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There is a problem of my computer speed that when it is start, it is normally GOING on. SOMETIME it speed suddenly slow
So, please suggest me how can I REMOVE this problem.
NEED...more...info...gasp

Operating system / antivirus & antispyware protection / service packs installed / when did it start happening / did it ever work right / installed any new software?

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before, i only have 1 account in my computer, which is the "ADMIN". but, since i having PROBLEM with internet connection that i dont know why? ive got some advice from our friend here. his advice was to Create a new one with Adm. privileges. therefore, i decided to create a new one. but my problem is... i cant open "my document" in my previous account. and everytime i click that, a dialog box always appears and this is the message "C\Document and Setting\JE\ is not accessible.... ACCESS is denied". my only way to get my files from there is to restart my comp and USE the admin accnt and share the folder/file that i need to use. and it takes a lot of time.

my question is... how can i open "my document" from my old account using the current account?
is it possible?
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How we REMOVE the virus from pendrive and memory card with or without any software ? PLEASE give me a suggestion.
Format it...

Or Travel Here

Your machine is probably now infected as well so travel to our Virus and SPYWARE section and follow the Guide at the TOP of the page...

I had a hard drive crash and installed a new hard drive. After installing WINDOWS XP PRO SP1 I do not have a SOUND card. It was on the computer prior to the hard drive crash. Can ANYONE tell me how to get it to WORK again?Do you mean, you don't have a sound?Install your MBoard drivers...

Hello everybody. My first time here.
I have an HP pavilion dv8130 laptop. It USES 2 hard drives. I recently installed 2 new ones and used my Windows XP Pro disc to format and install. My machine is now up and running, and it took quite a bit of time to get this far. Now, in "my computer" I only see the "C" disc and the dvd/cd rom is labelled "D".
I assume I still need to format the second hard drive, but I'm anxious about losing what I have set up on "C".
My question is:
1. Do I have to rename the cd rom to "E" first? And how?
2. Will the Windows disc automatically go to the second hhd disc?
JimA new drive needs to be formatted before Windows will recognise it...
After this is done you can assign any drive letter you want to each corresponging drive.
You neglected to mention how these extra drives are connected as it is a laptop...I'm not sure I understand. The hard drives are inside! lol
The C is the main one. The D is for storage and I always had to access it from "my computer".
The new ones are:
Western Digital GB/GO EIDE model wd1200vertl

During the install, it automatically formatted the C drive but obviously not the secondary or D drive.

JimOK, I got impatient waiting for more help and tried to set up my secondary drive on my own. I should have waited!
I put in the windows xp pro cd and it went into set up MODE. At the end I expected to get a choice of which drive to set up but ONLY THE C DRIVE was listed, so I hit ESC and popped the disc out. The computer restarted and now during the boot up it asks me which operating system to start.
1. Windows XP or
2. Windows set up
I don't understand how to get it to format ONLY the secondary drive. And now, how to get the start up back to normal.
??
Jim

HP pavilion dv 8130
win xp pro
Avg free,Spybot S&D,Adaware 2007
2 new hard drives. the secondary is raw.this is not to difficult to do

go to start
go to my computer and right click on it
select manage

in the next screen double click on storage
then double click on disk management

here you will see your two drives present as "0" and "1"

right click on the one not showing in the top screen and select format

restart you computer and voila you will have two drive with there respective drive letters showing

bartrob
thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou

That worked like a charm. It's formatting the D drive right now.
Now about what I did to the C drive. As stated above, when I start my computer, it asks which operating system to start. It gives me a choice of:
1. Windows XP
2. Windows set up.

I previously had put in the Windows cd (after the C drive was up and running Windows) to attempt to format the D drive.
It apparently began set up on the C drive and it still wants to finish!
How do I get rid of that? Do I have to format C again and reinstall Windows again?
JimNo that isn't necessary.
We will need to have a look at and later edit your boot.ini file.
So here is what you do:
Right click My Computer and select Properties.
Select the Advanced tab and press the Settings button in the Startup and Recovery frame.
Click the Edit button.
Now notepad should open and display some text.
Copy all this text and paste it into a reply here. Do not edit the boot.ini at this point. Merely close it after you've copied the text. If it asks you to save any changes select no.[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"

OK here it is.
Note, every bit of this is a learning PROCESS for me and I greatly appreciate what you all are doing here.
JimOkay now we're ready to to edit the boot.ini file.
Open boot.ini as you did before.
Delete all the text in it and replace it with the text I've written in the box below:
Code: [Select][boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
Close notepad and save the changes.
Reboot and cross your fingers. The boot menu should now be gone.

