Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Replacement CD for PC with COA and Product Key
by Guest james.goetz- 1 reply
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I have a PC with COA and Product Key for Windows XP Home Edition OEM Software, but I don't have the CD for the Win XP. How can a I get an inexpensive replacement CD for the Win XP?
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history
by Guest Ronald Foltz- 2 replies
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trying this again. . got no response in first post in the history folder, documents & settings, user, local settings. . .items will not delete. .receive the message, "the specified path does not exist". .. .how can i remove these items?. . .thanks for any help -- Life is a treasure. . spend it wisely
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Won't boot into windows
by Guest operaflute- 17 replies
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I had posted this as a hard drive question, but I'm having the same problem after replacing my hard drive so... Basically, if I shut down, I can't boot back up. Before Windows starts to load, I get a black screen with a blinking cursor and that's it. I can restore from some of my backup images (not all - some will give me the same black screen upon reboot.) but then I can't shut down or I'm back to square one (sorta defeats the purpose of a laptop, doesn't it?) Can not boot to safe mode. Fixmbr and fixboot don't help. Scanned for viruses, spyware, malware etc. etc. - nothing. Could this be a bios problem? I'm running out of ideas, and I SO SO SO …
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XP and Dongles
by Guest paoloricardo@gmail.com- 6 replies
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I have some software which requires a dongle for it to work (yes, it's quite old software). Will XP prevent me from using the software by inhibiting the action of the dongle?
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event viewer not displaying ServiceControlManager events
by Guest Starship- 0 replies
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I noticed my event viewer in xp, doesnt display ServiceControlManager events under system, good or bad i see all others. IS there a way to fix this when i usually boot pc i see loads of ServiceControlManager events info & sometimes errors but now I cant see any? Please Help
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My mouse won't work
by Guest cheydgal- 9 replies
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My mouse is not working at all. I had some other problems with my computer, and believe it may not be seeing the (USB?) port, but don't know for sure, and don't know how to find out. "elietabet" wrote: > I am not sure why this is happening ... but my mouse left click is too fast; > if clicking back in IE, it goes back 2 pages ... now i am not stupid in > computers but i cant seem to figure it out, i tried to change it in control > panel it didnt work ... i also tried in Tweak UI, same thing ... anybody > knows the normal sensitivity or speed for the left click? > thanks .
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Changed from Domain to Workgroup. Password stopped working!
by Guest IWantXPBack- 7 replies
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The company that I worked for went out of business. They let me keep my laptop. I decided to get this laptop onto my home network, so I changed the information for the computer. I changed the name of the computer. I removed the old Domain information and I added the computer to my local Workgroup. When I reboot the computer, my old username was in the Username field of the login screen, without the preceeding domain information. But, no password is working now. Not my old password, not my new password. Does anyone know what username/password the system is looking for now? It must be looking for some specific set, but I've tried everything I can thin…
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MP4 players
by Guest Jason- 1 reply
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Is there any free downloadable MP4 media players? Thanks, J.
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Hi There Have a laptop which I just reformatted the C drive with and have done a fresh clean install of Windows XP Home Edition. This was after several attempts at using the recovery console, and when that failed I did a full reformat in NTFS a clean install. When I chose not to activate right now but later, screen then came up with User Name for myself and asking for a password, of which I had not allocated. That being said I attempted to enter every password that I have had on the laptop and continuously getting the following: Logon Message: The system cannot log you on due to the following error: The specified domain either does not exist or coul…
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index.html screens not showing
by Guest CB Weisbrot- 0 replies
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I have found recently that when I go to a website and click on a link, and if that link has a index.html address, the screen shows entirely white and says Done in the corner. What gives?
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Changing Linksys Network Key.
by Guest McGyver- 20 replies
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I am trying to change the Network key on my linksys router. The existing number is 26 characters long and random, apparently in hex. I want something short and easy to remember. I went to http://192.168.1.1 and entered usernames and passwords until I blundered into one that seemed to work. It resulted in closing of the password dialog box and took me to the browser screen. The browser message is: 401 Unauthorized Authorization required So I'm stuck. McGyver
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Something keeps changing my desktop background
by Guest kimmeyj- 11 replies
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Hi, Can someone please help me? Today this something (sorry I have no technical savy) keeps changing my desktop background to some spyware warning. Even when I change it back to normal it changes it back to that same blue background with the warning. There is a link on it that goes to http://winsecurityupdates.com/?aid=444.568. I can't get rid of it. What ever it is has also disabled my task manager. HELP!!!!! Please!!!!!!! It is sooooo invasive, I hate it.
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windows can't find C:\WINDOWS\is-CDIM.exe
by Guest JWinterson- 2 replies
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I get this error message on every start up, it asks me if I've typed it correctly. What is it? It sounds like a registry error but I can't find what CDIM.exe is anywhere!
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how to test dst patched
by Guest Chris- 0 replies
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is there a utility or website so I can let our users to check if the macine is dst ready (patched) or not? For example, home users. Thanks.
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Remote Terminal Services
by Guest ~~Alan~~- 2 replies
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I am asking a question concerning Windows Server 2003 as I can not find a NG for server 2003 on this M/S news server. Please find it in your heart to forgive me. I am trying to configure Remote Terminal Services and seem to have successfully done so at least on my local lan. I would like to try this from outside. What port(s) and transport(s) (TCP and/or UDP) do I need to open on my router to allow me to connect to a remote session on my server from the Internet? Finally if there is a NG for Windows Server 2003 in English, please advise me of it. thanks, ~alan