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hello

i have TWO program folders on my D:\ , would some let this old man KNOW WHATS going on? can i fix it?

THANKS much
harley

PS: going to try to send attachment

[attachment deleted by admin]hello there. 
As one old man to another, I think you should just leave alone.  And if anybody asks, you tell him that old man said so.
It may have been some kind of error you are somebody else may, but it is unlikely that it is doing any harm.The program folders are not identical, one has a space between Program and Files the other doesn't.  The one with the space is the standard OS FILE the other has been created by a user, perhaps when installing a program.   Have a look at its contents and decide if you want to delete it and reinstall the program(s).

Good luck

My computer cuts out when i am using at times.Aalso when it restarts it says press del to access bios.If i SWITCH off at the mains for about 20 minutes it starts up again but i have to press F1 for it to load windows. Thanks for any help you can give me.What do you mean it 'cuts out'? Shuts off completely? Restarts? Locks up? Little monkeys in WWII fighter planes come flying out of it?

Give as much detail as possible, including full computer specs, any error messages, etc. Sometimes the smallest OVERLOOKED details can explain a big problem.when i am using my computer it just goes to restat itself. but it wont boot up into windows it just says press del to enter setup bios.But if i switch off from the mains for about 20 minutes it will start up then i have to press .F1 for it to boot into windows.I usualy have to use F1 everytime . I hope this better information.ty for your help. Quote from: kidirlam on April 21, 2009, 01:14:13 AM

when i am using my computer it just goes to restat itself. but it wont boot up into windows it just says press del to enter setup bios.But if i switch off from the mains for about 20 minutes it will start up then i have to press .F1 for it to boot into windows.I usualy have to use F1 everytime . I hope this better information.ty for your help.

I tried to USE April tip of the month,on getting to /NUMPROC it shows a 1, clicked DROP down,only  a 1 shown could not delete it and can not put a 2 there, what an I doing WRONG. REGARDS Bobyou only have one processor.

I know how to copy and paste but having difficulty with the cut part. I have put a signature pic in a forum but now I want to delete it. I went to file and there was nothing about cut on it. I'm doing something wrong somewhere along the line.                     Thanks for your help.
                                                                Iggy777To delete the picture you are planning to cut it??

Can you explain you intentions a little more in detail. Please!You don't necessarily have to "cut" something to delete it.  Once you find the item, it's often as easy as HIGHLIGHTING the part you want to remove, and then using the Delete key.

Where in the forum are you checking for the picture?Or, you can just replace it with Ivy's picture.
I don't think she will mind.  My intentions are to remove a signature picture that I posted on Neurotalk forum as it is allowed to do so. I belong to that forum because I have had three brain surgery's and talk to OTHERS who have had similar problems. I know to you it is very simple, but to me it is not. My intention is to ask you for some help so I
can figure out what the heck I'm doing. i also have an avatar at the forum but I'm keeping it for now.
Delete, remove, cut, disappear?? I don't know what you want me to call it?
                                                                                          Thanks,  Iggy777
I have no ulterior motives.
I live in Kansas with 500
head of cattle. Life is simple.Neurotalk should have a Profile page, similar to this forum.  You can change account settings under Profile, including removing or changing pictures chosen as avatars.Yes, there is a profile page, but I'm not sure what the steps are when I get there. My daughter says to do
Ctrl x or z . ( I'm sitting here in the dark so I can't get to my paper to see which one she said x or z) anyway
I don't know how to initiate that. Then I heard that if you click on File the drop down will offer CUT.
NOT.                                                                       Thanks, Iggy777In the Profile section of the forum, you'll probably find something LIKE Profile Information, where the avatar and the contents of your signature are controlled.  You should be able to modify what you need in each little sub-section.  Just like on this forum, I cannot change my signature by CLICKING or right-clicking on where it appears in the posts.  I have to go in my Profile, and then find the portion of the Profile which CONTROLS each of these elements.  There, I can make changes.

What is a Compaq presario LAPTOP v-2000 Ltech Alteclansing xp WINDOWS V-2450 us,4-5 yrs OLD worth? SPECS of the laptop?

I think I have a FAIRLY simple question, but need help. PLEASE  I've been on this4 days & nights now!
IDIAS NTRAY Fw.exe AND  Nv_common.dll.. i HAVE THE FACTORY CD so it would SEEM to be a fairly simple FIX (hA!)
pease help

 This must have popped up a jillion times alread, but it's taken my 45 mins just to get this posted---Please some help or steer me to one who can. BTW George St. Pieere Rules & BJ Penn talks trash.
Welcome to the CH forums.

Unable to advise due to LACK of information.  Please read this.

I have two computers running XP and IE7.  On COMPUTER A, when I GO to my school email website, it remembers my user ID and password. On computer B, when I go to my school email website, it does not remember my user ID or password.  How can I make computer B remember?  I have check all the boxes under Tools/Internet Options/Content/AutoComplete/Settings.  I think MAYBE at one point there was a popup on computer B that asked if I wanted it to remember and I said NO.  I must have disabled the popup somehow.Welcome to the CH forums.

Yes, you disabled the pop-up by responding No to the query.  Looks like you're up for a REGEDIT to fix the problem.  Details are here.

Good luck - take care.

