Windows XP
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Will reformating HD get rid of a virius
by Guest Loanshark- 14 replies
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I have a nasty virius and cannot access the c drive, task manager, registry, or run. Will reformatting the drive and reinstalling windows remove the virius?
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XP PRO Recovery consold "default " Password
by Guest krazykat- 5 replies
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I am in a “catch 22” situation with the WIN XP recovery console password. I have a laptop with WIN XP PRO and received a blue screen “Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternate “ error. I am trying to follow KB307545 “How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting” The Problem: I am trying to start the Recovery console from my WIN XP install disk. I can get all the way to hitting “R” to start the recovery console and select 1 for C:\Windows. Then I am asked for the administrator’s password. I hit “enter” and I get …
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CHKDSk?
by Guest ManyBeers- 2 replies
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I ran CHKDSK on my Fat 32 D:\drive and it left a file fragment in a folder on the drive. I ran CHKDSK by right clicking the drive selecting Properties and then Tools tab and selecting Error Checking. Which notified me that in order to run it will do so after the next reboot. The file is File0000.chk RecoveredFileFragment 4kb. What do I do with this file fragment? And is this a bad thing that it was found?
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bad pool caller
by Guest Tim_S- 8 replies
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I have a friend who is need to get a system to boot. system won't boot in normal or safe mode, Error: BAD_POOL_CALLER STOP:0x000000C2 (0x00000043, 0xD24B0000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) I need to find out what is causing this error? How do you decipher what the 0x00000043 strings mean? There is no other clues as to why this is happeing ... Tried drive in another identical PC but still no bootie... Slaved the drive into another system and did a full virus scan and checkdisk with no errors. thanks Tim_S
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My UPS has hijacked Com port 1 and I need it for other thi
by Guest Voiceman777- 2 replies
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I have XP Home with SP3. My UPS has hijacked the only serial port I have (com port 1?) and I need to use it for other things. I once was able to disable the UPS on this port but have forgotten how and have been unable to figure it out through trial and error. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Hometown Voiceman
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Wallpaper grayed out
by Guest ToddAndMargo- 10 replies
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Hi All, I have a customer who can not change his wallpaper. In Display Properties, Desktop, all the wallpapers and the browse button are grayed out. Is there a .reg or a policy setting to change this? Many thanks, -T
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Help with IE8 beta
by Guest LMO- 9 replies
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Aloha all. I installed IE8 beta, and now something odd happens on some of my pages (ABC News, for instances). When there is a photo with a caption, the caption at first appears correctly, then moves up over the photo and I cannot read the caption. I cannot find a switch in the options that might control this. I was able to remove IE8 Beta in the Control Panel, but now cannot reinstall IE7. Can anyone help me either fix the text problem, of reinstall IE7? Thanks!
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Startup failed with appmain.sdb
by Guest Stan Hilliard- 7 replies
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At startup of XP Pro SP2 I got the following message: ==== "When I boot up my PC get an error message 'Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt Windows\AppPatch\drvmain.sdb You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows set up using original set up CD-ROM. Select r on the first screen to start repair." ==== If I shutdown and restart the computer it often starts but startup takes a long time. Before the slow startup or the failure-with-message there is a large band across the bottom of the screen that looks kind of like barcode and like a progress bar. I recently tried to install SP3 and got an access denied err…
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Any tool monitoring the motherboard temperature
by Guest Man T- 2 replies
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I got the tools called 'Core Temp' it shows the CPU temperature but does not show the motherboard chip temperature. Any tools is available? And what is the normal/maximum CPU temperature?
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'Search Companion' Problem
by Guest Jim- 4 replies
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Have somewhat of a problem and need help. After a recent update, I no longer have dialog when I select 'Search' from the 'Start' menu (Start > Search ). The animated character appears, but there is no dialog (options for searches or to change preferences). 'Google is my friend' but have not found anything to tell me how to get the dialog back. Depressing F3 closes or opens the dialog window, but NO dialog appears along with the animated character. How can I get this functionality back? Responses are greatly appreciated. -- Jim "What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."
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XP loading taskbar items
by Guest RDT- 2 replies
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First the accolades. The guys on this site have been great, staying with my many questions and working through what I thought was unsolvable. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Now the next question. I have XP pro, 2.8g processor, 1g of memory and quicktime, volume control, usb removal, realtek audio manager, norton, and a logitech itouch program loading on the task bar. When it boots up sometimes all of these show up, sometimes some of them, sometimes none of them. What's happening? Thanks again.
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File Downloads
by Guest Dennis- 2 replies
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Whenever I download files, zip, wmv, mp3, etc. I can only download 2 at a time. Is this a function of my computer memory or processor capacity or is it a setting win windows? tia dennis
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system restore
by Guest SQL Programmer- 3 replies
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Hello: An end user reported something regarding the XP System Restore feature that I am surprised at. He had installed a program on his laptop. Beforehand, he created a Restore Point to use just in case the program created issues. It did. It was "messing up" some other programs of his, so he decided to use that Restore Point in order to get himself back to square one. He claims that, when he restored, it restored his laptop to the previous day rather than simply to the previous point from before installing the program. That does not sound right. I have used System Restore in the past to restore my laptop to a point from just before I installed…
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windows xp boot problem
by Guest gnawe- 2 replies
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Hi, I am trying to figure a problem on start up of windows. When I boot up after o'night close of system next day my sysytems locks up half way through windows boot, if I then switch off and reboot it works fine from then on and allows reboot all day. Next day after overnight close, boot up freezes again half way through ? Anybody any ideas whats wrong and what I can do to fix. Thanks Note I have already done a complete system xp re install has no effect still same problem. Do not have xp home cds as system came with already installed.
