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Hey there.  I am running XP and about three days after GETTING it i got a fun virus...kept giving me an add for virus program in the system tray.  Well, I am not excessively computer savy but i know a little and feel comfortable.  I thought i reformatted/reinstalled Windows, using my boot disk that came with the PC. 

When it restarted I got the screen about selecting which operating system to use.  The old windows folder is still there and i can run the other windows still with the virus in it.  That means it is still somewhere in the computer and I want to get rid of it.

How can I get rid of that copy of windows, and all of the files that go with it?  Do i have to try to format and re-install again?  or is there a way to save what I have already put on this new copy of XP I have been working with for the past two MONTHS?

Thank you in advance...

I am running XP Pro on a Systemax BTO Computer with Dual 3.2 GHZ and 2.5G RAMRe-install Windows, try and throw both of the Windows copies of your PC.You should be able to format the bad partition with the OS discs. QUOTE from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 10, 2007, 09:46:35 PM

You should be able to format the bad partition with the OS discs.

my brother was messing with the laptop, thinking he could do whatever he wanted to it. I turn it on the other day and i see that he sets it on high contrast #2, which almost completely messes up webpages (images are unaligned, colors are whacked up, links don't look how they usually do.) I try to change it in the Appearance tab in Display, but the webpages are still messed up, so i do a SYSTEM restore and everything is back to normal...

Today I found out he did the same stuff once again and now system restore won't WORK. I tried messing with other things, like the Performance thing in System Properties, but it doesn't seem to fix it at all. Does anybody else have suggestions on what i should do?what WINDOWS and what make of laptopExactly what is "high contrast #2"?

I think having separate user accounts for you and your brother would be a good idea. That way, you can each set certain preferences for your account. Agreed.

And since he shows no respect for your equipment i'd certainly lock down his Administrator priveledges so he can't make harmful changes... Quote from: soybean on July 12, 2007, 08:02:36 AM

Exactly what is "high contrast #2"?

I think having separate user accounts for you and your brother would be a good idea. That way, you can each set certain preferences for your account.

Quote from: soybean on July 12, 2007, 08:02:36 AM

Exactly what is "high contrast #2"?

1) "High Contrast #2" is an appearance setting in display properties.

hey....

i got a question..

how to disable your windows by deleting some files....

but theres a bios program that powers it and restores it...

my theory if i found the bios program's folder then delete it...then the rest is history and windows will be disabled....

but i dont KNOW if the bios program that RECOVERS your system is INSTALLED in windows or in the HD

or installed in the mother board....

my way is just finding the location of the installation of the recovery program then delete and if it it from the motherboard will uninstalling the driver will do???

helpYou want to disable Windows?  Why?He says he wants to disable windows by deleting some system files.
That's no good.I want to see where the BIOS folder turns up...

 I say disable Windoze altogether and use Linux 

Alan <><  Quote from: patio on July 11, 2007, 10:15:32 AM

I want to see where the BIOS folder turns up...

 

hey....

i got a question..

how to disable your windows by deleting some files....

but theres a bios program that powers it and restores it...

my theory if i found the bios program's folder then delete it...then the rest is history and windows will be disabled....

but i dont know if the bios program that recovers your system is installed in windows or in the HD

or installed in the mother board....

my way is just finding the location of the installation of the recovery program then delete and if it it from the motherboard will uninstalling the driver will do???

help

Finally, this is a Computer HELP forum, not a Cyber-Terrorist organization.

Secondly, there is no such thing as a 'bios program' that powers and restores an operating system.

Eighthly, what is this 'Recovery Program' of which you speak?

Quote from: DeltaSlaya on July 12, 2007, 05:04:09 AM

Finally, this is a Computer HELP forum, not a Cyber-Terrorist organization.

might wanna be careful how you word that 

ok I got my cousins old dell inspiron 3800 and for some reason it goes to the boot menu. and no matter which option it pops up with a error its blue but i can't read it, its only up for a second. I tried to do a repair install from here but when i press "R" nothing HAPPENS  and i don't know how to use the recovery console ( i know noob). So any ideas guys? no rush on the return tomorrow Ill see if there is any important information on the computer, if not Ill just DUMP and reinstall.


unlovedwarriorHave you tried SafeMode yet?  If that doesn't work then I'd save the data & reformat.

Alan <><  i tried all of them and i can't get to the data because it restart right before xp finishes LOADING  I would think your options are fading,  open the case and check that every thing is connected  and clean out any dust bunnies from fans etc. make sure the ram is firmly seated in the slots


 you could install onto another master hard DRIVE then rescue any data after you install the old drive as a slave drive. If there is nothing you want from the drive, then down load SwissKnife reformat or let XP format the drive and do a full install. then goto the Dell web site and download the drivers for that particular MODEL and then install them.
web site, troubleshooting, drivers, technical reports, manuals etc
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?k=inspiron%2B3800&rf=all&cat=prod&s=gen&c=us&l=en&subcat=&evl=ill see today after work if she has anything important on thereThe first time it asks you to hit R is to enter the Recovery Console...this is not where you want to be to do a repair install.

Repair Install of XP

This is by far the best set of instructions i have used.

I suggest reading through at least once to become familiar with the steps and then printing out a reference copy before starting.

Good Luck.i didnt go to the recovery console.. ill try that and get back to you

In this NEW era of computing I have noticed a trend towards foregoing floppy diskdrives due to there SPACE inefficiency and what not.  I understand they are dinosaurs, but I loved being ABLE to pop in a simple disk with all my fdisk/dos utilities for bootups at one click of the disk.  I was wondering if someone had a simple bootdisk or windows98 bootdisk in a cd rom format that I COULD easily use to help recover my fallen system (obviously a cdrom driver would be needed in this scenario).

Mainly just need all the basics for booting a formatted machine up: autoexec etc. Hopefully I can find a usable substitute for the tried and true floppy diskette.

ThanksYou know, if you want to recover your files from a broken Operating System, you can try a portable Linux. If your interested --> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

As for you original question, are you trying to repair your OS? or do you just want to recover the data?I use The Ultimate Boot CD....

Here Ya Go...

Careful there are some pretty powerful Utilities on there.Thanks a lot patio, there's everything I wanted and a lot more.You're more than Welcome...post back when some of those dangerous utilities have gotten you past the point of no return... so i am STILL trying to clean my hard drive, wont this work if i burn the windows version to a bootable disc? Quote from: gamerx365 on July 11, 2007, 05:56:20 PM

so i am still trying to clean my hard drive, wont this work if i burn the windows version to a bootable disc?

Hi,
I have a HP Pavilion 2x5000 laptop, about 4 years old that just KEEPS shutting itself off.
It happens requardless if I am using my power cord, or battery. The laptop itself
Feels a bit warm, but I can hear the fan going. Can ANYONE help? Thanks !
Try cleaning the vents with COMPRESSED air first...not a vacuum cleaner.

See if this helps at all and post back, please. Quote from: The Saviour on JULY 11, 2007, 07:38:06 PM

Try cleaning the vents with compressed air first...not a vacuum cleaner.

