Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Windows Defender
by Guest WMB- 2 replies
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Hi, can anyone here provide a good Newsgroup link to a MS "Windows Defender" group? TIA
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It's been fun but time to move on
by Guest Colin Barnhorst- 22 replies
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I wish all you XP folks the best! With the arrival of my wife's new HP laptop we are retiring the last XP-based computer that we use on any kind of regular basis so it is time for me to finishing moving on to Vista. It is getting too much to keep up with both XP and Vista newsgroups and with SP3 now launched it is a good time to go. I still run XP on a test box and the x64 edition as well, but it is not the same as using something daily. Keep up the good work!
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Trusted Zone
by Guest Geoplay- 4 replies
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I have this afternoon seen the following information suddenly appear as a site in my Trusted Zone under the security tab in IE6, and when I click on 'remove' it disappears, and when I again open Internet Options security, Trusted Zone, it is back again. The exact entry is *.13.165.115.59 which looks like an IP address. I contacted my IP, and they deny it is anything to do with them. Could anyone please throw some light on this, and, if it is necessary to remove the offending entry, how to do so? TIA Geoplay
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Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3
by Guest rebelscum0000- 10 replies
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Dear All Windows XP w/SP2 I am going to format my computer (Clean Install) I want to update it to SP3 I know I can download from windows update.... My questions are: -Does the Win XP Pro SP3 has any know issue? -What do you suggest? Wait to install the SP3, or install only SP2 meanwhile windows realeses more updates? -Is SP3 accumulative (Contains SP1 SP2) ? -If I have Windows XP with SP2 why I need SP1? -I want to download the full SP3 and burn it on a CD in order to install it in other computer that runs Windows XP and Home Edition is that posible? -What is the size of the full SP3? -I found out the url to download the full SP3 http://…
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Re: Long over the top post about right to left Languages andAlignment
by Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk- 0 replies
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Re: Long over the top post about right to left Languages andAlignment On 21 May, 05:21, "jameshanle...@yahoo.co.uk" <jameshanle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > It seems to me that looking at programs > > Notepad, Wordpad, MS Word, Textpad > > Every program behaves a bit differently. > > -----------Notepad and the start...Run dialog box---------- > <snip> BTW, incase it wasn't clear.. there is no problem here. Just a description of things. ..
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Disk management
by Guest Mike Easter- 12 replies
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I'm trying to learn something about XP's disk management tools. I have experience with partitioning on other computers with graphical linux tools like GPartEd and also with an old v. of Partition Magic, but almost zero XP experience, mostly Win98se using PM. This computer is Compaq SR2027X preinstalled XP Windows Media 2005 w/ 120G hdd partitioned by compaq into C 110G NTFS + D 9G FAT32 restore. I want to create some more/ another/ partition with XP to do another XP install on free space on C which supposedly has 92G free. I may add some more linux partitions later, but right now my focus is for another different XP install. When I access the disk managem…
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Hi, I cannot access to my flash drive (not shown) after I install MagicDisk vitual drive. problem still persist even after removing magicDisk. Could someone advice on how to tell XP to add flash drive into the Explorer? SF
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Windows Live Mail freezes at "signing in"
by Guest Turiba- 1 reply
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Hi, I just love WLM, but I can't use it anymore, because anytime I run it, that blue "signing in" frame freezes and that's it. Any clues? I've tried everything: uninstalled, re-installed... Thanks.
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Local Printing Using From Remote Host?
by Guest Tom- 8 replies
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Hi, how can I print locally data from a remote host using XP Pro on both PCs and Remote Desktop over a VPN connection. I noticed on the client PC I still have printers from a remote host but I forgot how to configure printing locally except Remote Desktop\Options\Local resources\Printers. I need to print locally from a different Remote Desktop PC. Help. Thanks, Mike
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sp3
by Guest mike305- 6 replies
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does anybody know how to regain any disk space after installing sp3. i lost nearly 2 gigs after installation.
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How to determine the IP address for a shared folder?
by Guest Eric- 7 replies
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to determine the IP Address for a shared folder? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
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used computer password
by Guest computerless- 3 replies
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I have been given a used computer but do not have the password to use it. Is there anyway that I can change it or get around it. The computer is a Hytech computer and I know nothing about it. Please help if you can for my Mom is wanting her own computer?
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SP2 installation
by Guest cresident- 3 replies
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I know I am behind but I have been trying to install SP2 for about 6 months now. I downloaded the file 4 times and when I try to install it is almost finishes and then says the "file is corrupt". Tried it on both computers and get the same message. Then I tried the automatic update and I get "cannot access files" error. Tried this 3 times with the virus program on and off and the firewall on and off. HELP what do I do? How can I install sp2?
