Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Playing with Partitions
by Guest Watty- 16 replies
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What MS facility do I use to see my partitions, and change them if necessary? I do have Partition Magic somewhere to install, if necessary.
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Offline Files wont Synchronize
by Guest Jim Peterson- 0 replies
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I have a client that is using Windows XP Pro SP3. His laptop is joined to a Windows SBS 2003 domain. He uses offline files to access files when he takes his laptop out of the office. He is synchronizing his Mapped "S" drive. All but three folders are synchronizing. When I try to sync the folders, I receive an error that says: "Offline Files (\\server1\Shared on Server1): Unable to make 'Caldwell, Christopher' available offline on \\server1\shared\customer\A_C\C. The system is currently running with the last-known good configuration" I have tried recreating the Share at the server and remapping the mapped drive. I have also tried deleting the offline…
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Windows Product Activation
by Guest jhleslie@googlemail.com- 3 replies
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Hi, I bought a computer second-hand from a nice young man. He set it up for me and it has worked absolutely perfectly for three years, there have been no problems, hardware or software, that I haven't been able to fix myself. I started it this morning to be greeted with the message: 'Windows Product Activation. Your Windows product must be activated within 7 days. Do you want to activate Windows now?' I clicked NO since I wanted to check. What I have is Windows XP and I have already found a link that seems to diagnose the problem, on the Microsoft site.... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312295/en-us So I have downloaded a thingy.exe called Guided Help, …
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HP ScanJet 8250 Incongruence
by Guest Bob Frolek- 2 replies
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At location A I use SJ4850. At location B I use SJ8250. I use the same laptop (HP Pavilion dv9000) at both locations. This system has worked well in the past. I’m now at location B. Suppose I scan a fully printed A4 sheet. I see an A4 image, but the printed sheet has been “pushed” to the right and upwards, lopping part of it off, while leaving corresponding blank space at the left and the bottom. Have tried reinstalling the HP drivers to no effect. The defect seems to be at the HP end as four different software scanning programs give the same result. Is there a way of regaining congruence? Is SJ8250 dying?
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Print spooler crash on startup - Help
by Guest szeik@hotmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, I was printing something from a program called Guitar Pro and the program crashed in the middle of the job. After that I could not print at all so I rebooted. Now every time I reboot the print spooler crashes during start up so I can't even see the printer to try and delete the job and I can't add a new printer because it tells me the print spooler service is not running. It seems like that corrupt job is stuck in the queue somehow but I can't even see the printer to delete it. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to fix this. Thanks in advance, Steve
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Windows XP Home upgrade to Windows XP Pro
by Guest Terry- 3 replies
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Can someone help me out? I would like to know if it's possible to upgrade Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro, without formatting the hard drive. Would I have to purchase an Upgrade version or could I use a Full Package product. Is it possible to purchase an OEM XP Pro and upgrade from XP Home? Thanks,
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Disentangling network set up
by Guest paoloricardo@gmail.com- 6 replies
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A friend was given a laptop which had previously been connected to a local network. It still has network domains and the previous user's login. We cannot access the 'My Documents' folder since the setup assumes we must be connected. Is there any way I can 'un-network' the various settings and establish the laptop as a standalone, unconnected PC? I am not a networking expert and did not want to change/delete anything for fear of messing things up.
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picture it 2002
by Guest Mrs Luke- 4 replies
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I have am getting the following error when I try to save a card, poster, etc. in picture it 2002. AppName:pip.exe AppVer:6.0.829.0 ModName: pipcore.dll ModVer:6.0.1100.0 Offset 000800880. What can I do? -- mrs luke
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windows updates failed
by Guest yepiknowiam- 2 replies
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There is a problem with all the updates are failing to install. It will download them all, but 95 updates failed to install. I tried to rename the software distribution folder and tried rebooting a couple times and not sure what else to do. It's a new system XP system with SP2. Any ideas?
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Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474)
by Guest Cher (BIRDWISE)- 6 replies
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Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) WOAH, I beg to differ with you on this issue. Please read my reply in the WGA Latest Info post to see what havoc it has caused and is continuing to ause on my pc. I have a genuinee copy and it has been validated...the problems I am edperienced are nothign less than spyare. I am unable to use my pc with this update on it due to it's overtaking of my homepage with microsft URLs (several), regardless of how many times I appy my homepage addy...it has ballons every second on toolbar at bottom; tells me I am possibly infected and need to download one of two MIcrosoft anti virus softwres to rectify...there…
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Download failures in IE8 and windows XP
by Guest Nad- 3 replies
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Hi i have a Dell Dimension 9150 desktop. I was having problems with slow startup of Windows Xp Media Centre and IE7 keeping locking up. So Dell recommended i restore my PC to factory Default by Ctrl and F8. I carried out the above, and then the PC was back to the same as the first day i received the PC. I connected to the internet and carried out all the Windows XP and driver updates. I was still having problems with IE7 locking up so therefore installed IE8 Beta. IE8 sometimes still stops responding and now i am also having problems installing software. I have tried installing MSN Messenger etc and other software and it starts downloading, but howeve…
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Enter Network Password
by Guest JJ- 1 reply
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Why does my Enter Ntework Password window pop up everyday? How DO I stop it - I check the box to remember the password but it still pops up again (with the box unchecked) -- jj
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Viewing two windows at once.
