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Hello, I attached a second internal hard drive to my computer with the same RIBBON or connectors as the original hard drive.  When I go into my computer it is not recognizing any second hard drive has been added. Looking for any help on this and what process I should follow from here. I did double check all of the pins were attached properly.  Thank you,

MarcYou need to format it before Explorer (My Computer) can see it. Go to START - RUN - type: diskmgmt.msc (then press ENTER) and find the new drive - it will show as unallocated space. Right click on it and format it.Thank you, I did that and this is what the result is.  Is does not give me the option to format it as format is a grey color which you cannot chose.  Well I tried to do a print screen but that would not work and I could not copy and paste it.  When I right click on it the only options it gives it delete volume...   or help.  It does show it is 100% free.  Any ideas would be wonderful. 



Thanks,

Marc

I did attach the screenshot.

Marc

[year+ old attachment DELETED by admin]Good evening Frazierface and welcome back

Thank you for the screen shot. But something is not making since. Also you may already know but your "C" drive is 99% full and that is why you are putting in another HD.

That hard drive is only 27.98 gigs? so it maybe a old 30.00 GIG hard drive? the hard drive you put in is smaller that the other one that is already installed? Is this hard drive a old IDE hard drive or is it a sata hard drive.

Just in-case you do not know older hard DRIVES jumpers were not the same on all hard drives from different companies. Example a old western digital 40.00gig hard drive the jumper may have been the 3 jumper on the right and a maxtor one may be the second one on the left of the jumpers when they were set as master. Hopefully that makes since

The next odd part the newer hard drive is listed as drive 0 and you haven't given it a driver letter yet. I would double check the jumpers if your original hard drive that is in the PC is set for cable select then set the new one that you are doing as cable select also (on IDE drives). Sata HD do not require jumpers and only one HD per cable can be used.

You should be able to right click on that drive and delete the partition, then when that is done just right click on that drive and partition it for it's full size than you can format it and give it a drive letter.

Hope this helps, Mike 

I would double check the jumpers if the hard drive is IDE  Thanks, I was able to name it J, now can I move some of the C: contents on that or will it just start accepting new data on that drive.  Sorry so many questions, newbie.  I should probably get a big external hard drive, that would help me out  they seem pretty expensive.  Any pointers on a place/company to purchase them?

Thank you,

Marc

Good evening Frazierface and welcome back

I am glad that you got it all set so you can use it.

Once it is partitioned, formatted with a drive letter yes you can start put your data on it.

As far as a good company that would depend on where you live. But my self I love dealing with NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=15&name=Hard-Drives when you are there just look on the left side. If you want a internal or external etc. The cost are not that bad. If you go to buy another internal hard drive i would not buy a "green Drive label" I only buy "Blue and Black label drives" in my experience green label drives have a very high failure rate.

As far as good companies that make hard-drives I normally buy Western Digital, Seagate and a lot of others have been around along time. Just do your research and when you have a question just ask.

You can buy a good one that is external for about 75+ for a 500 gig HD on up and on some for another 20-25 dollars you can almost double the storage size. 

Hope this helps and have a good night, Mike

Hi guys!

Say, doany of you know a really good font remover? I have got 'AMP Font Viewer'  and 'Font Explorer Lite' and niether of them are doing a good job with these Windows 7 fonts???          I'd leave the default installed fonts alone...Do you just sit at home and think up these questions? Why do you need to remove fonts?One could conceivably even do the unthinkable and use the built in method for deleting fonts which is to right click them and delete them in the fonts folder, accessible via control panel.

You could even instigate a lot of good times and fun for all by deleting the various system fonts, what considering they are used by the system.

I assume of course that you are deleting the system fonts since you said "windows 7 fonts" which MEANS they were installed with windows 7. There isn't a special "windows 7 font" format, you've got raster fonts (fon, fnt), Truetype (ttf) and OpenType. That's pretty much it. Quote from: patio on September 01, 2010, 11:35:46 AM

I'd leave the default installed fonts alone...

Wait what was he doing to mess them up again?

I'd leave the default installed fonts alone...

We are told to keep our fonts trim, if we want to have fast loading times,(being that all these fonts have to be read and installed at every boot)!  

We are told to keep our fonts trim ...

I have a Sony vaio laptop running windows 7. Recently I restored it to a previous STATE, so I decided to create a password for my admin account. Once I completed the password set up I restarted my computer to see if my password will work. Well it didn't. I Got message "your account has been disabled please see admin" (or something like that). Im completely locked out of my computer. The only accounts pop up at the log in screen is the built in admin account and other user. I've tried putting it in safe mode (same result), I've tried the blank pswrd (same result) I've tried alt+clt+del (NOTHING pops up) and I've tried using my pswrd. Can someone please help?!!Good evening PrincessRaye21 and welcome to CH

One thing to try is RESTART the PC and go into safe mode and hen you are at the options pick repair the computer. Some times this will fix your issue.

Please let us know how you make out, Mike 

Edit: Please don't take this the wrong way we here at CH are not allowed to help in bypassing, cracking etc when it comes to gaining passwords on a PC. There are 3RD PARTY tools to do such things. Sorry I am not trying to be a wise guy or a jerk that is not my intention.  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/enable-disable-windows-administrator-account/

Okay. This one has me stumped, I've tried everything I can do without actually getting my hands on the computer in question. My fiancee's laptop, running Vista SP1, has an internet connection issue. For some reason, only Firefox can get to the web. Skype (as you can see in the taskbar), TeamViewer, Google Chrome, Google Talk Plugin - none of them have access to the internet. Hamachi seems to create a relayed VPN tunnel, but then I'm unable to ping her computer via her VPN adapter. Firefox, however, maintains a decent level of access. DNS lookup succeeds, and the DHCP server on her wireless router properly assigns her IP address. When she pinged an IP address that we looked up with DNS and confirmed online, she got a request timeout. We've checked her proxy settings, and that all checks out okay. Her system just will not connect. In Google Chrome, when she makes an attempt to browse to a website using her VPN connection (EVEN the one running on my local IIS 7.5, which I've verified is online, and my firewall's port 80 is open on my VPN address for TCP connections) it shows her a net-102 error: connection refused, as if the port was not being used by a service. If she had tried to connect to my 4463 port, which I only use for a MySQL server which is not currently running, it would show the same thing - but because no service is bound to that port. However, from another computer on the VPN, I connected to and opened my site running on my IIS:80. Originally this led me to think virus, but I don't see any running process in the Task Manager that could be a virus like that - unless one's hidden in the Service Host. I've attached a few screenshots which I think you might find helpful. I've instructed her to reset WinSock using a batch script I sent her, and when she does, I'll post an update and let everyone know. But this is really bugging me, and she uses her laptop a lot. If you need any more information, just ask - please. But please, help! Thanks in advance, and good luck!

Good morning bobsklarservices and welcome to CH

    Sorry it was hard to read / see the images they are to small but If I am reading and understanding your post correct. Her PC is NOT configured to use a proxy correct? if she doesn't I would do this

Open Control Panel -> Internet Options; now at the top click the "Connections" tab.

Once clicked, near the bottom is a button labled "LAN settings"; click it. Once clicked, on the page that appears, uncheck ALL checkboxes. Click OK twice to get out of all that stuff. Close all your Internet Browser windows. Then try to get on the Internet again. That should take care of it. This should fix the "it shows her a net-102 error: connection refused"

I also would do a scan with your AV suite (anti virus suite) and malwarebytes http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=malwarebytes&platformSelect=Windows&tag=srch%3Ba&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows

There is also a IE fix that I have used many, many times before that works on IE 7,8 and should work on IE9 http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=48&id=133&artlang=en this script also fixes tabs that do not want to work etc. But just be for warned it will reset the homepage, delete cookies, IE defaults etc. Please keep one thing in mind I did not write this and is not a MS way to fix IE but all I can say it works. Please use it at your own risk.

