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- Windows XP Support >> Registry CorruptWhile trying to install a Norton Antivirus upgrade, I was given the following
message: "You do not have access to the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT or
one of its subkeys. Please change the permissions then launch setup again."
When I tried following the instructions for changing the permissions I
realized that I did not have an Administrator group or a System group, which
were both required. I tried to add these, but before i did I made sure the
system had a good restore point and I made a backup copy of the registry.
After making the changes I was no longer able to access any Icons or Apps on
my screen. Even in Safe Mode I am unable to lauch the Registry to restore the
backup. When I try to run an App I get a strange message which states "This
file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
Create an association in the Folder Options control panel." So I have been
unable to run the system restore or restore the backup of the Registry.
Is there any way to get the registry restored?
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- Windows XP >> Win XP Updates -- NON Security RelatedI am asking about Win XP updates that are _not_
security related.
With that many lines of code in XP, you can be certain
that there are bugs. That's just simple statistics.
Does MS also create patches for the more important
non-security-related bugs? If so, where are they?
I have looked on the MS website and cannot find
what I am looking for. A search of the website
turns up many links about updates. Typically
they will have subjects like:
"Get the latest _security_ updates _automatically_".
That is precisely what I am NOT looking for.
I do that already.
I want to review a list of available patches for
other issues. How do I do this?
Thanks.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Utility that can force XP to assign a drive letter to a partition?Hello,
Does anyone know of a utility that can force XP to assign a drive letter to
a partition. I've gone all around trying to figure out why it's not doing
it! I've reset the drive cabling to cable select, and reinstalled XP, but
still it's not assigning it a drive letter. It's an NTFS partition
otherwise I'd consider installing Windows 98. I've installed Partition
Magic 8.0 but I coudln't find anything there that would let me assign the
partition a drive letter.
Might anyone know of anything that can do this?
Thanks,
Jeff
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- Windows XP >> File and Folder SearchDoes anyone know why or how to stop a setup box from
appearing when you attempt to search for files and
folders using the search utility? I've seen this happen
before with Windows 2000 too. But whenever I try to
search my hard drive for a file, a Viso 2000 Professional
setup box appears and runs through a setup, then prompts
me for the Visio cd. Does anyone know why and how to stop
this? Thanks!
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- Windows XP Security >> Windows Update breaks NetScreen Remote ClientA coworker and I have been keeping our W2K and XP Pro
systems up to date with all of the security patches.
Unfortunately, it appears that one or more of the MS
updates has broken our ability to connect to our office
via the NetScreen Remote Client. I have tried backing
out the update to figure out which one is the culprit,
but I have not found which one(s) has caused the
problem. Other co-workers who have not been keeping
their systems up to date can still connect. Has anyone
experienced this problem and found a solution?
Thanks,Carlton
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- Windows XP Support >> Norton Ghost Support refuses to assist.I sent the below this morning to this Customer Support rep of Norton
"Purushotham".
"Still awaiting an answer from my reply of 16 September."
"See Below:
Salute Purushotham,
I have 'not' been able to access the Ghost 10 Disk by changing my 'Boot
Drive Sequence' to start with CD-Rom
First, other then hear my DVD drive run and a black monitor screen with a
white, WAIT PLEASE and
a white highlight bar running across the bottom of the screen with a
progress bar. The progress indicates
complete.
I waited for a full 5 minutes and gave up. There was 'no' further activity
light flashing from the computer
case. Restored the Boot sequence and am writing this e-mail.
My Computer is a New DELL Dimension XPS 600 with Intel Pentium D Processor
930, 2GB DDR
SDRAM, Dual Nvida GeForce 6800 Graphics Cards, Dual 160GB Serial ATA Hard
Drives (7200 RPM).
My original e-mail noted that there was, and apparently still a problem with
the NVIDIA Controller.
Please advise."
Can some kind person perhaps advise me of what next to do, in order to
achieve a 'back up of my Windows XP Media Primary disk?
Many thanks for reading and hopefully replying.
drybones
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- Windows XP Support >> Hard Drive - Read Error after the first rebootI start a XP Pro install from the CD. XP finds the hard drive and allows me
to set the parition sizes.
