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- Windows XP >> Useful commandOccassionally the question comes up about "When did my Windows
get originally installed". Learned tonight that there is a command prompt
based command, SystemInfo that returns that information, including the
hour/minute of installation.
Best to redirect the output to a text file to examine, such as:
Start, Run (Type) Cmd [Enter]
>SystemInfo >C:\Sysinfo.Txt
Thought I'd pass the information along.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Usb keybord not workingIm having a bad time installing windows xp, I have a
computer in wich the mouse and keyboard are connected via
usb, when i run the installation from the bootable cd i
can access to it when it says press any key to boot from
cd, this shows that the BIOS is recognizing the keyboard,
but when i get into the installation menu the keyboard
doesnt respond, so there is no way to continue through
the installation, the computer doesnt have any serial
port, so there is no way to connect any different
keyboard other than the USB. What can i do to complete
the installation?
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- Windows XP >> 119 New Messages?I'm curious what this message means. When Windows first starts when I turn
the comp on in the morning, I sometimes get a message under my Log On name
that says something like: "50 New Messages". I only get the message once in
a while. This morning it said "119 New Messages". I check my Outlook
Express and I only had 5 new messages. I also have two hotmail accounts. Is
this message indicating that I have 119 new messages in one or both of my
hotmail accounts?
Just curious. Thanks for the help. Mike
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- Windows XP Network >> Direcway Satellite ICS problemsI have a new direcway internet system that is a two way
system connected by usb port. I already had a network
that was running fine with xp pro until the direcway was
installed. the direcway will work ok for a while after
reboot but stops suddenly after a few minutes. If i
disable the local network nic the direcway will browse ok
until the nic is enabled again. Direcway will not help me
saying they do not support networks but say it will work.
I have gone through all of the setup several times and
double checked all suggestions from windows and direcway
but nothing works. any help we be greatly appreciated.
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- Windows XP Support >> Windows login - changed user nameA little background. When the computer was set up we recorded user "Sally"
on the setup screen. Windows XP Professional, Dell 6000 Inspiron. Sally
left the company so we renamed the User to "KS". On the windows login screen
it continues to default to "Sally" and requests a password which we don't
have. If we change the user to "KS" we can log in to the computer and
continue business as usual. If we go to Control Panel-Users Sally is no
longer listed there or is she listed in Control PanelAdministrative
Tools|Computer Management|Local Users and Groups|Users. So I can't use the
control userpasswords 2 command to get rid of the password. I would like to
have the login in screen default to "KS" our current user and get rid of any
reference to "Sally". Does anyone have any ideas?
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- Windows XP >> sp2 failWhile trying to update a laptop from base to sp2, I get "Failed to install
catalog files" & quits.
There is 30GB free space. Is there a service turned off? I have found RPC
service off & networks service also.
What is the error?
Dan
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- Windows XP Setup >> New WinXP installed itself on H: driveMy wife has just installed WinXP Home on a new PC which had one raw
120gb hard drive and found it has set the 3 partitions she created as
H: (WinXP) I: (Apps) J: (Data), instead of the normal C:,D:,E:. Her
only other drive is a CD-RW/DVD combo which appears as D:.
3 removable drives have appeared,labelled E:,F:,G:.... but in fact she
has no removeable drives, these would seem to be the USB ports on the
motherboard!!
Any idea what might have gone wrong and how it might be fixed?
Could she use Partition Magic or a similar utility, since the XP Disk
Manager will not allow her to change the system drive letter?
Or is the best solution to start again, reinstall Win XP?
Thanks for any guidance
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- Windows XP Network >> home networking xp 3.5 floppy driveI want to set up a home network with 3 computers. The computer that will
dial up my internet service does not have a floppy drive. When I try to set
the network up I begin on the machine that dials my internet connection it
wants me to make a disk for the other computers. How can I get around this
since I do not have a floppy drive?
Thanks
Sherry
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- Windows XP >> Unable to delete fileUnable to delete an avi file. Found 2 trojan virus' in
windows media player - deleted virus' but still cannot
delete file. Computer says it is being used by another
program or user. There are no other users and I ended
tasks through task manager and still would not delete.
