Windows XP
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Carry the profile data from one PC to another
by Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)- 4 replies
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"Ronny" <ronny@goren.org.ir> wrote in message news:eMxqRMS3IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I usually carry a user profile data from one PC to another by simply copy >the specific user "tree" (while I'm logged in as administrator account in >safe mode) and then restarting the PC. > Now I try to do it again with some other PC(I must use this user because > of many installations that I've done with it) but the user name is not > identical. So I modified the name in the following procedure: May > computer->Properties->manage->Local Users and Groups , into an identical > name. To my surprise I saw that the profile name u…
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Username/password on network share
by Guest stevemon@ntlworld.com- 2 replies
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I realize there have been many threads on this subject, but I just can't track my problem down. Have small office network (workgroup). On win2000 desktop I have shared folder(ESHARE). I want 4 users to have access to this. set up new users with same Username/Password on win2000 desktop as each logs onto there own laptop/pc. Usernames on win2000 desktop are all in POWERUSER group with full access to ESHARE. All get access to ESHARE without having to enter Username/Password except one XP home laptop which always asks for Username/Password. I have checked the spelling of username/password but still always asks. Any suggestions please. Thanks
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Desktop - strange behaviour?
by Guest Gingangooli- 1 reply
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Hi .. When I do something simple, like empty my Recycle Bin, or maybe close a window and go back to desktop, many of the Desktop Icons seem to do a refresh, for a few seconds they display what I would call a "default Icon" until the normally assigned icons reappears. It wouldn't be so bad but sometimes it takes a while for this to finish (seconds maybe but I cant move my mouse until it finishes). Once the correct icons have been "repainted" all then is OK once more. Is this normal? Is there anyway to correct this..if it is incorrect behaviour. I'm running XPPro SP3, but behaviour occurred on SP2 also..... I don't use Active Desktop or whatever its ca…
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Can't remame photo files on my camera phone
by Guest Lapwing- 3 replies
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I wanted to download some photos I took this morning onto my pc from my camera phone. I usually put the phonecard into the slot in my pc, choose what pics i want, rename them and either move or, if I want to keep them on the phone, copy them onto my computer. When I just tried to do it, I got an error message saying if I change a file extention name it may not work properly. I copied one and tried renaming it just to see what happens and I instead of it showing as a jpeg icon that will open with Windows fax and picture viewer, I get a funny icon that just says "file" when I look at properties. I can open it but I have to manually select the prog. to open i…
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Regarding CCCleaner
by Guest JD- 15 replies
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I've seen this program referenced a number of times in this forum. I run CA Antivirus, Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, and Windows Defender twice a week. What can cccleaner do that can't be done through normal Windows cleanup procedures--Disk Cleanup, etc? Is this program a "registry cleaner"? Are there potential dangers in using it? Thanks for any input.
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RE: Installing MS Office Update
by Guest Carlene- 0 replies
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RE: Installing MS Office Update "Barry" wrote: > I just purchased a PC with Windows XP Home installed. My previous one used > Windows ME. On that computer, I was able to install MS Office 2000 update > because I had Word Perfect 7.1 already installed. My new computer came with > Word Perfect 12.1 installed. XP won't install my Office Update because it > could not find any acceptable software installed. It then wouldn't install > Word Perfect 7.1 because it's only for Windows 95 or NT. This isn't true > since it worked with Windows ME. I always thought that older software would > work on a more current operating system and…
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Building a new PC
by Guest Martin- 17 replies
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Hello I am going to be building a new PC soon. Either dual core or quad core. It will be running XP Pro However Will I need a SP2 CD or will my SP1 CD work? My licence is also OEM does this matter? If it does matter what do I do if I cannot find another XP licence? Thanks
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Windows Explorer & Start Menu
by Guest Don- 3 replies
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Windows Explorer is normally found on the Start Menu under Programs>Accessories>Windows Explorer. I accidentally "dragged and dropped" Windows Explorer from the Accessories Menu to the desktop. Now I have a great shortcut, but Windows Explorer is no longer part of the Accessories Menu list. Is there any way to get Windows Explorer back into the Menu? Thanks.
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Process Explorer
by Guest Jack- 1 reply
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Hello, When viewing what keys and dlls are associated with a process, how do you delete the whole lot of associated keys and files inside process explorer (when viewing them from the lower pane)? Thanks Jack
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XP can only boot in safe mode
by Guest Rebeleleven- 1 reply
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OK guys. I have a pretty newish computer and tried installing xp pro sp2 to it. and the installer said everything went fine. Well when it booted up it went to the splash screen and rebooted. and did a couple more times. So I loaded up in safe mode and tried installing sp3 just seeing if that may over ride the problemed file. Nope. So I rebooted and tried to load into safe mode with networking. and that made my computer reboot as well. And I've tried reinstalling it and the same stuff happens. So yes. Ideas? Im thinking its some kind of network driver issue. Just a fyi: im funning 2gbs ram 3ghz dual core amd64 x2 and i totally forget wha…
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LAN icon...
by Guest A- 2 replies
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....stays in its' initial state - "Aquiring Network Address," but, it has already established a LAN connection, because IE7 and OE6 both work okay, and never goes to the two tiny solid blue screens, if oyou see what I mean. ....any idea why the LAN icon in Sytem Tray stays with the little teeny golf ball rolling from side to side ? TIA regards, Richard
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Under what architecture is Windows XP compiled?
