Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Uable to copy folder.
by Guest Stagolee- 1 reply
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Hi Folks. I am having trouble copying a folder containing word pictures and word documents to a dvd. I get an error message saying windows has encoutered problems copying folder. I using window xp. I never had this problem is the past. I have tried drag and drop also copy and paste. Nothing seems to work. Thanks for any help
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Setup.Exe's
by Guest KenP- 1 reply
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Hi, I have two PC's that will not run a setup.exe program. I put the CD in the CD-ROM and nothing happens. I got to My Computer and try to run setup.exe and nothing happens. No error msg, no window pops up, etc. I also tried to download the file from the Internet and run it and same happens. If I take same CD to another/other PC, it runs just fine. Someone said it could be a problem with Windows Installer. Any help in solving this problem will be greatly appreciated. KenP
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Problem with DVD/CD drive and sound card.
by Guest SoDakRah- 2 replies
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A couple weeks ago my computer simply stopped working. OfficeXP was gone and IE7 would not open. I reinstalled WindowsXP Pro and OfficeXP as well as IE7 and got things working again. Now the CD drive will not work. You insert a game CD and the game appears to boot up without selecting the shortcut but if you try to play you are prompted to insert the CD. Also there is no sound coming out of the external speakers. I have run AVG virus scan repeatedly for these two weeks even in safe mode and find nothing. Any ideas?
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Windows Updates Fail After SP3 Update
by Guest WJB- 6 replies
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Hi, I updated Windows XP Pro to SP3 and now none of the Windows updates (or upgrade from IE6 to IE7 either) will run successfully. All updates fail almost immediately. I was actually rebuilding my laptop and after installing WinXP Pro with SP2, I decided to first upgrade to SP3 prior to installing any other software. So my question is: How reliable is SP3 and should I bactrack and rebuild again, but stay with SP2? I have a bunch of other problems since the SP3 upgrade, one of which is posted in this group as well. Thanks
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Fix the "btidtemp.ini" message...
by Guest Good Secret- 1 reply
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Hello everyone...! I work on a sony vaio SZ laptop computer running under XP Pro. Most of the time I get a message about a not found (missing) "btidtemp.ini" file related to the Bluetooth... (run with a bradcom pilot). could you plz help to get rid of this issue... Thanks in advance, -- Philippe
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lost profile in win 2000
by Guest lula- 3 replies
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Hello, one of my coworkers I work with turned on his computer and typed in his username and password and it came up, but like if it was the first time that he logged onto that computer. When I went to see the local users and gropus, I have Administrator, Maintenance Director (this is his username) and Guest. Everything seems to be fine there and in fact I could log on with his regular username and password, but for some reason it was like he never logged on before. He does have access now to his email and internet as I set up the internet again and his email in Outlook (although he has set up a cox email acocunt and it wasnt set up to save messages on the…
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Strange Characters When Viewing Outlook Express messages
by Guest Pete B- 17 replies
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Running WinXP Pro SP3. When I open or view most OEx6 messages, I get some rather strange font characters in my email messages I receive. For example, I receive the MS Technet posts and here is a line of text from the latest: "First up, weâ?Tll bring you up to speed on several of the new offerings around Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows Client. Youâ?Tll be hearing more about Windows 7 later this month, especially if youâ?Tre attending ..." Does anyone know how to get rid of those odd "â?T" text characters? I tried changing to different encoding settings for the fonts I use (Arial Black and Lucinda Console, Windows Euro encoding), it made some s…
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Disabled Indexing Service starts when OE starts
by Guest Andrew- 7 replies
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I cannot fully disable the Indexing Service in Windows XP SP3 – it seems to start when Outlook Express is started. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have tried the following so far (sorry about the length of this posting): 1. For each of my hard disks (C: and F:): My Computer > Hard Disk Letter > Properties > Uncheck box for Allow Indexing Service to index this disk 2. Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > in left panel, Services and Applications > Indexing Service > on Action menu, clicked Stop > on Action menu, point to All Tasks > click Tune Performance > Customize > set Indexing Perfor…
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Problem with DVD/CD drive and sound card.
by Guest SoDakRah- 0 replies
- 196 views
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Quick Launch Toolbar disappears at each boot after SP3 (Win XP)
by Guest GeneM office- 2 replies
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Quick Launch Toolbar disappears at each boot after we allowed install of SP3 Win XP Pro system. We reset it (with lost icon sequence), but it's gone on next reboot! What's wrong? -- Knowledge Spunge (knead spill-checker & SinTax checker)
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Problem with taskbar hiding the bottom of window
by Guest EszterLud- 6 replies
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A friend did who knows what with her XP and now: the taskbar hides the bottom of all windows (incl. scrollbars, etc) both in maximized and normal size mode. The taskbar is set to "always visible", "auto-hide" is off, "lock" is on. I never seen such a thing in my life, I'm totally buffled what she might have done. I have tried to set the resolution back and forth, switch locked and auto-hide, restart...nothing helps. Maybe she clicked a shortcut, but I do not see logic in taskbar hiding the bottom of windows. Anyone encountered something similar? Or is it some kind of bug?