I'm working on a 20Gb Maxtor HD. After the partitions are set, C: is
formated cleanly and the file loading begins. I reach the "Need to reboot"
step and watch the red progress bar maximize and the reboot process begins.
The CDROM Drive is sensed and I get a HD Read error and XP wants to re
install from the CD.
How could I get a clean install up to this point and then get a HD Read
error upon reboot.
Perhaps I need to FDisk the HD before I begin the install from the CD.
Unfortunately I may need to get a new diskette drive if this is necessary.
BTW, I did try fixMBR which worked but to no avail.
BR
Bob Palank
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- Windows XP Setup >> Cheap XP , OR, XP for multiple computers?Ok, dont take me as an amature, but theres a few points i
need to make before asking this.
Windows upgrade cost around 150 in canada, the just
regular home edition for installing into a blank hard
drive is around 300.
I am currently building my PC piece by piece, with the
best i can get. But, just realising that i can buy a
computer for 400$ at some places, makes me wonder, how are
these companies installing XP for 300$, and only affording
the rest of the box for 100$, there would be no profit.
anyways, im looking for a cheap XP for a single system, or
for multiple systems.
is there a license required to purchase for multiple
systems?
and harsh point/question,
if you expect people to pay 300$ for a single
installation, i think there should be no surprises at the
illegal copies...and no, not all illegal copies are shut
down within a month. please give me useful answers, ive
had nothing but bad luck with this stuff.
Thank you very much,
PS. many programs require xp, there should at least be
extremely stripped down xp versions.
Ryan
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- Windows XP Security >> What wasn't backed up?I just ran the windows xp backup utility selecting that everything on the pc
be backed up. It backup up 6.46 gigs, bnut the hard drive on the pc indicated
that a total of 10.2 gigs are used. What's the difference? I am concerned
that not everything was backed up.
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- customize >> Retaining New ToolbarsI created a new taskbar toolbar in Windows XP using a folder I created. I
want to be able to display or hide the toolbar as it's needed.
Unfortunately, once I uncheck the toolbar to hide it, it disappears from the
toolbar list, and I have to go back to "New Toolbar..." to re-add it to the
toolbar list (and then resize and format it, etc.).
Is is possible to create a new toolbar, but have it remain in the list even
after it is unchecked?
Thanks!
Neil
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- Windows XP Setup >> Sharing printerFather and son have their own coimputers, but only one printer (on father's
computer). They don't want to have their respective user accounts and
passwords on each others machines. Father's OS is XPh, son's is XPp
How to share that printer (from XPh, obviously)?
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- Windows XP >> XP can not breathI ran everything antiviruses and spywares but something still eating my
computer CPU, it sounds like Woooooooooo and the CPU or memories
consume to ultimate by some nasty hidden processes. please advise. I
ran out of idea totally
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- Windows XP Network >> high latency in dial up circuitsI am getting high latency on my dialup to ISP while using
internal toshiba software modem.about 250 ms.
However when I used external modem of DLINK the latency
is about 100 ms.can you identify the causes and solutions.
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Pieter
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 Posted: Fri May 28 16:53:44 CDT 2004 |
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Windows XP Security >> XP Forgotten Password Disk
we run some XP Pro Nteworks in schools in Canada and
didn't have a Chance to lock up one box. Anyways a child
had gotten in there and fiddled with admin passwords and
networks. Can anyone help with info as to The forgotten
password disks or a way to bypass logon passwords to the
local machine and not the network.
please email me as soon as possable@
EMail@HideDomain.com
Thanx in Advance
Windows XP1351
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Jupiter
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| Posted: Fri May 28 16:53:44 CDT 2004 |
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Windows XP Security >> XP Forgotten Password Disk
Patrick;
See if this helps:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm
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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Patrick Bird" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:14aa701c444fd$7a9d99a0$EMail@HideDomain.com...
> we run some XP Pro Nteworks in schools in Canada and
> didn't have a Chance to lock up one box. Anyways a child
> had gotten in there and fiddled with admin passwords and
> networks. Can anyone help with info as to The forgotten
> password disks or a way to bypass logon passwords to the
> local machine and not the network.
