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- Windows XP Support >> AutoplayI used to get a pop up box on my computer when I put in a CD of any type. A
box would open and ask what I wanted to do. It gave several choices. ... burn
a CD, watch a CD, do nothing, etc. Now when I put in a cd of any type
nothing happens. How do I get my choice box back? I have gone to start, my
computer, right click on E drive, select properties, select autoplay,
selected prompt me each time for each content type. Still does not do
anything.
Anyone have other things I can try?
Thanks in advance!
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- Windows XP Setup >> Error Message on Startup Winkb6On startup the follwoing message appears in a popup window:
Winkb6
File access denied - c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WBCONF.DAT
It comes up in a new window every 4 seconds or so and does not stop although
I can use the computer if I just ignore the error popups.
Can anyone help pleas?
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- Windows XP Setup >> How do I install WIN XP Home on pc with WIN XP not genuineI found out that my windows XP Pro is not genuine. The place where I purchase
my computer is gone, but in order to have a legitimate copy, I purchased WIN
XP Home. Now I am stuck on what to do. I have two hard drives, 40GB (my main
one) and and old one of only 12GB. Can I move some things to the
older/smaller harddrive? Also do I uninstall WIN XP Pro? I can do some
things on the computer, but other things I am lost. If I uninstall my current
version is it 'formatting the disk'. If I do this, will it remove everything
from the old hard drive? If not, then when I install the new winxp home will
the old hard drive still use the old non genuine edition? I want it all to be
legitimate and as soon as I found out it wasn't I purchased a new CD. The
retailer wants $80 to install the program and I just do not have that. I am
on a pension and could hardly afford the new CD. But it is important to me to
use genuine Microsoft proudcts. Please help if you can and with fairly simple
terms.
I am able to go into the registry, but only with good instructions. I have
no idea what happens in the Bios or when you click F8 when you turn the
computer on, so if that has to be done, please let me know and give
instructions. I have looked in the FAQ about this and it does tell a little
about installing WINXP but not for my problem.
Thank you so much for any help you can give me.
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- Windows XP Setup >> Deleting Multiple UsersNot sure I'm in the right place, but here goes.
On a clean reinstall, WInXP decided I should have 3 users; All Users, David
(me), and Owner. I am the sole user of this comp. Any way I can at least
get rid of "Owner" (Understand I'm stuck with All Users)
Thank you in advance
Dave - aka David :-)
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- Windows XP Hardware >> optimal cluster size?good morning - i am running an xp home machine, with a 40 Gb boot drive, and
a 200Gb data drive. The data drive is partitioned with 512 byte clusters;
the boot drive with 4 Kb clusters. Would it be advisable to resize the boot
drive with 512 byte clusters? I am a photographer running, primarily,
PhotoShop CS, Illustrator CS, Flash MX and Dreamweaver MX. PhotoShop uses
the data drive as a scratch disk, often with files approaching 200 Mb, hence
the question about both compatibility and speed with regard to the disparity
of cluster sizes.
Any and all answers appreciated.
alan staats
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photo:staats
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- Windows XP >> Unable to remove OutlookExprs and WinMsngrI am using Windows XP Professional.
I am unable to remove Outlook Express and Windows Messenger.
I don't have the CheckBox for the above applications
in Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs->Add/Remove Windows Components
What should I do to remove them?
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- Windows XP Setup >> unread email messages on logon screenI've recently upgraded to Windows XP. Now, it seems to
indicate that I have unread email messages. I currently
have 2 email accounts (AOL and cable). There are also
other users defined on the computer.
Where does Windows XP look for that information and how
can it be pointed to the correct email source?
Thanks,
Donna
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- Windows XP Hardware >> accessing removed harddriveI am about to remove my main HD with XP on it and replace it with 2 W.D. HD's
with RAID striped array on a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP MB.
My question is "with security on XP, after i remove my old harddrive will I
be able to access the files on the drive if I place it on a secondary ide
slot?"
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> XP backup restore question...please help!I backed up my partitioned hard drive....E & F that contain programs and data
using the backup wizard. It put them all in one file that was saved on my
external hard drive. Now, after reloading windows, repartioning the hard
drive and adding sp 2 again, when trying to restore, an error message says
that there is unrecognizable media in the file. Talking to a friend that
knows more than myself, he said that maybe because of the program files in
there too, it won't restore. I didn't even think of that.
So, my question is, is there anyway of going into the backup file and just
restoring everything on the F drive, the data? What options do I have?
Thanks for the help!
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- Windows XP Support >> errors on pageon the bottom left i get "done with errors on page". several web sites i
also have problems with, it keeps asking for password over and over. on my
yahoo mail, it causes even more problems, most of the time i cant compose
mail or reply to mail due to errors on page. no one on the sites knows what
is the cause, they thought it was my java, but when i checked it, it passed
all the tests. now i dont know what to do. any ideas.
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- Windows XP >> QuestionWe have internet caffe center, we want to buy windows xp
professional for 25 computers. What should we use (buy) ?
