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- Windows XP Support >> Start Up (turning on computer)When trying to turn on my computer - it stays locked up on the "Microsoft
Windows XP" screen with the windows flag... Bar at the bottom keeps going
across, but goes no further than that screen...
I could shut it down and start over in "Safe Mode" with no problem.
Does anyone know the problem why I can't start up on normally? I can't
figure it out.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Laptop continues to shut downI have an Inspiron 1100 Dell Laptop and for some reason, it will power off
unexpecidably as if some one pressed the power button to abruptly shut it
down... it will do this at random times but not on a regular basis... has
any one heard of a virus that will cause the system to shutdown?
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- Windows XP >> TOO MANY PROCESSES...I have 56 processes running at the same time almost all
the time. I need to know if there is anywhere or
anything that can tell me how I can get rid of the
processes I dont need and which ones I do and dont need.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Problem Upgrade Win98 to XPI have a pentium II 400 mhz computer in which all the
hardware and software are supported by XP. The problem is
setup keeps freezing and the harddrive and cdrom keep
spinning. What can I do?
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- Windows XP Support >> printer jobsthe toner was low so the printer didnt finish the job. i dont want others to
see what i was printing. when the toner is refilled, will it print what i was
trying to print?
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Re: Erratic data entry after install MS Wireless Optical Mouse 2After uneventful installation of the mouse on my laptop, the mouse
works fine, but data entry is now screwed up. E.g. typing this note, the
data entry cursor will occasionally jump to a new place of its own
accord as I type. The new location may be in a different input area or
the same, usually within already-typed text.
This is a new problem, never encountered before installing this mouse.
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DETAILS:
* Compaq Presario notebook R3150US (P-IV 2.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD).
* Mouse plugged in USB port; Batteries: good; signal: high.
* No other wireless devices.
* Windows-XP Home (SP-1, fully patched & updated).
* NAV updated weekly; SpyBot sweep weekly; ZoneAlarm in place.
* Reinstalled w/mouse software (IntelliPoint 5.0) from MS page.
* Cursor jump always coincident with a data key depression, never when
not typing. Not associated with particular keys as far as I can tell.
* Problem doesn't seem to be associated with particular applications,
but may be worse with this email client (Netscape 7.1) which, for
newsgroup composition, automatically wraps message text at 72 characters.
* I am not a power typist, so too-fast typing is not an issue.
I noticed that that place where the data entry cursor jumps is
related to the location of the mouse pointer, even to another open
window, which is then given focus. I tried setting the mouse option to
hide the pointer while typing, but that seems to have NO EFFECT -- the
pointer is not hidden and focus still follows the pointer. I have
learned to keep the pointer on my desktop to avoid data entry where I
don't want it, but it is still a major annoyance to have to restore
focus to the place where I was typing.
Further observation: The hide pointer option is SOMETIMES working, but
only if the pointer is within the window being typed upon. This seems to
be application dependent -- works in WORDPAD, but not in Netscape email
client.
IAC, hiding the pointer doesn't prevent input cursor jumping, so is a
separate, unrelated problem.
How can I cure this nasty behavior?
Has anyone else seen this problem?
-R.
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- Windows XP >> Files during conversion recovered in C:\found.000During an eventful and frightening process of converting my C: drive from
FAT32 to NTFS (and losing my partition tables and MBR in the process), once
the conversion was finally done correctly and my machine was bootable
again, the chkdsk/convert process created a directory C:\found.000 , in
which it created a series of folders dir0001.chk--dir0014.chk . Most of
these folders contains recognisable files that must have been corrupted in
some way and recovered during the conversion. However, the final folder
(dir0014.chk) contains a series of over 5,000 files, starting with _CACHE_
001_ -- _CACHE_003_ , _CACHE_MAP_ , and the rest are files of varied name
and size such as 0A1A0078d01 . I assume these are recovered files, but how
would one view/recover their contents?
Thanks,
John
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- Windows XP Network >> IE7 and AOLThank you for reviewing this post. I know, I know, AOL is normally personal
non grata around these parts, but it is germain to my question.