EDIT: Don't know if you've already made the change to the boot.ini, but notice I've just updated what you should put in your boot.ini file a bit. I added the "/usepmtimer" switch because this was present in your original boot.ini file and your system might need it for optimal performance.
If you've already changed boot.ini open it again and add /usepmtimer like shown above. If you haven't done anything yet just disregard this and go ahead. OK I deleted and then copy/pasted and saved the change.
I'm crossing my fingers!
Here goes
Deerpark,
You're the best!
Kudos to everyone here. My machine now boots up like it should!

OK just one more thing!
There are pictures and stuff on my old "D" hard drive. I would like to get back. I think I remember seeing a holder you can put a laptop hard drive in and use as an external drive. There was a JUMPER on two of the pins, but I used it on the new slave.
Can I rig that up and get those files back, and will it still need that jumper?
JimYou can get an external USB HDD caddy for laptop hard drives and hook it up that way.
Or you can get a 2.5" to IDE connector for about 10 bucks and hook it up to a desktop and copy/burn your data to CD/DVD and do it that way...

I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop that was previously running XP, but we sent it to some people for REPAIR and they half installed Windows ME. (Most files are missing) ME WONT detect CDs, or PLAY sounds, or let me connect to the internet.
I need to uninstall ME so I can run the recovery disc for my laptop, but without the ME installation disc or files. How can I do this?An update, I did....something and tried the disk again. After awhile a message CAME up saying:
"Windows cannot find 'ERRORDIALOG.EXE'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search."
Whats this mean?I would be returning the machine to the repair FACILITY demanding satisfaction and letting them know you have an attorney...Well we could do that.....are you sure theres nothing we can do to fix it?

I am using XP Home Edition. It is tiresome to delete old favorites one at a TIME. Is there any way to delete like 3 or 4 at one time?If they are CONSECUTIVE ones, CLICK on first, hold SHIFT, click on last one. RELEASE SHIFT. Hit Delete key.
If they're random, click on first, hold CTRL, and keep clicking on each one to be removed. When done, release CTRL, and hit Delete key. I am sorry but this does not work for me. Anytime I click on an item in favorites, regardless if Shift or CTRL is held, that page is selected and appears.You can use a neat little app called AMDeadLink...removes broken/old url's...
NOTE: Be patient it takes awhile to run as it checks each one for connectivity.You can open the folder and delete the links you don't want.

C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name\Favorites

This only shows some of my favorites, not all. I do believe I must do it one at a time.

for the past couple days my computer (Dell Vostro 200, Windows XP Service Pack 2) has been coming up with an error message saying that some system.LOG (maybe not accurate, I have a bad memory) and a ezi_hmn.log error

when i go into the command prompt and run just chkdsk i get the following:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk
The type of the file system is NTFS.

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

CHKDSK is VERIFYING files (stage 1 of 3)...
Deleted corrupt attribute list entry
with type code 128 in file 2650.
Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "")
from file record segment 4944.
File verification completed.
Deleting orphan file record segment 4944.

Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode.

Also when it asks to run of reboot when i specify f perameter it comes up with:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /f
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in USE by another
process. Would you LIKE to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) Y

Chkdsk could not schedule this volume to be checked
the next time the system restarts.

I tried to run Microsoft Chkdsk help wizard thing i downloaded off of their SITE but then it comes up with a similar error.

:-\What did i do wrong?/
and is there any "quick fixes"?


run chkdsk off of a boot disk and you'll be in good shape.

bootdisk.com

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. It this screen appears again, follow these steps.