Please send me more info on my e-mail. Thanks.
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- Windows XP Security >> NT Domain/Printer ProblemsI'm currently in the process of installing a few XP Pro workstations on an
NT domain. These PCs must run some DOS software. Printers are all HP
Laserjets with JetDirect cards.
I use a login script to execute a NET USE for each printer:
NET USE LPT1: \\NTSERVER\ReceptionPrinter /PERSISTENT:YES
1. All of the printers (3 in all) are set up with identical security
settings on the NT Domain. Yet, one of the three NET USE commands
consistently fails (requesting a username/pw) when the user is not an
administrator.
2. Have been trying to use the rundll32 commands to install the printers for
"ALL" users (per machine installation), but this doesn't seem to work as it
did with W2K. Could be related to problem (1) though.
3. The printer involved is an HP 4050 which has no XP driver on the NT
Server. Is there a way to put it on the server so printer installation is
simpler? It seems like installation of the XP driver is a major pain that
could be easily avoided if I could install it on the NT Server, but I find
no way to do this with an XP driver.
Any suggestions, remarks on any of these items will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
D Ray
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Computer keeps rebootingSome please help us, we are desparate! Our computer
reboots everytime someone in the bathroom flushes the
toilet. We now save and close everything before using the
facilities each time! PLease help! What could be causing
this?!?
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- Windows XP >> Interpretation of System log error messagesI am running XP Pro on a Compaq laptop with an external "burner." Recently I
had 'crashes' from which Ws recovered. I was given the following references
in the System Log:
Event- 1003; Category- [102]; Source- System Error // Event- 7009; Source-
Service Control Manager // Event- 10005; Source- DCOM // Event - 10010;
Source- DCOM // Event- 11; Source- cdrom // Event- 7; Source- cdrom.
I would appreciate an interpretation of these references or directions to a
MS site for same. Thanks.
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Lirathal
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 Posted: Sat Jul 29 22:33:33 CDT 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> restore without windows cd?
I have lost my windows cd for the winbox at my house. The computer was
custom built so it does not have a restore partition. Is there any way
to restore it without any cd? By the way, I don't mean using the
windows restore thing, i want to completely reinstall windows on a
blank system.
Thanks.
Windows XP1106
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Bruce
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29 22:33:33 CDT 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> restore without windows cd?
John wrote:
> I have lost my windows cd for the winbox at my house.
If it was a retail license and you have proof of purchase:
How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;326246
If it was an OEM license, you should contact the computer's
manufacturer.
> The computer was
> custom built so it does not have a restore partition. Is there any way
> to restore it without any cd?
No, you must have an installation CD.
> By the way, I don't mean using the windows
> restore thing, i want to completely reinstall windows on a blank system.
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> Thanks.
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databaseben
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| Posted: Sun Jul 30 09:04:01 CDT 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> restore without windows cd?
kind of curious. How did you end up with a "blank" system? Can't you
install your old hd that has the o.s. into it?
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"To be a 0 or is it to be the 1 ?
That is the data".......W.Gatespeare
"John" wrote:
> I have lost my windows cd for the winbox at my house. The computer was
> custom built so it does not have a restore partition. Is there any way
> to restore it without any cd? By the way, I don't mean using the
> windows restore thing, i want to completely reinstall windows on a
> blank system.
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> Thanks.
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John
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| Posted: Sun Jul 30 10:00:07 CDT 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> restore without windows cd?
On 2006-07-30 10:04:01 -0400, databaseben
<EMail@HideDomain.com> said:
> kind of curious. How did you end up with a "blank" system? Can't you
> install your old hd that has the o.s. into it?
Just a clarification, i don't have a blank system, I have one that
needs to be clean sweeped, hopefully making it blank (other than the
windows install) sorry for the confusion.
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John
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| Posted: Sun Jul 30 10:00:42 CDT 2006 |
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Windows XP Support >> restore without windows cd?
On 2006-07-29 23:33:33 -0400, Bruce Chambers <EMail@HideDomain.com> said:
> John wrote:
>> I have lost my windows cd for the winbox at my house.
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> If it was a retail license and you have proof of purchase:
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> How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;326246
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> If it was an OEM license, you should contact the computer's manufacturer.
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>> The computer was custom built so it does not have a restore partition.
>> Is there any way to restore it without any cd?
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> No, you must have an installation CD.
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>> By the way, I don't mean using the windows restore thing, i want to
>> completely reinstall windows on a blank system.
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>> Thanks.
thanks for the help, i'll keep that site in mind.
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- Windows XP Update >> system 32 not a valid windows imageI downloaded an upgrade to Norton Internet Security and when I restarted the
computer I get many "bad image" message
"The application or DLL c:\sindow\system 32\logcho.dll is anot a valid
windows image. Please check this against your installation disk."
Should I go back to my disks that came with the computer 2 years ago?