See if this helps at all and post back, please.

I Get This Message Everytime I start My Computer, Application LAUNCHER. "Unable To Load Configuration" I Don't Know Whats is It,
Can Any BODY help? I have Windows xp Service Pack 2.

Regards Ed more info plz.  what OS? when did it start? any new software hardware? what protections do you have?I Have Windows XP Service Pack 2
Norton 360
Haven’t downloaded anything

And it Started yesterday
The Computer is still WORKING fine as far as I can tell, but this message is annoying.

Regards Edare there any new icons in your taskbar( bottom right hand side)?Nope Nothing New On the Taskbar

EdTry doing a system restore from a day before the problem started / run AV & AS scans.

Alan <><  what protections do you have?Go to Start/Run and type in SFC /scannow and hit Enter...
Have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it.
Let it run to completion and re-boot.Thanks guys for yer help, I discovered a programme was causing the problem it was Sony Ericsson Pc Suite, that was not launching when I double clicked it, so I uninstalled the programme and installed it again and everything seems to be back to normal.

Thanks again
Regards Ed
good to HEAR you fixed itThanks, "unlovedwarrior"  yes it is a good feeling when you manage to solve a computer problem yourself.

Regards Ed

When I right click on the "Start" button, and then go to "Explore", I see many folders that are already open.  So many, in fact, that I can only see the last "er" in the words "My Computer".  I would like, when I open Explore, to see only the following folders:  Desktop, My Documents, My Network Places, and Recycle Bin. 

I don't want to see any sub-folders, or subfolders of subfolders. 
And when I open one of the four folders I mentioned, I only want to see the subfolders (and files) directly beneath the folder I click on, not sub-folders of the sub-folders. 

I basically want to be in charge of which folders are open, rather than my computer automatically deciding which sub-folders I want to go to right off the bat.

Can anyone help please?

kc

[Saving disk space -  old attachment deleted by admin]If you move the mouse CURSOR over the line that seperates the left and right panes til it TURNS to a 4 sided arrow you can re-SIZE the pane on the left so everything is viewable.Thanks for replying.  I guess I want my cake and eat it, too.  I Tried your idea, and it works, however, I was hoping that only the minimum number of folders would show.  I don't mind not being able to see the right hand side of the names of some of the longer titled sub-folders as I open the main folders.  I like the left window small, so I don't want to increase it's size.  The main thing, though, is that I don't want the folders to be uncollapsed when I open up Explore.

Do you or anyone else have any more ideas?

kcCreate a second shortcut to Explorer on your desktop as we are going to edit this one for test purposes...

After creating it right click the shortcut and select Properties.

Under Target copy and paste the following :
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, C:\

Then copy and paste the following into the Start In line :
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%C:\%

This will open Explorer at the root of C: and also show all folders in the left pane as collapsed...
If this is what you are after simply delete your other Windows Explorer shortcut.I tried to make a shortcut to "Explore" by (1) right-clicking on the Start button, (2) left-click and hold the "Explore" button, and (3) drag it to the desktop and release. 

It did not APPEAR on the desktop.  Is there another way to get a shortcut of it? 

kcLocate the file at c:\windows\explorer.exe
Right click the file and select send to/desktop as shortcut

This may seem a simple or silly problem.  I have Windows XP Professional
on my work laptop.  MY wallpaper loads fine when I log on, however when
the desktop icons appear, the wallpaper goes away, sometimes with a peculiar short whining noise, like a "vvvviiiiip!. Have asked the IT PROS at work. One asked me if I had tried to download something recently. I did try
to LOAD a program from a disk for a peripheral device, but security restrictions shut down the installation. Have reloaded the wallpaper, but the
result is the same. Anyone with any clues?  It is not much more than an
annoyance, but it is something I would like to find the ANSWER to.
Thanks. Have you tried performing a System Restore to a point prior to this happening?Is that wallpaper a standard Windows wallpaper or something you downloaded from the Internet?  If the latter, where did you get it, and what's it called?  What happens when this wallpaper fails to work?  Does Windows display another wallpaper or what?  Can you set another wallpaper as background?

What protections are you using for viruses and SPYWARE?

This problem has been going on ever since I upgraded to XP a long time ago, but I would really like to figure out what the problem is now.

When I try to PLAY some videos using my Windows Media PLAYER, the sound comes through distorted...like in slow motion.  The picture is fine, just the sound is MESSED up.  However, it plays my all my mp3's fine.  Someone said that my sound card might not be compatible with XP, and that I need to get a new sound card.  Does this sound RIGHT, or do any of you have any other ideas?You can try visiting the sound card mfr's website to download and install the latest driver for your sound card to see if this works.

Please POST back with your results.

Having problems with my internet explorer on windows me. I am getting the error: Iexplore has CAUSED an error in unknown, Iexplore will now close. When I click alt D this is the full error report that I got....

IEXPLORE caused a general protection fault
in module at d647:0001f929.
Registers:
EAX=000000b3 CS=2077 EIP=0001f929 EFLGS=00010206
EBX=00000000 SS=207f ESP=0000c908 EBP=0000c940
ECX=7382856a DS=207f ESI=0000c970 FS=4d5e
EDX=73828572 ES=207f EDI=00000095 GS=0fdf
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f b7 42 f8 2b c8 66 8b 52 04 66 23 d2 74 14 8b
Stack dump:
0000c970 00000095 0001a0fa 73828572 0000207f 0000c970 0000207f 0001f914 0009c9f0 00000000 0095b320 73828572 00000000 000002fa 0000cbd0 00016cd0

I ran Spybot S&D, no problems there.

My avast antivirus is updated & no problems there.

Please help

Thank youVisit Windows Update and download and install the latest "high priority" updates for your computer's operating system.

Update your antivirus and Spybot.  Boot into Safe Mode.  Run anti virus and then Spybot letting them delete or quarantine infections found.

Boot into Windows normally and run malware protection again.

Try opening IE, again and post results please.

it says corrupted or missing sys file press r to repair - it keeps trying to
reboot - what do i do? a boot disk? how do i make one? i have a win xp
and a win 2000 pro upgrade cd. this pc was upgraded to xp from nt.

i have a cd rom and a zip drive. help!!!You will need an XP CD to use the Recovery CONSOLE to fix the PROBLEM and or do a repair install.
Do you have an XP CD ? ?YES but the cd wont boot! it works for IVE played cds on itIf the CD won't boot then it's not a genuine XP CD is it ? ?are you sure that the bios is set to boot from the cd before the hard drive?

Hi,

Need some information on the DUAL booting.

Which OS's can't exist as a part of this approach?
Which should be installed first?

ThanksJust about any OS's can be successfully dual-booted.  The general rule is that the OLDER OS should be installed first altho' this is not absolutely essential.

Dual-booting Windows with Linux requires some specific functions, there is a write-up here...

Google came up with 1,600,000 hits on dual booting, lots of reading.

Good luckTried with GOOGLING, but couldn't come up with DEFINITE answers.

