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hi friends,

there is a folder in my system containing a hidden file, I cant make this file visible.
I tried from tools->folder options, but it didn't make any changes. file is STILL hidden.
I have changed the folder properties from read only to archive and tried again but the problem is still persist.

well, I can see the size of folder containing file is about 750MB.

how can i FIX this problem?

What operating system are you using?

What kind of file is it?

windows XP

i m not sure but its probably a video file......may be .AVI or .flv
well, moving mouse over it only says
Size: 750MB
filders:

nothing elseIs there more than one user account on your computer?no

there are two accounts , administrator and guest.
I have logged in as administrator.
guest account is off. How do you know, there is some file, if you can't see it?
What folder is it?Quote from: Broni on February 07, 2009, 12:45:37 PM

How do you know, there is some file, if you can't see it?
What folder is it?

Quote from: Broni on February 07, 2009, 12:45:37 PM

How do you know, there is some file, if you can't see it?
What folder is it?

please read my second post in this forum

windows XP

i m not sure but its probably a video file......may be .avi or .flv
well, moving mouse over it only says
Size: 750MB
filders:

nothing else

Hi.
I have a Dell Dimension 4550 with Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2 GHz and 2 GB RAM. The hard drive has a capacity of 112 GB, of which 77 GB are free. I am running Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 3.

I looked in the other forums and HELP sections, but could not find anything that addressed this specifically. The CPU is about 6 years old, but a little over a year ago I upgraded the memory, etc.

For the last couple of months, system standby and hibernate have not been functional. I have read where some folks think that power saving options are more hassle than they are worth, esp. hibernation mode. I do not HAVE to have these features for my computer to work, but (A) it would be nice to have the standby mode so as not to waste energy, and (B) the fact that it was present, working perfectly for years, then all of a sudden vanished is, to me, worrisome for some sort of malware problem or registry glitch. (I have run countless antivirus & antispyware programs, and have found several bugs over the last year or so, but none seem to be present now.

Just to explain a little further, not only does system standby/hibernate not work, but in "Power Options Properties" (via system icon try or control panel), the tabs for "Advanced", "Hibernate", and "UPS" appear normal. However, the "Power Schemes" tab is useless...in the drop-down menu where you should be able to set the power scheme to normal, presentation, personal configuration, etc., my drop-down menu is completely blank, nothing at all. Nothing happens when I press "Save As" or "Delete". And, perhaps more importantly, the four options below (turn off monitor, turn off hard disks, system standby, system hibernates) are "grayed-out" (nothing appears in the menus nor can I click on anything in this area).

Lastly, around the time I noticed that standby/hibernation was not working (plus/minus a couple weeks perhaps), I kept getting error messages, such as this one I wrote down:
"System Standby Failed. The device driver for the "HP Photosmart C6100 Series (DOT4PRT)" device is preventing the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try again. If problem persists, you may need to update the driver."

Of course, the problem did persist, but when I went to the HP website..."Driver is correct and up-to-date." And in fact my HP printer was still under WARRANTY at the time, but they did not offer much assistance, saying that it was not their problem since my driver was up-to-date per the website.

Now, I don't get the error messages anymore, but standby/hibernation do not work...plus there are some weird things I can't explain like when I left click on "My Computer", I see the correct icons (for hard drive, CD Drive, etc.). But when I left click on the C drive ("Local Disk"), instead of opening my hard drive to show files/folders, it instead takes me to the "Search Page" with the canine search companion over on the left side. Drives me nuts. Just an example of some quirky things. May not be related.

I apologize for being so long-winded. I have found that when someone knows what they are talking about, they can be concise. Obviously, I do not fit that description.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

ScottQuote from: black069 on December 28, 2008, 06:47:00 AM

But when I left click on the C drive ("Local Disk"), instead of opening my hard drive to show files/folders, it instead takes me to the "Search Page" with the canine search companion over on the left side. Drives me nuts. Just an example of some quirky things. May not be related.

Quote from: black069 on December 28, 2008, 06:47:00 AM

But when I left click on the C drive ("Local Disk"), instead of opening my hard drive to show files/folders, it instead takes me to the "Search Page" with the canine search companion over on the left side. Drives me nuts. Just an example of some quirky things. May not be related.

Try this - either at the command prompt or typed into the Run box

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

Standby problems:
http://www.rickrogers.org/standby.htm

How to troubleshoot hibernation and standby issues in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=907477

And as far as updating drivers, I can do so if I know what needs an updated driver and the driver is available right in front of me.

such as this one I wrote down:
"System Standby Failed. The device driver for the "HP Photosmart C6100 Series (DOT4PRT)" device is preventing the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try again. If problem persists, you may need to update the driver."

I have 2x G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

They worked for a while before my computer started crashing i dont know why...
well. somethig new.. my computer froze then crashed this time. ... I would return all those RAM sticks and demand a replacement...So you think its my ram 100% what if its not? could be anyting else... cpu or graphics cards?? You won't be able to tell if anything else is amiss until you have properly working RAM in there...so get new memory to rule out that outIt is not memory... Tested it with some other memory i forgot about... My computer does the same thing... I have two EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS Graphics Cards when i get my computer turned on once in a while it shows all three or four screens that i have setup and everything works correctly... could it be one of my graphics cards not working right sometimes? should i suspect CPU at all? Finally!!! .. I dont know what started this in the FIRST place but whatever it was it was dumb... When ever i remove second EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS graphics card it works just fine... when ever i put it in NOTHING shows up??? i will put this is the hardware part of the forums also. thank you everyone for dealing with me lol Sorry for jumping around but i suspected to many things and was thinking way to much my motherboard is dead contacted ASUS and just trying to the processor for a different motherboard hopefully both graphics cards work just fine.. although i did a test on ASUS to SEE what kinda of power supply i NEED for my whole computer and they SAID a 1000watt and i only have a 600watt lol im gonna have to get a new power supply or something.... im think im done with this post. thx

Quote from: Ulva on February 09, 2009, 08:41:41 PM

...... After about 5 tries, I took it to Best Buy so they could RUN some diagnostics and they found no hardware issues, but about 150 viruses. So I restored to factory settings... Which did nothing. I log in, and every time after about 20 SECONDS, the CRAZY patterns come on again and the computer restarts.
Anyone have some idea of whats GOING on?

I'm trying to repair XP through the recovery console and it's asking for the administrator password. I enter it and it's telling me in's invalid. It KEEPS asking for one even if I disable the password.

Now what? We are not going to tell you how to hack the password.

If you are sure you did not enter a password.
I will give you the default password for the
recovery console in XP.
I have a spare one you can use.
Use this only if you are sure that neither you or ANYONE else set the administrator password for that computer.
If that is true. scroll down to see the answer.
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I not longer use it, so I will let you have it.

Please study the box below a see what is in the box.

What is it the Box?
Code: [Select]
Got it? OK. That is what you use for the password.

Your are Welcome Extracted from this site. Note that even a blank password (just hitting Enter) will be flagged as invalid.

