Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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How to change menu tool bars language for application?
by Guest Eric- 1 reply
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to change menu tool bars language for application? For example, on my PC, when I run XYZ application, the menu tool bars show English, but on other PC, when I run the same application, the menu tool bars show Chinese, both OS is Chinese XP. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to change the language into Chinese? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
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Flying Window Only
by Guest AM- 3 replies
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When I boot I only have the flying window, forever. Rebooted to "safe mode" and login as Admin. Tried to system restore to an earlier system checkpoint. The NEXT button does not go to a "next" anything. Rebooted and get just flying window forever. Any other thoughts?
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freezing devices
by Guest Daytona Steve- 4 replies
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I've read through the posts and don't find one like my problem. Gateway pentium 4, 1 meg ram, All current Microsoft updates to XP Pro and XP Office. No software or hardware addtions, norton internet security, full scan indicated no gremlins. The computer has been running great for a year or so. Two weeks ago my USB scanner would not initialize. Shut it off and rebooted. Turned the scanner back on, no problem. Thought nothing of it until it happened again. Went through the same routine and solved the problem. Two nights ago, I went to the PC to find mouse and keyboard non funtioning. Mouse is USB, Keyboard is PS2. Red power light on opti…
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LOW VIRTUAL MEMORY---PAGING FILE
by Guest trevor- 5 replies
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Greetings campers, I keep getting Msg. LOW VIRTUAL MEMORY need to update paging file! Question: would purchsing more RAM help this or is there another solution Kind Regards, Trevor
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Lets go Microsoft . Can't you do anything on TIME
by Guest Steeelers- 6 replies
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Microsoft lets hurry up now will you . OS XP SP3 should be in the stores by now . Or is this another delay problems that you seem to be a expert on lately . MVP don't bother with they don't look at these forum , Yeah right !
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Svchost?
by Guest Tident- 2 replies
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When shutting down one of my computers a svchost dialog box opens taking excessive time to shut itself down, slowing full shut down. How can I determine which program is calling it and get the system to shut down quicker? Windows XP home ed, SP2 -- Have a great day:) TIdent
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Roxio Creator 10.1 Caution
by Guest Brad- 1 reply
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Hi, After going back to technical support again, someone finally told me that "Roxio Creator DE 10.1" doesn't include a status bar!!!!!!! I was told, "Creator Classic includes a status bar". Note: "DE" stands for Dell Edition. WARNING: Apparently Roxio Creator 10.1 does NOT include a status bar, unless Roxio removed it from the DE version !!!!! Brad >On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:00 GMT, Brad wrote: >Hi, > > I have "burned" some data CD's on my Dell Windows XP home edition laptop >(bought a couple months ago) using Roxio Creator software, but I could not >find out how to "see…
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System locks up
by Guest Bill- 2 replies
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After starting up xp home, system locks up. When I go into windows task manager, there are two processes both svchost.exe /system that is using 100% of my cpu usage. This started about 4 days ago. Initially it only happened when I turned on my modem for internet connection. Now after replacing the modem, it is happeneing offline. Is there any way of identifying which programs are using all the cpu memory?
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How to figure out what's plugging up my hard drive
by Guest Jeff Ingman- 18 replies
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I have a 3 year old Dell computer running WinXP pro.... fully updated.... with a 190 gig hard drive that is almost completely full. Using Add/Remove Programs I've removed all software I'm not using. I've run the WinXP Disk Cleanup utility. But these steps have not solved the glut. I can't figure out what's the remaining space hog. According to Windows Explorer my Progams folder contains 148 gigs. I haven't figured out how to determine which specific folder/program is the disk space hog. I suspect one of the program files has somehow grown way to fat. Any tips on how I can locate the culprit and get back some space? jeff
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How to reinstall WinXP on new hard drive
by Guest Jeff Ingman- 15 replies
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I have a three year old WinXP installation that is gradually going corrupt with random unexplained program crashes and lockups. Just purchased a new Western Digital 320 GB EIDE internal hard drive and plan to install it in this machine. Can I install Windows from my original XP disk on the new hard drive... then transfer data from the old drive to the new hard drive? (After I have updated Windows.) If so... what are the potential pitfalls? Is there a step-by-step guide somewhere to instruct me? jeff
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Cannot burn DVD+RW in Windows XP
by Guest Andrew Stucken- 6 replies
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I have tried to burn a DVD+RW disk in Windows XP but I am getting an error message saying: "Not enough space on disk". This seems to be because Windows is not reading the disk properly - the files are not all that big. Is it impossible to use this disk format with XP? If I ned to buy another type of disk to burn DVDs, which is it please? Would it be DVD-R? What I do not understand is that the DVD player on my DELL Dimension 5000 has 'DVD+RW' stamped on it. WTIA Andrew
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download Windows Genuine Advantage Validation?
by Guest Anonymous- 6 replies
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I saw on the zoomerart website: Windows Genuine Advantage Validation 1.5.532.0 oem downloadable file size 1.17 MB for $15 US what is this? does it make any installation of Windows or Office legal?