Don't think SOLARIS can be dual booted with Windows.Here's a guide I found for dual booting Solaris & XPThanks

I am using microsoft windows VERSION 5.1, manufactured by Dell. I was wondering if ANYONE can help me? I've been recieving e-mails with the text in a pale pale yellow colour that appears almost invisible until I SELECT it. Can you help me to make sure the e-mails come in with the writing in black?

Thankyou anyone!what mail client?rozzmazz, please state the common name of your Windows version; windows version 5.1 MAKES no sense.  Winddws 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, ... what is it? 

Does this problem happen with all email, from all senders?

ok, maybe it's not the best route then.

Quote

im pretty sure you have to pay for a tool such as the one you want , well i did any way

I just installed a cad viewer from autodesk and now all of my SCREENSAVERS open in NOTEPAD. Anyone know which registry ENTRY I NEED to change to FIX it?

the above link might still help. did you check it out? if it is the operating system, then it won't matter if you have a toshiba OR HP...Lemme check.  That's happening when you launch the Media Center.

In my case everything is normal, that error only pops up when i click the CD icon with no CD inside.It's telling you there is no CD in...So we've got onto a second page to establish that there's nothing wrong? It appears that way... Quote from: vibhor_agarwalin on July 05, 2007, 06:58:39 AM

Hi,

Faced with 2 situations on clicking the CD drive with no CD.

In some CASES it opens up blank.
In other it pops "INVALID function"

How it this difference. 

Putting in a CD, is altogether a different story 

Well, we still don't have an answer as to why he gets two different responses at different times, do we? 

All the best for all sorts of thinking. 

Not sure what that means but i agree wholeheartedly.....

Quote from: vibhor_agarwalin on July 09, 2007, 06:05:28 AM

All the best for all sorts of thinking. 

Not sure what that means but i agree wholeheartedly.....

Again it does this. When I press the "y" key the cursor JUMPS to another place on the page. Sometimes it HAPPENS with other keys; but almost always with the "y". Any suggestions. Thnx. you NEED a NEW KEYBOARD?

Is there a way to turn of the F1 key so as not to launch help in any Windows program, example EXCEL.  Sometimes I TRY to hit Esc and end up hitting F1.  On my slow arse computer, Help takes forever to load.Maybe this will help

http://www.hydrous.net/articles/disablef1.php

Thanks.  That article gave me another idea.  I FOUND the help file for Excel, and renamed it to*.exb.  The first time I hit F1, Excel asks if I want to INSTALL Help.  The next time, nothing!  Not the most elagant of solutions, but it works.

My computer CRASHED. When I restarted the computer, an IE error came up STATING that the IE file could not be found. I do not remember what the code was. I did a web seach (on another computer) for the error. Found the repair. I started the computer, held the F2 MAYBE F12 (??), made some type of change that made the computer start in FILE MANAGER, so I could reload IE. I lost the web page that lead me to that point, and now I do not KNOW how to reverse the change. I need to be able to start the computer in IE instead of FILE MANAGER.. Please help!!!!!! Thankstry tapping f8 or one of the the f buttons before windows loads to bring up BOOT menu

Here's one problem I've been trying to figure out with my Win98 machine;
When i go into Power Management and set it to go on standby after 20 MIN., and apply it does that. When I shut down and reboot, it forgets that it should go on standby. How can I get it to remember this?  Thanks I would say TRY all if not most of the options in power mangement aka , 25 min 30 min 45MIN and see what happens........hi all, It seems my problem was that I had unchecked load power PROFILE in my selective startup. Small problem solved, Big ones to go.
Thanks

I have a windows 98 computer. It seems everything is OK, except I can't GET programs to run through clicking on Icons. I did a download of exefix08.reg and that makes it work, but every time I shut-down and start-up I have to reinstall. I have used command prompt and done Copy A:\Regedit.exe c:\windows and regedit a:\exefix08.reg. It says it imports files into the REGISTRY but it doesn't CHANGE. I have done a virus scan and there is no virus. Can anyone tell me what to do.

I upgraded my 5-year old Gateway 500SE PC with a 19" SAMSUNG 906BW wide screen (1440 X 900) monitor, but my machine does not have display CHOICES to match.  I have 800 X 600, 1024 X 768, or 1280 X 768.  All these settings stretch and/or squash my photos, etc.  Is there a way to bring everything back into proportion and utilize the full widescreen?  Can it be done with DRIVERS, software, or do I need a new graphics card?  I currently have an Intel 82845G/GL graphics controller. 
Thanks - Mike What OS is that dinosaur running?

You may want to check out the following...
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel845g/sb/cs-009085.htm?iid=graphics+845main&

Graphics card drivers...
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=865

Monitor drivers...
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/download/supportDown.do?model_nm=906BW&mType=DR&vType=LI'm running XP Home Edition.  Thanks for the links.

MikeNo problem.  Be SURE to let us know if they help at all.

Everytime I try to download a file, whether it be big or small, it stops halfway or just sticks there and doesn't move, even after waiting for an hour. I can't even install Internet Explorer! I've tried every safe site I know, but it doesn't matter. I know I don't have SPYWARE, malware, viruses trojans ETC. because I have ZoneAlarm and Kaspersky and recently posted a HIJACKTHIS log.

I have a Linksys router and when I tested my download speed on an internet connection test sight it said It was 3 Megabits per second, so I KNOW it's not my internet connection (at least I hope not)!

Someone, PLEASE help me.ok what internet browsers to have INSTALLED at present....Mozilla Firefox is what I use all the time.Download this:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

Could be that if you don't clean up the temp files for Internet you will have this problem.

Alan <&GT;<  Out of curiosity, do you have a link to where you posted your HijackThis log?

I recently bought Windows XP Pro x64 EDITION, but soon after I found out, to my dissapointment, Palm doesn't have a version of its sync program that runs on a 64bit OS   So now I'm back running the 32 bit version of it. Of course now I need to SELL the 64bit version, the thing is I can't recall if I registered or not, how can I tell? Any ideas will be appreciated.

JDLI would suggest calling the mothership and asking.

You can the number off Microsoft's web SITE.

If you're not getting the "Let's ACTIVATE Windows" popup, then you've registered it.

Alan <><  And if you are able to DLoad the latest updates and hotfixes you are registered...

ok when trying to format my hard DRIVE and reinsall WINDOWS xp, i have placed the windows xp CD in the CD drive and i opened BIOS and set the CD drive as the first bootable device.

however, as the compuer boots, it says "Press any key to boot from CD...". i continually press enter and other keys but the windows XP CD doesnt load, and the computer REVERTS instead to booting from the hard drive. there is nothing wrong with the CD because it loads normally with the installation setup screen on windows xp. is there possibly something wrong with my keyboard, whereby it doesnt function properly when the computer is booting? it does function perfectly fine when i am using windows on the same computer, like at the moment. or is there a problem with the way in which BIOS responds when i CHANGED the first bootable device to the CD drive?

please give me any help u can. cheers.Try using a keyboard that has a ps2 connection not USB or wireless.

