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- Windows XP Hardware >> Code 42 (duplicate device) w/3 Maxtor DrivesGiven 3 Maxtor 250 Gig drives on a new P4 system.
IDE 0 - Master/Slave and IDE 1 Master (IDE 1 Slave = DVD)
All 3 detect full capacity by Bios and XP Setup.
All 3 can take a clean XP install with new partition and
format.
All motherboard drivers installed and operating.
Maxtor big_drive_enabler (137 Gig barrier) run to update
registry (no effect one-way-or-another).
In Interactive XP, only 2 hard drives can ever be seen.
The third is marked yellow in Device Manager with Code 42
(duplicate device)
Windows Explorer correctly skips the drive letter of the
inactive drive.
The inactive drive can be the Master or Slave on either
IDE channel depending on which drive is booted.
Thanks in advance for help, Biff
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- Windows XP >> Xp problemA friend of mine just got a new x64 system and it would not recognize the
files on his old hard drive, which has XP Pro service pack 2 on it. I
connected the hard drive to my system, which also has XP Pro service pack 2,
and set it up as a slave. The drive was recognized with no problem. I
copied the contents of the drive to a briefcase on my hard drive, and then
attempted to reformat the slave drive so I could put the files back on it,
minus the OS. There was a FAT32 system on the slave drive, which Windows
would not allow me to format or delete. My system froze, so I rebooted it,
and windows would no longer load, instead I got the BSOD. I attempted to do
a repair of Windows, using my installation cd, but was prompted that there
are files missing and that setup would be shutting down, which it did. I
have no idea why this would have happened, and anyone who might be able to
suggest a fix would be my new hero...
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- Windows XP Hardware >> installGetting error trying to install XPpro on new hard drive.
HD is new WD 120gb 7200rpm, was formatted to NTFS and
used as additional drive. Now I want to use this hd as
boot drive. I get error trying to install using XP cd.
I changed jumper settings, reformatted, changed from
dynamic to basic, currently in NTFS. Does install need
to be in FAT? Any ideas??
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- Windows XP Security >> why is Mspmspsv.exe now showing up on one of my computersAll of sudden this file started showing up on my computer
in task manager so I did some checking and it is listed
in services wmdm pmsp service but does not give a reason
for it.
Checking on yahoo it shows it is for windows media player
seven but I do not have seven I have nine. Could it be a
virus of some kind. I nenamed the file and stopped the
service.
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- Windows XP >> changed iis server namehey all,
i just changed my xp computer name which i've been developing on, joined a
domain and now my asp.net stuff doesn't work. i get iis error "page cannot be
displayed." is there something i'm missing?
thanks,
rodchar
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- Windows XP Setup >> My Pictures folder errorFor some reason now my 'My Pictures' folder now thinks itâ??s a music folder.
When ever I go to it in the top left hand corner it always says 'Music Tasks'
it thinks that there are music files when there aren't just pictures. Also
know you can't view it as a slideshow type thing when you right-click & then
view. All you do is; thumbnails, tiles, icons ect... This is very annoying
seen as I liked the slideshow view. Also if you do put in some music files it
will come up saying, play all or selection. I know that it will be something
to do with the settings but I'm not sure which settings and where.
I have been told to;
Right click on folder
Properties
Customize
Select the kind of folder
When I go to properties there is no customize. Under general there is all
the standard settings, like read-only and everything and how many mb are in
the folder. There is also a sharing folder so then you can share the
contents, which I don't quite understand and at the moment I donâ??t need to.
If I go to my music or my video's there is no customize bit either. When I go
to another folder's properties there is, a customize so you can select the
type of folder I would like.
If I go into the My Pictures folder through;
My computer
Documents & Settings
User Name
My Documents
My Pictures
It all seems to work fine and it thinks that itâ??s a picture folder. There
are a lot of shortcuts to My Pictures which is what I mainly use and these
donâ??t work. Here it keeps thinking itâ??s a music folder. If you go onto a My
Documents folder through and shortcut including the desktop it also thinks
here that it is a music folder. What has gone wrong and where in the settings
seen as itâ??s only some of the settings now seen as it can work through My
Computer ectâ?¦
Please help.
