6847 + Interview Questions in Windows Vista and 7 in Microsoft Windows Page 96 InterviewSolution

4751.	Solve : Vista Notebook stopped working...please help.?
Answer» Greetings everyone, I happen to have a free period between classes and thought I would try and help my poor notebook. This seemed like a good place to start. A little background info, I am working in Japan, though my comp was bought in American, and unfortunately the closest Best Buy is in Shanghai, China. But I really need my computer as a means to SURVIVE, given my situation. I APPRECIATE any and all help and apologize for my computer illetaracy. Problem: I was making cookies saturday and listening to music when all of a sudden my computer shut down. Puzzled I restarted it and have been getting the same messages since. Windows begins to start up, but then Startup Repair runs and runs till it SAYS Windows cannot repair this computer automatically, it askes if I would like to send information about this problem, and then it shuts down. I have tried getting it into safe mode, but the same thing happens. Is there anyone can help me? Im very worried, because of course I need my computer, but I had just lost a computer last year, bought this one in december, so its only about a year old. I am most concerned that I wont be able to get my photos and other such memories back from my files....but I dont think its THAT bad....i hope. If there is anything else I left out, please let me know. oh, my laptop is a TOSHIBA A215 if that helps.hi. To alleviate your worries, at least a little, your memories are intact. just dont do anything rash like reinstall. I'd offer repair assistance, but for the fact that i have boycotted Vista. Yes, I was an NT fanatic (among other things) a proud win2k SysAdmin, xppro professor, and now am looking at Win7. I told everyone and still do, to steer clear of Vista. Wish i could offer help, i feel for ya. Hey i still have occasional issues I need help on, oddly enough, if that helps any. Good luck to you with your problemAhh, I am glad all my photos and other things are safe, thank you for that. It was not my choice to have Vista, not that I knew any better at the time. It was best/most affordable computer in stock two days before I returned to Japan ;/ Thanks for stopping by!Grab one of these: 2.5" to IDE connector... This will allow you to hook up that laptop drive to any desktop machine as a slave and retrieve/burn your data... After that do a clean install with the laptop's Restore CD. This will take the machine back to Day One STATUS.

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4752.	Solve : Need help again w/Vista & Word?
Answer» I bought Word 2000 on eBay. It is brand new, never been opened package. The seller appeared to be very reputable. I loaded the CD in my CD tray and closed it. The CD sounded like it started, but nothing ever happened. So I went to Add Hardware, the Wizard told me (that's funny...the Wizard told me!) to use the CD. The booklet that came with it said I could use the default installation: c:\ProgramFiles\MicrosoftOffice\ and when I did that, a window came up telling me that the location is unavailable, make sure the disk is in, you are connected to the Internet, try again and if it still cannot be located, the information might have moved to another location. That was about as clear as mud to me. Can anyone HELP? Oh, and it has the product key code on it and I am running Vista. Thanks - Debby Quote from: debby on February 02, 2009, 05:07:43 PM ... I went to Add Hardware, the Wizard told me (that's funny...the Wizard told me!) to use the CD. Why did you go to Add Hardware? You're trying to add software, not hardware. And, you meant you purchased Office 2000, not just Word 2000, right? Does that CD have a Microsoft label on the top side? Where, exactly, did you find the product key?Yes, on the disk it says Microsoft Word 2000. There is a booklet that came with it and the Product key code is on the COVER of the booklet and right above the numbers and BAR code it says Certificate of Authenticity. The key code looks like a label when you are looking at the booklet, but it actually is PART of the page, no stuck-on label. I went to Add Hardware for stupidity! My mind-set is still on XP where you can go to Add or Remove Programs. I'm not used to Vista yet and so far with as little as I know about computers, I do not like it. However, I am thinking I have a bad disk. TOTALLY baffled!! Yes, a bad disk may be the problem here. Can you try installing it on another computer, just for testing purposes? Of course, don't go through the software registration process on some other computer used just for testing.

4752.

Solve : Need help again w/Vista & Word?

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I bought Word 2000 on eBay. It is brand new, never been opened package. The seller appeared to be very reputable. I loaded the CD in my CD tray and closed it. The CD sounded like it started, but nothing ever happened. So I went to Add Hardware, the Wizard told me (that's funny...the Wizard told me!) to use the CD. The booklet that came with it said I could use the default installation: c:\ProgramFiles\MicrosoftOffice\ and when I did that, a window came up telling me that the location is unavailable, make sure the disk is in, you are connected to the Internet, try again and if it still cannot be located, the information might have moved to another location. That was about as clear as mud to me. Can anyone HELP? Oh, and it has the product key code on it and I am running Vista.

Thanks - Debby
Quote from: debby on February 02, 2009, 05:07:43 PM

... I went to Add Hardware, the Wizard told me (that's funny...the Wizard told me!) to use the CD.

Why did you go to Add Hardware? You're trying to add software, not hardware.

And, you meant you purchased Office 2000, not just Word 2000, right? Does that CD have a Microsoft label on the top side? Where, exactly, did you find the product key?Yes, on the disk it says Microsoft Word 2000. There is a booklet that came with it and the Product key code is on the COVER of the booklet and right above the numbers and BAR code it says Certificate of Authenticity. The key code looks like a label when you are looking at the booklet, but it actually is PART of the page, no stuck-on label. I went to Add Hardware for stupidity! My mind-set is still on XP where you can go to Add or Remove Programs. I'm not used to Vista yet and so far with as little as I know about computers, I do not like it. However, I am thinking I have a bad disk. TOTALLY baffled!!
Yes, a bad disk may be the problem here. Can you try installing it on another computer, just for testing purposes? Of course, don't go through the software registration process on some other computer used just for testing.

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4753.	Solve : PC not getting to the User Log On Screen?
Answer» Download Vundofix to your desktop. Important! If using Windows Vista be sure to Run As Administrator Double-click VundoFix.exe to run it. Put a check next to Run VundoFix as a task. You will receive a message SAYING vundofix will close and re-open in a minute or less. Click OK When VundoFix re-opens, click the Scan for Vundo button. Once it's done scanning, click the Remove Vundo button. You will receive a prompt asking if you want to remove the files, click YES Once you click yes, your desktop will go blank as it starts removing Vundo. When completed, it will prompt that it will shutdown your computer, click OK. Turn your computer back on. Please post the contents of C:\vundofix.txt in your next reply. . Note: It is POSSIBLE that VundoFix encountered a file it could not remove. In this case, VundoFix will run on reboot, simply follow the above instructions starting from "Click the Scan for Vundo button" when VundoFix appears at reboot. If you receive this error: "Run-time error '339': Component 'comdlg32.ocx' or one its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid", a new copy and instructions on where to put it can be found here Please let VundoFix finish, sometimes it can take MULTIPLE passes After the Vundofix scan was completed I got the message "Done Searching for files. No infected files were found".This scanner works with Internet Explorer only! Scan with the BitDefender Online Scanner Click I Agree to the LICENSE and then install the ActiveX control. Please DO NOT change the Scanning Options. That will make your logs huge and we don't need to see clean files. Select Start Scan to begin. This scan can take a while so please be patient and let it complete. Once BitDefender completes the scan: Click-on the Detected Problems tab. Then select Click here to export the scan report This will save a file named bdscan.html I would suggest saving it to the Desktop so you can easily find it. (take notice of where you save it so you can find it later) You will have to upload the file online. The forums will not accept HTML. Go to File Dropper Click Upload Locate the file and double click it. Copy the download link and post it back here.

4753.

Solve : PC not getting to the User Log On Screen?

Answer»

Download Vundofix to your desktop.

Important! If using Windows Vista be sure to Run As Administrator

Double-click VundoFix.exe to run it.
Put a check next to Run VundoFix as a task.
You will receive a message SAYING vundofix will close and re-open in a minute or less. Click OK
When VundoFix re-opens, click the Scan for Vundo button.
Once it's done scanning, click the Remove Vundo button.
You will receive a prompt asking if you want to remove the files, click YES
Once you click yes, your desktop will go blank as it starts removing Vundo.
When completed, it will prompt that it will shutdown your computer, click OK.
Turn your computer back on.
Please post the contents of C:\vundofix.txt in your next reply.
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Note: It is POSSIBLE that VundoFix encountered a file it could not remove. In this case, VundoFix will run on reboot, simply follow the above instructions starting from "Click the Scan for Vundo button" when VundoFix appears at reboot.

If you receive this error: "Run-time error '339': Component 'comdlg32.ocx' or one its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid", a new copy and instructions on where to put it can be found here

Please let VundoFix finish, sometimes it can take MULTIPLE passes

After the Vundofix scan was completed I got the message "Done Searching for files. No infected files were found".This scanner works with Internet Explorer only!

Scan with the BitDefender Online Scanner
Click I Agree to the LICENSE and then install the ActiveX control.
Please DO NOT change the Scanning Options.
That will make your logs huge and we don't need to see clean files.
Select Start Scan to begin.
This scan can take a while so please be patient and let it complete.

Once BitDefender completes the scan:
Click-on the Detected Problems tab.
Then select Click here to export the scan report

This will save a file named bdscan.html I would suggest saving it to the Desktop so you can easily find it. (take notice of where you save it so you can find it later)

You will have to upload the file online. The forums will not accept HTML.

Go to File Dropper

Click Upload
Locate the file and double click it.
Copy the download link and post it back here.

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4754.	Solve : have a viao computer that has win Vista?
Answer» Whenever I turn it on, the first screen that pops up says "operating system not found". The COMPUTER is about a year old maybe year and a half. Does this error mean the hard drive is busted, or could there be something else thats wrong with it You have 4 or 5 Topics going now...are all these issues the same machine ? ?no different machines , Im trying to get educated while fixing some machines I was at the vaio website and it says that this error can be caused by a non COMPATIBLE video driver. Here is what it says Quote You may experience the following problems on a Windows Vista-based computer that is using an NVIDIA nForce 430/410 (also known as MCP 51) Southbridge chipset: * When you start the computer, no operating system is found. Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following: No Operating System (OS) Found This problem may OCCUR even though the computer has been operating correctly for some TIME. For example, the computer may have been operating for hours, for days, or for weeks. When you examine the NTFS file system boot sector, the NTFS boot record may have been moved by a multiple of 4 bytes. * Random data corruption may affect any files on the computer. Back to the top CAUSE This problem may be caused by multiple-queue "read and write" operations that o... This problem may be caused by multiple-queue "read and write" operations that occur at the same time. The data in a given sector may be randomly shifted by a multiple of 4 bytes. However, the sector itself is not changed. This problem may occur on the boot sector or may affect any file on the computer. For example, the problem may affect the following types of files: * picture files * image files * movie files * data files * encrypted files Back to the top RESOLUTION If you are using an NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Southbridge chipset, we recommend that... If you are using an NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Southbridge chipset, we recommend that you avoid this problem by installing a driver update for the device. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) If your computer is affected by this problem, one of the following driver updates will be listed on the Windows Update page: * NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA MCP61 Serial ATA Controller * NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Serial ATA Controller * NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller * NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller The driver update is listed as an optional update and has a publish date of 3/5/2007 or a later date. Alternatively, contact NVIDIA to obtain a driver update that resolves this problem. For information about how to contact the manufacturer of your hardware, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 65416 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65416/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K 60781 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60781/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P 60782 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60782/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information. I have a question: How can I possibly update the driver if the computer doesnt boot up. All I have access to is the setup screen (the BIOS). how do i access the drivers Carry on then...LOL.Have you tried booting to safemode ? ? Tap F8 repeatedly after powering up and before any splash screens...I tied to do that, but nothing happens. The computer proceeds on to GIVE me the vaio splash screen and then the error operating system cannot be read. Maybe the disk drive somehow is jolted loose, let me try taking out the drive and putting it back in. and ill try the f8 thing again. ill post what happens is there anything else I can try? One thing about manufacturers: They dont sell the os disk with a computer but rather put the OS on a separate partition. But what is the use of all that if the computer wont boot up. They should just give the disks with the computer I think.

4754.

Solve : have a viao computer that has win Vista?

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Whenever I turn it on, the first screen that pops up says "operating system not found". The COMPUTER is about a year old maybe year and a half.

Does this error mean the hard drive is busted, or could there be something else thats wrong with it
You have 4 or 5 Topics going now...are all these issues the same machine ? ?no different machines , Im trying to get educated while fixing some machines

I was at the vaio website and it says that this error can be caused by a non COMPATIBLE video driver. Here is what it says
Quote

You may experience the following problems on a Windows Vista-based computer that is using an NVIDIA nForce 430/410 (also known as MCP 51) Southbridge chipset:

* When you start the computer, no operating system is found. Additionally, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:
No Operating System (OS) Found
This problem may OCCUR even though the computer has been operating correctly for some TIME. For example, the computer may have been operating for hours, for days, or for weeks. When you examine the NTFS file system boot sector, the NTFS boot record may have been moved by a multiple of 4 bytes.
* Random data corruption may affect any files on the computer.

Back to the top
CAUSE
This problem may be caused by multiple-queue "read and write" operations that o...
This problem may be caused by multiple-queue "read and write" operations that occur at the same time. The data in a given sector may be randomly shifted by a multiple of 4 bytes. However, the sector itself is not changed. This problem may occur on the boot sector or may affect any file on the computer. For example, the problem may affect the following types of files:

* picture files
* image files
* movie files
* data files
* encrypted files

Back to the top
RESOLUTION
If you are using an NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Southbridge chipset, we recommend that...
If you are using an NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Southbridge chipset, we recommend that you avoid this problem by installing a driver update for the device. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com)
If your computer is affected by this problem, one of the following driver updates will be listed on the Windows Update page:

* NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA MCP61 Serial ATA Controller
* NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Serial ATA Controller
* NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller
* NVIDIA Corporation driver update for NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller

The driver update is listed as an optional update and has a publish date of 3/5/2007 or a later date.

Alternatively, contact NVIDIA to obtain a driver update that resolves this problem. For information about how to contact the manufacturer of your hardware, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65416/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60781/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60782/ ) Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z
Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

I have a question: How can I possibly update the driver if the computer doesnt boot up. All I have access to is the setup screen (the BIOS). how do i access the drivers
Carry on then...LOL.Have you tried booting to safemode ? ?
Tap F8 repeatedly after powering up and before any splash screens...I tied to do that, but nothing happens. The computer proceeds on to GIVE me the vaio splash screen and then the error operating system cannot be read. Maybe the disk drive somehow is jolted loose, let me try taking out the drive and putting it back in. and ill try the f8 thing again.

ill post what happens

is there anything else I can try?

One thing about manufacturers: They dont sell the os disk with a computer but rather put the OS on a separate partition. But what is the use of all that if the computer wont boot up. They should just give the disks with the computer I think.

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4755.	Solve : Lost GBs on my hard drive?
Answer» I tried to restore my computer system to correct a problem I was having and the TECH that I was talking to had me try to load the restore discs that came with my computer. That didn't work and I lost the operating system in my computer and had to load the operating system disc that came with my computer to get it to work again. Well originally I had 40 GB on my hard drive. Now I only have 16. When I follow this path: Start>Control Panel>Admin. Tools> Computer management> Disk Management I find on the hard drive I have 16.1 gb being used and 21.24 gb are unallocated. How do I get all of the original Hard drive Back??Any of the CDs you have say something like drivers? It SOUNDS like you need to load the drivers for your machine.... if it's vista, you can resize your drive; but OTHERWISE you might have to settle with the creation of a data drive from your unallocated space.I have only 1 operating system disc and 4 restore discs that wipe out everything On my hard drive.