Good norning,

When trying to send/receive emails, Outlook indicates it is 'unable to find an object' ... no error coide number.  In the logs, there is a statement 'The service Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (STMP) TERMINATED with an error 'The system can not encounter the specified routing' ... I´ve tried reinstalling Office XP Pro with Outlook 2002, and all the updates available to the Microsoft Office site.

I am able to access my emails via webmail on my host server ... but not able to get via Outlook.  As I normally receive 500 - 600 emails per day, theis is REALLY a problem.

Make certain your SMTP settings are correct and that your firewall isn't blocking the program.When you set up your email account in Outlook, did you click on the Test Account Settings button to check your setup?  I would review the settings and use the Test Account Settings button.  If the test does not pass, then you need to investigate further.Good morning ....

Not exactly sure how to check STMP settings ....

The strange thing is that when I setup the email accounts, I did run the test feature. Checking with WEBMAIL, I see the test messages in the box .... but OUTLOOK doesn´t receive or appartently send from withinthe program itself. I did try to send messages and they just stay in the Outbox.

DonaldPlease make sure to check the code given by Outlook when it fails to receive the messages. Also make sure to delete all old messages as you make reach the limit and won't be able to receive any more messages.SMTP settings means the code you must insert into the email account setup panel that looks like this:



And, that panel is where you also see the Test Account Settings button.Then the STMP settings are correct. OUTLOOK is still not communicating.

What limit? My .PST file is 1.6 GIG .... but has been working fine until three or four days AGO. Then I lost all my email accounts and had to reinstall them.  I ran SCANPST on the data file several times yo make sure it was clean and organized.

DRClick on the More Settings button in that panel.  Select the OUTGOING Server tab. What settings do you have there?  Select the Connection tab. What settings do you have there?  Select the Advanced tab. What settings do you have there?  Can you contact your ISP or find info on their website about the correct settings for an Outlook email account?

Back to the E-mail Accounts panel, what about the check box for "Log on using Secure Password AUTHENTICATION (SPA)"?  What setting do you have there?  Can you verify it's the correct setting with your ISP?POP3 setting is "mail.andetur.com.br" (My domain and email is on the andetur.com.br)
STMP setting is "mail.andetur.com.br"

email user settings are [email protected]
then pasword for that particular user name

The secure setting is deactivated.  Port settings are 110 and 25 ....

These are the settings required by the domain and mail host BRAZLINK.COM

These are the same settings that I used successfully for over 7 years with the same host ...

DRDo you have telephone support with your ISP?  If so, I wouldn't hesitate a minute longer to call them.  

You might try setting up your email account in Outlook Express just to see whether it will work.  Go to Tools, Accounts, select Mail, click on Add, and enter the coding for your email account.  You already have the coding you need for that.Outlook Express doesn´t load either ... it tries to install MSN Messenger but only comes up with a blank screen. I tried to update from MSN.  Tried to reinstall XP OS to repair the system.  Still the same.  Frustrating.

DRRepairing OS didn't do? Reformat and reinstall.

I am a HELPDESK Tech trying to solve an issue for one of our users... 

Here are the specs:  Dell Latitude D630, Windows XP SP2 and current with updates.  It is a new load of the software.

Here is the issue:  When using SEARCH (Start | Search) the following error pop up:

The title bar says explorer.exe
The instruction at “0x0000000” referenced memory at”0x0000000”.  The memory could not be “read”.
Click on OK terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program

The user can open up IE6 and USE the search function with in there to search for files or FOLDERS on the hard DRIVE.  However, if the search function is left open and IE is closed and reopened then the same error will pop up but with iexplore.exe in the title bar.  The search can be closed with the error opened and then we click OK on the error and everything closes out.  But, once IE is opened again it will work fine and the search function can be used again.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Amie



 
I believe the below from Microsoft may be a good lead.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315Thanks Street1, I have done the recommendations in the link you posted, but I am still getting the error when trying to use the search feature.

Is there a way that I can capture the sound track of a powerpoint show.If you have the sound FILES that were used, just TAKE those.
If not, just get Audacity and set it to record "What U Hear", START RECORDING then start the SLIDESHOW.

When i play FILES on Windows Media Player or Nero i get audio only, any idea how i find and install missing codecs?---&GT;TryHereThe LINK you provided was to a codec installation pack that wasn't compatible, however i did find a package compatible with xp on that site, thanks for your help, your a gentleman!


If anyone ELSE NEEDS a codec pack for xp this is where i found it-

http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=3600&s=359Well, you did a good job then richie m .

intel Celeron
667MHz
sis630
128mb SDRAM
40gb Harddisk
Windows Me

Please help!
    I just bought a DVD drive LITEON and When I play DVD movies I can't hear any sound .If I play cd or VCD, have sound.
Somebody can help me! I don't have much idea with computer.

Thanks in advance!do you have the most up to date drivers for you dvd drive?? is it pluged in right??yes.it is a plug in and I'm using nero 7 as a software.its included when I bought it.Does the drive need a cable to connect it to the sound card / if so, is it connected?

Alan <><  are the drivers good??what do you mean drivers good?? my dvd drive or software? sorry its not clear for me. can you please explain more for me.
when I bought my dvd drive I just connect it and I let the computer detect it. and I install nero 7 as my player. I dont know why no sound if I play dvd movies but cd and vcd are all ok. is it my computer is too slow or under requirement of this dvd drive(LITEON)?I read from the box, : REQUIREMENTS:FOR DVD R/RW PLAY PERFORMANCE
128mb minimum, 256mb recommended
windows xp
Pentium 4

do I need to CHANGE to xp or upgrade my memory?please help!go to device manager.. right my computer properties
hardware

and tell us if theirs anything different from the rstok I will try it !

I will post it tommorrow night

thanks!




[go to device manager.. right my computer properties
hardware

and tell us if theirs anything different from the rest]

sorry I'm toolate to reply!
Im just using my office computer.
I already CHECK the device manager,computer properties and hardware and everything looks ok.
I also tried to change now to windows xp .reinstall nero 7 again and there is somthing during installation that I see:a comment ((AC3 to 2channel which is missing from nero7)). and itsays I need to download a Nero7 trial version tohave this  AC3 to 2channel converter. do you think this is the problem?

thanks againdid you dl the current version or buy on a cd??sorry for late reply,
Im changing shift and just now again able to reply.

my current version of nero7 is a cd included on a package when I bought my LiteOn dvd drive. I already upgrade to win xp but still the same problem .Still need an AC3 to 2channel converter.  thanks to all of you ,

I already fix the problem regarding my dvd player.
what I do is uninstall nero7 and install CYBERLINK DVD .
And everything become ok!!!
My SUSPECT is my Nero7 .

