Windows XP
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Camera option in XP Pro
by Guest giddyup- 3 replies
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When I insert the camera into the USB port I get the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------ C813 Zoom Digital Camera Select the program to launch for this action Dell Picture Studio - Dell image Expert Download and organize your pictures Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard Download picture from a camer or scanner PhotoDeluxe Home Edition PhotoDeluxe Home Edition Photoshop Album Adobe Photoshop Album 2.o Starter Edition Always use this program for this action OK Cancel ------------------------------------------------------------------ Is there a way to choose a different …
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hard drive partition
by Guest marty- 5 replies
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hi i have put a new motherboard in a xp computer and used the original hard drive the hd has a partition on it that holds the oem version of xp to be used to restore to factory settings i cannot access this partition now i have changed the mother board is there another way to access it and use it any help apreciated -- martyb
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Downgrade from Vista to XP Pro problems...
by Guest rwbyshe- 7 replies
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Am working on a Gateway MT6840 laptop with a SATA hard drive. I've already erased the hard drive with Gateway's GW Scan512 per their tech info. Have also run Killdisk and written all zero's on the HD. 1. I'm unable to format it to the size or nearly the size of the 160GB hard drive. Each time I run fdisk and specify a new format, it only givies me a Primary Disk Partition of 15262 MB. 2. XP Pro does not recognize the hard drive at all. When I let the XP Pro disk boot up in the CD drive it gives me an error message as follows: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and pr…
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IE7 & HP All in one printer problem
by Guest abqrhondal- 1 reply
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When I installed my HP C5550 all-in-one printer I can no longer send/fwd emails from comcast. Also I crash on Internet Explorer 7. Does anyone know the fix for this?
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Run-Time Errow
by Guest bdn- 1 reply
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I am trying to open a program called Daily Planner that I recently intalled. The program begins to open and then I get "Run-Time Error '52': Bad file name or number" We have it running on our other XP computers without any problems. I've tried uninstalling and reloading to no avail...any ideas
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Do I have a Virus? Shutdown problem
by Guest the_best_of_fools- 6 replies
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Hi every one, I've been experiencing a weird problem with my computer recently. When I turn off my computer, the light on my monitor will go from green to the orange standby state and the computer will shutdown normally. But after 60 to 90 seconds, my monitor light turns on green again and the power 'on' light on the front of my tower flickers really fast as if the computer was turning on and off and on... I can also see the fan at the back of the computer turning. Any idea? I my computer corrupted? thanks, tbof
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Windows XP Network Issues
by Guest Bruno De Barros- 4 replies
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Hello. I have three computers. A desktop with Windows Vista, a laptop with Windows XP and another desktop with Windows XP. I have been messing with everything, trying to make this network work. Sometimes it does, other times it doesn't. It's an adhoc connection, as I do not have a wireless access point. The two desktops have a wireless adapter, and the laptop has it's own built-in adapter. I can connect my Vista with my laptop, but only sometimes will it work. I don't know how it starts working or not, it's just by chance, after some rebooting on both ends. My Windows XP Desktop doesn't even get the network. I think it's because of the range of the adapters. …
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FAT32 or NTFS for backup?
by Guest Joe Starin- 9 replies
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Fast question: Have a Dell 8600 laptop with an NTFS file system. Want to back up the laptop to a Western Digital external hard drive that I believe is formated FAT32. Can I do this? I've heard that if you want to back up data from one hard drive to another, the formatting of both drives must be the same. Is this true? Thanks. Joe
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Adding a machine to the domain using an alternate token
by Guest Bill The Cat- 0 replies
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I work for the Federal Government, and we use alternate tokens for our elevated privilege accounts. Currentlt, we do not know of a way to allow our Level 2 desktop support technicians add a new workstation to the domain without using a username/password combination. The alternate tokens are tied to their elevated accounts and work for typical runas functions, but we can't make it work to add computers to our domain. Any assistance would be great!
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I have to logoff twice
by Guest Fishermun- 1 reply
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Windows XP, Home Addition, SP3, all updates in place. Just finished completely rebuilding my laptop, and everything seems to work correctly except. I have to log off twice now to actually log off. Does the same thing in safe mode. Task Manager says no processes are running. When I log off the second time laptop logs off correctly, and all is fine. No messages of any type are given anytime. Am I missing a setting somewhere? Thanks.
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Installing Windows Service Pack 3
by Guest FlyingFish- 7 replies
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Good morning. I'm not sure if I am posting my question under the correct caption. If I am in the wrong place, please let me know and I will repost. I’ve tried on several occasions to install Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB936929). I keep getting an error, “Control ID not found.” Could you please tell me what I need to do so that the installation will work. Thanks
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How can I delete an account that I can't see?
by Guest spamlet- 10 replies
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On our XPHome laptop, there is an account which is not listed in the control panel users accounts, but still has a profile associated with it. It does not show up in TweakUI either. Only comes up with (ctr alt del)x2. Want to delete it (the account, not the profile), and replace it with a visible one but don't know where to find it. In Home there is no Advanced User Management console in which to look for more information about this invisible user. Is there another way to show this information? Presumably the invisible user account is a registry key somewhere that needs to be deleted. Where are the user id's held and how do I identify which to del…
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XP PRO SP2 Desktop On and Off Network
by Guest garywi- 14 replies
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Hi, here is an issue my company desktop support cannot solve. When I am on the network at work, and I create and organize folders and shortcuts on my desktop, they do not show up the same when I log on locally off the network. The folders, incons are all there when I log on locally, but they are not positioned as a mirror image when I log on locally. I only have one user profile with admin rights and log in the same way all the time. My desktop settings are Align to Grid and Show Desktop Icons. Simply put: When I create a new folder on my desktop, it shows up when I log in locally and on the network. When I position the folder on a certain place in …
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Usb drive faster than internal drive?
by Guest spamlet- 4 replies
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Browsing through the thread on Fat32 vs NTFS for back up, I am reminded to ask about the unexpected 'bonus' I got when I bought a couple of MyBook 500gig usb drives for back up. In the first place I was a bit miffed to find there were no on/off buttons and only one type of input connection permitted at the back - USB - when I had expected there would be ethernet and firewire type connections possible too. I think I would go for the 'world edition' next time. Secondly, I had been led to believe that drives connected by usb would be slower than internal drives; and, indeed, some people have advised imaging the internal drive and then replacing it with o…
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Backup copied folders but not files
by Guest moondaddy- 1 reply
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I have winXP pro sp2 and ran a complete backup on my D drive. it backed up all of the folders, but not the files in the folders. can anyone explain why this happened? Thanks.