Windows XP
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Scheduled task - run Win Word to open a document
by Guest Man T- 2 replies
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I have scheduled to run Word 2007 in the morning. However, how do I tell the Word 2007 to open a particular Word document when it starts up at that time?
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DESPERATE need to clear the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Cache
by Guest Kirrin Jones- 2 replies
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Hello All, Right to the issue at hand. I have a user who did a search on her hard disk for pictures. She found over 9,500+ photos. Now when she double-click on an image and views it in WP&FV that fine, but to now go and print the image, she is seeing ALL those photos as for some reason, they are all showing up in the Print Selection window. Now I have cleared her Temp folder, Internet Temp folder, and all the other temporary storage I could find. I've searched the hard disk again to see if I will be able to find where the files are located. I've load internet explorer and deleted ALL files. But when I go back into WP&FV and go to print, the i…
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Boot Question on XP Reinstall
by Guest marina- 3 replies
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I believe I have all the info I need to to a clean reinstall of Windows XP Home Upgrade, but I have one remaining question. My OEM OS on this machine is Windows ME. To do a clean format and reinstall should I boot up from my Windows ME boot floppy or from the Windows XP Home Upgrade CD? Will the Upgrade CD reformat for me or do I need something to show ME was previously on the computer? The instructions I've read on doing a reinstall have left me confused!
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In my attempt to stop having to log in to my XP Home Edition Machine I deleted all users except the administrator and left the user must enter a user name and password to use this computer option selected. Now when the computer boots up it goes to the welcome window/logon screen and sits there with no user button waiting for me to select something that isn't there. I can't get into my system. My only option is to shut down. How do I fix this problem?
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Remove Option from Dual Boot Menu
by Guest evanburen@gmail.com- 1 reply
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I have Win XP Pro on physical disk c and Win Server 2003 on a different physical disk. I reformatted the drive containing Windows Server 2003 but the boot up menu containing "an earlier version of Windows" and "Windows Server" still remains. How do I get rid of this boot up menu altogether? This is my boot.ini for WinXP on c: but I don't see a reference to Windows Server in there. ;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDO…
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Wireless doesn't work anymore: "Limited or no connectivity"
by Guest void.no.spam.com@gmail.com- 7 replies
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I have a Windows XP SP2 laptop, which connected to my network wirelessly. It worked fine, until I uninstalled a bunch of apps that I didn't need anymore, and then it stopped working. Whenever it tries to connect to my wireless network now, it connects, but then it can't get an IP address for some reason. It just says "Limited or no connectivity." The only thing I uninstalled that was related to wireless was something called a "Venturi Client". I didn't think that was related to wifi, I thought it was for a wireless modem that I used at a previous job. Anyways, I'm using the built-in Windows Zero Wireless utility, so nothing I uninstalled should have affec…
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Any way to get this to install ?
by Guest Paul- 10 replies
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Hi folks KB905759 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBC31BDE-0BF5-490C-96A8-071310D9464A&displaylang=en Wont install on the other PC here, it says the files in the package arent compatible. BUT, it installs fine on this PC. Both have the same version of IE and XP (SP3) So, any ideas on WHY it wont install? It still appears in the shield on the taskbar, but it still wont install. Whether I download the file manually, or download the update from within the shield. Any info appreciated Thanx
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Long StartUptime at the Domain
by Guest Dani- 8 replies
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Hello We have the following situation: - Windows 2003 Domain - Windows XP SP2 When a Laptop is powered on in the firm, then the windows xp client shows for nearly for 2 min "Applying computer settings". After that the Login windows comes. When the same Laptop is powerd on offline, the it takes some secound, where the "Applying computer settings" shows. How can I correct the long time, showing "Applying computer settings" when the Laptop is connected to the doamin? Thanking you in advance and awaiting your reply, Kind Regards Dani
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MS Works Calendar Files
by Guest hallv5- 2 replies
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Where (and under which file ext) are MS Works Calendar files stored in XP Pro? Thanks in advance...
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microsoft money - cannot review downloaded "items to review"
by Guest cloggincutie- 3 replies
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after downloading our bank transactions to our money account on our PC, the transactions do not show up on the register as they have in the past. they show up only as "items to review". however, we cant access them for review. Any suggestions. Thank you.
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Turn Off/Restart doesn't work
by Guest Rex- 1 reply
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I am running WinXP and I can't Turn Off or Restart Computer via the Start menu. I have to manually turn the computer off on the tower. It's a Gateway, so the XP software is located on a partition. But I can't find a 'rebuild' or 'repair' feature. Any ideas?
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Details for multiple pictures
by Guest jeh- 0 replies
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Is there any way to add details, such as "Author" and "Subject" to multiple files stored in My Pictures? Doing this one file at a time via right click on Properties is a pain. TIA John
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Remote assistance
by Guest James- 1 reply
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Why doesn't microsoft make it clear about whether remote assistance requests can be accepted in XP home. The information in various tech forums is very contradictory. From my own experiments I can say that it is only possible to accept help requests if you are running XP Pro - you can only send them in XP home. I think this needs clarification once and for all from microsoft.
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Backing up my system
by Guest MeganWright1979- 3 replies
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I'm trying to back-up Quickbooks onto a portable drive and I can't figure out how to do it. I've followed directions on the Windows site but I do not have a "backup" option in the System Tools section. Can anyone help???
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help - stuck in activation loop in xp, but already activated
by Guest mikeyp- 1 reply
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Hi I'm running XP in a virtualized environment (fusion for mac) Its been working fine , activated succesfully and running smoothly for many months until last night it did an automatic security update, now after it rebooted, it says i must activate windows before i log on. if i click YES, it says windows already activated, click OK but it then brings me back to the first message saying I need to activate. If I click no, it just brings me back to the same message. If I start in safe mode, it says I need to activate but cannot in safe mode, click ok, but brings me back to same message. Basically I'm stuck in a loop, and i can't get into windows. this all…