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4756.	Solve : Laptop can't connect to internet...?
Answer» The laptop is a Packard Bell EasyNote MX with 1.6 Ghz Intel DUO processor and 512 MB RAM. Its a fresh and CLEAN version of windows xp and nothing has been changed. i tried connecting to my wireless NETWORK in the normal way by going to control panel and then network connections and then search for wireless networks....then it asked for the network password or WAP and i entered it correctly...after that it just kept on saying that it was acquiring a network address but nothing else...i tried to repair it but no success in connecting to the internet. I also tried ipconfig/ renew and ipconfig/ release. does anyone know why this is happening or what can be done to fix this?Have you tried turning off the moden/router for a minute and turn it back on...wait at least 2 minutes brfore trying the connection again.Hello patio! Nope...i tried what you told but nothing's changed. It's the same as before. Is it build-in wireless, or wireless card? Is the switch on? Did you install motherboard drivers?Hello again. I'm not sure whether its BUILT-in wireless or wireless card...but it's a laptop and it had and still has wireless accessibility when i first bought it (and i haven't modified the hardware)...Yes the switch is on. No...i didn't do anything about motherboard drivers . We had bought the laptop around 2-3 years AGO and it was working fine almost the whole time...then we bought another laptop with Vista on it...and this became a sort of spare one...recently i decided to turn it on...but it had problems booting up (i dont know why)...so i decided to recover the computer using the recovery disc which was made when i bought it...it recovered successfully...then this problem started. btw, we have wireless security (WPA) for the router here...(if that helps in fixing this). Awaiting a reply. If its built in you wont see a card sticking out of the side, and if restarting doesn't help, contact your provider. Good luckyeah...i think its built-in then...and i don't want to contact the people at my service provider unless i don't have any choice left.If you know the setting for your wireless security then get into the router / turn off the security / try the old laptop / if it works then reset the security as it was before/ try again. Alan <>< If you reinstalled using recovery CDs, then the connection should work right away. It may be something wrong with network adapter driver. Any errors in Device Manager?Hello everyone! Thanks for all your advice...the connection is proper now!! The solution posted by ale52 was the one that worked for me...thanks to all the others for trying to help as well! This problem is now resolved. Thanks for posting back Alan <><

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4757.	Solve : Security Alert: Malware protection is OFF?
Answer» My wife's laptop POPS up a "Windows Security CENTER" alert in her tray periodically (few times a day) and firing up the Security Center says her "Malware protection" has been disabled. If we wait long ENOUGH, it re-enables itself (5 - 15 mins?) Irritation factor: High Threat factor: Unknown Her LT: Sony VAIO, Vista Sp1, 2 months old. My LT: HP Entertainment, Vista Sp1, 6 months old. Both laptops: Firewall: Comodo (mine), Windows Live OneCare (hers) ANTIVIRUS: Windows Defender (both ON), AVG-free (both ON) AVG scans daily at noon on both machines. The Sony's odd "alert" behavior doesn't occur on mine. AVG scans have fairly clean results (warnings only, which I assume are for tracking cookies.) My internet habits are fairly restricted: 8 to 10 "safe" sites. She spends time on Pogo.com and collects recipes. We both email (Yah__) and play the occasional amusing .wmv video capture friends send to us. Anyone familiar with this behavior? Is something venomous going on? Thanks...Quote Both laptops: Firewall: Comodo (mine), Windows Live OneCare (hers) AntiVirus: Windows Defender (both ON), AVG-free (both ON) The real-time protection of two antivirus programs may conflict with each other and cause the following: 1) False Alarms:* When the anti virus software tells you that your PC has a virus when it actually doesn't. 2) Conflicts: Your system may lock up due to both products attempting to access the same file at the same time. 3) Performance: More that one antivirus will cause your PC to become slow and it may even crash or blue screen. Uninstall OneCare or AVG and see if it STOPS. You should never run two antivirus or firewalls at the same time.

4757.

Solve : Security Alert: Malware protection is OFF?

Answer»

My wife's laptop POPS up a "Windows Security CENTER" alert in her tray periodically (few times a day) and firing up the Security Center says her "Malware protection" has been disabled. If we wait long ENOUGH, it re-enables itself (5 - 15 mins?)

Irritation factor: High
Threat factor: Unknown

Her LT: Sony VAIO, Vista Sp1, 2 months old.

My LT: HP Entertainment, Vista Sp1, 6 months old.

Both laptops:
Firewall: Comodo (mine), Windows Live OneCare (hers)
ANTIVIRUS: Windows Defender (both ON), AVG-free (both ON)

AVG scans daily at noon on both machines. The Sony's odd "alert" behavior doesn't occur on mine. AVG scans have fairly clean results (warnings only, which I assume are for tracking cookies.)

My internet habits are fairly restricted: 8 to 10 "safe" sites. She spends time on Pogo.com and collects recipes. We both email (Yah__) and play the occasional amusing *.wmv video capture friends send to us.

Anyone familiar with this behavior? Is something venomous going on?

Thanks...Quote

Both laptops:
Firewall: Comodo (mine), Windows Live OneCare (hers)
AntiVirus: Windows Defender (both ON), AVG-free (both ON)

The real-time protection of two antivirus programs may conflict with each other and cause the following:

1) False Alarms: When the anti virus software tells you that your PC has a virus when it actually doesn't.
2) Conflicts: Your system may lock up due to both products attempting to access the same file at the same time.
3) Performance: More that one antivirus will cause your PC to become slow and it may even crash or blue screen.

Uninstall OneCare or AVG and see if it STOPS. You should never run two antivirus or firewalls at the same time.

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4758.	Solve : Windows7?
Answer» I just pulled it down ... can't believe how bloated it is, 2.5 Gig OS! I'll let you know how it goes, maybe this weekend I'll play with it. Anyone else tinker around with it at all?Quote from: foggs on February 04, 2009, 06:12:35 PM I just pulled it down ... can't believe how bloated it is, 2.5 Gig OS! I'll let you know how it goes, maybe this weekend I'll play with it. Anyone else tinker around with it at all? Thats not very bloated, really. I've been using it for the last week, great OS, faster than Vista on this machine... Trying to fully convert to Windows 7 at this moment, however, I am having difficulties deleting the current Windows 7 partition... my dads computer failed miserably a couple of weeks ago, I installed windows 7 on it and its away like a charm. Previously it was running windows XP SP2, but now it is just 7. It runs office 2000 brilliantly ftw... Very Bloated? How much does Vista need? Foggs, you will be surprised when you install it.i never even touched Vista. but your right Carbon, Vista requires an enormous (IMO) amount of space to install - I was referring to the W7 compile however. Long ago, I've had servers running off of zip drives. It is amazing how things have changed over the years. Microsofts' current offering requires a larger hard disk (for joe-shmoes computer at home) than a major search ENGINE used to cache all of the internet 10 years ago - If you never touched Vista why do you bash it as an OS ? ? Just curios.Define:Hyperbole;Exaggeration Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 08:58:38 AM It is amazing how things have changed over the years. Microsofts' current offering requires a larger hard disk than a major search engine used to cache all of the internet 10 years ago the internet was WELL established in 1998. It would have taken far more then 15GB to cache it- but search engines then (before google, that is) didn't Cache pages, but rather "indexed" them.omg. do you think i am challenging your knowledge? I KNOW From personal experience the index for a specific top 10 engine 10 years ago was on a drive smaller than 40gig. I do not "bash" Vista. I know many, many developers and programmers that had a hard time writing for that platform when it was in beta, so i avoided it, and recommended it be avoided. They as I, can't understand the voluminous amount of code that comes out from them for an OS. If you have any history in the field you know how small they can get. Regardless MS gets the Lionshare of the market. I am not complaining, I previously was employed by a MS Partner, so in a way, they paid my bills I circumvented VIsta, although i am eager to spend time with W7, which i have, but have yet to play with Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 10:13:40 AM I KNOW From personal experience the index for a specific top 10 engine 10 years ago was on a drive smaller than 40gig. An index and a cache are two separate things. an index will keep track of the page URL. a cache literally stores the contents of that URL. supposing that the index stores maybe a good KB of data for each page- stored on the 37.5GB drive (BIOS limitations of the day- likely the size you mean) 37.510241024=39,321,600KB Assuming ALSO that this is not the same drive used to store the OS used on the machine- (rather, it was likely to be implemented via RAID), all this space will be available for the index. Assuming a average of about 1KB to store the url and some keyword heuristics, it could store about 40 Million index entries. However, at the same time the system likely implemented some form of compression- or perhaps it didn't store the data as URL's but rather as IP addresses that could be resolved to web addresses with a reverse DNS lookup. If that were the case, then we would have a maximum size of 15 bytes (four quartets and three periods), and depending on EXACTLY what data was stored for the Index entry itself, chances are the size of each record in the database averaged a good bit less then 1K, likely around 768 bytes. taking this into account, the number of records (and thus database entries) we get a good 50 Million entries. cacheing would bloat the average size of each record (containing URL, keyword data, AND the cached file) would bloat the record size up quite a large amount- the average web page of medium complexity being about 42K- so we have a drastically reduced number of possible entries given the disk size of the time, of just over 936,000, which was nothing close the the number of entries stored in a Search engine index- (google, in 1998, had an index of 26 million unique URLs,(with the previous space-conservative analysis, it would clock in at 26.6GB which was definitely doable within the size of the drive) BUT- it still required more then 15GB of space thus proving your claim is just baseless hyperbole. And regardless of the use of such hyperbole even in teh proper context, One must also analyze the relative cost of that same amount of space- after all, drives with 500GB or 750GB of space are cheaper then that 40GB drive was in 1998, so the relative cost of using 15GB on that drive would be much less. Although- I do RECOGNIZE that the OS's are getting bigger. There are a variety of reasons for that, one of them being that people are unnecessarily demanding. Also- Bonus points for comparing the size to something other then the install size of a completely separate OS, which seems to be a commonly used comparison. Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 10:13:40 AM I know many, many developers and programmers that had a hard time writing for that platform when it was in beta That's true. It's a commonly known fact that developers and programmers also had trouble writing for XP when IT was in beta. Same with windows 2000. But troubles will come ... and they will pass. The introduction of new technologies in each OS... be it active Desktop in Windows 98, Windows DNA in windows 2000 or the new LUA and COM+ APIs in windows XP, and now the addition of UAC and even more restrictions on running programs in Vista, there is always a hurdle to overcome when programming under a new OS. I think the trickiest part is not only getting the program to work in the new OS but having it backward compatible with the previous generation. I could go on about using GetProcAddress and GetModuleHandle, but I'll be wasting my time since it's mostly irrelevant jargon anyway. What a spiel I myself disliked the first release of Vista, because I didn't understand why it needed so much RAM. I continued this dislike for a very long time... But as soon as I actually started doing research on how Vista manages itself and its RAM, I actually begin to understand why there never seems to be any RAM free when you are running vista - unlike windows XP, it doesn't let it just sit there, it does something with it when you aren't. And I actually am starting to like UAC...I DONT have hours to spend building a reply, I dont have any letters after my name, nor do i have thousands of posts credited to my username on these forums, and lastly I've only been involved in the field since just a bit after google came to be. So, i do have limited credibility. Let me CLarify i never said anything about Googles cache, but what i did say, is fact, not conjecture-although the search engine in question (owned by a global communications company) changed names, then changed format altogether and is no longer a search engine, although the domain lives on. Let me also just say its always been my way, to keep it simple. Our 1st pc (for the family;my 1st had a total of 2 5.25" floppies total storage) had windows 95, with office professional, installed on a 4.1 gigabyte hard drive with 128MB Ram - it was fast. At the time, it was MORE than adequate. The motherboard failed before we ran out of HD space, and it was on (line) 24-7. Although we didnt download 600 Gigs of Videos. For what other reason does someone need the 500 Gig HD's on the desktops sold today. Quote Long ago, I've had servers running off of zip drives. I doubt any of them had any necessary, fancy graphics current operating systems have.nah. .. information mostly.. things were easier back then, we just didnt know it I literally didn't own a computer until 2002, and even then it was a 286! But that computer you described would have really flew! (seriously)Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 03:18:14 PM - it was fast. At the time, it was MORE than adequate. and Quote For what other reason does someone need the 500 Gig HD's on the desktops sold today. Why did you need all that HDD space? When I had my first computer, it had a 80MB hard drive on it. I thought it was PLENTY enough, that was eighty floppies, of course I wasnt going to max it out. As technology progresses, so do our demands of what it "needs". We said we wanted more eye-candy, we got it. We said we wanted more features, we got it. Vista is everything we asked for... pretty, elegant, professional, had games, and a lot of features that hardly anyone uses. Every operating system is bigger than the last. Windows 1.0 was about 720KB. 2.0 was right around the same size. 3.0 jumped, to a 7 disk installation, 6 were required. About 5MB total, I think. Excellent OS. 95 still had a floppy install, required at least 40MB. 98 175 MB 2000 required 2GB min, with 600MB of space free. XP required 1.5GB of free space. Vista did make a jump, quite a jump. It requires at least 15GB free to install, however, it wont take it all up. They take into consideration the fact that many people will install a lot of stuff. Whats unique about Vista? It included more new features than any other Microsoft OS (95 and up) ever introduced, in my opinion. Windows 7 is mainly based off Vista, but, they made many significant performance improvements, as well as added more features that users wanted, like even prettier windows. No, I'm not trying to immediately contradict you or argue, just discussing.

4758.

Solve : Windows7?

Answer»

I just pulled it down ... can't believe how bloated it is, 2.5 Gig OS!

I'll let you know how it goes, maybe this weekend I'll play with it.

Anyone else tinker around with it at all?Quote from: foggs on February 04, 2009, 06:12:35 PM

I just pulled it down ... can't believe how bloated it is, 2.5 Gig OS!

I'll let you know how it goes, maybe this weekend I'll play with it.

Anyone else tinker around with it at all?

Thats not very bloated, really.

I've been using it for the last week, great OS, faster than Vista on this machine...

Trying to fully convert to Windows 7 at this moment, however, I am having difficulties deleting the current Windows 7 partition...

my dads computer failed miserably a couple of weeks ago, I installed windows 7 on it and its away like a charm. Previously it was running windows XP SP2, but now it is just 7.

It runs office 2000 brilliantly ftw... Very Bloated? How much does Vista need?

Foggs, you will be surprised when you install it.i never even touched Vista. but your right Carbon, Vista requires an enormous (IMO) amount of space to install - I was referring to the W7 compile however. Long ago, I've had servers running off of zip drives.

It is amazing how things have changed over the years. Microsofts' current offering requires a larger hard disk (for joe-shmoes computer at home)
than a major search ENGINE used to cache all of the internet 10 years ago - If you never touched Vista why do you bash it as an OS ? ?
Just curios.Define:Hyperbole;Exaggeration

Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 08:58:38 AM

It is amazing how things have changed over the years. Microsofts' current offering requires a larger hard disk than a major search engine used to cache all of the internet 10 years ago

the internet was WELL established in 1998. It would have taken far more then 15GB to cache it- but search engines then (before google, that is) didn't Cache pages, but rather "indexed" them.omg. do you think i am challenging your knowledge?

I KNOW From personal experience the index for a specific top 10 engine 10 years ago was on a drive smaller than 40gig.

I do not "bash" Vista. I know many, many developers and programmers that had a hard time writing for that platform when it was in beta, so i avoided it, and recommended it be avoided. They as I, can't understand the voluminous amount of code that comes out from them for an OS. If you have any history in the field you know how small they can get. Regardless MS gets the Lionshare of the market. I am not complaining, I previously was employed by a MS Partner, so in a way, they paid my bills

I circumvented VIsta, although i am eager to spend time with W7, which i have, but have yet to play with

Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 10:13:40 AM

I KNOW From personal experience the index for a specific top 10 engine 10 years ago was on a drive smaller than 40gig.

