Windows XP
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Update on desktop problem
by Guest Gerald Ross- 3 replies
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A couple of months ago I asked for help getting my notebook back to where a program's icon remained highlighted when the program was closed. Never got any help. About a week ago it started working right again, just like my other three computers. It had always worked that way and I like it. No idea what brought it back to it's senses. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA A cynic's work is never done.
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Firewall and AV won't start
by Guest DustyB- 3 replies
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G'day all; I'm running XP Media Center version 2002, w/SP3 v.3311. Up until the last few days, it was on auto-update, running along smoothly on my HP Pavilion, M7680N, as it has for years... The problem I'm having started a few weeks ago with Outlook; in that every time I fired it up, it would come up in that stupid 'non-"Show Full Menus" mode'. I always have full-menus set, and didn't change from that in any way that I can think of. During some back-&-forth with MVP's in the Outlook forum, it was finally suggested that my registry hive must have become corrupted, and it was suggested that I run: UPHClean. Did that. Didn't help any more than…
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hal.dll missing
by Guest DD- 14 replies
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I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not start because the following file missing or corrupt : windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the boot.ini file and other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting the same error message I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and Macintosh the xp is in cc;\partition This is my boot.ini config [boot loader] timeout=1 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partiti…
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New Hardware Assistant
by Guest Peter- 3 replies
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I have just attached my laptop (XP Home SP3) to a printer. I decided to abort the installation when at start up it found new software. Instead, I used the 'Add\ Printer' in ControlPanel/Printers & Faxes. It works fine. However, whenever I start the computer I alwats get the icon in the system tray telling me that it found new hardawre and prompting me to install it! How can I stop it? Thank you JB
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wordpad
by Guest Al and Joan- 14 replies
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WordPad.chm seems to be missing from c:windows\help or anywhere else. How can I get it Thank you
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Hello, When the item is selected I need to enable cmdDelete btn. and if there is not item selected cmdDelete btn must be disabled. The problem with the code I use (see below) is that when user change the selected item (or when user select item for the first time) the code below does not "see" selected item with the first mouse click. Private Sub lvSelLines_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single) For i = lvSelLines.ListItems.Count To 1 Step -1 If lvSelLines.ListItems(i).Selected = True Then cmdDelete.Enabled = True Exit Sub End If Next cmdDelete.Enabled = False End Sub…
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Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down
by Guest leanhtuan- 1 reply
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Re: "DWWin.exe failed" when shutting down leanhtuan "S.Sengupta" wrote: > First of all dwwin.exe is an error reporting tool.It's only trying to > investigate "events" that it believes is causing problems that may lead > to crashing. > you look at the Event viewer to know what exactly is happening. > > How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308427 > > Error Reporting Overview > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/satech/cer/GettingStartedMNU.asp > > regards, > ssg MS-MVP > > tonpal wrote: > > > For no obvio…
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folder view
by Guest lesio- 4 replies
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why when I organize my icons/files in a folder , close it and then open it again my files are messed up - I mean - the view and sort by are not like I set them. any help thnx
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XP locks up at splash screen
by Guest Bob Henson- 0 replies
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Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I've only just joined this group. I have a problem on two different PCs running XP home with the latest patches and updates, but with quite different specifications and different software in daily use, by and large. On boot-up, XP runs as far as the splash screen. The progress indicator runs for a while and then XP locks up. The only thing that will clear it is turning off the power and re-starting. The machines then show the page offering to start from safe mode etc. - if I select start in normal mode, the machine takes the last good configuration and starts just fine. I've done this countless times, and…
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My Documents - appears 3 times -which does System Restore not restore?
by Guest xylophone- 4 replies
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I understand System Restore will not restore/protect files in My Documents, such as doc. files, meaning that on a restore such files will not be affected and I need not worry. My actual worry is to know which of the 3 My Documents folders I have in Explorer System Restore does not restore. These three are clones of each other in that they contain exactly the same folders. Going down from Desktop, The first is Desktop\My Computer\Local Disk\Documents and Settings\my name\My Documents - the second is Desktop\My Computer\my name (is called my name and not My Documents, but has the same contents as the two so-called My Documents, so I refer to it here as t…
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do you know where can i download the kernel xp project?
by Guest mjolnir2@live.se- 1 reply
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i can't find kernel xp project available anywhere on the web, coz i'm having problems running winxp apps in win98.
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Uninstall Nortel VPN Client
by Guest Michael Gerbasio- 2 replies
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Hi, I'm running WinXP SP3 and trying to remove a VPN client I no longer need, Nortel Networks Extranet. This program doesn't show up in Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs list. I've been searching on the net for hours but can't find out how to delete this program. It is still installed and the folder is in C:\Program Files\Nortel Networks, it just isn't in the Add/Remove program list. Any ideas? TIA. Regards-Michael G.
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Problem with Time and Date
by Guest Nesha- 4 replies
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Hi Every time I turn on my PC, it shows that time is 1 AM and that the date is November 19th 2009. After 30 seconds, time restores to normal on it`s own, but it gives me a lot of trouble with Virus database and other things. I have tried in Regional settings and everything but it is still the same. How to fix this problem? Tnx!
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Flash Player - can't uprade/install in XP
by Guest Millie- 3 replies
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Hi I'm trying to open a video on You Tube and I get this error message: 'Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player'. So then I try to download and install the latest Adobe Flash Player and it never installs. Is this something to do with Windows XP? -- Millie
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How does the Desktop Cleanup wizzard work?
by Guest Uwe Braunholz- 0 replies
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Hello, how does the Desktop Cleanup wizzard in Windows work? I don't mean how to use it or what its function is. I mean how does it know when I used the shortcuts the last time? Where does it store that information? Thank you. Regards. Uwe Braunholz