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Open Source DVD player for Windows?
by Guest ToddAndMargo- 10 replies
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Hi All, I am using Mplayer for DVD videos. It does not work so well. Xine over on Linux works great, but no Windows version. Is there an Open Source DVD player out there for Windows? Maybe, similar to Xine? Many thanks, -T
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Fax Preview can not be displayed
by Guest ~~Alan~~- 0 replies
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I just reinstalled my WinXP system with SP3. Everything is working perfectly except when I want to send a fax using the built in fax component, the system will not display a preview. The fax, however does get sent. any thoughts?? Thanks ~alan
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Some Property Tabs In A Different Language
by Guest John Thow- 0 replies
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This is really odd. I had to do a repair (In-place upgrade) install on a Dell Dimension 3000 running XP SP2. It was one of those systems that are supplied without an installation disc, so I made one using the Dimension's I386 folder and another Dell XP SP2 install disc for the rest of the stuff. The repair appeared to go fine. However, when I went to check that all the device drivers had re-installed OK, the My Computer; Properties; Hardware tab was not in English: It seems to be in one of the Scandinavian languages. So does the IE(6) Tools menu. There may be other places, but I haven't gone through everything yet. It occurs to me that this may have resu…
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Not able to right click open/explore on start menu
by Guest Antony- 1 reply
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Dear All, I am using windows XP Sp3, I found that my right click open function on start menu is not working. If i right click to open other floders at desktop , my computer are fine, except the start menu after all program. I right click and choose open / explore nothing happened. I able to delete , copy, drag and drop, but only not able to open the folder. I already run regsvr32 /i shell32.dll and reboot the computer but nothing changed. Any idea to solve it?
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Change Default Save location
by Guest Bebbspoke- 2 replies
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Dear All, PLEASE how does one change the Default "save" locations of programs such as Outlook Express, Win Live Mess, Internet Explorer, Windows Media etc? I am looking for a permanent and automatic change to a. n. other disk letter. It is infuriating to have ones system disk filled with numerous large message and media downloads as received by the kid's user accounts when each user has their own disk partition. Thank you for any advice.
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PC starting when KB used
by Guest Terry Pinnell- 8 replies
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Just discovered that this XP Home PC is powering itself up when I touch the keyboard. Yet under Power Options I don't have anything set that should allow that. I've never used anything like Standby or Hibernate. I just want my PC to be plain OFF until I press the ON button. So I have 'When I press the power button on my computer' set to 'Shut down' FWIW, under the Hibernate tab all is greyed and the facility is not enabled. I did notice that there's another setting', 'When I press the sleep button on my computer:' which was set to 'Standby', but as I don't *have* a Sleep Button I don't see how that can be involved. Anne have any ideas on the cause please…
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Firewall start/stop with registry-keys
by Guest Cornelius Wasmund- 3 replies
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Hello Windows XP Community, i want to start and stop the windows internal firewall by the registry with delphi. I can start the Firewall, but not stop ... so i change the follow reg-keys: start: (works) ****************************************************************** rootkey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\ EnableFirewall dword(01000000) SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\ EnableFirewall dword(01000000) ****************************************************************** stop: (do not works) *****************************…
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auto locked screen
by Guest rexmann- 2 replies
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Hi In XP, at work, my PC automatically locks itself after about 5/10 mins of not being used. Is it possible to switch this off on my PC or is it a setting on the server(s)? Any help greatly appreciated Cheers Rexmann
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Any keys needed to activate SP3?
by Guest Dreamchaser- 8 replies
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Dear all, I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of installing. Is it true?
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Unable to End or Uninstall Process
by Guest husky86- 3 replies
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I uninstalled an old version of Kaspersky antivirus today. There didn't seem to be any problems associated with the uninstall process. After uninstalling, I restarted my system (Windows XP, Service Pack 3). Yet when I go to the Processes tab, I find that one of the Kaspersky processes is still running: kavsvc.exe. Right-clicking on the process and choosing Delete, I am presented with the window "Access Denied." There is nothing that I can do to stop the process. Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be anything that I can do -- nothing that I know of -- where I can get rid of this process. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might permanentl…
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WINXP SP3 Network Printer Problem
by Guest WayneO- 0 replies
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We are currently rolloing out SP3 for Windows XP. We currently have Windows XP SP2 desktops. After installation of SP3 and after a reboot we have found that some PC's would not print. The user had to delete the network printer and reinstall the printer before they could print. SP3 is being pushed out by SMS2003. Has anyone else come across this before and what did you do about it?
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log_fs.log ??
by Guest JustUs- 0 replies
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I have a 29mb log file "log_fs.log" in my root folder. What is is it? This location is referenced - "[C:\SVN_Source\fslib\ntfsparser.cpp]". I am assuming that location was created as a result of some activity, as it is not there now. Seems to have something to do with MFT records. A "google" did not provide anything useful. Thanks in advance :)
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Window Xp does not update.
by Guest Zsuzsa- 10 replies
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My sons HP Laptop's Window XP Home editions last update was in 2007 December. I tried to update but every time I click on the windows update the default msn.com window will come up. If I put the address for the update site in the address bar it says error 404 site not found. I have IE 7 It used to update automatically but not since Dec 2007. Also I can not check online if it need to update. What can be the problem? I scanned, no virus. Internet is slow.
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Ask for password when none was created
by Guest Nurmi- 0 replies
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Following a re-format because a sudden request for password could not be fixed, I now get the password box with Administrator in one box but pale and the notice: This system could not log on. Make sure username and domain are correct then type your passowrd again. Letters in passoword must bei typed using correct case." Since I do not have a password I tried typing the name which I assigned to the PC while installing WinXP and it works. What can I do to bring normalcy back into my life? I certainly don't want to be faced by the above and have to re-format again? -- Nurmi
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Please read and respond
by Guest Jim- 5 replies
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I would appreciate someone responding to this post. Can anyone explain to me why a NEW account that has 'Administrator' privileges not be able to view videos in IE7 the same as the Administrator account? My problem appeared unexpectedly. I previously had an account that had 'Admin' privileges, and then all of a sudden I was unable to view videos in IE7. I tried all of the various suggestions offered by Adobe (uninstall Flash, run sublnACL, etc.) without success. Totally disgusted, I created a new account with 'Admin' privileges. After moving files and settings as outlined in various KB articles, I had SUCCESS; but only for ONE day. Up…