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Recovery Console Password

On MANY XP installations you can't start the Recovery Console because it won't recognize your password. This registry edit causes the Recovery Console not to ask for a password. This works for both XP Home and XP Professional.

Start | Run | Regedit
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole
Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1
Exit Registry and Reboot

We are told here not to help people with password problems

I reinstalled XP as the only administrator FORGOT his PASSWORD, which worked fine except i have lost some files including lots of photos. a user account seems to have DISAPPEARED. i tried to system restore but could not use this cos because i reinstalled!! Can ANYBODY help??When XP is re-installed it overwrites all existing data on the drive...
Sorry.

Hi, I've noticed a quirk in my system. I'm not sure it's a problem, exactly, but I'm somewhat perplexed by it.

In My Computer there are two optical drives, a flash drive, and 5 hard disk drives recognized and viewable (ie I can actually open all five). However, I only have 4 hard disk drives actually loaded in my case. I have two 80GB Seagates, and 120GB and a 160GB Western Digital drives. For some reason, there is another drive showing up with the specs: 127GB, 118GB free space. In the Hardware Device manager under System Information, only the four physical drives are recognized.

Also, I DO have an external hard drive, but it is only 40GB, and I haven't connected it in at least a year.

Can anyone offer a suggestion? I built this system in June of 2006, and to be honest, I can't say when I first noticed this phantom drive.

I'd REALLY appreciate any INSIGHT; thanks for taking the time to consider.

System specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 3800+ with 2GB of ram and an nVidia GeForce 7600 GT (256 MB I think) gfx card. My os is XP pro with sp2. Plus the aforementioned HDDs.thats pretty weird isnt it. i got the same deal.

1st physical drive installed, C:, D:, E:,

2nd physical drive installed, F:, G:, H:,

3rd phsical drive installed, I:, J:, K:,

removables: N:, O:, P:, Q:, R:, S:

opticals T:, V:

Network drive X:

And i have mystery drives designated L:, and M: in MyComputer on an Athlon powered system. I never really cared, DONT think its ever been a problem, and basically totally forgot about it until your POST reminded me of it

Go figure

One of your drives must have a 2nd partition on it...
Post a screenshot of the Disk Management Window...Some, rather Bogus CD burning programs, will create a virtual drive.

My old version of windows XP had a drive M: that showed as a CD drive, but wasn't really there at all. I could not remove it. It needed an exorcism. lol

I solved that and several other non-fixable problems in XP by setting up (Installing) XP on a new hard drive and making that my main drive.

Just a thought!

Shadow Good to seeya again Shadow...how ya been ? ?

Hi all, thanks for taking an interest - at least I'm not the only one!

here is the requested screenshot:

thanks again

[attachment deleted by admin]Most convoluted setup i've seen in awhile i have to say...
You have 4 Physical Drives in that machine...
Then you have the KINGSTON which is a 2G flash drive...
Your screen capture only shows 1 Optical drive but i'll take your word there are 2 installed...
Disk 2 if you note which i'm assuming is the WD 160 has 2 partitions on it...this is why it is being reported in My Computer as 5 drives...My Computer does not distinguish between Physical Drives and Partitions
Both physical drives and any extra partitions will be reported all as drives in My Computer...

Hope this helps more than confuses the issue.

patio.

Code: [Select]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Various Windows XP Registry Alterations
; =====================================
; Created: March 28th 2007
;
; AUTHOR: Aniket™
;
; Copyright: @ n ! (< e ']['
; =====================================

;enable quick-launch bar near start-menu

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;Turns on WordWrap in Notepad

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]
"fWrap"=dword:00000001
"StatusBar"=dword:00000001

;Remove "Shortcut to" Prefix on Shortcuts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"link"=hex:00,00,00,00


;Show File Extensions
;Show Hidden Files and Folders
;Use Windows Classic Folders

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
"HideIcons"=dword:00000000
"WebView"=dword:00000000
"Filter"=dword:00000000
"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
"HideIcons"=dword:00000000
"WebView"=dword:00000000
"Filter"=dword:00000000
"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000


;Makes any open folders restore again when Windows restarts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000001

;DISABLE AUTOMATIC RESTART IN THE EVENT OF A BSOD

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;DISABLE ERROR REPORTING (BUT STILL NOTIFY ON CRITICAL ERRORS)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]
"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;DISABLE "MESSENGER SERVICE" (THIS IS NOT MSN MESSENGER!)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;DISABLE REMOTE REGISTRY SERVICE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;PREVENT REUSE OF INTERNET EXPLORER WINDOWS

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000

;REMOVE LANGUAGE BAR

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]
@="Language bar"
"MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325"

;MAKE INTERNET EXPLORER MAXIMUM DOWNLOADS 10 (DEFAULT WAS 2)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a


;ALLOW RENAMING OF RECYCLE BIN

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

;This will add "Powershell XP" to the right-click menu of "My Computer"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Dos Prompt]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Dos Prompt\command]
@="cmd.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Edit Registry]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Edit Registry\command]
@="regedit.exe"

;Disable Automatic Updates Notifications
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001


;NTFS tweaks to improve file system performance

;Kill service after 5 secs on hang (default was 20 secs)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="5000"

;Gets rid of Places Bar in Common Dialog Boxes.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32]
"NoBackButton"=dword:00000001
"NoPlacesBar"=dword:00000001

;HungAppTimeout and WaitToKillAppTimeout improve shutdown time or application response if applications are hung.
;MenuShowDelay is the time in milliseconds that it takes for a menu to pop out when hovered over. The default is 400.
;DragFullWindows enables "Show window contents whilst dragging"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
"HungAppTimeout"="4000"
"MenuShowDelay"="2"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="5000"
"DragFullWindows"="1"

;Add Notepad as a Right Click Item

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\Notepad]
@="Notepad"

;RAM usage tweaks
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000000
"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:00010000
"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100

;Prefetcher tweak(faster booting)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003

;Show all hidden devices in device manager
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]
"DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"=1

;Show detailed Device settings
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]
"DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS"="1"

;Adds the 'command prompt open here' to shellfolders
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Command Window"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /K \"cd %L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Command Window"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

;Do not cache failed DNS lookups
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

;Broadband tweak
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize="256960"
TcpWindowSize="256960"
Tcp1323Opts="1"
DefaultTTL="64"
EnablePMTUDiscovery="1"
EnablePMTUBHDetect="0"
SackOpts="1"
TcpMaxDupAcks="2"
MTU="1500"

;Speed up browsing remote computers
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

;Speed up NTFS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000
"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

;Disable QoS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched]
"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000

;Disable Autoupdates
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update]
"AUOptions"=dword:00000001
"AUState"=dword:00000007

;APPLY Regdone
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHNE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion]
"RegDone"="1"

;Disable persistent internet caching, among other things, you pr0nmonkey!
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache]
"FreshnessInterval"=hex:80,f4,03,00
"CleanupFactor"=hex:19,00,00,00
"CleanupTime"=hex:00,00,00,00
"Persistent"=hex:00,00,00,00
"CleanupInterval"=hex:80,51,01,00
"DebugFlag"=hex:ff,ff,00,00