Please come back and let us know how you make out, Mike    Thank you for your reply. You are correct, we have her PC configured not to use a proxy. Sorry about the images, they're available in full resolution if you'll right click and open them in a new tab. I'll let her know to run an AVG scan, and send her the Malwarebytes link. We tried configuring her computer to use mine as a proxy through our VPN tunnel, but it didn't work - she couldn't connect to my computer, even with my Fiddler2 running as a proxy on port 2082. As for the IE Fix script, knowing that IE's control panel has a lot of control over the whole system, would the script have any fix for Chrome? Chrome is her default browser, but I know it uses the system's (IE's) settings for some things.

Also, the above images in full resolution:
http://connsocial.com/img/lnk/bamk1.jpg
http://connsocial.com/img/lnk/bamk2.jpgGood efternoon bobsklarservices and welcome back to CH

      It is very possible that the fix will help google because yes a lot of the browsers go of of IE settings. Also thank you for the images but I see there is (Symantec service Framework) is this for the old AV or ghost, backup exec? if your current AV is AVG there may be parts of SAV still on the system this may be causing you an issue so I would remove the old AV suite through windows and then go here for Symantec removal tool but DON'T use this if you use any other Symantec products otherwise you will have to re-install them https://www-secure.symantec.com/norton-support/jsp/help-solutions.jsp?docid=20080710133834EN&product=home&pvid=f-home&version=1&lg=english&ct=us I am pretty sure that you know not to run more than 1 active AV at a time.

      Please let us know how you make out, Mike  We have actually been running AVG and the Symantec system in tandem for some time, and problems just started recently. Symantec is outdated, and the license is expired, so I don't believe any new updates could be the problem. We were actually PLANNING to remove all antivirus softwares and do a clean reinstall of AVG though, so if I can manage to get the internet working, I'll execute this using Teamviewer - she's not a very advanced user. I'm about to check with her about AVG and Malwarebytes scans, and I'll let you know when I do.You should never have more than one anti virus app installed.Okay, I'm on the phone with her now. She's unable to download the Norton Removal Tool - Firefox won't connect to download it. So what to do? Thinking manual uninstall for a shot.See if you can use the internet with hamachi disabled or removed. If you can use the internet then, it's a problem with Hamachi or the network configuration. Otherwise, some of the proxy configuration may not have been properly reset previously.Now I'm inclined to think it's the proxy settings since Firefox and Java are using independent proxy settings from the rest of the system. But still nothing else works. She can connect to Minecraft, she can connect (albeit limitedly) to Hamachi, and she can connect to the rest of the Internet with Firefox. But I specifically remember seeing her proxy settings are set to No proxy. I'll post screenshots here in a bit. Another thing: Norton 360 would not uninstall. The uninstaller FROZE a good portion of the way through, and just would not continue. AVG crashed when she tried to uninstall it... So we can't uninstall the antivirus suites except maybe to manually delete them, then their registry keys, then their data. But when I get there, I'm going to load her computer with Win7, I already have the DVD and activation key for her. That should resolve any problems. I'm out of town for two more weeks, tops. Any ideas?Good evening bobsklarservices and welcome back

I know that you are coming back but I was just LOOKING at your services try killing the "vprot.exe" service it maybe for AVG web site monitoring / blocking. If that doesn't work try msconfig and go to the start up tab temporarily stopping all startup's and reboot and see if it does any better.

Does she have a smart phone if so tell her to shut off the cell antenna and try connecting to the house's wireless if she can with no issues than that will tell you if it is the PC or the router etc.

Hope to hear from you soon, Mike  We will try terminating AVG's vProtect service. We will also try the MSConfig startup options. As for the smartphone, all the other computers in her house are functioning fine. I'm going to use Teamviewer on mine, hers, and one other in her house to connect to hers using the other as a proxy, if you will. I'm going to do the diagnostic myself, via remote.Okay. What happened when we shut down Hamachi is that Firefox lost connectivity. It seemed that by some strange occurrence, Firefox was connecting via Hamachi, and Hamachi was connecting by some strange thread that wasn't quite broken - Hamachi showed a relayed tunnel to her PC, and I could send chat messages but could not ping and could not connect via Teamviewer (I know the configuration was good, don't worry on that one) IP connection. I'm planning to try the MSConfig thing suggested above, and if that fails, get her important stuff off (pictures with sentimental value, some DOCUMENTS, not much - about 2GB tops) and just wipe and use a clean Win7 install. Vista has always been crap when I've used it, so ever since Win7, I've used that. I would like to know if this could be a virus that is causing it though, and displaying false configuration information in the system proxy configuration dialogue? If this is the case, how would one get rid of it? Malwarebytes didn't show anything - aside from a couple things she downloaded and I told her to quarantine them so they are not there anymore.It's not Vista...
It's not Win7...
It's a combo of Himachi and FireFox not playin well together...probably from not being setup properly.

And it's not infection related if all your scans were run and came up clean.Unfortunately, nothing works now. Back when Hamachi was running, Firefox worked - marginally. Now nothing works, she has no Internet connectivity, no VPN connectivity, and maybe (maybe not) LAN connectivity. We're having difficulties right now so I'm not gonna try and get her to do anything with her PC, but when I get the chance, the first thing I'm telling her to do is the MSConfig - we're going to disable all startup programmes.

I have gotten various Blue Screens and I have discovered it was my webcam mic and then my mouse (both Logitech) and reinstalled both and updated drivers but this time I don't know what to do as it is a Windows file:

Code: [Select]A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.

The problem seems to be caused by the following file: rdpencdd.sys

SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.

Technical Information:

*** STOP: 0x1000007e (0xffffffffc0000005, 0xfffff88004402f8a, 0xfffff88006e2e898,
0xfffff88006e2e0f0)

*** rdpencdd.sys - Address 0xfffff88006e2ead0 base at 0xfffff880015d5000 DateStamp
0x4a5bce62Download BlueScreenView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next reply Quote from: Allan on August 03, 2012, 07:05:08 AM

Download BlueScreenView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next reply

I have an HP 620 that came loaded with windows 7 home premium. Of course, I didn't make recovery DISKS. The problem first started with msg of 'failed to connect to a windows service' and then the blue screen with msg shutting down to protect COMPUTER. I DOWNLOADED malware removal software and then was instructed to load recovery disk. Since I didn't have one, I used recovery disk from another windows home premium. However that version was a 64 bit and my system is a 32 bit. Now I get msg of media cable error that flashes and goes to black screen with non-system disk or disk error. I have run the tests for the hard disk, memory, battery, etc and all have passed. When I turn on pc, I get the 'hp invent' screen and press escape. In the f10 bios setup, I have restored defaults and saved change. There is no f11 option for system recovery. Is this just a problem of having to get the recovery disks or is it something more serious?

THANKS to anyone to can help.Bad MOVE to install another version on that PC...now your recovery options are gone as the recovery on this ver. will be different.

I would contact the manuf. and order a set of Recovery CD's...
Only way to get back to square one i'm afraid...

I'm running W7 32-bit on my desktop.  When my computer boots, an alert pops up above my system tray that says "network 4".  Where in the registry or elsewhere are 1,2 and 3 and can I get rid of the designations?Hi rbdaves,
I think you're talking about the default-assigned network names microsoft SETS up when you connect to a location.
To delete them, open the network and sharing CENTER, then click on the house or bench icon for your network. (It should be LOCATED under the View your active networks).
In the window that appears, click on Merge or delete network locations. Here you can delete all of the networks you don't use. In the future, you can set a network name by clicking on the house icon for your network and assigning a name (instead of the default 'Network').