Hello,
My computer which uses Windows XP has started freezing up. I can't turn it off by using control, alt, delete or by the on/off button. I unplug it but when I plug it back in the fan goes really, really fast and loud and nothing works. So I keep unplugging it and eventually it will let me start it again normally.
I'm really not a computer person so I don't KNOW anything about drivers or codes or any of the stuff, so I'm sorry I can't give you more detail.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance.  Do you use peer to peer downloads......have you downloaded and installed any new programs lately.

Please POST your PCs specifications as well.....how old is the PC?Think it's a hardware issue.
1. Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows logo key, hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free SPACE (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")
- security programs in use (antivirus, firewall)

2. Download, and install SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
Post your computer temperatures:



PROVIDE processor info (hold Windows key, and hit Pause/Break key to find out).

It's also not a good idea to unplug your computer like that.. Just saying.Well if that's the only thing he can do to turn off the computer. Just be careful can cause corruption of some files on your PC. Quote from: KingPincer on April 19, 2009, 03:23:28 AM

Well if that's the only thing he can do to turn off the computer. Just be careful can cause corruption of some files on your PC.

! would like to SET up 2 OS on a computer. The present system is
Windows XP.
The second OS REQUIRES the REAL DOS  so that a program written only for DOS (dbase ll) can be run. 
At present this program is being run on Windows 98 which does have the real DOS

                  Any HELP would be appreciated (in layman terms please)
                             ssaggeHave a look here.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306559

When I turn on the computer, it says:

"Windows could not start because the following FILE is missing or corrupt:
Windows\system32\config\ system

You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup CD-Rom. Select "r" at the first screen to start repair."

Now, I know already that this requires either the RECOVERY Console or the original XP CD. I'm going with the latter, the XP CD. So I put the CD in and when the Dell screen comes up, I tapped F12 for the boot menu. It still went back to that first error screen. I tried F8 (safe mode), F2 (BIOS menu), and even "r", NOTHING WORKS. I tried boot CDs, none work.

What should I do? :-|
I would be very appreciative if someone could help me with this.

Thank you in ADVANCE. Hello

 Try going into the BiOS and selecting to boot from CD drive as the first boot. Then try the fix install option. Let us know what happens. Which model Dell? Dell has some different versions of how to recovery the system.Does your computer have two CD drives? If so, you will need to put the CD in the master drive in order to boot to it. The top one is usually the master.

Ever since I INSTALLED MCAFEE, I cannot open any of my .jpg documents.  How can I fix this? 

Further info:  Error MESSAGE reads:  cannot find file ... try retyping to be SURE it is entered correctly.  Second error message reads:  Error Opening Database: 2000.How are you opening them ? ?
JPEGS are images not documents.You can try right clicking, choosing "open with", and choosing an image viewing program like paint.

I have an Hewlett Packard XP Media Center Edition 2005 and an HP Photosmart 3210 All-in-One printer, scanner, copier.

The computer (XP Home) is set up with three user sessions, Debbie, Chris, and Pete (me). If Debbie boots, and logs in to her SESSION, there is no problem. Chris, and I can log in, and all is still fine until one of us tries to print. Debbie (first to log in) can print OK, but Chris and Pete, after sending a print job, will have to log into Debbies user session. There will be a Print PREVIEW screen waiting there, and we can then click "Print", and the printing will start. My family can work around this because we all know each others password, but it's a pain to have to continually switch USERS to print.
Another note... when a print file is sent to the printer, a printer que icon does SHOW up in the sytem tray indicating a print job pending. Click on that, and a print window tells me that a job is printing.
Thanks for any help.
Pete
Reinstall printer software, this time making sure, it's installed for ALL users.Broni,
Thanks for the reply
I uninstalled and reinstalled the printer software. There was no screen asking about ALL users. I looked in all printer config or settings menus and found no help. After reinstall, I have the same problem
Maybe a windows setting is off somewhere?
Peteinstall under each users session?


INSTALL under an administrator account?It was installed in an administrator account. I hadn't thought about multiple installations for each user. I will try that tonight.
Thank you'
Pete

Hi folks,

I had a virus on my PC that wouldn't shift, so I formatted and did a CLEAN install of XP Pro. The installation went fine until it asked for me to create users. I skipped it because I didn't WANT to have to login each time Istarted it up, but now it takes me to an Administrator login screen when I haven't set one up, so I don't know the password! I've tried leaving it blank and typing in obvious PASSWORDS it might've picked, but all it keeps saying is: "the specific domain either does not exist or could not be contacted"

What can I do to resolve this?

Thanks.Have you tried the reinstall again and this time set up at least one account?No, I'm trying to avoid reinstalling again if I can.If you create one account, it usually doesn't ask you to log in. If it does, there are way to make it not do this and automatically log into that account and skip the Windows log-in screen.

If you're unable to log in to your admin account, it might be best for you to reinstall. If it does give you trouble with the log in screen for the user account coming up everytime, come on back and I'll walk you THOUGH how to make it not do that.Haha, well I decided to reinstall and now it's shutting down by itself when I reach the "39 mins remaining" mark. Only had it on a couple of hours but MAYBE it's overheating, so I'll try again later and get back to you. Thanks for the help.

The items to "tick" in custom notifications on the hide/show systems tray will not change when "ticked"Can you be more specific? First of all, what version of Windows? What exactly are you TRYING to do? What exactly happens when you do it? Quote from: quaxo on April 19, 2009, 09:30:12 AM

Can you be more specific? First of all, what version of Windows? What exactly are you trying to do? What exactly happens when you do it?

sometimes I have to restart my computer for it to apply.