An index and a cache are two separate things. an index will keep track of the page URL. a cache literally stores the contents of that URL. supposing that the index stores maybe a good KB of data for each page- stored on the 37.5GB drive (BIOS limitations of the day- likely the size you mean)

37.5*1024*1024=39,321,600KB

Assuming ALSO that this is not the same drive used to store the OS used on the machine- (rather, it was likely to be implemented via RAID), all this space will be available for the index. Assuming a average of about 1KB to store the url and some keyword heuristics, it could store about 40 Million index entries. However, at the same time the system likely implemented some form of compression- or perhaps it didn't store the data as URL's but rather as IP addresses that could be resolved to web addresses with a reverse DNS lookup. If that were the case, then we would have a maximum size of 15 bytes (four quartets and three periods), and depending on EXACTLY what data was stored for the Index entry itself, chances are the size of each record in the database averaged a good bit less then 1K, likely around 768 bytes. taking this into account, the number of records (and thus database entries) we get a good 50 Million entries.

cacheing would bloat the average size of each record (containing URL, keyword data, AND the cached file) would bloat the record size up quite a large amount- the average web page of medium complexity being about 42K- so we have a drastically reduced number of possible entries given the disk size of the time, of just over 936,000, which was nothing close the the number of entries stored in a Search engine index- (google, in 1998, had an index of 26 million unique URLs,(with the previous space-conservative analysis, it would clock in at 26.6GB which was definitely doable within the size of the drive) BUT- it still required more then 15GB of space thus proving your claim
is just baseless hyperbole.

And regardless of the use of such hyperbole even in teh proper context, One must also analyze the relative cost of that same amount of space- after all, drives with 500GB or 750GB of space are cheaper then that 40GB drive was in 1998, so the relative cost of using 15GB on that drive would be much less.

Although- I do RECOGNIZE that the OS's are getting bigger. There are a variety of reasons for that, one of them being that people are unnecessarily demanding.

Also- Bonus points for comparing the size to something other then the install size of a completely separate OS, which seems to be a commonly used comparison.

Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 10:13:40 AM

I know many, many developers and programmers that had a hard time writing for that platform when it was in beta

That's true. It's a commonly known fact that developers and programmers also had trouble writing for XP when IT was in beta. Same with windows 2000. But troubles will come ... and they will pass. The introduction of new technologies in each OS... be it active Desktop in Windows 98, Windows DNA in windows 2000 or the new LUA and COM+ APIs in windows XP, and now the addition of UAC and even more restrictions on running programs in Vista, there is always a hurdle to overcome when programming under a new OS. I think the trickiest part is not only getting the program to work in the new OS but having it backward compatible with the previous generation. I could go on about using GetProcAddress and GetModuleHandle, but I'll be wasting my time since it's mostly irrelevant jargon anyway. What a spiel

I myself disliked the first release of Vista, because I didn't understand why it needed so much RAM.

I continued this dislike for a very long time...

But as soon as I actually started doing research on how Vista manages itself and its RAM, I actually begin to understand why there never seems to be any RAM free when you are running vista - unlike windows XP, it doesn't let it just sit there, it does something with it when you aren't.

And I actually am starting to like UAC...I DONT have hours to spend building a reply, I dont have any letters after my name, nor do i have thousands of posts credited to my username on these forums, and lastly I've only been involved in the field since just a bit after google came to be.

So, i do have limited credibility. Let me CLarify i never said anything about Googles cache, but what i did say, is fact, not conjecture-although the search engine in question (owned by a global communications company) changed
names, then changed format altogether and is no longer a search engine, although the domain lives on.

Let me also just say its always been my way, to keep it simple. Our 1st pc (for the family;my 1st had a total of 2 5.25" floppies total storage) had windows 95, with office professional, installed on a 4.1 gigabyte hard drive with 128MB Ram - it was fast. At the time, it was MORE than adequate. The motherboard failed before we ran out of HD space, and it was on (line) 24-7.

Although we didnt download 600 Gigs of Videos. For what other reason does someone need the 500 Gig HD's on the desktops sold today.

Quote

Long ago, I've had servers running off of zip drives.

I doubt any of them had any necessary, fancy graphics current operating systems have.nah. .. information mostly.. things were easier back then, we just didnt know it I literally didn't own a computer until 2002, and even then it was a 286!

But that computer you described would have really flew! (seriously)Quote from: foggs on February 05, 2009, 03:18:14 PM

- it was fast. At the time, it was MORE than adequate.

and
Quote

For what other reason does someone need the 500 Gig HD's on the desktops sold today.

Why did you need all that HDD space?
When I had my first computer, it had a 80MB hard drive on it. I thought it was PLENTY enough, that was eighty floppies, of course I wasnt going to max it out.

As technology progresses, so do our demands of what it "needs".
We said we wanted more eye-candy, we got it.
We said we wanted more features, we got it.
Vista is everything we asked for... pretty, elegant, professional, had games, and a lot of features that hardly anyone uses.

Every operating system is bigger than the last.
Windows 1.0 was about 720KB. 2.0 was right around the same size.
3.0 jumped, to a 7 disk installation, 6 were required. About 5MB total, I think. Excellent OS.
95 still had a floppy install, required at least 40MB.
98 175 MB
2000 required 2GB min, with 600MB of space free.
XP required 1.5GB of free space.

Vista did make a jump, quite a jump. It requires at least 15GB free to install, however, it wont take it all up. They take into consideration the fact that many people will install a lot of stuff.

Whats unique about Vista?
It included more new features than any other Microsoft OS (95 and up) ever introduced, in my opinion.

Windows 7 is mainly based off Vista, but, they made many significant performance improvements, as well as added more features that users wanted, like even prettier windows.

No, I'm not trying to immediately contradict you or argue, just discussing.

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4759.	Solve : Vista Voice Recognition?
Answer» OK, I keep trying to set up voice recognition on Vista but it just constanly claims that my audio hardware is not set up correctly. It does this on both computers of which I can assure you the sound hardware does in fact work perfectly. In advanced options it claims that the "Engine" could not be started.System specs ? ? You know the drill by now.All under my NAME. You know your website right? The only missing detail is Ultimate 32-Bit.BumpQuote from: Accessless on FEBRUARY 04, 2009, 01:24:52 PM All under my name. You know your website right? The only missing detail is Ultimate 32-Bit. I am sure that Patio does know the site HOWEVER in his defence you did mention two comps and only have the specs for one listed under your name. Additionally since you didn't say you were having this PROBLEM on the PC that is listed under your name the only way that Patio could know what comp you were talking about is if he was physic.

4759.

Solve : Vista Voice Recognition?

Answer»

OK, I keep trying to set up voice recognition on Vista but it just constanly claims that my audio hardware is not set up correctly. It does this on both computers of which I can assure you the sound hardware does in fact work perfectly.

In advanced options it claims that the "Engine" could not be started.System specs ? ?
You know the drill by now.All under my NAME. You know your website right? The only missing detail is Ultimate 32-Bit.BumpQuote from: Accessless on FEBRUARY 04, 2009, 01:24:52 PM

All under my name. You know your website right? The only missing detail is Ultimate 32-Bit.

I am sure that Patio does know the site HOWEVER in his defence you did mention two comps and only have the specs for one listed under your name. Additionally since you didn't say you were having this PROBLEM on the PC that is listed under your name the only way that Patio could know what comp you were talking about is if he was physic.

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4760.	Solve : WD External Hard drive doesn't recognize Flash??
Answer» Hey there, I just bought WD external hard drive (LINK is below) http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?modelno=WD3200H1U-00&x=13&y=14 aanndd, I'm runnin Vista 64 bit. I'm having trouble installing the hard drive. when I double click setup.exe, a window pops up and says, "To run this program, version 8 or greater of Flash ActiveX Control is needed. You can download it at etc. etc. etc..." Well, I have version 9 or 10 or whichever new version there is. Also, while this window is up, another window is up in the top left corner, and it is green? I hit cancel, because I DO have flash and then it says this: When I went to "Solutions Online" it just told me the problem was caused by Flash and I'd have to install it. Well I uninstalled it, reinstalled it and I still have the same problem. Has anyone else encountered this?? It's really weird. See if can find version 8 of Flash. The WD software might be quite old. After WD is working reinstall the latest verion of Flash. Adobe should have version 8 of Flash Good luckQuote I'm having trouble installing the hard drive. What do you MEAN? You connect external HD, and it's right there, ready to go.Quote from: Broni on February 05, 2009, 09:37:41 PM Quote I'm having trouble installing the hard drive. What do you mean? You connect external HD, and it's right there, ready to go. I THINK he means some program that came with the drive, probably some backup program I expect. What? Can not install a HDD without Adobe? What NEXT? A lot of people don't like WD Backup Anywhere, which is just Memeo Backup repackaged. You don't have to install the software that comes with the drive. Just connect it and use it. That's what I did with my Seagate. If you decide you need a backup solution, you can find a better one than the freebie from WD. I agree ... There are tons of issues with the My Book software. Also once it's installed it can be a real BEAR to get rid of.Yeah, I meant I couldn't install the software that came with it - I wasn't sure if its better to have that software installed or not, because so far I've just been dragging my crap into it. Thanks for clearing that up, I'm glad I don't have to do that, it was getting pretty annoying My Book Problems 255 million hits...trust me you're better off without the software.Quote from: nnii33 on February 06, 2009, 09:33:22 AM so far I've just been dragging my crap into it. Don't worry, that's all you need to do.Thanks so much everyone for the replies. It's a little frustrating how something that simple isn't working though. I would really want to know how to fix it (because I'm so stubborn), but oh well! I dont know if its because i'm using 64 bit vista, or if its WD. I read that sometimes 64 bit vista has problems w/ stuff like that or something that has to do with the Flash not being compatible (I might be wrong).Quote 64 bit vista I reckon that may be the reason. Figures! That really sucks. I hate not having stuff work on the computer. What can you do

4760.

Solve : WD External Hard drive doesn't recognize Flash??

Answer»

Hey there, I just bought WD external hard drive (LINK is below)
http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?modelno=WD3200H1U-00&x=13&y=14

aanndd, I'm runnin Vista 64 bit.

I'm having trouble installing the hard drive. when I double click setup.exe, a window pops up and says,
"To run this program, version 8 or greater of Flash ActiveX Control is needed. You can download it at etc. etc. etc..."

Well, I have version 9 or 10 or whichever new version there is. Also, while this window is up, another window is up in the top left corner, and it is green?

I hit cancel, because I DO have flash and then it says this:

When I went to "Solutions Online" it just told me the problem was caused by Flash and I'd have to install it. Well I uninstalled it, reinstalled it and I still have the same problem.

Has anyone else encountered this?? It's really weird.
See if can find version 8 of Flash. The WD software might be quite old.

After WD is working reinstall the latest verion of Flash.

Adobe should have version 8 of Flash

Good luckQuote

I'm having trouble installing the hard drive.

What do you MEAN? You connect external HD, and it's right there, ready to go.Quote from: Broni on February 05, 2009, 09:37:41 PM

Quote
I'm having trouble installing the hard drive.
What do you mean? You connect external HD, and it's right there, ready to go.

I THINK he means some program that came with the drive, probably some backup program I expect.
What? Can not install a HDD without Adobe?
What NEXT? A lot of people don't like WD Backup Anywhere, which is just Memeo Backup repackaged. You don't have to install the software that comes with the drive. Just connect it and use it. That's what I did with my Seagate. If you decide you need a backup solution, you can find a better one than the freebie from WD.

I agree ...
There are tons of issues with the My Book software.
Also once it's installed it can be a real BEAR to get rid of.Yeah, I meant I couldn't install the software that came with it - I wasn't sure if its better to have that software installed or not, because so far I've just been dragging my crap into it.

Thanks for clearing that up, I'm glad I don't have to do that, it was getting pretty annoying My Book Problems

255 million hits...trust me you're better off without the software.Quote from: nnii33 on February 06, 2009, 09:33:22 AM

so far I've just been dragging my crap into it.

Don't worry, that's all you need to do.Thanks so much everyone for the replies.
It's a little frustrating how something that simple isn't working though.
I would really want to know how to fix it (because I'm so stubborn), but oh well!
I dont know if its because i'm using 64 bit vista, or if its WD.
I read that sometimes 64 bit vista has problems w/ stuff like that or something that has to do with the Flash not being compatible (I might be wrong).Quote

64 bit vista

I reckon that may be the reason.

Figures!

That really sucks. I hate not having stuff work on the computer.

What can you do

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4761.	Solve : lost most of my context menu?
Answer» i am on windows VISTA, when i right click on any file all i get is COPY HERE, MOVE HERE, CREATE SHORTCUT AND CANCEL, sometimes if i tap the shift key a few times it works, so i have lost all my context options even my desktop icons wont let me open them unless i left click a few times, please help me im only new to this SITE and computers to so i would appreciate your help very much, thank you.System Restore to a day when all was well. <<<"How do I start System Restore? • Open System Restore by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking System Tools, and then clicking System Restore.‍ If you are prompted for an administrator PASSWORD or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. NoteBefore you start System Restore, save any open FILES and close all programs. System Restore will restart your computer. ">>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/517d3b8e-3379-46c1-b479-05b30d6fb3f01033.mspx#E2i have tried system restore but it is still the same, this problem only happend about a week ago and i have had my PC for about 2 years, would it be something to do with a setting i dont know, if you can suggest something else i would appreciate it, thank you. Start/Run sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your Vista DVD handy... Re-boot when finished.

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4762.	Solve : Vista Window Installer pop up problem?
Answer» Recently I have had problems when I try to Install or uninstall a program. Windows installer pop up shows the following. "The system adminstrator has set POLICIES to PREVENT this installation" is the latest Also, I get one something along the lines of "you must be logged on as or have permission from the system ADMINISTRATOR to proceed" even though I'm logged on as system ADMIN?? Can anyone help?? Thanks, -PeteHave you tried right clicking the Setup file and select "run as Admin" ? ?Right clicking setup file does not provide that option...... any other ideas? Thanks, -PeteHello Pete. Thanks to 'User Account Protection' in Windows Vista, even an administrator account runs with standard user privileges until triggered by UAP, so your problem (most likely) is with the programs you are trying to install/uninstall not being updated for Vista and UAP, and therefore not triggering your administrator priveleges. Here's something to try: Visit this LINK: http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm Try Method #1 first, note that you will have to restart your computer after disabling UAP. On reboot, try installing/uninstalling a few things that have been giving you problems. Whether or not this fixes your problem, be sure to re-enable UAP after you're done testing. Post back with your results and good luck.

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4763.	Solve : How can I recover a "one" word document if my computer crashed. please help??
Answer» Hi, can someone please assist me with my question. I will begin by explaining how my computer crashed. I accidently dropped my laptop on the ground. The distance from where I dropped it was not high. After, I picked up my laptop and began to watch a move, but all of a sudden my computer froze. I restarted my computer, however now vista would not show up and I was presented with a screen that displays there have been an error with word. So I called Toshiba to ask for assistance and they recommend re starting and re booting my computer. Is there any way possible I could still relocate my word file. The document is not big and contains the max 2 PAGES double spaced. I constantly SAVE this “1” document every day, and it is also saved as a docx if that might HELP. I would really appreciate it if someone could assist me with this situation. Thank You…. In addition, my computer does not allow me to access the safe MODE feature.So wait, I'm confused. You were watching a movie on word?Will it boot into Windows at all ? ? If not the laptop drive needs to be removed from the machine and hooked up to a desktop to see if the data can be retrieved. Let us know...no i droped my laptop and then i started watching a movie but during the movie my computer just froze. The only image that appears when i turn on my computer, is start windows normal or system RECOVERY. when i click systyem recovery all it does is load and then there is a black screen for five minutes. then my cursor appears and 10 minutes later a scrren says add system.A similar thing happened to me and I had to erase the hard drive on a different pc and then re install windows.System Recovery since this is a laptop will wipe all your data and take the machine back to Day One status... What happens if you choose start normal ? ?if i select start normal the windows icon loads for like 10 min and then re starts and says there was an error, click system repair and it will diagnose any problems with Windows.

