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- Windows XP Setup >> Sysprep problemsHi,
We are currently trying to use Ghost 7.5 to deploy XP Pro machines. We
create an image run sysprep, then take an image dump. That works fine and
afterwards the machine goes through the setup. So we know sysprep works fine
as teh automated setup finishes without a problem. The problem occurs when
we try to image a machine that has a different hardware spec. The image
loads ok to the machine. However on restart the machine goes into a loop,
whereby you get the options to boot up, safe mode, normal etc. But no matter
which option you choose the machine reboots and goes round in this cycle.
Any ideas??
Thanks
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- Windows XP >> firing an executable on shutdownIs there a such thing as a shutdown event.
Its just an executable that I wrote. A backup utility. I just want to be
able to fire off a command when someone tries to shutdown in 2000 or xp
Is this possible?
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- Windows XP >> Help.Hello people. So I decided to use Vista so I bought Vista.. Now Vista wasn't
actually 'my' style... So I wanted XP back (I installed Vista on Partian D:\
and XP on C:\ )
I got bored from Vista so I decided to delete it. So I formatted my D:\
partian. Now I get this 'error' to choose 2 operating systems. But I only
want to use XP cause Vista is gone but I can choose it.
Now the question is. How can I go directly to XP without that 'choosing'
paging on the boot?
Any help would be great.
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- Windows XP >> System Restore Question-Please Help!Every time I use the System Restore function approximately
2.2 Gb's are added to the used space on the hard drive, or
(C:). It is now up to 49 Gb's and the free space is going
down. What is causing this as the Hard Drive should only
be about 10 Gb's or less with the programs that are
installed. Is there a setting to get rid of the extra Gb's
system restore is adding to the used space without losing
information.
Thanks in advance for your time!!
Bill
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- Windows XP Update >> Error code: 0xFFFFFC06Every time I try to install Windows XP service pack 2 I get a message saying
the install has failed and this code : 0xFFFFFC06
I searched for an answer on a lot internet sites, but I can't find it
can someone help me??
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- Windows XP >> XP ProI'm using XP Pro, I changed my security rights on the C
drive to give someone else access and now seem to have
lost ALL permissions on the primary drive (the only
drive). When I boot I get the background wallpaper and
the mouse pointer but that's it. Safe mode does the same
thing with an all black screen. It acts as though nothing
has permission to access the c drive and therefore
won't boot at all. Any ideas on how to solve this
problem? How can I regain access to the c drive?? Thanks
for any help you can give me.
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- Windows XP Support >> Tray items missingUnder Taskbar Properties, I've got Volume and Safety Remove Hardware
set to always show... yet the don't. I turn off Hide Inactive Icons and
they still don't show. I checked in Device Mangler and the hardware I
want to control with those shows up, OK, no exclamation points or
question marks. How may I recover those icons?
Spack 2, BTW.
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- Windows XP Support >> How to install Windows MCE to a new PC which has only SATA hdI'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times already but my search
of the newsgroups does not come with anything recent.
I have just bought an ASUS Pundit barebones PC and a WD Caviar 250gig SATA
drive to go with it.
I am intending to install Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 onto it.
The Pundit has the SATA drive installed, a DVD writer but it does not have a
floppy drive and there is no connector to connect one to.
I have seen in other posts that in order to install XP to a SATA drive you
have to press F6 during the install process and install SATA drivers.
I have checked the WD website but can't find any SATA drivers, I've also
checked the Asus website with the same result. There is a driver CD with the
Pundit but I've searched that and the nearest thing I can find there
is a SATA raid controller driver ( strange because the Pundit does not have
raid capability, it can only take a single HD ! )
Can anyone offer help here ?
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Regards
Dave Shepherd
Nottingham, UK.
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- Windows XP Setup >> IP AddressHi! please could you help, I have Mc Afee firewall running on my xp system
and i want to add some trusted sites to it like banking and so on, but it
asks me to add the IP address of the sites, can you tell me how to find these
IP addresses as thay dont apear in the address bar, thanks in advance ferret.