Hi all.

I have a dell dimension PC. Before the problem happened, the system was shut down normally.

On next start-up. once it reaches the window logo, a blue screen appears.

"STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF7A5FS24, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)"

I reboot again, and the system let me chose to start in safe mode, with networking, with cmd, LAST know config and normally. I chose all and STILL it ENDS up with blue screen.

Next, i put in XP REINSTALL CD and reboot from CD. I chose the repair the Xp installation which went to completion without error.

However, when it reboot the system after installation, the same problem happens again. It will boot up till windows logo and reboots again. I press F8 and disable the option to reboot system on failure and ends up with same blue screen info as top.

I have a feeling its HDD failure but there's some impt info i would like to salvage. Pls advise any help.

Greatly appreciated.Try following the steps in this article from Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103Hello
 try this link from DELL support.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=3758B1BE6F1297AFE040A68F5B287CFC&journalid=67DBAD4F29190A8DE040AE0AB8E13ACE&Query=U1RPUCUzYSsweDAwMDAwMDdCKw==&SystemID=DIM_PNT_CEL_2200&ServiceTag=&contenttype=-1&os=-1&component=-1&lang=-1&doclang=en&toggle=false

Hi guys,
Running XP, SP3.
I'm just having a nose around on my system, and clearing out any unwanted files and folders.
When l go into the add/remove programs option there are THREE ENTRIES, with no sizes shown, and l don't know whether to delete them or not. I also haven't a clue as to what they are.......
Microsoft COMPRESSION client pack 1.0 for windows xp
Microsoft user-mode driver framework feature pack 1.0
Microsoft visual c++ 2005 redistributable
To remove or not to remove, that is the question.I don't have those 3 programs. Btw how did you get those 3 download them? or windows updates.Since these are M$ programs, I'd leave them alone.Thanks Broni, will do.
Kingpincer, l have no idea! I think they appeared when l received the update of SP3 from SP2, but don't qoute me on that. However they should all be on the MS update site.
Regards WTCI agree with him to these are ms programs so leave them alone.

Hi, I posted something similar to this message somewhere else:

" I was trying to upload (unless it's download) my pictures from my digital camera but I got a message that read, "Insufficient disk space." I REALLY don't know what to do! I would need an explanation that explains everything really clearly, even down to where to buy any NECESSARY items. I really do not know a lot about computers, so when someone says "hard drive" to me, I don't UNDERSTAND what that means. Please help!"

I got some replies (not from this forum) that told me I needed to get an external hard drive. This is confusing for me, because I do not know where to get this or how to get this. I'm guessing a computer store, but what would I do after I get it? I wouldn't know how to continue from there. I think i was then told to back up my computer, but I don't know how to do that--to back up my computer.

One person told me that if my PC had a DVD/CD Writer, that I could archive some of my stuff on the DVDs/CDs. I also do not know what this means.

I was also told that i could update my hard drive.

Could someone explain how to backup my computer, etc etc, all the things I would need to do? I really do not know a lot about computers.Click START
Click Programs and then click Accessories
Click System Tools
Then click Disk Cleanup.

Try using that utility it will guide you through what you need to do.




How much free room do you have left on the Hard Drive?I think, if I did it correctly, that I have 6.88 GB of free space. I followed the instructions of someone else who replied to me somewhere else to get that number. 6G out of how much ? ?
I suspect it's time to do a little housekeeping...
Windows likes approx. 15% FREE space on a HDD so for example if it's a 250Gb HDD you should have a min. of 37Gb FREE...I don't know how much it's 6G out of. But I just am for certain what to do. Should I get an external hard drive? if so, what would I do after purchasing it? I meant to say I am not for certain what to do. If my computer says, "Insufficient disk space", what should I do? Right clik the drive in Explorer or My Computer and select Properties...
Report back with your findings...I think it's 6.73 GB out of 17.7 GB.

I did the disk cleanup and disk defragmenter thing. I borrowed a BOOK from the library and it says to "add memory." Is this what should be done next? Should I get a memory card???No your getting a little ahead of yourself! The information from your camera how much memory is that? Your internal hard drive is the (memory) of your computer, it stores everything you save. An external hard drive is just another way to store that memory, it's the same as the one in your computer but let's say an extra one. By all means get an external drive but it sounds like you have a lot of free space on the internal drive. When you try and import the image what exactly does it say?"The information from your camera how much memory is that?" I don't know.

"When you try and import the image what exactly does it say?" I don't know.

I don't understand enough about computers to answer those questions. But maybe to the importing the image one it says something about there being "insufficient disk space." ? That might not be what you're asking. I don't know enough to answer those questions. The blind leading the blind!

Trapani, in your computer is a device called a "hard disk". This is a thingy that stores data. Yours seems to be getting full. Or maybe not. There might be a fault somewhere. You seem to be having trouble understanding the requests for information that people are giving you. You may be better off in the long run by going to a computer repair shop and asking them to sort it all out for you.
Dias, THANK you for your advice. Thanks to everyone who replied.

is there a way to send messages to each others email in here?

This post is about:
Popular Drive Im,AGE Programs that Work!
Often references are mad to either Acronis True image
www.Acronis.com
Or to NORTON Ghost.
www.SymantecStore.com
But there are more.
See  PC Wprld 02.12.08 for a review of five, including the two above.
Drive-Imaging:Beyond Backup
What is your favorite? Why?

