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- Windows XP Hardware >> video capture card recommendationsI am getting set up on my computer to convert my Camcorder tape
collection to DVD's. I have a P4 computer with 256 MB of RAM, Win XP
HE, 2 hard drives, (one 40 GB and one 80 GB) a new Pioneer CD burner,
both Nero and Ulead software. My next step is to purchase a video
capture card. I had a bad experience with an el cheapo Video capture
card, (lip sync problems) and when I went to the manufacturers web
page in hopes of downloading an instruction manual, they didn't have
one. (This was an ATI product) I returned that video capture card and
got my money back.
Looking for recommendations from those of you that have walked this
trail before me on video capture cards, the good ones and the ones to
stay away from.
TIA Loring H
A post thought. My camcorder is an older one that is analog, not
digital. Is that going to be a factor in my video capture card
selection?
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- Windows XP Support >> converting files into GIFsIs there anyway in xp to convert a file into an animated GIF?I have them in
WMV but i can convert them into several other types of files if that is
needed then convert them again into GIF format. Any help would be appreciated.
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- Windows XP >> WindowsXP Local PolicyI think someone changed some settings on my son's laptop
at college, he has WindowsXP home edition and he have
never used a password to logon to windows. Now it is
asking for a password when it boots into windows. I
tried all of the trouble shooting such as leaving it
blank, safe mode, I even made a boot disk to change the
password. Nothing has worked. After entering the
window's password an error screen comes up saying "the
local policy of this system does not permit you to logon
interactively".
Can anyone explain what I need to do to correct the
problem? I tried to use Partition Magic to create
another partition so I could install WindowXP Pro but it
would not let me resize the partition. Not being able to
start windows is a problem plus I think I need
Administrator rights to do this. Is there any way to
change back the local policy to permit you to logon?
Thanks, any help would be appreciated.
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- Windows XP >> High refresh on explorerProblem: in a mapped drive (explorer) every 1 second thers a refresh; i mean,
the content of this directory is constantly refreshed: it seems like a
pression of F5 every sec. Is it possible to stop it?
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- Windows XP Network >> IP address assigned to Dial-up ConnectionAfter creating an incoming VPN connection on a XP Pro PC
I notice that when I check my adapters and IP's
using 'ipconfig /all', I see an additional IP assigned to
the PPP adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface. Is this
refered to as a 'virtual adapter'? The other IP address
accociated with this PC is listed under the NIC adapter.
This IP is statically configured on the XP Pro. What is
really puzzeling me is on the menu (IP addresses served)
of the router that issues the addresses DHCP, I see that
the same PC has four IP addresses that have been assigned
to it not including the static IP on the machine. When I
make the VPN connection I notice under the 'details' tab
in the 'properties' of the connection that two of the
IP's are listed, one as server and the other as client.
All in all there are five IP's aasociated to one PC that
has one NIC adapter and a Linksys switch between it and
the router issuing IP's by DHCP. The DHCP pool contains a
limited number of IP addresses that are public type
addresses. Whatever is taking place is using up more
addresses then I would like. Is there any way to reduce
the number? Thanks.
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- Windows XP Support >> DOS FILES under XPA client of mine is trying to run an old DOS program migrating to a
new Windows XP system. Last week their test was working fine. Now
the program is doing some initializing but not finishing it and
stopping. They say they haven't changed anything, and they have tried
it several times, including rebooting. From the error message they
are getting and the place the program is bombing out, they need more
DOS FILES available. The old "FILES=xx" in DOS. Is there a way to
set the number of files for a DOS program under XP?
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- Windows XP Security >> Search Beta Test :secure login without PasswordHello,
We are now starting a limited public beta of a new security program
for Windows named "NaturalLogin".
The program can use one or more hardware devices (such as standard USB
storage keys) and/or custom questions to enable a multi-factor (2 or
more) login.
We are looking for serious beta testers with the following
configuration:
- Windows NT, 2000 or XP;
- Not connected to a domain manager (stand-alone PC or
workgroup);
- At least one USB removable storage device.
If you are interested please register on our Web site at:
http://www.palcott.com/betatest/
The beta testers who will fill a valid report will receive a discount
code to purchase the final version of Natural Login at a very low
price.
For more information about NaturalLogin or about our company:
http://www.palcott.com
To read the online documentation:
http://www.palcott.com/betatest/proddoc/
Thank you for all your comments,
Philippe Lumbroso
BetaTest Program - Palcott
plumbroso@palcott.com
www.palcott.com
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> MS Backup problems. Reasons?...I'm using WixXP-pro, with all the updates, would appreciate help on
understanding/solving this problem with "MS Backup" from a MVP or someone
very familiar with it.
Thanks,
George
----------------WHAT HAPPENED----------------
Yesterday I tried to backup PC's C: drive to an external USB "E:" drive.
The E: drive is fairly new, and was also recently re-formatted.
