Windows XP
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Printing - So far no has sovled this.
by Guest tek586- 4 replies
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I am trying to print to a certain printer which is connected via IP. I can ping the printer, install and reinstall the printer, browse to the printer web interface via IP but I cannot print to it. All of the other computers in the office can print to it except me. I checked my event logs and I did notice this warning: tcp ip has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent tcp connect attempts (event ID 4226). I have been searching all week all over the internet and no one has a solution to this issue. The Microsoft support center is suggesting that there could be a virus on the machine. I ran my antivirus only to rule it out and no…
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,.exe error
by Guest Gary- 1 reply
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Hi all, We have a problem with a XP machine here where the following error shows it trying to double click on a mapped network drive in My Computer. Windows cannot find ',.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly. To search for a file, click the start button and then click search. To confirm the file is ,.exe [comma].exe. Other mapped network shares can be accessed, and this particular one can be accessed also by right clicking it and selecting Explore or by using Windows Explorer. I have tried disconnecting and remapping the drive and also creating a new directory on the server, and copying the data in there, still the same error. Can a…
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Start Menu Not working
by Guest wilewea- 2 replies
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OK I click start and it opens fine, mouse over "all programmes" and my programmes appear but when I mouse over them they don't turn blue anymore and when I click or double click nothing happens. At the same time this started my keyboard won't work on an MMO I play. Anyone have any ideas?
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Recovering XP after a Disk Failure
by Guest wtw- 3 replies
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Continuing from a related thread below. Before posing a question on a new twist in the plot, let me review where I am. My XP PC's local drive failed. I replaced it with a new one. There was a d-drive in the system. When I installed XP, I mistakenly ended up with: c: New drive f:: Now the local drive with it's past folders. 85% full This I did not want. I wanted the new drive to be local and certainly didn't want the drive letter change. From the earlier thread below, it looks difficult to do anything about that. Meanwhile the computer shop where I took the "dead" disk finds it's alive, and quickly copy the contents to an external drive that I provided.…
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Strange Window On Desktop
by Guest Mike950- 2 replies
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A few days ago a strange window started appearing on my son's computer every time he turns it on and Windows loads to the desktop. Windows loads, his desktop displays, but on the desktop another window displays (taking up about 1/2 the screen) that looks somewhat like the Windows Explorer Window but there is nothing listed in the blank area below the toolbar (where it says "File Edit View Favorites Tools Help"). On the top left, in the blue area above the toolbar, it says "Common". If I select File, the dropdown menu appears and the first item listed at the top of the dropdown menu is ATI CATALYST® Control Center. I'd like to attach a screenshot but I …
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Cleaning up the Windows Registry
by Guest Ed Wood- 18 replies
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Is there any Microsoft approved Registry Cleaning program available. I can find several programs available on the web, but my Antivirus software guru's say it is not a good idea to run these programs as they might do more damage than good. I would like to remove all of the extraneous registery entries that tend to slow down XP Pro. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards,
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max inbound connections error
by Guest Tester- 6 replies
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Hi, Can someone explain me how max inbound connections work in windows XP and why I am getting the error above? Although I have only 6 W2K PCs with 4 mapped drives to the XP Pro sharing machine I am getting an error I am out of connections on the client. Is not it the connection counted per machine ? I am getting a number of client connection on a share higher then the number of machines for ex. and each client has the shares mapped once through a mapped drive and a shortcut to it on the desktop. I am looking in computer management, shared folders, shares. Thank you very much, T
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Map key combinations?
by Guest msliny@optonline.net- 2 replies
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Is it possible to map a key combination (i.e. Alt+M) and have the result be a text entry? My email address is fairly long, and when I have to enter it on web sites (sign-ins, etc) I would like to be able to use a simpler shortcut.
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Can't Defrag the FAT32 file
by Guest mac- 5 replies
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The FAT32 file capacity is 6.96 GB and has 954 MB/13% of free space. When you try to defrag, it states you need 15% of free space. How do I reduce the files in a FAT file? tks, mac
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Ad-Aware08
by Guest didee58- 6 replies
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I know that I inquired about this awhile back, but I have 2 questions on it. I can allready hear the collective groan out there and a few "OMG's" but when I uninstall 2007 before I update to 2008 where does all the quarantined stuff go? Does it go away with the program or what? And why do you have to uninstall, doesn't the new one just update the old one?
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Explorer.exe Restart
by Guest Clampet, Brian- 3 replies
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Source: Winlogon EventID: 1002 Description: The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted. Explorer is restarting without consistency. Windows SP3 is installed and the latest updates have been applied. Previously I was receiving a pop up error: Data Excecution Prevention has closed windows Explorer. After this Explorer.exe would restart. I turned off Data Execution Prevention (DEP) for Windows Explorer but the result is the same. The error no longer appears but Explorer.exe restarts. This issue is happening to three computers on my network. One computer I have left the DEP enabled to see if once a fix is found it will solve both p…
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Path length
by Guest Peter- 1 reply
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Hi - what is the maximum path length in Windows XP? Thanks, Peter
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Windows Explorer issue
by Guest ChrisCornwallUK- 11 replies
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XPSP2 - 80GB HP R3479EA Laptop - with 10GB freespace.... When I access Windows Explorer - My Pictures, I see large Icons, the program then stops and I get the following errors in the error report that is sent to Microsoft EventType : InPageError P1 : c000009c P2 : 00000003 C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERb767.dir00\explorer.exe.mdmp C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERb767.dir00\appcompat.txt any ideas how to fix Explorer / My Pictures so it works properly again? This is what I get for the fault when looked at in Computer Management Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.3156, faulting module gdiplus.dll, version 5.1.3102.3352…
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XP Antivirus a Virus ?
by Guest Dave Mc- 11 replies
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I have had 3 people this week on 3 different computers report they got a popup about a virus and to download this to fix it--which they did. Common thread seems to be XP Antivirus 2008 product. Now they have various symptoms: No Desktop tab in display properties No restore points exist or being made Can't uninstall XP AV 2008 listed in add/remove programs Ca't boot up in safe mode. ETC. Anyone know of these symptoms being caused by some malware this week ?
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Can't get Stand By to work
by Guest Shirley- 2 replies
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I'm using xp sp2 (I don't want sp3 as I've heard some horror stories about it). My Stand By was working just fine, but all of a sudden I click it and nothing happens. I'm able to shut down ok and even restart ok, but the Stand By does not respond. I've changed nothing on my computer. I would appreciate some input. Thanks