Thanks for all your time !!!!
more power!

toby1

I defrag my drivea alot. I NOTICED my work computer has very little of the green "unmovable" files, but my hame computer seems to have a ton of disc space occupied by these files. Both are XP - however one is Home, and one is Pro. What do these files contain, and why so much on my home pc?which ones home and which is pro?? sorry - work comp has XP Proi think its because xp pro has more features/files that deal with how your computer works then home does and thats why you see more green. i think the green are system files. have you tried going windows defrag for detailed DESCRIPTION on the what the colored lines mean?my home computer is the one w/ all the green - that's the wierd thing. Could it be Windows updates?not sure.. is your home one up to dateup to date how?like windows updateI'm at work, but according to my wife, the last Windows security update was 2/14/07, and the last Windows Hotfix was 3/16/07. then try the updatethe update at home didn't work - per the wife, all 18 updates failed. it did work here at the OFFICE, thoughhave her RESTART the machine and try againsorry - no luck againMore info on defrag:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/ed01b95b-b36c-4630-bd50-df375ae86e2a1033.mspx?mfr=true

Is the OS on your computer at home a legitimate version (from an original CD - not a copy - and not already on another computer)?

Is your home computer virus and spyware free?

If you naswered "no" to the above questions...this can cause problems with Windows Update.what protection do you have

When I move my cursor to a cell, that I want to update, if I move my cursor to another cell, it is automatically made the ACTIVE cell. Are we to assume you're talking about MICROSOFT Excel?   And assuming we are talking about Excel:
Is the cell locked?
Is the document read-only or protected? Quote from: soybean on July 07, 2007, 04:01:18 PM

Are we to assume you're talking about Microsoft Excel?   

Do you run Windows Update?

(Anyone: Would reinstalling the mouse driver help?)

I have just had the worst experience with a so called techie. 

This gets kinda complicated so I hope you can understand my blond babble.

It all started when I was hit with a bad virus from a website that blocked me from even getting into SafeMode.  I didnt have a proper OS disk cuz my computer was built by my BIL.  So I decided to send it to get a NEW OS installed and a new DVD Rewriter.

Sent it to the guy and he had it for over 2 weeks.  I needed it back and the lady at the shop decided he was terrible to work cuz he took to long so she had someone else finish the installation of a new modem. and ship it back to me
So now that I have it back......................

I can see so many issues I have no idea what exactly is wrong or how to fix it.  You can imagine I dont want to send it to anyone else to even touch.

  I was here once before and you guys were great!!  I sure could use some help guys. 
Here is a list of some of the problems I have so far encountered.

So far my dvd gives me Error messages.  For instance.
Tried to play a cd.  It does try to read it but then Nothing happens.

Tried to install a game.  I get as far as the first menu screen that asks you to play or install.  Then I get an error message and then nothing works

Then all my old programs and files I had installed before the virus are no longer available even though they were there.  This I dont understand.

I used to have XP Pro and now my new OS is the Home version.

Is this enough info for you guys to give me some idea of what my problem is?
Twylla ...... Take a deep breathe and try and relax.

Can you tell us the current state of the pc in question?
Does it work?

Apparently, it now has win XP home installed and you have the authentic disk for that.
There was a new modem installed ......... is that correct and is it working?
Do you know if when the new operating system was installed ( XP home)  was it put on a freshly formatted hard drive ?  ( this procedure would have wiped the hard drive clean)
How was you data saved ? ( onto cd's )
Do you have the program cd's so you could reinstall them ?
Does this pc have a cd drive in addition to the new dvd - R/W?


Let us know.

dl65  Sigh

Ok I think I am better (LOL) TY

Yes the PC is working and so is the modem.  I am able to use the internet, check my emails on MSN and Yahoo.  I can download things from the web.

What it wont do is recognize any of the programs I had installed before the virus shut me out.  IE:  games, business card software, printer and everything else.
I can access my text documents, pictures I had and music and things like that.  Just not programs.  Spy Sweeper, Norton,

The XP Home is authentic.  That is the reason I replaced the XP Pro.  It wasnt authentic and I wasnt getting the Microsoft updates.

No the dummy did not put in on a freshly formatted hard drive and I think that is the problem.

No my data was not saved to cds or any other storage that I know of
 He just installed Home right on top of the Pro.

I do have all my programs on disk so I dont care if I lose anything.  I even told him to erase the whole thing so it would be squeeky clean and faster.

And I thought I could handle reinstalling XP again  myself but because I do not have any other cd on my computer I cant do it until I FIGURE out why my DVD Rewriter doesnt like me. Twylla ...... Ok .... If you go into My Computer, does the new dvd drive show up ?


dl65  Twylla .... I just noticed that you cant access Norton, does that mean you have no anti-virus ?


dl65  Hi 

Yes the DVD is showing and I have the AVG Free addition installed for viruses right now.Twylla ..... Glad to hear you have AVG installed.
Do you have the correct driver installed for the dvd-rw?
Go to Control Panel/System/Hardware Tab/Device Manager ....... then scroll down to the entry called DVD/CD-rom drives. Click on the + sign in front of it and see if there is a yellow exclamation mark.
Do you know if the burning software that came with the DVD- rw has been installed ?
What exactly was the error message you get from the optical drive ? ( DVD/CD - r/w)

dl65 

Ok I dont see any yellow exclamation mark.

The Error message I get is titled "Demo32.exe- Application Error
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000006). Click OK to terminate the application."

No I am not sure if it was installed.  I click the different things on the disk and I get that error Here is another error I get from my DVD installation disk

C:\DOCUME~-HENRIE~1.HEN\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc0006dir00\demo32.exe/mdmp

Twylla ..... Do you have some software installed on that pc called Demoshield or Demoshield player ?

dl65  Twylla ........  Lets try uninstalling the dvd drive and then have windows detect it and install the drivers.
Go to Control Panel/System/Hardware tab/Device manager/ scroll down to DVD/cd drives and click on the + sign to expand it , then highlight the dvd drive listed, right click on it and select uninstall.
Now close everthing up and reboot the machine.
Watch down in the lower right corner at some point as it reboots , you should see a message that windows has detected new hardware.
That message will REMAIN there for several minutes possibly and then you should see a new message that the new hardware is ready to use.
Before you test the dvd player, what media player do you use to play cds or videos?  ( windows media player or something else )
Now put a music cd in the optical drive and then go back to my computer and see if the dvd icon there shows a cd in it . Right click on the drive icon and select play......  what happens ?


dl65 
Sorry dl65   I thought I had notify to new POSTINGS but ....

So I did what you said.  I uninstalled it but no New Hardware signal came up

I use Media player and I tried a cd audio and I got the message that the WMPlayer can not read the cd.  The icon in My Computer shows the audio is present and WMPlayer can list the songs but wont play them.  The song list is orange with exclamation marks and skips to each song trying to play it

Oh and it also tells gives me an error about Demosheild when I put the dvd installation disk in I get the error message that there is a problem with Demosheild and it needs to close Send a reportTwylla ........ When you went into the device manager , went to the dvd/cd drive , highlited it and right clicked on the highllite........ what option did you select ?........ Disable ? or something else ?


dl65  I must have hit disable instead.  I did uninstall it now and the little pop up did show up this time.  But it still isnt working although it says its all in working order.Twylla ........ ok , after you uninstalled the dvd burner, and rebooted , it reinstalled and was detected as new hardware installed ..... "Windows has detected new hardware"  .....and then another message came up saying either that your new hardware has been installed and is ready to use.
Then you put a music CD in the drive and you get the message WMP cant read the cd.
What version of media player are you using ?
What format is the music on the cd in ? ( is it one you made or a store bought cd ?)
Will the dvd drive read a movie dvd ?
Is there a SMALL audio cable connected from the rear of the dvd drive to either the MOBO or the sound card ?
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Twylla ..... Do you have some software installed on that pc called Demoshield or Demoshield player ?