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To remove an icon from task bar
by Guest jim- 12 replies
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One Used to be able to do so in Win 98, but not with XP/PRO.From memory, there used to be a Task bar Folder.Help jim
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Remove program name from Add or Remove programmes
by Guest donwb- 6 replies
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I am trying to remove a programme by highlighting it and hitting "Remove" in the Add or Remove Programmes page of Settings. It fails, saying it can't find the program. I know that most of the programme's details have long since gone. Sometimes when this happens, the option to remove the listing is offered, but not always. When it's not, is there any way to remove it manually? donwb
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only desktop wallpaper - nothing else
by Guest bptheini- 9 replies
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At last able to get the winXP to boot to desktop after doing chkdsk /r thru the Recovery console. But there is nothing else apart from the wall paper, no desktop icons, start men, task bar etc.I am able to use alt/ctlr/del to get to the task manager. What can I do to get this pc functioning again.The C drive have about 75% free space and I have the hdd scanned (as slave) and whatever Spybot,Adaware found, they were deleted successfully. Many thanks for your help.
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Sign In
by Guest amadaemon- 2 replies
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just like 'subject' wheres the sign-in button. -- Computing is not like sex as its the software that goes into the hardware. Amadaemon.
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Disable Caps lock
by Guest Picsou1981- 9 replies
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Hi all. I have a problem with my Caps Lock key which keeps reactivating itself whenever I restart my computer. When I check the keyboards properties in the Control panel, the "Disable" option is checked, but it simply doesnt stick. I'd appreciate your 2ps.
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New drivers added to XP service packs?
by Guest Jon- 4 replies
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A quick curiosity question... When Microsoft issues a service pack (eg SP3) does it include new drivers for devices that have appeared since the original release of Windows, back in 2001? Thanks Jon
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Computer Booting Speeding 1 2
by Guest Shrikant- 28 replies
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How to speed up computer start up ? I have removed all desktop icons. The booting is slow because of actions taking place in the 'tray' icons on right hand bottom corner. One of the icons is for 'HP Product Update'. Other Icon says "Keep your computer uptodate", then another Icon says "safely romove hardware". They get loaded one by one with the pop up messages as each one gets loaded. Can it be eliminated thereby speeding up the computer start up ? Is there any way to speed up the computer ? What is the 'normal time' to boot up the computer ? Even after my computer gets booted, I see some action on my hard disk. -- Shrikant
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Sending pictures from Windows Explorer
by Guest Denny- 6 replies
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I am running windows XP ,using IE 7 and using Outlook Express 6 as my email. From Windows Explorer I open my picture files. I will right click on a picture. Choose send to mail recipient. Screen Send pictures Via EMail appears . Choose make smaller. Choose profile appears with Microsoft Outlook .. If I send using this email it never gets to the recipeint. There is no way I can find how to change it to Outlook Express 6. I don't kow if this is a XP or Outlook Express setting problem. I had my Intrenet support person on line for 30 minutes and he could not figure this out . He could nor find any Microsoft Outlook files on my computer -- F Denny
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I thought I was wise to get XP on my new Dell PC, since I needed little problems with program compatability from the software apps I was running on my prior SP2 XP machine. But since the new Dell XP came with SP3 it appears I am screwed . . . SP3 doesn't (appear) to work with 16 bit apps . . . I've spent 8 hours testing and reviewing all the latest MS kb articles on this topic to no avail. E.g., I use a Cpen 800C handheld scanner in my work that will not work with SP3, and they don't make these devices anymore, the current versions don't work unless hooked up to a computer, the old version has an LCD display and allows you to work in the field and then come back …
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Need help removing old SP1 files on my backup drive
by Guest Ronaldo- 3 replies
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Try this... take ownership of the containing folder or individual files and delete them, change your permissions if necessary to delete them. How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 Basic Windows File Permissions (for Windows 2000 but the same for XP) http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/dsss/docs/acls1.shtml If that doesn't help, use an application like "Unlocker" or "Delete Doctor" to delete the files. ----------------------------- "hampower" <hampower@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje news:B5D163B6-6946-40E9-BEBC-DCF74C22A73E@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I am trying to remov…
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"install important updates" at Windows XP SP3 shutdown - huh?
by Guest foobar5@home.com- 22 replies
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I have XP SP3. When I went to shut my computer down tonight, instead of the normal standby, turn off, restart popup, I had that, but there was a Windows security shield superimposed on the turn off icon, and a message at the bottom of the popup saying "Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer. Click here to turn off without installing updates." This scares and weirds me out. I have Windows set up to download updates automatically, but only install after I review/approve the updates. But the little yellow Updates shield isn't showing in my system tray area. I went to Windows update and the last activity was September 9, wh…
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reset IPC$ number
by Guest Tester- 4 replies
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Hello there, Is there a way to reset or decrease the number of IPC$ logged under computer management, shared folders, shares on an XP machine? My goal is to reduce the number of client connections. I have an XP machine sharing some folders and although the number of incoming PCs connecting to the shares is only 5 I am already getting no more connections can be made to this machine error. I noticed the IPC$ is high under the client connections, the shared folders connections is normal. With only 5 PCs connected to shares I already have 10 or more IPC$ counting against the client connections limit. Thank you, T
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list of priorities on virtual memory setting
by Guest mttc- 14 replies
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I have two page file in seperate volume, so i want to set the priorities. tel to xp to use first with G: and if need more space use with D:, how to do that?
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Background on Desktop problem
by Guest SNewton- 4 replies
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Since I used my restore disk and reinstalled everything, my background is just a gray screen. I have the updated video driver installed. Now when I go to Desktop Properites I can see the correct picture on the little monitor but still not on the desktop. I was told that there might be a program that is blocking the background from showing on the desktop and that there also might be a program that will disable the problem and fix my background. Im also using Win XP with SP 3 Can anyone help???