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- Windows XP Setup >> Where to find System RestoreWhen Control Panel was switched to Classic View, I see a couple dozen of
icons are seen.
But I could not have an access to System Restore folder. Could someone
tell me which icon I should click?
Satoshi
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- Windows XP >> Registration and legalitiesI will be getting another computer shortly, (w/ NO O.S.)
and want to install XP PRO. I have many questions.
1)What to buy?...I see OEM, full oem, full retail. What
is the pro and cons for using or buying each? Which is
better?
2)Is a "full oem" version the same software as a full
retail?
3)Can I put XP on my new comp and then again on a third
one that I plan to buy a month later?
4)What is all the hype about registering. Can I install
and use the full software without registering w/Microsoft?
5)Can you still do live update without registering?
6)If I'm not allowed to use it on more than one computer,
that's fine, but how will they know? I ask this not so
much to use one copy for a million computers but in
curiosity on HOW Microsoft would KNOW...are they allowed
or have ways where they look into your computer (snoop)
and "verify" things??
7)If I buy a copy from EBAY or somewhere, what happens if
they lied about it not being registered. A friend told me
that it wouldn't matter as long as I just use it without
registering it. Is that true. How can I know if I have a
legal copy without necessarily letting Microsoft know
which copy I have?
8)If I want to also install Office pro 2003 do I need to
buy 3 copies for 3 home computers? That would be $1500
and seems a bit much (to put it nicely) for one poor soul
to put it on all his personal computers.
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- Windows XP Update >> Can't stop Automatic Updates serviceI can't stop the Automatic Updates service in services.msc. I get this error:
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
timely fashion, when I try to stop it.
I tried reinstall WU service as adviced here:
On a freshly rebooted computer, do this as first thing:
Start regedit.exe and delete the following key (contains the WU
service configuration):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
Do a reboot again.
> [snip]
> Then run this command line, it installs the AutoUpdate service (line
> will wrap in the newsreader!):
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> %SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection AutoUpdate
> 132 %SystemRoot%\inf\au.inf
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> (it must be a space between AutoUpdate and 132)
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> If it asks for your OS CD-ROM to get some files, just point it to the
> folder %windir%\servicepackfiles\i386 (or if it does not exist, use
> %windir%\System32).
If it does not ask for files, run this command line also:
%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall
132 %SystemRoot%\inf\au.inf
(it must be a space between DefaultInstall and 132)
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> Do a reboot again.
> [snip]
but with no luck. Can someone help me?
Thanks
Tom
Win XP Home SP2 with all updates.
(sorry for bad English)
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- Windows XP >> error message 808:qqtask.exe. - No DiskWhenever I boot up my computer a window pops up that
states:
808:qttask.ex.-No Disk
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into
drive /Device/Harddisk2\DR5
However, I have no new devices or harddrives. When I
search device manager I do find an unrecognized device in
the category of network adaptors. I have two network
interface cards on my computer that are working, but
there is no third network card. In any case the
unidentified device is disabled and cannot be
uninstalled. Any advice?
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- Windows XP >> 2nd Router detected - should I be worried?I attached my pc to a new router and got a message from the router saying a
third party router on my pc. My anti virus software (mcafee & Antivir) does
not detect anything malicous.
Clearly there is something on my pc acting as a router - is this normal?
I use XP Pro (32 bit), fully up to date with updates.
Can anyone explain this and offer a solution?
Thanks!
Zap
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- Windows XP >> Drive mappingsI have a problem with the mapped network drives
disappearing visually from Windows Explore. I'm logged on
to the Network then about an hour or so later, can't find
the mapped network, however can access drives through 'Run'
If I run loggon script again it brings the drives back,
but this is a short term fix because it happens again.
Does anyone have any other solutions?
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- Windows XP Network >> VPN Sub NetsI have just upgraded from Windows 98 fo XP Pro and I am
having a problem with
my VPN.
I can connect to the network but I cannot see any
workstations on the
network. If I know the name of a workstation I can enter
it but I am trying
to make a new network connection and cannot.
When I connect via the VPN I get an automatic address
which fits in with the
sequence but the Sub net Mask is different and although I
can put in a manual
IP address I cannot seem to change the Subnet Mask.