Acronis True Image...
HANDS down.
I Ditto Patio, Aronis True Image =  reliability and versatility
For Home Users i recently tested and reviewed MACRIUM Reflect which is FREE and works great...
SINCE there are no longer any excuses i have absolutely no pity anymore for anyone who loses all their baby/wedding/reunion pictures...

My computer is a little old and slow(like me lol), but lately it's getting annoying. I can view text pages like those here just fine, but if the page has large pictures it slows down. If I go to ebay (or another site with pic's) each time I click on an item to view it gets slower. After I view 3 or 4 items it gets so slow that I have to get offline and restart. Disk cleanup doesn't help unless I restart. Any idea's?

Gateway
Pentium II
256K
Win 98
If you have a dial up Internet, that is about what to expect.
If you like to have a better computr, but don't WANT to pay a lot of money, here is an idea.
Right now it is a buyers market for Refurbished Band Name computers.
For example: Dell OptiPlex Desktops

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=b9p&ei=sp3oSfumEJWmtAP2vcj1AQ&resnum=0&q=Dell+Optiplex&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2320911084463041171&ei=u53oSYbNA6ektAOguqjjAQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&resnum=5&ct=result#ps-sellers

Just SEARCH on Google for Used PCs and find lots of bargains. IMPORTANT, find a dealer with a god reputation and who offers a warranty.

I got one and am very happy with it. Just 'casue I am 70, my computer does not have to be so old! Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 17, 2009, 09:24:23 AM

Just 'casue I am 70, my computer does not have to be so old!

how do i DELETE shreddershredder, that's a program you installed? If you have it on desktop, you can't delete it? Quote

i installed a VLC PLAYER on my computer but unexpectedly it dowloaded like 8 other things

I have E/M through yahoo. Lately I cannot send e/m unless I CONVERT it to plain TEXT then back to ENRICHED text. Any SUGGESTIONS? What is E/M?I'm gonna guess email/messenger?

Dear

I am the network Administrator.

I want to see whether users of my network are defragmenting their PC in regular manner.

Is there any OPTION to track it down?

This is very urgent for me.

Please anybody help.

Regards,
talorababuAs far as I KNOW, each computer has to be checked at the computer itself.There is really no way to check this, but if u really what to defrag (pc on the network) on a regular bases. U can ALWAYS CREATE a batch/script push it thru the network telling the computers to  to preform a defrag at a set time.That is true and tring to make such a one my self.  But wouldnt he be able to go under the view tab and check it?  Also if he is networked as is cant he be able to grab the machine and LOOK at what is occuring, which wouldnt allow the user to do anything but allow him to do what ever needed?Depending on how many PC he has, maybe. A few maybe less then 5. If they r all in the same location it would not be much of a hassle. I myself have to take care of 7 PC and not all of them r in the same location. I guess could go the computer management and check out the event log. But doing this just to check for defrag?  Well I figured that he would use it for a series of things like starts scans then check them.

I'm trying 2 fix a Compaq presario5000 for a friend, but when i try 2 turn pc on as soon as the xp logo is done the pc restarts. does the same thing w/ safe mode and when i tried to restore.  there has been no changes to hardware and none 2 software that i know of.  was upgraded to xp pro from me any help would be much appreciated. disable the restart OPTION when system detect error.(control Panel>system>advanced>startup and recovery settings>uncheck the system restart box)
if this doesn't solve, then try to DIABLE your HDD UDMA mode,try bios settings(under primary IDE,disable UDMA mode) or safe mode,under hardware manager,IDE/ATA device.
Quote

was upgraded to xp pro from me

i want to create BATCH file which will run the Jboss installed in my system so as to run the application which i am using . RIGHT now i am using services.msc to start my jboss can any please TELL me the command to start the jbossstart jboss.exe


-------------------------------------------------------

Simple as that just put the batch file in the same folder as jboss.exe or whatever file you are trying to start. You can then make a shortcut to the batch file if needed.

Hello,

Apologies in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors.  I can't see half of my screen properly.

I turned my computer on today to an unpleasant surprise.  Last night it was working just fine, and I SHUT it down as usual.  Today, as soon as I turned it on, desktop icon graphics were replaced by FUZZY colourful blobs, and four vertical columns of monitor "static" are on the screen.  Other parts of the display seem to be normal or staticy at random.

I'm not SURE if I can link images here, but this is what my screen looks like:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Ooka/untitled.jpg

I tried HOOKING up a different monitor, but the problem remained (second monitor works just fine on second computer).  I therefore assume that the problem is with the computer.

I'm running Windows XP, but don't know offhand the hardware SPECS for this machine.  It is about 5 years old.

Any ideas on what's gone wrong here?looks like either a issue with your video driver or the video adapter itself.Might be time to buy a new video card. mite even be were the card goes into the slot its self.  dont know how good it is to say get a new one.  xp looks for changes in hardware but usually its pnp will that make any difference?

Somebody PLEASE help, not so long ago a friend came around and fiddled with my computer and afterwards it was kinda different:
the MAIN issue, when ever i go to double-click on a folder, it will bring up 'Search' and when i right click on one it has the menu in this order:

                                               
search
open as Notebook in Onenote
open
explore                                   

i have to right click and open every time and this WASTES a lot of time and money from my business.
Please REPLY ASAPHave you tried asking your friend if they CHANGED or installed anything on your computer?Check here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321186ashpoop is a kind of interesting choice of screen name.