;recycle bin uses 3% of available space (not 10%)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket]
"Percent"=dword:00000003Code: [Select][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001
"NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WBEM\CIMOM]
"EnableEvents"="0"
"Logging"="0"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}]

;Disable the Ability to Remotely Shutdown the Computer Browser Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MrxSmb\Parameters]
"RefuseReset"=dword:00000001

;Usb Error Checking
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Usb]
"ErrorCheckingEnabled"=dword:00000000

;Disables the NetCache functionality
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache]
"SyncAtLogon"=dword:00000000
"SyncAtLogoff"=dword:00000000
"NoReminders"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000

;Disable Remote-Desktop
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server]
"fDenyTSConnections"=dword:00000001
"fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000

;Disable Remote Registry
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RDSessMgr]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Remove file menu from Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFileMenu"=dword:00000001

;Disable Routing and Remote Access
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Scrip Debugger for Internet Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Disable Script Debugger"="yes"
"NotifyDownloadComplete"="yes"
"ShowGoButton"="yes"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips]
"Show"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000001

;Search with google from the address bar instead of MSN
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\zoek]
@="http://www.google.co.in/search?q=%s"

;Do Not Start MS-Messenger with Outlook Express
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]
"Hide Messenger"=dword:00000001

;Enable status bar in notepad
"StatusBar"=dword:00000001

;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000
"SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}]
"UseSearchOptions"=dword:00000001

;Don't Group Similar Taskbar Buttons
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000

;Get rid of that annoying backwards warning.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\SuperHidden]
"WarningIfNotDefault"=-

;Remove Program Access and defaults from the software panel
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies]
"NoChooseProgramsPage"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Uninstall]
"NoChooseProgramsPage"=dword:00000001

;
;
;

;Remove the annoying clicking sound
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating\.Current]
@=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating\.Default]
@=""

;Remove WMP Right Click Options (Queue-it-up, etc.)
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]

;Allow WMP to play.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AIFFFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AIFFFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASFFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASFFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASXFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ASXFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AUFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AUFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIDFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIDFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mpegfile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mpegfile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SoundRec\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SoundRec\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WAXFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WAXFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wmafile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\wmafile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMP.DVR-MSFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMP.DVR-MSFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WMVFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WPLFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WPLFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WVXFile\shell\open]
"LegacyDisable"=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WVXFile\shell\play]
"LegacyDisable"=-

;Enable UDMA 66 mode
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"EnableUDMA66"=dword:00000001

;Crashcontrol
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
"CrashDumpEnabled"=dword:00000000
"LogEvent"=dword:00000000
"Overwrite"=dword:00000001
"SendAlert"=dword:00000000

;Show Statusbar in all windows
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001
"StatusBarWeb"=dword:00000001

;Disable Internet Explorer "Send information to the Internet" prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3]
"1601"=dword:00000000

;Disable Internet Explorer Auto-Complete prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms]
"AskUser"=dword:00000000

;Disable Internet Explorer Cookie "Privacy Icon" prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"PrivDiscUiShown"=dword:00000001

;Browser Check
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"ShowedCheckBrowser"="Yes"

;Allow ActiveX

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\Settings]
"LOCALMACHINE_CD_UNLOCK"=dword:00000001

;Open NFO files with notepad

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo]
"Application"="notepad.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithList]
"a"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
"MRUList"="a"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithProgids]
"MSInfo.Document"=hex(0):

;Open HTA files (used for WPI) with MSHTA.EXE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.hta]
"Application"="mshta.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.hta\OpenWithList]
"a"="MSHTA.EXE"
"MRUList"="a"

;Disable simple file sharing XP Pro in a Workgroup
;This gives you the Security tab back on all your folders
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
"forceguest"=dword:00000000

;Disable Anti-virus Notifications
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

;Disable Firewall Notifications
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

;Disable Automatic Updates Notifications
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001


;Disable Security Center
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Windows Time Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable WFP
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
SFCDisable=dword:FFFFFF9D


;Icon layout tweak (Right Click Recycle Bin, handy for when you change monitor resolution)
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}]
@="Desktop Icon Layout"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}\InProcServer32]
@="Layout.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\IconLayout]
@="{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved]
"{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}"="Desktop Icon Layout"

;Add "Device Manager" to the right click of "My Computer"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Devices]
@=hex(2):44,00,65,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,20,00,4d,00,61,00,6e,00,61,00,67,\
00,65,00,72,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Devices\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,\
00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
32,00,5c,00,64,00,65,00,76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,\
00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

;Add "Services" to the right click of "My Computer"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services]
@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

;Boot Optimization
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction]
"Enable"="Y"

;Open 16-bit apps seperately
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW]
"DefaultSeparateVDM"="yes"

;Disable desktop cleanup wiz
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]
"NoRun"=dword:00000001

;Disable Search Asst
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Use Search Asst"="no"

;AVI tweak
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}]
@="Avi Properties Handler"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Both"



;Aniket™ 2007

sorry for it being so dam big....

Hi,
For the past four days when I GO online with FIREFOX and go to read my yahoo email, I GET that orange warning tab at the bottom right NEXT to the START tab, and the page freezes. I have to shut off and restart. This freeze only happens with firefox, IE and google chrome don't freeze.
If it helps, I have the current windows xp.
LizDoes it look like a padlock ? ?
All that means is you have entered a secure site.
If not let us know...Hello,
No, it does not look like a padlock.

Hi All,
I have a W2K SERVER. It has all the updates.

My problem is that the TASK Scheduler uses a dynamic port number. In most cases thats fine but I have ONE machine that 2 applications are trying to USE the same port. Does anyone know of a regisrty hack to force the Task Scheduler to use the same port number all the time?

Thanks

Hi
I thought I WOULD return with an answer.
I went on to ebay and got 2x256 mb ram cards(real IBM) for £8.00 each(about $11.00) that cured the problem.
also IBM say the max is 1GB split in two slots.

the money from nigeria ....... if you want to SEND me a check I will bank it and send some back.........
Thanks for posting back.

Regarding the money, I spent it all, already. patio wanted some free BEER, as well, so I had to cough up even more

Hi everyone. I'm new here. I have what is maybe a unique question and I really hope you folks can help me.

A few years ago, I put everything I wanted backed up into my My Documents folder and decided that would be the only folder in which I'd ever store anything I wanted backed up. I backed up TEN years worth of everything (documents, images, videos, and my music library) to my EXTERNAL drive. It TOOK a very long time and as a result, I haven't sat down to back anything up since.

Here's my question: Is there a way for me to back up only the files/folders that have been added/updated without touching the stuff that's already on the external drive? Is there a command line I can use or SOMETHING?

(Also... the last time I backed up, all my files were saved as "Read Only." I don't know why it would do that or if it's normal but if there's a way to stop that from happening, I'd love to know it.)

Thanks everyone!Double post - please CONTINUE here..

