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This is not a quick-fix problem, and I really need an expert who can help me.  :-?
Since about last August, my computer will freeze less than five minutes after booting in normal mode. This will happen whether I use the internet, log on, etc.- there seems to be no correlation between what I'm doing and when it freezes. It started one morning when I woke up to a frozen screensaver- restarted the computer, and it froze a few minutes later... again, and again and again. I cannot recall making any changes at all to my computer before this started. I tried system restore immediately and it said no changes had been made to my computer.
Since then i've been working in safe mode with networking, which besides being a general nuisance, has put my computer at risk because I'm unable to install windows updates, etc.
For the past week or so I've been posting at the SWI forums and the only conclusion that we've really come to is that it's not a malware problem. Here's the link to the post if you'd like to review it: http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=92457&st=0

Anyone who has any insight on this at all, please help?Are there any entries in your Event Log which show a problem :-?

Is your RAM usage exceptionally high :-?DLoad and run the HDD diagnostics from your HDD's site...

DLoad and run memtest...let it run for a few hours...

Other than that it might be a power supply issue which can only be tried by swapping out a new unit.I checked the Event Log ALREADY, didn't find anything unusual.

i'm only using about 2/3 of my memory.

How can I find out what my hard drive manufacturer is? My BROTHER "built" this computer from various parts so I don't know it. Quote

I checked the Event Log already, didn't find anything unusual.

[highlight]i'm only using about 2/3 of my memory.[/highlight]

How can I find out what my hard drive manufacturer is? My brother "built" this computer from various parts so I don't know it.

I checked the Event Log already, didn't find anything unusual.

i'm only using about 2/3 of my memory.

[highlight]How can I find out what my hard drive manufacturer is?[/highlight] My brother "built" this computer from various parts so I don't know it.

Well, I'm back with this one again.  I'm running XP home (upgrade version), athlon xp 2100+, 768 megs ram, 60 gig hd with 60 gig slave.  The situation is this: when I initially start the COMPUTER not everything loads.  The NETWORK card, the scanner, Norton AV (systemworks 2006), these items don't load properly.  When I restart the computer everything loads fine.  So if I want to go online, use the scanner etc. I need to start the computer and then restart it to get everything to load.  It hasn't always been like this, unfortunately I can't pinpoint exactly when it started.  It's more of an inconvenience than anything else, but I grow weary of it, so if anyone's got any suggestions....

ThanksIs everything checked to run at startup?
Are you sure it's now just slowly loading them?  Try leaving it for a while.
When you say it doesn't load properly, what exactly do you mean?Yes everything is checked to run at startup.  I can leave it on all day, but only loads fully after a restart.  What I mean by "doesn't load properly" is
1. The scanner - when I restart, the scanner initializes, the lamp comes on and scans back and forth once.  When I first startup it doesn't do that.  The scanner connects via USB, so I might be able to assume that USB drivers are not loading.
2. Norton - when I restart there's a little red x over the icon in the system tray while the program initializes which disappears once the program is finished loading.  When I first startup it doesn't do that.  
3.  The network card - only loads after a restart.  At first startup the icon never shows up in the system tray.  No network connections show in the the control panel.  No network devices show up the the DEVICE manager.

There may be more, but these are the immediately noticeable things.

Thanks
Remove all instances of Norton from startup temporarily and see what happens...

patio.  8-)When was the last time Windows was installed on this machine? What would you think about a reinstall if it comes to that?

I like the Norton idea.  I'll give that a shot.  And yeah, I suppose a reinstall would be an option, but I'd really rather avoid it if at all possible.  Thanks for the suggestions.Happy Monday everybody!  I tried disabling Norton at startup and I'm still getting the same result.  Any new ideas out there?Travel Here  for complete instructions on how to do a repair install of XP Home.

I would read it through thouroughly and print out a copy for reference.

This method will retain all your programs and data.

After this i recommend developing a backup strategy in future.

For this i suggest Acronis True Image.  Best deal on it currently is fron newegg.com ( Kudos To GX1_Man ! )

patio.  8-)And after that operation here are complete instructions on removing the Norton Virus....

DLoad and run the tool below...
 
Norton Removal Tool

 
1) Use Add Remove Programs first and un-install Norton...
2) From Windows Explorer search for any folders named Norton and Symantec and delete them...
3) DLoad and install ERUNT and have it make a backup of your registry...
4) Open regedit and type Norton in the search bar. Delete all entries it finds. F3 takes you to the next  instance of Norton. Continue til you have reached the end of the registry...
5) Repeat the above process using Symantec INSTEAD in the search field. Delete any Symantec keys it finds...
6) Now run the Norton Removal tool you DLoaded...
7) Empty the recycle bin...
Go to My Computer and right clik the C: drive and select Properties and run disk cleanup...
9) Re-boot and run disk defrag....
 
There you're done !
 
See how easy Symantec makes it for you to dump their product ? ?
 
patio.   8-)

I suggest AVG Free or Avast...both free and fine products
Both you and your machine will be happier...Thanks for the suggestions.  I've already run the reinstall of XP.  Both the easy method suggested, and the more complicated method using the first repair option.  I'm actually pretty computer savvy.  I'll try uninstalling Norton (again, been there done that, but not recently on my own computer) just to see if that truly is the problem, but I'm not entirely convinced that's what's going on.   But...what the heck.  If you're gonna play...play!

Thanks again.It's been a little bit, but here's the latest update.  I uninstalled Norton (completely!!) and I still have the same issue.  I could simply back everything up, wipe the hard drive and start over, but I really want to figure this one out.  It's got not only myself, but also my boss (mega super computer guru geek! stumped.  So..I'm open to suggestions again!

Thanks. Quote

When was the last time Windows was installed on this machine? What would you think about a reinstall if it comes to that?

Try another disk...i personally wouldn't rely on Windows backup for any of my data.patio,

I have tried many disc !!??

Jpdl65,

Hi-Guy !

Disc Problem Solved !

According to the post below, there is mention of the prefetch file,
previously in this topic, I told you that the D/L's were searched and they were in the prefetch file, . . I asked you where on my system I could find this file, you never answered me on that, . . .Is there a particular reason you didn't ?

Also Prevex is running fine and reads computer security is good no issues, do I really need the other 3 D/L's ?
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12   Software / Computer Viruses and Spyware / Re: Sys32.lsb-unco?
 on: Jan 20th, 2007, 2:55pm
Started by pantherman | Post by 2k_dummy
1. Start/run, type msconfig, click OK. Under the startup tab, look for it or anything related to it and diasable.
2. Look in the prefetch folder and delete it or anything related.
3. Disable system restore.
4. Boot to safe mode and rerun the scans. If the problem is detected and repaired, reboot normally. Re-enable system restore if desired.
NOTE: It might be a good idea to disconnect from the internet while doing this.
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Jp
O.K.

I found the file >C:\Windows\prefetch<, . . but I was instructed , when trying to open it that Windows would have to go online to open it, which I did but it was not ABLE to open it, or I could open it manually but to choose a program from a list to open it, I HATE that, how am I suppose to know what program to choose if it can't find it online where it was suppose to have originated ??

I later found out that these files sometimes WIND up here because of an efficient way of downloading and the file stored is only part of the file.

I can not figure out what good this is doing me.

Anyway, there are alot of files here, taking up space and I'm going to have to do some work to find out which one's are necessary.