The title may be misleading in that its an easy problem to fix (unconnected CABLE, firewall, etc.) Well i recently (yesterday) recovered my other laptop (Windows XP, Inspiron 1525, Dell) and now it wont acknowledge that the ethernet cord that runs to my modem is in its ethernet port. I completely deleted everything off of my old laptop and reinstalled the recovery disc that came with it along with the driver discs. Now it won't play sound either but i fixed that on another COMPUTER i did this to by just downloading a device driver scanner program and downloading all the ones i didnt have. The other computer was a Windows XP too, and the ethernet port still worked on it afterwards. I did the EXACT same thing. The only difference is its a desktop. Now I know its not firewalls because then when it was in the port the modem connected light would come on. (its on now while im connected with this laptop) Well it doesnt come on at all when its supposedly connected to the other laptop.I know its not a cable loose or whatever because it will connect with this comp and not that one so the only difference is the computers. Quote from: Vitalius on April 16, 2009, 03:43:31 PM

The title may be misleading in that its an easy problem to fix (unconnected cable, firewall, etc.) Well i recently (yesterday) recovered my other laptop (Windows XP, Inspiron 1525, Dell) and now it wont acknowledge that the ethernet cord that runs to my modem is in its ethernet port. I completely deleted everything off of my old laptop and reinstalled the recovery disc that came with it along with the driver discs. Now it won't play sound either but i fixed that on another computer i did this to by just downloading a device driver scanner program and downloading all the ones i didnt have. The other computer was a Windows XP too, and the ethernet port still worked on it afterwards. I did the exact same thing. The only difference is its a desktop. Now I know its not firewalls because then when it was in the port the modem connected light would come on. (its on now while im connected with this laptop) Well it doesnt come on at all when its supposedly connected to the other laptop.I know its not a cable loose or whatever because it will connect with this comp and not that one so the only difference is the computers.

Nope but thanks for trying... if it helps theres a little orange light on the ethernet port that USED to come on when the ethernet cord was plugged in but now it doesnt. It's as if nothing is plugged in pretty much :S.

Hi everyone,
I'm using MS Word from MS Office 2000 (I really don't want to upgrade - this version works just fine for me) and I have a dilemna.
I'm writing a novel, and using MS Word, but I've FOUND out that a DOCUMENT in Word can only be about 225 pages long. So what I've done is to break down my story into sections, each one saved as a different document. My intent is to print them out, and place them in a binder. But I have the pages numbered, and so after I print out section 1, which contains pages 1-200, I then print out section 2, which is supposed to start at page 201. But since this section is a whole NEW document, the numbering actually begins at page 1.
Is there a WAY to "trick" MS Word so that I can change the way it numbers things, so I can have it numbered correctly?
Any advice on this would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,

SteveLook under section 4 on THIS page, and see if that helpsYes.   
Have you read this?
http://word.mvps.org/faQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htmGot it! You folks are great - I don't know how I didn't see that before. THANK you!Just remember us when you're a rich and famous author!   

Was trying to format my c:\ drive to do a clean install of my windows XP home edition Went to the command prompt and typed in Format c: and this came up.
Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process.Format may run if this volume is dismounted FIRST. All open handles to this volume would then be invalid.
Would you like to FORCE a dismount on this volume (y/n)
When I press the y for yes this comes up.

Cannot lock the drive,the volume is still in use.
Is there anyway to get around all of this and do a format of my hardrive?Those warnings are for a reason. Once you do that, the system is gone.
The proper way is to SET you PC to boot from the CD. When it does you get some kind of message, DEPENDING on what kind of install CD you have.
Have you already made a backup of any data you want?
In the case of the standard version of the XP install CD, there is the OPTION of instantiation without destroying your documents. Otherwise, doing a format and install destroys all data on the selected partition.
What some do is to use a partition manager to create another partition, format it. Then copy documents to the new partition. Then formatg only the system partition and install.You cannot format C: from within C:...nor any other drive/partition from itself...
Use the CD as suggested.

I can not OPEN a .ppt file

Error reads: COULD not open because no converter for this file type is installed.With what software are you TRYING to open the .ppt?Windows XPThat's the operating system.  What program within XP are you using to TRY to open the file?try to reinstall the microsoft ofce



The IT guy is out so I can't reinstall MS office.   I will have to redo the Powerpoint.

Thanks for suggestions anyways guys
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074Or you could install Powerpoint READER...

BUT AS IT GOT TO THE EXSPANDING FILES, IT LOOKED LIKED IT WAS DOING ITS JOB, BUT IT STOPS THERE, THEN GIVES A CODE.

okay. so a few days ago all my usb ports decided to stop working. i try plugging my phone, my ipod, whatever into all my usb ports and they will CHARGE, but the computer WONT recognize them. they dont show up in my computer, or the device manager. any ideas? Did you make any hardware or software changes before this started?

Can you give some more INFO about the computer? What operating system? How many usb ports? Laptop or desktop? What's the brand and model of the computer?And, have you TRIED restarting? #1 problem solver...

Since they are charging, the USB device is connected, but, the port itself may be busy for some odd reason that makes no SENSE at all. Actually shutting down your computer, not just restarting, might be able to fix this problem.
Hi

Please Give us complete system configuration.