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4764.	Solve : just wondering?
Answer» ALRIGHT all done in malware forum Give me fresh HJT log, please.alright heres the HJT Log Fresh ofc only PROBLEM i seem to having is huge lag on browser only on this pc, i tested the net once again on my wifes laptop, and the net speed is 10x faster than mine. i figured if i did all the scans for malware, spyware and virus scan if i cleared it all out it would make it a bit faster but it seems to not have any effect what so ever, any ideas? [attachment DELETED by admin]You're asked by evilfantasy this: Quote Do you use the Ask.com Toolbar? If not then go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall it. I didn't see any answer to it. I also would like to know, which browser you use. Go here: http://www.speedtest.net/, and post the TEST's numbers. What type of connection do you use? What's your ISP advertised speed? Do you use wired, or wireless connection? After I got your answers, we'll get rid of some unneeded startups.i got rid of ask.com earlier, i use FireFox Mozilla the isp is Charter, 5MB me and wife both use Wireless Speed Test Numbers are: IP Address: (CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS) Last Test Date: Never Total Tests Taken: 0 Fastest Download: 0 kb/s Fastest Upload: 0 kb/s Average Download: 0 kb/s Average Upload: 0 kb/s I need these 3 number from SpeedTest: You didn't say what browser, version.ah sorry i didnt let the page load long enough (its loading extremely slow its sitting at 98% and not moving anymore) where can i check version of firefox? i believe i have the highest one out atm i just updated it last night actuallyQuote i believe i have the highest one out atm i just updated it last night actually That's fine. After posting speed test numbers from Firefox, do very same thing with IE.http://www.speedtest.net/result/403843732.png if you cant view this 818 KB/s download 36KB/s upload 15 MS Ping are those the numbers you needed?Yeah. These are ridiculous numbers. Same with IE?IE = http://www.speedtest.net/result/403848220.png 2860 KB/s Download 491 KB/s upload 15 MS PingThis is much better. Close Firefox. Go Start>All Programs>Mozilla Firefox, click on Mozilla Firefox (safe mode). Run speed test again, and post the numbers.safe mode: http://www.speedtest.net/result/403852215.png 506 KB/s Download 425 KB/s Upload 14 MS PingDownload, and install TCP Optimizer: http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php Open it, and put a checkmark in Optimal SETTINGS. Click Apply changes button. Restart computer, and post new Firefox numbers.firefox in safe mode: http://www.speedtest.net/result/403865233.png internet explorer: http://www.speedtest.net/result/403865233.png both of these were lower than last scan :S

4764.

Solve : just wondering?

Answer» ALRIGHT all done in malware forum Give me fresh HJT log, please.alright heres the HJT Log Fresh ofc
only PROBLEM i seem to having is huge lag on browser only on this pc, i tested the net once again on my wifes laptop, and the net speed is 10x faster than mine. i figured if i did all the scans for malware, spyware and virus scan if i cleared it all out it would make it a bit faster but it seems to not have any effect what so ever, any ideas?

[attachment DELETED by admin]You're asked by evilfantasy this:
Quote

Do you use the Ask.com Toolbar? If not then go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall it.

I didn't see any answer to it.
I also would like to know, which browser you use.

Go here: http://www.speedtest.net/, and post the TEST's numbers.
What type of connection do you use? What's your ISP advertised speed?
Do you use wired, or wireless connection?

After I got your answers, we'll get rid of some unneeded startups.i got rid of ask.com earlier, i use FireFox Mozilla
the isp is Charter, 5MB
me and wife both use Wireless
Speed Test Numbers are:

IP Address:
(CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS)
Last Test Date:
Never
Total Tests Taken:
0
Fastest Download:
0 kb/s
Fastest Upload:
0 kb/s
Average Download:
0 kb/s
Average Upload:
0 kb/s

I need these 3 number from SpeedTest:

You didn't say what browser, version.ah sorry i didnt let the page load long enough (its loading extremely slow its sitting at 98% and not moving anymore)
where can i check version of firefox? i believe i have the highest one out atm i just updated it last night actuallyQuote

i believe i have the highest one out atm i just updated it last night actually

That's fine.
After posting speed test numbers from Firefox, do very same thing with IE.http://www.speedtest.net/result/403843732.png

if you cant view this

818 KB/s download
36KB/s upload
15 MS Ping

are those the numbers you needed?Yeah. These are ridiculous numbers.
Same with IE?IE = http://www.speedtest.net/result/403848220.png

2860 KB/s Download
491 KB/s upload
15 MS PingThis is much better.
Close Firefox. Go Start>All Programs>Mozilla Firefox, click on Mozilla Firefox (safe mode).
Run speed test again, and post the numbers.safe mode:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/403852215.png

506 KB/s Download
425 KB/s Upload
14 MS PingDownload, and install TCP Optimizer: http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
Open it, and put a checkmark in Optimal SETTINGS. Click Apply changes button.
Restart computer, and post new Firefox numbers.firefox in safe mode:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/403865233.png

internet explorer:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/403865233.png

both of these were lower than last scan :S

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4765.	Solve : i need some help with finding a problem?
Answer» i PURCHASED and built my own computer recently and everything runs fine. when i play CERTAIN games such as counter-strike:source or combat arms, the game freezes for a SECOND and continues on. I have a 9800gx2, e8500, ddr2 1066, 850W psu, and a GIGABYTE GA-EP45C-DS3R motherboard. it is brand new, secure, and shouldnt be lagging. my ping spikes during lag if that has anything to do with it. i tried setting priority higher and it didnt do anything. i tried updating my bios to see if it was the motherboard not propperly recognizing the cpu and that didnt fix it. i tried redownloading to see if the game files were corrupt. i tried shifting all processes to 1 processor and the game to the other and it still didnt work. i have the vista driver for my wireless and i dont think that is the problem. I am getting 300+fps in these games and still getting random freezes. i monitored my cpu, disk, and network USAGE with RESOURCE monitor during a freeze and nothing different was happening. any help would be greatly appreciated

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4766.	Solve : Internet Connection Sharing (Vista)?
Answer» Assume the following: Two Machines are connected VIA ICS Each of the machines have USB Devices plugged into them How does one machine access the others device? (This is on Vista, and both USB devices are storage devices) On a relevant yet irrelevant note: (er, another question) Assume the following, ignore the previous: Two machines are, again, connected VIA ICS Both machines have Wi-Fi and Ethernet ports ICS Connection is MADE VIA Ethernet port Each PC is also connected to two SEPARATE wireless networks. How do i TAKE the network on (LETS USE the name:) Machine A, and put it on Machine B, so Machine A's connection is using both Machine B's wireless and Machine B's wireless?

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4767.	Solve : Dual OS?
Answer» Quote from: Zylstra on January 12, 2009, 09:00:44 PM (It MAKES a fit since its not a professional version on a 64 bit system... works fine on Vista Home PREMIUM 32 bit) that explains why I didn't see the "UNSUPPORTED" prompt- since i have Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

4767.

Solve : Dual OS?

Answer»

Quote from: Zylstra on January 12, 2009, 09:00:44 PM

(It MAKES a fit since its not a professional version on a 64 bit system... works fine on Vista Home PREMIUM 32 bit)

that explains why I didn't see the "UNSUPPORTED" prompt- since i have Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

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4768.	Solve : error message C00D11B1?
Answer» I was trying to load a cd on my computer which is a TOSHIBA laptop with WINDOWS VISTA Home Premium, and it came up with the error message C00D11B1. I have tried multiple cds and still no luck?? Any ideas??Try removing the DRIVE and re-seating it...the release button should be on the bottom... This should be done with the machine off the AC unplugged and the lid closed.

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4769.	Solve : how to open exj files?
Answer» i wrongly opened a exj file extionsion with notepad and notepad is not reading it. now i want to open that exj file with some other program but i am not getting "open with option when i am right clicking the file. what is the best way to open a file with correct program once you have opened the file with some wrong program. i GOT windows vista on system. basically i want to know how to get open with option back once u have opened the file with wrong program or other program that is not SUPPORTING the file type i wil be very thanful to one who gives me correct answer or suggestionsWhat happens if you right-click the file? Do you get the option "Open with..."? You might try Googling .exj to see what KIND of an APPLICATION the file belongs to. I did and came up with Java. Alan <&GT;< Quote from: ale52 on January 13, 2009, 07:29:15 AM What happens if you right-click the file? Quote from: jack18 but i am not getting "open with option when i am right clicking the file. However... try Shift+right-click

4769.

Solve : how to open exj files?

Answer»

i wrongly opened a exj file extionsion with notepad and notepad is not reading it. now i want to open that exj file with some other program but i am not getting "open with option when i am right clicking the file.

what is the best way to open a file with correct program once you have opened the file with some wrong program. i GOT windows vista on system.

basically i want to know how to get open with option back once u have opened the file with wrong program or other program that is not SUPPORTING the file type

i wil be very thanful to one who gives me correct answer or suggestionsWhat happens if you right-click the file? Do you get the option "Open with..."? You might try Googling .exj to see what KIND of an APPLICATION the file belongs to. I did and came up with Java.

Alan <&GT;< Quote from: ale52 on January 13, 2009, 07:29:15 AM

What happens if you right-click the file?

Quote from: jack18

but i am not getting "open with option when i am right clicking the file.

However...

try Shift+right-click

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4770.	Solve : ok i updated my avg last night and it kept on healing something in the system 32?
Answer» ok i updated my avg last night and it kept on healing something in the system 32 folder...so ok i let it do that...but then when the pc RESTART i got this error in the pop on the blue part of the bar it said WINDOWS PRODUCT ACTIVATION and the message said "A Problem is PREVENTING Windows from accuratelly checking the license for this computer. Error code:0x80070005 as soon as i log on it shows this message...no desktop icons show no nuttin..when i hit ok it logs me out....but i can log in on safe mode and i can see all my data and desktop icons..... Check here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310794tried it but my pc isnt showing a tab for the \Cryptography\Providers ^^^that part isnt showingWhat do you mean by "tab"? Are we talking about registry?yes....if possible just add me on msn it'll make it quicker for me to respond [emailprotected] its not showing : \Cryptography\Providers : in the reqistry...it stops at microsoft...shows alot of other stuff except for thoseWe don't help solve problems through private sessions, because it's to disadvantage to the other members. Try here: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/81914/jsi-tip-8521-you-receive-a-problem-is-preventing-windows-from-accurately-checking-the-license-for-this-computer---error-code-0x80070002-on-your-windows-xp-computer.htmlok its showing when the error occured in the event viewer now how do i repair it...Does Event Viewer report all three files missing? Quote Using another Windows XP computer, preferably as the same service pack and hotfix level, copy the missing files. If you don't have another Windows XP computer, you may be able to Expand the missing files from the Windows XP CD-ROM. just one.... and would i have to restart in safe mode with networking for me to be able to send an error report via internetI'm not sure what report you're talking about, but forget report. You need to get that missing FILE. Which one of those three is it? You can get it from Windows XP CD, ask a friend to get a copy, or I can send it to you.my friends ARENT even into computers like that bro... i live in the hood...they only want to sell drugs.... but yeah id appreciate if you send it to mei have that OEMBIOS file and i took the one off my brothers pc and deleted mine and put his on there and the same thing happend when i tried logging in.... but thats what the event logger shows in the first pic its showing the error is a OEMISO bat file i thinkWe need to know, what exact file, you need. From your SCREENSHOT, it looks like "oembios" file (not "oemiso"), but I need to know file's extension. To see an extension, go Tools>Folder Options>View tab, and UN-check "Hide extensions for known file types".Its a .bat file

4770.

Solve : ok i updated my avg last night and it kept on healing something in the system 32?

Answer»

ok i updated my avg last night and it kept on healing something in the system 32 folder...so ok i let it do that...but then when the pc RESTART i got this error

in the pop on the blue part of the bar it said
WINDOWS PRODUCT ACTIVATION and the message said
"A Problem is PREVENTING Windows from accuratelly
checking the license for this computer. Error code:0x80070005

as soon as i log on it shows this message...no desktop icons show no nuttin..when i hit ok it logs me out....but i can log in on safe mode and i can see all my data and desktop icons..... Check here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310794tried it but my pc isnt showing a tab for the

\Cryptography\Providers

^^^that part isnt showingWhat do you mean by "tab"?
Are we talking about registry?yes....if possible just add me on msn
it'll make it quicker for me to respond

[emailprotected]

its not showing : \Cryptography\Providers :
in the reqistry...it stops at microsoft...shows
alot of other stuff except for thoseWe don't help solve problems through private sessions, because it's to disadvantage to the other members.
Try here: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/81914/jsi-tip-8521-you-receive-a-problem-is-preventing-windows-from-accurately-checking-the-license-for-this-computer---error-code-0x80070002-on-your-windows-xp-computer.htmlok its showing when the error occured in the event viewer
now how do i repair it...Does Event Viewer report all three files missing?
Quote

Using another Windows XP computer, preferably as the same service pack and hotfix level, copy the missing files. If you don't have another Windows XP computer, you may be able to Expand the missing files from the Windows XP CD-ROM.

just one....

and would i have to restart in safe mode with networking
for me to be able to send an error report via internetI'm not sure what report you're talking about, but forget report. You need to get that missing FILE.
Which one of those three is it?
You can get it from Windows XP CD, ask a friend to get a copy, or I can send it to you.my friends ARENT even into computers like that bro...
i live in the hood...they only want to sell drugs....
but yeah id appreciate if you send it to mei have that OEMBIOS file and i took the one
off my brothers pc and deleted mine and put his on
there and the same thing happend when i tried logging in....
but thats what the event logger shows in the first pic

its showing the error is a OEMISO bat file i thinkWe need to know, what exact file, you need. From your SCREENSHOT, it looks like "oembios" file (not "oemiso"), but I need to know file's extension.
To see an extension, go Tools>Folder Options>View tab, and UN-check "Hide extensions for known file types".Its a .bat file

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4771.	Solve : x64 OS over x32??
Answer» I have a 32-bit installation of Windows Vista on my LAPTOP, and I was considering either installing Windows 7 over it or dual-booting. But my QUESTION is, is it a good idea to install a 64-bit edition of Windows over a 32-bit edition? Or does it like not matter about what "bit" it is?64-bit Operating systems will generally run more efficient because the cpu is executing twice as MUCH code/time given, as opposed to a 32-bit OS, and it handles larger amounts of ram memory.. However, if you're GOING to upgrade to 64 bit OS, you have to consider that there is not full support for 64 bit Operating Systems in general... 64 bit Operating systems mean you need 64 bit drivers, and 64 bit applications to get the full effect. Most 32 bit applications are backward-compatible in a 64 bit environment More info. here. Well yeah besides the fact that there are some lacking capabilities with the 64-bit edition; I learned that a while ago, and thanks for the reminder btw haha I was just curious as to whether it was possible to install the 64bit over the 32bit... I thought it was hardware related; meaning, I thought x32/86 and x64 were processors and only x32/86 OSes could only be installed on x32/86 systems, and the same for x64. Guess I thought wrong. So anyways, it's okay if I install Win7 x64 over my Vista x32/86?If you have a 32-bit processor that uses an EM64T instruction set, then you can install a 64 bit OS... Without EM64T you cannot do it... For example.. I've got a Pent. 4 641 which is a 32 bit processor, but it has EM64T technology built in. I dual-booted my Vista Business 32 bit version with the 64-bit version using the same cpu.. What cpu are you using?you cannot install a x64 version over top of a 32-bit version. you must do a clean install. Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 20, 2010, 02:14:16 AM you cannot install a x64 version over top of a 32-bit version. you must do a clean install. I know that much lol.Quote from: EEVIAC on January 19, 2010, 11:34:59 PM If you have a 32-bit processor that uses an EM64T instruction set, then you can install a 64 bit OS... Without EM64T you cannot do it... For example.. I've got a Pent. 4 641 which is a 32 bit processor, but it has EM64T technology built in. I dual-booted my Vista Business 32 bit version with the 64-bit version using the same cpu.. What cpu are you using? Okay... How would I determine that?Quote from: teezy4life on January 20, 2010, 07:24:21 AM I know that much lol. then why this: Quote is it a good idea to install a 64-bit edition of Windows over a 32-bit edition? Why ASK if you know it's not possible in the first place? If you do a clean install, your not Installing it over top of the previous version.Download CPU-Z here. Install it, run it. Look on the CPU tab after you have run it, where it says, "Instructions." Look directly to the right of where it says "instructions". If you see "EM64T" in the instructions set list, then you're cpu has that technology, if you don't see it...then tough luck I guess Gotcha. I got ahold of a x86 disc, anyways.