Unable to determine which program is using it. Is there
any way to bypass the being used from another program so
that it could be deleted regardless of what or who is
using it? Couldn't find anything in KB about this
problem.
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- Windows XP >> error codescan anyone please help when i try to download anything i keep getting error
1601 or 1607 i cant find out what they mean hope someone out there can
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Windows XP >> MISSING HELP LINKS
When I click on the blue words in help (ie. Related
Topics), a new "post" .gif appears, but it won't take me
to the appropriate link. Any fixes?
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- Windows XP Support >> DVD/RW ProblemI have a Dell E510 that has a drive HL-DT-ST DVD+ - RW GWA 41648 drive.
I can put a program CD in the drive such as Windows disk and the drive
reads it. If I put a data disk that was written on another Dell and seen
by all Dells in the office, it can't see information on disk. If I try
to write as new data disk Windows keeps asking me to insert a blank
disk. Same thing if I ask it to erase or format the disk. What should I do?
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- Windows XP Network >> Locked files on XP shared drivesI have come across a problem on a number of small Windows networks
where a new machine has been installed running WinXP and it has
folders shared for access across the network. The client machines are
a mixture of both Win98 and WinXP. For most files there is no problem
accessing the shared folders however for a small number of files
mainly Publisher 2000, Access 2000 and zip utilites, once a file has
been opened on the sharing machine it then beocmes locked and cannot
be copied or opened by the other machines on the network. There is no
problem opening on the sharing machine, and this condition does not
clear itself when the machine is rebooted. The network machines
usually get an access denied message when trying to open the file.
They can still open other files on the shared drive so the problem
does not lie with the folder permissions. If the files is copied and
renamed in Windows Explorer on the hsaring machine it becomes
accessible again. Though Word and Excel files are being regularly
edited on the sharing they do not exhibit this problem.
Does any one know if there is a reason for this behaviour, whether
there is any sort of fix to stop it occurring, or if there isn't where
the information about a file being locked is kept in the WinXp system
and whether there is any way of clearing these locks - even manually
would be better than nothing.
Sorry this has been so long-winded.
Mike Holmes
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- Windows XP Hardware >> HELP IPConfig not there??????!!!!!My pc is suddenly not online.
First I thought that it was my network card, so I bought a new one. I
installed it and still could not go online.
Then I thought that I should run CMD and type IPCONFIG (WindowsXP)
but it did not respont the way it usualy does:
It return the message:
Windows Ip Configuration
And that was it. No IP Adresses where found.
Now I wonder WHY? And what I can do about it? Any suggestions????
Morten
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- Windows XP Update >> Update Hangs at 46%We bought our daughter a new machine and I formatted it and did a fresh
install of XP Pro. Win Update won't go past 46%. I also can't install any
programs as I get an error about .dll handling.
I have formatted and re-installed twice.
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- Windows XP >> Notification AreaHello:
My computer started acting weird. When you put your pointer over an item in
the notification area (systray) instead of the balloon popping up above and
in front, it pops up low and behind the task bar. You can not read what it
says.
Anyone know what caused this?
Thanks
Richard
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Archos Mini HD and Unknown Device on USB 2.0 and XP HomeHi,
I just bought a new Toshiba Satellite A40-231 with XP Home. I have an
external Archos Mini HD (40 GB) that has USB 2.0. For some reason,
when I connect the HD to the laptop, I get a message stating that
there has been a failure and an unknown device is connected. I have
tried re-installing the drivers for the Archos but to no avail.
Further, I have been able to use various memory sticks on the machine
with no problems. Additionally, the MiniHD works fine on other
machines (the other machines however had only USB 1.1 ports). I cannot
figure out however why the Mini HD does not appear on my new machine
and I would appreciate any advice in this matter as it is quite
frustrating.