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. It this is a new intallation ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any WINDOW update you might need.
If problem continues, disable ore remove any newly installed hardware of software. disable BIOS memory options such as Caching or Shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, Press F8 to Select ADVANCED Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
***STOP: 0x0000000A (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0x804DC11D)

Beginning dump of Physical Memory
Physical Memory dump complete
Contact System Administrator or Technical Support Group for further assistance.

Now that's what the whole blue screen says and I get several times daily.
Can anyone help me on this please?
Thanks Just a coupla questions (assuming your operating system is XP):

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this is what my screen says when it decides to shutdown as requested

I'm looking for some ARTICLES to read about how to USE REMOTE Assistance for a newbie like me. Written so I can understand it.

I have Window's XP Home v5.1

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks, Thttp://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxprmass.html

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Should they not have dissappeared after unistalling Microsoft Office?

will switching from Adobe Acrobate Reader to FoxIt be a seamless

whenever i open a internet browser, an messege saying there is an error with iexeplore.exe something and needs to close...im really getting annoyed please help me with this..is this some kind of virus or spyware..just tell me how to stop this error messege to keep appearing when i open a internet browser!!please helpWelcome to the CH forums.

Please read this

I have a windows XP home edition...i recently installed a bunch of psp mp4 youtube converters(so i pick out the ones that really work for the psp well a bunch of them didnt but 1 did) so i could put my psp to use other than games...suddenly when i keep OPENING a browser a messege saying a error has been ENCOUNTERED and it keeps appearing(it says i need to close the browser) i avoided not clicking the *dont send or send error* buttons just to be here ...i heard about this iexplore.exe problems that it might be some TROJAN but it doesnt looks like it because i had AVG scan my comp but so far nothing...is this really serious i know this have something to do with my internet explorer but im not really a guy into computers so I dont really know what this is...You may have a conflict between I.E. and one or some of the converters you installed.

Can you UNINSTALL the converters and retry I.E.

Which version of I.E. are you running?i deleted all of the converters i installed...my I.E's version is...AppVer: 7.0.6000.16574....ModVer: 7.0.6000.16587.....i dont know which of those is the right one..In IE go Tools>Internet Options>Advanced tab, an click "Reset" button.
Be aware, all add-ons will be gone.
If that doesn't work, install Firefox, and seeTHANK YOU!! i'll be back here if I have another comp problems hehehe Did you fix anything?

Hi All
Dell Dimension E521 win xp Prof. IE6 and outlook express Ver 6.

Been having a BIT of bother recently after downloading a program from the states despite having the mighty protection of McFee ,Firewalls and whatever.Ended up restoring and all well except OE had empty folders although the address book was intact.
I searched and found I had two other OE folders showing each with its own subfolders CONTAINING sent and deleted files etc. (I think they were files with DBX extensions)

When I tried to import them to the current OE an error message said something like you cannot import from this program as files already in use.

How can i gather together all the old files and collate them into the "new" OE.

Tks Create two new folders that don't have the same names currently being used by OE. MOVE all of the files from the old folders to their new ONES. Export or Import the new folders into Outlook Express.

I am going to put in a new SATA Hard Drive but I don't want to have to install everything again and then FIX every setting in every program again.

So I was going to try to Clone my master hard drive onto a Secondary hard drive and then when that is doen just put the Secondary hard drive in the Primarys place.

I now this would work but I have Win XP PRO and I did not want to buy a program just for this. Can I use win xp pro to Clone my Hard Drive??
I know win xp has FAST Program I can use but I don't think that will clone.

Thanks
To clone a drive you will need a 3rd party tool. Windows doesn't come with a clone tool built into it.

They do have many vendors out there that can do this but you will have to buy the program. Unless someone knows of a free one I would look at Partition Manager. Its around 40.00 and works great.



http://www.partition-manager.com/?gclid=CMD71rW0q5ECFQwZgQodH1inYg

Win XP has 2. programs Backup and File Tranfer Wizerd.

Can ether of these be used to copy my Primary hard drive to my Secondary. So I can then use my secondary as my primary.

I don't want to install everything again and when I read about these 2. programs they say you can backup a whole hard drive but I did not know if this would work?

