Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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XP Pro Security Center Started & Stopped
by Guest Dale Gibble- 6 replies
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I am unable to start the Security Center in XP pro. The message says that it started and stopped. What could be interferring?
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How to suppress showing *.zip files as folders in WinExplorer?
by Guest David Welch- 1 reply
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I am sitting in front of a WinXP system where *.zip files are shown in the folder tree on the left side. How can I suppress these kind of entries? *.zip files should be treated as files and only shown on the left side. David
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MSXML 4.0 SP2 Installation Problems
by Guest Craig- 3 replies
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It appears that my MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB927978 and KB936181) are corrupted as well as my .net framework installs. A very important program is not functioning and the tech support over there suggested that these programs may be the culprits. When he attempted to uninstall and reinstall them we got error messages on them all. He was right. For KB927978 it says, "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'msxml.msi' in the box below. Use source: e:\1c36409ef7fec974e1476d5c53\" This one is so frustrating because I ca…
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USB external floppy disk drive will not work
by Guest bijobe- 3 replies
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Device Manager shows up with yellow ! in my external floppy drive...click on and get driver info: Driver (Service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionally. (Code 32) I am simply going around and around...since it is a system32 driver problem. I can uninstall the driver but must reboot to complete, then WinXP finds the hardware, but get msg: Have installed your hardware, but, a problem with installation may prevent your hardware from working. And, sure enough, same thing. I cannot delete driver, replace, since it is a system driver. I need this floppy drive to use some disks I had for previouis co…
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Laser Printer issue with XP.
by Guest tlc_13200@hotmail.com- 2 replies
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I am trying to fix a very specific issue. A client of mine is running Windows XP, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Works. The computer is about 2 years old. There is a HP LaserJet 1012 attached via USB. I can print normally when I use Microsoft Word or Notepad. When I try to use Works, the red light flashes. I have to press reset and then the document will print. The HP Printer is setup as the Automatic Printing option. How do I fix the red flashing light problem?
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Double Click Classic Programs
by Guest Greg- 0 replies
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Is there anyway of restricting users from double clicking the programs icon (in classic XP style) and allowing access to a Window Explorer window which allows access to unauthorized areas. We are using redirected desktop and global policies.
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After Windows Update, PC will no longer connect to wireless networ
by Guest knight_tour- 2 replies
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My XP Home Edition PC has worked fine for over a year, but two days ago it was running fine when it got the typical notification of automatic Windows Updates needing to be installed. I let them install and the PC rebooted, but once it came back up it would no longer connect to my wireless network. The wireless card looks fine, and it can SEE the wireless network; it just won't connect to it. I attempted System Restore to a couple of different dates, but it failed each time. I also tried to use Add/Remove programs to remove the updates, but each of the updates says it cannot be removed! Since the updates were acting similar to a virus, I scanned for vi…
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Where to get Microsoft Bob for XP?
by Guest Flat Earth Society- 8 replies
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Why doesn't Microsoft sell Microsoft Bob anymore? I used to love the way it made Windows look and want it for XP. Apparently Bill's wife was the product manager for Microsoft Bob when she was still just his girlfriend. Look, it's great and I miss all the friendly animals to click on.
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Assigned Drive letter for plug and play USB Thumb Drive
by Guest Bobson- 6 replies
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Hi, thank you for everyone's help in advance. I would like to ask if there is anyway to "hardcode" or "specify" a drive letter for a plug and play USB thumb drive so that it will appear to a known "drive letter"? Thank you very much aagian! Ultra
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SP3 froze during install
by Guest RobertA- 6 replies
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My Machine is froze about 3/4 of the way thru the sp3 install. Been sitting there for almost an hour with no movement of the progress bar. How long should I wait? What should I do with the machine? I have no data on the boot drive, it's all on D: .
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Can't open anythng after loading anti-virus program
by Guest tx61- 3 replies
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Help! I updated my antivirus software on my son's PC and now you can't access any program, file, internet, nothing. Could anybody tell me what I can do? I cannot access anything but the beginning blue screen.... -- tx61
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Pc wont boot
by Guest Bill Gov- 1 reply
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Our PC when we try to start it, hangs up with a message "installing PBR 2....done" running various diagnostics didnt show any hardware faults. I've re-installed windows from the Cd and all seems to run OK. The message still flashes up when booting but the PC starts up OK. Just curious if anyone knows what this means and is it likely to prevent the PC from starting upagain in the future.
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Redirect "raw" print to different LPR/LPD system
by Guest smlunatick- 0 replies
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I have an application (faxing) that captures the printing thru the standard LPR/LPD protocol. It works find when send from Linux based servers but not well with the Windows print queues. I need to redirect the "raw" data stream from a shared Windows printer (\ \PC1\prtfax) out to an IP address (\\192.168.1.1\fax) without having a Windows printer driver "formatting" the data. How can I do this?
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Different IP for different users
by Guest Simone Navari- 4 replies
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Someone knows if on XP Professional it's possible to force that ip traffic, originated from different users contemporanely acive (fast user switch is active), has different ip addresses, maybe forcing the physical output interface even if it isn't a must. Probably it's a little strange request and I'm not pretty sure that it is really possible (pheraphs in theory...) but I thinked to ask to someone with better knowledge than me before to surrender to evidence. Thanks. Best Regards, Simone Navari
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offilne files synchronized twice
by Guest agostino- 1 reply
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On a client (xp sp2), I set a server(w2003 sbs) folder (something like \\sbs2003\custdocs) as available offline. I've left default options (synch at login and shutdown) and actually the files are synchronized correctly. The issue is that the synchronization form appears two times: - immediatly after login - again after login scripts are executed and desktop icons appear Is it correct? tnx ago