Windows XP
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Removing Multiple Users
by Guest Bobbi- 0 replies
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I had a single-user system. Attempts to reinstall an Adobe program were unsuccessful, so the Adobe rep assisted the Dell rep in taking control of my machine remotely and creating a new user, then installing the program the program under the new user. The program is available to me as the original user also. I'd like to remove the new user and return to a single-user configuration, but I'm wondering what will happen to the reinstalled program. Will it still be available? What other results might happen by removing the second user? Bobbi
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Running a GUI application at Winlogon Notification Events
by Guest gbhurtado@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, First of all, sorry for the long post and the misspelled words. I really need help with this issue. I've been through this Winlogon Notification Packages thing and managed to produce interesting results. I have an application that must be launched as soon the user logs in. It's a legal thing and user must accept (interact through a button) the presented time-entry to logon continues. The application waits the user interaction for 30 seconds and then continues. I've got it up an running through WLX_NOTIFICATION_INFO Logon event, placed a lot of loggers inside both notification DLL and my application and can assure both execute smoothly. The problem is …
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Training & jobs
by Guest ruby- 0 replies
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Host file entries
by Guest Faz- 3 replies
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Hi I have following entries in my XP OS host file. I have removed these entries and rebooted the system however after the reboot these entries have appeared again in the host file. I have scanned my system and cannot find any virus. Can any one provide me some information about these entries? How to remove them permanently? I am worried that someone has hacked my system or monitoring my computer. 127.0.0.1 208.67.70.3 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.167 127.0.0.1 38.99.150.205 127.0.0.1 88.255.90.60 127.0.0.1 opal.spod.org 127.0.0.1 sendspace.com 127.0.0.1 ad1.ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 ad2.ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 ny.yieldmanager.com 127.0.0.1 yieldma…
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qfixapp
by Guest Mohammadreza Dehghan- 2 replies
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where can i download qfixapp.exe?.Thank you
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Microsoft Keyboard USB problem
by Guest HLAMUTHNOSPAM@EARTHLINK.NET- 5 replies
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I have two MS keyboards...the natural ergonomic variety...the old one, an Elite, works in USB and PS/2 modes but the newer Multimedia v. 1.0a will only work in the Ps/2 mode. I have the legacy mode set in the bios. The USB connection is via an adaptor from the PS/2 connector. Issue for me is to switch to a USB KVM and the Elite works but I prefer the Multimedia board. So, I am stumped. Any ideas on next steps? Thanx for any help. Henry
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U3 Readyboost flash drives problem
by Guest Andrew- 2 replies
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2 SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB U3 Readyboost flash drives are on their way to me from Amazon, which at £9.99 each post paid are the cheapest branded one I’ve seen to-date. I’ve found u3 to be an expensive gimmick and would normally use a little app called u3 uninstall which returns the flash to its original non-u3 state. However, not yet familiar with Vista Readyboost, has anyone any idea if using the u3 uninstall will affect the Readyboost aspect of these drives? I'm still using XP home until support runs out. - Thanks - Andy PS - Have also posed this question to Windows Vista General Discussion.
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Can't get rid of desktop icons
by Guest Martin ©¿©¬ @nohere.net- 1 reply
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Hi using win xp My friend was using "Magix Photos on CD & DVD" to create commentaries on a slide show and each commentary has ended up on his desktop. Now he can't get rid of these icons He did go into the registry through H- key_Local_Machine and H-Key_Current_User to his desk top icons, deleted the icon streams and altered the binary codes but they seem to regenerate themselves. His desktop is a mess of icons. Would anyone know how to fix this please? -- Martin
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Re: Multiboot Single Copy of Win XP
by Guest george c- 3 replies
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Re: Multiboot Single Copy of Win XP thats all good but what do you do when you have computer crash time after time that means you have to by the licence all the time thats reap of .so every time the coputer crashes you have to spend 200 huded dollars the the new licence i dont thing thats fare.microsoft should provide you with the tools to reaper hardrive crushes so this way you dont have to reload windows time after time i thing it is fair "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" wrote: > "AWU" <awu_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:z66ke.1897$Ot6.159120@news20.bellglobal.com... > >I would like to set up my computer as a multiboot system…
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Another Problem After SP3 Installation
by Guest Rapier- 7 replies
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After updating to SP3, when turning off computer it hangs with the usual message "windows is shutting down" but doesn't until I switch it off, I've done a restore and this solved the problem but when I installed SP3 again, I'm back to the same problem.
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Networking Software
by Guest Diaboyos- 0 replies
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Does anyone know of any software that lets someone know, via a pop-up or whatever, when someone else is connecting to their computer over the network in XP?
