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- Windows XP Network >> can't browse hotmail...my windows xp shows a blank page whenever i try to open
hotmail email login page. msn opens quite all right but
hotmail just tells me 'Done' on the status bar.
what is the problem & what is the solution to this.
thank you.
osifo
email: uyizee@yahoo.com
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- Windows XP Setup >> Service Pack 2...Access DeniedAfter attempting to download and instal XP sp2, I get a 'Access Denied'
window about halfway thru the process. The update is for XP Home Edition and
only for my computer. Does anyone know what the fix/ correction might be?
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- Windows XP >> File names in blueFile names are appearing in blue on our network drives.
At first I thought this was due to a long file name
convention, but even a file name "book1 " appears in blue,
while some other name appear in black. What is going on
here? Can we make all file names appear in black.
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We have installed all sp's and security patches. Is this
related to one of these updates?
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- Windows XP Setup >> Transfer information into folderHow do I transfer information from a site on the web to an existing folder
without rewriting the existing folder. I am very new to this computer world
and I tried the whole cut/paste thing and it didn't do anything. It's making
me crazy!
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- Windows XP >> Reboot loopI have a machine that I have upgraded to XP Home. After
activation it will run without a problem, then he after
an unknown time you reboot the system and it goes into a
loop. I have tried to repair with no luck. I have re-
installed the operating system for the third time. I can
not see the error message because the blue svreeen only
flashes and reboot starts.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Windows Update LocksMy stepfather did a "recovery only" option on his Pavilion. When he clicked
on Windows Update, it asked to install the new software. He did that but
something happened that it froze his PC. He restarted his computer and tried
the WU again. However, after it launches, nothing comes up at all ... It
just "dead stops". His PC cannot even turn AU on automatically or even
manually. Tried installing BITS 2.0 (what the new WU uses) but same thing
happened. Just nothing happens after he launches WU. It starts loading the
page but completely stops with "done" written at the bottom of the page
progress bar. The express/custom links do not show up at all. Any
suggestions would be appreciated. I did follow the troubleshooting steps WU
asked such as checking the registry and all to see if AU has "started"
written in the tables. It does. It is frustrating. Any ideas??? All the
other microsoft sites work. Just not WU. I think there is a "jam" in some
file WU uses.
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- Windows XP Support >> Lost CD But Still Have Key...need serious help hereAlrighty...my friend has a spare (non-illegally-gained) CD key for Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition (no SP's). We were trying to install it using the
Gateway Win XP CD (once again, no SP's) on an older computer, but it wouldn't
boot from CD. So I downloaded the app from MS's website that allows you to
make boot floppies (yes, I picked the right version). The floppies worked
(after they were formatted), but when it came time to use the CD, an error
occoured. After several attempts, all yielding the same error, I decided to
ask my dad to bring home his Win XP CD. It was from Dell, and came with his
computer at his office. So I re-downloaded the floppies ('cause his CD was
for Win XP Home SP2), and tried his CD. The floppy part still worked fine,
but when it got to the CD, it asked for the CD key. I confidently typed in
the key from my friend. It didn't work. I was confused, so I tried my own
key. It didn't work either. Puzzled, I looked at the CD sleeve; there it was:
you needed to use ONLY the key that came with the CD. So I asked my dad to
bring home the key, and then I'd change it to my friend's key using a
third-party application. He disagreed with this, saying that Dell and
Microsoft wouldn't like this. Any thoughts on either a.) explaining to my dad
that what I am doing is perfectly legal or b.) getting a (preferably free)
Windows XP install CD, whether SP'd or not? Thanks!
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- Windows XP >> Causes for failure of return from hibernationI'm wondering what are the common causes for the failures of return from
hibernation in XP SP2. I have a one year old notebook that runs XP MCE
and I have it set up to hibernate when I close the lid. Despite hearing
of people having problems with hibernation in XP, I have rarely had
problems with the PC restoring itself from hibernation - till recently.
As of a month or so, it has become not uncommon for the notebook to try
to restore itself and after reading the file (progress meter goes to the
end) asks me to delete the saved file and restart Windows. I would not
complain except that this is a change for my system and I therefore
wonder why the hibernation file is now getting corrupted.
Could it be the C: partition is filling up? I have over 6 GB in my 18 GB
C:\ partition.