> please email me as soon as possable@
>
> EMail@HideDomain.com
>
> Thanx in Advance
>
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Torgeir
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| Posted: Fri May 28 17:21:00 CDT 2004 |
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Windows XP Security >> XP Forgotten Password Disk
Patrick Bird wrote:
> we run some XP Pro Nteworks in schools in Canada and
> didn't have a Chance to lock up one box. Anyways a child
> had gotten in there and fiddled with admin passwords and
> networks. Can anyone help with info as to The forgotten
> password disks or a way to bypass logon passwords to the
> local machine and not the network.
Hi
How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321305
If that doesn't work out, you might try to reset the local Administrator
password with one of the methods mentioned here:
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password
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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/default.mspx
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- Windows XP Network >> network cable unpluggedhi
this has been annoying me for so long now..
i have an intermittent "network cable unplugged"
baloon ..
it was workin fine ..and one fine day...it happnd..
i have updated all the drivers.. changed the pci
slot..changed the cable even.., the cable is cross over
btw ..
but doesnt help..also the computer power mgmt. is cleard
in the modem properties
..the modem is realtek8139 ..10/10mb ethernet card
i am using win xp pro , p4 1.8, 768 ddr ram,
yelp!!!!!!
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- Windows XP Hardware >> trying to diagnose intermittent problemwinxp sp2
p4 2.8
asus motherboard
1 gig ddr ram
nvidia geforce4 mx 440
250 gig seagate hdd
Greetings
I have had a problem with my computer since I got it nearly 2 years
ago. I think it is some sort of device driver problem but i haven't
been able to diagnose it. I just did a fresh reinstall of winxp and
that hasn't fixed it
problem is VERY slow boot process then occasional spontaneous reboots
during the boot. if i just keep rebooting then eventually is starts and
everything is fine. it usually doesn't crash and can go for a few weeks
without needing a restart
i have all the latest drivers from manufactureres website
i have a tv card but the drivers aren't loaded and i don't use it
one problem i had this morning - i put a dvd in and it went to a stop
screen with "driver_irql_not_less_or_equal" and lower down "cdfs.sys"
but when i restarted it actually started first go (though again, very
slow boot process), and here i am using it with no problems. It
occasionally freezes using moviemaker 2 but doesn't crash the machine -
just have to restart moviemaker
I can always boot to safe mode. I can do everything i need to on this
machine without it crashing - i use paint shop pro, office 2003,
opera, other apps and the list goes on
i'm keen to try and diagnose this problem - sometimes i think it must
be graphics card, other times maybe motherboard problem
if someone can help me with where to start i would appreciate it as I
want to shut down sometimes but dread the start up process
many thanks
deb
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- Windows XP Setup >> Print spooler failure at installationWhen I try and install an HP2300 printer on XP Home, using a digitally signed driver, the Print Spooler aborts the installation.
This happens when I use the Installation CD or Add Printer wizard, or anything else. What can be bugging the Spooler? System error messages reveal no useful codes.
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- Windows XP Support >> Sharing a Printer via a USB Port?I have a new Brother 5250 Laser printer that has 3 interface ports; a
USB 2.0, parallel, and network ports. Currently I have a network with
two PCs on a hard wired Ethernet DSL?Router.
Rather than invest in a new Router with a Print Server, can I use a USB
Hub 'in reverse'? -- That is connect my 2 PCs to tthe USB Hub and have
the 'Host' be the printer???? Or should I investigate if the printer
can accept 2 different interfaces at the same time (i.e. setup one of
my PCs to attach to it via its parallel connnection, and the other via
its USB port?)
My thanks in advance.
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MikeMN
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Cloning new HDI have one of those generic computers that can handle both ATA and SATA
drives. It can also handle DDR and DDR2 mem chips. A 'CLONE' so to speak.
Anyway, my boot drive now is an ATA 120 GB hd. I want to clone it to a SATA
500 GB hd. These are both Seagate drives.
Using the software that came with the SATA hd I attempted the cloning. All
seemed ok until I tried to boot to the new hd. Kept getting the message that
the operating system was missing.
It seems that all the data cloned to the new SATA hd and I went into the
BIOS to set the new hd as the boot drive and disconnected the original hd so
as not to cause any undo confusion. I think for some reason the ATA to SATA
exchange was somehow not complete or there is a compatibility issue somewhere.