The same thing goes for Windows updates, there is a long list of these in add/remove, and I am wondering, when updates come automatically from MS to replace others, what happens to the file it replaces, am I suppose to know which ones are necessary and the ones that aren't  ?

Knowing that would put my mind at ease and probably provide a better running system.







The NTUninstall files are there in case you have a problem with anupdate and need to uninstall it...
If none of your updates have caused problems they are safe to delete.

But random deleting of files is also a good way to hose Windows...

For several weeks now I have been unable to Copy text on my Yahoo e-mail(control C) and then Paste it onto a WORD doc (control V).  Each time that I try, the computer goes into an operational loop of some kind. When I do Cont.-Alt-Del I get the message that "Word" is not responding.   I am running Windows XP (2002) on a 3 year old home built machine with 1Gb ram, 160 Gb hard drive, cpu is AMD ATHLON 1800+ , 1.3 Ghz.  Like I said, this started months ago and I did nothing about it.  I used notepad instead but I would like to correct it if possible.  Any ideas any one??  :-/Do you know what happened before this started?
Try right click - copy, right click - paste instead of the shortcuts, does it still happen?If you paste into Word as unformatted text, will it work?  To do this, go to Edit, Paste Special, and select Unformatted Text.I have the same problem pasting to yashoo mail, I guess because its flash or something.... What I found does work is to highlite the text click and drag it straight to yahoo mail.... I never tried it yahoo-word but this maybe some help...Soybean,   Tried it, no luck.  THERER is no paste special option on my word.
Fat_b.......  Thanks for the info but dragging it has the sae effect as trying to paste.What version of Word do you have?  Every version since Word 97, and maybe some versions preceeding Word 97 have that option.  THEY ALL HAVE IT.  When you go to Edit from your Word toobar, what options do you see there?Soybean;   TKS tks tks,  That is it.   Don't know what I was missing the first time.   It was using paste inHTML
format.  Clicking any of the others will do it.  Thank you again.
Thanks to you also fat....b,  I appreciate your efforts and helpYou should also be able to use a two step procedure of copying from Yahoo e-mail to Notepad and then copy from Notepad to Word.  Notepad does not retain any formatting, so  this has the same effect as using the Paste Special option in Word.

Also, to speed up the technique in Word, you can create a simple macro to execute the Edit/PasteSpecial/Unformatted Text sequence, add a custom button to your Word toolbar, assign the macro to that button, and then just click on the button to execute Edit/PasteSpecial/Unformatted Text.  It's one click of the mouse instead of 3 or 4.  I've added that to my Word 2003 and I wouldn't want to use Word without it.Soybean:  How do I crate that special button on the word toolbar??Let's take this step by step.  Do you know how to record a macro in Word?  Are you familiar with using Word's Help to find info on various techniques and procedures?Here's what my Word toolbar looks like:


The pencil icon circled in red in my one-click button to execute Edit/PasteSpecial/Unformatted Text.[size=14]SOYBEAN  Yes, i am somewhat familiar with help files.   :-? Altho this one about macros is confusing to me.   I have tried this:  call up WORD - TOOLS - macros -word command - paste format - run.......zilch.  I am back to where i started.  :-/   I don't know what i am doing, that's for sure.   Got nee more hints?? Also how did you get the shortcut onto the word toolbar??   I appreciate you try ing to help me out here.  Don't give up on yet,  thanksThe menu commands to record a macro: Tools, Macro, Record New Macro.  Please search Word's Help on Create macro for more detailed instructions and experiment with that until you're able to record a macro.  

When you're done with that, let me know.   Then, we can add the custom button to the toolbar and link it to the macro.

Now were talkin!!!!  I need to stay up on this...[size=14]OK, got it (i think) WORD - TOOLS - MACRO - RECORD NEW MACRO - Write in name for macro [size=18]Click on KEYBOARD  then press the desired key combo ( I used Contr+1) then, using the mouse, click on EDIT - PASTE SPECIAL - UNFORMATED TEXT  - OK.   tHEN CLICK THE "stop recording" [size=14][/size] ICON.    ok ? ?   Whats nextt? ?[/size][/size]

Hi,

I was WONDERING if anyone might be able to HELP me out. I'm unable to shut down my laptop. It's HP branded and runs on XP Pro.

What happens is that it sits or seems to be stuck on the process of "closing network connection" when trying to shut it down. It takes about 25 minutes to shut down because of this "closing network connection". I wonder if anyone might be able to tell me what may be the cause and how to fix this?

Thank you in advance
Do you have automatic updates turned on ? ?Thank you Patio for your reply.

Yes, i have the automatic updates turned on. Should i turn it off? I thought we're RECOMMENDED to turn it on all the time.

Any THOUGHTS?

Thank you in advance

Hi Guys
i really wanna know where ( MD5 hashes ) are being store in windows Xp please tell me
i need it i love you all

and thank you in ADV MD5 hashes for what?
Are you trying to crack passwords?
If so, we don't deal with that sort of THING here.hey i'm doing anything OK
i just forgot my yahoo password that is why i wanna know where is it please tell me brother
if you know please i swear i don't do anything

thank you( ^ im not doing anything )



i have lots of important mails there please tell me if you know about it
ok you may have any software only i wanna use it for once that is all
thank you How do you log into your Yahoo account?
You may have your web browser set to remember passwords - see if it is.
Isn't there some way to RECOVER your password?  Like the big "I forgot my password" link?
I really don't think passwords like Yahoo are stored on your PC, but I could be wrong.
And if it's that important, try not to forget the password. Quote

Isn't there some way to recover your password?  Like the big "I forgot my password" link?

Quote

Isn't there some way to recover your password?  Like the big "I forgot my password" link?

Yep, they provide that option for folks who've forgotten their password.  kasrawis, why haven't you done this?

[highlight]How do you log into your Yahoo account?
You may have your web browser set to remember passwords - see if it is.
Isn't there some way to recover your password?  Like the big "I forgot my password" link?
I really don't think passwords like Yahoo are stored on your PC, but I could be wrong.
And if it's that important, try not to forget the password.[/highlight]

I was going through my computer and deleting some un-used programs and somehow accidentally deleted some major windows components. Now i do not have the Speaker volume indicator on the bottom of my screen, and also it cannot load the same profile every TIME so i lose any saved changes to said profile...Its windows xp.
            ...any suggestions?To get the volume icon back on the taskbar, go to Start > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices. Under Device Volume, check the "Place volume icon in the taskbar" option. If there's an error that COMES SAYING to go to Add/Remove Programs, then you're have to just that. In Add/Remove Program, you can try to install the volume icon in Add/Remove components. Scroll through the list to SEE if you can find it. If not, you'll have to install it from the CD.

When you say you're having trouble with your profiles, do you mean hardware profiles? What exactly is wrong with them?

Gizmo73If you have a real Windows CD you can try a repair install.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx

If not, you can backup your data and try a format and reinstall. If you actually deleted the components, then getting an icon back is the least of your problems, and that won't make it WORK.

I went from IE 6 to IE 7 and then added google's latest tool bar, originally it had AUTO fill which I used a few times, however for some reason it has dissapeared, anyone out there know how to get it back? I am using windows XP and unlike some people, have had very few problems with it. Thanks in advance.Have you TRIED UNINSTALLING IE7  ?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/default.mspxNo, I think that would be a big step for such a minor glitck, Incidently it reappeared today but would only enter my e;mail address in all the spaces I haven't used IE7.I read up on it and......Google :-?If the Google tool bar has disappeared, then try RIGHT clicking on the Internet Explorer menu bar and check the Google ITEM in the list.