Could a recent Windows update have changed a OEM file that worked
before? Could there be a new conflict with some other new or updated
other program?
I regularly use Ad-Aware, Spybot, anti-viral software, Zone Alarm, and
defragmentation. Is there a way to know why the system is now having
more trouble with hibernation that it used to?
Thanks.
Jeff
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- Windows XP Support >> Help and support screenI am running windows XP home edition and for a few weeks now, when I open the
help and support screen i t does not displey properley. I wan to adjust my
startup resources but I get an error message when I click on this option
telling me internet explorer cannot load the objects???? I am wondering if
there is a cure for this or an alternative way to achieve adjusting my pc???
HELP
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- Windows XP Support >> Remote Assistance ErrorWhen attempting to establish a remote assistance invitation through messenger
I get a "cannot resolve host name" error. I have remote assistance enabled
and all the exception boxes checked. What am I missing?
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Oliver
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Windows XP Support >> Hard drive light is always on
I recently purchased a new video card, an Asus V9520-X/TD 128MB, to run on
my P4 1.5GHz system with an Asus P4B motherboard and 512 MB of SDRAM.
The hard drive light is always on, not flickering off and on but always on.
I have asked Asus for help twice but the first time there was no response and
the second time they said they are having trouble with their email and did
not recieve the description of my problem.
I reinstalled my old video card and the hard drive light reacts as I would
expect but when I reinstalled the new card the light remains on.
Any suggestions to fix this problem or as to why it is happening?
Thank you.
Windows XP1318
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Byte
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01 14:01:18 CST 2005 |
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Windows XP Support >> Hard drive light is always on
Looks like your video card needs updated drivers that are more compatible
with XP.
"Bob Johnson" wrote:
> I recently purchased a new video card, an Asus V9520-X/TD 128MB, to run on
> my P4 1.5GHz system with an Asus P4B motherboard and 512 MB of SDRAM.
> The hard drive light is always on, not flickering off and on but always on.
> I have asked Asus for help twice but the first time there was no response and
> the second time they said they are having trouble with their email and did
> not recieve the description of my problem.
> I reinstalled my old video card and the hard drive light reacts as I would
> expect but when I reinstalled the new card the light remains on.
>
> Any suggestions to fix this problem or as to why it is happening?
>
> Thank you.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Xp Wont Recognize Gamepads connected to my USB ports.Title says it all pretty much. I have a Phillips PC Recoil gamepad(from
Walmart). Whenever I connect to it my rear USB ports it's not even
detected but the pad powers up(lights ect). When I connect it to my
front USB ports it's detected as a USB device(But no lights ect) but
only for a short time. Twice it did recognize new hardware was
connected but not long enought to do anything. When I check the Device
Manager it's listed as an Unown Device. I've tried installing the
drivers first to see if it helps but no effect(Software wants the
device connected to finish intallation). I' ve checked my Bio's and
everthings set there. It's been giving me a headache for three days
now. Any suggestions?
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Error message in XP Pro (2600)Ever since the installation of XP on this machine, every
so often i'll get an end task dialog box with "should not
see me" as the title... not sure of whats causing this....
merely just curious about it... wondering whether some
dev put it in as a joke...or if its a real issue... may
have something to do with my set up... as this computer
is the most finnicky machine in existence.
2x 1.26ghz P3 tualatin
Iwill DVD266u-rn
512mb crucial ddr 2100
GF4 ti4600
6x seagate B IV 80gb (2 pri ide, 4 raid)
2x intel pro gigabit DA
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- Windows XP >> Backup -- missing target driveI did a MS backup using my L drive for the target and all went well. Since
then I have not been able to replicate that. The drive appears to be fine --
I can open it and inspect files or copy stuff to it. The only problem seems
to be that MS Backup wil no longer offer it as a target for backups. I did a
check point restart to an earlier date than the time I did the initial backup
thinking that something had gone wrong and a restore would fix it -- wrong
guess. By the way, I just checked and that drive has 119 GB free space. Any
ideas?
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- Windows XP Network >> can't view or share my windows 2000 computeri have a network with two XP Home and 1 Windows 2000 Pro
computers. i can view/share everything fine between XP
computers, and i can view everything from my 2000
computer. however, i cannot share anything on my 2000
computer and do not even see the computer on my local
network when i try to view it from either of my XP
computers.
my 2000 computer is wirelessly networked. any help is
appreciated. thanks.
