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Problem uninstalling program
by Guest Moonbarker Osbourne- 4 replies
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A few days ago, a relative installed this program from the Weather Channel that was described as "Get storm alerts and The Weather Channel local forecasts free on your desktop." http://www.weather.com/services/downloads/index.html?from=hp_tools If that doesn't work for some reason, go to http://www.weather.com and click the link on the right side of the screen described as "Get storm alerts and The Weather Channel local forecasts free on your desktop." He didn't like it, so he uninstalled it. Now the program folder is still in C:\Program Files though it's empty and he gets this error message at startup. Anyone know how to get rid of it? http://i2…
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Downgrade from Vista to XP Procedure
by Guest Ross- 4 replies
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We are the OEM and Build custom systems for re-sale. Can someone please confirm the downgrade procedure. Here is what I understand. 1. Customer will purchase Vista Business with License (OEM) 2. XP-Pro is to be installed with any Media and License (Already used COA) 3. XP willnot activate becasue its been activated before on different hardware. 4. Call Microsoft and they will get it activated over the phone. If the above is correct then what does the customer do in a couple of years when they want to inststall Vista, because the Vista OEM will not install as an upgrade. Does this mean the user must save data, then format and install vista Business OE…
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Security protect folder
by Guest Johnnybig- 3 replies
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How can you protect folder with passwords on a windows xp tablet 2005 edition? I can not seem to find an option like that when I right-click on a folder.
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I use acronis to backup and recover the system and partitions, but sometimes I found that the image has been corrupted in one of the partitions. Now I placed the images on one dynamic hard disk. Acronis told me that I could not recover these images unless I use the rescue bootable media. and What are the pros and cons for placing images of backup on dynamic hard disk?
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networking problem
by Guest Cesar Guerra- 2 replies
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Hi there, I have a Win2003 R2 server It suddenly disable the Client for Microsoft Network and Internet Protocol (TPC/IP), when I enable it, automatically it is disabled on a magic way TIA, Cesar Guerra
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Media Player includes unwanted pictures
by Guest Anders F- 3 replies
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I use Windows Media Player to listen to music. However, it has included a lot of pictures (.jpg-files) that I have other programs to view and that I do NOT want to show in WMP. I keep the pictures in a directory that I have never mentioned to WMP. In fact, when I copied the pictures to a directory I had just created, WMP immediately started to include the pictures into the All Pictures Library so now WMP has a double set of pictures. I keep the pictures in the directory C:\Documents and Settings\PersonalAccount\PersonalPictures (nothing to do with My Documents or My Pictures). How do I tell WMP not to include any pictures? Or just to include pictures fro…
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email getting automatically deleted
by Guest bubbababy- 5 replies
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using imap with email server so that email can be dumped to desktop and laptop. using laptop with outlook express. on laptop when email comes in, it gets a slash through it (deleted) and when exiting outlook the emails are purged. email can be read but can't be kept on laptop unless each is selected and undeleted
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Sound....
by Guest josh- 2 replies
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I know this isn't a Windows issue, I bought some Speakers surround sound, and a subwoofer.... i've had some hooked up to my PC before... this has three cables to go into the sound card and i hooked them up but only the ones hooked into output work, not ones hooked into c/ subwoofer, or sside or rear... i ahve an HP a1220n pavillion with the onboard card... the last ones i had, had an adapter that the 3 cables plugged into this adapter that would put them all into the output, i was wondering do i need to get one of these or what?
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Missing Driver
by Guest DeboraD- 24 replies
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Excuse me if I'm at the wrong forum. I'm a beginner to these forums and hopefully someone can help me out. I installed a Sony DVD-RW external burner about a month ago and it worked fine up until this weekend. When I went to use it, it said "driver not installed." So I did the standard, unplug etc. and nothing worked. I would put a CD in and hear it humming but nothing ever happened. I wrote to Sony who had me check the Device Manager. It shows a yellow question mark with a "Code 1." Then I started to get a prompt saying "new hardware found" but when I go to click on that, it just keeps searching and searching and again ... nothing happens. …
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OT: Nero / unable to make bootable cd-r
by Guest RJK- 2 replies
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XP Hom ed. SP3 etc. ....never had a prob. making one before now, ...I wonder what's changed ? .... AVG 8.0 intenret security suite is in there now - this is recent... Shoved in a cd-r, attempted to make bootable cd-r, (freshly made boot floopy in floppy drive), ....and Nero bombs out with "cyclic redundancy check) etc. ....sorry about the size - Nero Log :- RJK PC's 1A23-0003-5030-1972-2641-0839 Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: File 'Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=4.60 (1021), size=45056 bytes, created 10/09/1999 12:06:00 ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.59, size=160016 bytes, created 16/12/2003 19:18:06 Nero version: 6.3…
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DELETING REGISTRY ENTRIES
by Guest its_my_dime- 7 replies
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I am trying to delete some left over SYMANTEC entries from my registry using REGEDIT. I get an "error while deleting key" message, even in SAFE MODE. The programs themselves are gone. How do I get rid of these entries? I believe they are slowing up the boot process. Thank you.