Thank you

Sykes

Have been trying to INSTALL Avira. They have all my info,tell me I need to finish registration,   then ask for a new e-mail address. I have 2, they have them both, but still don't let me finish registration! Can't CONTACT them unless you're REGISTERED. Whats wrong with these people? What other anti-virus can I get for free thats a RELIABLE one?
No AVG, please--that one was a bummer.Avast! antivirus is pretty good and the only one that I know is free. Here's a link to the download page. ://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html Quote from: Vitalius on April 16, 2009, 04:04:12 PM

Avast! antivirus is pretty good and the only one that I know is free. Here's a link to the download page. ://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

the ADVANCED button in wmplayer more options section is GRAYED out .i have installed ac3 filter vigovsky and want to access it through this ADV button.i can do this on a friends PC but not mine could someone please help You may FIND your answer here....

http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/GeneralProblemsDetails/0,,12555,00.html

My computer occasionally freezes for about 4-5 seconds in 4 second intervals; the cursor will not move during FREEZE and all audio/video loops itself during these freezes.  This typically seems to happen when I am viewing streaming content on the web.  I typically will have a window open while I am working in another program such as Photoshop or Maya 2008.  I have the most up to date graphics card driver and I downloaded the latest flash player.  Sometimes I will be working on unrelated stuff offline and the freezing will kick in randomly even if I haven't even been online for that session.  Other things I notice are on occasional cold days when I boot up my computer the fan inside sounds louder than usuall until windows has loaded and then it quiets down again.

I have Kaspersky Anti-virus 2009 and the latest Spybot SEARCH and Destroy, both fully updated.  I get tracking cookies to pop up in Spybot S&D and I promptly REMOVE them and no viruses or trojans show up in my Kaspersky full scan logs, just some vunerabilities from old program files and such that I kept after upgrading to a new mother board and cpu.  I took my old C: and put in a folder called "Old System" and put it on my second hard drive E:.  Windows got a fresh re-install and I began installing my programs over again into C: after the upgrade.  Keep in mind that the mobo, cpu, and windows install was all professionally done by a shop that built my computer to begin with.  Kaspersky says no active threats and that my computer is protected.....yet still after a reboot after running Spybot and a sweep with Kaspersky this will still happen.

Before spending the money and time (I really need my machine working as I am in a 3D graphics program at school) at this shop I was wondering if anything stands out as a red flag that might be contributing to these freezing problems.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE! 

Here are some specs to help out:

XP Pro Service Pack 3
Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz
3.00 GB of RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX + with 512 MB of dedicated memory
C: 300 GB available out of 500GB (7200 rpm 32MB buffer)
E: 92.8 GB available out of 250 GB (7200 rpm 16 MB buffer)

My Speed Fan Readings are as follows:

Sys Fan: 2071 RPM
CPU0Fan: 1918 RPM
GPU: 56 C
System: 41C
CPU: 41C
AUX: -65 C
HD0: 40C
HD1: 48 C
Core 0: 41 C
Core 1: 41 C
Core: 56C

Speed01, 02, 03 are all at 100%, Speed04 at 49%

Vcore: 1.14V
+12V: 12.04V
AVcc: 3.31V


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Core 0: 41 C
Core 1: 41 C

By PS do you mean power supply? 

I've read a bunch of different stories about how to solve the blue screen that reads {unmountable_boot_volume} I tried using the REINSTALLATION cd but I can't even get the pc to recognize it. I pit the cr in and kept TAPPING the r button and nothing. The computer was WORKING fine and all of a sudden this. I know it's not a virus because I don't have internet on it. Please help! I have over 2000 pictures on it.
Try putting the CD into the drive, then restarting your PC with the CD still in the drive.tried that about 5x and nothing.
Does this help HTTP://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302{If it's a BIOS settings problem then  load the 'Fail-Safe' default settings, and then reactivate the most frequently used options such as USB Support.}How do I load the fail-safe default settings? and know if I'm running a 40 or 80 cable?
 
At what point does the BSOD happen?
Same thing in Safe Mode?
Do you have BIOS set to boot from CD drive, first? Quote

Sane thing in Safe Mode?

Do you have BIOS set to boot from CD drive, first?

Just checking to see if there are any problems I might encounter or things i should know. Can you still buy a license? How much if you happen to know.

I have to install a couple of custom .net programs that won't work on 64-bit.

Using VMWARE by the way. Technically, you are required to purchase a second Microsoft WINDOWS license before you run it on a virtual PC.

Now, since you obviously have a PC with Windows already, and since your obviously not a business, and since its not you installing Windows on a SEPARATE physical machine:
If you have an older CD, before Windows Genuine Advantage, you can use that and not have serious license issues. Just dont install any Windows updates... disable them completely. Preferably, if you can, dont even let the VPC connect to the internet.

I don't object to buying an XP license. I never thought about my old xp pro disk. I need to connect to the internet though. The APP uses the internet.

When I start up my computer, the WINDOWS XP screen shows up. The one with the black background. After that the monitor shows this text: Quote

Checking files on D:
The file type is NFTS:

One of your files needs to be checked for consistency. You may skip this test but it is strongly recommended that you continue.