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- Windows XP >> Welcome screen semi-freezeI'm running XP Professional. I've got an admin account set up with a
password, and several user accounts with no password. Beginning a week ago
or so, I started having trouble at the Welcome Screen (The one with the icon
for each account.) It would semi-freeze, so that clicking on the icon for
the any user account or clicking on the "Shut down" button would do nothing.
If I click on the Admin icon, it displays the thing to enter the Admin
password. When I enter the password it logs me on as Admin. If I then
immediately log off (doing nothing else), then the other icons work perfectly.
System info: 2 GB RAM, (originally) 320 GB Maxtor hard drive. 142 GB of
free space. Windows XP Professional SP2. It is almost fully patched, except
for Genuine Advantage Notification Tool and IE 7 (but I almost never us IE,
instead I use Firefox), and a few .NET and DRM things. I'm super faithful
about updating my antivirus stuff. I'm behind a firewall that blocks all
incoming connections.
A couple of months ago my hard drive started making an occasional clanking
sound. I called the company I got the computer from (Cyberpower), and the
shipped me a replacement hard drive. Alas, it was not an exact replacement:
300 GB instead of 320. But I found a utility on the Maxtor web site that let
me copy the old disk to the new disk. That worked flawlessly. Then I
installed the new disk as the live hard drive. There were only 2 complaints:
(1) Photoshop asked to be reactivated, and that was just one click. (2) The
next time I ran Windows Update, it said I had to update the updater, and that
installed Genuine Advantage (not the notification component, which is
separate). Genuine Advantage had been installed long ago. But my guess is
that the Maxtor tool copied at the file system level and Genuine Advantage, I
think, works like a root kit and thus is invisible to the file system, so it
didn't get copied.
Any ideas?
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- Windows XP Setup >> New Installation ProblemAfter installing Windows XP Professional my system will not start up without
giving me a Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter. It starts
up fine after doing this. I have recently installed SP2 and I can no longer
reinstall from my original disk although I can still boot from it when
needed. Can anybody help?
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- Windows XP Security >> CWShredder found "CWS.Msconfig"CWShredder found "CWS.Msconfig" as being Malware.
Did search on RegEdit and found one entry which I deleted in left column
of regedit.
Ran CWShredder again and it still shows to be on my computer.
How do I remove CWS.Msconfig, and how can I block it in the future?
Thanks
bently
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- Windows XP >> Icon by clockI uninstalled a couple of programs using "Add & Remove
programs" but I now have an Icon by my time clock with a
big red cross on it. I guess it means it has a problem
but if I right or left click on it nothing happens?
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Web cam helpI really hope that someone here can help me. I bought a
Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 a while back. It worked on my
wondows 98 system, I have just bought a new computer with
windows XP and have not been able to make it work!! I
haved tried all kinds of ways, install the softwear
with the cam unpluged, pluged, uninstall the softwear
plug it back in and all that. Even downloaded new drivers
from Logitech but still it's not working..
I really hope that someone there can help me out.
Thank you
Scott Fuller
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- Windows XP Hardware >> monitor support in Windows XPI have lost my monitor support in Win XP. No "monitor"
is listed in the device manager. I think that Windows is
using a VGA driver with a 60 Hz.refresh rate. I cannot
install a monitor using add hardware in control panel as
it is not listed. Does anyone know how I can reinstall
monitor support in Win XP?
TIA John Pearson
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- Windows XP Network >> Cannot join domain by Windows XP Tablet EditionHi,
When I try to join the Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain, it said "A
domain controller for the domain could not be contacted". I have tried on
other Windows XP Professional, it is work.
When I checked on the Active Directory Users and Computers, I can find that
computer, but it have a "X" on the computer name.
Is anyone faced this problem before? Any suggestion on this issue? Thanks a
lot!!
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- Windows XP MovieMaker >> Unable to Download Movie MakerAll of the Microsoft.com "Download" pages or Movie Maker say that Movie Maker
2.1 is included in XP Service Pack 2 (which I successfully downloaded months
ago), but I do not have Movie Maker on my machine anywhere. Is there
another step to the downlaod / activation process?? Do I need a prior
version to get 2.1?
Thanks.
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