Windows XP
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Explorer search behaviour with SP3
by Guest Tex Wade- 1 reply
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After installing XP SP3 on several machines I have found the same problem on all of them - Windows Search can no longer find a numeric string inside a file - it only works if the search string contains one or more letters. For example, if you create a new Excel spreadsheet on the desktop, put 12345678 in one cell and testsearch in another cell, save the file, then use search to find a word or phrase in the file, it works when you look for 'testsearch' but not if you look for 12345678. This did used to work for numbers in SP2! To be clear, I am talking about searching within files, not searching just for a filename. If anyone has two minutes to try th…
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windows exploer crashes when i try and open certain folders in my
by Guest john socks- 3 replies
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when i try and open certain folders in my documents....explorer tends to crash howver if i open the same documents using other programs such as photoshop or other programs...I have no problem
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Unwanted columns in a fax download
by Guest vince- 1 reply
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I downloaded a fax template into Word and everytime I try to type into the fax, the whole doc is split into columns that prevent me from using the whole horizontal space. I thought maybe this could be a problem with the normal.dot file, but when I open Word I do get a blank document. However when I try to find normal.dot in search, it's not there even though my folder option/view does have "show hidden files" checked. Can anyone explain what's going on and how to get a fax template that is not columnized. Thanks -- vince
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RE: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time
by Guest Casanova Fly- 11 replies
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RE: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time Don't listen to what people say about Vista not being a gaming OS. I think they just assumed the backwards compatibility would be non-existant. Vista has a clean interface that looks very nice. It's can utilize DirectX 10 (which is key unless you plan on having a system specifically to play games from the 1990s). I was going to stick with XP because I listened to the negativity, but my friend told me to go for it and so I did and I'm not looking back. It's terrific. And in terms of playing old games, I bought Hitman the week it came out back in 1999/2000. Before XP even existed, and it installed on Vista n…
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how to read registry file
by Guest OM- 7 replies
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Hi, I made a backup copy of the registry on my xp machine. Can I read the file without importing using another xp machine. Thanks
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no device manager options in administrative tools/computer managem
by Guest OriginalRust- 3 replies
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I have recently installed service pack 3 for windows XP and it seems to be working fine. I'm having a problem docking my Ipod. I get an error message; "Ipod's service module has encountered a problem and needs to close". Thats as far as I get. I went into control panel/administrative tools/computer management/device manager and when I highlite device manager I have a blank screen on the right side showing no devices. HELP!! -- OriginalRust
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Outlook shortcut
by Guest Jasper Recto- 3 replies
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I had Office 2000 installed on my computer. If you right clicked on the Outlook shortcut, you would be able to get the mail properties. I recently removed Office 2000 and installed Office 2003. In doing so, I lost my Outlook shortcut on my desktop. I can add the shortcut but It does not give me the ability to right click and go into the mail properties to setup my account. How do I add that option to my desktop. I know I can get to the mail options from the control panel by I want to be able to right click and get it like I was able to with Office 2000. Any ideas? Thanks, Jasper
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Windows XP SP2 -> Windows XP SP3 upgrade fails w/ "File Copy Error"
by Guest zulukng@gmail.com- 11 replies
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Hello, I have one computer that I have been upable to upgrade to SP3. I have spent about ten hours on it now and I can't solve the problem. This is one of those problems that has left me extremely frustrated, emotionally drained, and on the verge of tearing my hair out. It has SP2. I have a VLK CD that I am using to upgrade. I put the CD in, run setup.exe, select "upgrade," enter the key, then it does "copying files." The bar gets all the way to the end, then an error message comes up saying "File Copy Error." The file that it says it can't copy is different every time. It appears to always start with "a", then seven random letters and numbers, then ".sys". …
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Event Log System Error
by Guest Joe- 3 replies
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Can anyone tell me how to stop the following message from being logged: Event Type: Error Event Source: ati2mtag Event Category: CRT Event ID: 45062 Date: 6/19/2008 Time: 4:02:11 PM User: N/A Computer: SAVITREE Description: CRT invalid display type Data: 0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 5a 00 ......Z. 0008: 2c 00 00 00 06 b0 00 c0 ,....°.À 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ I do have an ATI graphics card, but the Event Source is a Windows file. In fact, I tried uninstalling my ATI Windows driver (includes both the ones from ATI & Microsoft) but the system sa…
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Install a new Motherboard in an XP Machine
by Guest cheley_bonstell88@live.com- 4 replies
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Somewhere down the road I may buy a new Motherboard / CPU / Memory / Video Card / ( etc) for my 2003 Dell Computer how difficult will it be to get XP to recognize the new Motherboard? - and are there different methods of doing this? Thanks
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A really damaged partition :(...
