Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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remove everything from computer and start scratch
by Guest 1BADMUTT- 2 replies
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i would like to delete everything on my computer and reinstall everything from a reinstall cd.i have nothing i need to save and would like to start over on a clean computer.i have the operating system reinstallation cd microsoft xp home sp2 and the application cd for reinstalling dell tools system software that i got from dell and i was wondering if this is all i need to be able to get my computer back after i delete the whole system.if so does anyone know how i would go about deleting everything?i have no restore points or any way to reset everything to original factory settings after i lost everything last year and had to take it to repair shop to have …
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Machine is not booting
by Guest pol- 2 replies
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Sir, Please need your help to solve the following problem, My friend's computer the windows XP is not working. When he switch on the computer , the system will ask the following 1. Safe mode 2. Safe mode with net working 3. From the point where correctly working 4. Normally. He tried with 4 options but unfortunatly after selecting any of the options ,l the system becomes hanging. Nothing will be displayed on the screen. He has no XP installation CD. XP already installed while he purchasing the machine. So please need your advise to solve the problem. Please help
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reinstalling windows xp over windows vista
by Guest wolfheads- 8 replies
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How do I "format" during installation as asked?
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Need Help Formatting and Reinstalling Windows XP
by Guest patetc- 3 replies
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I want to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP. I have the XP CD. I have partitioned my hard drive into C and D drives but I only want to format C and just leave D alone. Can this be done? My reason for doing this is to clean up some applications that don't work correctly and I've been unable to fix them. Reformatting at this point seems to be my only option. I have already copied all the directories and files to an external hard drive so I can reinstall them easier. Thanks for any help on this. Pat
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Getting started and signing in
by Guest ladym50+- 5 replies
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Hi I am new in this board. When I open the forum page, I am told to read the Getting Started, and to sign in on the Sign in button at top of page. Where can I find Getting Started, and there is not a Sign in button any where on the page. I sign in by going to "New" on the left top corner of the page.Thanks. -- emm
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a question
by Guest pentium- 8 replies
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hi. my brother's computer has no audio at all, and it was working before. he wants to buy a new sound card but when we opened the tower, we found out that it was not plugged in the PCI card. it's a silver little box. my question is, can we buy a sound card that goes into the PCI and replace the silver little box? please help. TIA HP PC on winXP SP2.
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Network Icon doesn't show up !
by Guest Patrick- 2 replies
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After upgrading the antivirus product, I find that the network icon doesn't show up. I have toggled the button "Show icon in notification area when connected" but there is no luck. Your advice is sought.
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Start menu items and commands typed in Run dialog not working...
by Guest deostroll- 7 replies
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Hi, Suppose if I want to start a program which exists in my start menu, it does not work. It opens up the dialog that allows us to choose which program we want to execute. It is behaving as if this file is not associated with an exe. Even an exe file is not getting file- associated. Moreover, when I try to change the system time/date it throws a error message box saying Cannot find file c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe This sounds like a virus problem to me. Any idea on tackling this without the use of antivirus software...? -deostroll
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RE: lying-sack-of-shit frank da moron wrote:
by Guest cavalier- 0 replies
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RE: lying-sack-of-shit frank da moron wrote: "unknown" wrote: > cavalier wrote to unknown. You must be a source of worry to your parents
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Whats causing this?
by Guest Peter F- 10 replies
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Hi All, We have just begun a migration of legacy and new PC's. Both the systems are needed to run in parrallel for at least a year due to SLA etc. We use a 4 port KVM switch (which has USB and PS2) connections. When we plug in the new PC's to the USB port there is no problem. When we conntect the old NT4 legacy PC's to the KVM we can't get the mouse to work. We have attempted to reboot while connected but still not joy. Can anyone offer any advise please. Thanks. -- Flinty
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Winidows loads to a blank (black) screen with just a mouse pointer
by Guest JordanL- 6 replies
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I am taking a look at a Dell laptop for a friend. They were 'downloading' iTunes (i'm not sure if they were actually downloading or trying to install iTunes) and their laptop, running Vista, froze. On restart they got the 'computer was not shut down correctly' menu, and starting up in safe mode or normally brings a blank screen with just the mouse pointer visible. The mouse pointer responsds to touchpad movement. The windows splash screen shows, and when the screen saver comes on it is visible. Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Ctrl-Shift-ESC have no effect. I have seen several posts about this online but with no real solution for the ones that the task manager is n…
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wmp11
by Guest plugginaway- 4 replies
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Play speed slider missing bar. are there file type restrictions to changing speed? thanx
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Lost most windows functions
by Guest BrandonAj_18- 3 replies
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I am not sure what happened in June 2008 to our computer but it stopped having most of the windows functions. We do not have paint,calculator,volume control,and many other things. To top it off whenever we put a cd rom in the drive it will not run it on the computer because it doesnt recognize the drive. There is only a c drive now and it is driving me nuts here. A friend tried system restore multiple times and we located the date the problem occured but the system will not restore we get a message stating that it cannot be restored to the earlier date. Any ideas? Yes I have the Cd Rom that came with the computer however I cannot restore from Cd Rom if the…
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Empty Recycle Bin
by Guest Rob Weigle- 3 replies
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In Windows XP Pro SP3 (don't know if it happens in other versions), if I attempt to Empty an empty Recycle Bin, it asks me if I want to delete 'WINDOWS'. I was smart enough to say NO. Shouldn't that option be grayed out when your recycle bin is already empy?
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I have XP Home on my main computer and Windows 2000 Pro on a wireless remote computer. Sympatico is my ISP and has provided Bell Canada "Security Manager" (includes firewall) and a wireless "ZWire" router. I have set up "Shared Documents and Printers" on both computers. I am able from the main computer to sign on to the remote computer and can see "Shared Documents" as well as printers installed on the remote computer. However, the reverse does not work, i.e. the remote computer does not have access to the main computer "Shared Documents" and printer. Windows Firewall has been configured on both computers to allow access to "Shared Documents & Printers"…