On my computers hard DRIVE under program files I have a game INSTALLED. I uninstalled the game to fix a problem I was having but noticed that some files ASSOCIATED with that game are still in my system. When I tried to delete them they wouldn't delete. So I clicked on the file to see what was still there I got this error message, C:\program files\game\objects refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network The file properties said it was empty so I reinstalled the game thinking it would not cause any problems. However this old file still interferes with the game by merging itself with the new install. If the file is empty why? Any suggestions. Thanks AlotIt would seem that you did not do a proper un install. When you remove a program there can be some files left. This is a problem with the way windows does things and the way program developers understand things.

If the files are small,
there should not be a problem just leaving them. Geek-9pm is correct, the game hasn't uninstalled correctly.

Try restarting and deleting them from cmd using the DELTREE comandThanks I will try another un install and install. It could have been just a one TIME thing.

okay HI, I have a Compaq presario 5000 series that's been sitting in a closet for quite sometime now. It was working fine the day I stored it away. Okay anyways, I wanted to give it to my Brother to use. So I hooked up everything and started the computer. It started up normally, no unusual sounds, But the screen just stays on the Compaq logo screen with a blinking light on the top right hand corner. I don't know what to do as of now. I have the recovery CD and everything, i just cant boot it because the computer wont start up that far.

Its been on the Compaq screen for at least 30Min's now.

Can someone please help me? Did the post run before the compaq screen came on? I'm not really familar with this series of machine but if it didn't go into the bios and disable quick boot or quite boot.It wont let me go into the bios. Once I press power, the screen warms up and then goes to the Compaq screen. Theres no press f-whatever to go to biosThats normal on some systems, as that is a quite or quick boot. Most laptops have this by default and desktop systems like this.

When hit the power button start tapping either delete, F1 or F2 these are the usual buttons to get into the bios.

To me it sounds like the OS is either not being found or there is an issue with the hard drive, try reseating it.

Why the POST helps is that it will tell you if it is either the ram that is not being passed or hdd not being detected etc.

But yeah sounds like the OS is not being found.

Alright ill try that.

If the OS cannot be found, then what now? If i can can get to the bios and have it boot from the cd with the Recover CD TAKE care of all that?Well it depends if the HDD has gone, or not, or if something has came lose like the ATA cable that connects from the Mobo to the HD or power to the hard drive.

But basically the first thing is to atleast see the post so you know whats going on because that compaq screen is really not much to go on other than your on board graphics is ok and that your mother board/cpu is ok, your ram or hard drive is the likely problem imo.hmm, ill double check everything inside.

I happen to FIND the manuel that came with the computer.
it says for entering bis press F-10 when the cursor is blinking on the top right hand corner of the screen with the compaq logo. and thats what I did.
It DIDNT do anything. Still on the same screen.Do you have any led's on the board such as Cap lock, num lock ect? Do they come on maybe the keyboard is not responding or getting power, is it usb or ps/2? I find ps/2 plug pins bend really easily. If the lights are not comming on check that the plug is in and the pins are fine.

Some other things you can try is booting up with a boot disc and seeing if you can get in that way.

I have XP pro. I installed a driver for my usb bluetooth device so i could update it. it asked me RESTART, i clicked no since i wasn't done working, then clicked restart later. i come back and it hadn't restarted. i click shut down, the little shut down menu closes, but it just stays going. i try to shut down from task manager and it's the same thing. i try to log off, switch user, everything, and nothing works. so i hold the power button and turn it off. when i restart, it goes normal then when it comes to the welcome screen, my icon and username aren't there. it's blank, just the background with no users. there isn't even an option to shut down or anything. i restarted in safe mode, and it was the same thing. if i try to hit enter or something, my system speaker beeps. i need this to work fast.What happens if you press CTRL+ALT+DEL at the user login screen?Nothing. If i hit Enter or Escape, i get a beep, but that's it.Did you try Last Known Good Configuration at the advanced startup screen?

Have you tried booting with the device disconnected?Both options, same result.Do you have your windows CD?no, i can't find it. i run xp pro, would a regular xp disc work? i think the issue is my logonui.exe, which i saw was running when i first tried to shut down. it might be messed up. i found a program that would fix it, but i don't know how to run it. it says "Run "logrecvr.exe" from either DOS or Windows". I obviously can't run it in windows, so how would i run it in dos? i just need to get in somehow and run this program or uninstall the driver i installed right before i had this problemTry this:

Quote

Download Windows Recovery Console: http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
Download, and INSTALL FREE Imgburn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
Using Imgburn, burn rc.iso to a CD.
Boot to the CD...let it finish loading.
When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
Then, follow the steps from here: http://icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xp, starting below this picture on page 1]

Hi this has started popping up each time I log off XP on PC.

Only way screen will close down is when window opens with this phrase is to 'end now'
any idea what it is , what caused it and how to correct?

Is this the right forum for this question

Cheers

EddieWhat is it trying to end?Not sure what its trying to end but you've got me thinking now as it used to happen, then stopped, then started again.

It happens when I try to log off PC, the window just SITS there in CENTRE screen with all the PC ICONS behind it, until I CLICK the end now iconQuote

this has started popping up

hi
running windows xp media edition
version 2002
service pack 3

suppoerted by cicero
AMD ATHLON(tm) 64 X2 dual core
2.01 GHz 1.50 of RAM

i have to run my computer in SAFE mode or debugging mode .. so i dont get that blue screen .. idont know what its called.
i tryed installing an anti virus.. about half way through it freezes.. when searching for spyware...it freezes. i have to restart it. IM using spybot search and destroy. ..i cant re format my cd DRIVES busted.. it wont read cds.
any advice would be geat thanks
What antivirus program is it?
What does the error say?

right now xp seems to load but the login screen doesnt popup

i dont REALLY no wat else there is to it Did you try SAFE Mode?yeah i tried to look for it but it doesnt seem to be an option.
after the xp loading screen nothing else happens its just a black screen and the mouse cursorRestart computer. Right AWAY, keep tapping F8 key until (hopefully) menu appears.When you power up you need to tap F8 repeatedly before you SEE the Windows SPLASH screen...
This will get you into safemode.

Not fast enough again i see...You know from the other thread how fast I'm i tried the safe mode method mentioned but the same thing occured
jhust a balck screen appeared with safe mode on all 4 corners
yes i was fast enough as well lolDo you not have any icons or start menu in safe mode?
you could try repairing it from the xp installation diskthere are no icons anywhere and there arent any tool bars and such. i will try the xp cd to try which should fix that.If you have Windows XP CD, try this: http://icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xpThanks for suppling that Broniill try the recovery method now Let us know what happens

I dont expect a intelligent answer because i cant give you an intelligent question at the moment. I was playing an mmorpg and out of the blue i crashed to the desktop..that has never happened to me before. I was on ventrilo and i crashed out of ventrilo as well. I tried getting BACK into ventrilo and for about 15 mins I wasnt able to. When i did get back in all my sound settings were gone. I fixed my sound setting then went back in game..about 5 mins later i crashed again and BRIEFLY saw a blue screen. I have scanned and defraged and there is nothing wrong... my programs say. Today when i got on and the pc booted up to the desk top I got a MESSAGE that said something like the registery has been changed and my system used a back up to RESTORE the registry and that it was successful. The pc is just not acting like it did...something is wrong...and I have no idea where to start to look. Do you?
I am so sorry for being so vague, I usually come here with enough info for you but this time Im at a loss.do system restore and see if that fixes it heres how.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

follow the link above..

