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- Windows XP >> My system is crashing ever 5 minutes LITERALLY!When i boot my computer up, it crashes after 5 minutes.
The error i'm getting is:
System Shutdown
Must shutdown because Remote Procedure Call (RPC) was
terminated unexpectedly.
Something like that.
Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem other than
reformatting?
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- Windows XP Hardware >> All my cards aren't workingI just got finished w/ a technical support guy who told me
to take all of my various cards out of their slots (video,
sound, network, etc.) and then I had to put them back in.
I'm not sure if they were supposed to go back in in the
same order, but my sound and network cards won't work
now. Can someone tell me if they had to go back in in the
same order that they came out? Thanks a million
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- Windows XP >> menu speedIs there a menu speed adjustment in win xp? Like when you
are say selecting start programs whatever? I thought I
adjusted my computer with win 98 but I went and looked at
my daughters computer win 98 and can't find it on there
either. Maybe it was just my imagination. Thanks.
Sammy Castagna
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Windows Lags at StartupMy Windows XP Professional lags during startup. The Start
menus works, though things seem to just pause. I can open
programs, but they will not function for about 10-20
seconds, at which point the startup sound will play and I
can use my computer normally. What could cause this? How
can I fix this?
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Help - Failing C: Drive, how to I transfer OS to new hard disk?Why is this not straightforward?....
I purchased a Packard Bell "imedia" PC from PC World UK in about 2002. AMD
1.3Ghz. 20Gb C: drive with Windows XP home edition (OEM I assume) (SP2) and
a 40Gb D: drive added by myself a couple of years ago.
Ok, the C: drive starts reporting bad sectors and is on the way out. So I
purchased a replacement hard drive (Same manufacturer WD) 80 Gb. Then comes
the problem of transferring the OS to the new drive.
I don't have the original OEM XP disks (thanks PC world).
The new drive was installed (as a slave on IDE 2), formatted and partitioned
(NTFS) and set as drive E:
I first tried using NTBackup to backup the C drive (to the D drive), then
restoring this to E: However, NT Backup did not seem to backup and restore
every file (It missed several in the Windows\System32\Config folder). But
some hacking about with the recovery console (from an XP Home CD, not OEM) I
got these transferred across.
When I swap cables and jumpers to replace the C: drive with the E: drive, I
can get XP to display the boot.ini menu, and it will start loading the OS
Kernel, HAL and boot services. But it gets to MUP.SYS and just halts.
Having read some chat on similar problems, it seems that I shouldn't blame
MUP.SYS, it might be the next thing that loads. Trouble is, even with the
/sos switch, nothing else is displayed. Have tried safe mode etc.
I don't know if this is because the new drive/partition is labelled as E: ?
Anybody got any suggestions short of reinstalling XP and all the Apps? I
could obtain an OEM disk if absolutely necessary, but I feel frustrated that
something as common as replacing a failing system disk should prove so
painful.
Before anyone suggests using a drive image application, the C: drive seems
to have a 2Mb "unknown" partition at the start - preventing any simple
partition copy from working. I assume this is part of some
PCWorld/OEM/Microsoft anti piracy thing. Which I'm all in favour of, until
it stops me legitimately rescuing my failing system
Charlie
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Firewall and Group Policy HELP!!?Hello! I need help please. I'm trying to turn the firewall on, and it says
"For your security, some settings are controlled by Group Policy". I'm the
only user on my computer, and so I'm the "administrator" of my computer.
It's on a home network with a Linksys router and another computer. The other
computer's Firewall is Turned on. I need to disable all "Group Policy"
settings so I can turn the Firewall back on. Can someone help with this?
I've looked and looked and can't find it anywhere. Thank you VERY much for
your time in your response!!!!!!
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- Windows XP Network >> stop autodial over networkI have a shared internet connection with 2 clients
sharing it from the host. Problem is the connection tries
to dialup about one every 5 minutes if i miss it i might
have a large phone bill. Ideally i would like it to only
dial up when i tell it to connect and not even when a
client opens internet explorer or outlook. Any help would
be greatly appreciated. P.S i have disabled a service
which is meant to stop this problem but it hasnt i think
it was remote connection manager or something like that.