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Viewing hidden files
by Guest Theslaz- 5 replies
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Still having problems with my system restore files. Trying to view them to see when they were created/modified. Windows won't let me as they are all greyed out and I get an error message when I double click. Under "Tools"; "Folder Options"; "View"; I have checked "Show Hidden Files and Folders" and I have unchecked "Hide Protected operating System Files". What else can I do to view these files?
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Laptops and Vista
by Guest ken- 8 replies
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I need to purchase a new laptop computer for my college-age daughter. It appears that the new ones (HP, Sony, Dell [i know that there is a higher end in Dell that uses Vista Business] all come with various flavors of Vista. My experience is with Win2K and Win XP Pro, which I have come to know well enough to do most of the support (with help from people here). I have heard problems about Vista being a memory hog and having "problems" but I am unclear about what those problems might be. In addition, I am not sure if these newer computers would run XP Pro (which I would prefer). If someone would venture their opinion about potential problems using …
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Tried to reinstall XP, Cant locate HD drives
by Guest Loanshark- 3 replies
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Picking up from my last thread, I have now tried to reinstall XP. Setup could not locate HD drives and aborted. It will rebook with current configuration (with the viris) but cannot see C drive. Thanks again for all of the help.
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Automatic Hibernation
by Guest ManyBeers- 0 replies
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Ok, I have gone through this before and it is time to rehash it. I hibernate my laptop every night using Shutter.exe. http://www.den4b.com/screenshots.php?project=Shutter and it works fine. By that I mean, not only does it hibernate my laptop at the scheduled time but it also allows my scheduled wake-up tasks to run, which Rundll.exe,powrprof.dll SetSuspendState did not do. It has in its parameters one that if true will DisableWakeEvent. So ,what I need is one of you experts here to tell me exactly what to type in my Scheduled Tasks Run box when setting up the task. If you would look at this page :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373201.aspx an…
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Opening a file with two different applications.
by Guest matthewtec- 1 reply
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I know that I can click on a .txt file and have it open with Notepad. And to open it with something such as WordPad or JEdit, I can right click on it and either use 'Open With' or 'Send To' [after putting the respective shortcut in the 'Send To' folder. But, I was wondering if there is a way to accomplish this by doing something along the lines of selecting a key and left clicking the application [such as holding down 'Control' and double clicking the application to have an alternate application open the file], or something along those lines? If there's anything anyone could help me with, it would be appreciated. Thank you. Matt -- remove t…
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SP3 file indexing ARG!!
by Guest Jo- 8 replies
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This is driving me nuts! I don't know if it's just SP3 in general or if it's this useless file indexing thing or what, but my computer runs MUCH slower, it sometimes hangs when a program is trying to read a directory, and often the thumbnails it shows are only a fraction of the regular thumbnail size and I have to click refresh to get the fill size. This is supposed to be an improvement how??? When I looked in Windows Help to see if I could shut it off, it tells me there should be a "Fast Find" or something in the control panel. Not! I did find "Indexing Options" but it only gives me options, not the ability to shut that feature down. I tried to unclick…
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Internet Wont let me into secured sites
by Guest --Ivan--- 3 replies
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Hi.. Im running Xp on 2 of my computers and Vista on laptop Ive got on of the Wireless USB Internets sticks with Three.. The computer has been working fine and internet but in the last week i cant get into secured sites im not sure why, i have not done anything to it.. I cant get into my bank accounts online or hotmail or ebay and stuff like that every other site works fast and good except sites like those.. I allready checked and made sure i have enables SSL and TSl in internet connections not sure why this keeps happening.. doesnt matter which on of the computer i put the stick in i cant access those sites... any suggestion what the problem coul…
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Re: product identification number
by Guest ZACK CLARKE- 1 reply
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Re: product identification number HI I NEED A 25 CHARACTER PRODUCT KEY CAN U GIVE ME ONE "Will Denny" wrote: > Hi > > Do you mean the 25 character Product Key (used to install XP) or the PID > (used to contact MS with for a problem)? If the latter - right click on My > Computer and select Properties. The PID is 20 character number you in the > format of: > > xxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxx > > -- > > Will Denny > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User > Please reply to the News Groups > > > "steph" <steph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0C043F1B-59DE-46AC-978A-CF00E193DC3A@mic…
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My son gave me his computer
by Guest David Schwartz- 8 replies
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My computer died, and my son gave me his desktop that he doesn't use anymore since he got a laptop. How do I get rid of the Documents and Settings that say Brian (his name) and establish files for me? Same with Brian's Documents. How do I eliminate his name and files from everywhere I see it in one fell swoop and establish me as the owner of the computer? It is running XP -- David Schwartz Commack, NY
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Personal nfo tracking files
by Guest Gian Luca- 0 replies
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Recently I was visiting what I thought was a respectable web site and suddenly I started getting pop up IM-type messages of a sexual nature. They were in the form of contact invitations and all of them said they were from my zip code. If I visit an electronics vendor's site, it already knows my zip for computing the best price available on an item. After a visit to a cooking blog, I immediately received an invitation via E-mail from the name I recognized as that of the blog's author suggesting I visit their MySpace page. I don't use any app whose purpose is to store personal information for easy retrieval in an effort to avoid the very situations I am now expe…
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The handle is invalid
by Guest MacWin- 0 replies
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iMac 4 Gb RAM Windows XP Pro SP3 running under Parallels I have a FAT32 external HD on the virtual side of an iMAC This drive is accessible from both the Mac and Windows side. All was well until two days ago when one single folder failed to open, producing an error message: [path] is not accessible. The handle is invalid. The folder continued to open without hesitation on the Mac side. I copied the folder to an off-drive location, deleted the original and recopied the folder back to its original location. Same problem. Then, from the Windows side, I renamed the folder by putting a space between each letter of the folder's name. The problem was resolved and…