Windows XP
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Sleep feature in Vista not working.
by Guest Zac- 13 replies
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Problem: My sleep button on the PC isnt working on Vista (or XP). Whenever I do press it, Vista says its going to sleep. Usually on my other PC, when I do this , the power LED blinks and I can resume it by pressing the power button. On this PC, I cannot as the light doesnt blink, and when I press the power button the PC starts all over from the Boot screen. My BIOS does have the s1&s3 enabled. Do you guys need the my Vista power settings? And which information do you want? Anyhow I would really like this feature work out thanks! Here are my specs: Asus M2A-VM (Suspend Type: s1&s3) enabled AMD x2 5200 1 Gig of Ram 650 W Antec Neopower 160 HDD (wireles…
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Administrator loss. TIA
by Guest sandy58- 2 replies
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I seem to have lost admin control. ie; cannot enter registry "regedit" as I get the message "Registry editing have been disabled by your administrator". Any help with this problem will be gratefully accepted.
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[OT] Unidentified USB device on all USB Ports after reboot,... 1 2
by Guest Kerem Gümrükcü- 30 replies
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Hi, this question is rather OT here but its hardware stuff, so maybe someone can help me out in solving this because i have a serious problem on my Windows XP System: After rebooting the system, all my USB devices are rejected from the System after plugging them into a USB slot with the Popup "Unidentified USB device". I removed any USB device entry, even roothub and all usb stuff from the Device Managers Treenodes, rebootet, reinstalled all hardware drivers (installed automatically from system itelsf), rebooted again, plugged my WLAN stick on and got the same message after saying that it was successflly installed and is ready to use. Message was again"Un…
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Start Button not showing recently used programs
by Guest rghyder- 2 replies
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When I press start button , i never show any programs in list. I have gone ito properties and checked all settings. What am I missing?
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Disk Cleanup function
by Guest alanpp- 4 replies
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Generally I try to run the Disk Cleanup feature along with all my other maintenance (defrag, spyware sweeps, backup) once a week. This week I went in to run the Disk Cleanup function (which normally takes no more than a few minutes) and it does not seem to want to complete. The popup tells me that the utility is on "Compress old files" but it never gets beyond that. Literally two hours later it is still on "Compress old files". Since there is no feedback in the popup, no indication of what it is trying to compress or even if it is actually working, I was hoping someone could give me an idea as to what I can do to either discover what the holdup is, or…
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Managing Pairs of Web pages and folders
by Guest 5tulips- 3 replies
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Windows XP In Folder Options there are three choices for "Managing pairs of Web pages and folders." They are: - show and manage the pair as a single file - show both parts and manage them individually - show both parts but manage as a single file. What does this mean? Does it have anything to do with creating or maintaining a web? Or is it something we do in Windows in general? There is nothing in Windows Help files on this subject.
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SAfe To Remove Harware procedure
by Guest vince- 1 reply
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AS I remember, everytime I went to remove plugged-harware, HP personal media drives, USB connected scanners, external floppies, etc., I needed to go through an icon in the Start-Up Task Bar to avoid getting a warning message. Last week, suddenly the icon was no longer there. Was there an update recently which removed the necessity to do this, or am I now performing an unsafe procedure by just disconnecting? Anyone hear of a change lately or is there a file or start up task I need to re-insert? Thanks -- vince
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Reloaded XP home -- now some problems
by Guest Moi- 2 replies
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Hello all I recently had to wipe my disk and reload. I have a very old XP Home recovery disk, and have left automatic updates on. Here are my questions 1 I seem to be getting odd copied folders appearing within other folders. Reason? 2 I use Outlook 2000 (yes, I know its old but I like it and it has always been great fo me). But now I notice postings in newsgroups are slow to marked 'read'. This used to be instantaneous. Reason? 3 How can I see what Sps have been automatically applied? 4 What are the "horror stories" with SP3 that I've seen mentioned. 5 How can I arrange to be warned when an update wishes to be uploaded? Than…
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Why not accessible
by Guest KCav- 3 replies
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I clicked on View Workgroup Compurters and two computers appeed on the screen that belonged to same workgroup. I clicked on one called the "Toad" and an error message appeared that said Toad is not accessible. I wonder why. I am the SysAmin for the Toad but was not asked to LogOn. What is wrong? " 'ToD ' -- KC
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web page takes control of power supply(?)
by Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)- 5 replies
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"Cornelis Koger" <cdk@noonehome.org> wrote in message news:g3l6qo$pt9$1@localhost.localdomain... > Environment: AMD dual core 2 Gb ram, XP-Pro, Mozilla Firefox. > When loading pages from certain websites, the power supply closes down > unexpectedly. The power led flashes and the power button is ignored. > To resume, I have to pull the mains plug, wait a few seconds, then press > the button again. > This occured for the 1th time when I was looking for a frigde and happened > both with a web shop and the factory site, so they must have something in > common. > > Is there any data on this phenomenon and how is it resolved? …
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restore
by Guest Bill Cunningham- 4 replies
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I have turned on monitoring of my C volume by xp mce. I then installed an updated version of the media player. If I wanted to restore to the old player what would I do? Bill
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update.exe and updspapi.dll?
by Guest Bruce.- 2 replies
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XP Pro SP 3. On my brand new 1 TB USB drive, I now find 4 directories with 2 files in each. I'm not sure if they were there before I first plugged it in. The 4 directories names are: 1b1253bd34b0103908888234 1d7e8ea4d4783ee8daf76ad4e141 95c08cf91bdfc4531fe365ffd8ab a6e5c9229954c913b0d331aa5cd527 Each one has a subdirectory "update" and it contains these 2 files: 05/25/2006 10:29 AM 716,000 update.exe 05/25/2006 10:29 AM 371,424 updspapi.dll A search of the web turns up little information and my virus scanner calls them clean. Anyone know what they are and why I have 4 bizarre directory names with these files in them? …
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Change Windows Product key prior to activation
by Guest TKMarshall- 6 replies
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Can anyone offer guidance? I have two licensed copies of Windows XP Home, one of which is on a damaged disk...a fact I became aware of when I recently swapped out a dead pc. Long story short I currently have two machines loaded from the same XP install disk. Assuming this will eventually cause problems, I have tried to update the product key during telephone activation per Knowledgebase article 810892 but the activation routine will not accept the change. I have also tried to use the windows KeyUpdateTool with equal lack of success. Any thoughts before I punt and go to Linux?
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Folders That Contain System Restore Points?
by Guest Will- 3 replies
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I realize that system restore points in Windows XP are stored in folders that only the SYSTEM account can reach. But I would still like to know where are those folders located. One of my systems is completely missing its system, system32, and repair folders. I'm trying to determine before I begin a long recovery procedure whether it is even going to be possible to get a recent system state recovered. If the system restore folders have also been deleted, then obviously it is hopeless. -- Will
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Restoring System State to Alternate Location
by Guest Will- 0 replies
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Can you restore the system state under Windows XP to an alternate path on the file system without affecting the system state of the computer during the restore? I simply need to grab the files from a system state backup and copy those over to a crashed system. -- Will
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Word 2000
by Guest Lee Masson- 4 replies
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All, Apologies if this is the wrong group. I am having major problems printing off my cv (ive been made redundant), and the page numbering isnt working. When I print off the 2 page document, it says Page 1 of 1, and then Page 2 of 2. How can I fix this problem? I dont think I have done any updates for MS Office since, like, ages ago!! Can anyone help? Lee
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network storage device permissions
by Guest *ProteanThread*- 1 reply
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I have a network storage device (more specifically a BuffaloTech LinkStation) and a PC with Windows MCE 2005: I like it but whenever I connect an external USB drive to it I can only read/execute whats on the drive (NOT the internal drive to the linkstation BUT the drive that's connected to the linkstations usb ports), I can't move, delete, or rename files/folders (or even create a new file) but i can seem to copy files to the device. Under LinkStation settings, I have shared folders for the USB drive: Shared folder support: Windows, ftp, backup Shared folder attributes: read/write recycle bin disabled access restrictions enabled (with proper username…
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Icons, taskbar, and start menu disappears - Explorer.exe
by Guest BertieBigBollox@gmail.com- 22 replies
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Whenever I click on My Computer, everything disappears. I can still open taskmgr but thats it. Any ideas?
