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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> scans at startup?could anybody please enlighten me as to why my computer scans at start up it
drives me mad. I'm a novice at these things. I dont know which program it
is to change the settings. I dont have windows defender, or adware program
set to automatically scan. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Nolly
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- Windows XP >> Windowa XP 2002 UpgradeWhen I purchased my HPcomputer at Best Buy it came with
Windows XP all ready installed. I purchased Windows
Upgrade version 2002 but have not tried to install it
until today.
When I try to install it states it can find no valid
program and will not install the upgrade,
Please advise on how to do this.
Thanks,
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- Windows XP >> Microsoft XP - e-mails with downloadsWhen I receive an e-mail with a download, after I download
it, I press the "open this file" button and receive the
message "Windows cannot open this message - must first
create a program for it". I have tried to find the
solution to this in the books that I have, but no luck.
How do I create a program to open all of the downloads
that I have received. Please help.
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- Windows XP >> XP - Disk Defrag Doesn't Work...XP - Disk Defrag Doesn't Work...
I select program, then Drive I want to defrag.
Then press Analyze/Defragment and wait.
But nothing..! But nothing..! But nothing..!
Any ideas on how I can get round this problem..?
The pc will scandisk if this info helps you lot out
there...
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- Windows XP >> Cant save emailI use hotmail for one of my emails and i cant get the sign in to save my
email address so all i have to do is type my password. Ive been trying for 3
weeks. I keep clicking the box that says save email address and tried save
email address and password. Then I try to sign in again abd its still not
there. I made the sign in page my home page and still nothing and tried using
msn home page as my home page but nothing, anything i can do. I have windows
xp home ty
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- Windows XP Update >> Windows Media PLayer 10I downloaded the recent version windows media player 10 and I am having a
problem with the video. I recently had media player 7.1 and all my video
files worked with that player. Now when I watch my videos on the new player
10.0 the last 20 seconds of the video goes out and I only hear audio. That is
the case for all the video files I had before. Do I need to download a new
codec? Has anyone had this problem, and what did you do to fix it?
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- Windows XP Update >> URGENT UPDATE HELPHi
I am running Windows 2000 Server SP4
Last night, I ran the latest update on the windows update from my taskbar
icon.
I was then asked to reboot after running the update. Unfortunately, since
then, the machine seems to hang at the point before the "ctrl+alt+del" prompt
is presented with the message "restoring network connections". However, I am
able to login this morning using Safe Mode boot up.
How can I get back to normal i.e. prior to running the update? I think I
will be extremely cautious about future updates from Microsoft.
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"Invest your time before you invest your money."
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- Windows XP >> Folder view won't alphabetize file namesI have folder that contains about 35-40 files. No matter what I change in
the folder view options (by name, type, size, refreshing, etc) it refuses to
alphabetize the file names.
File names all begin with the same 1st word, followed by a different 2rd
word which will not alphabetize
The strange part is that it has sorted the file names in 2 groups, both of
which do alphabetize, but not the entire list. I do not have the view set up
for groups.
Anybody else ever experienced this phenomena?
Irene
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- Windows XP >> icons,startmenu dont show upI started my comp and my icons and start menu does not
show up, only my background, and my background is not the
problem, i can only access my comp thru the task manager.
Thanks in advance.
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- Windows XP >> hebrew fontsI have a Dell 4600 with windows xp professional loaded.
I used AOL. I am trying to read and type e-mails in
hebrew, but have not been successful. Any helpful
information would be most appreciated.
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- Windows XP >> User and profile problemsHi,
Firstly, I appreciate that this could be a Novell problem, but equally is
could be an XP one so I need some ideas from an XP point of view to help
solve this problem..
We use Novell Client to enable our users to login.. part of this uses
something called Dynamic Local User Policy (DLU) which enables us to
dynamically create accounts on the local machine as required..