System Restore Will Help , If not you could Try Full System Restore (( RESETTING to factory Settings ))

Hello and good day, thanks for reading my topic. I seem to be having this problem with defragging my 40GB harddrive. When I tried to do my last monthly defrag, I STARTED the app and pressed the defrag button and got this:

Error: Disk Defragmenter COULD not start.

I then installed a trail of Diskeeper 2009 Home Edition and Defraggler, both of which could not defrag, so I uninstalled them both. Could something actually be wrong with my harddrive, or some essential file? Oh, and I also have this HijackThis system log file, if that helps.

Thank you for reading and possibly responding.

[attachment deleted by admin]Actually your issue MAY be with the install of DisKeeper...although MS GOBBLED them up for awhile DisKeeper actually replaces the built in defrag in Windows when it's installed.
So un-installing it doesn't always restore Windows defrag as it should...
Do me a favor...
DLoad and install Auslogics Defrag (FREE) and after installing it POWER down and re-boot.
Then run Disk cleanup from the Accesories/Tools menu.
Then see if Auslogics runs...i bet it will. Thank you very much patio.

Everything is working now. And also, thank you for showing me that defragmenter. It's very nice.You're more than Welcome...glad you like it.
Stop by anytime...

Thank you everyone for your help. It was a hard drive issue and I have now installed a fresh version of windows XP sp3!! Although things seem a bit slow its going well.Do you have any external devices that could be interfering i have a new computer that hates my i pod nano and wont boot unless i unplug it.

if you can access you bios setting mabee you have a fail safe setting some times this works. Quote from: spacecat9 on January 18, 2009, 02:31:37 PM

Do you have any external devices that could be interfering i have a new computer that hates my i pod nano and wont boot unless i unplug it.

if you can access you bios setting mabee you have a fail safe setting some times this works.

Thank you everyone for your help. It was a hard drive issue and I have now installed a fresh version of windows xp sp3!! Although things seem a bit slow its going well.

Probably slow because the MBoard drivers haven't been installed yet...everyone seems to forget this step when re-installing.

I have an old DOS PROGRAM we use for our business installed on an NT4 system. The program is shared out and mapped to our network. The motherboard (ABIT BP6 DUAL PROC)is failing FAST (leaking capacitors) so I NEED to either replace the board with something that will be NT4 compatible and boot up on first try, or move the drive to another machine that will read the NT drive.
All of our other network PC's are XP PRO. The NT4 box is our server, about 10 YEARS old.
I no longer have a hard copy of the program to install on another PC.
I am afraid if I shut down the NT box, it will not boot again. I have ordered the capacitors to try and repair the ABIT, but even if that is sucessful the drive can not last forever. We need this system all day every day and would very much appreciate any thoughts or ideas.The Best thing to do is Look around for the part if there is No Parts you could look at a specialist Dealers for the old Computer parts. I normally buy my pc parts from COmputer Fairs First thing I would do is to ghost the machine...make an image and/or a full backup. This way you have a safety net just in case the machine goes down. Next I would get the model number of the part and google the web for a replacement. I would also suggest looking for the company that made the software and if they are STILL around see if you can get replacement CDs or even a new version of the software.

By the way are you running a BDC? And what does this DOS program do? Have you looked into trying to find another vendor who would sell something like what you have that will run on newer machines?

no more help for you then. >< I'll get over it. Quote from: Mulreay on June 19, 2009, 01:44:45 PM

I'll get over it.

hey dont start with that crap. I dont like my grandmother to think that I am up cause of obsomnia

Im new here, and looking for some help. I did a factory restore on my Gateway LX4200-01-e, and it was working fine UNTILL it restarted and was on the "please wait while windows continues setting up your computer". The power went off in my HOUSE (due to thunder) and when it came back on an error came up saying, "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows Installation cannot proceed. To install windows, Click OK, to restart, and then restart the installation". It keeps saying this, I ordered A recovery CD from gateway, but was wondering if anyone knew a way around this of something to fix it while I wait?

Any help is great.us Thanks.usYou will need recovery CD... I am guessing you were recovering from the D: restore partition to C: when this happened and C: needs to FUNCTION properly to access D: restore or you need the CD.

Dont feel too bad, a dog PULLED the power cord out of a laptop in the middle of a Fat32 to NTFS conversion and my friend lost all his data a few years back. It happens to all of us!

I would invest in a $40 UPS Battery Backup THOUGH.i've had that problem where computer was doing updates, and the power went off and when I restarted pc, couldn't restore it back. So just had to reinstall from cd, though I was happy that the stuff I lost wasn't major.

The computer is an HP Pavilion DV6000, a solid decently priced laptop computer. Nowadays when I start it up after shutting down the normal menu shutdown way, it will automatically into repair mode, which takes several MINUTES, giving the reason that I didn't shut it down properly. I did, so is there some other EXPLANATION? A virus? Or is there a command I can give it or a button to make it stop? Because it slows down the PROCESS, it doesn't seem to do anything else

Any help would be appreciated Still under warranty?QUOTE from: Broni on June 07, 2009, 09:45:03 PM

Still under warranty?

I have a wireless internet problem. I FUNCTION fine when I am hard wired into my router but when I am working in a wireless mode, I have very inconsistent results. The biggest problem is that once I get onto many web pages, I cannot go further onto the page. I click on something or try to access additional information on a page and my computer will run for several minutes before I get a cannot access message. But the problem is intermittent. It will work fine sometimes but many times it doesn't. If I reconfirm IP address, it will work fine for a few minutes but then it will start to ACT up again. Connection strength looks good so I don't think it is DUE to a weak signal. It almost seems like my computer gets stuck trying to drill deeper into a web site. It STARTS to download but then just seems to stall. Sometimes if I hit REFRESH, the info will pop right up. But many times that doesn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas? Please help. Thanks.

If it's a Desktop borrow a vid card from a friend and swap it in there to test the results...Well looks like I left that out to. Yes it's a eMachine desktop don't know what I was thinking about. Only thing, don't know anyone who has one that I could borrow I'm going to have to buy one I guess. Thanks so much for all your help Patio!! We don't do any gaming on this desktop just e-mail and internet and sometimes my daughter will watch a movie on it. Do you know of a good graphics card to get. And thanks again. And ALSO thanks to you DaveLembke. According to your specs that machine will take any PCI Express video card....
Just decide on a BUDGET and do some browsing at newegg.com for a selection.
Best of Luck.Thanks again for all your help!!!!!!!!!! hommerstang One more question if it turns out to be the MB can I buy a new one from say newegg or some other place like that?Yep.
DLoad and run Everest Home...
It will tell you more than you'll ever NEED to know about what's in that machine.
You can post the COMPUTER Summary portion here for a looksee.