I GET this message off and on but always when I boot up,
Could not find the file "flash.ocx"
I just close this box down, and don't know what to do to get rid of this. It started a few months AGO.
I am running Windows XP Professional version 5.1You may need to update adobe flash player,or uninstall it,
then re-install.

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash


The UNINSTALLER is at the below link.

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe

I am currently running 9.0c but not a current version.  I went to the correct site and ran the dxwebsetup.exe program, and it begins to prepare to download the software... I get the ERROR "Set Up Could Not download the file, Please retry later or check network connection"

I have been downloading other sofware with no issues, so it seems a bit strange

I attempted to attach the SCREEN shot of the error message
Any suggestions?

[Saving disk space -  old attachment deleted by admin]nope no suggesiton there we all have the same issue i cnt install or update it 

Basically im thinking its microsoft sever ask anyone here to do the same thing you have and they will get the same error me and a buddy from here tryed updateing mine and we couldnt its microsoft , paintents is a virtue and im sure they will have the download fixed in no time ... So is this some kind of known conflict with the most recent update of directx?

I PLAY Battle of Brittain II and they just issued a huge patch to upgrade the game. It promps you and sends you directly to the Microsoft WEBSITE because it claims the game won't run without this most current update.I only found out myself about a week ago when i was tweaking battlefield 2142 to inhance its speed and direct x 9 wouldnt install from microsoft ..... i would say its a known issue but if you can im sure you could contact microsoft some how on the site . I havent personally but its been going on for a while now so i think i shall...leave it with me i will try and contact them and when i get a response i will post it on here for you. 

I say when .... if i get a reponse ....I couldnt find a area on direct x for you but HERES a link to troubleshoot

http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=1&

The area ia based on errors i would say this is sutible  Ok ive just found it and its updateing me with no errors


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a9b6820-bfbb-4799-9908-d418cdeac197&DisplayLang=en


let me now if it works .... I tried it and it did download some kind of  update to Direct X, it was almost instantanous....must have been a very small file.  The path you gave me looks like something from 2004, path below is June 2007.  Didn't get me past the current game error for having an old version of DirectX

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en&Hash=x2qjoT203xsZdgiMO0%2fd35k65MIKTo9GTJ6e4UUsgCzNib9dSxN2YJxtxBsKfZ9vr5%2bLGUAQh0jRnsyI18tIsw%3d%3d

Found more chatter on this issue at the following website, sounds like a MS Problem
http://forums.xna.com/thread/14800.aspx

Thanks for the help, let me know if anything else jumps out at you

Quote from: Geezer Gamer on July 08, 2007, 06:26:50 PM

I tried it and it did download some kind of  update to Direct X, it was almost instantanous....must have been a very small file.  The path you gave me looks like something from 2004, path below is June 2007.  Didn't get me past the current game error for having an old version of DirectX

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en&Hash=x2qjoT203xsZdgiMO0%2fd35k65MIKTo9GTJ6e4UUsgCzNib9dSxN2YJxtxBsKfZ9vr5%2bLGUAQh0jRnsyI18tIsw%3d%3d

Found more chatter on this issue at the following website, sounds like a MS Problem
http://forums.xna.com/thread/14800.aspx

Thanks for the help, let me know if anything else jumps out at you

Hi,

I'm currently looking at backup+restore options and I was wondering what are the best options out there?

- I need to backup 15 PCs (all Windows XP pro, wireless network)
- I'd like to create an exact image of each PC's hard drive so that I could later use that image to retore whatever PC needed to be REPAIRED.

I've had a look at some of the commercial SOFTWARE available, and I think Acronis True Image was the best (ahead of Norton Ghost). However, I'd like to have a look at free options first....

At the moment I'm about to try out a free program called DriveImage XML (http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm). Have any of you used this with any success?



As a separate question, I'd like to ask if it is possible to connect my laptop to each PC separately, and make the PC behave like an external drive. Then I'm thinking I could use a backup program to create an image of my PC and  save it on my laptop. Ideally, I'd love to have 15 images on my laptop, and whenever a PC needed to be repaired I could simply hook up my laptop to it and use a backup/retore program to restore the PC to it's original working state.

Is that even possible? Hopefully some of you have a bit of experience with these kind of things.

Thanks 8-)I've tried DriveImageXML and found it didn't come close to Acronis.  With Acronis you can make an image, save it over the network to another location, make a boot CD that will allow you to recover that image from anywhere.  

Thanks to GX1_Man for his endorsement  

In answer to your second question, I don't believe you can do that.  You'd have to use a cross-over cable to connect and then you'd be able to share files/folders/peripherals, but not have it act like an external drive.  Besides, with Acronis you wouldn't need to hook up your laptop to each machine.  Just share a folder on your laptop, create/save the image to that shared folder...you're done  

Alan <><  Norton Save &AMP; Restore can do that for you as well. Quote

I've tried DriveImageXML and found it didn't come close to Acronis.  With Acronis you can make an image, save it over the network to another location, make a boot CD that will allow you to recover that image from anywhere.  

Thanks to GX1_Man for his endorsement  

In answer to your second question, I don't believe you can do that.  You'd have to use a cross-over cable to connect and then you'd be able to share files/folders/peripherals, but not have it act like an external drive.  Besides, with Acronis you wouldn't need to hook up your laptop to each machine.  Just share a folder on your laptop, create/save the image to that shared folder...you're done  

Alan <><  

Acronis is worth the money you will spend on it...especially if you are looking for backup solutions.

As far as the networking solution the easist way would be a USB cable with network support...

patio.  8-)

I think this IS one of the cases where you get what you pay for. Data is too valuable to be playing with a "maybe" solution. At least mine is.  

Please post back after using it for awhile - one way or the other.

Quote

Please post back after using it for awhile - one way or the other.

Would you like me to post it in this thread or create another? When would you like the next update.....in one month, two months...?
This forum is a great help for me so if I can give a little back then I'm more than happy to do so 8-)

Hi, I've only just joined this site & have a Windows XP Home Edition computer.  I'm concerned with how it starts up. A few nights ago, I was on Internet Explorer, Firefox & Windows Media Player at the same time when the computer partially froze in that I couldn't access anything from the taskbar & start menu. Being unable to shut down/restart the computer, I (stupidly) turned it off by the powerpoint. Now, whenever I start up, the Packard Bell logo is immediately on the screen for 2-3 minutes, with the message "Press F2 to enter BIOS" & "Press F12 to system boot" & it won't react when I press either key. Then the screen is black for a short while & then it goes onto the stage where the Windows XP logo is above the moving horizontal bar (which is normal). After going blank for a further 2-3 minutes, the mouse & log-on screen appear & the computer WORKS as normal - no information has been lost.  
My antivirus software eTrust Vet Antivirus has not notified me of any viruses & nothing else is MALFUNCTIONING. Someone suggested to me that I needed to remove the battery from the mainboard, install it again & see what happens, but I'm not sure...
I would love to know what caused this weird startup & what can be done, THANKS!  
If i were to hazard a guess, i would say it may be a problem with your hard drive, as you say the computer is very slow to start EVEN before windows starts.

