Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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my pictures/emailing
by Guest bemonty- 5 replies
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i got a new computer and it must have something slightly different with the software because i am trying to email a picture from 'my pictures' normally another window will open with my outlook express email and i just enter the email address and hit send. now this does not happen! nothing happens! what do i do? thankyou! -- bemonty
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Help: What would cause a corrupt profile Windows XP
by Guest David- 1 reply
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I had a Missing/Corrupt Profile under Windows XP. I fixed the issue, but I would like to understand why this might occur so I can prevent it from occurring again. I checked the machine for virii, etc., (clean), performed a disk check (no issues), etc. I have been running XP for several years on various machines and this is the first time I had this issue. THanks
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30GB Hard Drive shows up as 12.1GB - Please Help!!
by Guest Byl''s HDD Blues- 4 replies
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Question I have a 30 GB HDD (Seagate) in an Athlon XP 2200+ running WXP Pro with 1.25 GB of RAM. All is well with the system except yesterday when I got a notice saying that I was running out of disk space (I've only got 10.8 GB on the drive). I went to "My Computer" and the HDD shows up as being only 12.1 GB. I then right clicked the HDD icon and the properties graphically showed the same thing -- only 1.2 GB of space left! I checked Disk Management and graphically (on the lower pane) it shows the drive to be 27.95 GB, (which is more in line with a 30GB HDD). It shows the partition is NTFS and "Healthy" with no unallocated space. However, on the u…
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xp sp3 synchronization problem
by Guest mark- 1 reply
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I have XP laptops set to synchronize with a server running W2K Server. After sp3, files that were created offline, failed to synchronize when they were connected. When the laptop was connected and online, these offline files disappeared. When the laptop was disconnected, the offline files reappeared. This has nothing to do with permissions and the failure occurred as a consequence of the updated (as did other problems such a further updates failing) Any ideas? -- Mark
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Every time I try to open Internet Explorer, I get a windows Installer window that pops up saying "The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-Rom or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the microsoft office professional with frontpage disk and click OK" If I hit cancel a few times it goes away and internet explorer opens. Any ideas?
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windows registry
by Guest Frederick- 10 replies
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what do i type in the run comd. to get to windows registry.
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How to remove Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool? (KB890830)
by Guest Ronaldo- 7 replies
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Check the comment on the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT.exe). It is a standalone .exe file so all you need to do is delete it from C:\WINDOWS\System32\'MRT.exe' http://forums.techarena.in/security-virus/624248.htm ------------------------------------------ "Santander" <santander@microsoft.news> escribio en el mensaje news:%236ayIRyEJHA.680@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Need advice how to remove correctly the Windows Malicious Software Removal > Tool installed with automatic updates. (KB890830) > What files to delete and where? > > Many microsoft Windows users who downloaded this AntiSpyware program from > microsoft, or had i…
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Hi, When I export My Computer/HK_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE to Registry Hive File it locks my system for 6 - 7 minutes. I have a Dell Latitude D830, 2 GB memory, and XP Pro SP3. I tried exporting again on another Latitude D830, 2 GB memory, and XP Pro SP2, same time length. Running the export on a Dell Optiplex 745, 2GB memory, and XP Pro SP2 it took 2 minutes. What is going on? Thanks, -- JP
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Acronis True Image & WDS
by Guest cdlaurie- 2 replies
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Hi all - we are currently using an aging (and failing!) PXE server in conjunction with Ghost to deploy our desktop & laptop images for new builds. I want a solution whereby i only need one base image for laptops and one for desktops, which i know i can achieve using Acronis using the universal restore add-on. However, can you also integrate Windows deployement services with acronis images? or does WDS only like certain types of images? Any help appreciated ! thanks, colin.
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M-Audio Firewire 1814 and Windows XP 1 2
by Guest Kierano- 26 replies
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Hi, I'm wondering if anyone out there knows of any acknowledged problems between Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and M-Audio's flagship Firewire 1814 (external soundcard). The bottom line is the card was working beautifully for 3 months then suddenly I'm getting disconnects - so much so that I now have a $500 piece of kit that I can't use. I can install the driver, click on the M-Audio Control panel to adjust my settings, then I play an MP3 via WMP. It could be OK for 5 minutes or sometimes even up to a couple of hours, then it will disconnect. Here's what I've tried so far: Disabling my onboard soundcard Disabling the 1394 net adapter Trying all the M-Audio dri…
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I have a Dell Dimension 8200 computer with windows XP Pro (SP3) and current MS Security Updates installed. When I see informative information about Vista usage and operations, I save these files to my current computer for future use. I should note that I have NAV 2006, BoClean, SpywareBlaster, Adaware SE Plus, and ZoneAlarm installed on my computer Unfortunately I am seeing something not noted before when saving files from the internet. The problem file icon is similar to the icon of io.sys and msdos.sys files in the root directory of the windows XP Pro. The problem files have either the .htm or mht extensions. These files cannot be moved, deleted,…
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8,000 plus images in "C"'s hard drive????????