Backup ran very stop and go, paused for as long as 2-3 minutes at many
points, displaying odd files, doubt big, not sensible pause.... Ultimately,
it created maybe 8-10 warnings in the report, then eventually did early shut
down of MS Backup after about only 18,000 files and 5.2 GB backed up
(presumably). The total bytes on this PC is more like 20 GB. I made
another attempt, but same story. Here are both attempts...
The warnings in 1st attempt were things like..
WARNING: Portions of "C:\Documents and Settings\George's files\
.........(very long path/filename)..... cannot be read. The backed up data
is corrupt or incomplete.
WARNING: Unable to open "C:\Documents and Settings\George's files\
.........(very long path/filename)..... skipped. Reason: System cannot find
file
The warnings in 2nd attempt were things like..
WARNING: Unable to open "C:\Documents and Settings\George's files\
.........(very long path/filename)..... skipped. Reason: The semaphore
timeout period has expired
Could not access portions of directory "C:\Documents and
Settings\George's.... You may not have permission to open... or the
directory may be missing or damaged
----------------WHAT ACTIONS TAKEN----------------
So, I did a few things...
a) Defrag C:drive
b) Used "Disk cleanup" to get rid of temp files (but still there are MANY
(100's) left in C:\windows\temp
c) connected the external drive with its 2-foot cable directly to PC (it was
previously connected thru 6-foot extension cord, or thru USB-7-port-HUB)
d) replaced the 100GB external USB drive with ANOTHER external drive that
happens to be 200GB
c) Re-booted PC
d) Re-ran the backup...it went very fast...only a few brief pauses on
known-big files...report was perfect backup.
----------------QUESTIONS----------------
What was most likely possible reason(s) for the first two failures?
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Needed to defrag, that really fixed it
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Too many temp files. Clearing them out
did the trick.
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Temp files lower now, but you still need
to clear the remaining 100's
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. USB extension cord was a problem.
Shouldn't use a 6-foot extender cord because ____
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. External drive bad, even if clean and
recently formatted, sounds like hardware was bad
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Re-boot was needed. This was what only
thing needed to succeed
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Path/filenames too long. WinXP-pro has
a limit (or bug with) path/file #characters exceeding ___
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Graphics card or driver problem (other
symptoms of this going on), encounters grahic files and stalls/trips
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Other _________________
( )likely. ( )unlikely. ( )unsure. Other _________________
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- Windows XP Setup >> XP Install ErrorsI just built a new computer and I'm trying to set up
windows xp onto it. However, during the set up phase, my
windows xp freezes around the same point, every single
time. I tried switching CD rom drives to see if it was a
drive error. I also tried making a copy of the CD. I also
installed windows xp on another computer so i'm sure the
CD is working. But why on this specific computer does it
freeze. Here is some hardware.
300 psu
ak31a mobo
256 pc2100 ddr ram
ati 7000
1.4 tbird
Why does it frreeze on this computer?!!
someone help, thx
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Adding hard-drive - XP UpgradeI'm adding a new hard drive. My old one has become
tempermental and unreliable, plus I've messed things up
with some bad programs so I'm going to replace it. I used
to run Win2000 Pro but I bought the Windows XP *Upgrade*
to change operating systems. I plan to use the new hard-
drive and remove the old one. The question, then, is
this:
When I add my new hard drive, I want to start from a clean
slate - so can I install WinXP on the new hard drive
cleanly with the Upgrade disk?
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- Windows XP Security >> XP infected by virusHi,
My DELL XP computer was hit by some kind of virus when surfing the net, the symptoms are
1) My home page has been changed to a different site which keeps poping up new window
2) The place where I set the home page address ( i.e browser->tools>internet options->home page address ), is grayed out and can not be change
3) I tried to run regedit, but it won't start and give me error message box "registry editing is disabled by the administrator". I am the sole user on this machin
4) When run highjackthis or adware, it won't be able to correct it
Any one can suggest what needs to be done in this case ? Appreciate it if can give detailed step
Thank
Dave
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Windows XP Support >> how to reduce the running processes
on my PC cidamon.exe is running twice & many other programs which i am not
aware are also running as shown in task manger.The count is 40 at the moment
when the PC is just booted.
Ideally speaking we do not need to plug & play all the time with device
similary we are not doing many things for which windows is ready in default
mode .
Can we not reduce this payload on windows ?
thanks for your time
jagjeet
Windows XP614
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Windows XP Support >> how to reduce the running processes
Jag
You will see that many of the processes are not putting any strain on the
system at all, but they are ready for action if called upon.. unless you
have a problem with one of them, it is probably best to leave well alone..
--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Jagjeet" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> on my PC cidamon.exe is running twice & many other programs which i am not
> aware are also running as shown in task manger.The count is 40 at the
> moment
> when the PC is just booted.
>
> Ideally speaking we do not need to plug & play all the time with device
> similary we are not doing many things for which windows is ready in
> default
> mode .
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> Can we not reduce this payload on windows ?
