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- Windows XP Network >> NIC works, but no networkingI am repairing a home computer for a customer. He claims the Internet
access stopped working "suddenly". The problem is the NIC won't
"Obtain an IP Address Automatically" from the server, although its
set to do so on the "Network Settings" and DHCP server is running
on the server (I have other computers in the house attached to the
network). I tried booting Linux from a CD-ROM (without installing it)
and the computer connects to the DHCP server, gets an IP address and
connects to the Internet.
I have tried deinstalling the network driver and installing the latest
version from the DELL website. No luck. Re-Installing is the last thing
I want to do. I appreciate any ideas.
Thanks,
Erasmo.
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- Windows XP Network >> Firewallnot active but peer to peer says it isI have two XP Pro machines networked thru a peer to peer...with the slave
machine connecting to the web thru the masters dial up modem. Works great
except one of the two machines thinks theres a firewall up and running so
the slave machine cannot do some of the jobs we want it to do correctly....
such as video conferncing. All messages sent this way suggests that there is
a firewall up so all video messages must be sent thru a server in order to
reach us.
I know there is no firewall installed and the one that comes with XP is not
active. I have activated it.... then unchecked it again to see if that helps
but it didnt.
Is there another area i can go look to see what might be the problem?
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Sincerely Bob
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- Windows XP Setup >> XP and WORD - Won't follow HyperlinkI am using XP Pro on my Thinkpad, and when using WORD 2003
and you come across a hyperlink, normally you hold the CNTL key
down and click on the mouse, and it will display/take you to the link.
However, with XP it gives an error message, displaying the link
and saying it can't find the server. I'm pretty sure it's not
connecting to the Internet. I wonder if anyone else has had this
problem, or is it just my machine? Any suggestions?
Thank you.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> High speed device plugged into non-high speed portI've been having this problem for several weeks and can't seem to fix
it.
I have a DFI Ultra Infinity motherboard, Athlon XP 2500, Windows XP.
The motherboard has six onboard USB 2.0 ports that work fine.
I added a four port VIA VT6202 PCI USB 2.0 card about six months ago,
and it worked fine. I then bought another VIA VT6202 PCI USB 2.0 card,
as I needed more USB ports, only this card had a slightly different
number on the VT6202 chip (after the VT6202 there is another number on
each chip). The new card only worked at USB 1.0, and every time I
plugged in a USB device, it would say "High speed device plugged into
non-high speed port" and suggest I plug the device into one of the
ports in bold type that can support a hi speed device.
I think it's possible that the old card's drivers are still in the
system, and have automatically installed themselves for the new VT6202
card, which is a different make, and that may be why it isn't working.
http://www.geocities.com/usbproblems/usbproblem3.jpg
In this picture the first device is the motherboard's USB, with four
external hard drives plugged into it, and the second is one of the PCI
cards.
http://www.geocities.com/usbproblems/usbproblem4.jpg
This picture shows one of the PCI cards, but none of the connected
devices are showing that they are connected, even though they are, and
they are accessible.
http://www.geocities.com/usbproblems/usbproblem5.jpg
This picture shows the USB devices in Device Manager.
I have had SP1 installed since it came out, and have just upgraded to
SP2, but with no luck.
I've taken out the two VIA PCI cards, and put in two NEC based ones,
and they have exactly the same problem. They come up with the same
message about a non-high speed port, so I'm not sure what's going
wrong.
Does anybody have any ideas what I should try? I've checked all the
drivers for the USB cards, and uninstalled and then reinstalled them
from the supplied driver CDs, but that hasn't worked.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Erasing DVD's / CD'sWith a DVD-RW and a CD-RW, when ERASING to use again, is the FAST erase just
as functional as the FULL erase .. or does it really matter ?
Also, should I "Format" the disc before using it again?
when saving a program to a disc (for example), how do I force the disc not
to close so that I can continue using it?
I am also having problems with being able to play pictures saved on a DVD on
the DVD player with the tv, and with a CD being able to play on the stereo..
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Thanks for any assistance or suggestions.
Amber
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- Windows XP Setup >> PointerSometimes, when I run the pointer over an option on the screen, it clicks on
that option automatically, without my pushing the button. How do I disable
this function? I have Windows XP and a Dell Inspiron laptop.
Thanks.
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- Windows XP MovieMaker >> Update in MM2Hi to all newsgroups and microsoft mvp's. Do you know that microsoft will
release an update for mm2 to fix all problems??? Thanks And also Happy Nwe
Year To All...