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Maintaining Icon Associations
by Guest Sam- 6 replies
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I have written an x86 Assembly language game which I now would like to distribute online. I have made a custom icon for the game that I associate with a shortcut to the game. I wish to distribute the game by zipping all of its files in a folder and then providing the zip as a download. My problem is that upon unzipping the folder on a new computer, the shortcut no longer remains associated with the icon, even though the .ico file is in the same directory. It is strange that the shortcuts themselves are able to reestablish a correct path to their executables, but they are not able to reestablish a correct path to their icons. My game originally began a…
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why does one pc run slower than the other?
by Guest Jon Dobson- 3 replies
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I have 3 nearly identical Dell P4 pc's running nearly identical XP operating systems and software, yet one pc runs much more slowly than the others. For example, a program I recently wanted to install on all three units installed somewhat slowly but completely on the 2 faster units, but clogged the slower unit so much and took so long that I finally abandoned installation. My question is why does this one pc runs more slowly than the others? RAM is idential on each unit. The only thing different about the pc's are the hard drives- the two faster units have 160 GB drives about 60- 70% data filled and the slower one has a 20 GB drive about 80% full. I c…
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Installed 4Gb of memory under WinXP, but only 3,406,240 bytes available
by Guest Charles Elliott- 19 replies
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Hello: I installed 4Gb of memory under WinXP, but Task Manager indicates only 3,406,240 bytes are available for use. Does anyone know why that is? Is there any way to get WinXP to use the full 4GB? Thanks, CHE
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Auto updates error
by Guest countrygirl- 6 replies
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My icon says that my auto updates have been disabled. When I go to change it the security center has the auto updates checked that they are in fact enabled. I go to the security website and it checks to see if I'm running the proper stuff and then I get a message saying... error 0x8DD0018, The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is not running:Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install high-priority updates for your computer) Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (helps updates download more quickly and without problems if the download process is interrupted) Event Log (keeps a record of updat…
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HELP! C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe error message
by Guest CRue- 1 reply
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Hoping someone out there can help me. My system started hanging up, taking forever to open anything, we started getting error messages for everything and I do not know of anything recently added to cause this issue other than updating our Intel Bios for overheating issues. Very simple home users love E-Bay and working on my excel projects. I received this Debug Error! When ever we hit print (on or off line) we get this message and the spooling goes to 99% but never prints? Program: C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe Module: C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\W32X86\3\lxdddatr.dll File: Run-Time Check Failure #3 - The variable siNumberOfTopics' is being used …
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desktop rearranged everytime guest logs on
by Guest xp-pro- 4 replies
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Windows xp SP-3 Dell Inspron B130 I just noticed this behavior - whenever I log off as owner and on as guest account, my owner desktop gets rearranged when I log back on. Real PITA! Why is this happening now? How can I stop it? Thanks
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Backing up
by Guest raymie34- 4 replies
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What is the best way to back up the Windows XP system and data?
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Vista vs XP Machine Purchase
by Guest Watty- 11 replies
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I'm told that some mfgers will sell quad core PCs with Vista, but provide a way to replace it with XP (Pro, I hope). If so, which mfgers provide machines that are able to get back to XP? In general, I've heard that most (maybe) new PCs with Vista probably cannot be reset to XP--possible hardware-driver conflicts. Further, MS is putting together a new OS that will supersede Vista in a few years. Comments?
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Musicmatch
by Guest John T- 9 replies
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The new version of MusicMatch doesn't allow for loading music from LP records. Does anyone know of, or have software that will accomplish this? -- JLAB
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XP Professional license - legal way to get one?
by Guest Gregg- 5 replies
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I need Windows XP Pro to run a certain application, but I need to buy a legitimate, full license (not upgrade) to get my machine ready to run it. I see OEM licenses available for sale but doubt that I'm allowed to use them. Is it too late to buy a valid license? Thanks for any thoughts.
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task manager
by Guest breezyyb- 2 replies
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when i try to bring up the task manager, i get a message "task manager has been disabled by your administrator" ok...I am my own administator, and i didnt disable it...but now that it seems to be disabled how the heck do i go about EN-abling it again?? thanks alot......pennie
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my documents missing in my computer
by Guest frederick- 3 replies
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i have xp pro sp3. the current-user my documents is missing in my computer for all the limited accounts. they do appear properly for the administrators, however. if i change the limited accounts to administrator status, then all the users' documents show up. if i add a new limited account, no my documents appear. i have found several articles discussing this, or something similar, but they don't seem to help. i have tried: looking at docfolderpaths kathy's korner tweakui (the option to show them doesn't appear when i'm logged on as a limited account but is there for an administrator) there's another thing to fix, too, but i don't know if it is …
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Word counter
by Guest basilique- 14 replies
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With Windows XP Pro. Under Word. I have searched under Tools and Options and cannot find the word counter. I have seen it before but it seems to have done a disappearing act. Could you give me a suggestion? Thanking you in advance.
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Transferring data from EHD to EHD direct?
by Guest Andrew- 0 replies
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I’ve just purchased a 1TB Buffalo Turbo external hard drive. Problem: my Seagate 320GB external hard drive has only about 20% free space left. Is it possible to have these 2 drives on at the same time and transfer direct from the Seagate EHD to the Buffalo EHD and so reduce the transfer time considerably? Both supplied FAT 32 formatted and are still so. Running XP Home SP3. Thanks - Andy