Windows XP
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IE Script Error
by Guest Barry- 1 reply
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Dear all, I have a friends PC, with errors. One of the errors I receive is "Internet Explorer Script Error" However, the pc is not on the net nor is IE open. I tried to get into the Users section under Control Panel and the error popped up and I could do nothing, but restart. At first I thought it was the BT Helper that was the problem, so I had stopped that from working. (AS I believe this uses some form of browser). It did stop the error happening when booting up. Can anyone help please? Barry
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XP extremely slow boot up part 2
by Guest RDT- 0 replies
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After being able to get back to the laptop and try it, I tried to boot it in regular mode and then in safe mode and checked the event log. Here are some items from the start up. These bring up a question. Would a bad block make it do this. The "TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper" error is because a Dlink wireless device is not working in safe mode. Application issues Event Type: Information Event Source: ccSvcHst Event Category: None Event ID: 35 Date: 9/23/2008 Time: 8:24:33 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: LAPTOP Description: The 'ccEvtMgr' service has started. Event Type: Information Event Source: ccSvcHst Event Category: None Event ID: 34 Date: …
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Internet access after uninstall SP3
by Guest Dean475- 3 replies
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I needed to uninstall SP3 because of problems with a software package that I use daily. After successfully uninstalling SP3 I can not access the internet via IE 7. I am running XP Pro. Any ideas on how to resolve?? Should I try to reinstall SP 3 and if so then what?? As I do need to remove SP3. I have uninstalled SP3 on another machine without this problem.
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>I Logon & Get LoGGed OFF<
by Guest CmosDriver- 2 replies
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I have run into the ExAcT same problem w/2 machines recently after cleaning malware off of them. BOTH were totally loaded with malware, trojans and SypCraP. After scanning and deleting a friend's computer with Adaware, I then scanned it w/Spybot. It also found a bunch of mess and of course, wasn't able to delete everything until rebooting. After restarting the Dell (behemoth) Demension 4500, I attempted to log into the same account that I used before restarting. - - - - Once i clicked onto the account, it >briefly< attempted to login and then after about 2-3 seconds... it was logging me >OFF<. I didn't even get to see the desktop it happened so…
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RUNTIME ERROR?
by Guest its_my_dime- 1 reply
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XP SP3. IE 7. I am trying to reinstall an INTEL graphics video driver. Installation gets almost to the end and then fails. Various error messages include "missing file" , "wrong hardware" etc. This is a 4 year old Gateway computer; the driver and graphics card are longer supported. Gateway said to try in safe mode. Safe mode gives a runtime library error. This is well above my pay grade. How do I fix it? Thank you.
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Offline Files: "Delete Files" vs "Re-initalize the chache"
by Guest Brendan- 7 replies
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The other day i got asked the question as to what the difference in functionality was there between the following two options Offline files: Delete Files and Ctrl + Shift + Delete Files I probably should know this, but unfortunatly i cant seem to find any diffinitive statements. I have found documentation on both options, but they both seem to do the same thing. Delete files is very straight forward: "This method of cleaning up the cache allows you to delete individual files reguardless of where they are lcoated on the network or the folder in which they are contained" Re-initialize of the offline files chache and database: "The offline files…
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Cannot Install/Uninstall Certain Programs
by Guest BruisedEggplant- 3 replies
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I find myself suddenly unable to uninstall certain programs, even ones that are listed in the Add/Remove Programs menu. There is one game in particular that is not functioning properly, but when I try to remove it, it loads the install shield and the progress bar, then hesitates for a few seconds, then shows a message box stating that the requested maintenance has been performed. No matter what I try, I cannot get these items to re-install either. -- BruisedEggplant An Eggplant Gone Bad...
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Desktop items don't appear Desktop Blank
by Guest boe- 1 reply
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Hello, I have a PC that is running WIndows XP Pro SP2. It doesn't show any desktop icons. I can try to drag items there but they don't show. I'm just running standard desktop - no active desktop addons. I went and reset it to the standard bliss desktop - no special themes. I've verified there is both a visible user desktop folder with items in it as well as an all user desktop with items showing. I've scanned it two ways for viruses - no viruses. I'm not sure what has changed. Any suggestions on resolving it?
