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Screensaver and Media Player 11
by Guest Dreamchaser- 1 reply
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Dear all, I wish to disable screensaver from Media Player during playback but the check box is checked and greyed out. I don't wish to disable it form the Desktop and then reenable it back after playback. Any idea why the checkbox is greyed?
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Screen saver and Windows Media Player 11
by Guest Dreamchaser- 1 reply
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Dear all, I wish to disable screensaver from Media Player during playback but the check box is cleared and greyed out. I don't wish to disable it form the Desktop and then reenable it back after playback. Any idea why the checkbox is greyed? Thanks.
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Security update for Windows XP (KB951376)
by Guest Wayne- 1 reply
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I am having trouble with windows updates. It tries to install the update, but then it gives the message that it was not installed. Security update for Windows XP (KB951376) I recently reinstalled XP home on an old e-machines. I set up automatic updates, but it still does not install. Other updates have gone fine. Is there something special about this one? -- Wayne
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Hibernate Mode
by Guest Richard- 2 replies
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I put my PC in hibernate mode whenever I am out and during the night. Lately, it has been coming back up on its own shortly after I put it in hibernate mode. They only time it would do it before is when I had something scheduled, such as a Norton upgrade. I haven't done anything to my PC of late to cause this to happen, excpet perhaps a Windows upgrade. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks Rich
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Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down
by Guest ne a.q- 0 replies
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Help me please!
by Guest Still Learning- 3 replies
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This is REALLY irking me! My dad's computer is a Dell running XP with IE7.about 1 year old. It has Windows Defender running, but somehow malware/spyware got in there anyway. It had gotten to the point where it would ONLY boot in safe mode, and it took about one hour to do that! Well I corrected that with Combofix...and the computer is running fast again. But every time you go from one webpage to another...you get an ad page first! It looks like this: Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack Due to insecure Internet browsing your PC can easily get infected with viruses, worms and trojans without your knowledge, and that can lead to system slo…
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Unable to Access Folders!!
by Guest Asad Ul-Islam- 1 reply
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Dear all I have had Windows XP with SP3. Recently i had a powerfailure which resulted in improper shutdown. After that my windows got curropt and i had to install it again. Now during reinstallation Windows (with Sp2) Run Checkdsk on 2nd Partition. And found some index problems and gave messages like "recovering orphan files etc". Now after this fresh instllation I am not able to Access some of my Folders in 2nd Drive. Windows is saying ACCESS DENIED. But i think there is data present on those folders as my Antivirus software is able to SCAN those folders and shows files in it while scanning. Now HOw can i access those Folders??? Any ideas? I a…
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Go / Refresh Button (green) on Address Line
by Guest Nina- 9 replies
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I have noticed recently that my Go button on the address line of IE has changed to a Refresh Button. I want my Go button back! Help please. Thanks.
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LONG delay when saving a shortcut with IE
by Guest _DD- 9 replies
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What is the cause of the long delay in saving an IE shortcut? This happens only after a few IE windows are open, or when at least one IE window is open for a length of time. For that reason, I suspect a problem with some local 'resource' that is getting depleted. This occurs on systems with lots of ram, so it's not directly related to main memory allocation. Closing -ALL- IE windows seems to fix this, so there's some base that stays alive for all IE windows. (Any way to change this?) I'd post some system configs, but I've seen this on several systems now, and it seems to occur independent of hardware. Again, it seems more related to the length of time that a…
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Fan speed
by Guest SliqM- 2 replies
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Hi, Since a short time the fan in my laptop runs at full speed, just few minutes after power on. This was not the case before, but i have 'played' with some temperature monitor programs and maybe one of those programs has change the fanspeed settings. (??) Is that possible? I removed all those programs and also the names in the registry... => no result. What else can i do? It's a MAXDATA laptop, type ECO 4011 IW. TIA S.
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Not sure what's causing this - ...tearing hair out now ! This is Dad's PC in the house - and the one that my nieces also use !! I've been digging for hours :-( ...since this problem appeared I've installed SP3, re-registered the *.dll's that prevent further Windows updates, cleared out TIF and temporary folders. ....have tried switching off Spybot S&D, AVG 8.0, ZA and Windows Defender !! ...STILL I can't save a small file such as MVP hosts to etc directory, i.e. it downloads fast | stops at 99%, and then hangs. Have tried downloading it to a different folder and saving it under a different name in case a security prog. somewhere is interfering…
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DEAD LAPTOP XP HOME SP1A OEM
by Guest ladycd- 8 replies
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I've read so many posts re virtumonde fixes. This evil thing ate my computer. I cannot get to OPS SYS, DESKTOP, RECOVERY CONSOLE. I have no files except for some a kind Forum person must have sent to me last year. Because of the few files on that CD, my computer acts like it wants to do a Windows setup.... then asks for Win Home SP2 CD which I do NOT have. Then, it's over. Can go no further. Only have XP Pro and the OEM xp SP1A. I am able to get a C:\ now, but nothing works as far as a fix. I'm running VISTA on this laptop, but nn downloads to copy on to the dead laptop... that gives me msgs: NTLDR is missing and just got a new one... ?? file i…
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Remote Desktop Web Connection
by Guest KenG- 0 replies
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Hello and thanks in advance. Here is what I have done thus far. 1. Configured Host Computer with IIS. No prob 2. Configured Host Computer with my own Port #. No prob 3. Configured Router to Forward My Port# & Port 3389. No prob I can connect to my computer at work from another computer & visa-versa ex: my co-worker comp to mine and mine to my co-worker comp. By the way we are on DSL here at work. So my issue is when I disconnect my DSL and connect to the internet thru dial-up modem and then try to connect to my co-workers comp thru the IE browser it seems to be searching but nothing happens. Here is what I did. http://co-worker IP:co-worker PORT…
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Lost Icon Buttons XPH
by Guest Gregory- 6 replies
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I have lost the icon buttons: Home;refresh;back;email....etc. on bar just above address bar. I have tried just about everything, but apparently, not everything. Thank you for your help, -- Gregory
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Start services.msc connected to remote machine
by Guest SWDWS- 7 replies
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I would like to be able to do something like services.msc /target:<machine>. Is this possible?