4771.

Solve : x64 OS over x32??

Answer»

I have a 32-bit installation of Windows Vista on my LAPTOP, and I was considering either installing Windows 7 over it or dual-booting.
But my QUESTION is, is it a good idea to install a 64-bit edition of Windows over a 32-bit edition? Or does it like not matter about what "bit" it is?64-bit Operating systems will generally run more efficient because the cpu is executing twice as MUCH code/time given, as opposed to a 32-bit OS, and it handles larger amounts of ram memory..

However, if you're GOING to upgrade to 64 bit OS, you have to consider that there is not full support for 64 bit Operating Systems in general... 64 bit Operating systems mean you need 64 bit drivers, and 64 bit applications to get the full effect. Most 32 bit applications are backward-compatible in a 64 bit environment

More info.

here.

Well yeah besides the fact that there are some lacking capabilities with the 64-bit edition; I learned that a while ago, and thanks for the reminder btw haha
I was just curious as to whether it was possible to install the 64bit over the 32bit... I thought it was hardware related; meaning, I thought x32/86 and x64 were processors and only x32/86 OSes could only be installed on x32/86 systems, and the same for x64. Guess I thought wrong.
So anyways, it's okay if I install Win7 x64 over my Vista x32/86?If you have a 32-bit processor that uses an EM64T instruction set, then you can install a 64 bit OS... Without EM64T you cannot do it...

For example.. I've got a Pent. 4 641 which is a 32 bit processor, but it has EM64T technology built in. I dual-booted my Vista Business 32 bit version with the 64-bit version using the same cpu..

What cpu are you using?you cannot install a x64 version over top of a 32-bit version. you must do a clean install.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 20, 2010, 02:14:16 AM

you cannot install a x64 version over top of a 32-bit version. you must do a clean install.

I know that much lol.Quote from: EEVIAC on January 19, 2010, 11:34:59 PM

If you have a 32-bit processor that uses an EM64T instruction set, then you can install a 64 bit OS... Without EM64T you cannot do it...

For example.. I've got a Pent. 4 641 which is a 32 bit processor, but it has EM64T technology built in. I dual-booted my Vista Business 32 bit version with the 64-bit version using the same cpu..

What cpu are you using?

Okay... How would I determine that?Quote from: teezy4life on January 20, 2010, 07:24:21 AM

I know that much lol.

then why this:

Quote

is it a good idea to install a 64-bit edition of Windows over a 32-bit edition?

Why ASK if you know it's not possible in the first place? If you do a clean install, your not Installing it over top of the previous version.Download CPU-Z here. Install it, run it. Look on the CPU tab after you have run it, where it says, "Instructions."

Look directly to the right of where it says "instructions". If you see "EM64T" in the instructions set list, then you're cpu has that technology, if you don't see it...then tough luck I guess

Gotcha. I got ahold of a x86 disc, anyways.

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4772.	Solve : Flash Player Problem?
Answer» OK what sites are these that are not working ? ? Be specific...I have TRIED everything that YALL have suggested and still nothing I APPRECIATE the help though

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4773.	Solve : Updating problem!?
Answer» Greetings to all! I just found this site and looks helpful. My Window VISTA Home Premium update is automated until April 19, 2009. Since then I have to put on manaully because updates keep stopping internet to work. 55 important updates are there but even a single update stops internet and I have to perform system restore to regain the internet. What could I do to get updates and internet work? any SOLUTION will be appreciated. Thanks alot in advance!What MAKE and model computer is this? Do you have a Recovery partition, which would permit you to restore the system to its original configuration, i.e. the way it was when new? Edit: Of course, you should back up all important FILES on some external medium. Running the Recovery would format your hard DRIVE and reinstall all original software.Thanks for the suggestion. Brief info on my computer. Manufacturer: HP Model: a1720n Processor: Intel (R)Core(TM)2 CPU [emailprotected] 1.86GHz 1.87GHz RAM: 3GB System Type: 32 bit Operating System As I have mentioned above, I didn't have any prob until 19 April, 2009. Internet won't work if do any update. That's the only problem I have. Please help more.

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4774.	Solve : White Box appearing!?
Answer» SORRY, I don't even know what a script file is! This is what comes up when I use spy on it http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx157/lizzietheirishgal/SPYwhitebox.jpgGo back into msconfig. Do you SEE supportsoft sprtcmd or supportsoft? If so, uncheck them.Yep that worked! Thanks Allan!OK. Did those items appear in Startup Control Panel? If so, re-enable them in msconfig and DELETE them from Startup Control Panel. That's the preferred METHOD of doing things (msconfig should really only be used for diagnostic and troubleshooting purposes). Otherwise, just leave it as is - won't really hurt ANYTHING.

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4775.	Solve : recovery from bin?
Answer» i have EMPTIED the bin.Is there a way of recovering everything pls.Yes a picture was in there i want to get back.Google is your friend HTTP://www.google.com/search?q=recover+deleted+files&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-ahttp://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/01/24/top-10-free-data-recovery-software/thank you peepssure

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4776.	Solve : Difficulty pasting text to Roxio creator 2010 Pro CD booklet panels.?
Answer» Does anyone have some inside info or some other idea about how to paste text from Microsoft Works/Word documents or word processor (wps files) to the CD Booklet panels in ROXIO's Creator 2010 Pro software? I am trying to complete a music/documentary project intended as a gift to MANY of my PROFESSIONAL friends that contains 20 music tracks, and has detailed track-by-track notes on the production of each song. The total amount of text material I'm trying to input requires the creation of a 12-page booklet. This project is actually the sixth in a series I began nearly ten years ago on my old computer, using the old Adaptec software that was in there. This older software not only allowed me to paste text, but photos and clipart, and shrink everything to sizes that fit the booklet pages. Only text goes into this project; but I'm having absolutely no luck doing the same thing with the new software. Every attempt I've made to copy text sections I'd like to paste seems to meet the same problem--when I go back to the Roxio side and pull down the "edit' menu, "paste" doesn't light up--it's as if the Roxio software has no idea I've copied something to the clipboard. I've POURED fruitlessly looking for my answer in the user guide; got nothing out of the software's numerous tutorials (none of which dealt with my problem); and got simply a terse answer from Roxio's online help ("text is text"). I've been forced to email the notes in their original form to one of my principal contributors--who has written a book on the secrets of the studio and in fact once worked for Sir George Martin. I'm a broadcaster myself; and I've always tried to do projects like this at the highest level I'm capable of--given my relative lack of computer saavy. So here I am with a two-week-old computer, the new Windows 7 OS, and top-of-the-line software (which you've got to buy separately and ain't cheap) that I THOUGHT WOULD NOT give me this type of problem. I can only think there has to be either a non-support problem somewhere or there's some subtle trick I don't know about that will help me get around this problem. That contributor I've mentioned in this piece has also recommended I try this approach in this site. Anyone have an idea on how I can fix this problem and finally get this project finished?

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4777.	Solve : IE won't open?
Answer» Everyday I have to turn the whole computer off before Internet Explorer will open. Is there a problem with the START up menu or what?You have to turn OFF the computer to get IE? I think you need to explain the problem a little better.Each day when I start to work, I click IE on the bottom of the screen, I see the hourglass for a second and then it dissapears and never starts up.And.........?That's it, back to the desktop. NOTHING will open up. I am not able to turn the computer off, actually. I have to unplug it and let it start up again.And then what happens? So it's not just IE it's everything? When did this start? What happened between the last time the SYSTEM started properly and the first time it did not (new HW, sw, VIRUS, error, etc)? What type of system? If you want help you need to provide more than one sentence posts. The quality of the assistance you receive is in direct proportion to the quality of the information you provide.

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4778.	Solve : INSTALL.LOG file?
Answer» I have several games that I am not able to uninstall through the Start menu. I keep getting an error message telling me the INSTALL.LOG could not be OPENED. I wasn't worried at first, but now I have a list that I am not able to remove. Any ideas? Sorry, I have VISTA and I'm not sure of the bits.Many gamescome with their INSTALLER which can USUALLY be found in the main directory the game installs to.... A few NAMES of these games would have been helpful in case others here have used themNick Jr. games mostly and Freeze.com toolbar. I get the same error when I try to unistall from the game page itself.

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4779.	Solve : Dead Windows 7 32-bit laptop (will not start)?
Answer» I have a 2007 windows vista laptop that I installed Windows 7 32-bit on. I decided to reinstall vista (a custom version called "windows Vista Extreme Edition R2") but during installation I got an error message that said my computer did not have enough memory to install. I uninstalled almost all of my programs but still did not have enough memory to install. So I downloaded Paragon Disk Wiper and ran the program the program. (it took several hours to finish) Before I ran the program I burned the ISO windows Vista Extreme Edition R2 to a DVD+RW Disc and I also made a recovery and backup disc. After the program finished I restarted my computer and booted from the CD drive that the Vista ISO disc was In. The problem Is my computer said "no operating system found". After that i Restarted my computer and booted from the recovery disc but the same thing happened. Then I tried the backup disc but had same problem. I went to the other computer in my house that I am using now (windows 7 32-bit desktop) and made a recovery disc that I put in my laptop but my laptop still will not WORK and now SAYS "Error loading operating system" Is there any WAY of fixing this or will i just have to buy a new laptop? Thanks for reading this long post.As it is searching for an operating system, that suggests to me that you CD/DVD is not set as first boot in the BIOS. Have you checked this?.Quote windows Vista Extreme Edition R2 Purchase a legitimate copy of Windows Vista or use the Recovery disk provided by your manufacturer.yes cd is boot first. Im going to try Windows 7 32-bit Repair Disc I downloaded from http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/ do you think this would work?Quote from: I need some computer help on February 03, 2010, 04:37:28 PM yes cd is boot first. Im going to try Windows 7 32-bit Repair Disc in a little while (busy right this second) but I downloaded from http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/ do you think this would work? nope. remember, that's a repair disc- you need Windows installed (if corrupted) to use it properly. You WIPED the disk clean with Paragon Disk wiper, so you have no OS on the drive at all. Your best bet would be the recovery discs for the laptop, or a legitimate Vista disc.ok i guess i have to go buy vista then.Thanks for the advice and help.

4779.

Solve : Dead Windows 7 32-bit laptop (will not start)?

Answer»

I have a 2007 windows vista laptop that I installed Windows 7 32-bit on.

I decided to reinstall vista (a custom version called "windows Vista Extreme Edition R2") but during installation I got an error message that said my computer did not have enough memory to install.

I uninstalled almost all of my programs but still did not have enough memory to install.

So I downloaded Paragon Disk Wiper and ran the program the program. (it took several hours to finish)

Before I ran the program I burned the ISO windows Vista Extreme Edition R2 to a DVD+RW Disc and I also made a recovery and backup disc.

After the program finished I restarted my computer and booted from the CD drive that the Vista ISO disc was In.

The problem Is my computer said "no operating system found".

After that i Restarted my computer and booted from the recovery disc but the same thing happened.

Then I tried the backup disc but had same problem.

I went to the other computer in my house that I am using now (windows 7 32-bit desktop) and made a recovery disc that I put in my laptop but my laptop still will not WORK and now SAYS "Error loading operating system"

Is there any WAY of fixing this or will i just have to buy a new laptop?

Thanks for reading this long post.As it is searching for an operating system, that suggests to me that you CD/DVD is not set as first boot in the BIOS.
Have you checked this?.Quote

windows Vista Extreme Edition R2

Purchase a legitimate copy of Windows Vista or use the Recovery disk provided by your manufacturer.yes cd is boot first.

Im going to try Windows 7 32-bit Repair Disc I downloaded from http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/

do you think this would work?Quote from: I need some computer help on February 03, 2010, 04:37:28 PM

yes cd is boot first.

Im going to try Windows 7 32-bit Repair Disc in a little while (busy right this second) but I downloaded from http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/

do you think this would work?

nope.

remember, that's a repair disc- you need Windows installed (if corrupted) to use it properly.

You WIPED the disk clean with Paragon Disk wiper, so you have no OS on the drive at all. Your best bet would be the recovery discs for the laptop, or a legitimate Vista disc.ok i guess i have to go buy vista then.Thanks for the advice and help.

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4780.	Solve : formatting or recovery?
Answer» I have a model T5234 emachine computer needing either formatting or RETURNED to it original state. I have no recovery disks or other disks for formatting. How do I accomplish this task. The computer has Vista as its' OSUnless there is a built-in recovery partition you'll need to purchase a retail copy of the OS you wish to install.Ehamblen - I hope I'm not butting in where I am not SUPPOSED to, but I have an E MACHINE computer and it has a recovery built in. I am not too knowledgeable but I THINK it is in the D portion of the HD. E Machine gave me a print out of a way to go back to the original state. You might ask them for that but if your machine is out of warranty they don't help MUCH. I thank You gentlemen for your advice. How do you use the recovery partition to take the computer to its original statehttp://www.ehow.com/how_2337743_do-emachines-system-recovery-.htmlAllan, Mission accomplished. Thanks so much for your help!!You're welcome

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4781.	Solve : Windows problem?
Answer» I got my other problems solved thanks very much for helping me on that, but now windows doesn't SEEM to be updating it SAYS on all the attemps updates on windows update they all failed and plus on my help and support it says " you have lost connection to the help and support website" i geuss i have to reinstall windows or something o-0What type of connection are we talking about here ? ?Im using LOCAL connection to my netgear and router, And my windows just woudnt update, it does update THINGS like windows DEFENDER etc... just doesnt update windows vista updateCan you give us some more information? What lead up to this problem? What was wrong before this happened? Also did you add any new software or hardward?