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- Windows XP Setup >> XP Xtremely SLOWi have a new hp pc with a 2.4gig processor and i'm ready
to go back to my old P2 compaq it was faster. XP is slow
to load and takes 4-5 minutes response opening or closing
any apps. Any clue on how i can strip down the registry
to only run the basics? nothing showing in the add remove
programs list. when i check the processes, i'll end one
only to have it start up again....downloaded all pertinent
upgrades & virus stuff. not sure what to do next.
any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
Terri Tilghman
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- Windows XP Hardware >> External drive not recognizedMy daughter has a WD external drive that has been connected via USB 2.0 to
her PC for over a year. About a week ago, the drive (F) disappeared from
her My Computer list. A couple of simple attempts such as power off and
power on the drive brought it back. I thought the "problem" was solved.
Today it happened again. I deleted the drive entry in device
manager/hardware and plugging the device in again brought it back and we
could see it again in her My Computer list. She bought a new Seagate
external drive to use it in case the WD was dieing and she was able to
install it without any problem. We didn't know it, but during the install
the new Seagate drive the WD drive disappeared again and the Seagate was
assigned the same drive letter (F). Now, the Seagate is running okay but XP
won't recognize the WD no matter what we do. If she plugs the WD into her
second computer, it comes up just fine. Can anyone point me in the right
direction so I can get both drives running on her computer? They're both
FAT32 and are connected through USB 2.0 ports. She's running an up to date
XP SP2. Thanks for your help.
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Rich
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 Posted: Fri Jan 21 02:11:54 CST 2005 |
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Windows XP Support >> MCE 2005 update caused problems
I updated my computer to MCE2005 just yesterday, now outlook is missing a
Cab.file.511974.mainsp3ff.msp, my McAfee SpamKiller no longer recognizes me
as the administrator, it also is no longer filtering my email. I am getting
all kinds of error pop up boxes that I never had before for all sorts of
programs. I have spent over 15 hours with McAfee live chat trying to fix the
problem, they finally admitted that the problem might be with the MCE
upgrade. My computer is brand new. There has got to be a way to either
revert back to original program or fix all of these problems.
Windows XP1046
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Jon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21 02:11:54 CST 2005 |
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Windows XP Support >> MCE 2005 update caused problems
I'm not familiar with Media Edition but in XP Home/Pro you can uninstall the
update in Add or Remove Programs or use "System Restore" and set it back to
an earlier date.
To uninstall update packages
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupfaq.mspx
1.Click Start, click control panel, and click Add or Remove Programs
2.Click Change or Remove Programs
3.Click the Update you wish to remove, and then click Change/Remove.
System Restore
http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_restore.htm
"SueB" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> I updated my computer to MCE2005 just yesterday, now outlook is missing a
> Cab.file.511974.mainsp3ff.msp, my McAfee SpamKiller no longer recognizes
> me
> as the administrator, it also is no longer filtering my email. I am
> getting
> all kinds of error pop up boxes that I never had before for all sorts of
> programs. I have spent over 15 hours with McAfee live chat trying to fix
> the
> problem, they finally admitted that the problem might be with the MCE
> upgrade. My computer is brand new. There has got to be a way to either
> revert back to original program or fix all of these problems.
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SueB
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21 12:39:03 CST 2005 |
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Windows XP Support >> MCE 2005 update caused problems
The information from Microsoft is that the update can not be removed once it
is installed. It does not leave an update in the add/remove programs. It
creates a new login for the owner that is supposed to have all administrator
rights. However the programs that I am having problems with are asking me to
log on as the administrator, so there must be something different or missing
in the profile that these programs are looking for. Media edition is based
on XP Pro. I can find the old administrator file by going to my computer/c
drive/documents and settings. There are three files showing; Administrator,
shared, and my new folder. However on start-up, I do not have a choice in
how I log onto the computer, only my new log-on is showing.
"Jon Erlandson" wrote:
> I'm not familiar with Media Edition but in XP Home/Pro you can uninstall the
> update in Add or Remove Programs or use "System Restore" and set it back to
> an earlier date.
>
> To uninstall update packages
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupfaq.mspx
> 1.Click Start, click control panel, and click Add or Remove Programs
> 2.Click Change or Remove Programs
> 3.Click the Update you wish to remove, and then click Change/Remove.