It may be better to simply build a new one...but that depends.Appreciate it Patio! Will be NEXT weekend before I can order a graphics card will post back if card wasn't the problem.

Thanks again hommerstangNo Problem...And Welcome Aboard !

OK;MANY THANKS ;SO I GUESS,FROM WHAT YOU SAID,THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO LOOK FOR AND DELETE... Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 20, 2009, 06:43:31 PM

it's fairly simple what happened.

The first OS on the PC was windows 95,98,98SE or ME.

windows 2000 was then installed- which placed itself, by default, in C:\WINNT, leaving the old install in C:\WINDOWS.

Windows XP was installed, and that overwrote the first windows install in C:\windows, however the XP setup program, not knowing any better, kept the boot.ini entry that windows 2000 had made for it.

the end.

So I just installed Windows Dark Edition on my computer because I thought it looked sweet. And it does. But the PROBLEM is random parts of it are in Thai. But not all of it... just CERTAIN random parts.. For instance all of the PULL down menus in Firefox and IE are in Thai. The MONTH and days of the week are in Thai in the calendar. And some random stuff is in Thai when installing programs.

Here is an example:


And here is me TRYING to change the language in Firefox:


And here is me installing some drivers:


What is going on!?Quote

I just installed Windows Dark Edition

I am reinstalling Windows and it takes me a long time to search for this file and get a file that actually works on the net.Quote from: Midna on June 20, 2009, 10:27:46 PM

I am reinstalling Windows and it takes me a long time to search for this file and get a file that actually works on the net.

I had finally installed Windows XP: Home on my new 500GB HDD. Everything seemed FINE, I had installed updates SP3 and everything except the grahics driver (Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family, which seems hard to find, even on the Intel site). I had downloaded the zip file since the EXE one didn't work even though I put my correct OS System.

I seemed to work until I restarted my laptop. I get black screen which says:

Windows could not start because the following file is missin or corrupted:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM
Select 'r' t the first screen to start repair.

I'm not sure what to do. I put in my CD and I selected one but not sure what to type.

Why would it be missing or corrupted after installing a Intel graphics driver?

Edit: I tried to do a repair but the option wasn't there. I am now reinstalling Windows I have the most BAD LUCK!!!Comprehensive instructions for fixing the problems you're having are on the following website: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm.

Don't be intimidated by all the information. Just follow the instructions one step at a time. Hopefully it GETS you working again.

Hello

I'm WONDERING if all the computers in Futureshop, Best Buy, FRY's etc. that come with 4GB or more ram run Windows 64-bit. The computer I have now is Windows XP 32 bit, and it won't SHOW that I have 4GB...only 3GB.

Please Help

Thanks!
MattFrom what I have seen at best buy, anything with 4GB or more of RAM is 64-bit, and more or less will be the same anywhere else.here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us

I AM NEED HELP ON THE PRODUCT KEY, MICROSOFT WANTED THE PRODUCT KEY SO I ENTER IT, BUT IT WAS INCORRECT. WHAT SHOULD I DO?first of all, please do not type in all capitals, it is like you are SHOUTING when you do it.

for your problem, if you are sure you have a valid product key (and not a pirated one), and you have not changed your computer hardware SIGNIFICANTLY or have already activated multiple TIMES, I would call Microsoft TECHNICAL support, they'll be glad to help you out.It has to be exact an if you cant say that it is or not then you need to try again before calling them.

water was spilled on the KEYBOARD. immediatly turned over, unplugged, LET dry. starts up normally and displays message " internal hard disk drive not found . try to reseat the drive ". also " no bootable devices ". Is it wrecked?Water has probably got inside the hard drive.

Worst case just replace the hard drive.can it be blown dry, then eventully work, or does the water short something in the hard drive that makes it non repairable.Quote from: richardrkb on June 20, 2009, 05:07:09 PM

can it be blown dry, then eventully work, or does the water short something in the hard drive that makes it non repairable.

too metal, there are a number of other things that could be wrong with it an its not possible to do that since there enclosed for protection. I would attempt data recovery an get a new one.

Why are you posting in bold??

Hi. I recently upgraded my motherboard to a ASUS PQ5 pro and my graphics card to a XENON GTX 260 896MB 448bit. I've updated all my drivers and everything seems to be in order however all my games as showing the same problem: in-GAME movies such as .BIK files are running the video increasingly faster than the audio i.e. it STARTS in sync, but gets worse as the movie plays on. This isn't game-breaking, but it is annoying and I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix it. Normal AVI files run fine and gameplay sound runs fine too, so I'm kind of at a loss as to how to approach this.Exactly what games are we talking about here? Impossible to answer the question without knowing. There are literally thousands of different games that use Bink.I've seen it happen with prototype, the ghostbusters game, bully and both KOTOR games. I figure it's a universal issue, since they were all fine before.

I should have mentioned, I use the on-board sound from the motherboard, which takes realtek drivers. What sound quality is your Realtek card set to? 44100Hz or 48000Hz? Or something different?I was going to say theres the problem. Actually, I just ask because I know Bink 1.9i finally corrected a problem with audio synchronization when the sound card was set to 48000Hz and the Bink video was using 44100Hz. This was only fixed about 6 or 7 months ago, so most any game that was published with a version of Bink prior to the fix will have this issue.I thought that its cause its lower quality sound, thus it could keep up or something.Quote from: quaxo on June 21, 2009, 06:28:10 AM

What sound quality is your Realtek card set to? 44100Hz or 48000Hz? Or something different?

Double-click the Realtek icon in the system tray, this should open the Realtek Audio Manager. Click the 'Speakers' tab, then the 'Default Format' tab.

There should be a little pull down menu there. Select 44100Hz, either 16 or 24-bit quality.

Did you pick 16 or 24 bit? Some people notice a difference between the two, some don't.

I downloaded SP3 from Microsoft and upgrade my O/S. After installed the SP3 every time when I boot up the system will have two windows warning displays "Entry Point Not Found." One is "AirGCFG.exe", one is "WZCSLDR.exe." In detail is says "The procedure entry could not be located in the dynamic link library wlanapi.dll" But the system is working stable seem no problem.

Can some one advise what is these means and how to fix it?

Thank you very much!
Insert your installation CD, OPEN a command prompt and type: sfc /scannow Press enter

let it run and see if there are any files that need to be replaced....After it is finished, restart your computer and see if the problem is goneBoth files are part of D-Link wireless PCI adapter driver. Do you use the device?Thank you for "blockHEAD", and "Broni"!

First, I had did the sfc /scannow, but no used problem still there.

Second, hi, Broni you're right. I use D-Link wireless ROUTER and PCI net card. Please advise how can I do right now. Thank you!Do you have any errors in Device Manager?Quote

One is "AirGCFG.exe", one is "WZCSLDR.exe."

