Windows XP
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Foiled Again? XP Not Quite Recovered
by Guest Watty- 14 replies
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Here's the short tale of my story. a. C-drive fails b. All contents of the c-drive are captured onto an external drive c. XP is installed on a new drive. d. unstoppable copier puts contents of external on new drive. Program Files folders and all else are replaced with the 'old' folders e. Put new c-drive into machine and boot up Supposedly the new drive should be identical to the original. True or false? In my case, it wasn't, but the desktop looked good. However, few if any apps from there would fire up. One large non-MS app fires up. Icons are missing from the tray. Folder contents seem to be in order. All Start items are available.
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Can't force a reboot.
by Guest ShadowTek- 3 replies
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I need to script a forced reboot that will occur when certain conditions are meet. I tried to use "shutdown -r -f", but it would only shutdown Windows to the point where it says "Saving System Settings...", and then just it hangs there and never progresses past that point. I need a method that will actually force a reboot. Is there something else that I can try? I'm using XP Media Center SP3.
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Creating more than 26 drives...
by Guest Noviez- 8 replies
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Hi all wats procedure to create drives more than Z:... i brought a new hard disk and created some 3 partitions out of its 150 gb now i cannot assign drive letters cos windows XP is not allowing me to create drive with letters more than Z: ??
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RE: WGA Notifications Current News Please
by Guest Cher (BIRDWISE)- 3 replies
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RE: WGA Notifications Current News Please I have to cime in here after reading numerous posts on numerous newsgroups and blogs, and on Microsoft non helpful help areas,. etc etc, on the web; you get the pic. Bottom line is I;ve been trying to remove this "tool" for days now, and have tried all of the conventional methods described and known to most folks on the general and other xp groups...none have worked. I've used ones p osted here and other places, and have even found the same inefetive "solutions" on yutube; still here. What I am finding is not the same as many have described as their problems. I am using a genuine version of xp BTW, and it has …
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Strange trouble in IE7
by Guest Marco Castro- 5 replies
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Hi, I'm experiencing a strange problem in my Windows XP (Version 2002 Service Pack 3). I have IE7 installed and it seems to be IE7 (7.0.5730.13). But I have two problems: 1. My bank account site says that I have a IE below than 5.5. When I try to type a number in an Edit Box that handles 4 digits, it moves to the next Edit Box when I type 3 didgits. 2. I try to connect to a Remote Server and my password is not acnowleged (in other micros it works). Any clue other than reinstall everything (I have 74 installed programs in it)? Thanks, Marco Castro
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Logon Problem after clean reinstall XP
by Guest Juls- 3 replies
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-- Hi...I can't find help for this at the microsoft support site or anywhere for that matter! The computer is a Dell Latitude D600 laptop...It's running windows media 2005...It was the victim of a very bad virus and after much effort I decided to do a clean reinstall of XP using the recovery disc...The reinstall went fine, but when I rebooted it wanted an administrator password...There never was one so that was odd..it also showed an error message that said the following: The System cannot log you on due to the following error: The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. Please try again or consult your system administrator …
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My laptop doesnt work please help
by Guest Polo- 5 replies
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I plugged my Iphone into the laptop the other day and it crashed i held down the power utton and it turned off Now when i restart my laptop it comes up saying it was closed incorrectly and i should try running on normal mode et i have tried all of these and Windows XP comes up for about 2 seconds then a blue screen for less than a second then it start up all again telling e to it alll agian i have tried all the safe modes etc but nothing happens I cant get on this at all i hope some bdy can help me
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windows xp home edition service pack 1
by Guest core9- 6 replies
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Hello, I just had to reinstall windows xp home service pack 1 on my moms aging computer. The recovery cd is just a service pack 1. Well now I cannot install many antivirus software because it doesn't support this operating system. What I need is to find an update to service pack 2. My moms pc only has 512 mb memory. Thanks C
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XP sp3 problems
by Guest Geometral- 2 replies
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I try to install sp3 but he couldn’t backup the registry key HKCR\TypeLib\{22813728-8BD3-11D0-B4EF-00A0C9138CA4}\2.8 to file C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\reg00759. 5: Access is denied. What can I do?
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Cannot go into standby or hibernate - hangs
by Guest redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com- 3 replies
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Hi I'm using Windows XP Home edition. I've never been able to use the Standby or Hibernate features, but thought I'd give it go a fixing it to save a bit of electricity. When I select Standby or Hibernate from the start menu, the system will begin to shut down as appopriate, then move onto the blue screen that states "Preparing to Stand By" ---- and that's as far as it gets. It never actually goes into Standby mode, and I'm forced to restart the computer. I've had a look around on Google and haven't found anyone with this problem. I assume some process is not letting the computer standby, but how can I figure out which it is?