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- Windows XP >> Uninstall Brightmail plugin silently with msiexec doesnt work?I've tried using this format to remove this program..
msiexec /x "{GUID HERE}" /quiet
This doesnt work..
If you take off the /quiet.. it pops up asking if you want to
uninstall the plugin..
If you put the /quiet on.. it will briefly show that pop up window
then disappear, but the app isnt uninstalled...
I really need a way to remove this app from multiple computers (using
sms 2003) with this command line, so users aren't prompted or see
anything related to it...
Any thoughts out there?
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- Windows XP >> Windows installer appears to failHi.
I'm running Windows Installer 3.1. Just recently, after using Windows
Update, I get the Windows Installer pop-up that says "Preparing to
install..." which stays for a few seconds, then just goes away without
completing. It doesn't say what it's trying to install. Naturally, while
it's there, almost all activity on my computer stops. I've checked the
Windows Update history, and it shows all updates installed successfully. This
seems to happen almost every time I go to launch an application. Is there a
way to find out what's trying to install, and either install it or cancel it?
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- Windows XP >> Trying to copy XP to bigger Hard DriveHave been unsuccesful the last two days trying to copy my 20 GB XP system to
a brand new 80GB HD. I have used the Mfg disk (Maxtor) to format and copy
to new disk. Format was OK, showed 81GB. Did the file copy but system does
not boot. NTLDR is missing error which prompts you to insert OS disk and
install. I want to avoid a new install and just copy existing system. I
then tried Disk Image 7.0, did the copy, same error NTLDR is missing. Disk
Image has a copy MBR selection which I did, same result. Back in the DOS
days you could format C: /s or do a Sys C: but I thought I should be able to
get past this. What am I missing here??? Tx Mike
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- Windows XP >> Privilege Problems or other?I have XP Home SP2 edition on both my desk top and lap top and am running
with the same privileges. Today I tried to add a second monitor. No problem
on the desk top, but the lap top does not work. I get all the tabs, Themes,
Desktop, Screen Saver, Appearance, and Settings on the desk top. On the lap
top I only get Display. Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Robert.
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Windows XP Security >> group policies
Is there a way that group policies can be set back to
defaults without having to go in and set them back one at
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- Windows XP MovieMaker >> Audio and Video in Playback stopHi, my problem is that when I create a movie on the timeline, I can start the
preview, but after a few seconds of playback the video freezes and all the
sound stops. I've run a virus scan and nothing showed up, and I'm pretty
sure I haven't had any codec problems. This happened before, and I don't
want to reinstall MM again, so any help would be appreciated.
I'm running an Intel P4 3.2 ghz with 512 ram and a radeon 9200 256mb
graphics card.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Computer powers off randomlyMy PC will powers off randomly. There is no one function that causes it. I
can be running a program or sending an email or it could be sitting in an
idle state with no running processes and shuts down. Sometimes it will run
for days and sometimes it will only stay on for 20 minutes or so. Pressing
the power button will not restart the computer unless I first shut off the
power supply switch for a period of time.
My system is a three year old ABS.
Windows XP Home SP1 all updates.
AMD64 3400
Award F11 BIOS
Gigabyte, GA-K8N PRO Mother Board.
Fortron 530watt ATX power supply.
Coolermaster cooler
What I do not think is causing the problem.
I have clean and steady input line power off a Conext UPS.
I am virus and spyware free.
The system is clean and dust free.
All the fans are running.
If I monitor CPU temp in the BIOS it is good (32C - 35C).
I inspected the MB capacitors they all look good.
Checked all power connectors and cables.
Voltages reported good in BIOS (when I looked.)
Ran disc check no errors.
What may be causing it.
Bad temp sensor on MB - are there any work arounds, something I can shut off
in the BIOS to check this?
If my cpu cooler fan stalls for a split second and starts again will it
cause the system to shut down?
Broken ACPI, can it cause shut down issues, can it be disabled (in device
manager)to check for problems?
Possible bad power supply, why do I have to shut the switch off on the power
supply to get the system to power up after a failure?.
May be coincidence but the problem seemed to begin after a Windows update
a month or so ago.
I am still on SP1 I was going to update to SP2 when this problem began I do
not want to be in the middle of a op system update and have a power down.
