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No golden bar shown at the top and can't download file
by Guest Johnson L- 1 reply
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I tried to install adobe flash player to my Windows XP SP2 laptop by following the steps. http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=DINNK However, after I press "Agree and install now", I moved into http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/flash/trigger/en/1/index.html However, I didn't see the golden bar at the top such as "The site might require the following ActiveX control ...". No message shows anything was blocked. Nothing! It is wierd, and I guess my registration table might be modified by some software without my attention. Any idea to solve my problem? Thank you very much.
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Missing calculator
by Guest Capt Jack- 8 replies
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Calculator is missing from my computer. I am running XP Media Center Edition. I have searched for Calc.exe in Systems 32 and then ran a general search. I believe I deleted the program by accident, thinking it was something else. Anyone have a way that I can download the software?
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VPN PPTP Problem
by Guest kailash7@gmail.com- 1 reply
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Hi, I'm having this problem since a few weeks now and just can't get around it. I have WinXP SP3 on two laptops. I can use VPN PPTP to connect to a particular server on one laptop but not on the other. The problematic laptop gives me a message error 628: The connection was terminated by the remote computer before it could be completed. For further assistance, click More Info or search Help and Support Center for this error number. I tried reinstalling WinXP on this laptop and the VPN worked fine on a fresh install of windows only to give the same problem again after a while. Anyone ever had the same weird problem? I don't think its related to firewa…
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Irregular Boot.ini
by Guest Beyond X- 4 replies
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I partitioned the harddisk into two parts and have set up a dual boot system with two separate operating systems. Normally there should be two lines in the boot screen so that one can select one of the two systems. In my case there should appear as below: Windows 2000 I Windows 2000 II with clock counting This time, for some unknown reasons, there appears three lines as below: Windows 2000 I Windows 2000 II Windows 2000 (Default) There, "Windows 2000 (Default)" is hilighted and If I don't move to another, the computer clashes. Also there is no clock counting the preset time. If I select "Windows 2000 I" or "Windows 2000 II", it proceeds to boot …
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Windows Installer keeps crashing my laptop!
by Guest CathrynH- 4 replies
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I had a trial version of Microsoft Office 2007. I can't get on with it and most of my clients aren't on it so it isn't of much use to me. I decided to uninstall it through the control panel. I obviously haven't managed to do this properly as it still features in the list of programmes, although I can't access any of the components. Since then, the Windows Installer keeps popping up telling me it is preparing to Install (it never specifies what it thinks it is going to do!). It often appears if I try and do anything in Outlook, but also in other Office applications. It causes the whole system to hang and eventually crash. When I try and open a 20…
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Removing no longer used notification items from taskbar and startu
by Guest edimerq- 3 replies
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Is there some way to remove no longer used notification items from the Taskbar and Start menu properties? I mean that place you find when you --- Right click on the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop, (click Properties), (click Hide inactive icons), (click Customize) then look in (Past Items). In that place there is a antivirus 2009 folder, which is a virus I already removed from my computer, and that is the only thing I am not able to remove. I don't want to download any more softwares to remove it. I've already done that. I just want to know if there is a way to remove things from that place on my own. -- emm
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Removing items from taskbar and start menu properties
by Guest edimerq- 1 reply
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Forgive me if this question appears twice. I just don't think the first one went in. This is my question. Is there some way to remove no longer used notification items from the Taskbar and Start menu properties? I mean that place you find when you - Right click on the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop, (click Properties), (click Hide inactive icons), (click Customize) then look in (Past Items). In that place there is a antivirus 2009 folder, which is a virus I already removed from my computer, and that is the only thing I am not able to remove. I don't want to download any more softwares to remove it. I've already done that. I just want to know …
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Windows XP Shell Keeps Shutting down
by Guest Aaron- 4 replies
