Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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increase text size
by Guest sf- 5 replies
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I know how to increase overall text size via Display (settings > advanced)... but how to I increase the text in whatever that bar is called between the start button and the clock? Also, IE is set on Largest Text but it's more like small (tiny). I can make my firefox text as large as I need, it doesn't stick... but at least I can make it larger. I know there's a setting I'm not finding. Can anyone direct me? Oh, btw.... for some reason, an ATI icon is now displayed on all of my tabs under Advanced. I have no idea what happened, but this may be a symptom of the problem. I'm virus free according to AVG. TIA -- I never worry about diets. The onl…
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AOL video problems
by Guest anniewarbucks- 2 replies
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I enjoy watching AOL videos on my computer. recently I downloaded the right driver for my video card which enables me to use 2 monitors. with this placing my video on a standard TV really brings out the color that the shows were meant to be seen in. Here comes my trouble though. The video when put full screen is very choppy. Also when I go to work on the computer monitor the video goes back to its original window. How can I fix these 2 problems? I am running internet explorer 7 with 512 MB memory
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Repairing XP- MCE
by Guest astrosoup- 3 replies
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I do alot of home PC tech support in a small town. Yesterday I ran across a computer with Media Center Edition that had a few backdoor Trojans lurking about on it. I deleted all the malware I could find, but I think one of them took a little piece of the Operating System with it, because it is showing some quirky behavior such as repeated unexplained system errors and occasionally restarting on login. I perused through the event log, but there is nothing there to indicate a problem. Anyway, when I am sitting in front of the computer again, I will run an "sfc /scannow". If that doesn't work, I'd just assume fix it with a repair install, but I am pretty …
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Formatting and installing
by Guest SANTANDER- 8 replies
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Just need install win XP on new notebook with Vista(no files installed yet - no backup): to remove Vista completely. How to make it better way to ensure a smooth set-up: run from DOS command 'format c:' from DOS to erase the hard drive, then install XP, or directly boot from win XP installation CD and this will overwrite an existing partition and Vista? Thanks.
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Caching files
by Guest John Blight- 0 replies
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I'm investigating an error in a custom application that only seems to happen when a particular action is performed for the first time following a restart of the PC. (A Properties dialog contains a grid-type control that's an interface to custom properties in a Visio diagram. When a property is updated in the dialog, and OK clicked to trigger the update in the Visio diagram, the property values are sometimes wiped.) When this dialog box is opened for the first time, it takes noticeably longer to open, and it is then when the error occurs. Other observations so far: 1. The error has only occurred for Limited users. 2. The error may happen, say, 3 …
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Problem starting xp after power failure
by Guest tech challenged- 5 replies
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My PC went down after a power failure. When it trys to restart I get the screen stating the machine shut down improperly and do I want to start in Safe mode, start with previous settings or start normally Regardless of which choice i make the pc seems to try to reload windows, but ends up on the same screen I have an emachine desktop. I tried to intercept the reboot using f2, which works on my laptop I would appreciata any advice on how I can get at least into safe mode so i can restore start up back to a good previous point
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error code 2428 for UPS
by Guest james8jim- 1 reply
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Hello: i am getting error code 24282 for the Uninterruptible Power Supply in event viewer. message can not connect to specific com port. ====== the sevice is NOT running in msconfig and administrative tools. i am using xp media center 2005 and xp home. and both give the same error code. q; how can this service be turned on? q; is this service turned off by default by MS? q; why am i not able to turn this service on without getting a error? thank you . jim
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Separate Partition for Application Software
by Guest Alan C. Brown- 6 replies
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What are the the pros & cons of installing applications software on a different/separate partition from the operating system (Win XP Pro SP3) ? In the past I have split my hard drive into 4 partitions ; C: Win XP Pro D: Applications E: Data&Downloads F: BackUps The general logic was that you don't lose everything if you have to do a clean install (reformat C: first) of Win XP Pro. As far as the D: Applications partition is concerned, you would still have to reinstall all the applications software, but the pros would be : - the applcations to be reinstalled are listed in D:Program Files - any data files associated with the applications…
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Lost my Word Pad
by Guest Joe Bloggs- 3 replies
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During an overdue clean up of my PC I have managed to remove (?) Word Pad from my PC, I did a disc clean up and maybe removed some of my accessories. My PC has had a few upgrades over the years and now on XP SP3. So, I am now not sure with CD I need to insert to try and get Word Pad back, or can I do it without any CD (hopefully!) Many thanks
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Keyboard problems
by Guest PRW- 1 reply
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Since doing a fresh reinstallation of XP some of the keys on my keyboard produce a different symbol on the screen than they are supposed to i.e. a @ is actually a " and vice-versa. Does anyone know how to fix this? Many thanks Paul
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How to diagnose a STOP: 0x0000008E?
by Guest Bruce.- 10 replies
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XP SP3 and all current patches. I rarely reboot my system and did so last night for the first time in quite a while. During that time I've installed several software packages so I can't easily tell if one of those might be responsible for the BSOD I am now getting, assuming one is, which I'm not sure of. Just as the reboot nears completion and the initial blank blue screen appears (prior to the loading of the desktop background), it intermittently crashes to a BSOD with a STOP: 0x0000008E It is very intermittent and doesn't crash every reboot. I can't predict if or when it will do it. Sometimes a few times in a row, sometimes not for several r…
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Office Genuine Advantage team told me to post here
by Guest Andy- 3 replies
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Hi, I have an activated Office 2007 Ultimate which seems fine in every way EXCEPT when I try to pull down an Excel 2003 "MSN Stock Quote" macro (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=485FCCD8-9305-4535-B939-3BF0A740A9B1&displaylang=en) which fails re-validation of Office 2007 with "Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007: Product Not Activated." I was instructed by "Lori MS" in the Office Genuine Advantage forum to delete the file C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Data\data.dat to cause it to re-activate. I didn't have a data.dat file in that directory but did have an opa12.dat which I renamed and it …
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Svchost using up all my cpu
by Guest crucheau- 24 replies
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I am running windows XP Pro in spanish and I noticed lately that when I start up my PC, it's very slow. In task manager I found out that Svchost is using 98 to 100% of my PC and this for over 15 minutes. It stops and very quickly it starts again using the CPU. What should I do?
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Please help me to switch my OS VISTA to XP or XP to Vista Driverquestion
by Guest rebelscum0000- 3 replies
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Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bist Spanish Windows Xp Pro W/SP2 English NVIDIA Graphic Driver TV Tuner Driver Dear all Sorry to post twice this post, but I do know where I can learn more .public.windowsxp.general or .public.windowsvista.general I am lost here Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bits gold Spanish HP Pavilion Elite m9060la Desktop PC http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3633223&lang=en I hate vista I want to change my OS to Windows XP Pro English, but I have some question in order to have all the driver working, I am doing a backup of all the Drivers from the HP website for…
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Arrange By Date
by Guest Cheryl- 2 replies
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When I open a folder and want to Right Click 'Arrange Items By Date' - that facilitiy seemed to have disappeared from the Menu once I upgraded from Office 2000 Professional to Office Professional 2003 and from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP. I had hoped that Microsoft would have updated this feature and put it back on? Do you know what I can do? If so, much apprecaited. Thanks.