Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Remote Desktop connection
by Guest Jason- 4 replies
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I see RDC uses UDP and port 3389. Initially I thought I just needed to forward TCP port 3389 from the router to the computer. So do I need to forward UDP port 3389 as well? Is there other ports that need to be forwarded as well? I've used RDC over a LAN ok but haven't been able to over the internet where the host computer is conencted via an ethernet router. Thanks, J.
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Black Box under desktop icons
by Guest Fishermun- 2 replies
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Windows XP, SP3, Laptop, all updates in place. Had to completely rebuild this laptop this week. All went well, except I now have a black box under all desktop icons. Originally they seemed to to transparent. Where can I change this? Also I would like to set all folders to show "Details", instead of "Thumbnail". Where can I change this. My brain is fried and I can't seem to find these settings. Thanks.
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Changing Desktop Shortcut Icon
by Guest David Schwartz- 1 reply
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I would like to customize the images used on my desktop shortcuts. Right click-properties-change icons only lets me change it to an "icon file type" How can I use a JPG image for a desktop shortcut? Do I have to somehow convert the JPG to an icon file type? Also, in case it matters, the shortcuts I want to change are mainly shortcuts to web sites. Thanks -- David Schwartz Commack, NY
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XP, AMD and SP3
by Guest jaydee2- 2 replies
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I have a friend who installed SP3 on his AMD processor computer and has been plagued with lockups and general discontent—until he removed SP3. I have been recently assailed by MS / windows update with a pending SP3 update. Since I am on a computer with an AMD 751 MB and K7 processor, I've been loathe to allow the SP3 upload. Do I have to worry about this? Was it a problem peculiar to my friend's computer? What's so hot about SP3 that I need to download it? tks, johnd -- jaydee2
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XP Pro Internet Logs - Where Are They?
by Guest Tom- 2 replies
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Hi, where can I find the log files for Internet Explorer? Thanks, tom
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REGIONAL & LANGUAGE SETTINGS NOT ALLOWING
by Guest FARAZ QURESHI- 1 reply
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I don't understand why but the Regional & Language Settings on the Control Panel are unfortunately not being customized to allow me to enter the short date format of d/M/yyyy and/or change currency symbol to Rs. for Pakistan. Everytime I make a change a message box displays that: "One or more characters that you typed in this field are invalid. Try typing different characters." Such a message pops-up even if I don't insert the formats manually but select ones from drop down box. Shall appreciate all your expertise and guidance/help! -- Best Regards, FARAZ A. QURESHI
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Restore offline files off a drive
by Guest RS_WMT- 1 reply
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I would like to retreive offline files from a drive, the drive is from another laptop, which decided to die on me. I have attached the drive to another laptop and would like to retreive the files from the CSC folder on that drive. Is it possible to restore these files to normal file system files without actually using this drive as the boot drive. Please help. -- RS_WMT
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I am so very, very sorry
by Guest nass- 2 replies
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My friendly, fellow posters. I am very, very sorry for all the problems that my stupidity has been causing here. I have been outing, you say?, a dirty, lying REAL TROLL Mick Murphy <RT>, and his brother, Fake PaulShit, Paul (Shite) Montgomery, also TROLL. I help people here, not arguing, with the swill of the garbage bins!!! Please, please forgive me for being so silly. Look at the record here. I am up to nearly 500 correct answers for GOLD, then MVP. We still friends, yes? -- HTH, nass ---- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
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New Hardware Found
by Guest Keith- 4 replies
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Every time I start my PC, I get the New Hardware found message saying that it has found a Printer (no details, just Printer), I only have one printer which is shown in the Hardware list and is working fine, but to try and eliminate things. I have actually removed EVERYTHING from all connectors except LAN, mouse and keyboard but it still pops up with the 'Found New Printer'. I have not added anything new to my PC for a long time. I am running windows XP with SP3, but this started a couple of weeks ago when I still had SP2. I have a full Internet Security package through Virgin Media so don't believe it to be virus related. Any suggestions? Thanks …
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Termional server vs. Regular shell
by Guest Xmozart- 0 replies
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After restarting a PC with windows XP sp3 (or sp2 as well) I login into it from another PC with remote desktop client. I get a Terminal Server shell instead of the regular one. When I click on Start button I see the "Windows Terminal Server" on the left blue bar. This behavior causes several problems for applications (msde setup failed for example). The only workaround I found is to login into the PC locally first and then to connect to it remotely. In such case I get the correct shell. Is there any resolution for the problem? Thanks.
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STOP message with this - what is the problem
by Guest Man T- 1 reply
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XP SP3 I got this STOP message: MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION STOP: 0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x80546DF0, 0xB2000000, 0x00070F0F) I guess that related this my chip set fan which is dead so make my on-board sound card does not work.