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Strange... CDROM not reading exe and dll files, others fine
by Guest Sean Schult- 2 replies
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Greetings folks, Usually the issues I run into can be solved with a little searching, trial and error, and plenty of mountain dew. This one however has me stumped -- and I beg the assistance of anyone who can help me get to the bottom of it. Upon a fresh reinstall of WinXP Pro on the computer in question (core 2 duo 2.4ghz on an Asus P5W-DH Deluxe), the CDROM (a Lite-On DVD+/-RW w/ lightscribe, connected as PATA bus 0 device 0/master and jumped accordingly) will no longer read executables from inserted discs. Upon inserting a disc, the drive's title under "My Computer" changes but the icon does not update. It attempts to autorun and fails with a "The…
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low hard drive space
by Guest dmanwqal@msn.com- 13 replies
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I apologize if this question has been asked before but I have a Dell Laptop PC with XP Service Pack 2-Version 2002. I have 32.7 GB of used space with only 1.46 remaining GB. I have moved all pics and music to a USB drive and have decreased the allotted space for system restore, recycle bin, etc. as well as uninstalling all unused programs. I had noticed that my pc was always trying to install windows updates but it always failed. Any suggestions?
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Roboot problem from Dell system CD
by Guest Peter M- 1 reply
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Trying to reinstall WXP from my Dell system CD. I changed setup so that am botting from the CD. Things go OK but then get error message that some files are missing, and can't get past that point. Amy suggestions? Thanx --
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Wireless Internet
by Guest kim- 1 reply
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First of all, I'm very bad with computers. All of my wireless connections are now locked(they were working fine yesterday)including linkys. My internet has never been really fast, but now it's gone. How can I unlock the connections again?
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Backup strategy to hard drive bigger than original
by Guest spamlet- 8 replies
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This may sound like a pretty basic question, but I've hung on to various threads around the topic for a while, but still have a few points to clear up. Have XPPro on a nearly full 40gig internal drive, and recently bought 2 MyBook 500gig externals. Despite reading around, I still got a surprise to find there was only a usb port on the back of the drives, so I won't be plugging one in to my router after all... so I want to minimise the chances of any further c ' ups. The way I see it, the sensible thing to do would be to divide the new drives into sections (drives? partitions?): a section, maybe the same size as the original drive, to clone the operat…
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Where are the index.dat files?
by Guest Sal- 3 replies
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A few days ago I booted up in safe mode and deleted the following index.dat files: %userprofile%\Cookies\index.dat %userprofile%\local settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat %userprofile%\local settings\temporary internet files \Content.IE5\index.dat Windows has not yet recreated those files. Is this something to be concerned about?
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Cannot boot Dell laptop
by Guest RipperT- 2 replies
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Dell inspiron B130 laptop XP Home. Installed AVG free to get rid of some viruses. AVG asked if I want to force removal of one of them and I clicked yes. Now no reboot. Even in safe mode, the windows startup screen displays, but then BSOD with message: stop: c0000135 {unable to locate component} This application has failed to start because basewhlw32 was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. I've Googled basewhlw32 and it returns nothing. I've put in an XP Pro disc to do repair install, and windows setup comences, but when it says it's starting windows, another familiar BSOD: A problem has been detected and windows has been sh…