by Guest SkyDiver- 15 replies
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This morning I tried to installed a 40GB IDE disk on top of the already installed 150GB SATA one (partitioned - C:\ 30GB and D:\ 120GB). When I restarted, the system did not behave nicely.. Windows Explorer wouldn't launch, etc. I shut down, jumpered the 40GB drive as a slave and restarted. This time the system behaved better, but the terrible damage was already done - C: drive is alive and kicking, OK, but my D: partition has somehow managed to split into 2 individual partitions (!!) one in the size of 8GB and the other one 111GB, which is marked as "unallocated data"... I tried both Active Partition Recovery and Acronics Disk Director, but both of them f…
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Blinking orange light query
by Guest franktee- 3 replies
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I noticed an orange blinking light, (four blinks at a time, continuously), after turning on my computer. After restarting the comp. the orange light disappeared. I'm sure this is some kind of warning of future problems Appreciate any helpful comments. Thanks in advance. OS winxp sp3 Home 5GB free Dell insp 4000
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Cannot see 'open and repair' option in windows explorer
by Guest Nanny- 2 replies
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Hi PC model HP compaq DC7700sff, 1GB RAM, 2.0Ghz CPU, 40GB HDD I am using windows XP pro SP2. I have a problem in that when I attempt to run'open and repair' on a word document the option is not listed in the drop down box. The other features "open as read only, and open as copy" are there. I imagine its a windows explorer issue. If anyone has a quick fix or any suggestions I would be grateful. I plan to do a repair XP install at a later date and maybe run SFC/Scannow with a copy of XP sp2. Cheers
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Workgroups and LAN
by Guest Stef- 3 replies
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My workgroup consists of three computers, 2 Laptops connected to a router/modem wireless, and a Desktop connected to the router via cable. I created the workgroup by using the wizard. When I check "My network places" they are all in the Internet and not in a Local Network. Should they not all be in a local network? -- Stef
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How to delete the uninstall feature of SP3?
by Guest Juan I. Cahis- 2 replies
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Dear friends: How to delete the uninstall feature of SP3, including all the archived copies of the replaced original SP2 files? SP3 is working well on my machine. Thanks Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile (South America) Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
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compatiable
by Guest PL- 2 replies
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Hi If CD is compatiable with Windows 95/NT4 will it be compatible with our XP? Thanks
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XP not starting up in "full" mode
by Guest didds- 1 reply
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Fujitsu-Siemens laptop running XP Media centre. When starting up, gets to blue screen (not BSOD) with "windiws starting" but never progresses. F8 - last known good configuration no better, VGA mode no different. F8 - safe mode starts up fine. From safe mode, trying to return to a previous restore point (even one aeons ago) starts restoring files "procedure"/screen, but never completes... at best some files get retsored (blue bar is partially filled across the screen). F8 - safe mode with command prompt OK but chkdsk /f doesn;t actually ever start a scan on subsequent reboot into safe mode. Am stuck with how to proceed. Sorry if this is a FAQ but…
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Microsoft XP Services
by Guest Dizzymagoo- 1 reply
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Alright well I read the post on the forums about the guy that stopped all of his normal processes by doing the MSCONFIG. I have knowne about MSCONFIG for years but have ever figured out this. What microsoft processes can I disable from the services list? I know there are a few useless in there. I am a heavy gamer and I put my computer on the edge of failing all the time. So I need all the memory I can get. I just want to know if anyone has had time to play with those services and see which ones are not needed. Thanks In Advance, Kevin
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Keyboard shortcut ??
by Guest InOverMyHead- 2 replies
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Is there a keyboard shortcut for 'minimize' 'maximize' or 'restore' ? Bob
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Denied access without being asked for ID & PW
by Guest KCav- 3 replies
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When I click on System on the Control Panel, and then click on the tab for Computer Name, I see my computer is named AVS and it is part of workgroup WHQ. When I do the same for another computer I see it is named Toad, and is a member of the workgroup WHQ. When I click on View Workgroup Computers I see AVS and Toad, however when try to Open Toad I am immediately denied access. Why aren't I asked for ID and PW? -- KC
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Stop Windows Service
by Guest Sachin Sharma (at blr in Honywell)- 0 replies
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I am developing a windows service and want it to be never stoped by user even if user stops it it can Re-Spwan itself but even afetr many try i am not getting any way to achive the same. please help me out in the same
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Application Resources
by Guest RG- 0 replies
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I have an application installed on a machine that runs xp pro sp2. I would like to move that application to a different machine. Clearly, there are going to be a series of resources like registries that are going to need to be transported as well. Is there a tool that could either determine what registry, or other resource, calls the application is making or perhaps even generate a registry file which could be subsequently modified and transported to another machine? Thanks in advance,
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History file or Network setting
by Guest Bennie Poon- 1 reply
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somone change name of workgroup and computer name in his XP(Pro), how can I search history file of old setting (included tcp/IP setting, IP address, name of workgroup)
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Service Pack 3 problems
by Guest Geezzze- 10 replies
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Hello all, do you know the fix for the problems XP SP 3 causes. The device manager screen is blank, no network connection, and my computer takes a while to load. It may be other problems but this is a start.
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how to update \systems32.dll
by Guest davew- 1 reply
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I have XP Pro. I have problems playing some DVD's, CD's. I get a message I need to install a 'compatible decoder'. I found a decoder download (xp code pack 2.3.8) at codecs.com. however, I can't install it because I get this error message, "C:\windows\system32\pncrt.dll can't be updated please reboot your pc before install to avoid this problem". I did that, but it didn't help. I searched MS website for updates as best I could, but didn't find anything. Does anyone know how to fix this ? ? Much thanks in advance davew