Thanks againThe hard drive manufacturer will PROBABLY have free disk setup and cloning program on its site. Don't know about others but the programs supplied free by SEAGATE perform brilliantly.

Good luck.hello there

this sight will help you with your cloning and it has a couple of downloads there that will do the job for free as well
Link Edit
bartrobHook up the new drive as a slave.
Use the software that ships with the new HDD as Dusty suggested.
Clone the OLD drive to the new drive.
Remove the old drive and hook up the new one as master.

Done.

You can then format the old drive and hook it up as a slave and use it for storage.

Help!!!

I was on the phone yesterday with MICROSOFT for two hours trying to update my computer from Windows 2000 Prof to XP Prof. All went well until it went to boot into XP and it's looping. It reboots, flashes XP and then reboots, flashes XP and gets nowhere.

Microsoft got me to the error section which were: 0x00000050 and page_fault_in_nonpaged_area. Apparently one had to do with an antivirus program that needed to be turned off and the other was the display driver.

Is there any way to update the display driver while it's rebooting in a loop??? And am I searching for an updated driver for the BIOS or the video card or both?

I appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.You can attempt it from safemode although this may not interrupt the loop.
From a cold start power up and start tapping F8 as soon as you start it and before you see the Windows logo.
Once in safemode you can install/remove drivers.Patio,

Thanks for your reply......the Microsoft fellow put me in safemode.....it's still looping. He sent me an email telling me how I might uninstall XP but I have to get to a command prompt and I don't know how to do that? But on reading another Microsoft support page I'm not sure I can take XP off of Win 2000 Prof? We thought of replacing the motherboard, or taking out the harddrive, wipe it clean and reinstalling WIN 2000 Prof (I have the CD). I have checked the drivers for the motherboard and they all seem to be compatible with Win 2000 and XP. So when my computer was working fine in Win 2000 and all we did was update, why WOULD it not work for XP??

How much info do you need from this drive ? ?
The safest method is to remove the drive and hook it up as a slave in a known working system and copy/burn the data you need...
The 2nd thing to consider is that this may be a hardware issue.
Remove a side panel and double-check all connections to make sure they are snug.
Also look at all fans/heatsinks as well and make sure the fans are all operative and the heatsinks are not clogged with gunk.
A can of compressed air works well cleaning out the gunk.
Use a QTip to hold the fan blades in place while blasting them to PREVENT damage...
After doing the above i would run the HDD diagnostics on that hard drive available from the drive manuf. site before replacing it in the offending machine.
You could also run chkdsk /r in case it's a Windows issue.
When your data is SAFELY backed up let us know how you want to proceed.
If you do want XP on there it may involve wiping the drive; re-installing Win2k and starting over.
Let us know.

BTW Welcome Aboard. And on your next post provide as much info on the machine in question as well....Patio,

Again, thanks for your answer, thought you and others would be interested in what happened. I had a friend check out my computer and the first thing he noticed was that I had a Iomega zip drive attached. He detached it and XP loaded just fine. Only problem is that on booting up now I have two XP's listed, the PARTIAL one and the full and complete one. Now I'm having problems with software and another call to Microsoft today.... They tell me the only way to get rid of the partial, looping XP is to reformat the drive, reload Windows 2000 Prof and then reinstall the upgrade XP Prof. So I guess in the long run it will be for the best, wipe the slate clean and start over. Yep. That method will produce the cleanest results...
Thanx for stopping back and giving us an update...

My motherboard is HP dx 6050,CPU AMD Athlon XP 2083 MHz 2800+, chipset nVidia nForce2 IGP. Where i can find the chipset drivers and which is the CORRECT driver? I tried in nvidia.com but i couldn't find or i wasn't sure which is the correct.Download and run PC Wizard. It should give you good technical data. You can post the data it provides if you are UNCERTAIN how to proceed. Go to http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us and put your info in, It will take you to the drivers.
Or you can try the Unified driver that is here http://display-and-video.free-driver-download.com/nVIDIA/606/nVIDIA-nForce,nForce2-Unified-Driver-WHQL(EN)-2.03-WinXP.html
I missed that it is an HP before I first posted. You should try HP's website to check for drivers. I downloaded this drivers http://display-and-video.free-driver-download.com/nVIDIA/606/nVIDIA-nForce,nForce2-Unified-Driver-WHQL(EN)-2.03-WinXP.html
and now i have audio but STILL don't have drivers for ethernet controller.From Everest that is a information for Network:
PCI/PnP Network 3Com 3C920B EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller
For "Windows Network" there is no any information.The correct ones will be on your HP "drivers" CD...

