Windows XP
Windows XP help and discussions.
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Physical Memory 1 2
by Guest JohnD- 33 replies
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System information on my XP PC tells me I have total physical memory of 1,024.00 MB, and Available physical memory of 491.98 MB. Does this sound right? Why the discrepancy?
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Win XP Explorer - Not Responding
by Guest marinusw- 2 replies
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When I use XP explorer to view the contents of a folder it freezes and does not show the contents. When I go into Task Manager it says the program is Not Responding. This only happens with a select few subdirectories. I suspect it may be due to a large file in the directory I am viewing and "thumbnails" possiblly set as the view option. But that is just a guess. Any ideas? How can I change the view options (i.e. to Details) without actually having to go into that folder? (since the problem is it freezes before I can get it). Thanks for the help.
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Router firewall no protection?
by Guest Anders F- 1 reply
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I asked this on the microsoft.public.windows.networking.firewall group but this is pretty inactive and I got no answer. My old system is XP Pro SP3 and I use this to configure the router. My new computer is an ASUS Eee PC 900, Linux version. I have not used it very much, just checked to see if I can access the internet. I can. --------- I have a second computer so I bought a router (Zonet ZSR0104CP) to keep them both connected to the net. This router is advertised as having a firewall but to me, this firewall seems like nothing but a joke. As I understand it, a firewall should keep the bad guys out. There are some things I can configure, I will list …
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PIF files in XP/Vista
by Guest eagle@multi.bits- 0 replies
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I have found a description of the PIF file format on http://www.wotsit.org/ but it isn't very complete. Is the PIF file format the same on Vista as on XP? Where can I find a complete description of PIFs under recent Windows? I want to recover my original _default.pif file on a Sony Vaio with some sort of weird proprietary recovery disc and recovery partition, is that possible without a complete reinstall of Vista?
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Task Manger reveals 6 svchost!
by Guest Andrew- 3 replies
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Whilst using Task Manager to check recently installed AVG has finished loading, I've noticed my PC has six svchost.exe displayed which are: 3 SYSTEM svchost.exe (20,644k, 4,628k & 4,068k), 1 - LOCAL SERVICE svchost.exe (4,228k) and 2 - NETWORK SERVICE svchost.exe (5,608k & 4,120k). Is there any way I can check the ones that are NOT needed please? - Thanks - Andy
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USB - Safely Remove Hardware utility
by Guest JohnB- 23 replies
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The "Safely Remove Hardware" utility that sits in the System Tray.... does anyone use that? I have never used it. But recently a couple things came up that made me wonder if I should be using it. A couple weeks ago I was at someone's laptop and I had plugged in and later removed my USB pen drive. He commented that I should be using the SRH utility "because he had burned up a USB pen drive by *not* using it". I have several of those drives and have never had an issue... and like I said, I've never used that utility to disconnect a USB device before unplugging it. But today I had unplugged a Maxtor OneTouch external USB drive - and did not use the …
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Microsoft works/word
by Guest rose- 4 replies
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I have a old data base that was input using Works. I'd like to convert it to Word without re-typing everything. Is there a way to convert it?
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reinstalling WXP cd
by Guest thehootowl- 3 replies
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I have missing files in my display properties and get errors when I try to change anything in DP.If I run my Windows XP cd will I lose everything I have on my pc or will it rewrite whats is on the cd and correct the problem? Also when I download things and it ask to open with it always has notebook and will not open anything and I cannot install them. Thank You all for any help. -- Thanks
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C:\System Volume Information\_restore
by Guest Lisa- 3 replies
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This folder is taking up a lot of space on my hard drive. I'd like to clean it out. Do I do this with Disk Cleanup? Thanks
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Add or Remove Programs
by Guest Stu- 0 replies
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I have a strange problem. In my Control Panel, I have two listings of "Add or Remove Programs". One does nothing at all when opened, the other opens, but there NO programs listed. Also, If I try to use Windows Update, it never finds Windows Site, I have to ctrl, alt, del and end the program. I ran a virus scan (Norton with the newest defs), nothing. Everything else on the internet works. What can I do to correctthis problem? I was thinking of reloading XP, but then I'd have to go through all the service pack updates, etc. and I don't know if even that will fix the problem. Has anyone ever heard of this? If it matters, I'm using IE 6.0. (I hope this isn'…
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lost sound mixer
by Guest Lulu856- 1 reply
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I have an Acer TravelMate 2480. Up until about 1 month ago, I was able to adjust sound through the sound mixer. Then, all of a sudden, the speaker icon was gone from my task bar and I can't find the mixer anywhere. Any ideas out there??? I have a secondary sound program-RealTek HD Audio Manager. Never had to rely upon this one before...