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No internet access after S
by Guest Dean475- 0 replies
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Roaming profile not working on two nodes
by Guest Rajiv K Khandelwal- 9 replies
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Am using SBS 2002 with 5 nodes with Windows XP SP3 - one of the nodes was formatted yesterday. In one node, except for one profile, no other roaming profile is working. The same is the situation with the new installation. I shall appreciate if some one can guide where I am going wrong. Thanking you in advance, R. K. Khandelwal
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Undocumented Legacy Keys in Text Fields (and Notepad)
by Guest Veli-Pekka Tätilä- 1 reply
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Hi, I've discovered the following undocumented keys in Windows edit fields: ctrl+h: delete char (like backspace) ctrl+i: indent a level (like tab) ctrl+(j/m): line break (like enter) ctrl+del: delete till end of line (not delete next word as in RTF fields or editors) ctrl+backspace: insert char 127 (not delete previous word, like in RTF and most editors) Does anyone know the history of the rather Emacs-like ctrl+(h/j) i.e. why are these keys used in Windows while most of the other Unixisms such as ctrlk for kill line aren't? Similarly, what's up with the broekn ctrl+backspace and why doesn't ctrl+del work symmetrically to it? I reckon one source of …
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CHKDSK errors
by Guest George_222- 12 replies
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Occasionally, and it is only once every 1 to 2 months or so, I get in 'EventLog-System' some 'ftdisk event 57'. This basically says do a chkdsk. If I run a chkdsk I sometimes (not always) get errors fixed like: Recovering orphaned file 'opr01h65 (187185) into directory file '32379' and Recovering orphaned file 'opr01h5w (187182) into directory file '33825' Q1 What do these mean? Where are the 'opr01xx' files from, and where is the 3xxxx directory files that they appear to have been recovered into? If I run chkdsk /f it claims to fix everything, and all is well again, until the next time. Q2 Whats likely to be causing them, how do I locate the actual p…
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Installing XP Pro in Boot Camp on Apple
by Guest Crowman- 2 replies
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I have a full installation disk for XP Pro but, unfortunately, it only contains SP1 and Boot Camp requires at least SP2 and on the original installation disk. I have tried slipstreaming SP2 on to my existing disk but without success. I would appreciate any suggestions that people may have to resolve my problem Many thanks
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Speech Recognition Files
by Guest Fran99- 2 replies
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Hi I am moving to a new computer from XP to XP I would like to just move over my Speech Recognition file and not go back thru the training setup. Where are the speech recognition file, what is the EXT, and cn I just copy them. Thanks
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conflicting versions of drivers during installation setup
by Guest wylbur37- 1 reply
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Suppose you were running a SETUP program to install an application that's about two years old. Suppose one of the components (such as a driver) happens to have the same name as one that currently exists on your computer. So this is a situation where an existing (but newer) driver is about to be replaced by an older driver of the same name. Is the operating system smart enough to prevent the newer driver from being clobbered by the incoming (but older) driver? If the answer is yes, how does the system determine which driver is "newer"? Does it go by the timestamp of the file, or is there some coding inside the component that identifies the version? ....
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The new/crazy MSN Home page
by Guest Ron Hirsch- 2 replies
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All of a sudden, the MSN home page, which I usually leave as my home page is filled with hundreds of thumbnails for a wide range of pictures. The thumbnails actually chop off the left and right sides of the original MSN home page, and this new setup is a PITA, and worthless as far as I'm concerned. If I can't get the old MSN home page back, MSN will be history with me as far as my home page is concerned. Does anyone know what's going on here? Ron Hirsch
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sp3 via Win Update vs downloaded file?