All was ok with windows 98.
Any help would be apprieciated.
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- Windows XP Network >> WOL after a Hibernate?Hello my computer can "wake up on lan"
but only when I shut it down...
if previously I have done a hibernate WOL wont work....
(the bios has a resume on ring, could that be it?)
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- Windows XP Setup >> backgroundI am trying to save some of my pictures as backgrounds on
my desktop. I right click the desktop choose properties,
choose brouse find the pictures that I want hit apply it
shows up OK. Then if I want to change pictures I do the
same thing but when I use a different picture the one that
I used before is gone from the list and I have to brouse
for it all over again. Is there a way to keep it in the
list with the background pics?
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- Windows XP Support >> Newbie help needed!!!! Update is taking FOREVER....Please someone respond to this, as this is probably the only chance I
will get to post in a while. After downloading a Windows XP update, my
system has been extremely slow on startup. There was never a problem
before the update, and I had done all necessary virus scans.
I'm a newbie at everything PC related, so please bear with me. It is
clear that the problem must have something to do with the update, so
how do I uninstall the update (if there is such a thing?) If you have
step by step instructions that you could print in your response, it
would be greatly appreciated, as my system is so slow it took me
FOREVER to get on here!!! Is there any other reason this could be
happening, and why does it happen?
Any response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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- Windows XP Perform Maintain >> light printing on screenabout a week ago I started seeing the small printing on
my internet screen light colored, almost like a ink
cartridge going empty.
The printing on the left of the newsgroups internet page
listing the newsgroups is a good example. it is almost
impossible to read.
How do I correct this?
rpr(@)fltg.net
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- Windows XP Basic >> Windows XP CrashingMy Laptop keeps crashing, usally during startup but sometimes during heavy
program usage (for Example Adobe Photoshop) it flicks quickly to a Blue
screen, but then restarts before i get a chance to read the screen, i have
turned off the automatic restart but it continues. After the computer has
started up again i get a 'system has recovered from a serious error' message
that mentions
'C:\DOCUME~1\WINDOW~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERefb5.dir00\Mini092605-01.dmp' and
'C:\DOCUME~1\WINDOW~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERefb5.dir00\sysdata.xml' it also shows
the error code 'BCCode : 9c BCP1 : 00000000 BCP2 : 80545FF0 BCP3
: F6514000
BCP4 : 00000135 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 768_1' but
when i submit this report to microsoft it says the laptop has overheated, but
how could it over heat when its only just been started, yet i can leave it
running MSN messenger for hours and it will be fine? Any Help would be much
appreciated.
( Packard Bell Easynote E6100 - AMD 2600+ - Windows XP home Edition)
Many Thanks
Joshua Taylor
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- Windows XP Support >> Floppy, CD ROM, Zip Drive ProblemsI have Windows XP 5.1 (Service Pack 2) installed on a Genuine Intel PC
with 2.5 GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM.
Ever since May of this year, my floppy drive and CD ROM drive will only
work in Safe Mode. In regular mode, I get the message that the floppy
or CD are not formatted (although they are and can be read in Safe Mode
or in regular mode on my other PC). I get the same problem with my
Iomega Zip drive (although it doesn't seem to run in Safe Mode). I
tried to do a system restore but, for some reason, my system restore
points only go back to August. I guess it wasn't setting restore points
before that. There may have been a virus on the computer when the
problem first arose (in May) but we have been cleaning the the computer
with Spybot, AVG and AdAware since then and they have not found
anything lately although I always keep them up to date.
I also tried reistalling the Iomega driver but, while the
reinstallation ran without errors, it had no effect.
I noticed that an earlier poster to this group resolved the problem by
uninstalling !Conflicts in the System Devices section of the Device
Manager. I searched this section and did not find any !Conflicts.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
Peter.
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Windows XP Hardware >> Smart card reader brings winxp pro to a crawl
When I plug in a USB card reader the cpu becomes utilised
100%. Everything is slowed e.g. start menu takes a minute
or two to pop up. This doesn't happen with other USB
devices. It's a gigabyte MB GA-7VA and AMD 2400+ CPU. In
the processes box it only shows system idle using CPU so
it's got me stumped. Tried a different model card reader
and got same result. I think windows is having trouble
allocating a drive letter but I wouldn't know where to
bein trouble-shooting this.