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win.ini [INTL]
by Guest Jeff- 8 replies
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Hello, I am hoping someone can help me. I recently purchased a PC game off of Ebay only to find out when I tried to run it I received a win.ini [iNTL] error. Now the program appears to install properly it is just when I try to run the program that I get this error. I looked on the internet for help on this error and all I have found is that it refers to an INTERNATIONAL error associated with my win.ini file. I have even tried the Windows compatibility wizard but that does not seem to help. The game I am trying to run is an older Win 95/98 program so I believe it has something to do with that but other than that I don't have a clue. It is funny b…
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Unable to enter data in PHP Order Form
by Guest cmjames- 4 replies
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I am starting a small home business and I have asked a developer to create an Order Form in PHP. My developer has been using both IE 6 and IE 7 to test the form and he does not have any issues. When I tried testing the form on my end in IE 7, I was unable to enter some of the fields and see the updates. I have tried re-installing IE 7 on my PC and I have cross-checked my Internet settings with my developers and I have not been able to resolve the issue. I also tried downloading Firefox and tested the Order form in that browser and it appears to be working fine. I am not sure why I am unable to do the same in IE 7. Can someone help me please? Tha…
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Antivirus 2009
by Guest edmer- 4 replies
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Recently my computer got infected with Antivirus 2009. I have been able to remove it and all its files, and icons. But I still have folder remaining in my (taskbar and task menu properties) in the (Customize Options) Is there some way to remove it from there? -- emm
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Changing Windows XP update download target drive?
by Guest Ian Hayes- 3 replies
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I have a friend who has a laptop with two hard drives: an 80MB 'C' drive and a 5MB 'D' drive. Currently there is plenty of free space on the 'C' drive and zero free space on the 'D' drive. For some reason when the Windows Update process is run it is trying to download and store files onto the 'D' drive. As there is no free space on the 'D' drive the Update process fails with an error. How and where can I change the target drive so that Windows Update uses drive 'C' instead? I've checked all the environment variables and they all point to drive C.
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Training & jobs
by Guest ruby- 4 replies
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can not boot up help!!!!
by Guest QuyNguyen- 3 replies
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My laptop is runing windows xp professional sp2. the error suddenly occur in this morning when I turned on the computer. It show black screen with message "a disk read error occured press ctrl+del+alt to restart" and it will be repeat again if you press ctr+del+alt. I try to repair form the CD. After coppying file step, It restarted the computer and the same error repeat. I do not know what is wrong, I could not go to safemode at all. I think it is not the hard drive crash because when I tried to repair it is still recognize the drive c: do you have any idea about this? Thank you very much.
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No tab in control panel to open "background" or "screen saver"
by Guest Gymkhana Sensei- 3 replies
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Recently I got the "blue screen of death" and since then, I lost my background tab and my screen saver tab and cannot change either one. I purchased the windows live one care package and that didn't help to fix this problem. How do I find out if they have been erased? Or are they just hidden? Is there a way to reload them? Or would I have to take my comp to a technician and have them reload windows. thanks
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Downloaded files -- why does their size depend on the computer?
by Guest Stan Hilliard- 5 replies
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Each day I download the identical mp4 video file with program Miro.exe to a laptop and to a desktop PC. On the desktop PC the file size is 441 MB. On the laptop the "same" file is 115 MB. Both PCs are running Windows XP. Desktop=XP-Pro, Laptop=XP-Home. The difference in file size is consistent day to day. What might explain the difference in size? Stan Hilliard
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Re: Saving Folder View Settings - Further
by Guest Don G- 0 replies
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Re: Saving Folder View Settings - Further I may have read one too many threads today, but I have not found a solution to: When I run WindowsExplorer (.exe), the My Documents folder is always displayed 'opened' (with all of the subfolders displayed). "Tools/folder options/apply to all folders" seems to apply only to the "view" that is selected, not whether the folder is open or closed! Am I missing something here? (should I re-read a thread or two?) "RobRW" wrote: > Thankyou Ed. That worked. Set the default just as you said and then > customised the individual folders. Settings are now remembered. Seems so > simple once its done. Why can'…
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Never saw this before
by Guest Tracy- 3 replies
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My windows xp home machine has a weird issue. My mother was cleaning the keyboard and some combo of keys turned the desk top on its side. My windows tool bar is now on the right hand side of the screen and all her icons are on the bottom of the screen. Like it was rotated 90 degrees to the left. Help !!
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Camera option in XP Pro
by Guest giddyup- 3 replies
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When I insert the camera into the USB port I get the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------ C813 Zoom Digital Camera Select the program to launch for this action Dell Picture Studio - Dell image Expert Download and organize your pictures Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard Download picture from a camer or scanner PhotoDeluxe Home Edition PhotoDeluxe Home Edition Photoshop Album Adobe Photoshop Album 2.o Starter Edition Always use this program for this action OK Cancel ------------------------------------------------------------------ Is there a way to choose a different …
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hard drive partition
by Guest marty- 5 replies
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hi i have put a new motherboard in a xp computer and used the original hard drive the hd has a partition on it that holds the oem version of xp to be used to restore to factory settings i cannot access this partition now i have changed the mother board is there another way to access it and use it any help apreciated -- martyb
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Downgrade from Vista to XP Pro problems...
by Guest rwbyshe- 7 replies
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Am working on a Gateway MT6840 laptop with a SATA hard drive. I've already erased the hard drive with Gateway's GW Scan512 per their tech info. Have also run Killdisk and written all zero's on the HD. 1. I'm unable to format it to the size or nearly the size of the 160GB hard drive. Each time I run fdisk and specify a new format, it only givies me a Primary Disk Partition of 15262 MB. 2. XP Pro does not recognize the hard drive at all. When I let the XP Pro disk boot up in the CD drive it gives me an error message as follows: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and pr…
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IE7 & HP All in one printer problem
by Guest abqrhondal- 1 reply
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When I installed my HP C5550 all-in-one printer I can no longer send/fwd emails from comcast. Also I crash on Internet Explorer 7. Does anyone know the fix for this?
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Run-Time Errow
by Guest bdn- 1 reply
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I am trying to open a program called Daily Planner that I recently intalled. The program begins to open and then I get "Run-Time Error '52': Bad file name or number" We have it running on our other XP computers without any problems. I've tried uninstalling and reloading to no avail...any ideas