Hi there, need help on my pc. My pc slows down when i'm running 2 or more programs simultaneous and my media player will sound distorted (like a pirated/corrupted copy) when I open other program/s such as Word, Excel or when I copy or scan a file. How do I fix it?Start by telling us about the COMPUTER, RAM, operating system, service pack on it, virus and spyware protection, etc.

Information gets relevant responses.  Why does my Win media player (ver. 9) hang-up/distorted sound when I open other application(ex. Word, Excel)?

My PC: Windows XP;  Pentium 4 2.8GHz
RAM: 512MB

It's like there is something grounded inside. The sound distortion comes along with the BLINKING of the LED infront the CPU.

most likely you need more ram...like 1gb.  does your speakers sound fine before you start multi-tasking? Yes my speakers are functioning well. Ive tested other speaker and the result were the same. I don't think its in the RAM. I dont have any other applications installed (games, softwares, etc) that would require such. Quote

Start by telling us about the computer, RAM, operating system, service pack on it, virus and spyware protection, etc.

Information gets relevant responses.  

most likely you need more ram...like 1gb.  does your speakers sound fine before you start multi-tasking?

Hello, I came home from a trip to FIND my laptop LCD monitor dark. I can STILL see my icons in the background and my COMPTUER functions but I have to take a flashlight to see them . I tried to turn my brightness up thnking that some how it was messed up when I LEFT but it didnt work.

I did a system restore andthat didnt solve the problem either.

GreyhandsDid you also try contrast?ok tried contrast didnt work

GreyhandsThis may help.

 8-)fffreakThat is my problem , thank u soooo much.

GreyhandsYour welcome .

 8-)fffreak

I am having a lot of problems,
I have had xp reinstalled on my new PC which seemed to be ok until I tried to save some files to cd,
with no luck,
With my old pc, open folder, SELECT all, copy, PASTE onto drive and a balloon would come up saying files waiting to be WRITTEN to cd and if I click on that a window would open with the files in and I could put them on a cd with no problems
If I do the above on my new pc with the xp reinstalled and click on "F" drive I GET "insert disc" and then
              "F:\ is not accessible incorrect function"  

Thanks for any help !!
Ned
Is your optical drive accessible for other operations?

:-?Windows xp; installed new nvidi 7600 gs video CARD. EVERYTHING works great.  Great sound!! EXCEPT! No midi music will play. Mp3 PLAYS, wav plays. No Midi. CHECKED the sound panel and the midi SLIDE is locked down.  I lift it up and is down when I return.  Any ideas on what is causing this??

Help ! I have forgotten my administrator password how can I reclaim it or create a new one? my system TELLS me I can't change or add an ACCOUNT because I'm not logged in as ADMINISTRATOR.whitehorse2k  ....... have you tried rebooting into safe mode and going in that way ?


dl65  find a program called erd commander. this is a great program for WORKING in a network environment where some knuclehead might have changed your ADMIN password too.. there are other utilities built into it as well but the locksmith is a real godsendcia commander is much better than that, but more expensive This allows you to get in with no password at all. I didn't TRY it and it looks like a very hard process.

Look here:
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2006/09/02/how-to-hack-into-a-windows-xp-computer-without-changing-password/

I WANT to know how can I find and replace multiple E-mail_addresses from MSWORD document in one string.
Thanks.
Raj Babbar.Here are 42,500,000 links. TRY the top 6 or 7:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=find+and+replace+in+word

Hi.

I have a 1.4Ghz Pentium 4 with 512mb of RAM computer running Win XP Home Edition.

The computer can not stay on longer that two hours (literally) before it crashes.  Why does it crash so much?

If you need more specs on the computer post what you need to know.

Thanks!Download, unzip, install and run Everest Home Edition
Everest
Let the computer run for half an hour then...
Select Computer>Sensor from the left hand screen.
Right click in the right hand screen & select Copy All
Paste the details in here.Field      Value
Sensor Properties      
Sensor Type      ITE IT8705F  (ISA 290h)
Motherboard Name      ECS P4VMM2 / P4VXA / P4VXM SERIES
      
Temperatures      
Motherboard      31 °C  (88 °F)
CPU      35 °C  (95 °F)
      
Cooling Fans      
CPU      5114 RPM
POWER Supply      2824 RPM
      
Voltage Values      
CPU Core      1.73 V
+2.5 V      2.51 V
+3.3 V      3.28 V
+5 V      5.08 V
+12 V      12.03 V
+5 V Standby      1.45 V
VBAT Battery      2.03 V
Debug Info F      84 FF EF
Debug Info T      35 31 201
Debug Info V      6C 9D CD BD BC 40 48 (01)

There you go!

Computer has been on a half hour alreadyThat was quick LOL!
When it crashes what does it do or not do?
Your temps are ok.I'll be doing something and the screen just goes black.  It doesn't do anything unusual I NEVER know when it will crash.

But there are things that DO make it crash...these are:

Playing games
Watching videos online, large flash animations/videos
Sometimes when listening to music'

Basically the computer sucks overall  You can't do anything that makes it work.  And it shouldn't be overloading the processor with these little things.Try updating your video drivers.They are updated.  Everything is updated.What is the computer make and model? How about the power supply and wattage? How old is it?The computer is 5 years old, but it has been crashing since 2.

It's a V2 Premier. A brand they sell on ShopNBC.

Power Wattage..no clueThat seems a reasonable PLACE to start. And then a format and reinstal of Windows, after backing up your data, especially if that is the ORIGINAL load.

I am very confused. I work in IT and I cannot figure out how to uninstall MS Office. I've tried doing it from the from the control panel and by loading office again with the CD. The error message I get is attached. I am running windows XP and office 2003. any help on this? thanks.


just in case the attachment doesn't show up, this is what it says:

This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows Installer patch package.Here is the Hijack this file...if needed.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 7:18:52 PM, on 1/25/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\mdm.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\New Boundary\PrismXL\PRISMXL.SYS
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllhost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Digital Media Reader\shwiconem.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe
C:\WINDOWS\zHotkey.exe
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\ALCWZRD.EXE
C:\Program Files\D-Link\AirPlus G\AirGCFG.exe
C:\Program Files\ANI\ANIWZCS2 Service\WZCSLDR2.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
G:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1168684411\ee\AOLSoftware.exe
G:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOVM.EXE
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
G:\Program Files\Xdrive\Xdrive Desktop\xdrive.exe
C:\Program Files\BigFix\BigFix.exe
G:\PROGRA~1\Xdrive\XDRIVE~1\XdrSmb.exe
C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE
C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft MONEY 2005\MNYCoreFiles\mnybbsvc.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Jaress\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.rr.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/stp/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sp/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/stp/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://red.clientapps.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/yme/*http://www.yahoo.com
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Road Runner High Speed Online
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ehTray] C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunKistEM] C:\Program Files\Digital Media Reader\shwiconem.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CHotkey] zHotkey.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Recguard] %WINDIR%\SMINST\RECGUARD.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Reminder] %WINDIR%\Creator\Remind_XP.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RemoteControl] "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [High DEFINITION Audio Property Page Shortcut] HDAudPropShortcut.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Mixersel] C:\Program Files\Realtek\InstallShield\mixersel.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AlcWzrd] ALCWZRD.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [D-Link AirPlus G] C:\Program Files\D-Link\AirPlus G\AirGCFG.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ANIWZCS2Service] C:\Program Files\ANI\ANIWZCS2 Service\WZCSLDR2.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BearShare] "C:\Program Files\BearShare\BearShare.exe" /pause
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime TASK] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "G:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LXCGCATS] rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\LXCGtime.dll,[email protected]
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HostMaTry DLoading and installing a FRESH copy of the Windows installer available from the Mothership...i tried that, but when i tried to install it, it said that my system was already up to DATE with all of that stuff. so, because i'm *censored*, i just decided to reload my OS. oh well. i've been wanting to do that anyway. thanks anyway thoughA good format and reinstall will solve all Windows problems....for a while.