When I view the event log nothing seems to be reported around the time of
shut down that is related.
Any help would be appreciated before I spend the big bucks I don't have for
tech support.
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Onward through the fog
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- Windows XP Support >> Screen Shaking and BlackoutHi. I have a Toshiba laptop. Today the screen started shaking and then it
would dim out so I could barely make out what the screen was. I tried
changing the contrast, but that did nothing. When I changed the display mode
to LCD/Monitor, it would display for a while, but then start flickering and
blackout again. Please help me. Email me at kim_eunheh@yahoo.com
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Latest Security Update sent video on the fritzI installed the two latest updates (KB946026 & KB943055) and they both
installed successfully and the computer restarted. My video, however,
started giving a smeared (and unwanted) scroll moving to the left and also
up. It seemed as though the video was wrappping the display around itself
and smearing it as it did so. Uninstalled both updates and video is back to
normal. Using an ATI 9600 All-in-Wonder series on primary and secondary with
driver version 8.421.0.0 on the primary and driver version 8.221.0.0 on the
secondary. Primary was the only video output to display this problem as
Secondary was operating just fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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- Windows XP >> Reading DriveSpace compressed drives in Windows XPI have the following problem:
I have an old hard disk which was used with Windows 98. I managed to get the
raw data from it. But... the drive was compressed with DriveSpace3 and so I
now only have a huge drvspace.000 file and can't get the data out of it as I
do not have a Windows 98 installation any more.
Does anyone know a program or another way to get the data?
(I'm using Windows XP Professional now.)
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- Windows XP Setup >> pc crashes when on nethave this error report alot what does it mean? pc also crashes alot when on
the net after a while, mostly when checking email.
LoadPerf The performance counter name string value in the registry is
incorrectly formatted. The bogus string is , the bogus index value is the
first DWORD in Data section while the last valid index values are the second
and third DWORD in Data section.
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- Windows XP >> Some Applications start MinimizedFor some unknown reason several applications have begun to start running
minimized which can not be maximized no mater what I do. Others are now
opening fully maximized and will not be resized and if I try they go right
to the tray. I am using two monitors which I like use to each for different
applications. Many of my apps work fine as they always have and only some
are behaving as described.
I located this fix http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips512.html but it
does not give accurate information about what to do. The article indicated
this START /MAX notepad.exe as an example but an error report is shown.
I don't even understand this if it is the fix I am looking for
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178117 If this is what I need to do then it
seems it is a bit over my head but will give it a try unless there is
someone that knows of an easier solution.
Thanks.
Cliff
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- Windows XP Setup >> RIS: Using Wake on Lan, Completely auto. install?We are using RIS (Remote Installation Services) to deploy Windows XP SP2
incl. applications and settings to about 300 PC's used by students.
Is it possible to completely automate this procedure to reinstall all our
domain computers every knight.
Use WOL to startup all computers, change the .ROM file to .F12 to
automaticly start RIS. But then??
Is this at all possible?
Grx,
Joris
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- Windows XP Network >> Host filesPlease help. I have lost my ability to google from my
computer. It says someone maliciously put a program on my
computer that does not allow me to go to that web site.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
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- Windows XP >> disappearing system trayThe volume and power icons in my system tray disappear
every time i boot up. i have to reclick the "place icon
in system tray" for either one of them and both of htem
then show up. How do i fix this problem?
beyond that, microsoft outlook takes forever to boot up.
i don't have many messages on it, but it still takes a
long time. i defragged my hard drive, thinking that
perhaps files got fragmented. what do it do? this
problem just started happening.
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- Windows XP Setup >> upgrade to XP proI bought a new laptop with xp home s.p. 2 I would like to upgrade to xp pro I
got a full retail version of xp pro without s.p. 2 I got s.p. 2 on seperate
cd is there a way to upgrade without doing a format and fresh install there
some programs I would like to save that came with the oem. Thanks
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- Windows XP Hardware >> only burn 3 songs-why?-helpCan anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Each time I've burned a CD, it only lets me record
3 songs. When I try to record the 4th song, I get a
message from Windows Media Player saying "will not fit"
I don't understand why I'm only able to record 12 minutes
of music when the disc says 80min. (Imation disc that
came with computer)
Any help appreciated-
THANKS!
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