I just did a complete win vista home PREMIUM recovery on my daughters HP Pavillion dv6000. I used the recovery method that HP provides from their dedicated partition. My problem is that just before we started the recovery my daughter found some more FILES that she wanted to save to reinstall later. We didn't have any way to back these up so I made a "MY Docs" folder on the partion recovery D:drive and copied everything to this folder, thinking I would be able to copy them back after the recovery. I created this folder directly under the HP recovery D: drive just as the Recovery folder was done. After completing the recovery and also doing SP 1 & 2 I went to this HP Recovery D: drive to retrieve these files.  The folder was not there anymore.  After searching a little I found a new folder "$RECYCLE.BIN" as the first folder shown followed my several other folders with  lavender colored icons in front of each. (Never seen this type of icon before) One of these folders is the folder I made up "MY Docs" When I try and open it up it shows me an HP Icon and a WARNING that this is a recovery partition.  But if I right clik it and clik properties it shows me there are 1337 files and 149 folders just as I copied them there.with the size as 866MB.  This complete Recovery drive is 13G and still has 1G of free space.
Can somebody tell me how I might access this folder to retrieve the files.  Needless to say but my daughter is really pixxxxxxd at me for screwing this up.  I was able to copy this folder to my desktop where I thought I could work on it but all i get is the HP Icon with  the partition warning.Try this.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00679369&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=18703
I don't know if this article will help, so try This program called FreeCommander. It's kind of like windows explorer, but you can view the data that has been in the recovery partition. http://www.freecommander.com/fc_setup_.zip

CarlosIgnore the warning.  Copy the MY DOCS folder to your new C-Drive.Neither of these allow me to open the folder up. When I try to open up the folder I get the HP Recovery warning. IM still looking for a way to get this folder open.  If I take the properties of this folder it still shows all the files and sub-folders that are part of the main folder I created..
Some how this folder is encrypted with something. Ive tried TAKING ownership of the folder and was succesful but it still would not open up. Ive copied it to another computer but still get the same result.  Please Help.Who encrypted it ...and with what ? ?

It doesn't happen on it's own...

when my laptop starts it flashes the bsod and restarts. i need a recovery disc but did not make one when the cpu was good. what do i do?

0x00000024, 0x00190203, 0x82dd2ef0, 0xc0000102, 0x00000000Contact the manuf.
Have your model and serial # handy. Most will ship you Recovery CD's for a nominal shipping cost.isn't there somewhere i can down load them? gosh why did ms quit GIVING us os disks?!! retarded! that's what i need. i could do a recovery right?! i bought a new laptop and i already made my discs! loli called hp. got specific recovery discs per s/n. $11. next DAY air. fingers crossed, i hope they work. thanks for the replyGood News...
Look on the bright side...now you will have them when you need them.
I suggest burning copies and storing them somewhere safe off-site.oh i'll definately do that! it's an old laptop so no biggie. it does have some info i want off of it though. i went and got a new one. 320gb 3gb ram, 2ghz dual core pentium, VISTA and the works. any suggestions for this vista? i've heard there's problems with it. i don't know really. just got it. got norton with it. on my old one, as soon as i put in pc tools spyware program is when it shut down on me. i'm sure it removed some defective drivers i needed. but why wouldn't last known config work? hopefully the recovery discs will restore it. i'm more concerned with my new one though and any suggestions you might have would be appreciated.

thanks Vista is fine...the knocks on it are basically over-rated and numerous...
Why PCTools...did you pay for that ? ?yeah i paid for it. ran the FIRST scan and my cpu locked up with the bsod. they said they couldn't do anything for me except renew my subscription for another year for free. so i'm not using them anymore. got norton now on my new one.

i did the window update and this is updating

Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service PACK 2 (KB954430)

i downloaded this like 10x already and still shows up in windows update. 


according to evilfantasy i did this

Download Dial-a-Fix by djlizard, save it to the desktop then extract it to it's own folder.

    * Open the folder and run Dial-a-fix.exe
    * 2 windows will open. Close the one in the background labeled Restrictive POLICIES
    * Check the box in section 1, Empty temp folders.
    * Check the box in section 2, Fix Windows Installer.
    * Check the box in section 3, Fix Windows Update.
    * Check the box in section 4, labeled SSL/HTTPS/Cryptography. The 4 boxes under it should be pre-checked
    * Check all boxes in section 5, labeled Registration CENTER.
    * Click Go
    * OK any error messages if received, but write them down and post them here.
    * Restart the computer when done.

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Now try again


the problem is one error message came up "Invalid floating point OPERATION"

mmcndmgr.dll is registering the problem its takin too long still not done yet been over an hour already so i canceled it. 
did i screwed my computer?  Go Start>Run, type in:
regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\mmcndmgr.dll
Click OK.
Restart computer, and try Dial-a-Fix again.
when i put on run this error message came up.

DllRegisterServer in C:\windows\system32\mmcndmgr.dll failed.
  return code was : 0xc0000096
Does it say INVALID_WORK_QUEUE_ITEM?no it doesn't, it SAYS RegSvr32 and inside the box that error message comesGo Start>Run ("Start Search" in Vista), type in:
sfc /scannow
Click OK (hit Enter in Vista).
Have Windows CD/DVD handy.
If System File Checker (sfc) will find any errors, it may ask you for the CD/DVD.
If sfc won't find any errors in Windows XP, it'll simply quit, without any message.

At work, I have a Dell OPTIPLEX 360 with Windows Vista.  It has recently been BROUGHT to my attention that work that I know I did has mysteriously disappeared.  I am being blamed for people not being paid. 
First,  I read somewhere that a computer keeps "copies" of each version of a FILE, EVEN when you edit and save.  Does anyone know if this is true?
Second, if it is true, then how do I find the previous versions so that I can find out if part of my work was erased or if perhaps I just didn't do it. 
If I didn't input the information, fine, I can live with that and correct it.     But if one of my co-workers is deliberately deleting my work to make me look bad, that's not ok.
One last thing, I networked all 6 of our computers TOGETHER.  The original files are not kept on my computer, they are kept on a co-workers computer and I just have a short cut on my desktop in order to access the files.  It is in written in Excel.
I appreciate any help I can get. 
Thank You.
Does that mean that 6 people have access to these files?

If so, do they need to have access to these files?Well, it is really just myself and one other person who use this particular set of files.  The other 4 people have very limited access and these files are not shared with them.  Not saying that they couldn't just come in and use my coworker's computer.  (I keep my computer locked when I'm not here, she doesn't, even though I've recommended that she should.)  Why are the files on the other computer? I would put them on your computer and lock them down. If someone needs to see them give them a copy. Also I would start backing up your work to CD.


Quote from: Spoiler on February 26, 2009, 12:18:23 PM

Why are the files on the other computer? I would put them on your computer and lock them down. If someone needs to see them give them a copy. Also I would start backing up your work to CD.

Well, it is really just myself and one other person who use this particular set of files.  ...

Why are the files on the other computer? I would put them on your computer and lock them down. If someone needs to see them give them a copy. Also I would start backing up your work to CD.

I have run across this with some computer manufactures, that the restoration disk to load windows with does not have the repair option and only allows you to do a clean install of windows. This can be troublesome when I want to do a repair install of Windows. I have a question would it be ok to use a oem version of the operating system to do a repair install? I'm worried that it might not have all the drivers for the motherboards out there ect. If that's true could I then use the original restore disk from the company to install the drivers?

Would that work? No
OEM discs are designed to do one thing and one thing only:
Wipe your data and take the machine back to Day One status.

Describe your machine and what you want to accomplish in more detail and we'll go from there... Quote from: patio on February 26, 2009, 02:21:16 PM

No
OEM discs are designed to do one thing and one thing only:
Wipe your data and take the machine back to Day One status.

Describe your machine and what you want to accomplish in more detail and we'll go from there...

How have you facilitated a Repair install from an OEM CD ? ?
These instructions would be valuable.

How have you facilitated a Repair install from an OEM CD ? ?
These instructions would be valuable.

I always thought an OEM disk was another name for a generic "install onto anything" full Windows install disk, as opposed to those manufacturer's disks which merely contain a Ghost-type image of a Windows installation, but maybe it's the other way around?

The Recovery Console does not contain the files neccessary to do a Repair Install.
As far as running a repair install from it there would be no reason...to start a Repair install you need to boot to a Windows CD so it detects existing installations of the OS.
Repair Install of XP

As far as the CD's as long as the version and installed Service Packs match any Windows CD will work. In other words if you have XPPro with SP2 installed that is the CD needed.

A Dell HP etc. will not offer this choice on booting to it which is why they can't be used.

There is a method of creating a bootable CD from the image on an OEM CD but that is a totally different procedure...

I didn't understand what you meant by "A Dell HP etc. will not offer this choice on booting to it which is why they can't be used."

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I didn't understand what you meant by "A Dell HP etc. will not offer this choice on booting to it which is why they can't be used."