I have a computer about a week and don't know anything about systems etc. I have Windows XP, it's divided into six areas for different family members and we have up to date anti-virus and anti-spyware. Everything on the computer was installed by a GUY who does work for my father's offices.

In my AREA, the screen has zoomed in enormously and my background(a picture) has disappeared leaving just a black screen and enormous desktop icons. Anyone know how to help?Right CLICK on your desktop>Properties>SETTINGS-->Can you adjust your resolution there?And Welcome Aboard and congratulations on your NEW machine...

You're in good hands.

I just built a new computer and I tried to install the Windows media center edition OS, everything was going fine, it loaded all the files from CD1, then it formatted the partition, which is my HDD. Then it rebooted and started windows and then the setup. Then the computer constantly rebooted and right before it reboots a window pops up saying, "A write operation was attempted to a volume after it was dismounted". I have no clue what this MEANS, but it's making my computer reboot every time it tries to run the Windows setup. Can somebody help?

System specs:

ASUS A8N32-SLI DELUXE MoBo
AMD 4400+ 2.2 GHz CPU (OC'd to 2.58 GHz)
2 GB Corsair XMS 3500 Memory
250GB Western DIGITAL HDD
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS KO Graphics card

-thanks in advance

can i designate a portion of my bandwith to a specific service running? i have an xbox 360 CONNECTED to my PC via an ETHERNET cable and i have ICS running. but for some reason ive been lagging in some of my games. so is there a way i can designate a portion of my bandwith to the 360 when its running? or if there is a more solid way to fix this i am open to any suggestions. would a network bridge between my wireless adapter and my ethernet adapter be better for this? thanksWhat you want is what the local server does. You could have another service added. COSTS more, but will speed things up.   could you possibly tell me how to do that or maybe link me to SOMEWHERE to show me how?

hi guys, recently i have problem anytime i close my internet xplorer window ( eg: yahoo.com, comp hope.com, etc ) i receive error message SAYS:

microsot visual C++ run time library
Run time error!
Program: C WWindowsWSystem32WSche exe
ABNORMAL program termination.

Perhaps i could get some help/advise from you guys..thanks.

my SYSTEM:
Window XP2 version 2002, pentium 4, CPU 3.06GHz, 504 MB RAM.

NB: 2 days AGO i already posted this problem but i haven't receive any REPLIED. i just wandering perhaps i made mistakes and nobody see this messages ( i'm new member for this forum...again thanks.)

See if this helps>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307817

I have Window's XP and am using MS Office 2003.  I need help understanding why I'm missing some ability to copy and paste .bmp and .gif file type images.  I can find and image on the web and save it; I can receive an an image by email but I can't copy and paste it to anyplace else.  It acks like a .jpg.

I don't have any problems with text just active files.  Has anyone ever had this problem before?  Thanks for your time,

Tom  Have you tried right CLICKING on the image "save picture as" and....I dont understand this "it acts as a JPEG"  

bmp and .gif file type images are good for clip art, cartoons, ETC. where jpeg file type is best for photos.

Don't forget too that when copying a picture into Word for example you must change the text wrap if you like to move it around the PAGE.  The difference of a in-line graphic to a  floating graphic.

99% of the time, I will attempt to copy the active file and paste it onto a new email or in a word document.  The new piece of mail or .doc file will just be blank after I try to C&P.  Sometimes there is a empty box sillowette with that little box in the top left corner that I would hit to "DOWNLOAD image".  Nothing happens.  If and when I can get the image to duplicate, it no longer is an active moving file.  It turns into a "still" picture of the once moving .bmp or .gif type type files.  Thats what I meant by it asks like a jpeg.  

Apparently Windows is allowing me to search for the files but copy and paste in MS office/Word (the default editor) or Outlook is stopping me?  There are script and Java settings I'm unsure of.  It has to be a setting from what I'm thinking.  

Did I clear that up any?  I appreciate your time.

I'm new to the board. I found it after googling for a solution to the problem I'm having.


I built my own PC.

Intel D865 Perl motherboard
Intel P4 2.87 gHz cpu
IDE devices
- 2 Western Digital 250 GB HDs
- Plextor DVD+-RW/CDRW drive (master)
- Sony CD drive (slave)
media card usb drive

Windows XP Professional

Something infected the boot table. i could access the HD and copy data off it (pictures). Then i formatted and reinstalled windows.

I got a clean start before i connected the DVD drive. The CD was set to master.

I shut down and connected the DVD as master and set the CD to slave.

The BIOS recognizes every device.

However, windows hangs when trying to start.

I've set the CD to master and DVD to slave. I've taken the CD out and set the DVD to master. I've tried multiple different configurations.

If the DVD device is connected windows will not start.

I thought there might have been a problem with the Plextor DVD drive so I bought a new HP DVDRW/CDRW drive. same problem.

Since the bios recognizes the devices it makes me THINK there's something wrong with windows plug-n-play.

Although it did start SUCCESSFULLY w the CD and USB drives when the DVD was not connected.

Thanks for any assistance you can offer.I would suggest you connect the CD/DVD drives in the configuration you want, then do a fresh FORMAT and reinstall of Windows. This may prove to be the quickest and simplest way of overcoming the drives not being recognised.Disconnect all drives except the HDD that has XP on it...introduce one drive at a time with all power off and DOUBLE check the device in My Computer and Control Panel/Device Manager.

Did you remember to install all drivers especially the MBoard drivers on this build ? ?

patio.   8-)

p.s. This could also be something as simple as a bad IDE cable. Buy a new one for the optical drives.

ok when i start up my computer i have two options to start the computer with windows 2000 or windows xp. i dont want to have to do that every time so i want to delete windows 2000 and keep windows xp but i dont know how. can someone please help me...thank you.The easiest way is to format the drive and only install XP. There are a lot of ways to screw it up by tinkering with things. Is there only one hard drive? Only one partition?there is only one hard drive and i dont know how many partitions there are cause i dont know how to check. its a dell LAPTOP also.Right click My Computer and select Manage....choose Disk MANAGEMENT and LIST everything it shows there.yes there is only one partition. ut there is two operating systems and i dont have the xp cd to use. is there any other way?Everyone NEEDS a real Windows CD sooner or later. Where did yours go?my mom says she lost it and she is the one that did this to her computer. im just trying to fix it for her. if i right click the C drive and go to format. what exactly will that do. will it erase everything like 2000 and XP?You cannot format the drive Windows is on while running Windows.

In Windows XP, you will get an error message that says Quote

Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is displaying the contents of the drive. Then try formatting again.

Everyone needs a real Windows CD sooner or later. Where did yours go?