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certificate errors
by Guest marx404- 1 reply
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Lately I have been getting certificate errors on pages I know to be valid. I use SP2. Is there any way to turn this off? For instance, I goto http://www.FTC.gov and click on DNC registry and then Register now and get a certificate error page. -- marx404 _________________
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Windows Task Manager Memory Usage Issue
by Guest alex.j.k2@gmail.com- 5 replies
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Hello, I am currently running a C++ program which is supposed to compute something in about three full (24 hours) days. I am a little panicked about the feedback I get from the Windows Task Manager about my program. More specifically, after I minimize the console application that is doing the computation, the Task Manager shows a very small (but growing) amount of memory (7Mb or so) being used by my program, but I know that my program, after some initializations, should use at least 300Mb (and maximum 500Mb, when the dynamically allocated memory is at the maximum). This makes me worry (hopefully irrationally) that Windows has done some…
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logoff without warning
by Guest Computerguy- 3 replies
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Is there a way to get XP to logoff without prompting to close an application ? We just want XP to logoff, no questions asked and get back to the logon screen. Thanks.
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ftp client is not working to all sites since 5/5/08
by Guest johngi- 13 replies
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I normally ftp to 2 sites. I have not been able to get 2nd site working in a week. Any help would be appreciated. I have double checked firewall settings and have tried to breathe life into process by downloading a 3rd party app too. I for some reason cannot get onto to my charter webspace which is causing me fits. overall location is ftp://webspaces.charter.net. It never comes back. What I normally do is have a net place that goes right into my account at charter. Error I get back is "Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have permission to access the folder. Details: Operation timed out" Ch…
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LAN Check
by Guest gear91351- 3 replies
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Every time I start my computer it goes through a "LAN Check" be for it boots up. why is it doing that? I have to push Esc to bypass the LAN Check. Thanks
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I accidentally uninstalled Wordpad. When trying to reinstall it via Add/Remove files > Add/Remove Windows Components, I uncheck everything but accesories and then work my way down to Wordpad and Calculator. Check it go back to the root, hit go but find that it uninstalls Outlook Express and Windows Media Player. Reinstall those and Wordpad goes away. I seem to be caught in this endless loop. All input will be appreciated.
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Windows Live Messenger
by Guest moe103- 1 reply
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I have a problem opening Windows live Messenger, and I did a troubleshoot and in the test results all came up okay except for Key Ports , which had a triangle and exclamation mark in it. . What does this mean and how does one correct it? I reinstalled WLM but still get the same error. I am using OS Windows XP Pro. Thanks for any help on this. Moe -- moe
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Updates fail to install - need some help
by Guest Mike C- 1 reply
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Hi All, I did a clean instal on my new pc and installed Windows XP Home. Everything went fine and when I started using windows update, one of the first updates it downloaded & installed was SP3. Ever since that update was installed I haven't been able to install any other updates. Is there something that can be done about this? The 3 updates it continues to try to install are KB941565, KB928365 & SP1 for Net Framework 1.1. I've tried installing them only one at a time - no luck. No error messages either...
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error message setupapi.dll missing entry:s
by Guest abuhadi- 3 replies
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windowsxp programs will not open in control panel, add/remove, security, etc. no virus or spyware detected from scans. yahoo email will not open from start menu. this error message is received about setupapi.dll. i also, don't the location of these missing entries. i am new at this.
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What is the difference
by Guest b11_- 11 replies
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What is the difference between maloware and spyware?
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How to check the series number/ registrated number?
by Guest Eric- 2 replies
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to check the series number/ registrated number? such as Window XP, Office, ... I need to update all the license details on each PCs, does anyone have any suggestions on how to collect those information based on existing/installed systems? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
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How to check the path between switchers?
by Guest Eric- 2 replies
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Does anyone have any suggestions on detecting IP between switchers? My server sends packet to specific IP address based on internal logic, then the packet will transfer between many switchers. Recently, some packets are missing with unknown cause, and I would like to find it out what cause the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of tools I should use to detect the problem? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
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Clear Background for all apps on Windows.
by Guest hjs000- 6 replies
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Background on sites and popups are missing. Someone was trying to be nice and somehow removed the background on all pages on my grandparents' computer. It's not unique to any application but two examples. When you're on Hotmail, all you can see is text and when you're on netflix and there's a popup, you can see the text but it's overlaid on the other text (there's no background color)! Please help. I've tried a bunch of things unsuccessfully.