In our case, we use 2 setup accounts which create a 'Localuser' username and
'Localuser' profile folder in Docs and Settings. This user is created
initiallty with administrator rights which can be controlled from the DLU. We
logon once with the first setup account, do bits and pieces, reboot and log
on with the second account and finish off. Once complete, the users are then
free to use the machines.
When a user logs on, the DLU changes the user access level to User from
Administrator. Now, up until now this has worked ok - the User logs on
dynamically to the local machine and attaches to 'Localuser' profile in XP.
Recently I've rebuilt our image and since then this has not worked. Instead
it creates a second profile folder called Localuser.Machinename (machinename
varies), ignoring the 'Localuser' profile which was initially setup but still
uses the 'Localuser' username.
File rights are a condiseration, but within the DLU you can assign file
rights per user which enables me to control how much access the user can
have. Using this, I've given fill rights to the c:\documents and
settings\localuser folder.
In general, what causes Windows to ignore an already created profile folder
connected to a username; Instead creating a second replacement one. Are there
any Group Policy (GPO) considerations?
Another thing I've noticed is before the rebuild you would login with the
first setup account, it would create the profile, account and perform the
initial first log in setup. You would then login with the second setup
account and it would go straight in without doing the setup. After the
rebuild, the first log in setup appears after each login - though the profile
problem, where a new folder is created, doesn't occur here but only when the
student logs in and the rights are changed by the DLU.
Now again, I appreciate that this could be a Novell problem, but equally it
could be an XP setting that I need to change.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Neil
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- Windows XP Setup >> XP2 Home SP2: Blocks downloads of .EXEs too well?Hi - I upgraded one of my machines to XP Home SP2 - now, I have
trouble downloading (specifically) .EXE files - the downloads hang part
way - happens in mozilla and IE6, and even in a FTP client program. On
another (WIN98SE) machine, no problem. This happened to me under
Mcafee, Etrust, and Norton (I'm trying out AV programs), but happened as
well with each one "disabled". (haven't tried it with no AV
installed). The windows firewall is OFF. I have no other
network-related problems. I'm not asking for an answer as much as help
- where to debug, where to look for that hidden option that's clogging
the works.
Thanks!
/j
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- Windows XP >> No shortcutsWhen I click on the shortcuts on the desktop and on the
start panel they do not do anything. What changes do I
have to make to the registry to fix this problem?
Documents that I have saved on the desktop are fine but
the shortcuts dont work. Also, I cant create new
shortcuts.
Thanks in advance
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- Windows XP Security >> admin problemsWhen I turn my computer on it says guest and before it said owner. No one else uses my computer and it will not let me log on under owner. When I go to download something or run a program it tells me that I cannot do it because I do not have program administrater privilages. My computer was working up to a week ago and now I need desperate help. Now I can do nearly nothing to my computer. If anyone knows something please help me.
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Nightowl
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 Posted: Tue Apr 06 22:03:58 CDT 2004 |
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Windows XP Hardware >> Computer will not start up, keyboard lights flashing
My computer refuses to start up. When powered on, the
monitor light flashes (as though it is on but receiving
no signal) and the num lock, caps lock lights flash. The
cpu fan is working, and i have tried with a different
hard drive and it still does this. So its not the CPU or
the Hard drive. Ive tried unplugging the cd and fdd but
have the same problem. Im beyond lost.
Does anybody know how I can fix this?
Windows XP200
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Pegasus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06 22:03:58 CDT 2004 |
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Windows XP Hardware >> Computer will not start up, keyboard lights flashing
"Claire" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:1976a01c41c49$fd698d80$EMail@HideDomain.com...
> My computer refuses to start up. When powered on, the
> monitor light flashes (as though it is on but receiving
> no signal) and the num lock, caps lock lights flash. The
> cpu fan is working, and i have tried with a different
> hard drive and it still does this. So its not the CPU or
> the Hard drive. Ive tried unplugging the cd and fdd but
> have the same problem. Im beyond lost.