When I view any kind of streaming audio or video or flash ANIMATION or anything, I'm unable to hear the sound for it. It plays, the video shows fine, the position slider moves for music, etc, but no sound :|

I tested it in both Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9.0. Neither work. Sound plays fine from media on my computer, just not when it's coming from online. Any suggestions?What OS?
What sound card?
Have you tried using IE?Has this ever worked correctly? You may want to download codecs from here:

http://www.theorica.net/download.htm

Choose The Codecs 5.0 - 9x/ME/2000/XP (English) near the bottom. Quote

What OS?
What sound card?
Have you tried using IE?

Ok, so I had some kind of TROJAN horse virus a while back and thankfully it was found by AVG (but not by stupid Symantec...).   Anyways, I've noticed since I had that virus I have been unable to have an image on the desktop.  If I choose to have something as an image it'll show up when I'm logging on or off and will show up when I hit ctrl-alt-delete to get to the task manager.  I can have a "pattern" for the desktop image, but that's it.  I can see the list of pictures from the My Pictures folder, but I can't scroll through them and I can't click browse either.  I have tried everything to activate Active Desktop or whatever and I'm getting nowhere.  I created another log on name on my computer and it let me have a background image just fine.  Is there anyway to fix that so I don't have to have an entirely new log on profile?  I've also noticed that DOS games no longer WORK on my computer.  My boyfriend is really good with computers and he can't figure out what the problem is for the life of him.  Also, for a while there was a red circle with an X in it that was in the part of the taskbar that's next to the clock (where all of the start up stuff is) that would say "Your computer has been infected" whenever you would hover over it, but nothing would happen when you would double click it.  I did a virus scan with Symantec (that was before I ever knew about AVG) and it would say there were no viruses detected.  My mom said she double clicked the red circle and it just started scanning the computer and it had some weird bug THING pop up.  I then did a Windows update and it disappeared shortly after that.  Any idea what that could have been?  Could that be why my desktop doesn't work properly anymore?  Please help!  I'm getting so frustrated!It would help to KNOW what OS you are using.

I just built a new computer and I tried to install the Windows media center edition OS, everything was going fine, it loaded all the files from CD1, then it formatted the partition, which is my HDD. Then it rebooted and started windows and then the setup. It displayed the time remaining for the setup (39 min. remaining), then one of those blue screens showed up. It said, "windows had detected an error and is therefore SHUTTING down to prevent damage.."  below that had this displayed "PFN_LIST_CORRUPT" I restarted the computer  a couple of times and it still gives me the blue screen message. The MCE package CAME with 3 discs and the instruction manual is CRAP w/ no details.

Can anybody help w/ this problem?

Is there any way I can do the installation all over again?


System Specs:

ASUS A8N32-SLI DELUXE MoBo
AMD 4400+ 2.2 GHz CPU (OC'd to 2.58 GHz)
2 GB Corsair XMS Memory
250GB Western Digital HDD
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS KO Graphics card

-thanks in advance.You've installed all the nessacery drivers that came with the motherboard, right?well, i havent done that yet, but can I update it without the OS installed.bumpOS install first
Then all drivers
Then protection programs
And finally all other apps...

Characters:
1) Ole Faithful - hereafter REFERRED to as "old PC" 1.7 ghz, 700 ram  Dell desktop
2) Antagonist - hereafter referred to as "new PC" 2.7 ghz, 1 gig ram, (2) GE force 6600 vid cards 256 mb linked together miraculously
3) Me - girl at her wits end
4) Mouse - Microsoft wireless kind


Tale:
I have a frustrating problem. I upgraded to a used (new for me) PC a couple weeks ago.  I still switch between the new one and my old one.  This consists of me switching out the mouse, keyboard, monitor, internet connection so that I can still use certain programs on my old PC.  

I had switched over to my old computer for a couple days and last NIGHT when I went to go plug everything back in to the new one, the mouse will not work. You can SEE things being highlighted but there is no pointer graphic which MAKES it very difficult to tell where the mouse is.  When I plug everything back into my old PC the mouse works fine.

I am not computer savvy and would greatly appreciate any insight anyone might have.  I had uninstalled my mouse from new PC and it still had the problem.  I also turned it off and restarted it numerous times.  Plugged it in and out numerous times.  And I went into my devices and everything seemed to be normal.

Cheers,

LaurenHave you tried going into control panel/ mouse /pointer ?

I have built my PC i thought everything was fine but on checking in device manager i have found a problem with the usb ROOT hub.
There are 7 entries for the intel family universal host controller that have no problems.
Below that there are 7 entries for usb root hub these have yellow exclamation marks and on checking properties it sayes driver may be corrupted or missing code 39.
Never ever having come ACROSS this problem before would appreciate some advice please
I'm using windows XP Home Sp2b

Therboard: ABIT AB9
Processor: C2D E6300
Memory: 1GB (2x512MB) CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400(800)
HDD Capacity: 250GB
Graphics Card: XFX NVIDIA 7900GS
Power Supply: Hiper 530 TYPE R
Case: CENTURION 5Go to the below site and read Code 39.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123Go to the device, Right click and choose properties and then update driver through Windows Update site.Have fixed problem. just deleted in device manager then reboot and windows found the drivers

My father-in-law has a GateWay system that is probably 6mo OLD doesn't do much other than READ and send e-mail's anyway he shut his system down went a way for about 5-6 hrs and when he booted backup he was nolonger able to connect to the internet ,he uses dial up with PeoplePC check out the system and found all the system services had been disabled so I reset them all to default's ran a few scans (Virus's,etc;) found nothing. Shut it down again restarted  and found all system service's had been reset to disable again ? Checked start up configuration and load system service's was checked . Lost on this one .   :exclamation  Maybe a snake in the Ram ?  NAME what scans you ran...

I can't see it being a RAM PROBLEM otherwise the system would exhibit other odd behaviour.

patio.  8-)Did you scan in safe mode with system restore turned off?

Hello,

It appears that my computer all of a sudden has an unknown bar above the Windows XP taskbar.

I don't believe this bar has been there for the time I have had my computer, because I am sure I would noticed it and now for some reason it is sticking out.

However, I have ran various spy ware, ad ware, and anti virus programs, and I have found nothing.  I have tried to search for topics relating on this matter and I have found nothing.

If SOMEWHERE has an answer to this problem please let me know.  It might be nothing or it might be something the THING is I don't know.  I have enclosed a picture and it is the smaller bar running ACROSS the top of the taskbar.Any toolbar add ons or 3rd party eye candy installed ? ?No nothing to my knowledge....at least not in add / remove programs....other suggestions???Try a few other monitor resolutions...When you right click on the taskbar does the Lock the Taskbar option have a check next to it? If it doesn't click on it.Hey thank you for the suggestions!!! The task bar lock was not checked and that's what it was. Thank you all I APPRECIATE it.

It all starts off with a simple update. One afternoon I received the notification to install IE 7. I clicked the notification and the process starts. As it finishes it tells me to restart my COMPUTER. I restart it and it seems as if it is going fine. As soon as it is done loading windows my computer restarts. I watch it again and it does this in a continuous cycle.

So I though to myself, I might try the repair function on my CD. I put my XP CD in and went through with the process. Now what seems to have happened is that it installed a new Windows XP and is running extremely slow. It is telling me that I need to reactivate and it tells me this in safe mode also. Im stumped on what to do.

I would greatly appreciate any help that I can get. Im not sure what to do from this point on

Thank you very MUCH.

