Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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favorites list missing
by Guest mandy- 3 replies
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Can someone help me out my favorites list has disappeared and l dont know how to get the list back on. All my favorites are still in a folder in my documents but l dont know how to get them back onto the favorites list and why they went missing in the first place. l tryed system restore but that did not restore the list. l'm on windows vista IE. l know where my favorites are all kept in documents(favorites) but they have gone from my drop down list when l get a web page up and would like to put them back onto the main page .
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Windows refuses to load...
by Guest JaneisAlwaysDoe- 2 replies
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It says "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME", and under technical information, *** STOP: 0x000000ED (0x84F23620, 0xc000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) For background information, it was running very slowly before I restarted it; I left the hotel running AVG for eight hours on the off chance my computer had caught something, only to stop it when I returned. Other than that, my computer wasn't displaying any noticable problems; when I tried to restart it, however, it gave me this error instead of loading windows. It's a Compaq Presario 2100 with no hardware changes made; I thought for a moment that Windows Updates may have downloaded Service Pack 3 for me, causing t…
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Windows won't accept latest Promise UltraATA 100 TX2 driver
by Guest Will Pittenger- 6 replies
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Rather, it insists that I have the correct driver. By manually comparing the driver dates, the one I got from Promise is clearly newer, but Windows won't use it. Do I have any options? The older driver prevents Windows from properly recognizing my 250GB drive. It sees only a 137 GB drive. If I attempt to position any part of any partition (regardless of format) past 137 GB, Windows will fail to boot. It will reach the point where it attempts to display the animated boot splash screen and then just sits there, not accessing the drive. -- will 68 at mtco dot com will dot pittenger1 at gmail dot com (use this address for large signatures)
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Thumbnails - Randomly appearing on incorrect folders
by Guest shawnthewoman- 0 replies
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I searched the forums, but was unable to find an answer to my problem. I am a criminal law paralegal, and when I set up a folder for a new client, I like to add a jpeg of his or her mug shot to the folder. I have Windows Explorer view set to "View Thumbnails" so that I have a visual of each client rather than just a name. Additionally, if there are co-defendents which we are also representing, I will have a main folder for the case, with subfolders for each client and each client's mug shot in his or her folder. If there are co-defendents, but we do not represent him or her, I will simply add the jpeg mug shot to our client's folder. Recently, I…
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Installation of SP3
by Guest Jerry- 0 replies
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I am using the Traditional Chinese winxp sp3. I find that IE7 encountered error and required shutdown occurs more frequent than at the time of SP2. Have your encoutered the same? -- Jerry Wong ¦ý§ÚÌ·Ó¥LªºÀ³³\¡B ¬ß±æ·s¤Ñ·s¦a¡A¦³¸q©~¦b¨ä¤¤¡C(©¼«á3:13) But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13)
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OE Stationary
by Guest SUSAN- 8 replies
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Some 3-4 months ago, I lost all of my stationary. Whenever I attempt to use the stationary and click on Messages, a box pops up and says 'unable to create this stationary'. This may have been due to a patch? Would you help me? Thanks, -- SUSAN
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Dead Linked folder
by Guest Jacky Luk- 1 reply
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How do I delete a folder that sits on my hard drive and can't be deleted by "del" or other general means? Thanks Jack
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restoring to Start "All Programs"
by Guest Jo-Anne Naples- 12 replies
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I'm used to dragging and dropping shortcuts onto my desktop. Today I dragged one from Start, All Programs to my desktop--and then discovered that it's no longer listed in All Programs. How do I put it back into the list? Thanks much! Jo-Anne
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How much RAM for SP2?
by Guest Lee M.- 7 replies
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Is there a point of diminishing returns for memory? I currently have 1.25GB installed in an Athlon 2800+ system. The mobo supports 3GB. Task manager shows 557MB physical memory available when I load every program I typically run and I usually don't have them all open at the same time. Does that imply that more RAM won't do much other than increase the amount of memory available (and sitting there unused) with a bunch of programs loaded? Thanks for the help.
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Question about driver
by Guest void.no.spam.com@gmail.com- 3 replies
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I got a new PCI wireless adapter. I went over to the manufacturer web site to download the latest drivers, but it requires you to install the manufacturer wireless utility, which I don't want. I just want to use Windows' built-in wireless utility. So I went into the Device Manager and told Windows to update the driver for the wireless adapter, and it found it on the Internet somewhere. I want to make a backup of that latest driver, in case I ever need to re-install it and the internet is down or the driver is no longer available from whichever site Windows found it on. So which files do I need? Just the .SYS file? Or do I also need .CAT and .INF files?
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XP Pro reboots when browser is opened. error 1073741795
by Guest sctc- 6 replies
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I am running XP Pro on an older Athelon 1700 machine. I have an 80 gig HD with 512 megs of ram. Recnetly for no reason my machine has just rebooted its self. It would boot back up and everything would be fine. Sometimes it would shut down completely but I could restart it and it would run for awhile. Today it seems to be getting worse. Now i can power up my machine and it will boot up. I can check my email, via Outlook, but I can't connect using a browser. When i open IE it will lock up or reboot. Sometimes it will partlially reboot to the point of my status bar will show up, but no icons. One time today after it rebooted itself, I got an error code 1073741795. …
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Backup Software Recommendations
by Guest mcp6453- 8 replies
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What backup software to you like for XP? Acronis True Image? I've used Genie-Soft and NovaStor (not impressed). All we need to back up is data files and email. We use BING for disk imaging.