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Creating Partitions on Wind XP
by Guest David- 4 replies
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Hi, My Wind XP is installed on my hard drive. The overview of the drive is as follows: there is an unallocated space roughly 4173MBytes and a NTFS partition © size 70GBytes containing Win XP. I want to create another NTFS partition of 35 GBytes. However, Partition Magic 6.0 does not allow this: it allows me to create another partition of maximum size 4173MBytes, but it does not allow me to resize the C partition, even though the C partition has 60GBytes of free space. How do I solve this problem? Many thanks, David
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Windows Completely Locks Up!! FREEZE
by Guest ottagothen (Joe)- 2 replies
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Everyday my computer will completely lock up. Freeze. Nothing will respond. Ctrl Alt Delete dose not even work. I have to turn off the computer and re start it. I can't pin point the program if that is what is causing the freezing of the computer. I am using Windows XP Professional with SP2. I have downloaded SP3. The freezing is happening on both SP2 and SP3. It seem to happen when I have a window open in a program and I try to close it. It will happen in Outlook 2007, or even in my Peathtree accounting program 2007. The Event Viewer Application shows these Errors: Source = COM+ The run-time environment was unable to initialize for transactions require…
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Stop and Disable Service Using a Script?
by Guest K- 3 replies
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As the title says, is it possible to stop and disable a service in XP using a script? And if so can someone point me in the right direction for syntax. Thanks
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My Recent Documents
by Guest Fred- 1 reply
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This folder is has a great number of shortcuts saved for recent ducuments. Some are very old. What is the best way to reduce the size ? Go to folder and delete ? Fred
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Backup not happening on scheduled dates...
by Guest blayer2121- 13 replies
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I have set Backup to run on a weekly basis thru the appropriate screens in the utility. However, the backups never take place. Why is this?? I am backing up my Outlook files to an external hard drive. Any help is appreciated... Bryan in Dayton, OH
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How to save Outlook Express e-mails?
by Guest johnnie2130- 8 replies
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I have a lot of e-mails saved in folders I created in OE6. I'm think they're bogging down my OE and causing it to lock up or run slow. How do I save e-mails from OE 6 folders to my hard drive? I created a folder in "My Documents" to save them there. That's works fine until I try to save two e-mails with the same title (example: Re:). Then it asks if I want to overright which I don't. How can I move my e-mails and save all of the ones I want to? Any help is appreciated.
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Net framework 1.1 and 2
by Guest Paul- 2 replies
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Hi folks, I've just finished reading that when you install NF 2 after 1.1, it can break 1.1. If you use Media Centre and x64. And you're meant to uninstall NF 2 or something then reinstall it to fix it. I've also just noticed, this has happened on the PC I'm on now (using x32). Both 1.1 and 2 are installed. (under 1.1 in add/remove programs, its says readme, instead of a site. It points to repairRedist.htm Even tho the link under 1.1 says the 1.1 install maybe corrupt, would programs that require 1.1 still run or not?? I dont really fancy uninstalling .Net framework 2 after I've just installed it, (and reinstalling it), just because of some …
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Start Menu subfolders closing inappropriately
by Guest Code-Curious Mom- 4 replies
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I open start menu>My Documents>subfolder1>subfolder2>etc. Pausing on subfolder auto-opens them to right. When I reach right side of screen, they open to left instead. Fine. But now if I hover the folder that opened to the left, then move the mouse horizonally back to the right, the menu on the right most side of the screen closes. Actually if I hover open topmost folder on right most side of screen, all is well, but any other folder, menu closes as stated. IOW, in example My Documents>SubFoldersA>SubFoldersB>SubFoldersC(rightmost side of screen)>SubFoldersD(opens to left) hover open any folder in SubFolderC's list (except first o…
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how to install bonjour as silent in Windows?
by Guest karthee- 2 replies
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how to install bonjour as silent in Windows?
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How to stop desktop icons from rearranging?
by Guest Kenny- 2 replies
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Hello all, Using Windows XP SP3, my laptop is connected to a docking station that utilizes two monitors. At the end of the day I logged off, and take my laptop. When I come back in the morning, I reconnect to the docking station and my icons are rearranged. I have unchecked "auto arrange". "Aligned to Grid" is checked. The video resolution is changed once I connect to the docking station. Does this have anything to do with the icons? Any ideas? Thanks.
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TO DOWNLOAD 64-BIT XP PROFFESSIONAL
by Guest bala.richard15@gmail.com- 2 replies
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Re: File sort order reversed or wrong in File Open or File Save dialog box I have this same issue and it is driving me nuts. No solutions I have found online work for me. I tried the above several times, including with Restart. I found the issue posted a few other places online too -- I even found the xp_shellstate.exe that is supposed to restore the original sort order, but NOTHING works. The problem occurs in both Internet Explorer (IE7) and Firefox. Problem: When I am in the browser, I click Save-As, and it pulls up the directory in order by date. The result is the files are scrambled alphabetically. I have tried many times to restore the sort order…
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File permissions problem
by Guest Casual observer- 1 reply
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By mistake, I deleted a user on the system - I logged on as Administrator in safe mode and I can see the deleted user's files and view them (they're jpg's mainly) - but when I'm logged on as another user, I can see the files in Explorer, but I can't view the pictures - Picture Manager has a red X in the middle of the viewing frame. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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WMM Automatic shutdown
by Guest RLou- 3 replies
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Recently windows movie maker has been shutting itself down for no reason. Sometimes all I have to do is put a clip on the timeline and it shuts down automatically, can someone please help me with this problem?