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- Windows XP Setup >> Can't find the media center IconHi,
I just finish reinstalling my media center and I don't see the usual Media
Center icon anywhere in the menus or on the desktop like usual. Do you know
where it is or at least, the path to the executable so I can can create the
icon myself.
Thanks.
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- Windows XP Basic >> Unable to reset Read Only on files/foldersI have a few data folders and files (not program files) on which I seem
unable to reset the "Read Only" attribute.
To reset I right-click on the file and then click on Properties. The first
thing I see is a green rectangle to the to the left of "Read Only." I click
on the green rectangle to remove it from the check box, then click on
"apply" and then on "OK."
When I return to the Properties of that file, the green square is back and
the file
is still "read only."
Can anyone tell me what might be going on?
Thanks
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- Windows XP >> Upgrade from 2000pro to XP proHelp please
i want to upgrade from 2000 pro to XP pro
Does the full version of XP pro offer the upgrade or would it be best to buy the upgrade
My laptop is configured to run XP but currently has 2000 are there any problems known if i upgrade
Thank you to all who reply.
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- Windows XP Support >> Install?Hi you all, I am a little new at this upgrade thing, I have P4 2400 that is
running XP home but a upgrade from Win98 se and some bad files or some
spybot thing going on that when I ran MS spy program every thing started
going south I don't think it has anything to do with MS but think I should
reformat my hard drive and start over. Now is there a way to install my XP
upgrade with out installing my Win98 and my Win98se upgrade?
If so any info or help would be grate.
Thank you.
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- Windows XP >> Windows Update : Order of installationWhen using Windows Updates (on XP Home), when the list of Critical Updates
is shown, can the updates be installed in any order ?
Also, is it generally best to install the updates individually or "en-mass"
?
Thanks.
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- Windows XP >> DVD writer not recognisedThis is driving me crazy. I'm running XP with 2 hard drives as IDE Primary
Master and Secondary Master. I've had a DVD writer running as Primary Slave
until it died. I installed a new LG DVD writer as Primary Slave and for a
while it worked fine. Then I got all kinds of problems with any of the drives
or the writer not being recognised, PC locking up on the Windows XP screen,
restarting itself, all kinds of issues. I discovered that by removing the LG
drive everything booted up OK. Then I tried putting the LG drive as Primary
Master, and the 2 hard drives on the secondary IDE, and everything was
sorted! For 48 hours....
After numerous uses of the PC with no problem, the problem has come back. On
boot up, the DVD writer is not detected, and when the PC eventually boots
fully, I cannot access it.
I am at my wits end. The LG drive has been reported on the net as having
some issues with being recognised, but the problem is intermittent.
ANY help appreciated!
Steve
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databaseben
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 Posted: Sat Feb 18 08:03:04 CST 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> Desktop and taskbar hide and reappear.
I did a clean install of XP (went well) but now my desktop and taskbar
disappear when I'm not moving around on it. It comes back as soon as I move
my mouse, but I find it very annoying. The taskbar autohide is NOT checked
and I can't figure out why it's doing it. Any suggestions would be much
appreciated.
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Thanks, Don
Windows XP825
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jg
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18 08:03:04 CST 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> Desktop and taskbar hide and reappear.
I realize you verify that it is not on autohide.
However, can you try this:
enable autohide, verify result, log out
login, disable autohide, what happens?
If this work, you may want to log out to make sure it keeps the
settings. Sometimes setting change gets lost if the PC crash and you have
not log out after the change. you also will lose the setting if PC shuts
down form another ID while your ID is also logged in.
You may also want to lock the taskbar
"Don" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>I did a clean install of XP (went well) but now my desktop and taskbar
> disappear when I'm not moving around on it. It comes back as soon as I
> move
> my mouse, but I find it very annoying. The taskbar autohide is NOT
> checked
> and I can't figure out why it's doing it. Any suggestions would be much
> appreciated.
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> Thanks, Don
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petra
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18 08:21:27 CST 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> Desktop and taskbar hide and reappear.
I have a similar problem - my desktop expands and contracts for no apparant
reason. This started to happen suddenly - no changes we made to settings.
When it expands, I cannont see my taskbar, if I go to an application, that
too is expanded and the toolbars are not availalble
"jg" wrote:
> I realize you verify that it is not on autohide.
>
> However, can you try this:
> enable autohide, verify result, log out
> login, disable autohide, what happens?
> If this work, you may want to log out to make sure it keeps the
> settings. Sometimes setting change gets lost if the PC crash and you have
> not log out after the change. you also will lose the setting if PC shuts
> down form another ID while your ID is also logged in.