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"Virus Scanner" Program to "Cross Check"
by Guest Brad- 1 reply
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Hi, I have an "anti-virus" program that has a "shield", as well as a virus scanner. Most of you know, you can't have two anti-virus programs installed at the same time, which will very likely cause a conflict. " VIRUS SCANNER" Program to "Cross Check". I would also like to have a good "virus scanner" program to "cross check" files in the event that my anti-virus software might have missed "something". Of course, the "scanner" will be from a different source than that of my anti-virus. I know there are a few "virus scanner" sites you can go to have your PC scanned for viruses, but I have a dial-up (can't afford high speed) …
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drivers
by Guest Heather- 17 replies
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During a recent xp service pack 3 update my desktop crashed and the only remedy was to reinstall the service pack 2 os. Evidently I don't have the drivers and utilities cd so tech support recommended I burn one from the internet -- except that I can't find it. I can only find where to download it to floppy. I am on a vista os laptop with no floppy drive. I really really need the desktop so any advice would be appreciated.
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major bugs in Windows Movie Maker
by Guest jmichae3@yahoo.com- 4 replies
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Windows Movie Maker has some severe functionality problems. it doesn't work. all glitz and no functionality. 1. I tried to import a converted mpeg file, converted by any-video- converter in MPEG-II format. first progress bar got to 100%. second progress bar never started. Program was hung. it does this consistently with that video. 2. I tried to import a Dell Experience video (Mpeg) that came with my computer. it imported. dragged all 6 parts into the timeline (why 6 parts?). read the help on how to trim a clip. so I tried to trim the left side of the first clip. I got as far as dragging over 1 frame and I got a wait cursor. permamently. program had hung…
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Converting video files
by Guest JR- 3 replies
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Hello folks I need to convert some MP4 video files to another format (AVI, Divx). Any suggestions for software, preferably freeware?
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Interesting bug in mouse pointer handling
by Guest David Bala¾ic- 1 reply
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Hi! With default settings*, when you move the mouse diagonaly up-right, the pointer moves straight up instead of up-right. I noticed this on Windows XP and 2003. It appears to be fixed in Vista. Details: * - In Control Panel have some normal sensitivity and "Enhance Pointer Precision" on (it is on by default). Now place the mouse pointer to the right of some vertical line (like an edge of some window, you can open Notepad for this) in middle height (half of screen height for example). Now put some object with a straight edge (like a book) left of the mouse. Have to upper left edge of the mouse touch the book. Put you thumb between the book and the low…
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All backgrounds are white and all text black...
by Guest jweems- 10 replies
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I've tried the latest versions of IE and Firefox, but the backgrounds on all websites are white all of the text is black. (all hyperlinks are blue) I went into 'Tools' on IE and Internet options, general, colors. The 'Use Windows colors' box is checked. I think it may be something to do with 'themes' or 'appearance' in Windows, but I can't figure it out. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
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login/logot in different language
by Guest EN- 0 replies
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I have installed Windows XP Pro (dutch). But when I login or logout, there is an sentence in UK language. You will be login or logout, or something like that. How is this possible en how can this be solved?
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corrupt files in sp2 and sp3
by Guest chickenbot- 0 replies
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ok im trying to install either sp2 or sp3 but when i dl them i get corrupt files while extracting.. in sp2 its i386\lsasrv.dl_ and in sp3 its i386\moviemk.ex_.. ive tried dlin them from the update site and through the update on my computer and manuely dlin them nothing works.. what can i do?
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log ons
by Guest Siraj- 1 reply
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Why does my computer automatically logs me on when the power goes off? When you turn the computer it logs me on without doing anything.
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just installed service pack 3
by Guest joe- 0 replies
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good news for a change. just installed sp3 on 4 intel based computers, all with xp home edition. all the installations were problem free and all computers are now downloading at rates 75-100 % faster. two of them are using dsl, the others are cable.
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Removed the CPU heatsink and fan assembly
by Guest attilathehun1- 16 replies
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Ok, I did it, all by myself. I used a screwdriver to shove it up you know where. LOL Ok, I feel good, and no thanks to 99% of the replys. One person told me to use the right tools. One person directed me to a website where the author told me backwards of how to do it. See these people don't want to explain in detail how they did it, or they real don't know how to do it themselves. I explained already in detail how I did it, so that's why I'm not doing it again. Ok, you want to know how? Read up! How the hell does that sound. Do one to others as they do to you. Ok, even though the hostile talk, I feel pretty good to have taken off the thing myself. …
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Sp3
by Guest daisyglendale- 2 replies
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Installed SP3 and after windows shut down it will not restart in any mode? Any help with this Thanks
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updates!
by Guest chickenbot- 3 replies
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when i dl sp2 and it extracts the files the file i386/lsasrv.dl_ is corrupt.. ive tried dlin it mulitple times and stops at the same point every time what can i do?