I would remove the battery form the Mother Board, this will reset the mother board to default.

I would also try Turing on the computer with the HDD disconnected, if you gets to a Screen that says "no boot DEVICE" or such, quickly it would demon straight weather it was the HDD or notIf it even affected things outside of Windows, I suggest that you do indeed remove the BIOS battery.

However, you should also diagnose the RAM and HDD.

Hey I've been getting an error thats been bothering me for the past week. It has come and then gone away for awhile then when I thought it was done it came back.

This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log off. Any unsaved changes will be lost. This shutdown was initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

TIME before shutdown: 00:00:XX

Message
The system PROCESS
'C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe' terminated unexpectedly with status code - 1073740972. The system will now shut down and restart.

I've searched a bunch of forums and haven't found MUCH help there and I also noticed that the deal with different error CODES or files than mine. So I was wondering if there is anyone here that could help me cure this annoyance for good. Thanks. Have a good read: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911185Oh by the way before I read that, I'd like to let you know this error doesn't occur when I'm in Safe Mode. Oh and in this article it talks about lsass.exe while my error occurs with services.exe. Unless you believe this article thing applies for any of the related problems regardless of the file type. Ok well go through the troubleshooting guide on the site and see if you get any results , next time you get a error message on your computer that is windows related , punch in the code into microsofts search engine 99.9% of the time you will get a guide to help you fix that error....
Quote from: Darcstarr on July 08, 2007, 04:30:13 PM

Oh and in this article it talks about lsass.exe while my error occurs with services.exe. Unless you believe this article thing applies for any of the related problems regardless of the file type.

I am trying to USE Hibernate on a SYSTEMAX WinME.  I keep GETTING a message that SAYS thast hibernate can not run because of closed caption decoder.  How do I get RID of that?

Don't know what exactly happened, it was working fine then it rebooted itself and when it came back up, it had the black screen saying "Primary Disk Not found" press F2 for SET up. What can I do? Is there anything I can try? (ie: in the set up) I am using XP by the way. Thanks in advance.What exactly were you doing when this happened?

It may be just a jumper setting on the hard drive, but if it was working, we can PROBABLY rule this out.

It may be a loose IDE cable...or a BIOS setting.

How old is your computer?  A dying CMOS battery has been known to cause this as well.

Worse case scenario...your hard drive TOOK a dump!

Get back to us on this...with a little more detail as to what you were doing at the time and if there were any recent hardware or software changes.Well I wasn't doing anything special. I just had it on and was watching TV. I turned to look at it and it said beginning dump of physical memory and rebooted itself, when it came back up it was the black screen with the message "Primary Disk Not Found". The laptop is a few years old but I had no problems at all before. What is the make and model of your laptop?

First thing I'd try is to TURN off your laptop and unplug it from its electrical source.  Next...remove the battery from the laptop.

Hopefully, you know where the hard drive is on your laptop.  Remove the hard drive...then reinsert it...making sure it has seated properly.

Reinstall the battery and reboot your laptop to see if it boots into Windows.  If it does...make sure your programs function and update your malware protecetion as well as visiting Windows Update for high-priority updates.

Also...while you have the hard drive out...check the manufacturer and model.  Go to their website and find a DIAGNOSTICS program to download so you can check the integrity of the hard drive.

Post back with your results...I've seen this on an ASUS motherboard before.  The IDE controller took a dump and had to be replaced...during tax season no less     

Alan <>< 

Do all that is suggested though.Its a Hard drive problem. My friend has the same problem. Just get new hard drive becuase reinstalling wont work.
Or just boot from reinstallion disc. Quote from: Amrykid on July 08, 2007, 12:45:03 PM

Its a Hard drive problem. My friend has the same problem. Just get new hard drive becuase reinstalling wont work.
Or just boot from reinstallion disc.

hi.

every time i start windows live mesenger, an error comes up:
"windows cant find loader.exe".
but if i hit ok. then it starts up normaly. but i dont like it there.
someone know what it is?Cant say I know what it is, but I will say this:
Your best bet is to reinstall Windows Messenger

Download it here:
http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

If the problem continues, then we can CONTINUE to troubleshot the issue I've reinstalled messenger 3-4 times now. but before it ASKED about: MSVBVM60.DLL
and i DOWNLOADED it fron internet. and now it is not COMMING whith that anymore.
but now i cant find loader.exe and i dont UNDERSTAND why it is commingoh i have fixed it now. thx

I'm on a Toshiba Laptop Satellite a100/Pro A100
Windows XP home, SP2
Had this about 7 months, ran GREAT, all of a sudden while surfing the net it went to the blue windows startup screen, and stayed there, rebooted and now when it boots up it wont go past the blue startup screen, tried booting in safe mode but it still hangs on the blue screen....
Any suggestions? I depend on my laptop for work, I dont understand how this happened out of the blue, there is tons of memory left on it, always scanned for virus's, have.....
Ad-Aware, Spybot, AntiVir, AVG, PC tools firewall plus....
Please help!
If you have your legitimate Windows XP CD, you can always try to repair your Windows XP installation.

The TROUBLE with doing a repair is that you may, and often will, lose any saved files and/or prgrams.

While the repair process can often help you out of a jam...the drawback is losing all this saved information.  That is why you should back-up constantly...in case something like this happens.

I'm assuming you are using Internet Explorer 7.  Please let us know if this is, in fact, true.

If you do decide to repair your Windows XP installation, please follow the link below for repairing Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer 7 installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964If a repair install is done properly all data and programs will remain intact... Quote from: The Saviour on July 07, 2007, 08:06:30 AM

If you have your legitimate Windows XP CD, you can always try to repair your Windows XP installation.

The trouble with doing a repair is that you may, and often will, lose any saved files and/or prgrams.

While the repair process can often help you out of a jam...the drawback is losing all this saved information.  That is why you should back-up constantly...in case something like this happens.

I'm assuming you are using Internet Explorer 7.  Please let us know if this is, in fact, true.

If you do decide to repair your Windows XP installation, please follow the link below for repairing Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer 7 installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964

If a repair install is done properly all data and programs will remain intact...

Hi there,

I need some HELP please.

Ive been using my USB on my computer for a long time and now all of a sudden, it wont work. I put my usb into the port but it just sits there and does nothing with the blu light showing on my usb. Sometimes its says : there was a problem installing the hardware or something. I really dont know what happened. I just recently got IE 7 but this was happening before I changed anything. I have Windows XP service pack2. Any help is appreciated.