unless you open excel first and use the open file tab. This doesn't sound to horrible but the person who uses this PC is illiterate when it comes to these things and cannot find the spreadsheets using this method. Can anybody help? She has already taken it to a "professional", he couldn't make it work.
Thanks in advance
DJ9086too
More info please. Operating SYSTEM and version of Excel would be a good START. Also the behavior that occurs when you try to open a spreadsheet by double clicking on it would be nice. Is it an error message? Does it do NOTHING? Does it try to open in a different program?
SORRY I haven't had to do this for a while forgot the protocols.
I am running windows xp it had the old version of excel on it. The pro that I took it to installed excel 2003 (not 2007 that was a typo) with no results.
Here is what it does.
It will open excel but will not open the spreadsheet. There is no error message.
The problem started with her outlook not being able to open excel files attached.
any IDEAS
thanks for the help
dj9086too

i makin a new prgm and i NEED to make a HELP file. ANYONE now were i can get the software to make a help file?

Hi,

I was wondering if i could get some help here with the problem i have with my ASUS lapop. I have set "starfield" to be my SCREENSAVER and created a new power scheme for MONITOR power under properties in the desktop. By the WAY, my ASUS laptop runs on XP Pro. What happens is that everytime i re-start the machine, the screen saver get itself re-set to the default which is "Windows XP". The same thing happens to the monitor power. I have MADE sure that i clicked apply button but to no avail. I have never had this problem with my previous old laptop. Is this to do with the laptop or if there is anything i need to tweak here?

It's ASUS F3SC model laptop.

Thank you in advance

tried to use validation tool to download from microsoft and was told that my validation tool was no longer supported and that i needed to download UPDATED version but i cant find updated version to downnload can anyone help me.Please provide more information. Click here.
You have to be using Windows 2000 or newer. win xp, HOME ed., ver 2002, sp2, intel (r), pentium (r) 4, cpu 2.80ghz, 2.80 ghz, 480 mb ram
Here Ya GO...

I just put new hard drives in my laptop and installed windows xp pro. If I get an enclosure for the old drive, so it can be USED externally, can I move programs such as AUTOCAD to the new drives?
JimYou can find programs out there that will move your applications settings/preferences over to the new hard drive, but you will have to manually install each application using the disks/downloads they came from.

I could be wrong but I'm not aware of any applications that will move your applications over from one pc to another, due to legal reasons.

Your other option, though, would be to use the old hard drive as an external, like you said, and just run those applications off of that drive. The applications will load slower, but it would work.Quote from: socrates on February 06, 2008, 09:48:50 AM

Your other option, though, would be to use the old hard drive as an external, like you said, and just run those applications off of that drive. The applications will load slower, but it would work.

I an effort to having my computer on a clean slate, I tend to reformat my PC every 6-8 months. I have done this process a multitude of times without any problems, but this time I am running into a problem with Windows XP. I have reformatted and get the same results each time SINCE the problem has started.

I have two hardrives in my PC, and just bought a new one awhile ago, I took out my old IDE slave drive, moved my former IDE slave drive up to master and my newly bought SATA II drive to my slave. Things went great on my first install of XP this summer. Well new year and a clean slate was what I was going for.

I format my drive completely, not the quick NTFS formatting. Things load up nicely I load up my nForce drivers for stability purposes (never had any TROUBLE, but just to be sure), an anti-virus software and my wireless card drivers to connect to the internet. I then begin the process of updating Windows through Windows Update and since my copy of Windows XP is a launch copy, it is pretty bare and I need the works including SP2.

