Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Change Expl. default opening folder?
by Guest Francis Marsden- 2 replies
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(XP Home) Is there a way to change the default opening folder of Windows Explorer from "My Documents" to another folder of my choosing?
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Registry Backup/restore vs system restore
by Guest justkay- 1 reply
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If I make a change to the registry and find I must undo it, couldn't I use a system restore point rather than restoring from a system state backup? I understand that restore points capture the registry & they are so easy to use.
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System restore vs registry restore from a backup
by Guest justkay- 1 reply
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If I edited the registry & then found I had to undo it, could I use a restore point rather than the backup/restore system state utility?
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EXCEL for MAC - DA
by Guest deanalt@aol.com- 6 replies
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It seems that more and more college students every year are choosing MACs versus PCs (40% now and growing fast) and that my daughter is headed that way. I have a PC, but the evidence seems to be pretty unequivocal that, if you can afford it, a MAC is just better. Regarding EXCEL, I assume that MAC users can import and use a file ctreated on a PC and vice- versa. Can anyone tell me. Every time we tlak about EXCEL 2002 versus 2003 veruss 2007 and the like, are there equivalent versions of these on the MAC, too. Given some of the occaisonally difficuly issiues between 2003 and 2007, it scars me to think about PC versus MAC version issues that could come u…
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OK to use Microsoft Office Academic Edition?
by Guest Choong Mun- 7 replies
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My wife use the academic edition of microsoft office. She is a counsellor cum teacher. I am a retired aircraft maintenance engineer. The microsoft office was installed in our family desk top. Can I use the software when I use the desk top? For this question I would appreciate an answer from microsoft itself. Alternatively I would appreciate the Microsoft e-mail address or web-site,where I can post the question. Thank you. warm regards, Fong Choong Mun.
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hid non-user input data filter
by Guest noitisnotme- 0 replies
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how do it remove this without reinstalling windows. since it was installed my wireless mouse and keyboard will stop working and I have to reinstall it. would just like to get hid of hid non-user input data filter
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Media Max from sony bmg
by Guest Pool-Boy- 0 replies
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I just tried to load a Santana album into itunes and followed the directions to install the copyright protection on the cd (Media Max) BIG Mistake! My AVG flagged it as a virus. I did a little reserch and found some of the problems I am now in for. I am very carefull about what programs I install and stupidly trusted that a legitimate sony bmg cd would be OK. I undestand it is a security risk and want it gone, but I have read that it can be a real problem to try and unistall. What now? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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How do I add/remove data from the mouse rollover menu?
by Guest Frank Martin- 2 replies
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When I move the cursor over a photo in explorer (WindowsXP) a small yellow label appears for a short time. How can I get to the data in this label and select extra data for it? Please help, Frank
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Windows XP SP 3 Issues
by Guest John A Hansen- 8 replies
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Dear All: I downloaded and installed the Windows XP Service Pack 3 this morning on a HP M7690Y with 4 gig of ram. OS is windows XP Media Center Installation completed fine and went to reboot. Machine hangs up at the logo sign and won't proceed to the start-up. Machine will come up in safe mode just fine and all systems' seem to go OK. Reboot into "last known configuration" also hangs up at the logo Any hints and suggestions are highly appreciated. Best Regards John A Hansen
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Compaq presario startup problems! help!!
by Guest rickylowary@gmail.com- 6 replies
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so my grandparents have recruited me to try and fix their computer. I am fairly knowledgeable with computers but this one has me stumped. Upon startup of their XP system an error window pops up that it cannot find Oleauts32.dll with lsass.exe and services.exe window heading for the two different message windows. It says reinstalling the .dll file would probably fix the problem. when i click ok the pointer will just sit at a blank screen. we have already done a system recovery and it is still not fixed. what do i do? do i need to change the .dll to.old and install vbrun60.exe? thanks for your help!
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Failing XP computer
by Guest Dean- 10 replies
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I got a scare this morning when my daughter's computer wouldn't boot. It would stop almost immediately into the startup process at where it would say 'www.dell.com' (in a blue background, if I recall) at the very top, with the rest of the screen blank. Also, the computer was making a faint ringing sound, almost as if someone was barely hitting a tiny bell with a tiny hammer. I tried rebooting twice and the same think happened. Fortunately, I also noticed that , just before it 'froze', there was an option to hit two F keys, one was F12 and I don't recall what the other one was. So I rebooted again, as soon as that flashed by the screen, I hit F12 and i…
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Direct Connection Question
by Guest Jane- 3 replies
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I have an old computer that I want to get rid of, but there are some files on there that I want to save over first. The old computer is running Windows 95. My current in on XP Home Edition. I have tried using a Flash/USB drive and an external hard drive which connects through USB on the old computer, but neither was recognized. I purchased a Parallel File Transfer Cable, but when I try to connect, I receive error 771 - the network is busy. I'm sure that there are steps I need to take that would cause the computers to be able to talk to one another, but I need a set of step by step instructions. Can anyone help?? I'm not sure if this is the right u…
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Can't Find Folder
by Guest dnamertz- 2 replies
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I was trying to find a file and it was shown to be in the Local Files\Temporary Internet Files folder within my personal documents and settings folder. When I went into that personal folder, there was no Local Files folder. So, I clicked on Properties for my personal folder and checked the "unhide" box. It then said it was copying over a bunch of files. When it was done, I could not even find my personal folder, and about half my icons have disappeared from the desktop.