Kudos to y'all! Ok, here's the thing. There's this REMOTE computer where I know who's current;y logged on by simply running a VBSCRIPT aganist it. But the thing is, I also wanted to get the path of the currently logged on user's profile folder. I've searched the web regarding this and all I came out are for running the vbScript locally to be able to get the User Profile Folder. I don'y know if it's possible using WMI. Please help...i use vbscript to connect to remote machines...so i dont know how to translate vbs code to c#. HOWEVER, WMI classes are the same regardless of the language we use.

Here's what you should do:

I use ("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator").ConnectServer method (you must follow and specify the parameters of course e.g. username,password,etc.) plus the namespace (connect to e.g. "root\default") to connect to ANY remote machine and then perform QUERIES or commands using specified CLASS (properties and methods). Download CIM studio from microsoft.com to find the class you need.

He hasn't been back in almost 3 years now....

What does the pagefilesys file do?
Should we DELETE it?


C:\>ATTRIB pagefile.sys
A SH C:\pagefile.sys

C:\>ls -last pagefile.sys
4171984 -rwhrwsrwa 1 0 0 2136055808 Jun 20 20:25 pagefile.sys

2.136055808 * (10^9) = 2 136 055 808
More about calculator.
Is this over two Gig?

1 073 741 824 * 2 = 2 147 483 648

The pagefile is the swap area where Windows dumps things too big for RAM...
It should be approx 1.5 TIMES the amount of RAM installed up to a max of 2G.

I installed a photo scanner/printer (VuPoint) and the related software from Arc.

I UNINSTALLED the scanner, but not the Arc software, and now I keep getting this error message:
This application has failed to start because MagCore.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.Quote from: Lincolnb on June 14, 2009, 02:03:11 PM

Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

JJ 3000: Thank you for helping!! The process was a lot quicker than I expected to make the partitions.

I installed Windows 2000 and everything seems okay.

How do I go about formatting and using the D: drive/partition?

I attached a screen capture of the disk management so you can see how it looks on Windows 2000 and which drives are there (please ignore F: drive thats listed there. I forgot I had the Sandisk SD card plugged in when I took the screen capture).

[attachment deleted by admin]The first thing you want to do after installing windows is make sure that all of your drivers loaded. Click Start then Run and type in devmgmt.msc and press enter. This will take you device manager. If you see any yellow question marks or exclamation points you will need a driver for that device.

After that go to windows update and get all of the updates that are available for your computer.

After you've done that, then you can move onto setting up your new partition.
Just right click that new partition and select format. Use the NTFS file system.

Good luck!I have gone into the device manager as you suggested. I only saw two question marks but I don't know if I even use the items which the question marks had appeared next to. I took a screen capture so you could see.

I ALSO checked at Windows updates and downloaded everything they said was a high priority update. There were a few other after that but I didn't know if should install them because I don't know if they're security-related. I took a screen capture of that too.

After that, I formatted the D: drive. When I right-clicked on it the little window had two other boxes which said "Perform a quick format" and "Enable file and folder compression". I formatted D: drive but did not check either of those boxes. Was that correct?

[attachment deleted by admin]You need to re-install your MBoard chipset drivers...
The MISSING PCI device drivers can cause a whole host of issues with that machine's performance...creating partitions/volumes on the same disk to save backup COPIES is not a good solution. when you create backups of your files, transfer them to a separate disk or media and ALWAYS save them in a format that a common malware does not touch or cannot normally modify. For example: .ISO, .NRG files; these files can be burned to a DVD-RW/DVD9-RW as well. You can schedule backups.

You can also use NT backup or disk images to backup your files (you can use DVD-RW or DVD9-RW if you dont have a separate disk) - they're EASY to create and restore. That way you don't have to reformat and manually reinstall everything (your apps, your OS,your drivers, your files, etc.). All it takes is a 5-15 minute wait - that's the fastest way to recover your files and OS state. You have to create backups on a regular basis. Make it your habit.




Patio: the PCI thing is the motherboard? I thought it was one of those cards like you plug into the slot on the side of the computer (like a modem card). I'll have to check and see if I have a driver for that. I'm not using the original software for this computer so it didn't LOAD drivers for it when I installed Windows. I had to get them from Dell's website.cyrusrynlee: The files I wanted to put on D: are all my personal files from my computer (photos, music, etc.) They're the original files not a backup. Only the OS and programs are on C: drive. I don't have DVD-ROM drive and never had made those type of files mentioned. If I back up my personal files, I just save them to CD-ROM and Sandisk SD cards. My computer does not play or burn DVDs (it's an older model).

I was thinking of getting an external DVD writer but haven't yet. Do they come with programs to make the ISO files you mentioned? When you make those to you have to use a new disk every time or does the updated version overwrite the older one?

If the 2nd install of XP was not done with the 1st install in place no bootloader in the world is going to help you...
You will need to use the BIOS option to boot to whatever drive you choose...I forgot to mention, the drives are SATA so jumpers are not an issue. Both SATA sockets on the motherboard are in use, so I will have to get a SATA card.Worth noting that drive (partition) letter allocations change when the OS is booted from the slave drive.

e.g.
Consider a hardware setup with 2 physical drives each having 2 partitions.

When booted from the Master the partition letter allocations are:

Master C: and D:
Slave E: and F:

When booted from the Slave the partition letter allocations are:

Master E: and D:
Slave C: and F:

It can get a bit confusing especially when working at the command prompt.



Quote from: patio on June 17, 2009, 06:36:11 PM

If the 2nd install of XP was not done with the 1st install in place no bootloader in the world is going to help you...

I'm not sure where you are coming from here... I just did an install of XP when only one HDD was present on the system.. I then removed that drive and put a different HDD on the system, installed XP, Mastered one HDD and Slaved the other... Then I edited the boot.ini file on the bootable HDD (the one set first in CMOS), restarted, and I got my dual boot options..(boot.ini file appeared)

Sorry to jack this but I figured this would settle alot of confusion too. I have an IDE card an a SATA drive. I have too have one connected to the on board IDE but I'm just useing the master on the card which add's two IDE connectors. Total I have four drives possibly one died cause it was bad an I hoped that I could of got it to work. Patio it was a it works or it wont thing.

I'm running windows XP 5.1 -- when I turn on my computer, I get a pop up that says

"THE FEATURE YOU ARE TRYING TO USE IS ON A CD-ROM OR OTHER REMOVEABLE DISC THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE. INSERT THE DISC AND CLICK OK"

Above the type-in box it reads 'USE SOURCE" with the number "1" in the type in box

When I try to click off that, I get the message:

"AN INSTALLATION PACKAGE FOR THE PRODUCT "STATUS" CANNOT BE FOUND. TRY THE INSTALLATION AGAIN USING A VALID COPY OF THE INSTALLATION PACKAGE "STATUS.MSI"

There is no way to get rid of these annoying pop-ups. Help!

Thank you,

Beak
what brand of PRINTER do you own?HP Deskhjet F4180ahh, EXCELLENT. This is actually a known issue with some HP printer software.

Try reinstalling the software that came with your printer.