Robert.When you reinstalled did you delete any partitions?  Are you saying that because it is running so slow that you might have two operating systems on it? Is this not the same operating SYSTEM that was on it before?  and.....is it a legal copy?  Gee I thought I typed this somewhere else!Im not sure if i deleted any partitions or not. I dont think I did. I might have two operating systems on it, that is a good thought. It is the same OS as before. and I am pretty sure it is a legal copy. My friend did all the installtion of Windows when I got this computer.So what you are saying is after you installed IE 7 and restarted the computer it GETS to the MicroSoft Windows XP screen and then it restarts... That is what happened to me before... Well... It happened because my Tower fell of my desk (Stupid dog) and the hard drive screwed up... What you should do is REINSTALL windows and then try... If not... Call geek squadI just thought of trying system restore.  Also, MS Windows has an open forum and discussion area.

My cursor seems to have a mind of its own. It keeps moving all over the PAGE if LEFT for a few seconds. I have heard this is due to a virus. I would APPRECIATE any help.What OS?
Malware protection?
When does this happen?
When did it start?
What happened before it started?
Any other problems?
PC history?
More info is needed.I hope you don't loose control to GET back to this website!  Would this happen to be a wireless mouse ? ?

If so replace the batteries.

Hi all.
Today, I found out that I can no longer uninstall programs.
I've tried using Windows Add/Remove programs, CCleaner, clicking "uninstall(program name) in the Start menu, and going into the program's FOLDER and choosing the uninstall program.
Whatever I try to uninstall, it doesn't load.
No errors or anything, just nothing happens.
I've tried a System Restore to a few days ago when I could definitely uninstall things, and it hasn't helped.
In addition, after using System Restore Quicktime Alternative has problems.
As soon as I open it I get a buffer overflow error.  When I press OK, Quicktime closes.
Using genuine Windows XP Pro, SP2, with the latest updates.
Does anyone have any ideas?I've now noticed that Quicktime Alternative only crashes when the Audio tab on the configuration options is opened.
Don't know if this is important or if the two problems are even licked.If this is XP you're running try Go to Start / Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy as it will ask for it.

patio.  

p.s. Are you running both Quicktime and Quicktime Alternative ? I've read that this can cause problems...OK, I'll try the system file checker in a few minutes.
No, I'm not running QT and QT Alternative, but I can see how my post would lead you to think that.
Sorry for any confusion.
I did uninstall QT before installing the Alternative, but it now shows up in Add/Remove programs again, not sure why.
Please don't say uninstall it, I tried and it gave me an error message about some msi file not being found.  I used Search to look for it and it's non-existent, even if I check every option so it checks hidden and system folders too.
Thanks for the reply.
BTW, nice to see you back, Patio.OK if you got an msi error message the Windows Installer is possibly corrupt. Believe it or not the installer can affect un-installing.

Travel Here for the package from the mothership.

This may or may not fix the issue but it's worth a shot...

patio.  8-)

p.s. Thanx.I downloaded and installed that (installed the installer?).
Unfortunately it hasn't helped.
I also tried sfc /scanow.  It didn't prompt me for my Windows CD and didn't do anything but scan.
Quicktime is the only program that gives me an msi error, the others just don't do anything.
I tried reinstalling Quicktime and got the same error.
Any ideas?The plot thickens.
It SEEMS the only problems I have now, for some reason, is with installing/uninstalling Quicktime, where it gives me an error message, and with the Cyberlink software packages (DVD Solution, PowerProducer, and so on) where nothing happens other than a small flash.  No error message, no uninstallation.
I tried a sample of the other programs installed and the uninstaller worked fine, and they also reinstalled with no problems.  If it's important, I tried CCleaner, Ad-Aware and Spybot.
Strange.One more post and your up to a Grand ! !

Quicktime is a PITA...do you really need it ? ?

patio.  8-) Quote

One more post and your up to a Grand ! !

Quicktime is a PITA...do you really need it ? ?

patio.  8-)

A few years ago when I was young & silly I played with tweakui, never again.

i have a dell pc, i use dial up connections all of a SUDDEN a dial up connections box started popping up when i start my windows xp. i went into internet explorer tools and clicked NEVER dial a connection and that STOPPED that PROBLEM. but now i keep getting network connections boxes popping up wanting to connect different programs can you TELL me how to stop this.Carry out these two online scans.
Ewido/AVG Online Scan
Panda Activescan

Hey,

I am now takeing genius lessons, . .

I can now paste a screenshot on my Acrobat clipboard, . .
one Problem, . . . after I have saved the clipboard to my documents file, and delete the other the one I have saved is also deleted ?

What happened ?

Will very much appreciate an answer !!

JpJp....... I'm not certain exactly what it is your doing ....but to TAKE a screen shot, go to and open whatever it is you want the screenshot of.......press print screen key on your keyboard........... now click start/All programs/Accessories/Tools/Paint........ when paint opens, click the Edit button up top and SELECT paste ......... now the screenshot will appear in paint........ click file, then save as ......... ( give it a name) and save it to your desktop .
your done ....and you can do do whatever you want with the image you have on your desktop.

I think the problem was you saved the clipboard and as soon as you deleted the original ....... the clipboard would be deleted . ( think of the clipboard as a TEMPORARY thing )

dl65  dl65,

Amazing, . . .Thanks much !

Jpdl65,

Yep, . .  it worked and I have some interesting information for you.

I was curious and opened a test mail I mailed myself earlier with the clip board screenshot, and found that after sending you the reply to post that the reply to the post was what I found in the e-mail download containing the clipboard when I opened it, and not the previous pasted piece, ??

Now, I do not suppose that anything LIKE that is going to happen with paint, but, I would like to ask you, when previously in a post, you asked me for a screen shot, . . . the paint I have saved would have been sufficient for what you were asking, correct ?

JpThe clipboard will only hold one item at a time...so if you cut and paste for EXAMPLE whatever was on the clipboard is overwritten...

whenever SOMEONE sends me a link on instant messenger (AIM and MSN), and i click on it, it wont direct me to the page, but instead a box pops up saying "internet explorer program not found". when i click ok, another box pops up titled "UNKNOWN handler" and says that it is unable to find an application to HANLE the protocol. this is REALLY bothering me so PLEASE help! :[It could be a problem with file associations. What are you using for virus/spyware protection? SEE below.1.) You might have spyware in your computer
2.) If you changed the location of anything to do with AIM or MSN that may be it (i.e. moving the MSN or AIM FOLDER into another hard drive)
3.) Try reinstalling AIM and MSN
4.) Try updating Internet Explorer
5.) Find someone else with more ideas that can fix your computer

:-?

I have saved numerous 'Maxine' cartoons in My Documents on my HP desktop (Windows XP Home)...however, when I click on the 'Maxine' folder and view the many cartoons, I then click on one to copy so I can paste it elsewhere (email or whatever), I'm unable to copy the cartoon or any of them.

In other words, I can not drag across the cartoon, highlight it and then copy it...it won't LET me do this.

As a 58 year old guy, I never said I was a 'whizball computer kinda guy' but I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Somebody....please lend an old guy a hand.

LegManLegman-  Try doing it this way: Right click the cartoon and choose "Copy."  You will be presented with a dialog box in which you can "browse" for the location to which you want the cartoon copied.  Once you have located that spot simply LEFT click it to highlight and then hit "copy" button at lower right.  You can get to the same dialog box by a left click on the cartoon to highlight, and then choosing "Copy the SELECTED FILE" from the menu along the left side of the folder window.  Windows has several ways to copy, and the method you describe in your post  [drag along to highlight] really only works for text.  If you simply left click drag and drop the cartoon from one place to another, it is automatically copied not moved.  To move a file with drag and drop, use a right click and hold to drag.  When you drop it you will have to choose from Shortcut,copy, or move.  Hope this helps, good luck and please post back with your progress.