>
> thanks for your time
> jagjeet
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usasma
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| Posted: Wed Aug 31 09:55:09 CDT 2005 |
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Windows XP Support >> how to reduce the running processes
In my opinion, the best resource (outside of Microsoft) for services is Black
Viper. Go to his site: http://www.blackviper.com and surf around there.
The site is back up after a long period of not being available.
"Jagjeet" wrote:
> on my PC cidamon.exe is running twice & many other programs which i am not
> aware are also running as shown in task manger.The count is 40 at the moment
> when the PC is just booted.
>
> Ideally speaking we do not need to plug & play all the time with device
> similary we are not doing many things for which windows is ready in default
> mode .
>
> Can we not reduce this payload on windows ?
>
> thanks for your time
> jagjeet
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- Windows XP Security >> the dumb little dory scanner cant find the email sysytemso i cant ever get it to scan anything to my email folders
or briefcased so maybe i could attach a photo without
having to spend the better part of my wits end searching
for a stupid picture to send with an email- what do i have
to sacrifice to get the lazy scanner to wake up to the
fact that it is not the only dancer on the stage-i am sure
that it is i who is mising the turn somewhere but i am
dewperate i have looked everywhere trying to get someone
to tell me what to do about this but i guess it is so
basic that no one eslse could make this oversight.
however, stupidity is not a crime so i dont have to fear
arrest, but i do have to fear going mad
i have windows xp publisher and a compaq s200 scanner and
presario 6000 series desktop- i am using microsoft
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yahoo as the mail server- that is hardly so arcane...is it?
please tell me what i need to do.
thank you
as my father used to say, "your kindness can only vbe
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- Windows XP >> Which is BetterHello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is ... Could
this be true and if so why then ???
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- Windows XP >> Multiple Troubles (IE, ActiveX, DirectX)Having the following problems:
IE will not do anything involving cookies (email, etc)
IE reports that ActiveX settings are wrong
IE will not reinstall with file from MS
DirectX 9 will not install (fails to copy file)
Possible Clue:
Message comes up and says that IE and ActiveX aren't "XP
approved," (when trying to install them) despite the fact
that they come from MS.
I've tried adjusting all my security settings, nothing
works. These seem to be related problems, but i can't
figure out exactly what the issue is, and I'm using
Netscape for the time being, which seems to work. Let me
know if any of you have thoughts.
Thanks!
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- Windows XP Network >> Wireless security problem.Hello,
I have a mshome network thru a hub with on attached via a wireless
gateway which also is a gateway to the Internet.
I have tested security from the internet and the firewall is fine and my
network can't be seen however..
I had a friend over with his wireless laptop and he was able to get to
my network via Network Places etc. I had to tell him the network name,
still it registered as insecure.
In Network properties I set the Wireless connection using the WEP with
windows giving the security number automatically and it says it is
secure, but obviously isn't.
How do I secure my wireless network with XP?
Thanks
Rock
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- Windows XP Support >> Obtaining an IP address at startupI have a new dell with windows xp. When I boot it always defaults to the
default IP address. I must do an IPCONFIG /release and renew in order for it
to obtain the IP (not static) from my ISP.
This happens with our without my router. I think I have checked all the
settings for my network connection but do not see an issue.
I have other computers on the same network and do not have an issue.
Thanks
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- Windows XP >> No System Checkpoints - Why?Hi - My System Restore has stopped issuing regular System Checkpoints. They
used to be created about every 2 days. It seems to have stopped when I
updated to Adobe 7.08. I also found QuickTime didn't work either and had to
reinstall it!
Also when I download anything now, the date the file was created is always
the date it was downloaded, why is this happening? - Thanks for any info
regarding these two irksome problems. - Andrew.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Cease ReInstallation of WindowsI was going to reinstall windows but I was walked through the recovery
console. one error was corrected. now everytime i turn on my laptop (inspiron
600m by dell) i have the option of windows setup or home edition. i want that
option to stop and run normally. help!
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- Windows XP >> Assistance needed...........Long story short, I need to reinstall internet explorer
on my old computer, however, I have misplaced the disks
that came with my computer. Now what? Where can I obtain
this software? I am running XP Home.
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- Windows XP >> Recovering Deleted FilesAnyone, HELP!
I have recently deleted an important document and am
desperately needing to know how I can recover it.
Anyone?
Please send me an email to vcastillo@cableone.net for any
suggestions. Thank you
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- Windows XP Update >> office 2000 updateswindows xp SP2 keeps ruining my computer. did a full system recovery went to
install office 2000 (OEM and CDs) update SR1A-English tool and SR-I will not
download help
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- Windows XP Support >> copying files pointed to be shortcutHello,
I have a folder containing a bunch of shortcuts that point all over my hard
drive to various files. I would like to copy the files pointed to (NOT the
shortcut files themselves) to a folder on a CD.
Is there a way in XP, file manager, or some utility I can use to do this?
Thanks for your help!
Ed
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- Windows XP Security >> Security Update KB835732Can someone tell me where to get information about an update that keeps downloading and will not install and/or keeps asking me to install? Every day for the past week this has shown up as an automatic update.....what to do?
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