I have a neighbor who has a nice new Dell machine and has updated to IE7 as
soon as the machine came out of the box. IE7 and Firefox both work just
fine. However, and I cannot explain why, he likes to use AOL to surf the net
(familiarity, I believe). He says that when he gets on AOL it is
excruciatingly slow. I have changed his IE settings for him as per other
posts in this area about checking for page updates and reducing disk space
for TIF to 150M versus default of 250M. This did not change the slowness of
AOL.
What might be causing this and how might I help him solve it short of
telling him to ditch the AOL, which is not a viable solution at this point?
Thank you so very much for your time and response(s).
Kindest regards,
Don in Tucson
AizA
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- Windows XP Setup >> Printer drivers?Hey guys .... I've just upgraded to a new Compaq box running XP and kept my old peripherals. Everything works fine except my Canon LBP660 laser printer .... apparently there's no XP driver for it
OK ... I know its a low end printer, but its worked faultlessly for me and I'm loath to just consign it to a life as a paperweight if there's any chance of getting it to run on XP
Do I REALLY (!!!) have to go buy a new printer? Really ...?
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- Windows XP Network >> Mapping in XP Home VersionI have several computers (4) that I network in a small
office. When I trying mapping a directory on each
computer, every time you reboot, network connection for
that mapping fails and the login process and password has
to be redone. In the help file, it states there is an
option to "save password" on the login display. It does
not show. Am I missing something?
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- Windows XP Setup >> Internet connectionsDoes anyone know how to set up different internet connections/ISP accounts for different users in XP home? Fine for main user to connect, but if another user tries to (having logged off and switched to their account) connection can't seem to be set up. What might be going wrong here?
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- Windows XP >> hard drive passwordI was wondering if there's a way to set password so it's required
before a particular physcial drive can be accessed. With that, even
someone sitting in front of the computer can't access what's on that
drive without knowing the password. I would imagine if someone hacks
into the computer remotely, the password would have the same effect in
preventing access to the drive, unless the hacker also hacked the
password.
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- Windows XP >> problems with floppy drive and XP HomeI saved several files on 3.5" floppy disks (brand new,
formatted for Windows 2000/XP). I formatted each disk
before use, in case there were any problems with them out
of the box and copied my files onto them just fine. Now
that I've completed my restore I am in the process of
copying those files back onto the HDD. The problem is
that the first file on each disk (no matter what order
they are listed in; alphabetically, date modified, etc.)
will NOT copy or move over. I get two different errors,
that seem to vary from disk to disk. The first one reads
as "Error reading from specified file or disk". The
second error reads as "Cannot copy/move <filename>. Data
error (Cyclic Redundancy Check)". To be honest, this
happens no matter what floppy disk I use on this XP
machine. And yes, I have tried several 3.5" drives, but
to no avail. The only floppy disks that XP seems to read
are FAT16 and FAT32 formatted disks, and only then if said
disks were formatted on a Windows 3.1 or Windows 95
machine. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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- customize >> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?pa=DFwort_Eingabe?=Nach dem ich 2 ältere Lexikons installiert habe kommt beim eingeben
meines Paßworts für XP, direkt nach dem start, für jedes Zeichen ein
Viereck anstatt wie gewöhnt ein schwarzer Punkt; Hat vielleicht jemand
eine Ahnung warum?
Danke,
Judas
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- Windows XP Security >> Access RightsFrom windows xp pro workstation, I am trying to access non-domain windows
server 2000 box. Both boxes sit on the same subnet and they are not being
controlled by any router security or firewall. I have created
username/password as machine administrator on the win2k server same as
username/password which was used to logon to the windows xp pro workstation.
When I run \\machine\c$, I get credential prompt. After entering
above-mentioned credentials, I get something like "access denied, drive was
shared for administrative purposes". When I try to bring up rdp, it tells me
I need to be an administrator. I check user membership and it belongs to
administrators group. Where have I gone wrong?
Thanks in advance
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anonymous
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Windows XP Support >> Favorites
I have a new computer that i instlled my old hard drive into. How do I
import my favorites from the old hard drive while using the import/export
feature in IE? please help.