This fellow had a similar issue:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistahardware/thread/fc920e97-956f-411e-98d2-e79a4602cacf

It seems to be related to the "easy printer status" component of the HP software. when you reinstall, you can probably not install that particular component by selecting custom and unselecting it. i cant read my email the keep saying that am offline and when i try to reslove the problem they say am should download a dobe FLASH player when i try to do that they say i should try again due to connection error Quote from: darkangel(#1) on June 22, 2009, 02:57:00 PM

i cant read my email the keep saying that am offline and when i try to reslove the problem they say am should download a dobe flash player when i try to do that they say i should try again due to connection error

Hey I've recently installed a "BEAUTY FEATURE" CALLED Crystal XP and since that I've been getting this ERROR everytime I try to start VLC media player and several other programs.

"System DLL user32.dll has been moved in the internal memory. The Program will not be able to launch. The move occured because the DLL-file C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.DLL took a memory address which was reserved for Window's system-DLL files. Contact the supplier of the DLL-file to correct this error."

I have no idea why this is happening and even less about how to fix it, so if anyone has some quick cure that would be great!

Thank you.

SebastianUninstall Crystal XP.

I NEED help with multiplying CELLS in Excel. I don't know if I'm using the right formula.

=PRODUCT(B2:B11, B3)

I have $20.00 INSERTED into cell B2. It is multiplying correctly anything I insert into B3 through B11. My total shows up in B12. However, if I CLEAR all info. in cells B3 through B11, there is still a total of $20.00 in B12. I don't want it to show a total of $20.00 if I don't have anything I have multiplied in that row.

I probably don't make much sense, but any help is appreciated.Apparently, your SUM formula in B12 must include cell B2, where you have $20. Is that right?

Not again. At LEAST make a damned effort, Squall. Settle this in a PM, Mulreay.

The next post to this TOPIC will either be related to the topic or a post from Haus_kat. Any other post will be removed.I QUITE like this one Kat.



[attachment DELETED by admin]Thank Mulreay That one is pretty COOL!squall_01: Have you used the Beta version that Windows was offering of Windows 7? I think I had gotten that screen capture from their website. I just assumed the fish wallpaper was included in the Beta version of 7 because I saw it in the screen capture.I never had the chance too, I have RC installed which is it with most of the bugs out of it an few changes. So I have more of an idea then some check the sig.

I have a windows xp at home that would freeze immediately after the desk top appeared. The cursor arrow would remain frozen in the middle of the screen. The only way to get to my email and INTERNET (earthlink) was by using it in safe mode. Now even that will not work. Upon start up, a new screen comes up for a security system I have never heard of. It asks to scan the computer and finds all these viruses. I cannot get to the homepage (earthlink) or anywhere else. This new screen cannot be closed out, it just sits there and does not allow anything else to APPEAR. Any help would be appreciated.Do you have a copy of windows to boot from?yesOk.... Can you not boot from it?? Re-install??No - I cannot get past this screen popup trying to SELL a virus scanner - even in safe mode. I cannot mimimizeit, close it, or do anything with it.So if you put a genuine Windows CD you can't get it to boot?Correct - nothing except this new popupGive me 30mins please I'm gonna have a chat and may be get you re-directed to the right people.Can you burn a CD with the computer you are using now?

Avira AntiVir Rescue System

1. Download the Avira AntiVir Rescue System
- If you need a free burning APPLICATION, CDBurnerXP works on all operating systems from Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 onwards.
2. Place a blank CD in your burner and double-click on the downloaded file.
3. The program will automatically burn the CD for you.
4. Place the burned CD into the affected computer and start the computer with the CD in the CD tray.
5. On the bottom left side of the screen there are 2 flags. Using your mouse click on the British flag to use English.
6. Click on the Configuration button.

- Select Scan all files
- Select Try to repair infected files and Rename files, if they cannot be removed
- Select Scan for dialers
- Select Scan for joke PROGRAMS (Jokes)
- Select Scan for games
- Select Scan for spyware (SPR)

7. Click on Virus scanner
8. Click on Start scanner at the bottom of the screen.

9. Let Avira finish it's scan and then remove any threats found and then exit out of the scanner.
10. Take the CD out of the CD/DVD tray and then restart the computer.

If needed see this Tutorial for the Avira Rescue CDThanks! I'll try this when I get home tomorrow and let you know.See I try! Evil should of helped you there hopefully.

I really NEED some help with my computer, I can't figure out what to do.

My computer crashed and I cannot recover it at all.

When I RESTART it here are some items it says:

Verifying DMI Pool Data ........
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM :
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM :
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

I enter my XP disk and press enter.

The computer reboots into windows startup and loads all files.

From there it states:

-To setup Windos XP now, press Enter
-To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
-To quit WITHOUT installing Windows XP, press F3.

I have tried all and non work. What do I do? How about 'buy a new hard drive'?
I know it is not funny, but...
First - check if Your hard drive is being recognized in BIOS.It doesn't look like it is... Leave Your computer without power for a while and try again. It sometimes helps to get it back. Also You can check the cable connections of Your hdd, though I doubt it is the problem. But the first suggestion is still there. If You are not able to access to Your hdd at all, You can try to retrieve the data following this LINK...
...or wait for someone else, more aknowledged It looks like bad hard drive.

Run hard drive diagnostics: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the BRAND of your hard drive.
Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn .iso file to a CD, and make the CD bootable.

NOTE. If your hard drive is made by Toshiba, which is not listed, try using Hitachi tools.
Quote from: rf1313 on May 30, 2009, 10:45:53 AM

I really need some help with my computer, I can't figure out what to do.

My computer crashed and I cannot recover it at all.

When I restart it here are some items it says:

Verifying DMI Pool Data ........
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM :
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM :
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

I enter my XP disk and press enter.

The computer reboots into windows startup and loads all files.

From there it states:

-To setup Windos XP now, press Enter
-To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
-To quit without installing Windows XP, press F3.

I have tried all and non work. What do I do?

I am getting the Blue Screen of Death when I try to start my computer. When I go into set-up mode it says none of the devices are working. I tried putting in the windows xp cd, but it will not recognize the drive. It won't recognize any drives, actually.

Here is what I am looking at. It's a Dell Dimension 4700:

Drive 0: ST380013AS - FAIL. Return code: 7
Drive 1: No device
Drive 2: JLMS DVD-ROM XJ-HD166 - Diagnostics not supported
Drive 3: HL-DT-ST GCE-8483B - Diagnostics not supportedHmmm, return code 7 means, a lot of times, hard drive failure. You may need to get a new hard drive I hope that is not the case, I need some files off of here.Clear CMOS

Open the computer case and look for the CMOS battery.
Make sure you are grounded before touching any internal components. Static electricity can fry the MOTHERBOARD!
While you are in there, I would also, blow out the dust with a can of compressed AIR and make sure that the CD drive's data cable is plugged in properly, and the jumper is in the right position.

Have you tried more that one optical drive? Did you use the same data cable?Run hard drive diagnostics: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.
Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn .iso file to a CD, and make the CD bootable.

NOTE. If your hard drive is made by Toshiba, which is not listed, try using Hitachi tools.
How can he run HD diagnostics if he cant use his CD drive?We don't know that yet, because it may be boot order issue. Not explained, so far.