Windows XP
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preventing Windows Explorer address bar from searching
by Guest Ideas Live- 5 replies
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If I have a Windows Explorer window open and just want to go to a specific directory, I'm used to just typing in the address bar, for example "c:\temp". But when I do this, Windows is trying to guess what I'm searching for. This always messes up what I'm typing. I type "c:\temp", then after a couple of seconds, the address bar shows "c:\" or "My Documents". I don't want Windows to do this for me. I just want to specify a directory myself. Thanks in advance, Brian
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Windows keeps shutting down without asking it to, does anyone know
by Guest Barbara- 5 replies
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I have been constantly having a problem with my computer shutting down without my asking it to shut down. I'll be in the middle of doing something on the computer and the next thing I know it's rebooting. I've tried narrowing it down to see what is causing it and cannot pinpoint the problem because I'm not always in the same program when it happens. We've tried doing a scan disk, we've tried defragging the computer, we've tried repairing it and a few other ideas and nothing is working. Can someone please help me figure out what the problem is and how to fix it?
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upon login, xp intermittently locks up before desktop starts
by Guest Adurr- 4 replies
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Intermittently, individual desktop Windows XP Professional systems in my company will lock up at the baby-blue desktop right after login authenticates. I've let it sit for 15 minutes and it does nothing. The only way to get out of it is to hit control-alt-delete > task manager > file > new task > explorer.exe and everything starts up as normal. Event Viewer doesn't seem to have anything that stands out. This happens perhaps 40% of the time, seemingly randomly. The only thing that I found that makes it go away for a little while is to repair windows, install another verision of windows over the current version, unfortunetly this only…
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Replace OE 6
by Guest Don- 5 replies
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I need to replace Out look Express. Problems. I have OE 7. Can I replace OE7 without deleteing it, or do I have to delete it first? Thanks for any help. Don
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Question about the /NUMPROC switch in MSCONFIG.
by Guest Mike- 3 replies
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Can you set this to the number of processors in your pc say a dual core or a quad core processor? Someone had a video on youtube saying this would increase boot time and I read another article saying it was bogus. /NUMPROC is located in the boot tab under Advanced options in both XP and Vista.
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Forget the EBCD spam, use System Rescue CD instead, don't give out your credit card number to Eastern Europeans
by Guest Thee Chicago Wolf- 6 replies
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Forget the EBCD spam, use System Rescue CD instead, don't give out your credit card number to Eastern Europeans It's free. http://www.sysresccd.org And you *really* insane enough to give your credit card to the Ukrainians after that story about 40 million credit card numbers being hacked and sold by Eastern Europeans (Ukraine)?? Read the story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26041151/ - Thee Chicago Wolf
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Explorer sorts funny
by Guest Three Lefts- 4 replies
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I just noticed some odd sorting behavior by Windows Explorer. When sorted by name, Explorer lists these folders in this order: 00 0A 01 A0 A1 AA Why is [0A] between [00] and [01]? The 0's are all numeric zeroes, not the letter "O". I pasted these into Word and they sort as I would expect: 00 01 0A A0 A1 AA I did a little more experimenting. Explorer sorts the following folders in this order: 1A 02 2A 03 3A 04 4A 05 5A 06 6A 07 7A 08 8A 10 11 12 13 What is going on here?
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Exact sorting order windows explorer
by Guest BartDesc- 1 reply
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Hello, I know that XP handles numerical parts different from previous windows versions but this is not my question. I just want to know if there is a list (explanation) of how xp does sort. Especially concerning special characters. Do they come before numericals or after. What is their order? What comes before '-' and after '_'. ... Is there like a list (like with ASCII sorting) that tells you what comes in front of what? Thank in advance Bart
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Changing default sort order in XP?
by Guest Pheasant Plucker®- 8 replies
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Hi there, Using XP and have noticed that the default sort order is different to that of Windows 2000 and below. I have seen references to changing the sort order but that only seems to apply to numbers and not letters? In XP for example if I add a new file into a folder that already contains files then it can be displayed anywhere, at the bottom or randomly somewhere. This is annoying and when I next go into that same folder I have to hunt around to find the file but in a large folder I sometimes miss it. In W2K & below the new file was automatically inserted in its correct alphabetical sort order. I am guessing this behaviour can be changed bu…
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Some anomalies after reinstallation
by Guest Jim Ludwig- 20 replies
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Hi all, I recently wiped my sisters computer clean (fdisk and slow format) and reinstalled WinXP Home fresh. She has a 3 yr old Dell Dimension. She was not able to find her Win XP or driver discs. I used my copy of win xp, but used her product key from the label on her computer and it activated fine. I am having two problems that are more annoyance than anything: First, when you reboot the computer, when still in the bios a screen comes up that says, "Please select operating system" Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and there is a count down waiting for me to pick one or the other. If I choose the …
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Cant access XP Pro normal/safe/last good config
by Guest abd08- 8 replies
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Hi all, I have a PC at work which I did a clean install of XP Pro on a few weeks ago. It has been used very infrequently only by me, for non- internet purposes (so no viruses/spyware etc for sure - and I am the only person with access to this office). Yesterday morning I came into work to find that one of my PCs did not power on at all. The following happened (in order): 1. Switched PSU off from back, turned it on again - no result 2. Unplugged and re-plugged power cable in case it was loose - no result 3. Switch power cable for another one - the PC powers on - NOTE : The "faulty" cable works on another PC - and I'm not crazy! =) 4. When PC powers o…
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View Available Wireless Networks...?
by Guest Kenneth- 5 replies
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\ Howdy, If I click to "View Available Wireless Networks" the list populates with one correct network, but also includes several that are not, in fact, available. Those that are not available includes networks that I had logged on to at an earlier time, and at other locations. Why would they be listed as "available", and might there be a way to eliminate them from the list? Many thanks, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
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XP SP3 Repeating reboots.
by Guest Harold A Climer- 12 replies
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Is there a version of XP SP3 that already takes into account that the original OS image file came from a computer with an Intel CPU as opposed to an AMD CPU that is on my HP Pavilion A1520N? I tried installing XP SP3 on my Pavilion A1520N and got the repeating re-boot problem. I finally had to reinstall the whole OS from the recovery disks a got from HP. I do not want to have to do that again, and I am a bit leery of fooling around with the registry. Harold A. Climer Dept. Of Physics, Geology, and Astronomy University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Room 406A Engineering/Math/Computer Science Building 423-425-4523 Harold-Climer@utc.edu
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XP update, now won't boot
by Guest DZ- 1 reply
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Hey everyone, Last night I updated my PC (SP 3?), and now all I get is a black screen with a blinking cursor. I have a removable hard drive and last night I was using my 320 gb one. Today when I check the BIOS, it doesn't see my hard drive. It does see the DVD, USB devices, etc. When I use my 120 gb hard drive it does the same thing. The 120 gb was updated the other day and everything worked, although I had to go into the BIOS and tell it to boot to the hard drive. Both hard drives worked until after last nights updates. Any ideas? -- DZ
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Quick Java Question
by Guest Danger_Duck- 5 replies
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Now that Microsoft has J++, does it have a forum for general Java questions? While I'm at it I might as well give it a try here, since you guys seem knowledgeable about just about anything regarding computers: Is there a method in String, Integer, or other classes that will return the integer within a string like: int a = ClassName.method("I have 7 peanuts"); System.out.print(a); Output: 7 Again, while the answer to the questions would be fabulous, it would be even more fabulous for me to find out if there's a good place to ask such things. Thanks!