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Mapped Disk Full Error Message
by Guest Ceder- 3 replies
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Hello I ap running XP Pro SP2. I have some mapped disks and I'm using this system for several years. This morning I get an Error Message when I tried to save an excel file which have 41 Mega bytes. Tha mapped disk have 20 Gega disk free. I can copy on it the file size via windows explorer, but when I try to save the excel file via save as I get the error. Somebody had this probleme before.
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Critical updates for non-existent MS Office 2007!
by Guest Jeff@unknown.com- 4 replies
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This has to do with Windows XP critical update notifications, not Office. I installed MS Office 2007 and because I did not like it, I uninstalled it and went back to my older office version. After the uninstall I rebooted as required. Just now I booted up my PC and because I receive automatic update warnings I noticed the yellow exclamation mark shield and when I opened it I saw it had 3 security updates - all of which were for "Microsoft Office System 2007" - which is no longer installed on my PC! I know I can tell MS update to hide these but my question what is left on my PC that makes MS think I still have Office 2007 installed when I do not? And…
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Can I combined free space (with different file system)
by Guest oh2oh2- 6 replies
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In my hdd, there are 3 partitions C: (NTFS) while the others D: and E: are FAT32. I have free up some space in D and E and thinking of giving the free space to C partition. Can I do that if the file system are different? Please advice. TIA
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digital weaker than analog
by Guest b11_- 8 replies
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Why are digital over-the-air TV signals weaker than analog over-the-air TV signals?
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Corrupted Files
by Guest CEG- 1 reply
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I have two MS Word files, one in a doc file and the other in a wbk, that I can neither open nor delete. When I try to delete, open, or copy over these files, I get a message that the procedure is prohibited because the file name and path are too long or because the path does not exist and that I should remap that Network drive; the file reside on HDD C and is in a two folders down in the My Documents folder. I have a copy of this file on a USD HDD and would like to erase both of these files, but wonder if anyone knows how I could do this. I have tried and cannot copy over either of these files. The condition of these files prevents copying and backing-up the My D…
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Processes won't close
by Guest Fenley Crunchwhistle- 8 replies
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Many applications when closed normally still appear in Task Manager. Some exhibit this behavior all the time, some only sometimes. For example, SysInternals Process Explorer and Vegas Pro 8 seem to never close properly and show an additional process in Process Explorer with every launch/exit. This is not application-specific behavior. I have XP 2002 SP3. Norton 360 with latest signatures finds no viruses or spyware. Windows Update finds no updates for my computer. Thanks
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Main Installation of Windows XP
by Guest Moogleez- 1 reply
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I am currently running an Intel Celeron 566 Mhz with a 40 gig harddrive and 256 mg ram. It had Windows XP on it before i owned it and so I figured formatting and reinstalling Windows XP would erase any or all imformation they would have had on this pc. My problem however is with the installation of Windows XP itself. It will not run the 2nd phase of the installation process. I honestly have no idea what could be causing this so any help is great. Please refer to : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/install.mspx for the installation guide Thank You, Moogleez
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DNS Server Settings in Windows XP
by Guest Snapper- 1 reply
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I have fixed or static IP addressing for my home network. It also has user entered IP addresses for the modem router as the gateway and DNS servers. In my DSL modem there is a setting to enter DNS server addresses manually or to auto detect them based on the ISP's servers. I have it set to the latter. A guy from the ISP suggested that on the computer instead of using the ISP assigned addresses for DNS to point the computer to the gateway address. ie. Gateway address and DNS server address are now the same at 192.168.1.254. I've done this and it seems to be working OK, but if there is any performance increase I can't pick it. What advantages would there be…
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USB external hard disk problem
by Guest Rick- 2 replies
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Had several 2.5 and 3.5 external hard disks plus a memory stick that plugged into the USB ports on my laptop. They have all now come up as unknown devices. I think XP does not need drivers for these but I cant get it to recognise them. Fairly sure it is not a hardware problem (happens on all ports). Re-installed Service Pack 2 - no change. Went to re-install manufactureres recovery disk for XP Home which said that my existing version is newer than that on the recovery disk - I assume because of subsequent iinstallation of SP 2. Do I have to re-install XP Home regardless ? Does anyone know how I can get XP to recognise these drives please, as I am slowly …
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Disk Full error message
by Guest dschlyer- 13 replies
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I am running XP Pro V5.1-SP2. I have used this PC on this network for several years. All of a sudden, I cannot save to the network hard drive. It is mapped as H:, and when I open it in My Computer it says that it is 1.0GB and full, despite actually having about 87gb of free space. I can read perfectly from it, but I cannot save to it - it says it is full. About 12 other users are on this network, and none have this problem. It occurred suddenly and I do not know of any event that happened that would have precipitated this. Please Help!!!