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My disk clean up manager is missing from Start-programs-accessories-system tools. How do I restore same?? HO
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Good Site to Download AVG
by Guest Brad- 10 replies
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Hi, I have a dial-up connection. I can't afford high speed. I tried to download AVG anti-virus software (45MB) from the following site below, but after 1.5 hours, a problem occurred with the download. http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?part=dl-AVGAntiVir&subj=dl&tag=button Note: I did this very early one morning, but the download rate was 30kbs! Normally, I can download around 53kbs early in the morning. A Google search found so many places to download AVG, that I was overwhelmed. What is a good site to download AVG? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your pa…
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Display driver set to 4bit color depth and 640x480 after RemoteDesktop Session
by Guest john@aoitconsulting.com- 0 replies
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I have done some research on Google and found that this has been posted since 2002, but I can't find a resolution. I am hoping someone has some ideas on how to resolve this. After connecting to an XP Pro machine via Remote Desktop, the local display is set to 640x480 and 4 bit color. I have the NVIDIA drivers installed, and have downloaded the latest version. If I remove the NVIDIA drivers, the display reverts to 800x600 and 4bit color after a remote desktop session. The only way to fix the resolution is to reboot, as all display settings are greyed out after a terminal server session. I can reconnect in, while the local display is still showing the low …
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Activation nag screen locking me out at Log-in screen on XP Pro
by Guest TwiZted Biker- 4 replies
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My system took a big dump on me Friday wouldn't even boot . After a very long nite and lot of really bad language it took the CD and started setup , did a repair install and I thought all was good . As soon as windows was running hear comes the Activation nag screen constantly , well the 3 days it said I had turned out to be about an hour . During boot-up just before windows login up pops the Activation nag and now I'm locked out of my computer again it won't let windows come up . Also setup won't take my admin password now so I can't re-install windows again either . Is there any way around this to get into windows ? I did the phone call to activate and …
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Windows keep moving
by Guest HPEX- 1 reply
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I have XP pro and dual monitors. Recently if my screensaver activates, when I cancel it out (move the mouse) most of my program windows move to the upper left hand corner and change size. Closing the program, or windows does not have this effect, only the screensaver, which is a windows generic version.
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wordpad, I cannot seem to get right to left language support
by Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk- 3 replies
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in win xp sp2 wordpad 5.2 a friend says he has the same xp sp2 and wordpad 5.2, but he says his works. Notepad or the run dialog box, supports right-left alignment.. CTRL+SHIFT is left alignment. CTRL+RSHIFT is right alignment. You get this functionality when you install support for right to left languages. But for some reason on my system, it is not working in wordpad. Any ideas why?
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system restore..
by Guest maya- 2 replies
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hi, I'm trying to do a system restore, but can't click on any date.. how do you do a system restore pls.. any date I click on in the calendar it doesn't respond.. thank you..
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winternals
by Guest Johnfli- 5 replies
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I see that MS bought Winternals. What is the replacement for it? I am trying to fix a XP promachine.
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Drop down window blank
by Guest Jay- 1 reply
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I am suddenly experiencing 'blank drop down windows' on some applications. I didn't change anything in windows or the apps. When i roll the cursor over the drop down window area the entries appear. Is ther some way to have them be there when I drop the window down? Thanks for your help, Jay
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Error encountered while editing TIFF file over the network
by Guest Fareeha Waheed- 1 reply
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hello! I'm receiving an error "the selected file is an invalid microsoft document image". This occurs when I edit the TIFF file over the network and the file gets corrupted. I searched on the internet and got a fix for it but that fix is in zip form and whenever I unzip it it asks me for password. I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 on my PC. Please help me out
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Winfax 10 will not re-install with SP3 loaded
by Guest Joe- 20 replies
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I finally got SP3 to work and it seems fine but the tech I was chatting with had me take out Winfax 10.02u before installing SP3. No matter what I do I cannot get it to install and run properly now, even after cleaning the registry and the win.ini files and running the program from Symantec that cleans out all left overs from the Winfax removal. There is no mention of it on the Symantec site either. I saw no reference to this problem on the Microsoft TechNet. Has anyone encountered this problem? It was fine before the install of SP3 Thank you Joe
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XP Activation LOOP
by Guest RJ.W.H.- 2 replies
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When prompted to call microsoft durring activation, I complete the registration and then I get stuck in this loop. Those of you who are here, understand the loop I am in. I am restoring an image with intricate software installations that can not be easily duplicated for several businesses and I manually update the OEM product key everytime I use the image. I am TRYING to do this legitamately and now I FAIL! The MicroSoft support people cant/wont help me legitimize this copy of windows, and I do not want to take a chance on sending illegal copies of windows into the field. The enitre process is now being held up because changing the product key through…