Windows XP204
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Jerry
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Windows XP Support >> Favorites
You should have 'exported' the favorites while the 'old' drive was in use in
the old computer; then you could 'import' them into the new favorites. Now,
you're SOL.
"Jechon" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>I have a new computer that i instlled my old hard drive into. How do I
> import my favorites from the old hard drive while using the import/export
> feature in IE? please help.
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Jechon
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Windows XP Support >> Favorites
MY old computer was having a problem turning on so i thought i would be able
to retrieve my old favs. Thanks.
"Jerry" wrote:
> You should have 'exported' the favorites while the 'old' drive was in use in
> the old computer; then you could 'import' them into the new favorites. Now,
> you're SOL.
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> "Jechon" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >I have a new computer that i instlled my old hard drive into. How do I
> > import my favorites from the old hard drive while using the import/export
> > feature in IE? please help.
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Windows XP Support >> Favorites
If you navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\your name\Favorites you
should be able to copy them.
"Jechon" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
| MY old computer was having a problem turning on so i thought i would
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- Windows XP >> Updates for Computer Not Dowloading or InstallingI got my son a new computer for Christmas and took his old computer. I just
realized that updates are not installing on this computer, and no updates
have installed since May of 2006. Automatic updates is on, and it is set to
automatically install. I went to the update website, click express or
custom, and it says "Files Required to Use Microsoft Update are No Longer
Installed - Click to Fix" I click to fix, and it says installing, and takes
me back to the express/custom page, and then I do it again, and get the same
message.
I am at a loss!! I cannot find any support info on this. If anyone can
help, it would be greatly appreciated!!
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- Windows XP Update >> Installation FailureAfter succesfully downloading 'X10 Wireless Technology Inc. - Other Hardware
- X10 USB Firecracker Interface (ACPI-compliant) update'. The installation
failed and revealed an error code: 0x80070103.
When I tried to re-install this software from Windows Update Home, I didn't
find it any more.
My question is How can I re-install this software again? Can anybody help!
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- Windows XP Network >> Accessing shared folder on XP Pro machine from XP Home machineHi, I'm having trouble getting from Home to shared folders on XP - I can't
see the computer under the "view workgroup computers" but I can access it via
typing in the IP address under Run. My main issue is setting up security so
that only certain users can, from across the network, get to certain shared
folders. I've setup the usernames and passwords, and limited the shared
folders to those certain users, but when I try to access them remotely, I
don't get a prompt to enter in a username and password, and I'm just denied
access outright. How can I cure this?
Many, many thanks for your help!
Destin Richter
richter@newmexico.com
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- Windows XP >> Notification barWhen you right click on the taskbar and when you
select "properties". You will get the screen "Taskbar
and Start Menu Properties". Then when you click
customize in that same windows you will get a list of
notifications. Under "Past Items" I got a great list of
notification items of programs that aren't on my computer
anymore. I was wondering if I can clear that list
of "Past Items"
Please email me your response
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- Windows XP >> Digital Negative FormatIs there a way to preview .dng format files in Windows Explorer? I've
installed RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP but that doesn't
give me a thumbnail view in explorer. Thanks, jimt
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- Windows XP Support >> Did ECS K8M800M2's onboard network die?Recently, I was using the computer and surfing on the Web. Then, all the
sudden Windows XP Professional SP2 (all updates) said network cable was
unplugged. I checked the CAT5 ethernet/network cable cable, and it was
fine. I tried another cable, and the onboard network didn't detect it
either. I checked both cables on my old Apple PowerBook G4, and they had
no problems.
I even tried uninstalling, reinstalling, and upgrading the VIA VT823x
PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (from Windows Update). Also, reinstalled VIA
4in1 Hyperion driver. None of them helped or changed anything that I
noticed.