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Turning off a laptop built-in mouse
by Guest Bugsy- 3 replies
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My desktop crashed a week ago and I am now using my Dell Inspiron 6000 as a temporary workstation, running Windows XP Home. I may be using it for a month or so until I can find a new desktop (hopefully with XP Home installed). My problem is (well, actually an anoyance), I have a Logitech wireless mouse I am using with the laptop. Is there a way to TEMPORARILY disable the Dell's built in mouse? I looked through the Control Panel options (I am using XP Home) but didn't see an option for disabling the built in mouse. Thanks,
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Serial numbers
by Guest Vistarocks via WindowsKB.com- 4 replies
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I know this isn't in the right group, but for some reason, I couldn't get the Internet group to load. Is there any way I can get serial numbers for software online? I have tried some sites, but they don't have the software I have on it. Or is there any way to extend the 30-day trial period? Thanks for all help! -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200806/1
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Can't ping PC running XP on home LAN
by Guest James Egan- 2 replies
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My wife's IP address is 192.168.1.3. I can't ping it from my PC who's IP is 192.168.1.4. But I can my PC from my wife's I turned off the firewall on both PC's and even shut down the Windows firewall service temporarily. What else could be preventing me from pinging (let alone accessing) my Wife's PC? Both are connected to a small Linksys router. -Thanks
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RE Downloading/Installing XP SP3
by Guest Scotirish- 3 replies
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Am now running XP Home Edition with SP2. To get SP3, do I have to download and install from Windows Update or are their other Microsoft sites I can download from, preferring to "Save" to disc rather than set it on "Run" and take my chances? Any input. suggestions or "do's and don'ts that you can offer on this subject would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Unhiding a Folder
by Guest dnamertz- 2 replies
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I think I hide a folder and all its files by mistake. How do I unhide it?
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How to partition the external hard disk?
by Guest lisen- 2 replies
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That disk is IDE pluged in the USB box, and 90% occupied, how to partition it? Using Acronis?
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Dual Boot on same Partition
by Guest wwjd5502- 2 replies
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I purchased a laptop with Vista. I then installed XP to a windows directory called windowxp. When completed it booted up into XP but I lost the ability to boot into Vista. I then repaired the boot loader for Vista and then booted into Vista. Bothe seem to be working fine, Q. Is there a way to bring up a dual boot menu on startup to chose which OS i want to use by keeping them on the same C drive?
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USB Ports Not Working
by Guest Dukey- 3 replies
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I am using WIN XP and all of my USB ports have stop working. Is there a fix for this. Thanks Doug
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Plug and play drive settings for system restore keep changing.
by Guest Sandy J- 0 replies
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I have Windows XPpro, service pack 3, running IE7. The computer is approximately 4 years old. My plug & play drive settings in system restore keep getting changed. I have system restore set not to monitor that drive because it hasn't got anything on it except music and graphics. I'm not sure that it matters but the drive is a Seagate Free Agent with 500 GB of storage. From time to time I notice my system slowing down and when I check system restore the setting is changed to "monitoring". Does anyone know how this happens? It's not the upgrade to service pack 3 that caused it because this used to happen when I had service pack 2 as well. One m…
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How to use verifier?
by Guest Gary Roach- 4 replies
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I'm debugging a machine running XP Pro SP2. It gives a blue screen occasionally with a c5 stop error. It seems I'm supposed to run the driver verifier utility to deal with this. I don't know which drivers to monitor and monitoring them all slows the system down so much that it's unusable. I've analyzed the minidump from the crash (output included afterwards) and it tells me the problem is in Internet Explorer. Which drivers should I monitor? Thanks for any help. -- Gary Roach ADB Services --------------------------------------- Minidump Output -------------------------------------- Microsoft ® Windows Debugger Version 6.6.0007.5 Copyright ©…
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SP 3 - Remote Desktop Program changes ?
by Guest John A Hansen- 0 replies
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Dear All: The Machine is a HP M7690& with an intel processor 1.8 ghz and Windows XP Media Center OS with 4 gig of Ram I downloaded SP3. Machine won't reboot Tried "last known good config" and still no Joy Ran OK in Safe Mode Removed SP3 after no solutions worked. I've lost the connection to Remote Desktop Program ( Icon is still there but no connection) I use it for remote admin of a server at a Server Farm ( Servepath) on a Windows 2003 server. I remember seeing somewhere that SP 3 installs a different RDP program? I downloaded the RDP program from Micosoft but it refuses to install and replies software is already on the machine.. does not…
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Restoring performance?
by Guest Goomba- 10 replies
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It's a couple of years old, and my Dell Inspiron 6000 (with Service Pack 3) has become sluggish opening files and accessing the Internet (100MBPS connection). I frequently run Disk Cleanup, Defrag, error checking, and the machine is malware & virus-free. I even uninstalled a half-dozen never used programs. My C drive shows 28.5 GB used, 42.1 GB free space. Is there a simple way, which requires no knowledge of the Registry, to restore performance?