>
> System Restore
> http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_restore.htm
>
>
> "SueB" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> > I updated my computer to MCE2005 just yesterday, now outlook is missing a
> > Cab.file.511974.mainsp3ff.msp, my McAfee SpamKiller no longer recognizes
> > me
> > as the administrator, it also is no longer filtering my email. I am
> > getting
> > all kinds of error pop up boxes that I never had before for all sorts of
> > programs. I have spent over 15 hours with McAfee live chat trying to fix
> > the
> > problem, they finally admitted that the problem might be with the MCE
> > upgrade. My computer is brand new. There has got to be a way to either
> > revert back to original program or fix all of these problems.
>
>
>
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Jon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21 14:07:01 CST 2005 |
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Windows XP Support >> MCE 2005 update caused problems
Try pressing ctrl-alt-del twice on the user selection screen and see if you
can gain access to the administrator login.
"SueB" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> The information from Microsoft is that the update can not be removed once
> it
> is installed. It does not leave an update in the add/remove programs. It
> creates a new login for the owner that is supposed to have all
> administrator
> rights. However the programs that I am having problems with are asking me
> to
> log on as the administrator, so there must be something different or
> missing
> in the profile that these programs are looking for. Media edition is
> based
> on XP Pro. I can find the old administrator file by going to my
> computer/c
> drive/documents and settings. There are three files showing;
> Administrator,
> shared, and my new folder. However on start-up, I do not have a choice in
> how I log onto the computer, only my new log-on is showing.
>
> "Jon Erlandson" wrote:
>
>> I'm not familiar with Media Edition but in XP Home/Pro you can uninstall
>> the
>> update in Add or Remove Programs or use "System Restore" and set it back
>> to
>> an earlier date.
>>
>> To uninstall update packages
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupfaq.mspx
>> 1.Click Start, click control panel, and click Add or Remove Programs
>> 2.Click Change or Remove Programs
>> 3.Click the Update you wish to remove, and then click Change/Remove.
>>
>> System Restore
>> http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_restore.htm
>>
>>
>> "SueB" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
>> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> > I updated my computer to MCE2005 just yesterday, now outlook is missing
>> > a
>> > Cab.file.511974.mainsp3ff.msp, my McAfee SpamKiller no longer
>> > recognizes
>> > me
>> > as the administrator, it also is no longer filtering my email. I am
>> > getting
>> > all kinds of error pop up boxes that I never had before for all sorts
>> > of
>> > programs. I have spent over 15 hours with McAfee live chat trying to
>> > fix
>> > the
>> > problem, they finally admitted that the problem might be with the MCE
>> > upgrade. My computer is brand new. There has got to be a way to
>> > either
>> > revert back to original program or fix all of these problems.
>>
>>
>>
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rich_mcneill
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| Posted: Tue May 03 08:41:14 CDT 2005 |
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Windows XP Support >> MCE 2005 update caused problems
Jon You seem to be the only one who has a reply for this problem. But it
doesn't work for my situation. From what I understand, this seems to be an
Outlook problem? When I use Micorsoft ActiveSync for my iPAQ, Windows
Installer pops open and I get this error message windows is looking for
looking for \\...511974.mainsp3ff.msp. Do you have any ideas. I'm not
getting any responses from any of the other 'MVP's'
--
Rich
"Jon Erlandson" wrote:
> Try pressing ctrl-alt-del twice on the user selection screen and see if you
> can gain access to the administrator login.
>
>
> "SueB" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> > The information from Microsoft is that the update can not be removed once
> > it
> > is installed. It does not leave an update in the add/remove programs. It
> > creates a new login for the owner that is supposed to have all
> > administrator
> > rights. However the programs that I am having problems with are asking me
> > to
> > log on as the administrator, so there must be something different or
> > missing
> > in the profile that these programs are looking for. Media edition is
> > based
> > on XP Pro. I can find the old administrator file by going to my
> > computer/c
> > drive/documents and settings. There are three files showing;
> > Administrator,
> > shared, and my new folder. However on start-up, I do not have a choice in
> > how I log onto the computer, only my new log-on is showing.
> >
> > "Jon Erlandson" wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not familiar with Media Edition but in XP Home/Pro you can uninstall
> >> the
> >> update in Add or Remove Programs or use "System Restore" and set it back
> >> to
> >> an earlier date.