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4782.	Solve : down grade windows 7 towindows XP?
Answer» i have dell vostro 1015 laptop with widows 7 os, recently i'd tried to downgrade it to XP but it didn't success my system appears blue screen and says i need to check my system for viruses and run chkdsk but i almost done it for so many times with no viruses found and all my hardware works properly but still no progress it also shows a code like this 0x0000007B (0Xf78D2524, 0X00000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) i cant also format my disk.. anyone can help here..? i just need convenient step to someone already experience this problem...Did you DLoad and install XP drivers for this machine after the install ? ? Does the same thing happen in safemode ? ?Why down grade ???windows 7 is far better. Not sure why you'd want to downgrade. If there's a real reason to have XP, use XP Mode (yes, I know it's an updated VirtualPC, and other virtual products like VMWare and VirtualBox are better, but still...the free license doesn't hurt). However, if you absolutely insist on having XP as your main OS, then one thing you need to check for in your BIOS is whether SATA operation is set to AHCI. Vista and 7 have native AHCI drivers--XP does not. If it is set to AHCI, then XP will blue-screen with 0x7B (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE) without either: a) Switching that to ATA or IDE mode (or whatever it's called in your particular BIOS) b) Slipstreaming the AHCI drivers into your XP installation c) Copying the drivers to a floppy disk (yes, a floppy disk), and press F6 when asked to "Press F6 to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver." Hassle-free choice: a). Quote from: flipflopjd on January 21, 2010, 10:41:07 AM Why down grade ???windows 7 is far better. Some people just prefer XP...Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:07:48 AM Some people just prefer XP... This is a big issue in the news, probably more so before the Win7 LAUNCH than now. It's mostly because Vista was such a rough ride that people lost their trust in Microsoft and feared that Win7 was just more of Vista. The outcry was that XP has been working so well for so long that they didn't want to mess with what worked. Due to this pressure Microsoft agreed to an extension to the XP product life. Now that Win7 is out, people have started to realize that it is the best Windows that Microsoft has ever released, and certainly the best since XP. That having been said, XP is getting long in the tooth and as hardware and software march forward, you can't stand still with the OS and expect there not to be any problems. XP was THE OS to have in 2003. Unfortunately, not in 2010.My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter.Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter. +1 hello killerb255 i'd swith AHCI to ATA but i dont have Floopy disc drive in my laptop do we have any other options aside from it? although my installation to XP has a progress when i switched it but their is another problem i ecounter my installation do not continue it says like this Setup cannot CREATE the folder: \WINDOWS.0\System32\Spool\prtprocs\w32X86 Setup cannot continue until the folder is created. - to retry, press ENTER - To quit setup, press F3 i'd press enter but still there and when i press quit the set-up will b failed... so do we have another chance left? thnks to all repliesQuote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter. I agree. My bad. A help thread is not the right place to have an academic discussion. The OP is only here because a decision had been previously made, and he is here for technical assistance or repair options.Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter. Agree. This is similar to when somebody asks in the apple forum "what mac should I buy" and there is literally a of replies that basically say "macs SUXOR Use a PC LOL" and it's simply ridiculous. Quote That having been said, XP is getting long in the tooth and as hardware and software march forward, you can't stand still with the OS and expect there not to be any problems. XP was THE OS to have in 2003. Unfortunately, not in 2010. The age of an OS, or the age of any software, for that matter, is irrelevant to it's usefulness. Many businesses still use DOS based database management systems; It works, it's familar to them, and there is no reason to use something else. I learned a long time ago that the "current thang" is always yesterdays thang tommorrow, so it's really just a waste of time to bother upgrading just for the sake of upgrading. An Operating System is something that a user will have to use everyday. Therefore it should be their choice. Personally, for example, I could easily upgrade to Windows 7; and it would probably work fine. but I don't. Vista is working fine for me; and that brings me to another point: Quote Now that Win7 is out, people have started to realize that it is the best Windows that Microsoft has ever released, and certainly the best since XP. certainly? Sounds more like an opinion stated as fact. Really, the differences between windows 7 and Vista are so tiny it's almost comedic how different people paint the two. People skip straight over Vista to 7 and then proclaim how much better 7 is then Vista, despite never having even used Vista. I believe it was Patio who stated at some point previously the real reason that windows 7 is so much more successful: the public beta. I personally believe that is in fact the only reason. It's just another version of windows. it's not some kind of super ultra mega awesome OS that toasts your bread and BUTTERS it for you that some people paint it as; heck, the differences between Windows 7 and Vista are probably less then half the number of differences between XP and 2000, and people still painted XP as a steaming turd just as they painted Vista after it. It was the windows 7 beta program that reversed EVERYBODY's idea; the mass publicity; the exposure, etc. It has nothing to do with anything they "fixed". Now, then, returning at last to the actual Topic: STOP code 0x7B in this case probably is caused by what other have touched on; the PC has a SATA hard drive. Killerb255 has excellently pointed out several ways of getting the drive to work with XP; Personally, I just switch the SATA mode from AHCI to "compatible" or "IDE". No need to finagle with drivers or floppies or slipstreaming. Quote from: lonar23 on January 21, 2010, 11:48:25 AM hello killerb255 i'd swith AHCI to ATA but i dont have Floopy disc drive in my laptop do we have any other options aside from it? although my installation to XP has a progress when i switched it but their is another problem i ecounter my installation do not continue it says like this Setup cannot create the folder: \WINDOWS.0\System32\Spool\prtprocs\w32X86 Setup cannot continue until the folder is created. - to retry, press ENTER - To quit setup, press F3 i'd press enter but still there and when i press quit the set-up will b failed... so do we have another chance left? thnks to all replies Looks like you've performed an installation already (windows.0); after switching from AHCI in the BIOS was the XP disc able to boot and format your drive? remember you have to boot from the disc to install; you cannot install XP over top of Windows 7 from within windows. Quote from: lonar23 on January 21, 2010, 11:48:25 AM hello killerb255 i'd swith AHCI to ATA but i dont have Floopy disc drive in my laptop do we have any other options aside from it? In my last post, I meant either a), b), OR c), not a), b) AND c)! If you switch AHCI to ATA, you do NOT have to have a floppy disk or slipstream any drivers. Quote although my installation to XP has a progress when i switched it but their is another problem i ecounter my installation do not continue it says like this Setup cannot create the folder: \WINDOWS.0\System32\Spool\prtprocs\w32X86 It is never a good idea to install one version of Windows on top of another. When you do, another "Windows" directory gets created (unless you're going from or to, say NT or 2000, but that's another story altogether), and you have a big flippin' mess on your hands. You should have backed up all your important data (if any), wiped the entire drive clean, and installed XP from scratch. Never install two Windows installations on the same PC unless you either (and this is OR, not AND): a) Split your hard drive into two partitions, install the oldest version of Windows on the first partition, and then the newest version on the second partition. You'll get a menu after startup asking you which version of Windows you want to boot into. b) Use two physical drives, installing the oldest version of Windows on the first drive and then the newest version on the second drive. Again, you'll get a menu after startup asking you which version of Windows you want to boot into. c) Install the oldest version of Windows, and then perform an upgrade install to a newer version (as long as you meet the requirements for an upgrade-install and you're willing to deal with the risks as well as the benefits in doing so). d) Install Windows, have a major problem, and have to perform a repair-install (like an upgrade install, this also carries risks, especially if your computer is multiple Service Packs and versions of Internet Explorer ahead of your install disc). e) Install one version of Windows (actually, Mac, Linux, or BSD would work for this as well), install virtual machine software, and install one or more versions of Windows on virtual machines (i.e.: Installing Windows 7, and then downloading/installing the XP Mode components). f) ...don't mind the messiness of having multiple \WINDOWS directories and having to live with or clean up the mess (some programs mind this...a lot) Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter. Discouraging his choice if it doesn't sound like a good idea is fine, as long as you're willing to offer him options should he pursue the choice anyway.to killerb255 i huv succesfully downgrade my laptop from win 7 to xp... and i got from u thank you..more power.. Quote from: flipflopjd on January 21, 2010, 10:41:07 AM Why down grade ???windows 7 is far better. I am not baised, As i have used both, But in MY opinion, Its allways XP. The classic design, The less RAM usage, and Compatability. Im still looking for drivers to run XP on this stupid sata hard drive, So i have to stick with windows 7. I will go back to windows 7 maybe a year later, when more games and software become compatable - Half the STUFF i have only runs on XP, ANd i am not moving back to vista!

4782.

Solve : down grade windows 7 towindows XP?

Answer»

i have dell vostro 1015 laptop with widows 7 os, recently i'd tried to downgrade it to XP but it didn't success

my system appears blue screen and says i need to check my system for viruses and run chkdsk but i almost done it for so many times with no viruses found and all my hardware works properly but still no progress it also shows a code like this 0x0000007B (0Xf78D2524, 0X00000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

i cant also format my disk..

anyone can help here..?

i just need convenient step to someone already experience this problem...Did you DLoad and install XP drivers for this machine after the install ? ?

Does the same thing happen in safemode ? ?Why down grade ???windows 7 is far better. Not sure why you'd want to downgrade. If there's a real reason to have XP, use XP Mode (yes, I know it's an updated VirtualPC, and other virtual products like VMWare and VirtualBox are better, but still...the free license doesn't hurt).

However, if you absolutely insist on having XP as your main OS, then one thing you need to check for in your BIOS is whether SATA operation is set to AHCI. Vista and 7 have native AHCI drivers--XP does not.

If it is set to AHCI, then XP will blue-screen with 0x7B (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE) without either:
a) Switching that to ATA or IDE mode (or whatever it's called in your particular BIOS)
b) Slipstreaming the AHCI drivers into your XP installation
c) Copying the drivers to a floppy disk (yes, a floppy disk), and press F6 when asked to "Press F6 to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver."

Hassle-free choice: a). Quote from: flipflopjd on January 21, 2010, 10:41:07 AM

Why down grade ???windows 7 is far better.

Some people just prefer XP...Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:07:48 AM

Some people just prefer XP...

This is a big issue in the news, probably more so before the Win7 LAUNCH than now.

It's mostly because Vista was such a rough ride that people lost their trust in Microsoft and feared that Win7 was just more of Vista.

The outcry was that XP has been working so well for so long that they didn't want to mess with what worked. Due to this pressure Microsoft agreed to an extension to the XP product life.

Now that Win7 is out, people have started to realize that it is the best Windows that Microsoft has ever released, and certainly the best since XP.

That having been said, XP is getting long in the tooth and as hardware and software march forward, you can't stand still with the OS and expect there not to be any problems. XP was THE OS to have in 2003. Unfortunately, not in 2010.My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter.Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM

My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter.

+1 hello killerb255 i'd swith AHCI to ATA but i dont have Floopy disc drive in my laptop do we have any other options aside from it? although my installation to XP has a progress when i switched it but their is another problem i ecounter my installation do not continue it says like this

Setup cannot CREATE the folder:

\WINDOWS.0\System32\Spool\prtprocs\w32X86

Setup cannot continue until the folder is created.

- to retry, press ENTER

- To quit setup, press F3

i'd press enter but still there and when i press quit the set-up will b failed...

so do we have another chance left?

thnks to all repliesQuote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM

My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter.

I agree. My bad. A help thread is not the right place to have an academic discussion. The OP is only here because a decision had been previously made, and he is here for technical assistance or repair options.Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM

My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter.

Agree. This is similar to when somebody asks in the apple forum "what mac should I buy" and there is literally a of replies that basically say "macs SUXOR Use a PC LOL" and it's simply ridiculous.

Quote

That having been said, XP is getting long in the tooth and as hardware and software march forward, you can't stand still with the OS and expect there not to be any problems. XP was THE OS to have in 2003. Unfortunately, not in 2010.

The age of an OS, or the age of any software, for that matter, is irrelevant to it's usefulness. Many businesses still use DOS based database management systems; It works, it's familar to them, and there is no reason to use something else.

I learned a long time ago that the "current thang" is always yesterdays thang tommorrow, so it's really just a waste of time to bother upgrading just for the sake of upgrading.

An Operating System is something that a user will have to use everyday. Therefore it should be their choice.

Personally, for example, I could easily upgrade to Windows 7; and it would probably work fine. but I don't. Vista is working fine for me; and that brings me to another point:

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Now that Win7 is out, people have started to realize that it is the best Windows that Microsoft has ever released, and certainly the best since XP.

certainly? Sounds more like an opinion stated as fact. Really, the differences between windows 7 and Vista are so tiny it's almost comedic how different people paint the two. People skip straight over Vista to 7 and then proclaim how much better 7 is then Vista, despite never having even used Vista. I believe it was Patio who stated at some point previously the real reason that windows 7 is so much more successful: the public beta. I personally believe that is in fact the only reason. It's just another version of windows. it's not some kind of super ultra mega awesome OS that toasts your bread and BUTTERS it for you that some people paint it as; heck, the differences between Windows 7 and Vista are probably less then half the number of differences between XP and 2000, and people still painted XP as a steaming turd just as they painted Vista after it. It was the windows 7 beta program that reversed EVERYBODY's idea; the mass publicity; the exposure, etc. It has nothing to do with anything they "fixed".

Now, then, returning at last to the actual Topic: STOP code 0x7B in this case probably is caused by what other have touched on; the PC has a SATA hard drive. Killerb255 has excellently pointed out several ways of getting the drive to work with XP; Personally, I just switch the SATA mode from AHCI to "compatible" or "IDE". No need to finagle with drivers or floppies or slipstreaming.

Quote from: lonar23 on January 21, 2010, 11:48:25 AM

hello killerb255 i'd swith AHCI to ATA but i dont have Floopy disc drive in my laptop do we have any other options aside from it? although my installation to XP has a progress when i switched it but their is another problem i ecounter my installation do not continue it says like this

Setup cannot create the folder:

\WINDOWS.0\System32\Spool\prtprocs\w32X86

Setup cannot continue until the folder is created.

- to retry, press ENTER

- To quit setup, press F3

i'd press enter but still there and when i press quit the set-up will b failed...

so do we have another chance left?

thnks to all replies

Looks like you've performed an installation already (windows.0); after switching from AHCI in the BIOS was the XP disc able to boot and format your drive? remember you have to boot from the disc to install; you cannot install XP over top of Windows 7 from within windows.

Quote from: lonar23 on January 21, 2010, 11:48:25 AM

hello killerb255 i'd swith AHCI to ATA but i dont have Floopy disc drive in my laptop do we have any other options aside from it?

In my last post, I meant either a), b), OR c), not a), b) AND c)!

If you switch AHCI to ATA, you do NOT have to have a floppy disk or slipstream any drivers.

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although my installation to XP has a progress when i switched it but their is another problem i ecounter my installation do not continue it says like this

Setup cannot create the folder:

\WINDOWS.0\System32\Spool\prtprocs\w32X86

It is never a good idea to install one version of Windows on top of another. When you do, another "Windows" directory gets created (unless you're going from or to, say NT or 2000, but that's another story altogether), and you have a big flippin' mess on your hands.

You should have backed up all your important data (if any), wiped the entire drive clean, and installed XP from scratch.

Never install two Windows installations on the same PC unless you either (and this is OR, not AND):
a) Split your hard drive into two partitions, install the oldest version of Windows on the first partition, and then the newest version on the second partition. You'll get a menu after startup asking you which version of Windows you want to boot into.
b) Use two physical drives, installing the oldest version of Windows on the first drive and then the newest version on the second drive. Again, you'll get a menu after startup asking you which version of Windows you want to boot into.
c) Install the oldest version of Windows, and then perform an upgrade install to a newer version (as long as you meet the requirements for an upgrade-install and you're willing to deal with the risks as well as the benefits in doing so).
d) Install Windows, have a major problem, and have to perform a repair-install (like an upgrade install, this also carries risks, especially if your computer is multiple Service Packs and versions of Internet Explorer ahead of your install disc).
e) Install one version of Windows (actually, Mac, Linux, or BSD would work for this as well), install virtual machine software, and install one or more versions of Windows on virtual machines (i.e.: Installing Windows 7, and then downloading/installing the XP Mode components).
f) ...don't mind the messiness of having multiple \WINDOWS directories and having to live with or clean up the mess (some programs mind this...a lot)

Quote from: patio on January 21, 2010, 11:33:11 AM

My contention is we are here to assist with what the OP wants to do...not question his choices in the matter.

Discouraging his choice if it doesn't sound like a good idea is fine, as long as you're willing to offer him options should he pursue the choice anyway.to killerb255 i huv succesfully downgrade my laptop from win 7 to xp...
and i got from u

thank you..more power.. Quote from: flipflopjd on January 21, 2010, 10:41:07 AM

Why down grade ???windows 7 is far better.