by Guest njem- 1 reply
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I'm having trouble with a system I recently set up and just trying to eliminate things. Did a clean install of XP Pro w/SP2, then I have a downloaded file of SP3 (316M) burned on a CD and I ran that. Lots of quirky problems, Explorer problems, Office problems. I'm just going to start from scratch. But am I right that getting SP3 from Windows Update, or running that file (WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe) doesn't make any difference? The other possible issue is AHCI. Very briefly, the system came with Vista, AHCI enabled. It would blue screen when I tried to boot XP install CD. I could switch to ATA mode but there was a driver available. A dell system, drive…
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com1 not working
by Guest shahomy- 1 reply
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My serial port, com1,(DB9) doesn`t seem to work anymore. Computer is a Dell laptop. I use the serial port to communicate with a MicroChip programmer and also hyperterminal. I am an electronics hobbyist and use hyperterminal to setup a few things in an embedded web server in my home. My programmer just gives message "can`t connect to com1" Hyperterminal gives message "Another program is using the selected telphony device. Try again after the other program completes."....How to find what this "other"device is? Here`s what happened to make it stop working. I installed a device(home automation wireless device) called an "X10 FIRECRACKER" It`s just a 1 inch s…
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Logoff & Shutdown "Ending Program...."
by Guest GP Leo- 3 replies
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EVERY SINGLE TIME my wife and I log off or shutdown our XP Home SP3, we get "Ending Program. Please wait..." and, possibly later, "This program is not responding..." when, to our knowledge, there is NO program running. How can we eliminate this inconvenience? Regards to those of you who pointed me to the solution of earlier problems. -- GP Leo
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How to format thumb drive as NTFS?
by Guest Paul Randall- 4 replies
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Hi, I'm running WXP SP2 on a two-year old Compaq laptop. A month ago, I formatted three 2-GB thumb drives, one in Fat16, one in Fat32, and one in NTFS format, but I think I may have done this on another computer, perhaps with a Vista OS. I can write to and read from all three of these thumb drives on this laptop. If I right click on any of these three thumb drives in My Computer and choose Format, I get only two choices: Fat 16 and Fat 32 for 2GB thumb drives and only the Fat 32 choice for 4 GB thumb drives. Seems like I should at least be able to do a NTFS reformat of the thumb drive that is currently NTFS. I've seen other threads that talk about n…
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RE: email notification when someone responds to your post in a newsgro
by Guest cavalier- 0 replies
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RE: email notification when someone responds to your post in a newsgro Why do you never put your question in the question box?You always have as the title or heading . "unknown" wrote: >
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When the second monitor is gone ...
by Guest JMF- 11 replies
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Here's a tricky one I can't figure out: I attach a second monitor, and extend my desktop onto it. Then I start a program (in this case it's PSPad, but there have been others). The program brings up a window on the first monitor. I drag the window over to the second monitor. I work a little, then close the program. At some point, I detach the second monitor. For example, the first monitor was my laptop and I take it on the road, leaving behind the second monitor at home. Now, having only the one monitor, I open that same program again. It puts its window on the non-existent second monitor (!) That is, it "remembers" where the window was when it last…
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Windows XP Users login error
by Guest Derek Mak- 23 replies
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I had a Home PC with XP prof on it, I had installed an additional harddisk with XP OS on it to this PC. After the installation, I tried to boot up my original harddisk withe the XP OS, when I start it up, it gets to the login screen correctly and I can log in with no issues. The problem comes in where after I log in, the desktop background image loads up, but none of the desktop icons, start bar or system tray. If I Ctrl + Alt + Del and go to Task Manager, I can run any program without any issues. I tried to login to all others users account, all having the same problems. How to solve this problems. Thanks Derek
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XP checks intranet for local files first
by Guest Barry Goluboff- 0 replies
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Hi, I have a laptop with Windows XP which is registered as a computer in a group on the intranet at work. When I try to open a local file, XP checks the intranet first. This is OK at work. But at home with a wireless connection to the internet, when I try to open a local file, XP tries to check the now nonexistent intranet and the delay in opening a local file is nearly a minute before it times out and the file is opened. Is there a way to alter this behavior? Thanks, Barry Goluboff
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Delete win2k support tools
by Guest Virgilijus- 2 replies
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Before I upgraded the pc from win2k to win-xp, I forgot to uninstall the windows 2000 support tools. Now when I do try to get rid of them, it keeps looking for 2000rkst.msi. Is there a way to manually uninstall the tools??