An OEM CD...that is one that says Dell, HP, Toshiba, or whoever will not work for a Repair Install...A Microsoft Genuine XP CD is needed for this purpose...
The OEM CD's when you boot to them will NOT show a repair option...they will only wipe your hard drive of all data and restore a Ghost image to the machine to take it back to Day One status as if you just bought it...i can't explain this distinction any clearer....

As far as the boot .ini goes i don't know what you're asking...if it had been stated you had issues with the boot.ini then a repair install may not be neccessary as there are ways to repair the boot.ini from the RC.

Let us know where this goes from here...

my computer's been running fine until i shut it down this morning and when i tried to start it back up it WENT to a BLACK SCREEN and in the upper left corner it SAYS

Verifying DMI pool data................
Boot from CD_
Boot from CD_

and it just stays at this screen.

if i PRESS f10 then i can get it to start up again but i'd like to figure out how to make it just start up normally again.

anyone have any advice?   is there a cd in the drive?

Does windows vista ULTIMATE come in cd's instead of a dvd?  Just curious.Not that I'm AWARE of.so if you don't have a dvd player in your computer, you just wasted like $200?pretty much...

it does say on the system requirements, "DVD-ROM drive"oh, well I don't see this as a problem because i have a dvd drive, hahaRegarding the TOPIC title of this thread: er, let's not go there FOLKS!
The contact INFO for ordering it on CD's as replacement for the DVD's is on the inside tab of the Vista plastic case...
You will need to authenticate it over the phone and give a credit card # for the shipping costs...Ah HA!

see it's a good thing I try to qualify stuff I say with "as far as I know" or an equivalent 

Anyway, continuing down this road, there should be a floppy disk version...

"please insert Vista Disk 314"You would need to buy 5 floopy drives just to get to the Welcome to Vista screen.... HA HA HA

FLOOPY.


that never gets old...

On the other hand DVD drives start at around $25. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 28, 2009, 09:36:46 AM

HA HA HA

FLOOPY.


that never gets old...

Hello,

We brought an ADVENT laptop as our Vaio blew up and i NEEDED a new one for work. It came with vista but only a trial version of microsoft office word 2007.  Iv done all my paperwork for my bussiness on 2007 but the trial runs out at the end of the month and we CANT afford to BUY the full version just yet.  I noticed when i saved my last document that when i saved it acually COMES up with a propmt that i think allows me to open it with other prorammes (like word) altough the documents may look a little different, but only if i checked the box, which i hadnt done with any of the other documents

Some of the documents are templates.

Is there anyway i can convert them so i can open them with word just until  i can afford the full version.

Any advice in simple terms pls as im a bit COMPUTER thick !!You could DLoad and install Open Office which is Free...
Once you have every document saved in their format it will be backwards compatible with Office '07 just in case...OpenOffice will open normal Word 2007 files, but not Word 2007 templates (file format .dotx).  So, see whether you can either convert those templates to normal Word files, or save the templates as .docx, which is the format for older versions of Word, and which can be read by OpenOffice.

My hard drive died last week and I had to get a new computer.  I now have Windows Vista and had XP.  The guy that does all my computer work built me this new one and tried to get as much info off the old as he could.  Lucky for me he got all my Webshots as that is one of my favorite programs.  I had to download Webshots program again and when I did, all my pictures I had on old computer went right on to Webshots, which I thought was so cool (I am computer stupid, so that amazed me!). However, the problem is that the picture does not show up on the whole screen.  There is a black band at the top and bottom about an inch and a half wide.  I have changed every setting I can find and still cannot get it to show up on the entire screen.  I have not changed monitors, just the computer.  I have Webshots set to fit the screen and I have Vista set to fit the screen.  Does anyone have any solutions?  I know I'm being fussy about this, but I want it to cover the whole screen like it used to.  Thanks in advance for any help.Is the screen resolution on new computer set to the same numbers as on old computer?I don't remember what the old one was set on, but I believe it is the same.  I wish I could tell you more.
OK.
Right click on desktop, click "Personalize", then "Display settings". What resolution is listed?

Open Windows Explorer, navigate to:
C:\Users\your_name\Documents\Webshots Data\album-xxxx
Right click on any picture listed in right pane, click "Properties", then "Details" tab.
What numbers are listed under "Dimensions"?My Display settings is 32-bit

When I went to the Webshots Data and right clicked then clicked on Properties, all I got were four tabs that said General/Sharing/Security/Customize.  The Customize was only to customize a folder.  There was nothing listed called Dimensions.  I right clicked on the Webshots itself, and on the photo, same thing came up.



Quote

When I went to the Webshots Data and right clicked then clicked on Properties

I tried with the Additional Options below this posting page and it must not be one of the type that is accepted here.

I was wondering can I change my operating system without changing computers?  Do I have to change the circuit board to do this or what?  I need another operating system for business but can't afford to purchase another computer pc laptop.  Thanks.You can change the operating system without changing anything else.
Depending what you have, and are changing to, you can perform an "upgrade install" which should preserve your settings, files and programs.
I recommend you back up all your data first, and ALSO check your computer against the OS's requirements.  Also make sure your programs will work with this new operating system.
Hope this helps.I have Windows Vista, I heard you can partition the hard drive.  Is it hard to do?  I have to backup everything if I change my Vista to XP for example.?Do you need to run XP on your vista computer? Why do you need XP?
Is it for a certain program?
There a few ways to go about this. What are you TRYING to accomplish?I need the xp for some important business and yet I still need my vista at the same time.This may be what you need for that.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/overview.mspxThis is like getting windows xp or what is it exactly? "Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. Use virtual machines to run legacy applications, provide support, train users, and enhance quality assurance."Will this work if I install the xp with the vista on the other side?  Will everything work properly? Quote

Will this work if I install the xp with the vista on the other side?  Will everything work properly?

Can anyone tell me where I can download windows xp

I want to reload the window for my laptop,HOWEVER the dvd ROM cant read when I put the CD in, I want to ask can I save the window to my external hard drive and use it to reload the window? And how I can do it, PLEASE help me on that! Thank you.
This is not straight forward...what Window are you REFERRING to? Are you talking about your background image on your desktop or what....not enough info...This can be perceived as a million different issues..  I think it's fairly clear that the OP means "Windows" with an 's''

Assuming (safely) that the OP means the Windows operating system, that leaves another question:

What version of Windows?  Since the OP did mention DVD, I can probably make an assumption (fairly safe) that it's Vista. 

OP:

You need to go into your computer's BIOS and change the boot order so that the computer boots from the DVD-ROM drive first.  Every computer is different in this regard:

Dell computers require pressing F2 during startup to get into the BIOS.
ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte motherboards require pressing Delete during startup.
Others may require another "F" key (F1-F12), Tab, Esc, or Enter.

Once you're in the BIOS, you have to change the boot sequence.  Your hard drive might be listed first, which is why your computer is not booting from the DVD.  Move the DVD-ROM drive to the top of the LIST, save your changes, and try again.1Nope....2.argh. I cannot decide between the two numbers. 2 is twice what 1 is, but you can't have two without at least 1.this is gonna bug me for ages. Quote from: DaveLembke on January 14, 2009, 03:29:15 PM

This is not straight forward...what Window are you referring to? Are you talking about your background image on your desktop or what....not enough info...This can be perceived as a million different issues.. 

Assuming (safely) that the OP means the Windows operating system, that leaves another question:

What version of Windows?  Since the OP did mention DVD, I can probably make an assumption (fairly safe) that it's Vista. 

OP:

You need to go into your computer's BIOS and change the boot order so that the computer boots from the DVD-ROM drive first.  Every computer is different in this regard:

Dell computers require pressing F2 during startup to get into the BIOS.
ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte motherboards require pressing Delete during startup.
Others may require another "F" key (F1-F12), Tab, Esc, or Enter.

Once you're in the BIOS, you have to change the boot sequence.  Your hard drive might be listed first, which is why your computer is not booting from the DVD.  Move the DVD-ROM drive to the top of the list, save your changes, and try again.

I dual-booted VISTA and 7.