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Hello All, Working on a very disturbed system this week, and after running every thing I could think of, I'm here. Back ground... Older Dell system, running XP Pro. Hasn't ran since Febuary when the network adapater quick working. After my first initial look at the system, someone put some cheap anti-virus program on the system and it quaranteened the svchost file... rpc won't load.. you know the rest. Well that was great, got a new svchost installed, but nothing was starting. All kinds of services were no longer listed in the registry. Fun for me. Loaded Ultimate boot cd for Windows, grabed an older version of the registry files, copied them into th…
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Office 2007 Icons Fuzzy
by Guest WaIIy- 7 replies
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(I posted this in the Office groups with no replies, you guys (ladies) are smart, so I thought I'd try here) Hi, My icons in the ribbon bars are fuzzy in Word 2007, Excel 2007, etc. My computer is perfect, Nvidia 8600gt card, latest drivers, etc. All my programs are perfect except Office 2007. Resolution is 1280 x 1024 on a Samsung 931BF 19" monitor. When I paste anything into a new Word document, all is fine, all the typefaces in the toolbar and in a document are perfect, it's just the icons in the ribbon and sub-menus. (Note: the typeface within a toolbar icon image are fuzzy, also). I do have full Acrobat installed and it's in my ribbon. I…
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DOWNLOADED VIRUS THAT WILL NOT LET ME ACCESS CONTROL PANEL
by Guest jkonrad2005- 4 replies
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downloaded virus that will not allow me to access my control panel and task manager--it says administrator changed my access denied. trying everything to get rid of it.. there is privacy protection and antivirus 2009 and system error fixer on desktop. please help
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Can't play movies
by Guest Maggy- 1 reply
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Hi folks, long story short. I left my laptop with a friend in the US after a two month visit. The laptop was formatted and installed (XP Home) here in Australia. I send over the odd movie for her to see. Being an NTSC country she can only watch the movies (PAL) on the laptop. As time has it, the laptop crashed and she had the system reinstalled there in the states. She cannot now play the PAL movies I sent her, probably because it now has an American configuration/software. I think she is using Media Player 9 or 10. What does she need to do to get Media player (installed in the US) to play PAL movies? does she need to change XP region to Australia? W…
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Re: Message from system alert
by Guest krdu- 0 replies
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Re: Message from system alert OK, I am going to be kind and not pull your leg and tell you what to do. Windows XP Professional Click Start-> Settings -> Control Panel Click Administrative Tools Click Services Double-click Services Scroll down and highlight Messenger Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties Click the STOP button Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar Click OK Windows XP Home Click Start-> Settings -> Control Panel Click Performance and Maintenance Click Administrative Tools Double-click Services Scroll down and highlight Messenger Right-click the highlighted line and choose …
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Internet Explorer 6.0 cann't upgrade
by Guest Johnson L- 2 replies
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I have Internet Explorer 6.0 installed for Windows XP SP2. Now I want to upgrade it to Internet Explorer 7. However, my computer didn't allow me to install IE7 directly, and didn't allow me to save the installation exe file as well. It showed an error message as well to show the file can't be saved. I download the installation file to a USB memory stick from another computer, and hopes it work. However, I can see the file in my computer with explorer, but it don't respond to the click. It just halts there. Any idea to solve my trouble? Thanks!
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Customised keyboard short cut to activate batch file not working
by Guest redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com- 2 replies
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Hi I've set-up a batch file to automatically hibernate my computer (the code is "RUNDLL32.EXE PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState"). I've then created a shortcut to this on the desktop, and assigned it the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+H using the /Properties/Shortcut option. But it doesn't work. Actually, it worked once, but then never again. I've tried it with no other programs running, but no luck. Should customised keyboard short cuts work to activate batch files?
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insert "xp professional service pack 3 cd"
by Guest jimmyinCT@gmail.com- 5 replies
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hello. Im reconfiguring the XP windows components in add remove components - add remove windows components After enabling a new item, the install starts and im asked for "ensure the disk labeled windows xp professional service pack 3 cd" in installed. It cant find the file "stamem.dll". I just installed the XP 3 service pack from microsoft, but i only have the XP SP2 volume license CD. What do i do?