Thanks in advance for your help
JD
Windows XP683
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- Windows XP Support >> RE: Need help with a rebootwhat it is i run winxppro i turn my computer off with start turn off way
then pull the plug out of the wall give it some time i use my computer again
put plug back in the wall it starts to reboot on its own when i turned it
off ...
Plus i put a brand new battrey in my bios cause it was loseing time now
every time it starts up it says on the start up screen that something to do
with my bios settings and says to press (f1 for set up or f2 to cont..
Meny thanks
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Sound cardsHi
My speakers are not working although they are connected. On investigation
the help and support is saying the sound card is not connected/installed?
This has been working okay up until a day ago. We have been running virus
scan's due to the computer being slow, also removing unwanted programmes and
I am now wondering if we have deactivated the sound card by mistake. How do I
reinstall the sound card. Help required please.
Thanks
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- Windows XP Basic >> can't boot in safe modeHi
Can someone help? I want to boot my pc in safe mode but each time I get to
the safe mode screen I am unable to move my cursor to select safe mode. It
seems to stick. Does anyone know what is causing this? It has been like this
for as long as I can remember.
Perhaps there is another way of getting to safe mode. I am running windows
xp home and tapping the F8 key repeatedly.
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Many thanks
JD
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- Windows XP Hardware >> Determing problem hard driveDumb question... I am getting the following error message, starting right
after I boot (WinXPProw/SP2 and all patches), increasing in frequency, then,
usually ending up with a BSOD of 7A:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 15
Date: 4/22/2006
Time: 2:05:38 PM
User: N/A
Computer: TRACY
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk2\D, is not ready for access yet.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 0f 03 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 0f 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 04 01 00 00 9d 00 00 c0 ....?..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 1c 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0030: ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 @.......
0040: 02 20 0a 12 48 01 20 00 . ..H. .
0048: 08 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: a8 aa 18 af 88 87 f6 82 ¨ª.¯??ö?
0058: 00 00 00 00 c8 f1 fa 82 ....Èñú?
0060: 00 30 f2 82 00 00 00 00 .0ò?....
0068: 25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 %.......
0070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
My drives consist of 3 SCSI 36 GB in RAID-0 on an Adaptec controller card as
C: and a 200 GB IDE on IDE Channel 0 as Drive D:
While, at first glance, you'd think the error is referring to Drive D:, I
cannot find the exact name, \Device\Harddisk2\D, listed anywhere in Device
Manager, System Information, so...am not sure WHICH drive is giving the
problem.
I've reseated everything that's removable, and, changed the SCSI and IDE
cables, but, still get the message.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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- Windows XP >> Printer installs in safe modeHi
My HP3250 printer stopped printing suddenly. the job was left in the print
job. I deleted the printer and now when I plug in the usb cable XP starts to
auto install the HP3340 not 3250, I only have the 3250 connected and never
had another printer in the 3*** range ,printer and stops to say the printer
not installed properly . I have used the proper disk . If I try installing
it from the cd nothing happens. Another strange thing I noticed is that when
i startup in SAFE Mode a message appears saying the printer cannot be
installed. I also noticed the .EXE icons on the CD look like the old dos
icons and don't have the 'engine' icon.
I have the latest anti virus installed - no viruses
Pls help
Thanks
Leon
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- Windows XP Update >> sp2 svchost and wuauclt.exe 100%cpuHi,
I have a strange problem, I recently upgraded to sp2 on a xp pro machine.
Since then my cpu usage keeps oscillating between 100% and 0. Exactly like a
clock pulse. I used process explorer(www.sysinternals.com) and found svchost
to be the culprit. Also there wuauclt.exe is shown as a child process to that
particular instance of svchost. On suspending wuauclt.exe, everything goes
back to normal. Any ideas??? Unfortunately, I cannot disable automatic
updates because of a program called cisco clean access agent which my
provider uses to check if all computers are up to date.
Any inputs would be great..