> >>
> >> To uninstall update packages
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupfaq.mspx
> >> 1.Click Start, click control panel, and click Add or Remove Programs
> >> 2.Click Change or Remove Programs
> >> 3.Click the Update you wish to remove, and then click Change/Remove.
> >>
> >> System Restore
> >> http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_restore.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> "SueB" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> >> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >> > I updated my computer to MCE2005 just yesterday, now outlook is missing
> >> > a
> >> > Cab.file.511974.mainsp3ff.msp, my McAfee SpamKiller no longer
> >> > recognizes
> >> > me
> >> > as the administrator, it also is no longer filtering my email. I am
> >> > getting
> >> > all kinds of error pop up boxes that I never had before for all sorts
> >> > of
> >> > programs. I have spent over 15 hours with McAfee live chat trying to
> >> > fix
> >> > the
> >> > problem, they finally admitted that the problem might be with the MCE
> >> > upgrade. My computer is brand new. There has got to be a way to
> >> > either
> >> > revert back to original program or fix all of these problems.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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- Windows XP >> Access Denied on XP shared treeHi All,
You've all heard this before, but please bear with me, just in case I
say something new...
I have a small, 3 PC home network. The PC on which I keep shared
items (the "server") runs XP Pro. It is a newer PC, with a fresh
installation and no old hard drives installed. The other two PC's (the
"clients") run XP Home. If these two were dogs, they'd be mutts. Although
I built all three, these two contain parts I don't even remember putting in
them. All three PC's are up to date with Microsoft Update.
I have a large nuber of shared files on the server for the other two
PC's to access (nearly 15,000 to date). Yes, many are MP3's.
Without exception, all of the files work fine on the server PC. They
do everything that could reasonably be expected of them. On the client
PC's, all of the files appear in Windows Explorer, but that's as far as
"work fine" goes. Many do not play. If I try to copy them from the
server, I get an Access Denied error (permissions, disk full, armageddon,
etc.).
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Observations & Trials:
Even though the server PC is new, with a single, new, 80GB hard drive,
and a fresh install of XP, I tried the "take ownership of your
directories" fix. No effect.
I have tried the "turn off simple file sharing" fix. No effect.
Within a given directory, some files are okay, some are not.
There does not seem to be any correlation between a file working or
not, and its size, the length of its name, the order or date at which it
was written to the directory, etc.
In the interest of heading off the smart-asses among us, there is also
no correlation to the genre of the music, the talent of the artist... :-)
Working and "broken" files appear to have the same permissions,
ownership, and other properties set.
The same shared files behave the same way on both of the client PC's.
When I add new files, they are often added "en masse," as I digitize
my old albums and tapes. I generally copy 20'ish files at the same time,
using Windows Explorer, from my "rip and clean" area to the shared area.
When accessed from one of the client PC's, some of the new files work and
some don't.
The fact that both clients act identically, tells me the issue is on
the server. The fact that the files work fine on the server tells me the
issue is with file access, not the files themselves.
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What the hell? Anybody?
- Max
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- Windows XP >> STM3 S BackmonRecently I have had programs and printers stall and when
checking the task manager, noticed the specific operation
appears twice in the TM, both items labled "not
responding". When I end task, I then get a window
stating showing STM3S BACKMON and the option to END NOW
or CANCEL.
What is this and what do I need to do to correct the
problem?
Thanks
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- Windows XP Support >> system failure during game playingwhile playing games the system suddenly shuts/crashes down, we can reboot
system but the game is gone. we put in a new video card,128mb and all these
prolems statred happening. Can you help, thanks Les. e-mail ljsadler@telus.ca
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- Windows XP >> cursor jumping aroundrecently, as I'm typing, the cursor moves to places that are crazy. Like
when I was typing this first sentence, twice the cursor jumped backed and had
me typing in the middle of previously typed text. Sometimes it will delete
what I've already typed as I'm typing and I don't even realize it until it's
too late. When I'm typing an e-mail it will jump to the To or Subject line.
For example as I was typing the last sentence I got to the word e-mail and
the "mail" part ended up at the end of my Subject above. Do you know how I
can correct this?
