Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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screen freeze
by Guest iz0nlee- 1 reply
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I have a problem which is really annoying. My screen keeps freezing up, I can 'unfreeze' it by opening task manager, closing task manager with 2 clicks of the 'x', this is because the first clcik is still part of the freeze and doesnt close it. after ths my scren is ok for a while then it freezes up again. Its been like this for ages now and I have asked before but never got a good answer. I have tried just about every malware program. ewido, hitman pro and also I have AVG installed but never cured it. any suggestions. est regards
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CHANGE NETWORK PROPERTIES
by Guest DD- 3 replies
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Any way to change the pc ip address without logoff user id ? currently user don't have right to chnage the ip address
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webarchive files
by Guest Sined- 0 replies
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I have received an email with two webarchive attachments. When I save them in my documents folder I can't view the web page/s ?. Using Win XP home with SP2. Any help appreciated.
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Help re Sisgrv display driver
by Guest Kettler 7- 0 replies
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“The sisgrv display driver has stopped working normally. Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functionality. The next time you reboot the machine a dialog will be displayed giving you a chance to update data about this failure to Microsoft” on your Windows XP computer. rebooting did not display the notice for microsoft and I already have 3d installed on computer but still can't play games, how do I update my driver & how do I finsd it on my computer ?
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A way to invoke BSOD on purpose?
by Guest yerk5- 4 replies
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Can anyone tell me a command-line command that would actually invoke a legitimate BSOD, without causing any permanent damage? I'll take either variety of: 1) being able to get rid of it with a keystroke, or 2) locking the system up, requiring reboot. TIA
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Service Pack 3 won't install
by Guest Steve T- 4 replies
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My brother cannot install the above on his HP slimline. All updates are current. Here is the timeline that he provided for me: Service Pack 3 Setup Error (the heading in the box) Access is Denied (after you click on this you get the message below) Service Pack 3 Installation Did Not Complete (after you click on this you get the message below) Select 'Ok" to undo the changes that have been made Then you restart the computer and you are back to SP2 and all seems to work fine. Any ideas from the group or should I just have him Google for help? Thanks, Steve T.
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No "Repair" option when booting?
by Guest +Bob+- 2 replies
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I am trying to do a repair install. When I boot from the CD, I don't get a repair or recovery option, it does "Setup is inspecting" and then goes into a fresh build sequence (loads drivers, asks me to select a partition). The CD is SP2, and I know the install is SP3. I know that means I should do a slipstream. However, previous to that I wanted to see the repair option at least appear... and it doesn't. Thoughts?
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Flash Infection?
by Guest Wolverine in Michigan- 6 replies
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I have XP with all service packs. My system crashed and I rebooted but lost all USB ports including PCI card. ALso internet access is gone. I think that I may have picked up a flash file that trashed my system. I ran system restore and that didn't help. ALso current Trend Micro software didn't detect anything. Anybody hear of flash files with this capability? Any way to get rid of them, even if you don't know where to look? Thanks
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start up install option keeps appearing
by Guest rexmann- 1 reply
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Hi At work, while away, someone plugged there mobile/PDA device into my PC (not a problem - hotdesking etc). However, every time I log in it comes up with, device not deteched etc etc. Is there away of stopping this, as I can't see a don't ask again box? I guess it must be set to auto start. Equally is there a way of getting any programme to auto start when opened? Anyway any help greatly appreciated Rexmann
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I have a Gateway computer with the following: 1) a 1400-MHz Pentium 4 processor, 2) 256 MB of RAM, and 3) 40 GB of hard-drive space. The computer is running Windows Millennium Edition (ME). A month ago, I bought a Brother MFC-240C printer. This is a multifunction device: printer, copier, fax, and scanner. Recently, my "starter" yellow-ink cartridge ran out of ink, and one other cartridge is about to do the same. At the Best Buy store where I bought the printer, Brother cartridges are sold for $13.50 each. I believe that these are the LC51B, LC51Y, LC51C, and LC51M cartridges. Well, I have discovered the website known as http://www.ink4less.com This …
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start menu
by Guest millerj- 6 replies
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I'm trying to write a script that will put a .bat file into the pinned portion of the start menu. Where are the settigs for that? or a folder that holds the shortcut?
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Re: Frustrated with update.
by Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]- 2 replies
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Re: Frustrated with update. [Crossposted to WinXP General] JPRhedd wrote: > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: >>> ...Told that SP3 installation >>> failed on three different occasions. I wonder if this is the cause of >>> some >>> of the problems? >> >> No doubt about it. >> > Here is the puzzle to me.... According to winver I am running Home > Edition > Version 5.1 SP 3 but according to win Install Clean Up and Add Remove > Programs I have SP2 with no sign of SP3. This conflict is probably the > problem so the question becomes how can I fix this.... Thanks for hanging > in > th…
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Setup stalls but keeps trying to start again on top of itself???
by Guest Jess Fertudei- 3 replies
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I am trying to do an upgrade install of XP SP2 over 98SE. I need to do this for time concerns as the machine has far too much software to reload. If I boot to the CD, it tells me it can't find a previous version of Windows, so... I start 98 and then put in the CD. Setup asks 'what would you like to do' and I tell it to upgrade as it reccommends (would have chose that option anyhow). It would get to the end of 'analyzing machine' and stall... but then I would get the 'what would you like to do' screen again while set up is already running, errrr stalled! Once I clicked it for the heck of it and eventually got a 'this service is already running' or somet…
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To Format 2nd Hard Drive help needed
by Guest dfrog- 3 replies
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I have a desktop Compaq Presario PC running Windows XP Home with an 80GB Hard Drive I have reached the stage on my experience curve where I want to back-up my hard drive, I see lots of advice that this is a good idea. In preparation I have downloaded 'DriveImage XML' I plan to back up my 80GB drive (used space 30GB) onto my original 40GB hard drive which carries 2 partitions - the original working Windows partition (NTFS) and the original 'Recovery ' partition.(FAT32) Using the Disk Management feature in XP when I select to 'format' either of the partitions on the 'Old Drive' (and I am sure this is the one I want to Format), Disk Management tells me :- …
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Font Creation
by Guest Bill- 1 reply
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We are trying to create a group of True Fonts fonts. Can someone recommend the best way or best package to do this. Thanks in advance