In Vista, the Vista partition appears as C, and the 7 partition is S.
In 7, the 7 partition (which is drive S in Vista) appears as drive C, and the Vista partition is missing??

How can I find this partition in 7?
Thanks. Go to Drive Management and see if you can see the Vista partition.

In Drive Management, be careful not to click anything or TOUCH the partitions. Just see if it's there or not.Mine does not show up either...so far i've yet to find a fix for it.
I' reported it but have not recieved any reply.http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t714774.html Quote from: KristopherWindsor on January 13, 2009, 04:23:45 PM

I dual-booted Vista and 7.

In Vista, the Vista partition appears as C, and the 7 partition is S.
In 7, the 7 partition (which is drive S in Vista) appears as drive C, and the Vista partition is missing??

How can I find this partition in 7?
Thanks.

My computer will turn on, Windows XP will load in about 3-5 minutes, 3 error messages come up and Norton attempts to load, then after Windows is loaded for about 2 minutes the computer will restart itself. This happens EVERYTIME I turn the computer on.
The first message says;

message box title:        MemeoLauncher.exe - .NET Framework Initialization Error
message body:             C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\
                                     mscorwks.dll could not be loaded
second message;

message box title:        reader_sl.exe - Unable To Locate Component
message body:             This application has failed to start because MSVCP71.dll was
                                    not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

third message is a Microsoft Windows error report window that says:
    The system has recovered from a serious error
    A log of this error has been created.
    Please TELL Microsoft about this problem.
    We have created an error report that you can send to help us inprove Microsoft
    Window. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
    To see what data this error report contains, click here.

the window that comes up with the data says:
    Error Signature
      BCCode: 1000008e  BCP1: C0000005  BCP2: F5EAB21D  BCP3: F12BD7EC
      BCP4: 00000000  OSVer: 5_1_2600  SP:2_0  Product: 768_1

then there is aot of legal verbage and at the bottom of the window it says:
     To view technical INFORMATION about the error report, click here.

that message says:
message box title:       Error Report Contents
message body:           The following files will be included in this report:


  C:\DOCUME~1\COMPAQ~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERde48.dir00\Mini011309.06.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\COMPAQ~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERde48.dir00\sysdata.xml

Before I can even close those to data boxes to send the error report, the computer reboots itself.  I have and XP disk that I was going to try tomorrow, if that doesnt work, any suggestions without having to reformat the harddrive would be great. First, do this (in Safe Mode, if necessary):
1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab (Vista: click Advanced system settings).
3. Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and Recovery dialog box.
4. Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary number of times.
5. Restart your computer for the settings to take effect.

Then...

Download, and install WhoCrashed: http://www.resplendence.com/download/whocrashedSetup.exe
Open it, click Analyze button.
WhoCrashed will create report.
Copy, and paste it into your next reply.

In addition to Broni's advice , bear in mind this simple fact : in a rebooting
mobo the first culprit that should come to mind is a failing power supply.
With cost cutting these days you generally get a smaller wattage PS than
is required. If your processor speed is megahertz  then small wattage
PS will be OK...say 250 . On the other hand if it's a Gigahertz CPU then
450 watts is in order. An extra fan wouldn't hurt. In short check the PSU. Peace !Thank you for your suggestions, but, before I posted I TRIED 2 different power cords, and I unchecked the "Automaticaly restart" box and clicked ok once, but before i could click ok again, the computer restarted itself again.

When I try to start the computer in safe mode, a lot of file paths come up, then it goes to a black screen with "safe mode" in the corners, and "windows xp sp2" at the top. From there, nothing happens.

If anybody knows anything I can do, I will be so grateful! Download Windows Recovery Console: http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
Download, and install free Imgburn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
Using Imgburn, burn rc.iso to a CD.
Boot to the CD...let it finish loading.
When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
Then, follow the steps from here: http://icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xp, starting below this picture on page 1:

ok so I was clearing HARD drive space off my PC I went into my documents folder and deleted a bunch of old saved games and stuff how ever I guess I deleted 1 WRONG folder I cant remember the name of the 1st folder but I know the one of the folders in it was called roaming. now with that folder deleted a bunch of my programs stoped working like google chrome windows media player. so I am now running a system restore not to sure if its going to work. anyone know ? is there another option if system restore does not work? thanks in advance.hey guys system restore did the trick ive never seen a restore go that quick all good stuff though thanks anyway guys 10 minutes between posts...
Just for future reference your roaming folder is important. They are for when using Roaming USER Profiles, either with or without Active Directory on domains. It allows users to have their own settings whichever computer they log onto. Just leave it, even if you are using a single machine not on a network.
Quote from: Mulreay on May 19, 2010, 09:06:12 AM

Just for future reference your roaming folder is important. They are for when using Roaming User Profiles, either with or without Active Directory on domains. It allows users to have their own settings whichever computer they log onto. Just leave it, even if you are using a single machine not on a network.

Hi! A newbie here. So glad to be in the forum. Allow me first to introduce myself. I'm Bella From Alabama. Just WANT to ASK for help and hope so to get it DONE as SOON as possible. It's about my Personal com has been getting infected by different viruses don't have any idea where they came from. It keeps coming back! What's the first thing to do? And how I'd get rid of them? Thanks. All the best.

Bella
computerdoctor
Run a anti-virus scan and if  the scan finds virus have them quarantined.

Also check the virus and spyware section (this POST should be there really, this is a virus question, not a Windows question, you'll get more answers that way) , i think there are links to downloads like 'Anti-malware' and 'Super anti-spywareware'. Have a good read at the stickeys at the top of that page. Loads of info.

hi! you know what whenever i have problems in Vista i just check and visit a site that deals with vista and other OS.  i suggests you check this out-  supportrix.com/SUPPORTRIX/Main.php?do=LearnMore.  It might help you resolve your problem. I hope so. Thanks for your help but most of that tech stuff goes on and on to the point where one must have a degree in pc programing to begin to understand. I was finally after a week able to trick the system to allow me to submit the f 11 command upon turning on which it never did before and i was able to put the pc back to in box statis and im now reprograming all my stuff back into it like the printer and all my accounts. The computer command works now and i can see all my disk drives. Im so lad i was able to finally able to restore back to thois level for before it would only go back a few days which wasnt enough. It will take me a whoile to get everything reset but i figured out my hotmail default program which was tricky and all the rest i can handle. What a horrible week i thought i was going to have to install a new program and maby worst.Thanks for careing. 719 361 0114. Joe Marotta.  5- 18- 2010 Quote from: joemarotta on May 18, 2010, 12:36:56 AM

I was finally after a week able to trick the system to allow me to submit the f 11 command upon turning on which it never did before and i was able to put the pc back to in box statis ...

it is very important for you to know that nothing else mentioned in this forum to help me worked

It ran sucessfully and it said it repaired 43 problems but everything i download seems to say this same type thing.

A friend tried to record a downloaded movie 3 weeks ago but it didnt work so he stopped trying.

however after being a auto tech for 32 years really leaves me to believe that the whole works of a home computer is changed so often with up dates and such that there will never be anybody that can understand more then a small degree of whats really going on with computers.

using vista home premium i burn photo disks and cannot share them with friends who do not have this operating system - why is that ?
do i need to re configure ANYTHING or is it a case of ' lesser ' systems not being able to work with something produced on higher level ?Sounds like you're not "finalising" the burn sessions...hmmm hear what you say but that cannot be really as the disk always plays on my PC but always other friends cannot get the disk to run on their computers.
i USE a good burning studio and good disks and it always advises me that the disk is finalising  after i have burnt it.
would really appreciate some input to this irritating " you'll have to come round my house to see the photo's then " situation.I'd still TRY a different burning SOFTWARE.  Try CDBurnerXPI'll just have to stop by to see the photo's.....
Kidding.
Try Soybeans suggestion above...BTW what app is that you're using to burn ? ?thanks so far for your SUGGESTIONS gentlemen - will be on the case this weekend to see how it goes - meantime i am using Ashampoo burning studio 9 - which in every other respect performs well - thanks again - keep an eye on me to see how i go !!Will do...

