Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Adobe Reader
by Guest CharlieB- 1 reply
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How do I make Adobe Reader the default program for reading pdf files? I use Windows XP Home - Service Pack 2 and Adobe Reader 8.
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Yet another "No Sound" problem
by Guest Gray Brown- 4 replies
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I’m sorry, I’m almost certain you guys have got to be tired of hearing this: I’m using a Gateway 5028 with AMD Athlon 64 Processor and running the Media Center Windows XP version 2002 with service pack 3. After not scanning my computer for over a month (I hope I never do that again!) my computer picked up lots of viral infections. Without thinking, I had my antivirus program get rid of them even though it warned that doing so might make the computer unstable because of the files infected. Almost immediately my computer began acting up (programs not responding, etc.) so I did a system restore with backup. During the process I got a RUN DLL error mes…
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backup causes BSOD
by Guest Virgilijus- 7 replies
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I have been using Retrospect for quite some time with no problems. Recently I upgraded the hard drive to a larger drive and now Retrospect abends with a BSOD when it starts. After trying to fix the problem with them, it was figured out that the Volume Shadow Copy is the culprit. Why would VSC start causing problems just because I changed to a larger hard drive??? I am running win-xp sp3.
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Access denied on External USB harddrive
by Guest Peter Chang- 10 replies
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I backed up some files on to my external USB harddrive. I then re-installed winXP on my laptop, now I can't access the files I backedup on my USB harddrive. I can see the USB harddrive in explorer and I can go into folders but I cannot open any of the files up or copy them to my desktop. I tried to changed the ownership of the files, but I get an error message saying access denied. I tried to use the subinACL util. but it doesn't work. Can anyone help.. please!!!
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Uninstalling IE7 before installing XP SP3
by Guest Stan Hilliard- 16 replies
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I am planning to install the SP3 automatic update. I use Firefox as my default browser but I do have IE7 installed in case I need it in an unforeseen circumstance. I saw where IE7 can't be uninstalled after installing SP3. Question: Is it good practice to uninstall IE7 before updating XP to SP3 -- and then reinstalling IE7? In Add/remove programs, I get a long list of programs that might not work after uninstalling IE7 because they were installed after. Most are windows updates and I don't have any idea what they do. Any Advice? Stan Hilliard
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Remote Desktop not working after upgrade
by Guest rene- 10 replies
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I upgraded my computer with windows update SP3 and all the latest updates. Now I can log in once remotely with remote desktop but after that once I log out I can't log back in until I reboot the computer that I am trying to connect to. Help
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Net work printing
by Guest Dennis- 2 replies
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First of all i'm not a computer literate, now my question i would like my > wifes 2 computers that are on my network be able to print off my color > printer, how do i accomplish that. My operting system is windows xp > > Thanks > > Dennis
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I installed a canon ip3500 on XP pro, In printing profiles I set up paper source to "front for plain paper". Sometimes when I log off and log back on later, it changes back to "rear tray". This is very annoying. I also have 10 user accounts I need to create and I don't want to go through this hassle of changing paper source for each account when it changes back on its own.Can anyone tell me how I can either tweak the driver to change the default paper source to front, or make a change in the registry? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Priority Levels
by Guest Student- 2 replies
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How many levels of priority are there in MS Windows OS? I think it is 32. I just wanted to confirm -- Student
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Dial up
by Guest Simba- 4 replies
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Hi I am having trouble with my windows XP Laptop staying connected to the internet. when I use my laptop on the internet it will connect for a minute or so then it will disconnect. the phone line is ok because my desktop connect fine with out any problem using the same line. can you help please??
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External drive flukey
by Guest PanHandler- 3 replies
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Running XP Pro SP2, 2 GB RAM, P4 Dual Core 3GB. Windows won't always open an external 500 GB USB2 HD with approx. 180 GB free space. I hear the chime when it connects but it won't appear in My Computer. If I then turn the drive off I hear the chime again. It takes several (3 to 6 or 7) attempts and then it will behave normally. It was fine until it got to about the 'half full' point and then started this behavior, getting worse as it filled up. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If we say "forty, sixty, seventy, eighty and ninety", why don't we say "twoty,…
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io.sys and msdos.sys
by Guest yaugin- 8 replies
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I have two hard drives in my system, and the C: drive is not the drive where Windows is installed. However, Windows constantly places io.sys and msdos.sys on the C: drive. If I delete them, Windows automatically re-creates them. Worse, it seems as though Windows actually overwrites the filesystem area where those files are placed -- some of my other files suddenly became 0 file size.