by Guest Big Rick- 5 replies
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Hello Folks I need to copy a lot of information from PDF files and put them in a word document. However, when I start typing, the PDF window goes behind the open Word file window and I have to manually switch between the two every couple of words or so. Is it possible not to lose the view of PDF window. It will be unfeasible to print each PDF file as there is a *lot* of them to do and only need about 30 or so words from each page. It is also unfeasible to have two small windows open as there will have to be lots of scrolling up, down, left and right. It a nutshell, what I want is to do is to be able to type on a full screen Word document, with a 3/4 si…
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Can renew IP address
by Guest wli2k2- 3 replies
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I have a laptop with Windows XP Home with SP3. I connect the laptop directly to the DSL router and it is set to get IP automatically. However, the last few days I noticed that it does not generate IP address. I know the DSL connection is OK since I tried another laptop. I got another PCMCIA NIC and yet it also cannot get an IP address. I did get a reply by ping 127.0.0.1. Any ideas what's wrong?
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system cache in task manager
by Guest OM- 1 reply
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Can someone tell me what system cache refer to in task manager? Thanks
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hard drive id
by Guest mike3point2- 0 replies
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I have 2 new hds they are not twins not puchaced at the same time, one is a white label. I cannot get xp32 or 64 to see this drive. the install disk sees it. vista sees it. linux sees it, and partition manager (dos) sees it. xp says there is something on the sata channel but that it has no id, therefore has no idea what it is so i can't use it. The only difference in the hd id's that i can see is the white label has an ascii charector at the end of its id. is this odd or what?
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Run multiple command windows from one screen
by Guest vfclists- 2 replies
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Is there an utility which allows you to run all you command shells from a single windows and switch between them, rather than having so many of them cluttering the desktop. There is something like that for Putty. Is there one for DOS?
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Date Exception prevention error message
by Guest luv2bike2- 0 replies
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Within the last couple of weeks i have had a couple of users call me and tell me that they have received an error box about the DEP. I have also experience it on my system and really confused as to why we are getting these messages. Nothing has changed on the computers.. no new software (except for ms updates) or even hardware. the systems that these machines are getting the DEP message are Windows XP SP3... What can i do to stop this besides turning DEP off? -- Thank you,
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Windows Boots - nothing shows
by Guest Jeff Mort- 7 replies
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Interesting ... Windows XP Pro boots up, you can log in with no problems, however, nothing shows up on the screen, no icons, no bar on the bottom, nothing. If you CTRL-ALT-DEL and open task manager you can run programs all day long. Mouse and keyboard work fine. I'm at a loss, I've used System Mechanic to see if there were any problems that could be solved, and I've turned off all startup items. Any help would be great.
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Multiple USB Headsets?
by Guest Brian G- 1 reply
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I would like to connect two USB headsets (earphones and microphones) to the same laptop so two people can listen and/or speak fromthe same laptop. Is this possible? If so, what's the procedure? -- Brian G
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Acronis/DiskWizard--Reboot to Copy?
by Guest Watty- 3 replies
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I'm began using the seagate version of acronis. I copied a bootable disk image from a 80G drive to a partition on a Seagate 500G external drive, L-drive, 100G. The size of the files on the 80G drive were about 60G. I then attempted to copy the image to a 320G WD drive. When I was about to start the copy, I got a message with a large exclamation point that said the machine would be rebooted when I proceeded. That seemed a bit odd. It seemed the implication was that it would be the very next thing to happen. Why would it need to boot to make a copy? I can see how this might be the case once the copy had been made.
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Problem with Multi-user
by Guest jktan99- 2 replies
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I have 3 accounts on my PC, one admin, two limited (for my kids), running on Windows XP SP3. Now, when we boot up the PC, if my son (limited account) or I (admin account) logs in first, there is no problem. However, if my daughter (limited account) logs in, the PC got stuck. On the desktop, some icons are okay, some aren't (they look like document shape not icons) and the PC is frozen. She said that when this happens, she has to restart (i.e. pressing reset button because it is frozen) a few times until it finally boots up okay (and the desktop is fine). I checked her settings (startup applications, display property etc) and I couldn't find anything…
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Cannot boot in normal mode help!
by Guest Dennis- 3 replies
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I was trying to set resolution in safe mode. First, I ran msconfig then ticked boot to safemode and then I restart. But I cannot login cause I was only able to login thru a different domain or netmork (e.g. doamin\username). Is there any possible way to boot into normal mode again? I tried pressing F8, and then choose Normal Mode etc, but still it went thru safe mode! So sad, I feel Im in Danger Mode. Please help! I cannot login and my computer is completely useless now... Many thanks in advance! -- ===================================
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Black screen w/ blinking cursor
by Guest FlaBill- 5 replies
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Friend's pc shows only black screen and a blinking cursor. He pushed F2 and F12 only to get the Phoenix bios screen asking for a password which is foreign to him. How can he restart Windows? Running Pentium based HP about 2 years old, don't have explicit details. He is in another city and doesn't have access to a Windows disk. Bill
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Unable to stop USB hard drive
by Guest simonc- 6 replies
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I raised this before but unfortunately didn't get any replies which helped solve the problem. I now have some more information. The problem is that every time I try to remove a USB portable hard drive and use the Safely Remove Hardware icon I get a message that the device Generic Volume cannot be stopped. This although I have no applications open. I've now discovered that if I have the USB device already plugged in when I boot the computer it gets locked as described above. However, if I plug in the drive after booting up and logging on then I can eject it at will with no problems. What might be the application which would be locking the disk drive onl…