I am not baised, As i have used both, But in MY opinion, Its allways XP. The classic design, The less RAM usage, and Compatability.

Im still looking for drivers to run XP on this stupid sata hard drive, So i have to stick with windows 7.

I will go back to windows 7 maybe a year later, when more games and software become compatable - Half the STUFF i have only runs on XP, ANd i am not moving back to vista!

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4783.	Solve : Recovery Drive?
Answer» My son has a Dell inspiron 1520 laptop There is very little space left on the Recovery Drive We want to delete the backup files (Is this ok to do) If so will this mess up progress on games etc. Can someone tell me how to do this... I tried already but a message came up saying There is not enough space to do this. HELP... email address deleted by AllanQuote from: Jennpaulson71 on October 03, 2010, 03:05:35 PM There is very little space left on the Recovery Drive 1) Don't know what that means 2) I deleted your email address. Never post your email address on a public forum unless you want a ton of spam. There are bots that scour the web looking for email addresses and SELLING them to spammers.Can you be more specific when you say 'recovery drive'. Do you mean a PARTITION on the hard drive that is used for recovery? If so that partition is for ONE specific purpose and that is recovery. That partition should be left as is and not messed with. I may not have fully UNDERSTOOD you so I apologise in advance if that is the case.

4783.

Solve : Recovery Drive?

Answer»

My son has a Dell inspiron 1520 laptop
There is very little space left on the Recovery Drive
We want to delete the backup files (Is this ok to do) If so will this mess up progress on games etc.
Can someone tell me how to do this...
I tried already but a message came up saying There is not enough space to do this. HELP...
email address deleted by AllanQuote from: Jennpaulson71 on October 03, 2010, 03:05:35 PM

There is very little space left on the Recovery Drive

1) Don't know what that means

2) I deleted your email address. Never post your email address on a public forum unless you want a ton of spam. There are bots that scour the web looking for email addresses and SELLING them to spammers.Can you be more specific when you say 'recovery drive'. Do you mean a PARTITION on the hard drive that is used for recovery? If so that partition is for ONE specific purpose and that is recovery. That partition should be left as is and not messed with.
I may not have fully UNDERSTOOD you so I apologise in advance if that is the case.

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4784.	Solve : Vaio duing Restore/recovery a window comes up with 'copying of the foder failed'?
Answer» I have a Vaio VGN-CR42S My Laptop will not start and when turned on comes up with a screen suggesting either start windows normally or start windows recovery when i select start normally my computer simply shuts down. when selecting windows recovery i get a message saying windows recovery TOOL LOADING however after this i get the error message 'copying of the folder failed' when i press okay or exit my laptop just shuts down i have tried several times and i have tried pressing f10 and going that way with the same outcome. I would like to know if there is any way of restoring my entire computer system or how I can fix this problem. I am not worried about losing any data on my computer as I have it all BACKED up. My computer did not come with any restore CD's Thank you I suggest ordering the restore cd's from Sony Support.Restart your Computer and start pressing the F10 KEY when you see VAIO screen, it will TAKE you to VAIO Recovery Center. Select Restore C Drive option.

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4785.	Solve : Gateway Factory Settings Recovery! Need Help ASAP Please!?
Answer» I have a Gateway Windows Vista Home Premium OEMAct Laptop. I tried to install windows 7 without the cd and when i tried to activate illegally ( i know i should not i tried to get it), it started shutting off on me. Now when i try to login to my user on windows 7 it shuts off right when it logs in. I want a detailed description on how to restore FACTORY setting right at the startup of the computer. Please i really need to get this laptop running... By the way i dont have a system recovery cd.. Thanks in advance. Try pressing F11 very soon after turning on the computer, before Windows would normally start to load. F11 should, if pressed at the right time, start the recovery partition to run, ALLOWING you to restore the system to its original configuration. I know the F11 works on my Compaq laptop and I believe it should work on your Gateway.Quote from: lightningthief17 on October 03, 2010, 08:53:30 AM I want a detailed description on how to restore factory setting right at the startup of the computer. Now you know why pirate software is a bad idea. Try the recovery partition as described here. http://support.gateway.com/support/supinfo/index.asp?pg=2&file=mo.html If that does not work, order a system restore CD from Gateway. Replacement of the operating system CD may be at a cost according to your warranty status. I keep trying to press F11 but after a while i just here a clicking NOISE and it contines to the starup of windows 7.. Any ideas?Quote from: lightningthief17 on October 03, 2010, 09:23:06 AM I keep trying to press F11 but after a while i just here a clicking noise and it contines to the starup of windows 7.. Any ideas? Quote from: above order a system restore CD from Gateway theres no way i can restore it without having to PAY MONEY

4785.

Solve : Gateway Factory Settings Recovery! Need Help ASAP Please!?

Answer»

I have a Gateway Windows Vista Home Premium OEMAct Laptop. I tried to install windows 7 without the cd and when i tried to activate illegally ( i know i should not i tried to get it), it started shutting off on me. Now when i try to login to my user on windows 7 it shuts off right when it logs in. I want a detailed description on how to restore FACTORY setting right at the startup of the computer. Please i really need to get this laptop running... By the way i dont have a system recovery cd..

Thanks in advance. Try pressing F11 very soon after turning on the computer, before Windows would normally start to load. F11 should, if pressed at the right time, start the recovery partition to run, ALLOWING you to restore the system to its original configuration.

I know the F11 works on my Compaq laptop and I believe it should work on your
Gateway.Quote from: lightningthief17 on October 03, 2010, 08:53:30 AM

I want a detailed description on how to restore factory setting right at the startup of the computer.

Now you know why pirate software is a bad idea.

Try the recovery partition as described here.

http://support.gateway.com/support/supinfo/index.asp?pg=2&file=mo.html

If that does not work, order a system restore CD from Gateway. Replacement of the operating system CD may be at a cost according to your warranty status.

I keep trying to press F11 but after a while i just here a clicking NOISE and it contines to the starup of windows 7.. Any ideas?Quote from: lightningthief17 on October 03, 2010, 09:23:06 AM

I keep trying to press F11 but after a while i just here a clicking noise and it contines to the starup of windows 7.. Any ideas?

Quote from: above

order a system restore CD from Gateway

theres no way i can restore it without having to PAY MONEY

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4786.	Solve : Can you install windows 7 from a flash drive??
Answer» My post above was not NECESSARILY in regards to this thread - just more of a general statement / opinion. I don't know if the OP in this thread was or was not LEGIT, but I doubt he or she was a corporate IT professional. Regardless, seems to me this thread has pretty much run its course, no?Quote from: Allan on September 30, 2010, 04:42:29 PM My post above was not necessarily in regards to this thread - just more of a general statement / opinion. I don't know if the OP in this thread was or was not legit, but I doubt he or she was a corporate IT professional. Regardless, seems to me this thread has pretty much run its course, no? Yeah It has. My Topic had many posts and it was closed...Dont you have the right to lock it?I really don't like johngetter's signature. Quote from: Salmon Trout on OCTOBER 02, 2010, 07:24:47 AM I really don't like johngetter's signature. Its my Honor...Not yours...I dont make RULES...there for me to followQuote from: johngetter on October 02, 2010, 11:59:36 AM Its my Honor...Not yours...I dont make rules...there for me to follow It's annoying and distracting and juvenile, and you have not been here long enough to PRATE about "rules". What a hate crime! lolQuote from: Azzaboi on October 02, 2010, 12:05:53 PM What a hate crime! lol Yeah dude. hes Prob Jealous Quote from: Azzaboi on October 02, 2010, 12:05:53 PM What a hate crime! lol It is annoying. So Ill Get Rid of it...put something newI've seen enough...

4786.

Solve : Can you install windows 7 from a flash drive??

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My post above was not NECESSARILY in regards to this thread - just more of a general statement / opinion. I don't know if the OP in this thread was or was not LEGIT, but I doubt he or she was a corporate IT professional. Regardless, seems to me this thread has pretty much run its course, no?Quote from: Allan on September 30, 2010, 04:42:29 PM

My post above was not necessarily in regards to this thread - just more of a general statement / opinion. I don't know if the OP in this thread was or was not legit, but I doubt he or she was a corporate IT professional. Regardless, seems to me this thread has pretty much run its course, no?

Yeah It has. My Topic had many posts and it was closed...Dont you have the right to lock it?I really don't like johngetter's signature.
Quote from: Salmon Trout on OCTOBER 02, 2010, 07:24:47 AM

I really don't like johngetter's signature.

Its my Honor...Not yours...I dont make RULES...there for me to followQuote from: johngetter on October 02, 2010, 11:59:36 AM

Its my Honor...Not yours...I dont make rules...there for me to follow

It's annoying and distracting and juvenile, and you have not been here long enough to PRATE about "rules".
What a hate crime! lolQuote from: Azzaboi on October 02, 2010, 12:05:53 PM

What a hate crime! lol

Yeah dude. hes Prob Jealous Quote from: Azzaboi on October 02, 2010, 12:05:53 PM

What a hate crime! lol

It is annoying. So Ill Get Rid of it...put something newI've seen enough...

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4787.	Solve : Computer not working!?
Answer» Heya, my computer hasn't been working for quite some time now and I DECIDED to try to format and reinstall it with Windows 7. The process goes fine, I boot from the CD and it seemingly works. However when the setup restarts to finalize the installation (ENTERING the part just before the OS login screen where it says something about registry and finalizing the installation) it doesnt work! At first it shows those two texts about finalizing the installation and something about registry. But after that the computer screen just goes blank BLACK. I try to restart the computer but now it only gets to the "Starting Windows" then after that it gets blank black again! Tried starting it in Safe mode but it tells me that the setup cannot finish in safe mode and I will have to restart. I currently have two INTERNAL HDD's (seagate 320Gb) and I've tried installing the operative system on both of them. The problem persists through both of them. Please help me! I've been without a proper computer for ages now, what might the problem be? Sincerely, Phallan.Please tell us EXACTLY how you are formatting and trying to install Windows 7 - step by step. Also, are you using an original, retail copy of W7?I'm doing it like I've always done it. Boot from CD, format the harddrives and install a fresh copy of Windows. Boot from CD-->Format any HDD and delete any splittings of them.-->Install a fresh copy of Windows. Uhm, no it's not an original CD actually (dont judge me :x). However my friend has installed his system with the same CD and it works like a charm for him! Sincerely Phallan1) That's the problem. You need an original version. Just because it works for your friend does not mean it will work for you. 2) I don't judge, but I do insist we follow the rules. We cannot provide any ADDITIONAL assistance with this problem. Thread closed.

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4788.	Solve : Vista laptop problems?
Answer» Ok I have a problem with a vista laptop, and it wont boot up. I tried to boot up in safe mode with no luck, however it did boot up once after I loaded the default option. Now it just goes to the repair screen and in the operating system screen there is NOTHING there and asked for drivers, so now where can I get them. I can download them on another computer but where are they found. I also I would let you know that I have Acronis on the laptop and tryed to use the boot disk but nothing happens, does that mean that the hard drive is shot? It tries to load I even get the Acronis loading screen but then it goes blank and does nothing......... any help on this .......thanks.........two-dogs I usually find performing a repair installation to be easier than trying to get into a NTFS file system with an inoperable OS to try to fix missing or corrupt files. If you have the restore media or an oem CD of vista, you should have a repair installation option which willprotect your personal data from being deleted such as a clean install would do. In the end you MAY only have to reinstall software with broken registry keys which is easy from a HEALTHY OS to WORK from. Hope you have disks so you can just perform repair install and make the fix an easy one. You can also 'borrow' a friends media as long as you activate the key that is located on the laptop against the repair install and not use your friends key. Nothing illegal in that as long as you use your key and no one elses.

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4789.	Solve : Change startup processes for standard user??
Answer» Hello. Recently my ADMIN installed a lot of programs on my vista, and now the LOGIN takes about 2 minutes. Thats RIDICULOUS, i have like 80 processes starting up just for my account. I tried to change that, but SINCE im a standard user, i cant. Is there a program that could do it or some other way? I dont care about processes starting up at boot, since i only restart like once a month. But the login processes are the ones that i care about. Any help guys? You NEED to settle this with whoever is the Admin of that machine... There are no workarounds we can assist with.

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4790.	Solve : Can't uninstall prgms or shut down computer, updates keep running. HELP!!!?
Answer» I am using a Toshiba Satellite and run Vista Home Premium. I did a system restore awhile back and ever since the only way I can shut off my laptop is by holding the power button down. When I try to shut it down properly it just says, "shutting down" and keeps running forever. The same thing happens when I try to uninstall a program, it says uninstalling but nothing ever happens. I would like to go back to factory settings and erase all programs I have INSTALLED but I don't have my startup DISKS. Is there a fix to this issue? If so I would really appreciate the help. Thank you so much, SteveOh yeah, sometimes my laptop will just shutdown for no apparent reason and it never did this before. ThanksI would stop wasting time and save any needed files and then restore the system with restore disks. Then run all windows updates and get protected for virus and malware. (in that ORDER). A new clean OS is conducive to a GOOD relationship Quote from: boltsfan on September 23, 2010, 08:48:23 PM I would like to go back to factory settings and erase all programs I have installed but I don't have my startup disks. ORDER the disks from toshiba, you need them anyway.

4790.

Solve : Can't uninstall prgms or shut down computer, updates keep running. HELP!!!?

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I am using a Toshiba Satellite and run Vista Home Premium. I did a system restore awhile back and ever since the only way I can shut off my laptop is by holding the power button down. When I try to shut it down properly it just says, "shutting down" and keeps running forever. The same thing happens when I try to uninstall a program, it says uninstalling but nothing ever happens. I would like to go back to factory settings and erase all programs I have INSTALLED but I don't have my startup DISKS. Is there a fix to this issue? If so I would really appreciate the help.

Thank you so much,
SteveOh yeah, sometimes my laptop will just shutdown for no apparent reason and it never did this before. ThanksI would stop wasting time and save any needed files and then restore the system with restore disks. Then run all windows updates and get protected for virus and malware. (in that ORDER).

A new clean OS is conducive to a GOOD relationship Quote from: boltsfan on September 23, 2010, 08:48:23 PM

I would like to go back to factory settings and erase all programs I have installed but I don't have my startup disks.

ORDER the disks from toshiba, you need them anyway.

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4791.	Solve : Getting crazy error message!! Driving me crazy....HELP!?
Answer» I'm getting this error message which in turns closes my pages and I have to start all over. Don't know why its happening, just happens out of the blue. also, my laptop is not very old but it runs SOOOOO SLLLOOOWW! Here is the information on my computer and the erro message I keep getting: Windows Vista Home Premium Service PACK 2 Dell 1535 Intel 2 Duo CPU T 5750 @ 2.00GHz MEMORY: 3.00GB System Type: 64-bit Operating System Internet Explorer raised unhandled exception in third party module and should be closed. We are sorry for inconvenience. Extended Exception Information Module: AcroRd32.dll Version Info: UNICODE; v.1.568; Win:6.0.6002.2 (Service Pack 2); IE:7.0.6002.18005; BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BCCA92E AcroRd32.dll BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BCCA902 AcroRd32.dll BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE6DEDF AcroRd32.dll BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE6DFFA AcroRd32.dll BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE92430 AcroRd32.dll BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE924E1 AcroRd32.dll BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BDEF316 AcroRd32.dll BASE:70D20000,0023:70D49105 MSVCR80.dll BASE:70D20000,0023:70D49116 MSVCR80.dll BASE:75550000,0023:75FF1B75 SHELL32.dll Can Anyone help me out?Quote AcroRd32.dll It looks like Adobe Acrobat READER gives you some issues. I suggest, you unistall Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is a resource hog, and install FoxIt Reader: http://www.filehippo.com/download_foxit/, which is much smaller, and faster. It does very same thing. Note: When installing FoxitReader, make SURE to UN-check any pre-checked toolbar, or other garbage. On this page: make sure, you have both BOXES UN-checked AND (important!) click on Decline buttonThanks so much for your suggestion about Foxit. I got rid of adobe and installed Foxit. Was very easy to UNINSTALL and install. THANKS!