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- Windows XP Support >> Validation ProcessI have read almost every question, complaint and comment on the Windows
validation process. I have not seen anything that answers my question
directly. I have a network with no internet connection. I would like to
install IE7 but I cannot get past the validation since it cannot check the OS
license without Internet connection. I've have read that the validation needs
to connect to the server to validate but how do others in my situation
install IE7? I have about 5 computers that I would like to upgrade to IE7
but I can't validate the OS. Any suggestion and recommendation? BTW I'm
running Windows XP with SP 2 with legitimate licenses.
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- Windows XP Hardware >> How do I reformat NTFS to Fat32?I have two computers, both have windows xp, both are ntfs.
On the older one, I want to run all my old games, but most
of them require dos. I've searched and searched and no one
seems to know how to reformat XP from ntfs to fat32. Can
anyone help me?
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- Windows XP >> WinXP is hanging during login...?When my server boots into windows it hangs at the login
screen saying..."Loading your personal settings" it stays
there for about 5-10mins before the screen saver kicks in
then the desktop will appear. I've turned off all startup
apps and even reinstalled windows on top of the old setup.
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- Windows XP >> XP HELP FILES unavailableI can see the files in Windows explorer, but when I click
on help icons or try use trouble shooters, the hour glass
starts then returns to a pointer.
Do I need to re install XP?
Suggestions?
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Format 80 Gig firewire drive to FAT32 under XP proI need to format an 80 gig firewire drive under XP, but
this doesn't seem possible with XP. According to the
documentation, there is a limit of 32 gigs for formatting
under XP (even though it will recognize larger volumes).
An article mentions using a win98 startup disk to format,
but this isn't going to work, because it's not going to
recognize the firewire drive. Anybody have any
recommendations? (going to NTFS isn't possible, I need to
use the drive with a Mac as well as my XP machine).
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Windows cannot find ssttr.exeHello:
Just now, I fixed my brother in law's computer. He had downloaded a virus
about a month back and he was not able to get on certain web sites. Long
story short, I fixed that issue and and my nephews are very happy!
He does not seem to have any other problems except for one interesting item.
Every time the machine is rebooted and we login, we get the message "Windows
cannot find the file ssttr.exe in C:\WINDOWS\System32\ssttr.exe."
I deleted this file, as a web site stated that this is a "bad" file. But,
this message still comes up upon reboot.
It is not a huge problem and most worries seem to be gone. But, it would be
nice to get rid of this error.
I have run AdAware, Spybot, and even the new Windows Defender program that
Microsoft has. No success.
Any ideas?
childofthe1980s
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Epson C82 prints too lightI've just been making a few prints on special glossy paper, using the
highest quality colour setting of my Epson C82 Stylus (on a PC under
Win XP).
They were pretty good, but definitely all a bit *lighter* than the
screen image. Is this a characteristic of the printer? Is there
anything I can do about it please, (apart from darkening the original
and guessing the outcome)?
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Terry, West Sussex, UK
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- Windows XP Setup >> win xp install errorI am trying to install win xp and it loads restarts and
says "setupdd.sys could not be loaded the error code is
7" and it will not allow me to continue, just reboots?
Any ideas?
Thanks
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- Windows XP >> running in Dos - virus removalI have in the past run in DOS mode to do a virus scan by
typing in "scan/adl/clean/all". I have used this twice
to remove viruses. At one point I again tried to run
this scan but received the following error "CLEAN.DAT
not found." I did contact someone who helped me retype
by putting spaces in between each "/" and it did run fine.
Now once again it will not run - not even with the
spaces. would someone PLEASE point me in the right
direction. I would be eternally grateful!!!!!
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Won't boot from SATA drivesMy system has an Asus A7N8X motherboard with 2 SATA HDs, by Hitachi and
Seagate. Runs XP SP2. After several years' good service, it has
developed a fault that it will not boot from these drives, nor recognise
them if I boot from a floppy. However, I can boot from an old IDE HD, or
from a CD, in which case the system recognises and manages the SATA
drives perfectly.
Seagate and Hitachi diagnostics, run from a floppy, disclose no problems
with the disks.
I've changed the power supply, which was my first suspect.
If I zero out either disk, then try a clean XP install, it fails
starting the second phase where it should boot from the HD.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions where to look or what tests to run next.
Regards
Tony MS
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Explorer crash on My PicturesI recently did a reformat and reinstallation of WinXP,
and have had the recurring problem of the My Pictures
folder crash Explorer whenever I open it. I've heard that
there is a hotfix for it, issued sometime this month, but
haven't been able to find it. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
alicht
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> website takeoverEverytime I try to access Google, my computer redirects itself to the
following address: collections.inhost.info/detect/urgent.html (no www) This
is one of those sites thst tries to sell you some file removal system. I
have searched my computer as best as I can but can't find the reason for
this. Can anyone suggest anything?
Phil
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- Windows XP Setup >> Install upgrade XP home to ProfessionalI have a pc that has Windows XP Home edition. I want to
change the operating system to Profissional.
I heard from some friends that some problems might
occurre during the installation of XP Pro. Is there any
approperiate way to perform this without problems?
Please help me.
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