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Reinstalling XP Home on Dell without original reinstall disc?
by Guest redyellowgreenblue@gmail.com- 5 replies
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Hi I've got a Dell desktop that I want to reinstall Windows XP Home on (I'm on SP3 at the moment). I have no idea where my reinstall disc is. What I do have is the OEM code that's on Control Panel/System. I also have the stick which tells me the product key. These two codes are different - which I didn't expect. Can I just buy a cheap Windows XP Home disc off Ebay and then use my own codes?
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unable to kill processes
by Guest yawnmoth- 5 replies
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There's a process I'm trying to kill and am quite unable to do so. I go into the Task Manager, hit the End Process button, click 'Yes', and... nothing happens. I use the command line tools mentioned at <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457123.aspx>, and nothing happens. It says all the processes have been killed, but they still show up when I use tasklist. I download KILL from <http://www.petri.co.il/ download_free_reskit_tools.htm>, as recommended by <http:// support.microsoft.com/kb/155075>, and after five minutes of just sitting there, doing nothing, KILL crashes. Any ideas?
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100% cpu use
by Guest n6trf- 6 replies
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I have lately been @ 100% cpu usage according to windows task manager. Its svchost that is useing >90%. So what have I done wrong? Got any ideas? TIA -- ____________________________________ In Christ's matchless name ted n6trf
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Hide or unhide partitions in XP Pro disk copy
by Guest Mike- 1 reply
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I want to use Drive Copy 5 to copy a 300GB hard drive to a 320GB new one. I have 2 partitions on the drive which XP expects to be I and L. The instructions suggest to hide the partitions so the OS will not make new drive letters. Is this a concern in XP since I see drives fom C to P with these two missing . TIA
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usb hard drive question
by Guest rb- 7 replies
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How well do the usb hard drives that are powered from the USB strip work? I see a lot of 'em are this way, now.
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Hello !! I'm trying to set the MTU value of a new PC -- dual boot, Linux & Windows -- and the lan card, the adsl modem, etc. Since I'm not so bright, I went online to check. The more I check, however, the more I got confused. On this page http://help.expedient.com/broadband/mtu_ping_test.shtml ( scrolling down to #5 where it ) says "Add 28 to that number (IP/ICMP headers) to get the optimal MTU setting" On this page, http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=157 however, ( scrolling down to TCPWindowSize ) it is telling me that "MSS is generally MTU - 40 (20 byte TCP and 20 byte IP headers)" ! Which one is correct? Just exactly how much do…
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Adding to programs
by Guest itstb- 2 replies
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I want to know how I can add templetes to a graphics program. I have tried to unzip them, It doesn't work.
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iTunes download screwed up my PC
by Guest dubiousraves- 2 replies
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Hi. I have a Compaq Presario running Windows XP. I just downloaded the latest version of iTunes, and it's wrecked my CD/ DVD functionality. (This happened to me once before, too, but I thought it was a broken Optical drive, so I installed a new one.) The only thing that works now is playing songs in the iTunes library. If I try to play a CD or DVD, there's a ticking sound, and distortion. This is true even if I used a different player from iTunes. If I try to upload a CD into iTunes, iTunes does it, but at about 1/15th the normal speed, and all other computer functions are slowed down drastically while the upload is occurring. Any ideas on fixing this? …
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administrator disabled
by Guest syza- 4 replies
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It sems like my administrator user account been disabled and when window started no acconut shown. i can't log to window. How to enable back the administator.
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F* Doesn't work to reinstall XP pro
by Guest jandespiller- 3 replies
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I cannot get the F8 key to agree to the EULA in order to reinstall Windows XP. I have the origiinal disks and the keyboard is working otherwise. Is there a way to go forward with the installation without the F* key agreement? Thanks