Thanks
Alastairg100
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- Windows XP >> FAT to NTFS questionI recently installed Messenger Live and tried to initiate folder sharing.
Messenger indicates that my computer doesn't support folder sharing and I
must convert my FAT disk to NTFS. Are there any risks associated with this
and is it something I should do? Thank you.
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- Windows XP Setup >> XP home install hangs near the endOkay, here's the problem I am encountering. I am upgrading to XP home from Win98. I run the setup from the CD and choose to upgrade. It runs fine for the most part up until the end. I run into one issue that doesn't halt the installation but does confuse me. I get a message saying that something hasn't passed XP seal or whatever that is. The weird thing here is that where it seems like it should tell me what device/program the problem is, it is completely blank there and it gives me no information about what the problem is. I have clicked both yes and no for this error and it continues fine. It goes fine until it starts the first part of the finalization, upgrading programs and system info. It barely starts that, and it just hangs there at about 20 minutes to go. I've let it sit there for over 30 minutes just in case that was the problem, but it did nothing. It just sat there at the same point and it didn't give me any sort of error message whatsoever.
I've scoured the support knowledge base and tried many suggestions there and none have worked. I've removed a good deal of software and hardware from my machine and it still hangs at the same point. Any suggestions I'd greatly appreciate.
System details:
KT7A -Raid motherboard from Abit
Athlon 1.2Ghz Thunderbird
384megs ram
64meg Radeon 7200
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Losing internal modemHave a laptop running XP Pro SP1 with built in modem. If I plug in my
SPRINT AirCard into slot it works fine. The problem: After plugging in
aircard, the internal modem no longer will work with or without the aircard
plugged in (even after restarting). I have to remove internal modem from
device manager and rescan (i.e. readd) for it to begin working again.
Actual error when trying to use internal modem:
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Disconnected.
Error 628: The connection was terminated by the remote computer before it
could be completed. For further assistance, click More Info or search Help
and Support Center for the error number.
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Additional info:
- Aircard resources: IRQ7
- Internal modem (SENS LT56ADW): IRQ5
Any thoughts on how to resolve this issue?
Thanks in advance.
Shawn
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- Windows XP >> smartmedia readersover the last few weeks i have been beating my head against my desk trying to smartmedia reader to work. I have tried carious different make readers and smartmedia cards, all with the same outcome. According to all the manufacturers sites no drivers are neaded for xp. However everytime i try a new media reader the same message comes up"cannot instal hardware. There is a problem installing hardware. Generic usb smc readerusb device. An error occured during the installation of the device. The specified service does not exist as an installed service." What does this mean? If you read the right ups on these devices, they are all 4 or 5 star products i am using. People also boast how easy they are to install and yet i know of atleast 1 more pc local to me that is having the same problem. Please Please can someone help me. Many thanks
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- Windows XP >> Help and Support will not startI am using Windows XP home. When I click on Help and
support from the start menu, only the hourglass come up
briefly and nothing happens. The start and support files
were operational at one time. How can I get it back?
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- Windows XP Network >> IPCONFIG resultsTwo of the results given when this utility is run are:
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
Most examples shown all show No as the response. I find no explanation of
these results nor how the setting they appear to report can be changed.
Please respond to the following questions.
1. What is IP Routing and WINS Proxy?
2. What are the steps neccessary to disable these setting?
3. Can either or both of these being enable affect the ability of the
associated computer to be accessed by other computers with these items being
disablede inorder to share filed?
Thanks in advance.
Ken
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Ramesh,
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 Posted: Tue Dec 30 10:54:08 CST 2003 |
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Windows XP Hardware >> How do you delete a file?
how do u delete a file that is being used by another
program. how do u figure out wut is using this file so u
can delete it?
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alanrc54
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30 10:54:08 CST 2003 |
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Windows XP Hardware >> How do you delete a file?
The easiest way is to reboot into Safe mode (the ugly way to do this is to
hit the Reset button during a normal boot, and Windows will start again, and
give you the menu that includes Safe mode) Once you are in Safe mode, you
can delete that file.
"smellae" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:0a7201c3cef3$83698010$EMail@HideDomain.com...