Many thanks, Jules
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- Windows XP MovieMaker >> Beyond TV 3.5 vs SageTV 2.2 - which is better, to replace Windows Media Center Edition 2005?I'm using a new Dell WinXP Media Center 2005, 3.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM
system, with Windows Movie Maker Version 2.1.4026.0, an NVIDIA GeForce
6800 video card, an Angel TV tuner card (has two tuners), and an SB
Audigy 2ZS Audio (D8CO) sound card.
I'd like to record old VCR tapes as well as current TV shows into my
computer, manipulate them using Movie Maker 2.1 and/or Ulead DVD Movie
Factory 4 Disc Creator Edition, and then burn them to DVD's.
However, Windows Media Center Edition 2005 only writes in its own
proprietary dvr-ms file format, plus it flags some programs as not
being allowed to be copied. So I need a software program that will do
everything MCE2005 will do, plus write files using more
commonly-shared file formats, readable by Movie Maker and Movie
Factory.
Beyond TV 3.5.3 (http://snipurl.com/f4n1) and SageTV Version 2.2
(http://snipurl.com/f4n3) seem to be the best contenders. What are the
strengths/weaknesses of each? Before purchasing either I'd greatly
appreciate all suggestions.
Thanks.
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- Windows XP >> Automatic Updates/ MouseRecently, whenever I install an Automatic Update my mouse
stops working in the USB port. I am able to use a mouse
in the other port. I know this because I used my mouse
from work to troubleshoot. I suspect that the computer
sees it as a game controller because it "finds" a game
controller and installs it. I am able to do a "System
Restore" and get my mouse back but I would like to be
able to use the Updates.
Has anyone run into this problem and is there a fix? Are
the Automatic Updates really that useful? I appreciate
any help.
Sincerely,
Roger Dixon
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- Windows XP Support >> Windows XP MCE 2005 boot problemsHello everybody,
Since briefly I've been experiencing severe troubles with my MCE box. More
specifically, it refuses to boot into windows...
This is what happens :
- The system completes POST without any problems
- The raid array is succesfully detected
- A menu appears stating that "Windows has been unproperly shutdown ..."
Whatever option I choose in the menu (safe mode, last known working config,
default, ...) always results in the system just starting boot all over
again. The windows boot screen appears briefly for a second or something, and
then the system just starts all over again.
I've tried the following :
- Verify the integrity of RAID array
- Run memtest
- BIOS reset
I've also tried booting with a live cd, and this works perfectly, so I
believe there is no hardware malfunction.
I'm running out of ideas, anyone know how I could fix this??
Greetz,
Robin L
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- Windows XP >> Windows explorer errorI get an error message when trying to install my
networked HP printer on my windows XP home ed. computer
saying that setup failed and the computer can't be
installed while using their setup wizard. when i use
Windows XPs add printer funtion, it works for adding it
as a USB printer. however, it gives me an error message
that windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs
to close when i try to install it as a networked printer
using windows xp's printer controls (not the HP wizard
that came with it). i think that windows explorer may
have become corrupted on my computer. any advice about
how to repair or reinstall that part of windows?
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- Windows XP Security >> The System Administrator has set policies to prevent this installation.I set security on all of our Win XP SP1 systems some time
ago and whenever I need to install MS Office I rename the
folder GroupPolicy to GroupPolicy.old, reboot and install
the program. On one system I'm getting this message "The
System Administrator has set policies to prevent this
installation." no matter what I try. I have no idea what
I might have done differently with this computer. I have
tried using secedit to reset security but that didn't
help. Any ideas?
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- Windows XP Security >> Domain and local Administrator does not have privilegesAs domain and local Administrator, I tried downloading Windows updates
including IE but only a few of the updates worked but not IE 7. I had
to create a user and grant Administrator rights and then only did it
allow me to update. Also System Restore does not work under Domain and
Local Administrator. I checked the security policy and Administrator
has rights for the most part across the board (including system restore
service). I also tried restarting the System Restore service but I
still get the message:
You do not have sufficient provileges to restore your system. Please
contact your administrator, or logout and log in again as an
administrator and try again.
Any ideas?
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