  Thanks Go to Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager...there will be numerous listings for USB including busses and ports.
Right clik each of them and select remove.
Ignore the warning message.
Re-boot and Windows will AUTOMATICALLY re-install them.
See if this helps.I did for only one of them, it was the one I was having problems with But im scared that if I remove them all, I cant re-install them because I read somewhere in the support centre on my computer, that I need to go to the manufacturer or something. Im really getting worried now I keep on getting this message. I removed them all, and they all automatically re-installed. But the same thing keeps happening. I get this message:


Windows cannot use this hardware device because it has been prepared for "safe removal", but it has not been removed from the computer. (Code 47)

To fix this problem, unplug this device from your computer and then plug it in again.

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.


I did everything. I even removed my USB and hooked up my printer (it has a USB cord) to see if it works and it does,its only when I insert my USB drive that it does that.

Any help is appreciated. The method suggested has been tried and proved safe  many times....we would be doing others a disservice to offer bad advice here...

To try and remove the error message i would unplug ALL USB devices and shutdown. Wait 5 minutes and then re- boot the machine 2 or 3 times. See if this helps.

If this doesn't work let us know ...there are a few other things we can try.Yeah ive tried it a 5 or 6 times already maybe more. There is no other USB connections to the computer. Can we please try something else? Its just that I need to use my usb as it has some work on it I really need.


P.S Ive also tried inserting my USB into the USB slots at the back of my computer, it doesnt read it. Also the J: that is usually the one that I use for my USB at the front of the computer doesnt show up anymore. I hope I havent actually deleted it out of the whole computer system..... 

Thanks for the help. Quote

To try and remove the error message i would unplug ALL USB devices and shutdown. Wait 5 minutes and then re- boot the machine 2 or 3 times. See if this helps.

I did everything. I even removed my USB and hooked up my printer (it has a USB cord) to see if it works and it does,its only when I insert my USB drive that it does that.

This one will be simple - I hope.

It seems the default view for all my folders has switched to "detailed list". It's irritating having to change each one to "large icons" or "list" each time.

Can I change the default view for all folders, or all subfolders ?

Win 2000 SP4
HP OmniBook 6000 (old, but was cheap, and has LASTED...just)1. OPEN Windows Explorer
2. Open any folder.
3. SELECT "View" on menu bar and select desired view
4. Select "Tools" on menu bar and then select "View" tab
5. At the top, in the section titled "Folder Views", CLICK the BUTTON marked "Apply to All Folders".
6. Click "OK"
Quote from: contrex on July 06, 2007, 02:55:20 AM

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Open any folder.
3. Select "View" on menu bar and select desired view
4. Select "Tools" on menu bar and then select "View" tab
5. At the top, in the section titled "Folder Views", click the button marked "Apply to All Folders".
6. Click "OK"

I was online checking email when I heard the weirdest sound I've ever heard.  At first I thought is was ONE of those banner ads with sound but the sound was coming from the tower (!) and not the speakers.

Witnesses describe the noise as a clicking, like a rotary phone (if you remember them). Or a ticktock, like a mechanical or wind-up toy. Maybe something like a cuckoo clock?

This sound goes for a couple minutes, then the computer just shut down with out warning. The next thing you see is the monitor saying "no SIGNAL."

I never even dreamed a computer could make a sound like that.  We have no idea what to make of it.*baffled* Basically, everyone was "*censored*"....

I run XP Home Edition on a eMachines T3256. It's 2 1/2 years old...

Thanks.

PS That was 2 weeks ago and my comp SEEMS to be back to normal. But just to be on the safe side, most of my hard drive is backed up now...
well it sounds to me like your one of the fans is busted , its the only thing i can think off , and its also shutting down , im thinking your system fan is broken and your cpu is overheating = automatic shutdown..... or a wire of some sort was caught in your system fan making the sound and everyime to started up it would flick itself out , but when it was LEFT in for a while it would go back into the fan....just a THEORY

Hi,
While trying to install a modem in an old 98 machine, I downloaded the proper USR driver executed it, but it did not properly unzip to the mentioned c:\usr folder.  Nothing there.  Nothing under c:\modem either.

So I downloaded winzip 11.1, thinking that the unzipping provided by windows 98 had not worked properly, and winzip might.   When trying to install winzip, an ERROR message came up saying that a device on the system was not working, and the installation of winzip stopped.

So I removed the modem, and tried again to install winzip.  Same error message.

So I went into Device Manager and there were a couple of those little yellow question marks beside two of the "other devices" so I double-clicked those items and said to "Disable in this hardware profile".

Alas, when I rebooted, neither my mouse nor my keyboard would work.   My bad!!

I can boot to DOS.  Is there anything I can do there to re-enable my mouse and keyboard?

I can also boot into Setup.  Is there anything I can do there?

I cannot provide any windows system info, as I cannot do anything in windows to get that info.  So sorry.

If anyone can help this hapless idiot, it would be APPRECIATED!Boot to DOS. At the prompt, type scanreg /restore and select a DATE prior to the mishap.Tx for reply.  Actually, on another BOARD, I got the IDEA to try to boot in Safe Mode, did it, was able to go back into Device Manager and remove the offending selections to disable those devices in the current profile. 

Rebooted and things back to normal!!!

Again, Thanks for interest.

Cheers!
Arleen

To start, I downloaded and installed Azureus awhile ago with no trouble at all. The program ran like a dream, and I was very, very happy with it. The only problem I had before this was with Graal Online, a game that I had toyed around with some time before. I wanted to play with it again, so I downloaded and installed it. The shortcut appeared on my desktop, and I double clicked it to get it to run.

Nothing happened. I waited for a few seconds, expecting something to appear on my screen. I waited for around a minute and still nothing. By now I was getting annoyed, so I reinstalled it and tried again. Same thing. After that I uninstalled Graal, FIGURING that the program might have been buggy. It was the last thing on my mind for awhile, that is, until I installed Azureus.

As I said, the program ran like a dream for a long while, but then after a few weeks of using it, it stopped working. Simple as that. I double clicked the shortcut on my desktop to no avail. I even went as FAR as GOING into its program folder and running the .exe file. That didn't work either. I even tried making a new shortcut, but nothing would work. I uninstalled Azureus and reinstalled it again. Same thing happened. To this day Azureus still does not work and I'm getting sick of it.

Now my computer is being very buggy, and a bit slow at times. In fact, when running Mozilla Firefox 2.0, I went to Nexon's website and tried installing Maplestory (for the ONE fact that it, like Graal and Azureus, refused to work after awhile). This time I was greeted by the download simply STOPPING. I tried again and again, perhaps 5 or 6 more times before I gave up. Then Internet Explorer went buggy. Sometimes when I try to install things, the download simply refuses to launch.

I'm running MS Windows XP SP2, an Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80GHz, I have 512MB RAM, and have a RADEON X300/X550 video card. I download all the necessary updates for Microsoft Windows XP, and I have Ad-Aware, Spybot Search & Destroy, ZoneAlarm Pro, and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.

Someone please help me, I'm at wit's end. . .