> how do u delete a file that is being used by another
> program. how do u figure out wut is using this file so u
> can delete it?
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- Windows XP Update >> error numberwhat is error number 0x8DDD0004. Havn't been able to update xp since June.
Active x control warning does not show and can't get past it. Followed MS
support advice and still can't get an update.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Registered to:How do I change the name the computer is registered to?
Currently it says in the system screen of control panel
that the computer is registered to: STUDENT, but I would
like to change that so that all my folders, etc. will
also change to a different name. How would I go about
doing that?
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- Windows XP Network >> suddenly can't configure network connectionsSince a week or so ago I have been unable to change my network settings, even
though the network is working.
I have a toshiba sattelite M45 S2652 with Windows XP Home, I presume SP2
It has built in wireless and ethernet connections, both of which have been
working perfectly up till a few days ago.
I usually set my IPs manually, this has been working fine for a few months.
I do it by opening the network connections window, right-clicking on one of
the connections, and selecting Properties. This brings up a dialog box where
I can set the TCP/IP configuration of the connection.
But a week or so ago, the Network Connection Properties dialog box began
appearing empty. Not blank, but just with none of the details filled in. The
cursor shows as an hourglass when hovering over the dialog box. The situation
does not change for hours, the information never appears. I have noticed that
CPU activity jumps to 100%, with Explorer using about 95% of it. If I try to
close the dialog box, it is reported as "Not Responding" and I must "End
Task", which causes Explorer to reset (i.e. the task bar and desktop icons
disappear for a moment).
This happens with both the ethernet connection and the wireless connection.
Also, of the little process icons that should come up on the right of the
task bar, the two network icons no longer come up.
Also, if I select "Status" from the right-click menu of either connection,
nothing happens: no dialog box appears.
But my home network (which uses the wireless connection) still works fine. I
just can't change the settings.
I think that the problem may have coincided with installing new software,
but I have uninstalled everything I can think of with no results. I also
installed the new windows patch (the one addressing the wmf problem) at the
same time.
If some system library file or files might have been affected, I'd be
grateful if anyone could let me know which ones they might be, so I can see
about replacing them with uncorrupted versions.
Alternatively, if I could learn somewhere how to set up my network
connections manually from the command-prompt, this would be an acceptable
work-around.
Thanks for any and all help.
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- Windows XP Network >> VPN IssuesI have a server in a location that I have set up so I can VPN to that has a
map able folder. I have set up the folder on my workstation that is running
Windows XP Pro SP2 with all the updates. Both systems have High speed
internet access and when I force the VPN connection connect with out errors,
but when I try to sync these folders I get a message that tells me I can not
have multiple connections to the same shared resource. I would also like to
set this up to sync the folder at logon to the system, can anyone point me to
a site that shows the set up to do this.
Thank you
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- Windows XP Network >> Windows explorer stops repondiongI configured my home network by the wizard and had
connections rpoblems, specially sharing the internet
connection. Then I manually configured the network and
fixed the internet connecgtion, connection to shared
printer is fine, but when I need to browse other drives
on the network and open My Network places or clcik on the
network drives in explorer, they stop responding and I
had to close them with task manager, After that when I
reopen My network places or windows explorer I can browse
the network drives normally.
Could anyone help me to fix this annoying problem, Why I
can not browse the network drives the first I try to
open them
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- Windows XP Network >> PLs Need Help BadlyHi .. I am trying to connect on the internet and i am
getting these pop up error
Startservices >>>> THE SERVICE DATABASE IS LOCKED
StartService >>> Can't Start Kernel Mode Driver Service
Error >>> Can not load EIO.DLL.
Can someone pls help me get back online again and fix
this problem .. Thanks
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> pagefile.sysI got an error on my 'puter today that said
my "pagefile.sys" was wrong and i need to go into
settings and change it. This was after scandisk chewed on
it for a while. I went in and looked at it, but the
setting was set higher than it said was required, so I
didn't change it. I had just installed "Pinnacle Studio
8", which is a DVD authoring program. I decided to go
into Norton and schedule a scandisk, and set it to
repair, then rebooted. I had only about 15Gig of stuff on
my 80 gig HD, but it said it had to "trunicate" the files
because it didn't have enough room to fix them. It
allowed XP to come up normally, but now my 80gig is
completely full! I used Norton to look at files on "C."
and I can see I have about 20-25 files. each over 500
meg, called something like "00084645.bmp" stored in
folder "c:\recycled\nprotect\", but when i go into
Windows Explorer, they folders aren't visible so I can
delete them.