What is the difference between the quick format and full formatWhen you choose "full format" the system first runs chkdsk /r, then formats.than u allan
Unfortunately,my IP NOW does not help you
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The solution is
? = zf490
You are not alone, that you know methods of disclosure.
I respect your knowledge and your COOPERATION, but unfortunately your morals are not the level of your knowledge
So you're back ? ?troll, go away.
This is the Salmon Trout I am named after

Nice ! !

 

England ? ? 
iron fish Quote from: patio on May 18, 2010, 02:39:55 PM

Nice ! !

 

England ? ?

Hello, I have an acer extensa 5420-5038 and it runs WINDOWS vista. When I attempt to power on my laptop it seems to try starting up. After about twenty SECONDS the laptop shuts back down, there is nothing on the screen while it does this. I have tried removing the battery and reinserting it, I have tried it with and without the CHARGER with no change and I have tried just the charger with no battery and got the same results. I would appreciate any suggestions. ThanksHere's a post with similar problem and some suggestions:
http://www.techimo.com/forum/technical-support/186406-laptop-wont-start-up.html

hello ,
recently was my computer windows vista basic 32 bit upgraded into windows 7 premium(computershop on the corner:(!

now i was trying to reinstall my windows 7, but instead i choose  ``fresh copy of windows on my windows vista:(>>>>> results 2 programs are missed up with eachtother and i can`t even reinstall my windows vista back. i have a copy of windows vista but when i am trying to boot my computer. it says ``nldr file is not found``. i also get blue screen with long code in it 00000 and so ONN.

could some one please tell me how can i gett my old windows vista back.

regards,
NicoleHi,

1). Use the Windows 2000 Setup disks to restart the computer, or use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to restart the computer.

2). At the Welcome to Setup screen, press R to repair the Windows 2000 installation.

3). Press C to repair the Windows 2000 installation by using the Recovery Console.

4). Type the number that corresponds to the Windows installation that you want to repair, and then press ENTER. For example, type 1, and then press ENTER. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
229716  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229716/ ) Description of the Windows Recovery Console

5). Type the Administrator password, and then press ENTER.
6). Type map, and then press ENTER. Note the drive letter that is assigned to the CD-ROM drive that contains the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.
7). Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after you type each one, where drive is the drive letter that you typed in step 4 of "Method 2: Use the Recovery Console," of this article:
copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\

copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

If you are prompted to overwrite the file, type y, and then press ENTER.

NOTE: In these commands, there is a space between the ntldr and c:\, and between ntdetect.com and c:\.

. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
type c:\Boot.ini
A list similar to the following list appears:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)DISK(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect


If you receive the following message, the Boot.ini file may be missing or damaged:
The system cannot find the file or directory specified.

9). If the Boot.ini file is missing or damaged, CREATE a new one. To do so, follow these steps:

a). Use a text editor, such as Notepad or Edit.com, to create a boot loader file similar to the following boot loader file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
102873  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102873/ ) Boot.ini and ARC path naming conventions and usage
301680  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301680/ ) How to create a boot disk for an NTFS or FAT partition in Windows

b). Save the file to a floppy disk as Boot.ini.

NOTE: If you used Notepad to create the file, make sure that the .txt extension is not appended to the Boot.ini file name.

c). Type the following command at the Recovery Console command prompt to copy the Boot.ini file from the floppy disk to the computer:
copy a:\Boot.ini c:\

10). Type exit, and then press ENTER. The computer restarts. QUOTE from: pcs365_2 on May 20, 2010, 10:23:03 AM

Hi,

1). Use the Windows 2000 Setup disks to restart the computer, or use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to restart the computer.

2). At the Welcome to Setup screen, press R to repair the Windows 2000 installation.

3). Press C to repair the Windows 2000 installation by using the Recovery Console.

4). Type the number that corresponds to the Windows installation that you want to repair, and then press ENTER. For example, type 1, and then press ENTER. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
229716  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229716/ ) Description of the Windows Recovery Console

5). Type the Administrator password, and then press ENTER.
6). Type map, and then press ENTER. Note the drive letter that is assigned to the CD-ROM drive that contains the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.
7). Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after you type each one, where drive is the drive letter that you typed in step 4 of "Method 2: Use the Recovery Console," of this article:
copy drive:\i386\ntldr c:\

copy drive:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

If you are prompted to overwrite the file, type y, and then press ENTER.

NOTE: In these commands, there is a space between the ntldr and c:\, and between ntdetect.com and c:\.

. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
type c:\Boot.ini
A list similar to the following list appears:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect


If you receive the following message, the Boot.ini file may be missing or damaged:
The system cannot find the file or directory specified.

9). If the Boot.ini file is missing or damaged, create a new one. To do so, follow these steps:

a). Use a text editor, such as Notepad or Edit.com, to create a boot loader file similar to the following boot loader file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
102873  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102873/ ) Boot.ini and ARC path naming conventions and usage
301680  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301680/ ) How to create a boot disk for an NTFS or FAT partition in Windows

b). Save the file to a floppy disk as Boot.ini.

NOTE: If you used Notepad to create the file, make sure that the .txt extension is not appended to the Boot.ini file name.

c). Type the following command at the Recovery Console command prompt to copy the Boot.ini file from the floppy disk to the computer:
copy a:\Boot.ini c:\

10). Type exit, and then press ENTER. The computer restarts.

I cant reply to a message in MSN mail.I cant type into the body of the emailHi,

 Please provide the error details and eloborate more on the issue.

Quote from: kvw on May 19, 2010, 05:55:34 PM

I cant reply to a message in MSN mail.I cant type into the body of the email

frustrating!  can't read. Quote from: erbagley on MAY 22, 2010, 06:12:28 PM

frustrating!  can't read.

Where can I FIND a program that alphabetizes a list?  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enUS216US216&ei=dEP5S9KCOYL-8AbPmtHjCg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CB0QBSgA&q=software+to+alphabetize+a+list&spell=1what do you mean "alphabetize"? Do you mean sort into alphabetical ORDER? If so, then MANY programs can sort lists. I USE EXCEL for long lists. Or you can use the command line SORT for text files.

Why is it that some "programs" listed in the "uninstall/change" list don't show up under "all programs" or when I do a search at the start button search box?  One is visual c ++  Isn't this a programming language?  Others appear to be not of a programming nature.   I don't know what they are because I can't find them and don't know if they are essential or not.  Yes, that's normal behavior.
The all programs link on the start menu opens up a list of SHORTCUTS to a number of programs. If you WANT to, you can edit that list to have more or less programs on it. You can change the names of the shortcuts and the order in which they appear. In other words, the all programs is not really a direct map into all the programs found in the programs directory. When a program is installed it creates a shortcut for itself and places it in the list of the selected user, or PERHAPS all users.
Which means that you could edit each user's list of programs. So that some users will not even SEE the programs available. And you can even make shortcuts and put them in the list of programs, and the shortcuts could be something other than REAL programs. And so forth that all non-blah blah blah.
In short, it's only a list of shortcuts.

When using WE, each page has default (1) column headings showing the INFORMATION to be displayed (e.g., Name, Type, Size, etc.) and (2) the view in which the information will be displayed, e.g., List, DETAILS, Tiles, etc.)
How can the defaults for a given page be changed such that whenever I return to that page (be it 5 minutes or 5 months later), the column headings and view will be the ones I selected?Are you saying you want different folders to have different columns?Exactly, and even different views as well.Explorer should remember per-folder changes that you make. Please describe what problem(s) you are experiencing....for example:  I set the headers and views for a particular file to show only
"VIEW: Detail" and "COLUMNS: Name, Date Modified, Size." 
When I come back to the file later, especially after a reboot, the file will have gone back to perhaps
"VIEW: List" and "COLUMNS: Name, Date Acquired, Rating" and then I will have to reset the view and columns to what I have an interest in.

For many given files that I frequent, I would like to be able to set each to the different views and headings that are useful to me and not have to reset over and over and over when they've gone back to their default settings.um... that doesn't make sense... I've always use details view- and those folders that I use thumbnails for remember that, as well.

The "list" view doesn't have column headers, either...

If you have something like deepfreeze installed that would of course cause this.My LIST view has columns--I just selected a file at random, changed it to LIST view and the column headers were Name, Album artist, Date modified, and Size.

