family pc has this pop up 'IE ANTIVIRUS 3.3 and I googled my friend under 'IE Antivirus 3.3' and gave numerous results and under its 9th item quote 'Solved IE Antivirus 3.3 - Tech Support Guy forums" Link as 'forums.techguy.org/malware-emoved-hjackthis-logs/721904-solved IE Antivirus 3-3-a.html May I know if this website is safe? Anyone been to this site...?. Appreciate if you can advice, as scared stiff trying to go sone unfamiliar sites. .......thanks
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Standby Status (Sleep Mode)
by Guest LenC- 3 replies
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I generally do not turn off my computer (XP SP3) at night - I put it into standby mode and it fires up very quickly in the morning to exactly where I left it the night before - with one exception. Frequently, I am unable to print after coming out of standby mode. The print job is in the printer queue and the printer is active and online when I check its status in control panel. If I reboot the computer, the jobs start printing automatically as soon as bootup completes. This isn't a big deal - but I'm just curious if anyone knows why this happens and how to restart printer…
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Why there's no IE icon on SP3?
by Guest Sin Jeong-hun- 7 replies
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I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?
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Error while Shutting down
by Guest Rishi- 4 replies
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Hi, all. I am getting an error while shutting down, which states like this " The instruction at 0x02801010 referenced memory at 0x02801010. The memory could not be "written" Click on OK to terminate the program. Click on Cancle to debug the Program." The error points out to the explorer.exe. Clicking on OK shuts down the computer. Please help me to resolve the issue. Thanks in advance.
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Hard drive question
by Guest Walter R.- 4 replies
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I run Win Xp Pro SP2. I installed a new 500 GB SATA with a PCI/ATA controller. It s performing OK. This may be somewhat off-topic but I don't know where else to ask. My question is: When I touch the running drive with my fingertips I notice an ever so slight vibration. I have never noticed this with any prior or existing hard drives. Is this normal, or should I return the drive to the dealer? Thanks for your help. -- Walter http://www.rationality.net -
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"Acquiring network address" icon displayed forever
by Guest Andrey Tarasevich- 2 replies
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Hello (This issue has been widely reported for a while already, but I don't seem to be able to find any real solution.) There's what appears to be a user-interface-level glitch in Windows XP. When the computer goes out of standby mode, it reacquires its the network connections, both wireless and Ethernet. The connections get reacquired successfully, but the animated "Acquiring network address" icons remain in the tray bar forever. The only way to get rid of them is to open the "Network Connections" window and do a "Refresh", which makes the icons disappear. Is there any way to get rid of those annoying animated icons without jumping through all th…
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IE7 and Quicktime movie
by Guest yakis- 6 replies
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Hi, I was trying to watch a Newtek Lightwave tutorial using their ftp to download the quicktime movie, unfortunately, my Internet Explorer 7 would not play the movie, instead I got a big grayed out "Q" icon in the center of my web page. Could any one help me solving this problem please, I am using XP SP3 on my machine. yakis
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Leaving/rejoining domain on XP pro - profile affected?
by Guest Wowbagger- 1 reply
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I have an XP Pro machine which has lost trust with the DC which means I have to leave the domain and rejoin. Will this affect the profile (username.domain) on the XP Pro machine? Will I have to recreate that profile and move all of the data into the new instance?
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Have a problem loading XP home (2002) on a 2005 Dell computer with usb port keyboard & mouse connections. Program will not recognize keyboard or mouse response at the setup slection screen of (setup xp, repair with recovery console, or quit setup). Is there a work around or do I need to purchase a new version of XP that will recognize the usb ports on setup? If so what version of XP will solve this problem? -- lggi
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Re: video card trouble
by Guest Molly- 0 replies
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Re: video card trouble Sure is mon, came in here to make my first post, in addition to which (outside of the last 3 weeks) have not posted anywhere in 6 years and even I know that. Sheesh, Molly who until this post has never come close to flaming anyone. It's just like cutting in line.