>
> Does anybody know how I can fix this?
Try getting into the BIOS (usually by pressing the Delete key
early in the boot phase).
If you can't, you may have a motherboard problem. Take the
machine back to your friendly dealer.
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anonymous
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06 22:12:54 CDT 2004 |
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Windows XP Hardware >> Computer will not start up, keyboard lights flashing
Thanks.
I just tried that but cant get into BIOS. I dont think
the keyboard is working as the lights on it are flashing
constantly.
It is a relatively new motherboard. It worked fine
before, but I took it out to try another system inside
the case and since I put it back in, nothing...
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Claire" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
>news:1976a01c41c49$fd698d80$EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> My computer refuses to start up. When powered on, the
>> monitor light flashes (as though it is on but receiving
>> no signal) and the num lock, caps lock lights flash.
The
>> cpu fan is working, and i have tried with a different
>> hard drive and it still does this. So its not the CPU
or
>> the Hard drive. Ive tried unplugging the cd and fdd but
>> have the same problem. Im beyond lost.
>>
>> Does anybody know how I can fix this?
>
>Try getting into the BIOS (usually by pressing the
Delete key
>early in the boot phase).
>
>If you can't, you may have a motherboard problem. Take
the
>machine back to your friendly dealer.
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>
>.
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Pegasus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06 23:16:44 CDT 2004 |
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Windows XP Hardware >> Computer will not start up, keyboard lights flashing
If you took out your motherboard and then put it back
in again then it is likely that this caused the problem.
Regardless of this, you would be better off posting
in a PC hardware group. This newsgroup deals with WinXP
and its relationship to hardware devices. Your PC does
not even get close to launching WinXP!
<EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:193b001c41c4e$37ecd030$EMail@HideDomain.com...
> Thanks.
>
> I just tried that but cant get into BIOS. I dont think
> the keyboard is working as the lights on it are flashing
> constantly.
>
> It is a relatively new motherboard. It worked fine
> before, but I took it out to try another system inside
> the case and since I put it back in, nothing...
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"Claire" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> >news:1976a01c41c49$fd698d80$EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >> My computer refuses to start up. When powered on, the
> >> monitor light flashes (as though it is on but receiving
> >> no signal) and the num lock, caps lock lights flash.
> The
> >> cpu fan is working, and i have tried with a different
> >> hard drive and it still does this. So its not the CPU
> or
> >> the Hard drive. Ive tried unplugging the cd and fdd but
> >> have the same problem. Im beyond lost.
> >>
> >> Does anybody know how I can fix this?
> >
> >Try getting into the BIOS (usually by pressing the
> Delete key
> >early in the boot phase).
> >
> >If you can't, you may have a motherboard problem. Take
> the
> >machine back to your friendly dealer.
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> XP Pro Profile Corruption?I have a dell inspiron 8200, 512k ram, P4 2G. I have 2
user profiles on it. My main profile has recently become
very slow when trying to connect to the internet for
anything - such as using IE or retrieving email. It
takes sometimes 20 to 40 seconds for my initial
connection to the web when using IE, and ~20 sec to load
each page thereafter. If I go to my second profile -
which is a guest profile, it operates normally - 1-3
seconds to load a page, often faster.
Can a profile corrupt?
Is there a way to restore it?
Thanks
James
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- Windows XP Support >> Boot Up ProblemI am running XP and when I attempt to turn on my computer I get a message
that ways Drive 0 not found:Serial ATA, SATA-0.
The second message is "No boot device avaialble- Strike F1 to retry boot, F2
for setup utility"
Any ideas what I should do?
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- Windows XP Update >> Can't download .NET 1.x Error 80246002I have windows XP home Edition with Service pack 2. I tried to get some
non-critical updates and everything seemed correctly, but when I tried to
download .NET 1.1 (latest, not sure of the number) The installatiofailed and
gave me this error: 80246002
Oh, I have an ATI videocard
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- Windows XP >> Batch file - to search ?How would i create a batch file to search for a file/folder in XP?