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- Windows XP Network >> file sharing problemI have 2 machines running xp pro w/ sp2. They are connected through a
router. They used to share files just fine. Now machine 1 can access
machine 2, but machine 2 cannot access machine 1, although machine 2
occasionally "knows" machine 1 is there, it says it's not accessable. I'm
not sure if the problem began before or after I installed sp2.
I tried uninstalling sp2 from machine 1, and initially everything worked
until I rebooted - then same old thing. I have since re-installed sp2.
machine 1 runs mcafee firewall, and machine 2 runs norton internet security.
Both firewalls have the most recent updates, and are configured to use home
networking. Disabling them does not help.
Neither machine has problems accessing the internet.
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- Windows XP >> System restore queryHi all
System Restore works fine in Safe Mode, but does not work in Normal Mode.
Is there a possible fix to this problem.
Appreciate any helpful advice. Thanking you in advance.
OS Winxp WME
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- Windows XP Support >> mbri recently installed mandrake linux as a dual boot, now i want to get rid of
linux and its still left with the linux bootloader
both windows and linux were on different partitions, i say were because i
have formatted and deleted the partition linux was on and windows is on E:
and not the C:
can i use fixmbr in the recovery console to repair this? or do i have to
desperately use that dreaded command format with whats ever on the C: boot
partition backed up to another drive
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- Windows XP >> Won't remember Explorer window size...27-Feb-06
Won't remember Explorer window size [Win XP General]
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[Win XP Pro, V. 2002, SP II; FAT 32; Celeron-2.56 GHz; 256 MB RAM]
Have looked thru most of the relevant posts by now for simple solution to
this
issue but so far did not find anything 100% conclusive. So forgive my
skepticism
and repetitiveness. Perhaps the various MVP's devoting their time to this
issue
have by now come to a collective conclusion as to a simple one-fits-all
solution.
If you are fairly certain that one of your previous solutions is AOK (when
correctly applied, of course), please just refer me to that post. No need to
waste your time on another detailed answer. I know you have better things to
do.
Here goes:
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Of late, after boot and when clicking Explorer icon on DeskTop anytime
thereafter,
Win Explorer directory windows keep coming up in 'midsize' configuration
(like I
want them to, because need 2 windows side by side on DeskTop) - except that
the
actual size nowadays is almost exactly as large as in 'maximized' view (full
screen).
I would like Explorer to remember to come up w/ half-size windows.
Don't recall messing w/ the 'Folder Options' (if that's anything to do with
it).
Did use 'Disk Cleanup' recently - which is why maybe now in I/E, when I
click on
the down arrow to right of Address bar, no history comes up in Address
window -
even after I first visited some sites. However, it does come up when I start
typing in it. Didn't change any 'Internet options' either.
Is there a way (like in some ".ini" file, in old days) to program Explorer
to come up
w/ exact size window I want everytime I click on it; or some switch I can
use(similar to the 'properties' command: "Explorer.exe /e", which causes it
to open at "C:\" )?
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In an aside...
There are other, minor lingering as well as new oddities cropping up with
both
Windows and Word. Not sure whether this has anything to do w/ the issue at
hand.
The new ones started to appear after power supply replacement - though basic
output voltages measure within specified tolerances.
It's difficult to remember all of the annoyances now, as they are not v.
serious -
yet. For example, this morning there was an auto-reboot and subsequent
Scandisk as I ejected a CD while opening a file elsewhere (this particular CD
tray likes to
pop out on its own a few times in a row on occasion, until it finally gets
the
message to stay put. This sometimes happens when I put in a CD).
Yesterday eve, with no one on our small home net, except me, I temp lost a
web
page I was reading on line (temporarily got "This page cannot be displayed")
which
automatically returned after about 15 seconds. Never, ever, in all my years
and
non-stop daily errors, hangups, net problems, etc., on a variety of systems
and
Win OS versions - did I ever see that one before. Of course, this is my 1st
time on a home network.
Response, too, is often frustratingly slow, as if it was rummaging its
memory for
options, before deciding to respond to a click of the mouse. There were
other,
more irritating little incidents than those noted, in the past. I've got the
processor temperature trigger point set at 50 degrees C.
Thanx in advance,
Ted...
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