Does this sound like the onboard network died? :( I am currently using
wireless USB network which isn't very stable and slow. Thank you in advance
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Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
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- Windows XP Update >> Windows Installer 3.1 error 0x80070005I have tried reinstalling windows - repair option
I have checked my permissions for updates with regedit as sugested in 20
other questions
I have edited startup for windows to remove any reference to installing
components
I still get this error
spent days on it now, this is a real pain, I want to be able to force it to
ignore that it thinks an update is still being applied and just blody
install!!!
anyone have a fix or a way to force it to install?
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- Windows XP Support >> Deleting a Wireless Network ConnectionHELP HELP I desperately need some help here. Somehow, a new wireless network
connection got created on my laptop I use at home so that I can access the
internet from anywhere in my house via a Netgear router that's connected to
the main computer in my office. I need to know how to delete this network.
I've searched everywhere in help and support, faq's, everything I could think
of. All that I could find was info on how to delete the entire wireless
network connections folder. If I do that, I will lose my network connection
which I have no idea how to set it back up. It got screwed up once before and
it took me 3 days and a lot of time on the telephone to get it going again.
All help will be very much appreciated.
--
Hawkeye076
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- Windows XP >> Data WiperHello,
I have a PC in full working order, full admin access, OS is XP Home.
There are lots of programmes on the hard drive none of which I have the
software for this includes the OS.
Before returning this PC, I have been asked to get rid of some very
sensitive material held in files, correspondence and so on, ( not porn ),
that if in the wrong hands would stir up old wounds which are slowly healing
Of course the simplest way would be to physically destroy the existing HD
and replace it, in this instance I can't to this.
I spent last night using the dustbin and Norton deleting files, wiped
restore points and so on, however I know these files or a lot of them are
still lurking on the HD and could be retrieved.
Question,
WITHOUT wiping the HD or reformatting it is there some freebie software I
can download that will go some way in overwriting the files I have deleted
thus making it that more difficult to retrieve any files I have deleted?
PLEASE REMEMBER, I cannot wipe, destroy or reformat the existing HD.
Finally, there is a programme installed on the HD called Billminder, a
simple programme to remind one of upcoming bills to pay, this programme has
been password protected, is there a place in XP, ( the registry ), where I
might look for passwords, if there is could someone tell me how I get to
this, I also ask the same question for and E-mail account?
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Sandal
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- Windows XP >> sp2 installed turns off Windows FirewallIs that OK? Is it intentional? Is it needed?
What does Microsoft have to say about the many users who are asking how to
turn on the firewall?
If it was a mistake, why doesn't Microsoft issue a fix? Or, is there a fix?
Thanks...jb
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- Windows XP Network >> Access Denied on mapped driveI need help, I have a network on a laptop and a pc. I can
access files on either computer except when I try to
access the folder: program files". I receive a
message "access denied" can anyone tell me how to retify
this problem please. Your help would be much appreciated.
Thanx
Glen
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- Windows XP Basic >> Drag'n Drop problemI cannot drag and drop attached files of email messages from Outlook 2003 to
desktop. Right click -> Save as is possible but no drag and drop. Any
advice?
(XP Pro SP2 English)
Thanks...
Sumer Yamaner
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> rebooting for no reasonhello :D
a friend of mine is having a problem with his comp rebooting for no reason
,he thought it was software based prob ,so he wanted to try a reinstall of
xp. i think it might be hardware based and told him to have power supply
checked out(had same prob on my old comp). so i did a reinstall for him but
same thing comp runs good for a bit then it reboots. it varies time wise to
when it acts up.
his comp spec's are p4 3.0ghz ,1 gig ram win xp home with sp2.
any help would be great :D and thanks for helping if you can have a good
day :D
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- customize >> Interface LanguagesI use win xp Pro. but it's runing in English Interface (mean: Win XP's menus, command, dialoge boxkand hints displayed in English Langage). How to run it in Arabic Interface
Adham
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- Windows XP Network >> Slow login to serverI've just implemented a new Server2003 in a mixed XP Pro
and Win2K environment. The single XP Pro workstation
configured to connect to this server takes about 3 minutes
to log in yet any of the Win2K stations configured log in
without any noticeable delay. The XP station has been
clearly made a member of the new domain, the accounts have
been defined, and since its only the XP station, I think
its more of a local rather than a server problem.
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