PS: I find this a very helpful resource: http://www.samspublishing.com/library/library.asp?b=STY_Windows_XP_24hours&rl=1If you want to send these pictures of maxine in an e-mail it would be better to send as an ATTACHMENT.

Hi guys, I have recently been having a major PROBLEM with my MACHINE during start-up. The machine will boot-up fine if it has been turned off for a day or so but then as soon it is restarted (Sometimes need's restarting more than once for the problem to happen) I gat the blue screen of death with the 'MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION' message. I was hoping you guys could help me shead some light on the problem as you have been so helpful in the past. The best thing I think I can ask first is what are all the things that can make this message appear?

Its late now so I thought I would just ask before I go off to bed but I will get a full, in-depth description of my system up tomorrow.

Thanks, csem-it

Quick System Spec: (Please ask for any other relative INFORMATION that is needed)

My OS is Windows XP Pro
I have SP2 Installed
 
My System is:
Asus K8N-E Delux Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3400+
1536MB of 'Crucial' PC3200 RAM
128mb All in Wonder ATI graphics card.Overclocked :-?

See here.

Good luckWel, I know its not a problem with overclocking as I have never even attemted to do so. But it could be a problem with the RAM I spose as I replaced the RAM in the machine at christmas. Although wouldn't that cause the machine to fail on every start-up?

I will try putting only the old RAM BACK in when I can get hold of it.

Thank yoy Dusty. Does anyone else hae any idea's/advise?

EDIT: The machine worked flawlessly for the first two weeks aftere christmas (Putting the new RAM in)You can check the RAM with a free download from www.memtest86.com

Check each chip for about 30 minutes by itself, then all together. Post back with your findings.

Has this all happened since the change? Has ANYTHING else (hardware OR software) changed?

Yes, it has hapened only since the change but no, nothing else had changed. I will see if I can get it to boot up properly today and have a go at testing the memory.

Thanks.Re-seating the new memory may fix it too.

I'm new and did searches on this subject line in the Windows and ID forums and didn't find anything, so I hope this is not repetitive.

I've recently set up wireless and GOT my 7-yr old's machine up on the INTERNET with XP Home.  I've gone in and set her account to "Limited", and had the IE controls very strict with a list of trusted sites and all...  but it appears that all the IE controls affect other LOGINS...  and if I give trust to, say, http://disney.go.com/ - while browsing the website it still POPS up the "enter password" to proceed box all the time.

Anyway, does anyone recommend any websites, literature, or information to assist with Internet parental controls on XP Home by logon?

Thanks.Plain and simple  If she is only 7 years old then a parent should be sitting beside her at all times if she is using the internet.  Very simple... You are able to create a list of websites that are allowed... ALSO... Do a google search (http://www.google.com) and search for Parental Controls... I know a few people that have them and use them for their kids... But I am not sure what they are called... Google is the best way to go...

Google RULES!

I have a prob with System Volume Information folders. I understand the Sys. Vol. Info. folder in the root directory is supposed to be there, but after installing Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer a new Sys. Vol. Info. (SVI) folder appeared under C:\ and on my external hard DRIVE J:\.

SVI folders DETAILS--
root directory SVI folder:
Size: 49.6MB
Size on disk: 22.8MB
Contents: 44 files, 5 folders

C:\SVI folder--
Same details as root directory SVI folder

J:\SVI folder--
Size: 0 bytes
Size on disk: 0 bytes
Contents: 0 files, 0 folders

I've read VERY many of your posts concerning "Access is denied" probs and tried all the suggestions to DELETE the 2 "extra" SVI folders. So far, I've tried Killbox, MoveOnBoot, HJT (delete a file on reboot), and followed Microsoft's Article 308421 (How To Take Ownership Of A File Or Folder In Windows XP) in Safe Mode with no success whatsoever.

In Killbox nothing happens. In MoveOnBoot nothing happens. In HJT when I choose the J:\SVI folder, this message appears: J:\System Volume Information is not accessible. Access is denied.

I can delete the 2 offending SVI folders in Safe Mode using Microsoft's article, but upon rebooting into normal Windows, the 2 folders magically reappear as if I hadn't done a thing.

I realize that I can hide these folders by checking that item in Tools>Folder Options>View, but I want to be able to see those particular folders/files. This is how I noticed this prob to begin with. I'd like these 2 SVI folders GONE because I don't believe they were there before.

I'm hoping that someone can help me solve this irritation because it's about to drive me to drink (more than I already do). If anyone has any suggestions, please don't go guru on me because I know just enough about PC's to be dangerous. Thanks in advance for ANY new help.

Windows XP Home w/Media Center, SP2
HP Pavilion a1412n
Intel 2.8 GHz Pentium D w/Viiv technology
512MB RAM
C:\ drive--
Samsung SP2004C, 177GB, NTFS file system
J:\ drive--
Maxtor 6L200R0 USB external enclosed, AC power, 189GB, NTFS file system
DSL internet connection
all Microsoft updates current
AVG Anti-virus, AVG Anti-spyware, SpywareBlaster, Spybot S&D, Adaware, Windows
Defender, A-squared Free, CCleaner, MS Baseline Security Analyzer has been uninstalled
(all are current versions)

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hi, i'm a beginner with computer so please be easy on me
my operating system is window xp VERSION 2002 with 504 RAM, pentium4, 3,06 Ghz. my PROBLEM is anytime i close internet EXPLORER program such as: yahoo, this site ( comp hope.com ) , error message BOX appear. it is written:
microsot visual C++ run time library
Run time error!
Program: C WWindowsWSystem32WSche exe
Abnormal program termination.

What does it mean? and how to STOP that message appear again? is it a virus? please help me! thanks...

Hello everyone, first post


The only way to turn on my wireless internet on my Dell Insprion 800 is to push FN+F2. However, being as my girlfriend somehow melted my keyboard a bit, either the Fn button or the F2 button, or the combination, doesn't work. I know the router and all works fine, I just don't have access to these keys to turn the SWITCH on ANYMORE. I have NO IDEA how to get around this, and I can't find a USB keyboard that has a Fn button. Please, help me. Thanks a ton in advance


***EDit. I'm actually not sure where I should place this question, so if anyone can guide me to the appropriate forum I'd appreciate that as well.Try using Ctrl + F2 and or Shift F2...

PATIO.  8-)

And Welcome Aboard !Thanks Didn't work though. Any other ideas?


*Edit: I think this should've been placed in the networking forum, I'm going to copy it there. Can a moderator delete this one if it's in the inappropriate forum please?Ctrl + Alt + F2 ? ?

Hey, I just BOUGHT a new computer. It's Windows XP, all went well for the first day. Now the desktop icons are not LOADING, and neither are the icons the at start sidebar menu. Please help!!athor023.......  Dont even mess with it contact the vendor that sold it to you and have them fix the issue ....... It will be at no cost ....unless someone has been playing around and caused the issue..
There is a proper anti virus installed on this MACHINE and active ....... and some sort of firewall ....I hope .

dl65  Are you kidding me? There's nothing at all that I can do to RESOLVE this issue? That is some big BS...just to clarify, i mean the pictures aren't loading. i can still click the link and everything, but the pics for them aren't there.Unless you've done something to screw it up I'd take dl65's advice and return the computer from where you got it.  I know it's a lot of BS but if you got a lemon it's better to replace it now instead of messing around TRYING to fix it and run out the warranty.  THAT'S real BS.