I get through one set of updates and do a restart, things are going great. I get to installing SP2 and then restart my computer and everything breaks down. Everytime I restart my computer after SP2 after going through the BIOS screen, my computer sits at a BLACK screen for about 3-5 MINUTES. It then finally gets to a point where the screen is all black with a white progress bar at the bottom of the screen that goes the length of my screen (its not the XP splash screen with the green progress bar). For the progress bar to complete, it takes anywhere between 10-20 minutes before I finally get to the XP splash screen, where the process runs at a normal speed and XP works fine.

I mentioned my hardware just in case this is a hardware issue, which it may be, but something tells me that it may be a software issue also. You've mentioned 3 drives...which one did you install to ? ?I removed my former master drive because it finally gave up on me. I had a slave in at the same time. I took this slave and MADE it my master drive and went out and bought a SATA drive as my new slave. So my current setup is:

160GB Master IDE
500GB Slave SATA II

I have unplugged my slave when I did the last attempt at a reformat, so only my 160GB is in currently and I am still getting the same results. Because it is a 160GB HD on a launch XP disc, I am only able to format 137GB as the XP install does not recognize anything above that.

The thing that makes me think it is not a HD issue is that the computer is perfectly fine up until the SP2 update, and from there is when I get the insane loading times, but the playing field is still open to my master being faulty.Well the SATA is probably faster than the IDE drive.
You could try removing the IDE and installing to the SATA.
Early on in the install you will see a prompt for RAID/SATA drivers to hit F6.
At that point have the MBoard driver CD handy or DLoad and make a SATA driver floppy from their site if you have a floppy drive. Continue with the XP install and then install SP2 and all other updates after installing your protection applications.

I think you'll find the system a little faster with the install on the SATA drive even if the IDE doesn't have issues...
After that you can format the IDE's and use them for storage if they pass the diagnostics from their respective manuf. site...the downloads are free and will tell you how healthy each drive is.

right in the middle of playing pc games my computer shuts down and restarts sometimes and sometimes i have to leave it off for a few minutes before it will restart. but this only HAPPENS when we play our pc gamesPlease provide more info. Click here.win xp, i am not sure about anything else
win xp, home ed., VER 2002, sp2, intel (r), PENTIUM (r) 4, cpu 2.80ghz, 2.80 GHZ, 480 mb ram Overheating POSSIBLE. Open computer case, and see if all fans are running.

In the TOOL menu folder OPTION is not come.
You're referring to Windows EXPLORER, RIGHT? What version of Windows? What HAPPENS when you try to view Tools, Folder Options?

I have a document done in Microsoft Office Word and I want to transfer it to a site on the internet but it SAYS that the document has to be done in RFT. How do I do this. I am totally confused. Please help For security REASONS, most websites won't accept .DOC upload.
In Word, open your document, then go File>SAVE As, and save it as Rich Text Format (RTF) file.
I assume your RFT was a typo.Thank you Broni it worked PERFECTLY. Its surprising how much I am learning.You're welcome

recently i have not been able to access my internet options it quickly flashes on then off, i cannot clear my temp cookies and files or change my browser which is blank. i have norton security and no spybot or similar.Can anyone help i am a novice so EASY english pleaseSince you didn't SAY otherwise, I will work under the assumption you are using Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7. If this is not the case please provide the APPROPRIATE information. Please CLICK here to see what information you should include when submitting a question.

Go to Control Panel and find Internet Properties. On the Advanced tab you can click Reset to delete all temporary files, disable browser add-ons and reset all changed SETTINGS.

The message says "Task manager has been disabled by your administrator"

the cure is to run gpedit.msc but my windows home cannot find gpedit.msc

I rely HEAVILY on the alt-control-del option but in this condition I am unable to do it and end up turning the MACHINE off and back on again when a PROGRAM gets
stuck.

I tried running sfc / scannow, and I even reloaded windows but I still have no gpedit.

Any other suggestions on how to get it back?

Sandy in FL

Quote from: stumble on February 07, 2008, 11:36:55 AM

my windows home cannot find gpedit.msc

I normally connect through VPN @ work. I recently had to travel & connect through a NETWORK connection. As a result, everytime my computer is idle for 2 minutes, it locks up & pulls up the CTL ALT DEL access screen requiring I log in again. This is a PITA that I would very much like to disable. I have no need for a time-out feature considering I work from home. Can anyone tell me how to disable this feature? I have SPENT a couple of HOURS Googling the issue & have come up nil.Sorry...forgot the comp info
Gateway Latitude D610
XP Pro VER 2002 SP2
Pentium M 1.73G
1G RAM
Alternate between using laptop as is & docked 2 monitor set-upSounds like your company has setup a policy on your machine. This is there for security.

