Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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internet help
by Guest mare- 3 replies
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how do I set my computer to remember my log in and passwords? Everytime I log in and go to another site it logs me back out even though box that says keep me logged in is checked
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Batch needs lots of intervention...?
by Guest Kenneth- 5 replies
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Howdy, I have been trying to create a batch file that will start with my system in Normal Mode, boot it into Safe Mode with Net, run two programs, and finally boot the system into Normal Mode once again. With some help, I have gotten this far: @echo off if exist c:\safemode ( del c:\safemode attrib -r -a -s -h c:\boot.ini start /wait "" "C:\Program Files\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2000\programs\pdxwin32.exe" -W D:\Contacts D:\ contacts.fsl start /wait "" "C:\Program Files\ContactGenie Importer\CGImprtr.exe" /TM=Contacts-3;/FL=D:\Contacts\contacts.txt;/PC=Y;/RQ=N copy /y c:\boot.NORM c:\boot.ini shutdown -r -t 00 ) else ( echo XP boot …
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Remote desktop over internet
by Guest Jason- 9 replies
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Is there a way to use RDC over the internet? The host has a public IP address and the remote is behind a router. Is there a better option? Thanks, J.
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HijackThis
by Guest Jorge Bravo- 2 replies
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Do you know any site that ACTUALLY helps checking HijackThis reports for viruses? In the past TechSupportForum were vry good, but now they don't answer anymore. Thanks
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IE startup, false starts
by Guest craig311- 1 reply
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When trying to access the internet, upon the initial try, my computer will not connect. It does not allow me to even click out as it is telling me it is not responding for a long time. Eventually I can get the message that windows is looking for a solution and I can put down the window. So, what I have to do to get on the internet is click on internet explorer a second time, even as the ohter window might be still searching and locked up. Then it comes right up, or I might have to try a third time. This is a Gateway computer GT5411E. Running windows XP. I have the compter virus protected by mcafee, with firewall and have run Registry Fix and spybot. Any s…
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RE: C:\ drive won't display in Windows Explorer
by Guest aligatrjoe- 1 reply
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RE: C:\ drive won't display in Windows Explorer Using Windows Explorer When signing in as user KAREN, the C:\ drive doesn't show under COMPUTER as do all other drives. Switch to User BILL, the drive does show. HELP!!!! -- Bill W
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Links not highligthed on return to page
by Guest Galen Somerville- 10 replies
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Highlight is probably the wrong term I'm on a page with many links. I click on one and go to that page. I close that page and am back on the many links page. Nothing shows which link I had just selected. On Win98se, that link would stand out so I know which one I had just used. See http://home.surewest.net/galen/private/xppics/xppics.html Top pic shows I,m choosing 1 of 4 possible links. Middle pic shows I'm exiting that page. Bottom pic shows how Win98se tells me which one I last used. How to make WinXP do the same??? Galen
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Internet Explorer, Freecell and calculator have disappeared
by Guest chizzy- 1 reply
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Hi, hope you can help. I run XP SP3 and have just done a disc cleanup durich which I uninstalled Fax Service from Windows Components. Nothing else. On reboot Fax is still there but IE, Freecell and Calculator have disappeared. I have Calculator+ so that's no problem, but Freecell I want back and of course there's no life without IE even for a Firefox fan. All the other Windows games are still there along with the utilities. I've tried to re-install from the Windows Component menu but it wants my Windows installation discs, which I don't have because my Windows is pre-installed (and authenticated). What now? Thanks A.
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the recent program (even divider) is disappear?
by Guest mttc- 0 replies
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I try to follow this instruction: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startmfu.htm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Resolution Right-click an empty area in the Start menu and select Properties. In the Start Menu tab, click Customize. Configuration options for the Programs list are on the General tab. Make sure that the "Number of programs on Start" is not set to 0. Try clearing the MFU list in the registry once, by pressing Clear List button. Disable the two policies namely NoInstrumentation and NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList. See article Q292504 for more information - Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q292504 talks onl…
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matsonic MS9158E+
by Guest sharontango- 8 replies
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Just reformated my hdd and my mobo is Matsonic MS9158E+ and now I am short of the audio driver whichis on-board. Went to Matsonic.com and unable to connected. Please help and sorry for posting here. Thanks
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Password save for mapped drive
by Guest rosegrower- 9 replies
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I need to save a password for a mapped drive on several computers. On some I get the option to remember the password and on others I don't. How can I get the password remembered on the computers that don't prompt? Thanks
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RE: lying-sack-of-shit frank da moron wrote:
by Guest cavalier- 0 replies
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RE: lying-sack-of-shit frank da moron wrote: "unknown" wrote: >cavalier wrote to unknown. You must be source of worry to your parents
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Can't See Programs in Start Menu
by Guest TomG- 3 replies
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When I go to Start/All Programs, the list of all my programs is apparently to large to fit on my screen anymore. I expected some link to the right somewhere so I could see what is to the right of the screen, but there is nothing. As I install any new programs, I get the "New Program" message in tan when I click on start, but can't see to the right of the screen. Is there any way to see those hidden programs? Thanks. Tom -- TomG
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Programming F keys
by Guest The Mental Scientist- 1 reply
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I want to program one of my F keys with a line of text to speed up entering my e-mail address. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks in advance, Si...