>
>
> You may also want to lock the taskbar
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> "Don" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >I did a clean install of XP (went well) but now my desktop and taskbar
> > disappear when I'm not moving around on it. It comes back as soon as I
> > move
> > my mouse, but I find it very annoying. The taskbar autohide is NOT
> > checked
> > and I can't figure out why it's doing it. Any suggestions would be much
> > appreciated.
> > --
> > Thanks, Don
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>
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Don
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18 11:04:28 CST 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> Desktop and taskbar hide and reappear.
That solved the problem. Thanks JG
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Don
"Don" wrote:
> I did a clean install of XP (went well) but now my desktop and taskbar
> disappear when I'm not moving around on it. It comes back as soon as I move
> my mouse, but I find it very annoying. The taskbar autohide is NOT checked
> and I can't figure out why it's doing it. Any suggestions would be much
> appreciated.
> --
> Thanks, Don
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> DLLRecently when I loaded my sons learning CD a window
popped up saying - The application or DLL
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wing.dll is not a valid windows image.
What does this mean?
Since it happened it has stopped certain things
functioning correctly within the game.
Can I sort it with my boot-up disks and if so how?
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- Windows XP >> Start Menu frozenWhen logged on as a user the start menu open but I cannot
click on menu options. After restart it works fine for a
while. Same with Internet Explorer. What is an easy fix?
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- Windows XP >> dvd rwI have a Toshiba Satellite 2455-305s which has a CD/DVD
RW drive. I cannot get xp to recognize a DVD RW disc
when trying to record a DVD.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> iPodMy iPod is not being read by my computer. When I plug
the iPod in it says charging like it normally does, but
it never connects to the computer so I can add songs. Is
this happening to anyone else?
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- Windows XP MovieMaker >> Saving in MP3My daughter is working on a video for one of her Middle School classes.
(Yes, *I* am helping *her*, instead of the other way around!) We've got the
Movie Project saved, and want to burn it to a CD. Unfortunately, the school
PCs are Macs, and won't play a WMV file. Can the movie be saved in MP3
format? If not, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to make this
work?
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Brett
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- Windows XP Support >> The Recycle bin thinks I deleted it but didn'tI went to delete a file. It sent it to the recycle bin then I
pushed Empty Recycle Bin. Then a thing popped up saying it can't delete
WIN something or other, (which was a file that I did not try to delete.
But it thought I did). Then I looked in to the bin and the file I tried to
delete was gone. SO the file was gone from my computer but the space is
still being taken up. So the file is gone but the it is still taking up
space. The file was 4 gigs and I want that space back
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- Windows XP Security >> slow domain logon fo XPI have a Windows2000 domain with 98se and XP pro
machines. The win98se machines logon to the domain ok.
The xp machines take upto 5 minutes to apply settings and
group policy settings don't get applied/ take effect?
What can I do to speed this up?
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- Windows XP Network >> ICS client and failed AOL internet accessHaving problems getting internet connection from client
through ICS host using AOL 9.0 (dial-up). Host is
connected to AOL with no problem. Client has no problem to
access network for other functions (shared drive etc.).
Any solutions or is AOL simply not supporting ICS? Thx.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Graphic Problems-No DisplayI have a strange problem. A friend was using my computer and while messing
around, he deleted the graphic card I was using. Now, the PC and windows
seems to start fine but once windows xp kicks in, everything goes black. I
can see the HD light working so I know things are going on in there, but I
just can't see anything. I've attempted using different cards in there(all
same family, diff. models) but have the same problem. Is there a solution to
this problem or is it time for me to upgrade?
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- Windows XP Setup >> internet explorer: cannot display pagehi
i am having problems accessin ertain web pages. i am able
to connect to the internet and most pages like yahoo or
msn work. but when i try to access hotmail or a bank site
by entering my user/password info i get a :cannot display
page message
please help
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- Windows XP Network >> strange dns problemI have an XP workstation that will not resolve the IP
addresses of search engines correctly. For example I
can't go to search.msn.com, www.google.com,
www.lycos.com, etc. If I try to ping any of these, I get
the same address for all of them. 207.44.194.56. If I
do an nslookup for any of them I get the correct address.
I have tried using different DNS servers in the network
setup, and have checked the hosts file. Other computers
on the same network using DHCP do not have this problem.
I have run "ipconfig /flushdns" and get the same result.
If I clear the dnscache using the above command and then
do a "ipconfig /displaydns" I get a long list of the
search engines all with 207.44.194.56 as the A record. I
have run "net stop dnscache" and still get the same
results when trying to connect to the web site or ping.
Any ideas?
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