Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Downgrading from Vista to XP Pro
by Guest Wally Wombat- 8 replies
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Hi All I know this might sound odd, but a computer club to which I belong have been offered new laptops with vista. This is great, unfortunately most members have systems with XP. As they are all beginners and in their mature years this can be very confusing. They can obtain a very cheap XP Pro upgrade through Donortec. Can they use this on Vista? Wombat -- Eats, roots and leaves.
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restoring programs from a xp backup
by Guest Jim D- 3 replies
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Hi, can anyone help me with a backup problem. XP pro, portable hard drive, full backup, can I restore a program from a backup file. I don't have the original installation cd's for the programs any longer only a backup file. Thanks -- jim
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Changing device designation
by Guest speedy_mike- 6 replies
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I have XP. I want to change a DVD drive designation from F: to Z:. How can I do that? Thank you in advance. Mike
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Free "Publisher" type prog available?
by Guest John- 3 replies
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My friend doesn't have Publisher but her daughter is using Publisher for a school project. Is any similar programme available for a free download that will enable her to tweak her project at home?
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Very slow scrolling in explorer - 30k+ .htm files
by Guest TMCO Admin- 2 replies
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Hello all, I have a problem with opening files in Front Page, but it seems to be connected to Explorer. When opeing a network directory with 30k+ .htm files, scrolling thru the directory is page-at-a-time, and each page takes 10-15 seconds to "find". The file names show up immediately, as well as all the details, but the icons are the standard unknown file type icon for 10-15 seconds, then turns into the correct icon for the file association, and you can scroll to the next page. Hoping someone can suggest something to cure this. I'm running mix of SP2 and SP3 machines, not all have Front Page loaded, all act the same. A software vendor had Vist…
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KB936929 Setup Error - mmcxfcr.dll
by Guest SteveDB- 2 replies
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Hello and Greetings, I'm having a particularly interesting problem installing SP3. The installation seems to go well until receiving a "Copy Error" message. It reads as follows: "An error occurred while copying file mmcfxcr.dll. Cannot copy file to destination directory. Click Retry to retry the operation or clock Cancel to" That it for the first message. I am allowed to browse for the file and can see it in the temp installation directory created during the install of SP3. It will not however allow me to get past the error. I extracted the file using the /x parameter, copied to the c:\windows\system32 directory manually and tried to use regsvr32 to re…
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KB946648 Setup Error Message
by Guest *Corrine*- 12 replies
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I have been trying to install this update for a couple of weeks...and it seems to install, but then gives me a message that it failed to install. I have never gotten a error number nor any reason for why it won't install. Today I went to this page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8f588f7e-c4ed-42a0-b157-54b1eda60474&DisplayLang=en and tried to download it here. I followed instructions and it seemed to install, BUT, I got the error message (attached) this time. I haven't a clue what this means...except that I'm missing something! I hope it's nothing totally serious. Hope I've asked this question in the correct group.....my first …
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STOP: Inaccessible_boot_device
by Guest aa- 19 replies
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On booting a PC with multiple OS (w2k and XP), the OS selection screen shows OK Then after showing that initial W2K window (logo on white background), a blew screen with white letters reading STOP: 0x0000007B (0x817E7670,0xC0000032,0x00000000,0x00000000 Inaccessible_boot_device The other OS - XP still boots well What can I do?
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Windows Explorer crashing and restarting
by Guest Art - GTS Technologies- 7 replies
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Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. Thanks. Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted." Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM
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master browser question
by Guest Tester- 2 replies
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Hi there, Is it possible to make 2 machines master browsers for a remote subnet or it would cause some sort of conflict? I mean to set the settings isdomainmaster to true and maintainserverlist to yes in registry? My goal is to prevent another machine to become master browser which I already set the above settings to "No" and to have a backup of the master browser if the other one is not powered up for that remote subnet. Thank you, T
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no desktop icons, start menu, task bar??
by Guest raparten- 23 replies
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I am having a terrible time with my win. xp home edition right now. It started a couple of days ago, all of a sudden the task bar, icons on the desktop, and start menu disappeared. I had been working in the task manager, deleting some processes... I was doing as the Sims 2 Holiday Edition manual said, as it also said everything would return to normal after i restarted my computer. well since then, one of 2 things have been happening. Either everything flashes [appears for like 15 secs then disappears for couple secs, comes back, disppears, comes back....] or all i have is the desktop wall paper. I have been trying to fix this for a couple of days an…
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history folder
by Guest Gene Foltz- 1 reply
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Windows XP Home has a "history" folder (hidden) in documents and settings, user, local setttings, which show all the web pages you have visited plus a folder named "my computer" that shows all the files and folders you hve viewed for any given day. . on my computer running xp home it goes from the current day all the way back to two weeks or more, til you delete the files. .my new computer has XP Pro and i cannot find a folder like that. . thanks for any information
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Strange networking problem...
by Guest Mike- 1 reply
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In our office, one of the users (who brings in own laptop) cannot connect to network. I can connect to same connection & can connect just fine. Cable tester shows no problems, either. I can take his laptop & connect directly into switch & it connects just fine. I had a new cable run & all worked fine. He has moved to a new office & it's starting all over! Any reason why mine, or any other computers can connect fine, but his wouldn't? Thanks- -- Mr. Simpson, there are thousands of people like you with no discernable talent. Yeah, they're called Congress.
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MS08-061 (KB954211) offered twice to some WinXP SP3 machines
by Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]- 0 replies
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[Crossposted to Windows Update and WinXP General newsgroups; Followup set to Windows Update newsgroup] Posted as an FYI. MS08-061: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege: <QP> Known issues with this security update XPSP3 unsigned binary issue Summary If the installation of Windows XP Service Pack 3 fails for any reason, the win32k.sys component becomes unsigned. This issue can also occur if you uninstall Service Pack 3 after a successful installation. If you encounter this issue, and then you successfully install Service Pack 3, the win32k.sys component is correctly signed. How does this update correct th…
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Older ZoneAlarm apps, MS08-061 (KB956803) & loss of connection
by Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]- 0 replies
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[Crossposted to IE General, WinXP General, and Windows Update newsgroups; Followup set to IE General] Posted as an FYI only: MS08-066: Vulnerability in the Microsoft Ancillary Function driver could allow elevation of privilege <QP> Known issue with this security update After you install this security update on a Windows XP-based computer or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running ZoneAlarm, you may be unable to connect to the Internet. This issue may occur when you run the ZoneAlarm versions that are listed in the following table: • Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite 6.5.645.000–7.0.482.000 • Zone Alarm Pro 6.5.645…