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OT: How to launch RoboCopy after installation ?
by Guest Mel_3- 4 replies
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I have 60 GB of data to move from one hard disk to another. Windows "copy" command aborts when file names are too long. Tracking down all long file names could take hours or days. I heard RoboCopy would do the copy. I downloaded it and rktools.exe but heard it was a command line program and not a windows gui application. My questions: 1 - If I double click on rktools.exe from Windows Explorer will it launch as a DOS application or will it install the application in c: \program files\ like other app's do? 2 - Once installed must I go to the command line... then navigate to the RoboCopy folder... then enter RoboCopy from the command line to launch …
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physical drive letters stepping on mapped drives. Why?
by Guest Cameramonkey- 16 replies
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Anyone know why after 16 years and (6 major versions), windows STILL cant tell that a drive has been mapped so that it doesnt re-use a drive letter for things like card readers? Have I been missing something all these years? I am getting tired of having to manually configure a card reader in drive manager to not use F: because a network share is already mapped to that letter. anyone? (or has this been fixed in Vista and I havent run across it yet?) And yes, I know that one fix is to map network drives from the bottom up, but thats not really a fix. Thats just avoiding the problem.
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I have Windows XP Media Center Edition: I have to redo my question regarding my pc problem. I am such a newbie on this site, and a newbie pc user too. Here it goes: I uninstalled my webroot spyware. Then restarted laptop. When I logged on (administrator account) I got this message, "windows cannot load the users profile but has logged you on with the default profile". Detail "The system can not find the file specified." On the "default profile" that windows logged me on, I can not acces my administrator profile desktop, and all my documents, and also all the programs installed. I tried to use Restore system, it doesn't work. I used to be abl…
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service pack 3 won't install
by Guest Luis Ortega- 6 replies
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I keep trying to install service pack 3 and it fails with a message that a windows folder for installation doesn't have enough free disk space and I need to gain 4 mb more space. The drive it is on has about 300 GB free but I went ahead and deleted about a GB of stuff anyway and it still gives me the same silly message. Can anyone please advise me on what is going on and what I can do about it? Thanks for any advice.
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HP ScanJet 8250 Incongruence
by Guest Bob Frolek- 0 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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Re: File and Transfer Wizard Woes
by Guest David- 0 replies
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Re: File and Transfer Wizard Woes Brutal does not describe the XP File Transfer utility. I ran the utility on my XP machine to output all my settings to an external drive. I then installed a new laptop hard drive and re-installed the same version of XP with SP3. When I tried to run the utility I got the message that the Migration store was created with a previous version of files and settings. How am I supposed to go back and create the export with a different version of the utility. as an IT Software Developer I can't imagine how non IT people would feel about this brutally bad utility. This is beyond Frustrating. Fed up with non user friendly issues …
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Unexpected reboot
by Guest Simon- 2 replies
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I run XP Home SP3 and IE7. I was just exiting Hotmail when my pc started to reboot - no message on screen. I found this in the log: Event Type: Information Event Source: Save Dump Event Category: None Event ID: 1001 Date: 03/10/2008 Time: 11:57:35 User: N/A Computer: Description: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x1000000a (0x0000001c, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x8053c56d). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini100308-01.dmp. Unfortunately the dump seems to have been erased by Ccleaner. Can anyone interpret the bugcheck references please.
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Not Shutting Down
by Guest Big Rick- 2 replies
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Hello Folks All was working fine until I installed a new sound card. My machine will no longer auto shut down, It just gets to to stage of 'Windows is shutting down' etc. and at this stage I have to turm it off manually (hold button in for 5 secs). Please could you advise on restoring to normal. Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you in anticipation. -- <-><-><-><-> Big Rick
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I have 2 internal hdd's working on a newly installed motherboard. 1 older hd is an old XP Home version that is now Drive F: The other is a new hd (C:) that has fresh XP install. Two Users on the old hd were not set up with a password login and I successfully transferred files to the new hd. One User had a password for login on the old hd. I have tried to access the User's Documents folder to copy/transfer from the old hd to the new and get "Access denied" I've tried to change the User to login with the same original password but folder is still not accessible. I assume the error is due to the folder having password protection that my XP cannot access due …
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Right Click Menu
by Guest donwb- 18 replies
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Win XP Is it possible to add to the menu which appears when the mouse is right clicked? It would be very useful if an entry on this menu was "Insert (my) E-mail Address" donwb
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Slipstream SP3 without actual installation disk
by Guest Dlyn- 6 replies
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Hey All, My first time asking a ? yet l read this this group daily, so be kind. I have both a desktop and laptop running XP Pro with Media Center Edition 2002 OEM's, both SP2-fully updated except SP3.(3gigs of RAM) I want to have it but I don't have the CD's for either to slipstream. I've got AutoStreamer but it won't see the recovery disk that I created when I got the systems or the recovery thats on the hard drive and I have d/l SP3. I'm concerned due to if I run sfc /scannow, there will be a problem. How would I handle this?? I know that the slipstreaming process will eliminate some time and that's what I want...or is my only solution is go throu…