by Guest George- 7 replies
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I know it supports x86 processors, but what I don't know if XP is "compiled" under i386 (there are in fact several folders named 386 in the WINDOWS directory) making it upward compatible with later processors: i486, i586 and i686?... or, is it locally "compiled" when installed in any PC in the latest architecture available? In other words: does XP take advantage of the latest i686 instruction set when installed on a P2 o newer processor? Or its binaries are compiled in i386 and therefore compatible with i686 processors? thanks in advance
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XP SP3 and the $hf_mig$ folder...
by Guest frodo@theshire.net- 3 replies
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Shouldn't the migration folder be empty after SP3? I suspect it left it untouched in case the user does an uninstall, but if you never wish to uninstall couldn't you empty $hf_mig$ in addition to deleting the sp3 uninstall folder? Together they are over a gig (I know, big deal...). Just wondering... TIA
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burning windows xp to disk
by Guest can''t re-install my computer please hel- 9 replies
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ok, so I downloaded windows xp professional media center edition 2005 and it came an rar archive. now to use this as a windows c.d. I have to burn it to a c.d. as an iso. so How do I do that? I have Nero and when I click the option for "burn image to disk" I have to browse for the file. and when I go to the location of the file, it's not shown, I think that's because it's not an iso. Can anybody help me please? If your confused I'll make it simpler. Windows xp professional in a rar archive, how do I burn it to disk to use it as a windows c.d. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How to turn off bootup sound?
by Guest siriusbliss- 1 reply
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How can I turn off the bootup 'theme' sound? I don't need it. Thanks!
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MMC and Snap-ins
by Guest comish- 5 replies
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I can not get any snapins in MMC. It just says that there is an error, sends it to Microsoft, and shuts down. I am using XP pro sp3. Flash disappeared and I can not get it to reinstall, I can not see any of my devices in device manager. My consol under MMC is blank and it shuts down if I try to add any snap in. This is really getting frustrating.
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MSXML 6.0 Service Pack 1
by Guest kersta- 1 reply
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Trying to download MSXML 6.0 Service Pack 1 from MS site: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d21c292c-368b-4ce1-9dab-3e9827b70604&displaylang=en to Windows XP Home edition. Computer keeps telling me it cannot read the file type .msi. The one Seagate support said I needed for Maxtor installation is msxm16_86.msi - does anyone have any idea how to assist? Thanks!
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Update issue
by Guest W. Guy Delaney- 1 reply
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Following the download of Windows Service Pack3 and the attempt to install it, I was notified that the installation failed. I looked at my update history and forn the following message. I am running Windows XP professional and this is a nes innstallation. Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB950759)
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Help Needed - Cannot Update, Administrator Privileges Broken
by Guest dark54555- 8 replies
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This all started when I noticed I was short a few windows updates on XP SP2. I decided I should run WU manually, and ran into a roadblock. It tries to install Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool, which fails every time. OK, simple enough. I went on the here and tried all the fixes: manually reinstalling WGA, running the tool the MS guy recommends, nothing works. My office's IT guy happened to be in, so I asked him. He says just download SP3 standalone, should be a workaround. Downloaded, tried to install. "You do not have permission to update Windows XP. Please contact your system administrator." ...What? I'm on an account in the administrators …
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Installing a New Hard Drive
by Guest David- 3 replies
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I want to upgrade my default hard drive. I would like to just copy, move, clone the harddrive then install the new larger harddrive. I do have a cloing software GoodSync. The new larger harddrive has been formated does anyone know of problems that I may encounter. The ideal is to copy to new drive, remove the orginal harddrive, install new harddrive, boot and go.
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RE: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down
by Guest rosetaylor- 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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Restore point failure
by Guest Ed Mc- 6 replies
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I'm afraid I may have hosed my system. Two days ago I removed sp3. This morning I went to a month old restore point called "pre sp3 and hit "restore" button. Now, it won't undo this operation. I'm tryin to get back to where I was this morning. Am I screwed?! TIA
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printer problem after sp3
by Guest G2lenn- 2 replies
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I have 3 machines on a network, 2 XP and 1 Vista. XP sp3 was installed on the 2 machines both machines printed no problem before sp3, now only one will print to my Brother HL 2040 connected to the Vista machine (Vista machine still prints). Nothing else has been changed except the addition of sp3. I've checked the usual firewall settings and printer settings. All of my other shared files are still accessible. If I try to add a printer I receive the message "print spooler is not running". Any ideas?
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Question on OEM license and Virtual Machines
by Guest ToddAndMargo- 5 replies
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Hi All, I am going to be installing XP as a virtual machine (VM) on an existing Linux server. License wise, Uncle Bill wants a separate XP license for each XP VM. He also does not want us to sell XP OEM without also selling a new computer with it. Question: license wise, does a "new" VM constitute a "new" computer? Or, do I need to sell the full "retail" version of XP? (If it is considered a "gray area", I'll just go with the retail version.) Many thanks, -T
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Error Messages
by Guest mikamika1- 9 replies
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I am running Windows XP professional (not service pack 2) on my other computer and when I try to start it up I get this error message: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above file. Two days before this I had upgraded Adobe 7 to Adobe 8 and then I did an update for windows. My computer ran faster but then froze up. I had to "force it off and when I tried to turn it back on, I received the error message. It won't even allow me into safe mode at this point. Can anyone tell me what to do next and how? Please help:(