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I screwed up - xp msconfig
by Guest Sam- 10 replies
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I was trying to assit a friend with his computer. i am pretty savy...........but oops I went into his ms config and turned off some start up items. now his machine will not boot up. he is running some version of XP. i would like to make a bootable cd and then go into his ms config and turn on what i turned off..........please advise
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XP settings preventing ability to to login to various hobby forums?
by Guest apistomaster(nospam)- 2 replies
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I have Dell Inspiron E1505, 1GB RAM, 80 GB HD, updated to SP3. I originally used Internet Explorer 6 to register on half a dozen hobby forums in 2006, then soon upgraded to IE7 but about 6 months later I begin to find it impossible to login to any of these forums after literally over 1500 times among them all. I sell items of interest to the members of these forums so I actively participate in on-going discussions. After about 6 months of easy access, I began to experience login problems which take the following nature: The sites accept my user name and password, thank me for logging in and then proceed to take me back to the login in screens again and show m…
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My pc boots back to factory settings, all data is lost
by Guest kerrihelp- 4 replies
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Everytime I restart my pc and login it creates a temporary profile and reverts back to all factory settings. My documents folder is empty,no financial data,no email messages etc. Its asks me to set up programs. It makes a beeping sound almost like quite telephone ringing. The message I get is this: windows cannot load the locally stored profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. Any changes you make to this profile will be lost when you leave. HELP!!!
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Enter Network Password Window pops up
by Guest JJ- 1 reply
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Everyday the Enter Network Password Window pops up indicating my server, user name, and password (in stars). This started about a week ago and I don't know why or how to fix it. I'm using Office Basic Edition 2003 & Windows XP Please advise > > Thanks > -- > jj -- jj -- jj
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RE: Service Pack 3
by Guest Keesha- 1 reply
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RE: Service Pack 3 I am having the same problem. All suggestions appreciated. -- Thank you for your help. Julia Ann "Gilly" wrote: > I'm trying to install XP service pack 3 and get the message below > > The feature you are trying to use is is on a network rescouce that is > unavailable > > Click on ok to try again or enter an alternative path to a folder containing > the installation package PRO.MSI in the box below > > Z:\msoft\officeXP.Professional\ > > When clicking on ok again it tells me: > The path cannot be found and to check I have access to the location > > Can someone point me in the …
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Error modifying registry key
by Guest Gruff the Elder- 3 replies
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XP Pro sp3 I'm trying to temporarily disable McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise 8.5. This is installed on a laptop that is NOT a member of a domain but is sometimes connected to a corporate network. McAfee's anti-tampering feature won't let the services be stopped and McAfee was installed (by corp) without installing the console that permits turning off the McAfee anti-tampering feature. However, a McAfee KB article reveals that anti-tampering can be disabled by changing a registry key. However, regedit gives the error: "Cannont edit LockDownEnabled. Error writing the value's new contents." I've checked the permissions for this key, and the Administrato…
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deleting or changing "Owner" user
by Guest hamiltoncruiser- 11 replies
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We have a desktop 5 users. We want to get rid of all but 2 users. My user "Lisa" is also "Owner" If I delete the user "Lisa" will that create a problem because it is "Owner" Do I have to change one of the other users to Owner so I can delete "Lisa" Thanks for your help!! ....Lisa
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suddenly sound device error: No sound
by Guest Keesha- 1 reply
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Sound worked until few days ago. Computer set to automatically load updates. Got Message that there was a problem with sound device. Said _ maybe driver not installed, used by another program, or not functioning. This has happened once before and someone sent me a link and a process to repair it.. -- Thank you for your help. Julia Ann
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An error has occured in Windows....
by Guest Mally- 7 replies
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Any time i need to right click on a file to copy and paste, or rename, i get the error message saying Windows explorer needs to close. The message details through eventvwr.msc are as follows. Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Error Event Category: None Event ID: 1001 Date: 20/09/2008 Time: 09:52:22 User: N/A Computer: Mally Description: Fault bucket 877976138. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket: 0008: 38 37 37 39 37 36 31 33 87797613 0010: 38 0d 0a 8..
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Problems after reinstalling Windows
by Guest Randy- 2 replies
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Had to reinstall Windows use all the CD'S that came along with Windows XP Medaia Center Edition Service pack 3. I did not get to back up my system . I know first mistake. I have found some problems after reinstallating windows .. Have not sound , disk defragmenter does not start . While installing a program from the internet received this message Application has genarated an exception that cannot be handled . Have tried to troulbe shoot these problems do not know if I may find more .
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IE confusion
by Guest Mist- 11 replies
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Internet Explorer is removable? I thought that it was necessary for all Windows programs. Mist
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What exactly does backup do? What gets backed up?
by Guest AJFconsult- 9 replies
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I am having a frustrating disagreement with our paid IT consultants. I am running XP with the usual PC software. All of my data files are backed up to a network server. I want to backup the entire C drive - with the built-in XP function, or with a program that makes an image of the C: drive, etc. I want to be able to restore the PC to a prior date should there be a serious problem. Our IT consultants insist this is not possible. That, if I have a serious problem, my only choice is to restore to factory default settings, loading all programs again from original installation CDs, and then restoring the files backed up to our network server. Yet other c…
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Attach opening in OLE
by Guest MarthaMac- 1 reply
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Incredimail is my default email client, but after and auto update from Microsoft, my attachments open in Outlook Express even though I don't have OLE on my computer. How can I get rid of this and have attach open with Incredimail like they used to?