Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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XP Professional license - legal way to get one?
by Guest Gregg- 5 replies
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I need Windows XP Pro to run a certain application, but I need to buy a legitimate, full license (not upgrade) to get my machine ready to run it. I see OEM licenses available for sale but doubt that I'm allowed to use them. Is it too late to buy a valid license? Thanks for any thoughts.
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task manager
by Guest breezyyb- 2 replies
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when i try to bring up the task manager, i get a message "task manager has been disabled by your administrator" ok...I am my own administator, and i didnt disable it...but now that it seems to be disabled how the heck do i go about EN-abling it again?? thanks alot......pennie
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my documents missing in my computer
by Guest frederick- 3 replies
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i have xp pro sp3. the current-user my documents is missing in my computer for all the limited accounts. they do appear properly for the administrators, however. if i change the limited accounts to administrator status, then all the users' documents show up. if i add a new limited account, no my documents appear. i have found several articles discussing this, or something similar, but they don't seem to help. i have tried: looking at docfolderpaths kathy's korner tweakui (the option to show them doesn't appear when i'm logged on as a limited account but is there for an administrator) there's another thing to fix, too, but i don't know if it is …
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Word counter
by Guest basilique- 14 replies
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With Windows XP Pro. Under Word. I have searched under Tools and Options and cannot find the word counter. I have seen it before but it seems to have done a disappearing act. Could you give me a suggestion? Thanking you in advance.
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Transferring data from EHD to EHD direct?
by Guest Andrew- 0 replies
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I’ve just purchased a 1TB Buffalo Turbo external hard drive. Problem: my Seagate 320GB external hard drive has only about 20% free space left. Is it possible to have these 2 drives on at the same time and transfer direct from the Seagate EHD to the Buffalo EHD and so reduce the transfer time considerably? Both supplied FAT 32 formatted and are still so. Running XP Home SP3. Thanks - Andy
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Playing with Partitions
by Guest Watty- 16 replies
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What MS facility do I use to see my partitions, and change them if necessary? I do have Partition Magic somewhere to install, if necessary.
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Offline Files wont Synchronize
by Guest Jim Peterson- 0 replies
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I have a client that is using Windows XP Pro SP3. His laptop is joined to a Windows SBS 2003 domain. He uses offline files to access files when he takes his laptop out of the office. He is synchronizing his Mapped "S" drive. All but three folders are synchronizing. When I try to sync the folders, I receive an error that says: "Offline Files (\\server1\Shared on Server1): Unable to make 'Caldwell, Christopher' available offline on \\server1\shared\customer\A_C\C. The system is currently running with the last-known good configuration" I have tried recreating the Share at the server and remapping the mapped drive. I have also tried deleting the offline…
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Windows Product Activation
by Guest jhleslie@googlemail.com- 3 replies
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Hi, I bought a computer second-hand from a nice young man. He set it up for me and it has worked absolutely perfectly for three years, there have been no problems, hardware or software, that I haven't been able to fix myself. I started it this morning to be greeted with the message: 'Windows Product Activation. Your Windows product must be activated within 7 days. Do you want to activate Windows now?' I clicked NO since I wanted to check. What I have is Windows XP and I have already found a link that seems to diagnose the problem, on the Microsoft site.... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312295/en-us So I have downloaded a thingy.exe called Guided Help, …
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HP ScanJet 8250 Incongruence
by Guest Bob Frolek- 2 replies
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At location A I use SJ4850. At location B I use SJ8250. I use the same laptop (HP Pavilion dv9000) at both locations. This system has worked well in the past. I’m now at location B. Suppose I scan a fully printed A4 sheet. I see an A4 image, but the printed sheet has been “pushed” to the right and upwards, lopping part of it off, while leaving corresponding blank space at the left and the bottom. Have tried reinstalling the HP drivers to no effect. The defect seems to be at the HP end as four different software scanning programs give the same result. Is there a way of regaining congruence? Is SJ8250 dying?
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Print spooler crash on startup - Help
by Guest szeik@hotmail.com- 0 replies
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Hi, I was printing something from a program called Guitar Pro and the program crashed in the middle of the job. After that I could not print at all so I rebooted. Now every time I reboot the print spooler crashes during start up so I can't even see the printer to try and delete the job and I can't add a new printer because it tells me the print spooler service is not running. It seems like that corrupt job is stuck in the queue somehow but I can't even see the printer to delete it. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to fix this. Thanks in advance, Steve
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Windows XP Home upgrade to Windows XP Pro
by Guest Terry- 3 replies
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Can someone help me out? I would like to know if it's possible to upgrade Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro, without formatting the hard drive. Would I have to purchase an Upgrade version or could I use a Full Package product. Is it possible to purchase an OEM XP Pro and upgrade from XP Home? Thanks,
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Disentangling network set up
by Guest paoloricardo@gmail.com- 6 replies
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A friend was given a laptop which had previously been connected to a local network. It still has network domains and the previous user's login. We cannot access the 'My Documents' folder since the setup assumes we must be connected. Is there any way I can 'un-network' the various settings and establish the laptop as a standalone, unconnected PC? I am not a networking expert and did not want to change/delete anything for fear of messing things up.
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picture it 2002
by Guest Mrs Luke- 4 replies
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I have am getting the following error when I try to save a card, poster, etc. in picture it 2002. AppName:pip.exe AppVer:6.0.829.0 ModName: pipcore.dll ModVer:6.0.1100.0 Offset 000800880. What can I do? -- mrs luke
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windows updates failed
by Guest yepiknowiam- 2 replies
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There is a problem with all the updates are failing to install. It will download them all, but 95 updates failed to install. I tried to rename the software distribution folder and tried rebooting a couple times and not sure what else to do. It's a new system XP system with SP2. Any ideas?
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Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474)
by Guest Cher (BIRDWISE)- 6 replies
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Re: Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) WOAH, I beg to differ with you on this issue. Please read my reply in the WGA Latest Info post to see what havoc it has caused and is continuing to ause on my pc. I have a genuinee copy and it has been validated...the problems I am edperienced are nothign less than spyare. I am unable to use my pc with this update on it due to it's overtaking of my homepage with microsft URLs (several), regardless of how many times I appy my homepage addy...it has ballons every second on toolbar at bottom; tells me I am possibly infected and need to download one of two MIcrosoft anti virus softwres to rectify...there…