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Disable compression on a compressed ntfs drive
by Guest bnmohan via WindowsKB.com- 4 replies
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Hi! 30 Jul I have a Windows XP hard disk with NTFS compression enabled. I now understand that the compression is at the cost of performance, which I cannot afford. Can I disable compression on a drive that had NTFS compression enabled? Or will I end up with junk? Thanks, Mohan -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200807/1
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System restore
by Guest Lil' Dave- 1 reply
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A removable hard drive enclosure went kaput. The drive inside, 200GB WD, I kept. Installed into a removable enclosure that fits into the bay of the PC. This connected to a Promise UltraTX controller card. Wiped the 2 FAT32 partitions, and made 2 NTFS partitions in XP using disk manager. I use system commander for a boot manager. I forgot that it would automatically hide new primary partitions found from any OS I boot from. Upon the first reboot, found that windows explorer could not find the new NTFS partitions. So, in disk management, I added them. I rebooted again. Same results, even though they were added previously. At that point, I remembe…
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Mouse freezes
by Guest Robichris- 4 replies
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My laptop has XP pro with SP3. In use, after a short time (5 mins to 30 mins), either sitting idle with no programs running or engaged in activity (eg. word processing), the mouse freezes. Everything else is working OK and I can navigate to other programs and save documents etc with the keyboard, but the only solution I can find is to shut down and restart. I have tried other mice all with the same result. I have replaced the i8067prt and mouclas system files copied from my desktop machine without effect.
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I want to bypass login screen
by Guest Saurabh- 6 replies
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Greetings!!! I had a problem with my dvd writer. I was not able to access. Then while googling, i found a solution that deleting few registry entries upperfilters and lowerfilters will solve the problem. but, when i delete entries and restart, my keyoard and mouse stopped working. Now finding solution for that, i found one reg file, if i will restore that, things should work proper. But, as i have login password, and my keyboard doesnt work, I am unable to login. so my question is there anyway whereby i can bypass that login screen and install that reg file. Or anyother way whereby i can restore my reg files. I dont want to re-install windows, i hav…
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32 bit dos from cd?
by Guest anglomont@yahoo.com- 4 replies
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is there a way to start computer from cd into a 32 bit console loaded into ram? (the prompt you get from -xp safe mode with command prompt option) xp CD recovery console does that but then one cannot acess (not even open cdrom door) a different CD and it would be convenient to run a 32 bit command line AV scanner off that CD to check an infected hdd
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Where to put an exe file
by Guest Justin- 6 replies
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I downloaded a program called exiftool that gives me all sorts of info on JPGs - basically it reads off the exif data in the jpeg header. Where can I put this file so that whatever cmd prompt I'm at it will execute? Since I move around alot in directories I don't want to have a copy of this file in each dir.
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performance counters
by Guest Fred Flintstone- 0 replies
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hello, windows 2000, XP and vista use performance counters if you don't need them you can disable them either with registry-entries or with a small program calles exctrlst.exe and this works the entires in the eventviewer, reflecting the start of the counters are no longer there on my pc all counters are stopped however on my laptop, one counters remains active, i.e. WmiApRpl I can disable them, but after the next boot, this one simply is back any suggestions ?? thnks
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Access Denied
by Guest help.me- 5 replies
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Hi Guy's I got this error, whe I trying to connecting is some of our workstation . \\computername\admin$ is not accessible. you ight have no permission to use this networl resources. I used the Domain Admin account to access their resources and when I checked the admin$ / IPC$ is enabled but I'm still getting the same problem. I checked also the firewall (no firewall client) but I'm still not success.. Please advise ... Regards Robert
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Start menu size
by Guest Sirius- 5 replies
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Hello, I have the Classic Start Menu. Suddenly the width is twice the size it used to be. I find this very troublesome. How do I put it back the way it was? Something in the registry perhaps? Thank you.
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Re: BDA Slip De-Framer
by Guest yclhk- 0 replies
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Re: BDA Slip De-Framer When I open IE7, there is a message shown a new hardware "BDA Slip De-Framer" found, and requests to install. After answering not to install and cancel to quit, the IE cannot browse to other websites. This situation only happens from few days before. How to fix it ? My Windows is XP SP2.
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restoring windows xp after loading vista?
by Guest Tony61- 4 replies
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My computer came with windows xp already installed. My wife loaded vista with a friends disc. How do I now restore xp and get rid of the vista??? I do not have an xp restore disc, but can I still restore the xp??? Any help PLEASE!!!!
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Network problem connecting to Vista
by Guest Mary- 1 reply
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I have a laptop with XP connected to a printer. I have just bought a Vista PC. Both are wireless. TheXP laptop is configured for file and printer sharing. If I open Network in the Vista PC it shows the laptop. If I double click on the laptop I get a box asking for a user name and password. The XP laptop has no password that I know of. How can I access the laptop from the Vista PC? HELP...... ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
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My Documents
by Guest Tatar- 0 replies
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My Documents has been moved from C: to D: drive. When I go to Start > My Documents I get "John's Documents", "Peter's Documents" and other files. Since I backed up drive C: from an external HDD now when I go to Start > My Computer I get all the drives plus "John's Documents" and "Peter's Documents", as I expect it to be. However, if I click on Peter's Documents I get the whole lot i.e. I get "John's Documents", "Peter's Documents" and other files. Is it possible that when I backed up my C: drive I duplicated the documents once more? I do not think it is a shortcut link.
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WindowsXP Insomnia
by Guest PT- 2 replies
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I've posted this problem before - It's still unresolved. here's an update. I put my WindowsXP Home desktop into Standby. It dutifully obeys. Then anywhere from a few moments to ten or fifteen minutes it awakens. I have an optical mouse, and somewhere, I no longer remember where (but I'd love a clue), I instructed Windows not to awaken the computer with mouse motion. Normally I have to press a key such as the Shift key. So what is waking it up? I assume there's some sort of background process going on. Suggestions welcome -- PT
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Re: My computer won't boot
by Guest Sabrem JORAM- 0 replies
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Re: My computer won't boot FU2 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general FU2 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Al Makki a écrit : Hi > > My computer won't boot. It always prompts me to insert system disk. I > made it certain that there is no diskette in the floppy drive and my BIOS > is configured to make the computer boot from the hard drive. I have > windows xp, Compaq system (HP). > > > A little history. The computer had a problem before. It had similar > problem. But that time the black screen comes and asks to select one of > the followings: boot normally, boot in safe mode, boot form a net work. .. > The…