4791.

Solve : Getting crazy error message!! Driving me crazy....HELP!?

Answer»

I'm getting this error message which in turns closes my pages and I have to start all over. Don't know why its happening, just happens out of the blue. also, my laptop is not very old but it runs SOOOOO SLLLOOOWW!

Here is the information on my computer and the erro message I keep getting:

Windows Vista Home Premium
Service PACK 2
Dell 1535
Intel 2 Duo CPU T 5750 @ 2.00GHz
MEMORY: 3.00GB
System Type: 64-bit Operating System

Internet Explorer raised unhandled exception in third party module and should be closed. We are sorry for inconvenience.

Extended Exception Information
Module: AcroRd32.dll

Version Info: UNICODE; v.1.568; Win:6.0.6002.2 (Service Pack 2); IE:7.0.6002.18005;

BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BCCA92E AcroRd32.dll
BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BCCA902 AcroRd32.dll
BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE6DEDF AcroRd32.dll
BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE6DFFA AcroRd32.dll
BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE92430 AcroRd32.dll
BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BE924E1 AcroRd32.dll
BASE:6BC50000,0023:6BDEF316 AcroRd32.dll
BASE:70D20000,0023:70D49105 MSVCR80.dll
BASE:70D20000,0023:70D49116 MSVCR80.dll
BASE:75550000,0023:75FF1B75 SHELL32.dll

Can Anyone help me out?Quote

AcroRd32.dll

It looks like Adobe Acrobat READER gives you some issues.

I suggest, you unistall Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is a resource hog, and install FoxIt Reader: http://www.filehippo.com/download_foxit/, which is much smaller, and faster. It does very same thing.

Note: When installing FoxitReader, make SURE to UN-check any pre-checked toolbar, or other garbage.
On this page:

make sure, you have both BOXES UN-checked AND (important!) click on Decline buttonThanks so much for your suggestion about Foxit. I got rid of adobe and installed Foxit. Was very easy to UNINSTALL and install. THANKS!

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4792.	Solve : bluetooth peripheral driver?
Answer» i have nokia 5530, i try connect to my LENOVO with window 7 os. after that my lappi try to install bluetooth peripheral driver, and failed. i open my device manager and click on bluetooth peripheral try to update online, failed too. could SOMEONE help me PLEASE? thanks CHECK the Nokia's Support site for your model phone software and drivers for win7 . see if that helpsi have check it. i've installed nokia pc suite and ovi suite but DIDNOT help, i have connect nokia online center, but their answer did not help too.

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4793.	Solve : Updates to Operating Systems & Programs?
Answer» My computer experience goes back >30 years. Over the past 15 years I've owned about 10, most of which I still have. I have five turned on at the present time. In 1998 I had bought a Gateway and it seemed monthly it needed a new hard drive, so they were telling me. After about 6 months of that I found out Gateway and McAffee were a toxic mix which they could never figure out. In 2001 I had Norton Internet Security on a (different) system. My home was being remodeled so I rented a place down the street. This particular system was not even CONNECTED to the internet. The Norton subscription expired. I got tired of harassment from popups telling me my subscription was out of date (it was moot with no internet connection to the machine). So I uninstalled it. Only it had no uninstaller back then. So I followed instructions from Norton's WEBSITE. It destroyed the machine and all my work in the middle of a semester. Over this past summer a University network which requires a virus scanner told me my virus definitions were out of date. I told the service to update the files. It updated them. Then it RAN a scan without my knowledge or consent. It destroyed the machine by quaranteening dll's. I lost 10 years of work on that machine (much was backed up but not all). If you put the original WinXP disc into any machine, you'll have an AWESOME machine. Tell it to install all the updates and it's a piece of trash. If humans took a pill for every possible "virus" we would die from all the pills. The updates kill the machines. People are complaining more and more these days that immediately after an update, their system dies. So why do we do updates? I only do them when some nazi network commando forces me into it. And it kills the machines. Same for virus scanners; there are more problems associated WITH them than WITHOUT them. I avoid them to every extent possible. Any thoughts on this subject from some experienced people? It's like people in IT have too much control and too little common sense. Or it's all a scam to get more of our money. Well, my experience with computers goes back > 30 years, too, and I have never had any experiences even remotely like the ones you describe. I have religiously applied every update that came out to MS-DOS 3.30 to 6.22, Windows 3.1, WFWG 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, 2000, XP SP1 SP2 SP3 Vista and 7, plus various Linux distros from Slackware 4 to OpenSuSe 11, and my machines have always survived and either worked better or just as well. I tend to use free antivirus - For a long time AVG but these days Avira. Quote Any thoughts on this subject from some experienced people? Personally I think you mistaken to assume that what happens to you happpens to "everybody". Can't really say I can relate to mgookin. But Salmon, on the other hand, I relate to almost completely. I have actually had more problems with systems that weren't updated than were. If you were never, ever going to connect a computer to the internet, and never ever introduce any KIND of media to it (through USB, CDs or DVDs, etc.), then you wouldn't need antivirus. However, your only safe "take it with you" output option would be a printer.

4793.

Solve : Updates to Operating Systems & Programs?

Answer»

My computer experience goes back >30 years. Over the past 15 years I've owned about 10, most of which I still have. I have five turned on at the present time.

In 1998 I had bought a Gateway and it seemed monthly it needed a new hard drive, so they were telling me. After about 6 months of that I found out Gateway and McAffee were a toxic mix which they could never figure out.

In 2001 I had Norton Internet Security on a (different) system. My home was being remodeled so I rented a place down the street. This particular system was not even CONNECTED to the internet. The Norton subscription expired. I got tired of harassment from popups telling me my subscription was out of date (it was moot with no internet connection to the machine). So I uninstalled it. Only it had no uninstaller back then. So I followed instructions from Norton's WEBSITE. It destroyed the machine and all my work in the middle of a semester.

Over this past summer a University network which requires a virus scanner told me my virus definitions were out of date. I told the service to update the files. It updated them. Then it RAN a scan without my knowledge or consent. It destroyed the machine by quaranteening dll's. I lost 10 years of work on that machine (much was backed up but not all).

If you put the original WinXP disc into any machine, you'll have an AWESOME machine. Tell it to install all the updates and it's a piece of trash.

If humans took a pill for every possible "virus" we would die from all the pills. The updates kill the machines.

People are complaining more and more these days that immediately after an update, their system dies.

So why do we do updates? I only do them when some nazi network commando forces me into it. And it kills the machines.

Same for virus scanners; there are more problems associated WITH them than WITHOUT them. I avoid them to every extent possible.

Any thoughts on this subject from some experienced people?

It's like people in IT have too much control and too little common sense. Or it's all a scam to get more of our money.

Well, my experience with computers goes back > 30 years, too, and I have never had any experiences even remotely like the ones you describe. I have religiously applied every update that came out to MS-DOS 3.30 to 6.22, Windows 3.1, WFWG 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, 2000, XP SP1 SP2 SP3 Vista and 7, plus various Linux distros from Slackware 4 to OpenSuSe 11, and my machines have always survived and either worked better or just as well. I tend to use free antivirus - For a long time AVG but these days Avira.

Quote

Any thoughts on this subject from some experienced people?

Personally I think you mistaken to assume that what happens to you happpens to "everybody".

Can't really say I can relate to mgookin.

But Salmon, on the other hand, I relate to almost completely. I have actually had more problems with systems that weren't updated than were.

If you were never, ever going to connect a computer to the internet, and never ever introduce any KIND of media to it (through USB, CDs or DVDs, etc.), then you wouldn't need antivirus. However, your only safe "take it with you" output option would be a printer.

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4794.	Solve : Internet explorer not working?
Answer» Why can’t you assume Internet Explorer is WORKING if you can OPEN your home page?What?Its a homework question for my networking class.We don't do homework here.ANSWER: why can you SEE some webpages offline if you have disconnected from the internet?Personally, if you said, "Internet Explorer is not working," I would assume you meant the window won't even open. But in this case the window LOOKS to be open. It's the cache I would think. Your homepage would most likely be cached and would be displayed even if you aren't connected to the internet. Quote from: Allan on September 28, 2010, 12:43:46 PM We don't do homework here. Looks like some people do, although i agree with you totally, Allan. Giving people the answers to their homework breeds ignorance and laziness, IMHO

4794.

Solve : Internet explorer not working?

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Why can’t you assume Internet Explorer is WORKING if you can OPEN your home page?What?Its a homework question for my networking class.We don't do homework here.ANSWER: why can you SEE some webpages offline if you have disconnected from the internet?Personally, if you said, "Internet Explorer is not working," I would assume you meant the window won't even open.

But in this case the window LOOKS to be open.
It's the cache I would think.
Your homepage would most likely be cached and would be displayed even if you aren't connected to the internet.
Quote from: Allan on September 28, 2010, 12:43:46 PM

We don't do homework here.

Looks like some people do, although i agree with you totally, Allan.

Giving people the answers to their homework breeds ignorance and laziness, IMHO

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4795.	Solve : Capture port data from COM3 on Windows 7 machine?
Answer» Hello: I'm a college student doing a self funded project. I have a device (lux meter) connected to COM3. The software which came with it works great but only collects 16,000 lines of data, then throws my data away. I need at least 50,000 lines of data. I would prefer to have unlimited data capability. I have downloaded dozens of software programs over the past few weeks and NONE of them will collect even one line of data. I'm trying to figure out how to capture the data directly from COM3 to a txt file. I'm running Windows 7 on the SUBJECT computer. Does anyone know how I can collect port data from COM3 directly into a txt file? Thanks in advance.Not sure if this helps: http://www.virtualserialport.com/products/rs232-data-logger/ it looks like it is what you are looking for, but maybe you already tried it.Thanks for the suggestion. I had tried that program without success. After you suggested that I did download one of their programs http://www.virtualserialport.com/products/serialmonitor/ then went into firewall to ALLOW it access and was able to get some data. I got 10,000+ records in about 20 seconds. Looks like I need to play with the filters. And of all the data there I can't see anything which is actually the readout of the instrument. So while it was exciting to finally see data collection, I'm still not where I need to be. Our Plan B is run two meters - collect just shy of 16,000 records and fire up another laptop/ instrument, save the first one, repeat process until data collection is complete and stitch the files together. It's just a pain doing all that work. Someone told me that DOS used to provide instant access to all ports and put it in a .txt file. That would work great for me. Do you know if I could put DOS on a MODERN computer and collect a txt file simply?

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4796.	Solve : Reset Network adapter anoyying problem?
Answer» Check in your Netgear's logs. If you don't know how to do this: 1. Open your browser and direct it to 192.168.0.1 (if that doesn't work, try 192.168.1.1). 2. When prompted for a username and password, use "admin" for both (default for Netgear). 3. This will then open the routers settings in the browser. Somewhere in one of these you should find a status log. The next TIME this happens, open the log and copy and paste whatever it reports as the issue. Come to think of it, I had a similar PROBLEM with a Netgear ROUTER and my ISP. Finally ended up having to replace the router with a D-Link router.You mean where it says logs on the left hand side underneath content filtering? And how do I download my Firmware? It says a New version has been found but when I download it, It still says I need to download he new version. Maybe this would solve the problem if I download he LATEST Firmware.Quote from: Imran619 on September 30, 2010, 09:23:10 AM You mean where it says logs on the left hand side underneath content filtering? I can't say for sure where it is. Every router is different. You'll have to use your judgement. If there's a button on the left side that says "Logs" that will probably be it. As for the firmware, I wouldn't mess with it until we identify what the problem is with your connection.

4796.

Solve : Reset Network adapter anoyying problem?

Answer»

Check in your Netgear's logs.

If you don't know how to do this:
1. Open your browser and direct it to 192.168.0.1 (if that doesn't work, try 192.168.1.1).
2. When prompted for a username and password, use "admin" for both (default for Netgear).
3. This will then open the routers settings in the browser. Somewhere in one of these you should find a status log.

The next TIME this happens, open the log and copy and paste whatever it reports as the issue.

Come to think of it, I had a similar PROBLEM with a Netgear ROUTER and my ISP. Finally ended up having to replace the router with a D-Link router.You mean where it says logs on the left hand side underneath content filtering?

And how do I download my Firmware? It says a New version has been found but when I download it, It still says I need to download he new version. Maybe this would solve the problem if I download he LATEST Firmware.Quote from: Imran619 on September 30, 2010, 09:23:10 AM

You mean where it says logs on the left hand side underneath content filtering?

I can't say for sure where it is. Every router is different. You'll have to use your judgement. If there's a button on the left side that says "Logs" that will probably be it.

As for the firmware, I wouldn't mess with it until we identify what the problem is with your connection.

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4797.	Solve : how to chage the lauauge?
Answer» Ok.everyone i am a new USER on this site...my QUESTION are how to change the computer OS language? my computer OS language are France THE OS are VISTA home edition so I want to change into English http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-the-display-languageQuote vista home edition You can't. Only, if you have ENTERPRISE, or Ultimate version.

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Solve : how to chage the lauauge?

Answer»

Ok.everyone i am a new USER on this site...my QUESTION are how to change the computer OS language?
my computer OS language are France THE OS are VISTA home edition
so I want to change into English http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-the-display-languageQuote

vista home edition

You can't.
Only, if you have ENTERPRISE, or Ultimate version.

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4798.	Solve : Two Operating Systems XP Pro & Windows 7?
Answer» We LOVE success stories here...Good News.You're welcome. Happy to help.I am not sure if this is RIGHT, but I am looking for a good program that explains computer terms, and how to operate a computer from the point of VIEW of never having USED one before. A good website or some easy to understand booksWelcome Aboard... I'm sure there will be many SUGGESTIONS forthcoming but it's best to start your own Topic so it can recieve the proper attention.

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4799.	Solve : Window Network Authentication?
Answer» Computer: Acer One - OS windows 7 Starter. When I try to connect to a wireless network I get the following PROMPT "ASKING for user name and password - Windows Network Authentication box. Can anyone TELL me what this is and where do I get the required INFOR? All the other computers can connect perfectly well on the same network so it not the router or network. Hope some one can help me to overcome this problem. OjasAre you using windows or an add on program to search for signal?Quote from: lostcoast on September 28, 2010, 01:03:07 PM Are you using windows or an add on program to search for signal? THANKS for your reply but I have fixed the problem it was wrong settings in wireless security. Reset and all is working fine.

4799.

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Computer: Acer One - OS windows 7 Starter. When I try to connect to a wireless network I get the following PROMPT "ASKING for user name and password - Windows Network Authentication box. Can anyone TELL me what this is and where do I get the required INFOR? All the other computers can connect perfectly well on the same network so it not the router or network. Hope some one can help me to overcome this problem. OjasAre you using windows or an add on program to search for signal?Quote from: lostcoast on September 28, 2010, 01:03:07 PM

Are you using windows or an add on program to search for signal?

THANKS for your reply but I have fixed the problem it was wrong settings in wireless security. Reset and all is working fine.

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4800.	Solve : BACKING UP WINDOWS 7?
Answer» I got a new Acer laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed. It didn't come with a recovery / backup disk. A friend TOLD me that I should create my own backup, although he wasn't sure how EXACTLY it could be done. Any SUGGESTIONS? I assume it is legal to do this. Check at the Acer site for INSTRUCTIONS...that machine has a hidden recovery partition that CONTAINS alll the needed files.

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