When I go to open a CD in either my D or E drive, I notice that when it opens, it shows the contents of the CD in "filmstrip" view. I change it to "icon" or "TILE" view, but when I close the drive and reopen it, it's back to "filmstrip" view. The contents on my CD's are Photoshop, JPEG and Word files. Could somebody tell me what I can do so when I open my CD"s, it will show the contents in "icon" view or "tile" view. My OS is Windows XP Prof. ver. 5.1. I hope I explained this clear enough to be UNDERSTOOD. Thanks-Daveyboy http://www.pcworld.com/article/156271/how_do_i_set_a_default_folder_view.html

take a look at this and SEE if it does what you need.Hi Joking;

Thanks for the info. Much APPRECIATED. Take care.  All the best.   DaveyboyI forgot to mention, it worked!!!

Hi. I recently had to formate my entire laptop.

Duel booted vista and xp so am trying to do it again

I have done this a number times before in exactly the same way on the same machine and with the same cds with no problems

but now its not working

I have vista installed fine. i have 107gb unallocated space. i run xp (burned copy which has worked perfectly before) it goes to the bluescreen for formatting options ect. i do a full ntfs format on the unpartitioned space

restart to get to the installation of xp. (the screen with the new features and things)

then it restarts

no warning, no error message just a restart

and does this every time and roughly the same time.

Any suggestions?

Its worked before



Start over and INSTALL XP first...
Probably how it was done successfully the first time.I really dont want to since all my programs are installed on the vista partition.

and the way it was done the first couple of times was vista first then xp

it may be a bad sector in the hdd ill check nowPario is right.
Order of installation matters.
XP and Vista and NOT equal systems with mutual knowledge of co-existence.
XP evolved first, VISTA evolved later.
XP did not know VISTA was coming.
VISTA expects XP to be there.

You install XP first. Vista next. Always. Vista mangoes the dual boot process. Yes, even if XP is on the first partition, VISTA runs the show.

After you get it fixed. use a suitable tool to make a image of the dual installation and keep it in a safe place.I have done this many times before and i have always had vista installed first and it has always worked. I would like to know whats causing the xp installation to fail not how to dual boot.

But to put it to the test i hid vistas partition and tried again to no avail. now i just have to figure out how to make vistas partition active again without having to completely reinstall

any ideas?


thanks for the help so farYou are so persistent!
Did you read this:
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you'll no doubt be shocked to find there's no option to start Vista when you reboot. And while you can still see all your files in Windows Explorer, there's no way to load anything but the older operating system because XP has overwritten Vista's boot loader.

So I've had a HP laptop for a few years now, and have had no problems to speak of during this time.

I was on the computer last night after WORK, and about 20 minutes into reading the MB, my pc froze. I attempted to wait it out, but it didn't un-freeze. I then did a hard reboot.

Now my computer won't load Windows and I'm WORRIED that I'll have to re-install it... which will cause me to lose all my school work, songs I've written, and the book I'm working on. The school I can re-do, and the music I have memorized. The book though, the book is my aspired career.

The message I receive on my laptop is as follows:

Windows Boot Manager

Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer.

This error can be caused by unplugging a removable storage device such as an external USB drive while the device is in use, or by faulty HARDWARE such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive that is failing. Make sure any removable storage is properly connected and then restart your computer.

If you continue to receive this error message, contact the hardware manufacturer.

File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc00000e9
Info: An unexpected I/o error has occurred.Since data recovery should be the first PRIORITY grab ONE of these:

                                 
   2.5" Laptop to IDE cable (available at any PC shop)

This will enable you to hook up the laptop drive in any working Desktop machine and copy/burn your data...

Then to attempt a fix on the laptop insert your XP CD and power up...it should boot to the CD.
In the first option window press R to load the Recovery Console...it takes a bit to load...
Once at the command prompt type fixboot and hit Enter.
Remove the CD and re-boot.

If this does not do it repeat the above procedure except this time at the command prompt type fixmbr and hit Enter.
Again remove the CD and re-boot.

Best of Luck.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 15, 2009, 01:44:42 AM

Unfortunately not everybody is autistic, so we can't infer meaning from broken sentences and grammatically AMBIGUOUS statements.

Sir, my question is as clear as crystal. If you know English you will UNDERSTAND,otherwise never.

Excuse me If I hart you anyway.

spdCHF,

We all are very helpful and friendly to help with problems. But all BC and Dias wanted was just a simple, to the point question. And don't blame Carbon, BC, and Dias; their helpful as well(and actually more experienced). But relating to what Carbon said that it can't be done, I sometimes say no to a lot of requests regarding batch scripts. Since Batch can't do a lot of "Magical" actions.

Quote from: KingPincer on April 15, 2009, 04:07:22 AM

You MEAN your CMOS battery just leaked? If that's the case then there is a problem with the battery.

Okay, I have a EVEREX GA32 computer which I'm running WINDOWS XP on. I was given this computer from my father and I'm trying to delete a lot of things which are no longer in or on the computer. Now here's the problem, every time I TRY and delete something I KEEP getting this error message that reads, "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode (which i'm not) or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed".  So here i am. What do i do? Is it as easy as re-installing *Windows Installer*? What is that anyhow??

Thanks again,
-MichelleIs this with uninstalling one particular program, or any program?Hi Michelle, have a look at this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301



edit : Maybe this is not for you upon reviewthank you both. and Yes, with any program (haven't tried one's which i Don't want to delete) but I've tried many programs not just a few. and YES i have gone to that site and done all the downloading but it still SAYS the same thing.  Go Start>Run, type in:
services.msc
Click OK.