Alan <><  if i do anything it makes the warrenty not valid?and anything against trying a system restore? Quote

if i do anything it makes the warrenty not valid?

I wanted to convert to NTFS, but i am afraid it will delete files. am i just paranoid, or what?Before any major procedure, you should BACKUP IMPORTANT files to something other than the hard drive with your OS.  But, the conversion is designed not to delete files.  OKAY, THANK you very much. i just didn't wanna loose anything, so...

I am attempting to use an old system as a webserver.
Although this system can only handle win95, and maybe 98 if I am lucky.
I need to reformat the system desperatly, though the floppy DRIVE is not functional, making it SEEM impossable to reformat the computer.

I don't want to have to resort to windows 98, as I have attempted to INSTALL it before though it seemed to now work.

Any advice on this matter will be greatly apprietiated.
Thank you all in advance.

     HimurasGet a floppy drive, perhaps out of an even older system.buy a new floppy...... Quote

buy a new floppy......

A few months ago I opened the task manager (ctrl+alt+del) to close a program and I
hit a weird key combination and my screen started looking LIKE this...
How do I get it to change back to where you have tabs like process manager and system performance and stuff?
Thanksnever seen this before??Just CURIOUS, . .

How did you get the icons to paste ?

I wish I COULD help you but I haven't seen this before either.

JpGet icons to paste?  I took a screenshot using the PRTSCN key and copied into notepad and edited it.This is a normal variation of Taskmanager, designed to be custom sized and left on the sceeen while other things are running.  To RETURN to the familiar interface just double click the outside margin of the Taskmanager display.Download "Process Explorer" and set it to take the place of task man... if you use Ctrl+Alt+Del often you will appriciate this...cannotcompute.......  check out the link ....... it will explain it all.
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iss/faq/faq.html?id=546

I just recreated exactly what you show in your screen shot ............. Follow the instructions and you will be able to change it back to normal.

dl65  Thanks a ton!  I lern domething new every day!Like lern domething like to speel?

Yesterday, after running Hyjackthis, and eliminating some vagrants, Today I went on to check out some links for Wireless instructive and entered the How Stuff Works Site, which seems to be a "cake slice", with all the modern emenities, that you appreciate, that a great web page should have, when my expedition was rudly interupted by a message box from,

Microsoft Internet Explorer, . . and it reads, . . . . .

" Your CURRENT settings prohibit running Active X, As a result the page may not display correctly".

And during this advent the pages at first seemed hard to load and took some time doing so, or in one case opened and registered, "done", leaving behind a blank page.

When clicking back to the previous page, I encountered a problem with the back button arrow as it seemed to stutter a bit, etc., and not return back.

I am searching my computer for; Active X,

but have not found it on the, Local Disc C:,

However, . .  I did come across a notepad on my Local Disc C:,  reading on one page reading as follows;




This is my Web page about staplers. I think it's
pretty great so far. I'm an HTML master and
everyone should worship me.




I must have been on an insane bing if I put it there, but the frustrating

thing is, if I didn't, who did ?

Is there ever a way of finding out, if so how this magical moment took

place ?

Jp


First of all, it is normal to receive a message about ActiveX being disabled if it has, infact, been disabled on your machine.  ActiveX will not be "visible" on your machine as such because it is not a normal application.  ActiveX is a part of the Internet Explorer web browser that allows "plugins" to be used and active content to be displayed in your browser.  You can re-enable ActiveX in the internet explorer settings.  I will leave how to do that as a project for you because I BELIEVE figuring out things like re-enabling options in your browser is a good "project" that will teach you.

As for the HTML page:  If you did not write the page, there are several possibilities.  One is that you found a cached page from a webiste you had visited previously.  By saying cached here, I am referring to the temporary files that are stored on disk by the web browser to speedup loading of the most recently visited web sites.  If this is not the case then either you wrote
it (which I do not believe seeing as how you are unfamiliar with some of the
basic web browser functions) or someone else has access to the computer?
If none of these are the case, then it is very possible that you or someone
else with access to the computer downloaded and ran an application that
wrote that file to the computer as a prank.  If you have not noticed any
problems with your system (i.e. it's not running drastcially slower, Hijack This
can find no NEW problems on your system, and your anti-virus has found nothing) then there is probably nothing to worry about.

Hope this helps.  As for ActiveX, go to http://www.google.com and do a search
for ActiveX to learn more about it.  Remember, Google is our friend.Jp ....... Click on tools / Internet options / security tab then click custom level ....then scroll down and set the active X items as you want them to be or set them to medium.


dl65  Hello dl65,

I have accessed google and arrived at Internet Explorer ActiveX update

and found this;

Microsoft is releasing a software update to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)

So, regarding previous reference to (SP2), ( you asked me if I had it installed, apparently you were not able to tell by seeing the results of the, Logfile of HijackThis),  I would like to know, . .
since I will download this packet from MS in the very near future,
what will be the correlation with ActiveX, there seems to be many versions of ActiveX, and it may be possible it is included with (SP2), although, maybe I should be looking further ?

In any case I have found the following on Add/Remove, and think it may be useful to show it to you as it appears to me it may be installed as I realized that at one time I had installed it but somehow either kept getting messages that the installation was not complete or I had some other doubts and may have started to uninstallit. In any case there seems to be alot of hotfixes, with the possibilities I may be not needing some of these applications.

Would you mind taking a look at this and reply your comments and suggestions, as to what I've got here ?


Windows NT Messaging
Windows SR 2.0
Windows SR 5.0
Windows XP Hotfix KB823182
Windows XP Hotfix KB824105
Windows XP Hotfix KB824141
Windows XP Hotfix KB825119
Windows XP Hotfix KB826939
Windows XP Hotfix KB828035
Windows XP Hotfix KB828741
Windows XP Hotfix KB835732
Windows XP Hotfix KB837001
Windows XP Hotfix KB839643
Windows XP Hotfix KB839645
Windows XP Hotfix KB840315
Windows XP Hotfix Kb840374
Windows XP Hotfix KB841873
Windows XP Hotfix KB842773
Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q819696
Windows XP Service Pack 1a
WSEM Update

Regards,
Jp









Did it get your anser?dl65,
I hope this doesn't jar you, but concerning the following:

dl65  [/quote]

Quote

Jp ....... Click on tools / Internet options / security tab then click custom level ....then scroll down and set the active X items as you want them to be or set them to medium.

However if I am not mistaken, on the AOL 9.0 Security Edition , .Aaaaaaah , . . I don't think there is a tools / Internet options / security tab to click ?


Jp

I hope this doesn't jar you, but concerning the following:

you asked me if I had it installed, apparently you were not able to tell by seeing the results of the, Logfile of HijackThis)

Is there any particular reason you don't have SP2 installed and all the UPDATES as well ?

Were they not there for (SP2) ?

I tried to upgrade from Win2K to WinXP and now I have two OS on my computer.  How do I GET rid of WIN 2K?if you accidently install both OS in same partition, then you have to delete both, then install xp again.
take a look , how to install window, ref : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941
in your case, you should perform a clean install,  you just accidently do a multiple boot installation.
don't worry, LEARN from failure, good for you to get some experience.
Good luck!
Did you install both OS in the same partition?  If they are on different partitions, I believe you can REMOVE Win 2K without formatting the whole DRIVE and starting over with a new Windows installation.