I don't have "deep freeze" installed (I don't even know what that is.)Okay, well let's try this:

Start/Run/Regedit and Delete these two keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags


Then go to the following two dword keys and change the values of both to 000003e8:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
BagMRU Size

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam]
BagMRU Size Quote from: Rdg on May 23, 2010, 10:41:44 AM

My LIST view has columns--I just selected a file at random, changed it to LIST view and the column headers were Name, Album artist, Date modified, and Size.

I don't have "deep freeze" installed (I don't even know what that is.)

Okay, well let's try this:

Start/Run/Regedit and Delete these two keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags


Then go to the following two dword keys and change the values of both to 000003e8:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
BagMRU Size

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam]
BagMRU Size

Hi. This is my first post, so I am going to try to put as much info as I can.

I recently decided to clean my computers hard disk drive by removing programs I do not use anymore. Now, every time I turn on my computer, this pop up appears.



I do not know if uninstalling programs would do this. So what possibly CAUSED this and how can I remove this?

Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Model: HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU  T8100 2.10 GHz
Memory (RAM): 3.00 GB
System type: 32-bit OPERATING system
This is also a windows vista laptop.

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Thanks Computer_Commando for CORRECTING me about the hard disk drive.This is what happens when you delete something without using Windows "Add-Delete Programs".  BTW, you did not "clean memory".  Memory is RAM and is "CLEANED" every time you turn the computer off.  You "cleaned" the hard disk drive (also known as: disk drive, HDD, etc., but never Memory).I used the add/remove programs in the control panel.Download and run Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Delete any entry RELATED to modicl.dll or the program you deleted

Hi Have an HP Pavilion DV6 dual core running Windows 7 which is up to date. I have tried to PUT in a new desktop PICTURE but even though I want it only centered, windows 7 keeps STRETCHING it, even after I have clicked any other option and then "save changes".

Any advice please?
ThanksWhat is the SIZE of the picture?
What format?
Does it do this with other pictures of about the same size ans same format?
Have you tried to convert the picture to another format?
(In rare cases a picture can have CORRUPTED information. Open it in MS Paint and save it to a new file may correct this.)

My Vista Home Premium has stopped loading the desktop icons,  the task bare is there and active. How do I get the icons BACK.? any ideas would be GREAT Ojas More information. What happened between the last TIME it worked and the first time it did not (new hw, sw, virus, ERROR, ETC)?
For now, run a full system scan with BOTH your anti virus utility and MalwareBytesYou can also try this.....

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Show-hide-or-resize-desktop-icons

I'm trying to CONNECT a W7 Pro to my office intranet (server is Small Business Server 2000) using a wired connection.

Most of the other NETWORKED computers are running XP Home, and I've got one W7 Home Premium that connected to the Workgroup (not a Domain) without any fuss.

However, I'm replicating the steps I did for Home Prem but there SEEMS to be 2 visible problems:

1) It says it is connected to an "Unidentified Network", which is fine. However, the Network window is empty.

2) I should have been PROMPTED for a Username/Password at some point, because that is necessary to access the network. Never happened.

Any ideas on how to 'force' W7 Pro to prompt for the User/PW? Thanks in advance.No one can help? I think I'm just missing something minor but for the life of me I don't know what~

I am using Windows 7 HOME on a Dell PC. I have indexed everything. When I do a search of a directory by datemodified, certain files do not appear, although others in that same directory modified on the same day *do*. Very puzzling.

If I click on one of those files and look at properties --> details, down near the bottom it has a DATE modified that is completely wrong, often months or years out of date. If I find the file with a different search (like by name) the "date modified" column shows that older date, rather than the correct one.

Since I backup my files daily, using a datemodified search to find the ones that have changed, the inability to be sure I'm finding them all is a problem.

The missing files are always .doc or .xls files, rather than the newer versions, but it *does* find some doc or xls files, even in the same folder, and I'd PREFER not to update everything to the newer version as not everyone can read them.

Anybody else having this problem?From what you describe it would appear that the Windows 7 search feature does not keep an up-to-date index on and why do you use this method instead of some other method have been recently changed.
It would be helpful if you could describe what type of backup system you are using. On the Microsoft website they recommend using a backup program that is part of Windows 7, but no mention is made of backing up files modified on a certain date.
The Windows 7 backup feature backs up files on a schedule. Apparently you are not using that method.
Please describe in a little bit more detail about how you do your backups. Have you used this method before on an earlier Windows operating system? And did it did work as expected?
Sorry I don't have the definite answer for your problem. Many users choose various backup methods. One is to make an image file of an entire partition that contains files of interest. And other method is to synchronize two directories, one on a local machine and one on a network server. Additionally, there are third-party programs that may do a better job than the tools available in Windows 7.

I believe you are correct that there is something buggy about how Windows 7 keeps its index.  On my previous computer (through April 2010!) late each day I would just do a search of my main directory (a large one, with many subdirectories) and tell Windows XP to find all the files and folders that had been modified today. As far as I can tell, it never missed any of them. On a weekly basis, I would tell it to find all the files modified in the previous week. It never missed any of them doing it that way either. This is (or was) a nice simple way to do a daily or weekly backup of my files. Periodically, I still backup the entire main directory onto a CD or DVD, but I still like my daily or weekly flash backups!

If I need to learn about a different method intrinsic to Windows 7, that's not unreasonable, but it isn't the purpose of my post. My post was asking about the search in Windows 7. There are many reasons to want to find *all* the files with a certain characteristic, not just backing them up. If the search doesn't work properly, it's a major bug. I was HOPING there was something I needed to tweak to make it work right!

The only thing they admit to, so far, is that it can not correctly keep Media files up to date. But that is a rather serious problem. Many users want to use Windows 7 to catalog their songs and videos.

Sorry I don't have a clue as to how to fix this.
For what it is wroth here are a few SITES I have looked at, but I  did not find a clear answer to the problem.

This one says he re boots in Vista to do a search.
http://www.osattack.com/windows-7/windows-7-search-sucks/

Fix Windows 7 Search By Installing Hotfix
http://www.troublefixers.com/fix-windows-7-start-menu-search-problem/

This one got my interest. The response was from a MS support man.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/80bfb0e1-ce2a-493c-ac60-1e9abec26cfa

Nice tutorial and user comments.
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/15/windows-7-explorer-search-overviewHonestly, Windows search function always sucked.
Personally, I stopped using it long time ago and I rely on 3rd party program, SuperFinder: http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearchxt.html

Ok this is killing me, I normally am pretty good at fixing my computer, but this one has me stuck

My clock will not stay on the time I set it,  it JUMPS around during use of my computer.  It never seems to go backwards only forwards.  It also doesn't just jump hours and minutes, often jumps months and years.  Now I custom built the PC about two years ago and have never had trouble.  Recently I did a fresh wipe and installed Windows 7... Now the issue didn't start there, I ran Windows 7 just fine for about over a week and not once did I have an issue with my clock.  Though on an unrelated topic my Frames per second were dropping in certain games, thus I decided to do one more clean wipe and see if that would fix the problem.  Oddly that worked, but now I'm left here, with my clock that RANDOMLY switches to what EVER times it wants.  This time change also takes place in my bios. I would love some help and would give major kudos to anyone who can figure this out...

Things I have already tried
- Resetting Bios via jumper and battery
- Replacing the battery with a new one (did this twice)
- UPDATING the Bios
- Making sure the time in Bios was correct
- In Windows the correct time zone is CHOSEN
- Time sync with time-a.nist.gov, time-b.nist.gov, time.windows.com, time.nist.gov, time-nw.nist.gov (all work at first but time eventually changes)
- Disabling Sync with an Internet Time server
- Disabling adjustment with Daylight savings (getting desperate) You've tried all the obvious things... when did you last check for malware/virus/adware infections? Some malware is known to change system time settings in order to nullify AV protection. You did a fresh install of Windows 7, following which you were OK for a while (Is that right?) but maybe you got reinfected. Another explanation would be defective hardware (motherboard chipset)

My vote is on defective hardware.