Any ideas?
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- Windows XP Setup >> dumpiing physical memorythanks for the advice but im not that bright HA it seems like updatin
drivers sounds like the right thing to do but if there is a sequenc
and room for error im sure ill mess it up. I rang tosh they didnt giv
me any support they just wont to pick it up makes me very nervous
dont have dvd burner so backing it all up would take forever. Its
very basic computer thats what gets me. It came with all majo
programs installed and ill i have done is added kazza and bit torren
and a couple of big games. it only happens on start up but the othe
day it stopped half way through start up of medal of honour? I hav
heaps of digi pics and music for i tunes thats it. what do ya think
should do?
usasma Wrote:
> Usually this is an error caused by a faulty device driver, syste
> service, or
> BIOS
> It could also be an error caused by an incompatible device driver
> system
> service, virus scanner, or backup tool
>
> Have you added anything to the laptop? If not, I'd suggest you take i
> back
> to the store and have them repair it under warranty (backup your stuff
> first!).
>
> If you have added any programs/hardware, check your Event Viewer fo
> any
> further information on what file may be causing this (Start...Control
> Panel...Administrative Tools...Event Viewer). If you can't find an
> specific
> reference to a file/program - start updating all the drivers fro
> lowest to
> highest (ie. BIOS, motherboard drivers, video, audio, LAN, etc).
>
> "bryce" wrote:
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> Have new toshiba laptop no idea whats going on. Once a week i ge
> blue
> screen with a hole lot of jargon that means nothing to me. It want
> to
> dump physical memory to disk.
> catergory ( 102 )
> event ID 1003
> error code 0000000a
> Running xp
> antivirus is up to date
> Please help :)
> bryceo22@hotmail.com
>
>
> --
> bryce
>
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bryce
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- Windows XP Setup >> McAfee VirusScan v4.0.2 Uninstall HelpI recently bought a New Compaq laptop with windows xp
pro. McAfee VirusScan v4.0.2 was installed with it.I
installed Norton Anti-virus 2003 pro and wanted to
uninstall McAfee VirusScan v4.0.2 but when i did in the
Add and remove Programs it would freeze and i just can't
do it.
Please help me uninstall McAfee VirusScan v4.0.2
thanx Jordan
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- Windows XP Setup >> Problems with Office XP and VisualStudio.Netam running Office XP and VisualStudio.Net on a Windows
XP Pro System. All licenses were purchased through the
College I attend in the evening, and as far as I know are
full functionality.
I believe after I installed SP1 for XP, I started having a
problem with Office and .NET. Whenever I try to start
either program, I get a small window that says it's
performing an installation. I can either allow
the "install" to run it's course and use the programs, or
press the cancel button, but the window comes back
whenever I try to Save, cut, paste, or just about any
other action.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Todd Horchler
Ohio
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- Windows XP Support >> ..."install an configure system components"I recently downloaded "Grafstat" from the Internet- it's something to work
out questionaires. Now I wanted to install it and they say I have to go to
Control Panel to install and configure system components. What do they want
from me??? I know where Control Panel is but further... Please, please help
me!!!
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- Windows XP >> Error messagesHi can anyone tell me what these messages mean;
11 September 2003 Applicatio n Error Fault bucket
50716521.
10 September 2003 Service Control Manager The Application
Management service terminated with the following error:
The specified module could not be found.
Regards,
Andy.
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- Windows XP Support >> formatted after a crash..question for you all?recently formatted c drive after major crash...but I think I must have done
something wrong, because there is less hard drive space now...did I not
partition correctly? In MY computer it shows the c drive with 2 colors, and
the available space is less than before..also it won't completely
defragment..shows a large amount as freagmented, but wont complete...is there
something I can do as an easy fix..computer seems slower now?
Thanks!
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