See, if Windows Installer service is running, and set to automatic start.You could also try reinstalling Windows Installer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en

-=EDIT=-
I changed the link. Accidentally linked the wrong version before.

First, I'd like to thank you all for your site!  Awesome reads!
The skinny:
Sm company running SBS 2003r2 with all updates
4 nodes running xp sp3
All have typical setups (running the ConnectComputer...etc.) I did the normal setup on the server as well (running the wizards) 
I'm not certified, but probably certifiable.  I'm relatively new to SBS and servers in general. 

Here's my problem:  The network and all computers working great.  Then, last Thursday, one user can log into the domain, but when she WANTS to get to the "companyweb" or other "server" sites, it is requesting she log in.  Once, she does, it's all fine.  But everytime she opens the "companyweb" it will request her to log in.  She can surf the www, but not the company site. 

This had HAPPENED once before and because the user had let his password expire, and I reset password. It WORKED. 

I checked to see if she is allowed to be in the website, she is. 

This time, it's not working and I'm at my wits end. I'd appreciate any suggestions. 

All the best,
BrianDid you already read the basic information?
HTTP://www.microsoft.com/Windowsserver2003/Sbs/Default.mspx

Recently Microsoft has went a number of security updates.
User Log-In is one of the issues.Thanks for the quick response Geek.

Yes, I've read that and I don't know how many kb's.  Still, to no avail. 

I'm searching for the recent updates for that user issue.  I thought the nodes were all updated. 

Any other ideas?I've discovered that the user can log into any other machine and be able to access the "companyweb" with her user id; however, at her computer it's not the case. 

I did discover that she had admin rights and since had cut that off.  I've checked her passwords in the control panel | Users Accounts |Manage Passwords and there are no passwords in there that are saved.   

I'm at a loss and do appreciate any wisdom on this matter.
The only thing I would try is to  trun on the built-in administrator account, log into that account and see if the problem is present on that account. Or maybe try to create a new account with the same level and try it. Bear in mind that to propagate a new account in the system be a hassles. but with my limited experience with Windows, that is what I would try.
May be you should try some other forums. But too many of them are after you money. I would suggest www.annoyances.og and go into the 2003 forum and PUT a questoin there.
Thanks Geek-9
I will try what you said with both instances.  I really am liking the quizzes here!  awesome to see people help each other!
Thanks again

I have an Acer Aspire 5672WLMi laptop and it has a built-in OrbiCam, EVERY once in a while I hear a sound as if I was plugging/unplugging an USB device, sometimes it does that twice and then stops but there's times, like a few mins ago, that it goes crazy and I get a Blue Screen.
The message I get is "File lv321.sys has caused an error. Page fault in non paged AREA" and makes me restart.
After I do that, Microsoft Error Reporting tells me that I should update the drivers although I already did that or to unplug the camera, which is impossible since it's built in.

I have searched on google but couldn't find much information except perhaps the wires that connect the camera might be loose/damaged and that's what causing it.

I have disabled it on the Device manager but it won't solve anything.
Is there a WAY to completely disable the camera port?
What can I do to fix it?

Quote

I have searched on google but couldn't find much information except perhaps the wires that connect the camera might be loose/damaged and that's what causing it.

This is what i suspect also...are you still under Warranty  on this machine ? ?

I'm no expert mate but rather than wish you good luck.. I assume this camera is important to you? yeah? Have you considered another camera? Have you got the driver cd for the camera??

I'm no expert mate but rather than wish you good luck.. I assume this camera is important to you? yeah? Have you considered another camera? Have you got the driver cd for the camera??

Hello I feel I have a unique problem. My computer when it starts won't automatically boot my Recovery CD. I have done it before (on different computers) so i know whats supposed to happen. Well I have read online that I should try going to my BIOS and change something or other to where it will boot it. (Can't remember exactly sorry.) I am using another laptop (the computer im working on is one too.) to get on the internet and figure it out. The computers specs are: WINDOWS XP Home Edition Dell Inspiron 1525 Service pack 3 (I am installing 2 because that's the CD i have.) I have tried getting to the BIOS but it won't go to the screen where it says (insert key here) to go to setup. It's like it skips the POST PHASE or whatever. I have Recovery console on it. The reason I am recovering it is because it's my mom's and for some reason or another it is going really slow and freezing all the time so she asked me to do it so it would be fast again. If there's any more INFO u might want to know or need about the computer I will find it out. In the beginning it would still start up fine. It booted really fast, but I deleted all the partitions except C: local DRIVE because i wanted it to be just like new :S. Now it says "Windows Could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:\system32\hal.dll. What I want to know is if there is a way to still boot the CD, or get to the BIOS (the screen won't come up remember) OR should we just send it to Microsoft because now its (insert word that also means messed up here). When you first turn the computer on tap F2 repeatedly before windows loads. Can you get into setup now?Dude... thanks it worked. :S now what do i do to get the CD to boot next time i reset it?Advance options in Setup...boot sequence/order...it should be set to
1)Floppy
2)CDROM or DVDROM
3)HDD

after making the changes press F10 to save changes and exit.
The machine will now re-boot.Look for Boot order or Boot sequence or it might just say Boot. Use the arrow keys to navigate though BIOS. Now set the CD drive as the first boot device and then insert your disk. You may need to use the plus and minus keys to move your CD drive up in the boot order. Now exit setup and SAVE CHANGES (F10).Thanks you guys are life savers. It worked. From now on if I need help I'm coming here.