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- Windows XP Update >> Windows Update problemHi,
I have a Windows Server 2003 R2. I use windows update once correctly. Now
when i launch "Windows Update" (wupdmgr.exe) the server don't do any
actions!
if i try to connect to Windows Update from Internet Explorer the same.. any
helps please? It's possible to reinstall Windows Update? thank's a lot
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- Windows XP Hardware >> USB Hard Drive Recommendations (w/DOS drivers)Anyone know of a manufacturer that makes USB hard drives (100Gb to 200Gb
range) that also have DOS drivers for them so they will work with either
Ghost 2003 or Drive Image (now a Symantec product). Neither PowerQuest nor
Symantec state any hardware manufacturers in their documentation that the
software will work with. Ironic, since on the box they state works with all
USB hard drives.
Have tried Western Digitals USB 160Gb drive and SimpleTech's 120Gb drive and
neither provides DOS drivers. These are needed when making drive images.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Bob S.
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- Windows XP Support >> can't start windows normallyHi
First of all I am on XP PROFESSIONAL. I think my computer might be
infected by a virus so i tried to get to safe mode to run antivirus
software. After trying to get to safe mode many times and
unsuccessful, I read some articles that suggested the configuration in
msconfig within Windows. I went to boots.ini I think and choose -safe-
mode. After applying changes, I re-started the machine and ever since
I never get pass the screen with choices to pick
safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with dos
Start Windows normally
I chose every single option 1 at a time but it seems to always take me
to a 1 sec blue screen of death and re-start itself, then show me the
options above then go to the blue sceen again. I dont seem to be able
to pass this. I think it may be because of my msconfig so i wonder
Is there anyway I can override msconfig? I cant even get to the dos
mode.
What should I do?
Super sad now, I am totally have urgent work to do. Stupid virus.
Help me please
many thanks
Peddie
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- Windows XP >> terribly slowI have this process in my task sometimes and sometimes not and my
computer gets terribly slow. I ran ad-aware latest one but did not.
sometimes seems IE Explorer or itune eats all the memory and sometimes
seems cvshost drag my pc to its kness. please advise for full-recovery
and protection. other than this needs other advise to get peak speed
from my laptop. thanks
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- Windows XP Network >> Limited or no connectivityWe have 2 computers sharing a DSL modem. Since yesterday, the guest computer
has "limited or no connectivity" so can't access the internet. We've not had
problems before and I can't figure out why. In the network connections
broadband is connected, incoming connections reads - no clients connected
(whatever that is?), the internet gateway reads "connecting" and both the
local area connection and local area connection 2 both read connected. Both
computers are XP home edition. What can I do to get the guest computer
working again?
Thanks
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- Windows XP >> Add/Remove Program FunctionThe program for AOL has been eliminated from my computer. The problem I have
is I cannot remove the folder form add/remove. I tried to rightclick and
delete it did not work. I tried to highlight anduse shift+del, it did not
work either. Is there someone who can assist me with removing this folder?
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- Windows XP MovieMaker >> Problem importing mpeg into Movie Maker 2.0Dear all,
Recently, when I import mpeg files into Windows Movie
Maker 2.0 or MS Producer for Powerpoint 2003 and then
drag the video clip to the timeline, only the audio track
appeared there. When I play the video, no video is played
in the Video Preview window. Instead, a pop-up windows
named "Active Movie" will take control and play the video
outside. I guess some plug-in related to MPEG in the
Windows XP is missing because videos with avi or wmv
format play normally in the above application.
Can anybody have similar experience or find any solution?
Thanks.
Eddie
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- Windows XP Support >> Minimized programsEverytime I try to start a game from the CD-Rom the program starts but
Windows XP minimizes it and it will not let me open it. I can hear the
program running but I can not get to it. If I try to close it down it tells
me it is not responding.
--
Handyman
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- Windows XP Support >> active "x" second requestRamesh responded to someone not being able to view certain pictures and he
gave some things to try I did and they dont work.
My problem has been I can not load some files with active parts I get a
white screne with a small box in the left hand corner with a red X in it.
I tried your respose to some one else
regsvr32 shimgv.dll that responded back ok
regsvr32/ishell32.dll said certain parts were not in regsvr errors
regsvr32/i mshtml.dll said certain parts were not in regsvr error
can you help
I did look at my error log and I get a lot of them with 32.dll in them
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