What's the make and model of your motherboard?try some of the suggestions listed for this fellow with a similar issue:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7performance/thread/fe970d11-2411-4224-8087-66a15b337a54

I have a gateway MT3423 using hope premium vista.  When restart my computer the internet works and Ipv4 says it has the internet and IPv6 says local on wireless network connection status.  After a min. or two both  change to Limited.  It does have a connection though.

I have done a ping in command prompt and it can do a loop but everything ELSE either runs out of TIME or does 50%. 

did ipconfig /all but cant copy it.

I would love any help I've been trying everything I can find but nothing seems to apply.  Thanks for your time.
   Have you gone to Gateway's website to see if there is an updated driver?  At the very least you should go into your device manager and UNINSTALL your WLAN and reboot so it will reinstall a new copy of the driver.  I've seen that fix your issue before.  Additionally, if you KNOW anyone who has one that you could borrow, you could try plugging in a USB wlan to and connecting it to your router and see if the problem persists; it will help you isolate the culprit.

I have a Pavilion slimline computer MODEL no. s3514, My favorits folder has been deleted from my favorites bar on my homepage and has been saved in my documents, how do I restore it to the homepage a I cannot save anything to my favorites where it is at the momentI'm shooting in the dark a bit here, but it sounds LIKE your favorits folder just needs to be put back where the favorites folder is SUPPOSED to be.  That folder is support to RESIDE at c:\users\\favorites.  If it's in your documents just put it back where it belongs so the operating SYSTEM can see it.Thank you for your help but I don't know how to do this can you help?

First, Thank you for taking the time to help.

Second, I have a l list of the CURRENTLY installed ITEMS on my Laptop:

System Stats:

Manufacturer:   HP
Model:              Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC
Rating:             3.5 Windows Experience Index
Processor:       Intel Celeron 2.20GHz
RAM:               2.00GB
System Type:  32-Bit OS


List o' Items:

7-Zip 9.11 beta
Adobe AIR
Adobe Community Help
Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin
Adobe Media Player
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe Reader 9.3.2
Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5
AquaSnap
Atheros Driver Installation Program
BitTorrent
CCleaner
Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system
Conexant HD Audio
CursorFX
CyberLink DVD Suite
CyberLink YouCam
Google Earth
Google Toolbar for Firefox
Google Updater
HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
HP Customer Experience Enhancements
HP DVD Play 3.7
HP Help and Support
HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.40 H2
HP User Guides 0118
HP WIRELESS Assistant
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
Java(TM) 6 Update 20
Java(TM) 6 Update 7
LabelPrint
LightScribe System Software  1.14.17.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Extended
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (English)
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.21022
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Works
Mozilla Firefox (3.6.3)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB973688)
NetWaiting
Norton 360
NVIDIA PhysX v8.10.29
OpenOffice.org 3.2
Picasa 3
Power2Go
PowerDirector
Realtek 8169 8168 8101E 8102E Ethernet Driver
Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader
Spelling Dictionaries Support For Adobe Reader 9
Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
Winamp
Winamp Detector

Do you see anything in there that isn't necessary for a home PC?

Ones in bold are ones I'd prefer to KEEP.greyfox82092,

I would uninstall the following:
Adobe Community Help
Adobe Media Player
Adobe Reader 9.3.2 -- bulky (use FOXIT Reader instead)
HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
HP Customer Experience Enhancements
HP DVD Play 3.7
HP Help and Support
HP Quick Launch Buttons 6.40 H2
HP User Guides 0118
HP Wireless Assistant
Java(TM) 6 Update 7 - you have a more recent version
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.21022 - you have a more recent version
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430) - you have a more recent version
Spelling Dictionaries Support For Adobe Reader 9

The following are programs that are not necessary, if you don't use them of course:
Google Earth
Google Toolbar for Firefox
Picasa 3
Google Updater - if you have any Google software you should keep this (any of the 3 the three above)
Power2Go - Disc and Data Burning Software
CyberLink DVD Suite - Playback and authoring for both Blu-ray and HD DVD
CyberLink YouCam -  Webcam Software – Add Cool Webcam Effects to Video Chats
LabelPrint - Personalize Your CD/DVD Labels
LightScribe System Software  1.14.17.1 - Make CD/DVD Labels
NetWaiting - uninstall if you're not using dial-up

Hope that helpsMuch obliged, thank you! Quote

MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430) - you have a more recent version

how ,where do I READ an ANSWER to my question ?In the same thread where the original question was posted. Just as you are READING this now.Here is a LINK to your original question...

Replies will SHOW up on the original page...

Frog and Duck Missing in Windows 7

Windows XP had a cute Duck and Frog. in User Icons.

Windows 7 has lots more Icons. But the two I like BEST are gone!

The Frog and the Duck!
Wah, want my Dickie!



Quote from: Geek-9pm on MAY 27, 2010, 05:58:01 PM

Wah, want my Dickie![/size]

Your *censored*ie?

I have a huge list of MP3's all grouped together in ONE FOLDER that I want to separate in the albums that each of the songs belong to.  But, the list is huge and copying(left click and then copy), GOING to a folder(the album name), then pasting is alot of work.  Is there a way to have a button or feature where I can click on a FILE and have it automatically saved to a common location without have to navigate to that location.  Something where, I can pick a file and then hit a button and have it go to some common place, like a clipboard?Are you familiar with Cut, Copy, Paste keys?

Hold down Ctrl-key, select files that go to common location with left mouse button. While still holding down Ctrl-key, press C-key.  Let up Ctrl-key, navigate to destination folder, highlight with left mouse button, hold down Ctrl-key, press V-key.  All files previously highlighted are copied.  To move INSTEAD of copy, press X-key instead of C-key.OOOOOOOOOOOO.

I didn't know you could hold the alt key down and pick each file.  I knew about using the box to highlight a group but the files are not side by side.

That is alot of help.

Please helppppppppppppppppp
 


Last month i had replaced my intel mother BOARD with a new one"energy-gigabyte systes"
also have 1 gb RAM and 160 GB hard disk.


My operatng system was WINDOWS XP.


Iam connecting to internet using a WLL phone provided by bsnl, HTP 800A.(WICH ACTS AS A MODEM)

A SERIOUS PROBLEM OCCURED IN LAST FEW WEEKS..WHILE BROWSING ,,USING ORKUT,,AND OTHER SITES ,MY MOUSE POINTER IS GETTING STUCK,,AND ALL INPUT DEVICES BECOME WORK LESS..
THE ONLY WAY TO RECOVER IS RESTRATING.

I HAV FROMATED Y SYSTEM AND INSTALLD WINDOWS 7 NOW
BUT STILL THE SAME ERROR PREVAILS.

i ALSO INSTALLD AN UPDATED ANIVIRUS AVASTA...BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISISTS.
 
I found that the problem occurs only when i am connected to the internet.

CAN ANYONE HELP.PLEASEEEE..........

  When you connect to the internet, open up task manager CTRL-SHIFT-ESC   then look in your processes and keep it on top of your windows and watch it as you browse the internet.
Check to see if something suddenly spikes and TAKES up too much RAM.
Let us KNOW how you get on.  kkk tnx...let me checkk.

Quote from: fivepoint8 on May 23, 2010, 01:35:11 AM

Good tip for it it was stolen, she has the windows Vista serial number...is that good enough?

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit.  On my Main DRIVE (C), i have 2 files that show a PADDLE Lock Icon; Documents and Settings and
$recycle BIN.  How do I get rid of the Paddle Lock Icon and unlock the files for viewing.   See here: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/e4b100a7-f65d-49c6-8555-6df40d35676athank you Sure THING

Hello,

I've heard that it's bad for your hard drive if you turn off your computer suddenly (ie holding down the power button).  Is that true?  If so, why?

Thanks in advance.The reason why you are not supposed to shut down a computer with the power button is that doing this can prevent the OPERATING system (and/or any running programs) from closing files that may be open, or can interrupt the writing of files. These things can corrupt the file system.
Bottom line, if you do a hard shutdown you should follow it up by running chkdsk /R to FIX any file ANOMALIES that may have occurred. QUOTE from: Salmon Trout on May 30, 2010, 05:00:38 AM

...you are not supposed to shut down a computer with the power button...