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by Guest sxps6re9v86tsswlyncaag@gmail.com- 0 replies
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Adobe Flash Player location
by Guest Richard Fangnail- 3 replies
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Adobe Flash Player is usually stored in which XP folders? I have Firefox and I know I have the player. In Program Files, there is an Adobe folder but it's only for Acrobat. I don't see a Macromedia folder.
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Anyone getting this email?
by Guest Lil' Dave- 6 replies
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From: "Arnold English" <idoeugwk@bossequip.com> To: <cmginc@sprynet.com> ---------------------------- My insert comment. Above is not my email address even though it was in my mailbox. ---------------------------- Subject: I am wait your reply Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 03:12:26 -0800 Message-ID: <01c91229$e2838900$0f2d2747@idoeugwk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000E_01C91229.E2838900" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal X-ELNK-AV: 0 X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; …
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Gates and Seinfeld Ad
by Guest db.·.. >- 8 replies
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re: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/?CMXID=2EDF1B6E-05E6-457F-8749-BF5E306BD3E1&WT.srch=1 honestly, i think that the 300 million dollar ad is a blunder. what in the world is it supposed to convey about windows? -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
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RPC Server doesn't start
by Guest Christian- 0 replies
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Hello, I'm working on a new PC on Windows XP SP3. Everything works fine when installing. After Widnows installation I have installed motherboard and video card drivers => everything ok I have work with the computer without problem. But when starting the computer again, RPC server hasn't start ! So the session is very slow to be opened, copy/paste doesn't work, spooler service and firewall doesn't work, and taskbar doesn't appears... So, I have repaired Windows. Everything works fine. To be sure, I have downloaded last drivers of motherboard and video card. Install OK and RPC was coming back ! But, then I have installed Office 2007, and this one…
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windows registry
by Guest Frederick- 4 replies
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i am not able to write or creat a new key and i have tried changing the permissions so what should i do next to get pass the problems.
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Where is the Tools menu in step 2 of Method 4?
by Guest Free- 3 replies
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Where is the Tools menu in step 2 of Method 4?
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TOO MUCH CPU! VIRUS??? MALWARE???
by Guest Pikey- 6 replies
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Hi, I always found good help--and stern advice, so I thought I would bring this by you guys and see what happens. Now, I'm trying to figure out what happened exactly--if I installed something or what, but it seems whenever I play a video file or a music file, it requires a lot of CPU usuage. It always goes to 100%--and it kind of stays at 100%. Everytime. So when I'm watching a video, the video kinds of plays slowly, or it doesn't stream well. Hell, I can't even watch youtube, but it will load fine enough, but won't play clearly as it always has. I turned off the computer for a night and when I turned it back on--I ran AdAware, SpyBlaster and my usual viru…
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Add or Remove Programs
by Guest Stu- 2 replies
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I have a strange problem. In my Control Panel, I have two listings of "Add or Remove Programs". One does nothing at all when opened, the other opens, but there NO programs listed. Also, If I try to use Windows Update, it never finds Windows Site, I have to ctrl, alt, del and end the program. I ran a virus scan (Norton with the newest defs), nothing. Everything else on the internet works. What can I do to correctthis problem? I was thinking of reloading XP, but then I'd have to go through all the service pack updates, etc. and I don't know if even that will fix the problem. Has anyone ever heard of this? If it matters, I'm using IE 6.0.
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List SMS advertised programs using wmi and vbs
by Guest Adrian Turner- 0 replies
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Hi, I'm trying to find an example to list the advertised packages(name,id) etc so I can run selected programs. I cannot seem to find this. Does anyone have any examples ? Thanks Adrian
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SP3
by Guest mholt@ohiohills.com- 3 replies
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There seems to be some feeling that it's not as good as Microsoft wants it to be. Shall I let it install on my Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop? Mike
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unable to connect wired internet after reinstallling Windows XP
by Guest ytlondon- 2 replies
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I have had to reinstall Windows XP home edition to my computer and now I am not able to connect via a wired connection to my Boradband? Help please?
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System Restore
by Guest Carl S- 1 reply
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Something called Application Kill has created restore points does anyone know what this is as my spyware and antivirus do not pick any thing up, also when I insert a cd to load a programme an Icon appears that says applcation kill,-1% briefly then disappears
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Install Fonts
by Guest Man T- 7 replies
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I am just wondering to install new fonts into XP is not simple as copy the whole files into Windows folder or need other procedures?