by Guest flowerbrackob- 8 replies
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Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily then I looked further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here. I could identify a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were Logos, icons (even for back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling logos, stationery sample swatches available, some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from Kodak's order forms and sample pics from their software to order on line , as well as Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders, albums, etc. icons from everywhere for navigation. There are more but I think I gave you the jist of the question. If any of the symbols/icons h…
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Gurus, Running Windows XP Pro SP3 on a 2GB RAM laptop. After boot and I login and once the desktop settles down, Task Manager reports I have 1.5 GB RAM available. This means the OS itself is using up 512MB RAM. I have already set to manual startup as many "unneeded" programs and services as possible. Looking in Task Manager, I pretty much see the minimum amount of processes that I can cut it down to. What else can I "tweak" on the system that will allow me to eke out more overall available RAM? -- Spin
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Make video from Windows Media Player visualizations
by Guest Tyler Durden- 1 reply
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I need to record a video of some windows media player visualizations, anyone ever did something like this and/or know how do that? Thanks to everyone.
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Unable to copy and P....
by Guest Peter F- 2 replies
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Hi All, Somehow i seem to have lost the function to Copy and paste in XP and all applications, word, excell, etc. I cant use the right hand mouse to copy and past neither can i use Cntl & C. Not sure of how to get over this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Flinty
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Uninstalling Windows Search 4.0
by Guest Howard Brazee- 1 reply
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My computer is very slow, and the drive is always working. Also, I haven't figured out how to quickly get my old Search function. So I tried uninstalling Windows Search 4.0. I got a message listing a whole bunch of upgrades that may not work correctly, so I chickened out. How can I stop it from indexing all the time? How can I get the old Search function easier to start? -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
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Blinking Or Resetting Icons
by Guest ColTom2- 5 replies
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Hi: Does anyone have an answer as to how to stop desktop icons from blinking or resetting? Sometimes when I open or close a screen some of my icons will revert back to a generic icon and then after a few seconds or so reset back to the correct icon. It more of an annoyance than anything to have to wait for a varying number of them to reset. I have tried changing my monitor screen refresh rate, but that has not prevented the above problem. Thanks, ColTom2
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Access denied
by Guest deegee049- 2 replies
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Sometimes when I try to open folders or do other tasks on my computer, I get the message access denied and can not continue. It's my computer and wonder what I can do to fix this problem?? I am the system administrator, so why does it do this?? Please help me with this, thank you.
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SP3 with SOTEC laptop
by Guest Robbabob- 4 replies
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I used to think I was computer literate until my SP3 update on my SOTEC laptop presented a problem. Of course, I didn't think to ever create a backup of my files, I've only created restore points... nice egg on my face now. My computer is about 6 years old. Upon restart after installation of XP SP3, the screen says that the \windows\inf\biosinfo.inf is missing or corrupt. The screen also says to attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM, but my computer only came with Recovery CD's. I don't want to perform a Recovery until I know there are no other options. I can edit the bios and even save it, but that d…
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my computer
by Guest westwardho@waperth.com- 1 reply
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I am using vista on a laptop which i have just purchased. -- westwardho
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Header section breaks
by Guest Kat Attack- 1 reply
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I have figured out how to do a section break (Word 2007)so I can change a header on say page 5 but not on pages 1-4. However, even though I created a section break at the top of page 6 (so my changes would not affect page 6 and so forth) it changed those headers to what my page 5 header had been changed to. I did try and unlink page 6 from page 5 so it didn't say Link to previous section. I had to change my header on pg. 6 back to what it needed to be and then link the previous sections from pg 7 and on.... I need to know how to make changes on only individual headers (this is a very long document where I will need to have different revision dates in…
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my computer
by Guest westwardho@waperth.com- 2 replies
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i have lost the "my computer" short cut from the start menu. how could i retrieve it thanks -- westwardho
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Windows Search 4.0 Outlook 2007
by Guest Victor- 0 replies
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I've just installed Search 4.0 and it was set to index my Outlook emails but Outlook kept crashing when I close it so I decided not to have my Outlook emails indexed. I deleted the search plugin in Outlook and have de-selected it in Windows Search settings, but every time I open the search settings, Outlook is back. How can I remove it from Windows search permanently? Thanks.
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Updates to ORIGINAL Windows XP?
by Guest Cassandra- 8 replies
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Good evening! I want to buy a copy of the ORIGINAL WinXP Professional, since I need another copy of the retail edition and I've found the original version (before any service packs) very cheap. What updates will it accept through MS updates? Will I be able to slipstream the i386 folder, to have a tolerably up-to-date version of WinXP? Thanks. C.
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DCOM error
by Guest John- 1 reply
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Hi I am repeatedly getting the below error in system log. What is the problem and how can I fix it? Thanks Regards Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10005 Date: 2008-09-10 Time: 03:24:48 User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: MYPC Description: DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. " attempting to start the service Iap with arguments "-Service" in order to run the server: {B0C61A79-0870-4BE4-9153-9CCAF422E31F} For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.