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Passwoods no longer saved
by Guest eht_remmir- 1 reply
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I use Firefox mostly but sometimes IE if needed. I've told both of these to save passwords. A short time ago no IDs and passwords were saved for any site, even those that always recalled them. The settings are still "save passwords." Does anybody have any idea why this is happening. I think this happened when I installed XP SP3. Thanks in advance, Alan
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1 TB Drive Copying Problem
by Guest Tom- 3 replies
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XP Pro SP3 Just installed a Western Digital 1 TB Drive, removed the FAT 32 partition with Disk Mgt and installed a new partition formatted to NTFS. When I try to copy files from my older External USB 2.0 drive to this new External 2.0 drive, the copying function stops after a short while and the computer hangs without finishing the copy operation. I have to reset the computer. Are they are issues with copying large files or multiple files in XP? Are there any large drive issues with XP? Some if my drive image files are 30 GB in size. TIA -- Tom
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XP home SP3 ........... sound problems on web sites
by Guest ITALIANSTALLION- 0 replies
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had XP SP2 and could heard sound from PC and web sites. upgraded to SP3 can still hear sounds from PC but now from certain music store sites i cannot hear sound from the sample tracks available from example albums ( stores like HMV) no doubt a setting has changed but dont know where to look as the problem seems to be restricted to a specific area help would be much appreciated thankyou
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Windows XP Media center booting problem
by Guest mcp111- 8 replies
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I have a laptop with Windows XP Media Center edition. It boots partially, some of the desktop icons appear and then it hangs. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I get this when I stop a usb device using the Sefely Remove Hardware Icon. "An exception occurred while trying to run Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" The device seems to be shut down but running the command Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll, and then trying to do anything in the pop-up generates the error every time. Any ideas what to check -- what reg key or file might be the prob?
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Restricted account - OE will not open
by Guest Teneo- 14 replies
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Hi I put my kids logon account on restricted, from administrator, and when I click their name and login the desktop is not quite the same ( icons not layed out the way they have it but all nice and in lines, theirs are splattered all over the place ) and cannot start outlook express. Switch them back to administrator and click their name, icons all over the place and can start outlook. Its as if it is a different account when in restricted mode. Any Ideas ? Cheers
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Magik Fortune's Character Can't Speak
by Guest biermanoski- 5 replies
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Download Link: Speech API 4. Text to Speech Engine (English) Download Link: Text To Speech Engine Hi, Above is a quote from MagikFortune's Software required page. However, when I Click on either link - it then directs me to the Microsoft Explorer page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx But which Links (?) on that Microsoft Internet Explorer page do I then Click on (?) in order to Download those (2) needed Speech Programs? BTW, I'm using WindownsXP SP2 and my Character is, Peedy. However, I do hear the flapping sound of his wings, when he comes, or goes. But that's all. -- Thank you, Jean
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Re: XP KEY Will not work
by Guest Paul Bradley- 0 replies
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Re: XP KEY Will not work You think you might be able to help me? I have a tablet pc with a product key, but I have a retail version of the software. This is a gateway pc. I have no restore disks and the original hard drive was damaged and had to be replaced. Gateway does not offer restore cd's for this and only have the retail one (like I have) to send to me (that does not even have the sata drivers to where I can even install windows on the computer). I know how to change the PID # inside the setupp.ini file, but not sure what it needs to be. Between trying to get the installation to recognize the hard drive and trying to figure out what the pid value …
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Add or Remove programs Doesn't populate (its blank)
by Guest Joel Pettigrew- 2 replies
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The machine is running Windows XP Pro SP3. Installed a few days ago, drivers are all installed, updates are all installed. Lots of programs are already installed, from Dynamic GP to Gtalk to Microsoft Office. When I go into Add or Remove programs it says please wait while this list populates; It, however, regadrless of time open, never brings anything up. If I close it and attempt to open again, add or remove programs will not open unless I restart. I can doube click, and right click - run and I dont get any change. Things I have checked. I went to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowÂs\CurrentVersion\Uninstall in the registery and checked to see permissions and i…
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How to uninstall within safe mode?
by Guest Don Gollahon- 3 replies
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After installation of an app (vmware server 2), I can no longer get to the boot screen. I have to boot into safe mode without networking. In safe mode, I cannot uninstall anything. I get Fatal error cx000021a. Yes, I've read and tried the KB on this issue many times to no avail. If I could just uninstall vmware from within safe mode all would be well. -- Don Gollahon
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audio device
by Guest lesio- 3 replies
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I have win XP I can not play any sound when I go to control panel/sounds and audio devices/audio tab - it says " no playback devices" I did not change any hardware in my PC; probably I've deleted something accidentally how can I fix it thnx
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Service Pack 3 Problem
by Guest Joe- 7 replies
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So I get access denied when trying to install sp3. I tried downloading it directly to the my pc and run it still no luck. I have tried disabling my anti-virus & spyware doctor, still no luck. Went to modify the registry but can't back it up because system restore is missing from system properties, and it won't run on its own using the command line from run. I went to rename System Volume Information and reboot to try then. But I can't rename it I get a message saying it's in use or the drive is write protected. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Uninstalling Windows Desktop Search 4.0?
by Guest Larc- 2 replies
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How can I uninstall this annoying program and go back to the old WinXP search? WDS 4.0 does NOT appear in Add or Remove Programs. There's got to be a method for uninstalling since I thought I may have inadvertently deleted the KB940157 file from Add or Remove Programs and installed WDS again to see if it would show up. It didn't. However, KB940157 uninstalled the original instance before installing the new. This is on an older XP laptop, and I have no intention of turning on indexing and slowing it down even more. Thanks for any help. Larc
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ftp in Windows command window
by Guest Howard - JC Publishing- 14 replies
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I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting? Thank you.