Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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LOSE INTERNET CONNECTIVITION IF AV SOFTWARE IS INHSTALLED
by Guest Challenger Computer User- 11 replies
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As a computer newbie short on knowledge I went through quite a wrestling match to remove NIS 2007 after 4 prolonged, frustrating attempts to renew a Norton subscription and download a large upgrade failed. I'm very confident all traces of Norton have been finally purged from my registry. After clumsily reviving my computer in safe mode I now can connect to the Internet ONLY WITHOUT AN ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM. It's not my firewall settings or , at least I 'm completely stumped as to how it could be. I've installed with apparent success trend Micro Intern et security.AFTER RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION my internet connection is LOST!! …
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Admin user, but unable to install software
by Guest Jim- 2 replies
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Windows XP Pro, SP2 up-dated IE7, ZoneAlarm Antivirus Have somewhat of a problem and hope someone can shed light on what might be the possible cause of this problem. When I first built my machine and installed XP, I made another account to use as admin and my everyday account. I've used this account to install all of the programs I have on my machine and never had problems before. I've tried to avoid problems by checking newsgroups and other resources to see if any of the Updates from Microsoft causes problems. I ran across several postings about one update, it would not allow a machine running ZoneAlarm to access the internet after it was installe…
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How to stop WU telling me SP3 is ready
by Guest Adam- 2 replies
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I am running Win XP Pro SP2 and don;t see a need to update to SP3 just yet. I therefore want to stop WU telling me that SP3 is ready to download. Any suggestions how to do this? (For some updates, it has been possible to de-select them in the updates utility, but I can't see a way of doing this with SP3.) Many thanks in anticipation! Adam
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What happens to previous updates when installing SP3?
by Guest Adam- 1 reply
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I am running XP Pro SP2 with all subsequent updates installed. I'm wondering what happens to these updates when I install SP3.... does it remove them all because they are no longer needed? Or does it see that they're there and just install other stuff that it contains? Or what? Thanks in anticipation! Adam
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XP keeps finding new hardware
by Guest Ken Mc- 6 replies
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I keep getting "found new hardware" and I have not added any. How do I find out what the hardware is? The normal wizard cannot find any drivers to install, nor does it tell me what hardware was found. -- Yours, Ken Mc
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XP updates
by Guest Peter- 10 replies
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I am trying to repair a friend's computer. She has XP SP1. I have an SP2 disk that came with another computer. Can I use that disk to repair and update her computer? The problem she is having is that Internet Explorer opens then closes right away, so I cannot get on-line to manage the updates she needs.
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My machine running XP Pro SP3 is set to go on standby S3 after about 15 minutes. Usually I can wake it up with no trouble, but lately it seems upon that wake up call I have lost my internet connection. For years this machine was fine configured like I mentioned and it never failed to maintaint the connection. What's gone wrong now? Thank you all, Joe
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Wallpaper Trouble -- HELP PLEASE!
by Guest Bilbo- 15 replies
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A WinXPSP2 PC got infected by the "AntiVirus XP 2008" malware thing and it was removed, apparently effectively. And it appears that none of the other clients on the LAN got infected by this one. That's the good news. The bad news is that when the user logs off, her personal wallpaper remains on screen even after logoff is completed and the Ctl-Alt-Del popup appears to solicit the next login. I feel sure this is controlled by a policy or registry setting but I've no idea how to return it to the default. Wallpaper is one of the more obvious things corrupted by that evil "AntiVirus XP 2008" program and all the malware it invites in. Does anyone know ho…
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LP to CD and IPOD?
by Guest its_my_dime- 12 replies
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Off topic but perhap someone can either help or point me in the right direction. Looking for SOFTWARE (not hardware, I have a turntable) to convert vinyl LP records to digital for CD burning and/or transfering to my IPOD. Windows XP. SP 3. Thank you.
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Switch user after auto signon using TweakUI
by Guest dingdongdingding@yahoo.com- 4 replies
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Hi ! I used TweakUI to auto signon after boot up. The reason is that I want it to load the programs so that I don't have to wait when I user the PC. However, it would leave the computer sign-on. I would like it to go into the switch user interface panel. I found on the internet there is a XP su command but I don't see it on my computer. Any idea how I can achieve what i want ? Thanks very much for your replies.
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test
by Guest Guest- 0 replies
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2 monitors, one 22" wide ?
by Guest Henry Kolesnik- 9 replies
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I just bought a 22" wide screen Acer LCD monitor because I wanted one when they dropped below $200.00. Acer recommends setting the video card for 1680 by 1050 which I did. My Samsung 19" LCD is set for 1280 by 1024. Maybe I'm not experienced enough but I really don't see where the 22" has any advantage except in displaying graphs from the Active Trader Pro by Fidelity and on Outlook Everything is smaller but spread out, so for Outlook Express I can see the entire contents of the folders, and read all the titles, date and size. On IE the print is much smaller even when I set it to largest. My nVidia PCI card has the option to rotate what's displayed but…
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Pictures all messed up on hard drive
by Guest Rick Stem- 5 replies
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My wife's computers photos are all distorted looking yet everything else is fine. I don't see a way to attach a photo to this but I can e-mail anyone some photos to see what it's doing. Thanks in advance -- In the quest for knowledge.
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best imaging software
by Guest Cnews- 6 replies
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Looking for opinions as to what software works best for imaging / cloning an xp workstation. I would like the ability to boot off a disk created by the software and restore my image without errors. I had been looking at norton ghost and acronis true image. Any opinions welcome Thanks craig
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Administrator rights & DCOM Issue
by Guest Don- 0 replies
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I have a computer running XP Pro that has problems installing programs. Seems that the admin rights are no longer there, not even under the admin account. I have created a new admin account, but it has no rights either. I see that there alot of DCOM errors showing up in the event log, but can not find anything out about them. If I do try to install a new program, or even try to do Windows Updates, they all fail. They only thing that installed latelt was IE7. Once that installed, I lost my mapped drives on my network. not sure why these 2 things would go together? I tried to have a tech log into the computer from his location, and we could not do it…