Any ideas or suggestions would be great. I am trying to avoid starting from
scratch. My intent is to use the new cloned SATA hd in this computer and put
the old drive in an older computer for backup purposes etc. The older
computer cannot use the SATA drive.
Thanks in advanced for any help!
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- Windows XP Hardware >> how do I prevent auto installationI am using a dual boot system. I tried installing a
firewire card in windows xp pro but every time I do so my
internet ceases to function. It works ok in win 98 though.
The question is, how do I prevent xp from installing the
hardware automatically.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> XP won't start with second hard driveWindows XP Home Edition
eMachines 1.0G Celeron
30Gb original boot drive
Have just installed a second (additional storage) hard
drive (Maxtor 120GB). Jumpers are properly set for
master/slave. The auto-detect BIOS seems to work fine and
properly identifies the new drive in BIOS setup. The
format/partitioning utilities that came with the drive
(boot-up from the CD)work just fine and report that the
drive is working fine. Testing, format, partitioning all
complete fine.
But XP will not start with the new drive connected. After
BIOS I get a quick logo screen then blanks out and then a
full page text message including the following:
"Were sorry....., Windows XP did not start successfully. A
recent hardware change might have caused this." THen
gives the following restart options (none of which work):
Start in Safe Mode
Start in Safe MOde with Networking
Start in Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Last Know Good Configuration
Start Windows normally
None of these options will work, and it repeats the boot
and returns to this message screen over and over. I have
never had a situation where Windows would not even start
in Safe mode. If I disconnect the new drive, I get this
message screen once more, but then XP will start normally.
If the BIOS is satisfied with the new drive why will XP
not start? If the disk utilities test and format it OK,
why won't XP go along? How can I help XP accept the new
drive if I cannot even start-up to work with it?
Thanks for any help.
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- Windows XP Basic >> Copy/paste the hovering text box.I have WindowsXP/Media Centre 2005
When the cursor is held over a file, a small
yellow text box appears containing the files
properties.
How can I adjust the amout and type of date which
appears in this box?
Also, can I copy/paste this data, say to the body
of a document for record purposes?
Please help.
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Start Up ProblemHi there,
I am running windows XP Pro SP1, and when i boot up my
windows, it loads to the windows loading screen, but the
picture is dark and it does not load the progress bar
(you know the blue one that moves under the sign windows
XP professional) Also when i run scandisk on c: (My HDD)
it is very slow! Anyone got ideas?
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- Windows XP >> "Service Unavailable"Has anyone else seen "Service Unavailable" trying to access any web that
uses
https://login.live.com/ login first? Something went wrong overnight,
probably because of the MSN Money network. This is the latest message from
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/common/networkstatus.aspx:
MSN Money February Site Update
When: February 26, 2008
The MSN Money February site update includes the following:
a.. No longer downloading Pending transactions (as of Feb 20).
b.. A chance to Preview of the upcoming replacement for the Basic
Portfolio
c.. Switching to using EdgarOnline for SEC filings reports
d.. Some general performance and data quality improvements
Reference the What's new page for additional information after the site has
updated.
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- Windows XP Network >> Internet Gateway is disabled after autoupdate on patches.I'm running XP pro.
had a netgear firewall router connected to the PC.
Initially, it will display the internet gateway connection
on the systray. after applying auto-update, the internet
gateway connection (in Network Connections) is always
showing status is "disabled".
I can't re-enable it, but internet connection is fine.
anyone know a fix for this?
thanks!
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- Windows XP Support >> computer siteHi Bill, click on the site below and enter '936235' for serial number
and 'gordon' for the name. You can check out any area that you want and
add to any computer.
Norvin
http://www-131.ibm.com/content/home/store_eppus/en_US/epplogin.html
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- Windows XP >> .jpe to .jpgMy system is saving files as .jpe. Can someone tell me how to save them as
.jpg, please? Many thanks...Mike
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- Windows XP >> system32I am using windows xp home.... when I start up and click
to start up personal settings it opens up then system32
window opens.... can anyone help with a solution to
prevent this
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- Windows XP Setup >> DISK DEFRAGMENTERI run Windows XP disk defrag program and it analyzises and then reports that
there is no need to defrag. Does anyone have enough knowledge and experience
to advise if this is an accurate representation: i.e. can I trust the
report.
Who
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