I am soing an exercise where the search function is not working in XP.
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- Windows XP Security >> No Computer AdministratorSomehow I lost my Computer Administrator User Account for
Windows XP Home Edition. Now, I cannot change any
settings on my computer, and I cannot create a new User
Account let alone a new Computer Administrator User
Account. How can I go about re-creating a Computer
Administrator User Account?
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- Windows XP Network >> file sharing and printing problemsI am using a Laptop (win XP HOME; SP2) and a PC (WIN XP HOME SP2) along with
a wireless router and PCI card for my laptop to connect to the internet.
The main problem is I cant access computers through the network. I have
disabled the firewall and enabled all the exceptions. however, that has still
not worked.
When trying to access the network, I am able to see all the computers on the
network, but it does not let me access them. I get the following message
"The PC is not accesible. You do not have permission. Access Denied"
Before SP2, I did'nt have any problems related to filesharing or network
printing.
Please help me in what I should do in such a situation. I have tried every
thing and am thinking removing SP2.
Please Help
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- customize >> Help Help, Desktop Folder problemOk guys here is the deal, I generally like to keep as
much off of my C:\ drive as possible and leave it just for
the OS. My "My Documents" folder and "Desktop" Folder
were moved to my F:\ drive. Now this was for my Admin user
of Tony. Alright ...this was all working fine until..
For some reason I decide to move the "Desktop" folder
of "Administrator" and "All Users" to my F:\ drive as
well. Windows threw the standard "This folder already
exists" message but I clicked to go ahead and do it anyway.
Now every file in my "Desktop" folder has icons appearing
twice on my actual desktop. I delete 1 and they both go
away so it's like windows is showing me one icon for my
logged on user and once again for "All Users".
I only have one consolidated Desktop folder on F:\
Anybody know of way to correct this? Is there a way to
recreate a Desktop folder per user? any help would be
appreciated.
Tony
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- Windows XP Setup >> ref dll fileswith ref to my last posting
the problem I now have is that whenever I boot up my com there is a time
lapse of about a minute between the loading screen for windows XP home and
the welcome screen where the screen stays black and then every thing seems
to load very slowly thats why I asked for a decent programme to check my
disc for errors.
can anybody please help
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- Windows XP >> Paswording a Jump DriveIs there a simple means or perhaps a Windows or third party utility to
enable putting an overall password for accessing the files on a jump drive
which contains nmerous files? In other words, a single password which would
open the drive for normal use, but render it useless to someone who didn't
have the password.
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PT
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- Windows XP Setup >> Win XP licensing questionI recently found out about the "one operating system, one
computer" policy, the fact that Msoft limits the
activation of Windows XP--purchased legally--to
installation on one & only one machine. Here's my
question: What if the machine that I install XP on today
burns out a week from now? The going price at the IT
store in my neighborhood for Win XP Pro is $300.00+tx. I
find it very difficult to believe that a company as
affluent as Microsoft would not have a policy in place
to "cut some slack" to customers who've paid the serious
bucks for their op system software and then suffer the
misfortune of having something else (e.g., mobo, cpu,
etc) going out. I'm very much looking forward to an
answer on this one.
Thanks for your time & attention to detail [:-)
Terry.
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- Windows XP Security >> Can't clear search historyI am not very technically literate with regard to
computers, so please bear with me. When I double-click on
the search box of any search engine, I get an alphabetical
listing of all of the previously searched-for items. I
have attempted to perform a "Clear Forms," but it never
seems to work. I have also tried restarting after
performing the clear forms, but that also doesn't work. I
have also attempted to delete cookies, history,
and "temporary internet files" under "Internet Options."
None of this has worked. Every time I go back to a search
engine and begin typing in the search box, a list of
previously searched words/phrases keeps coming up. How do
I erase that search history?
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