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Shadow Copy is not enabled
by Guest Joe Coyle- 3 replies
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I have shadow copy enabled on my 2003 Server but for some reason I can not get this to work on my XP Pro computer. I had to change Volume Showdow Service from Manual to Automatic and I was able to start the service. After a reboot the service is running. I have also installed the Showdow Client Software. I am unable to get an option for "Configure Shadow Copy" to appear under all task in Computer Managment/System tools/Shared Folders. All that appears under "All Task is "Send Console Message" I have searched for hours on the web and on Microsoft Site and I have not been able to find a solution for this. Any help would be appreciated. Best reg…
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Cannot partition New Drive
by Guest Walter R.- 5 replies
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I am using Win XP SP2 I installed a new 500 GB SATA drive on my old computer, using a PCI/SATA controller. In the Device Manager, the drive shows under Disk Drives and as working properly. The controller shows as a SCSI/Raid Controller and as working properly. In Disk Management, I let Windows initialize the drive to Basic. The new drive shows in Windows Disk Management as Disk 2, Basic, online, unallocated, 465.76 GB (giga). OK, but when I right click on the drive in Disk Management, I get a choice between 'Partition' and 'Properties'. When I try to partition the drive, Windows tells me that the maximum partition can only be 476,939 MB (mega)!! What is…
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Silverlight - NBC Olympics
by Guest Victor- 1 reply
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When I try to view these clips: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=3a5c58d5-dc7c-4962-8143-d4a50d58aeb4&channelcode=sportfe&_source=rss&cid= the player adjusts the IE window size smaller (IE7) and loads but the video does not play. All I get is the video text scrolling accross and the 2008 Beijing NBC logo on the screen but no video plays. Other videos on the NBC site play fine just not the Olympics ???? This happens with both IE7 and FF3.
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Uninstalling app correctly
by Guest SANTANDER- 2 replies
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Just quick question how to uninstall Gmer utility correctly: it installs gmer.exe, gmer.dll, gmer.sys, gmer.ini, gmer_uninstall.cmd files. For uninstalling, there was specified to run C:\WINDOWS\gmer_uninstall.cmd script and reboot. The gmer_uninstall.cmd script contains code: sc delete gmer del system32\drivers\gmer.sys del gmer.dll del gmer.exe pause I done, this open dos prompt with info. But when I checked Windows folder, I still find there gmer.ini and gmer_uninstall.cmd files. Can I remove this files safely?
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passwords
by Guest sleepless@davehamilton.net- 2 replies
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Are passwords to programs stored in a specific file? If so, what file would that be?
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turn off xp power management, how?
by Guest anniek- 1 reply
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i got my laptop fixed recently and the technician fecked up computer, it was turnin itself off. it went as far as the desktop then turned itself off but when he reinstallled it it stopped goin as far as the desktop it only went as far as protected mode, i got another technician to look at it and he thinks it could be a powermanagement problem, so is there a way i can disable power management even though my laptop wont stay on?
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Format of second HDD...
by Guest DD- 2 replies
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I have recently installed a second HDD and made it the boot disc. Having transferred all the information I need from the old HDD, can I format the old drive? After formatting the drive do I need to do anything else before I will be able to access it and use it for storage? DD (Win XP Home)
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Re: The "The folder is not empty" bug on file deletion in Windows Expl I have the same problem: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Owner>cd "Eigene Dateien"\cd\asdf\ghjk\PLUGIN\jhk C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Owner\Eigene Dateien\cd\asdf\ghjk\PLUGIN\jhk>dir /adhsra Datenträger in Laufwerk C: ist IBM_PRELOAD Volumeseriennummer: 903E-EB93 Verzeichnis von C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Owner\Eigene Dateien\cd\asdf\ghjk\PLUGIN\jhk Datei nicht gefunden (File not found) C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Owner\Eigene Dateien\cd\asdf\ghjk\PLUGIN\jhk>attrib Datei (file…
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Is my computer too weak?
by Guest Korea92- 3 replies
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hey all i have another problem again.. every time i use ConvertXtoDVD to convert a certain mkv file(or any), my computer seems to freeze in the middle of converting. The same happens for Sony Vegas Pro 8.0, every time i try to render a video, in the middle of rendering the computer freezes. is there any way to fix this? PS. shoutouts to everyone who has helped me in my many prevous topics