Also I don't think your computer would be to happy about messing with it.

Im sick of running into sh*t I dont know and wondering if its important, how it got there and what not. I want to get rid of everything on my computer, reinstall everything, then go from there. What things should I do before I do this, and how is the best way to go about GETTING rid of everything and then reinstalling everything back on? And what about pros vs. cons of clearing the system?You need a windows CD to do that. Pros are, you correct all software-related errors and the little piles of crap from everything you installed and then uninstalled is gone. Cons are that you lose everything on the computer. Before you do this, it might be worth it to clean the computer up, eg virus/malware scans, defragment, etc.Also, backup any files you want to keep - probably anything that's in MYDOCUMENTS that you want. To really do the job right, if you have a large external hard drive you could backup your entire hard drive. See if your local CompUSA is still open there might be some external drives available at a screaming deal.Quote from: karidrgn on February 07, 2008, 09:26:52 PM

See if your local CompUSA is still open

Quote from: karidrgn on February 07, 2008, 09:26:52 PM

See if your local CompUSA is still open

Is everybody in the world automatically assumed to be in the USA? My "local CompUSA" is around 3,000 miles away, seeing as I live in Europe...

ok Recently WIPED out my computer and got it running PERFECT and was watching some movies on it....listening to some music....and ejoying EVERYTHING else about it...............THEN when i decide to listen to some music today using just windows "media player" it GIVES me an error

Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a PROBLEM with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly.


Ok but heres the thing that gets me....it only doesnt work when i want to view videos and listen to music...all other sounds work...Games, yahoo messenger, ETC....

Whats going on here and how can i fix this? Im asuming that i need to install drivers... but i cant seem to find any... I BELIEVE my sound card is a
"Intel 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller"
Thats what it shows under the Device manager... Check with the manufacturer of your motherboard. You should be able to plug in your motherboard model to find out what your soundcard is and get current drivers. Just to double check....see, if VLC Player will work: http://www.videolan.org/Device Manager...right clik the CDRrom device/properties...enable digital sound for this device.

Yesterday, I uninstalled Roxio Easy Media Creator as it was causing some issues.. The UNINSTALL went smoothly but since I wanted to do a clean reinstall , I needed to clean out the registry, I deleted all the ENTIRES suggested by Roxio support.

It was after doing this that I noticed that my CD Rom and DVD were no longer working, they were no longer displayed in Device Manager, apparently one of the Reg entires that I deleted should not have been deleted..

The CD Rom and DVD both show in 'my computer' .. and I can see files.. but any APP that uses the CD or DVD cannot detect they are there..

I have tried virtually every fix I've come across, deleting the upper and LOWER buffers.. removing both IDE controllers and then reinstalling them, driver upgrades.. etc.. Spent about an hour on the phone with MS support today.. and in the end the only thing they suggested was a repair install..

Today I even added an external USB DVD burner and device manager cannot find it either.. though it also shows up in my computer...

If I install, the windows DVD, it will auto run.. in any of the drives.. but if I put a music CD into any of the drives the associated APP will launch but then ERROR

I'm running win XP SP2 home edition..
system restore is off..

I really don't want to do a repair install if I don't have to..

any ideas that I have not tried??System Restore ? ?
And post what Roxio suggested you change in the registry...there may be an error there.

About once a while I go to start->c:/ and there are some duplicate Windows files that have "SQUARES" in place of the "o", the "d", and other LETTERS...also in the Windows folder "system32"

I delete them and they always come back...there are usually three "Windows" folders in c:/ with two with the squares....and the same in the windows folder under system32.

I have reinstalled windows, run AV, anit-spy, etc.....


Please helpIt would be to your advantage, if you gathered all your PROBLEMS (this one, music not playing, and an injured finger hit by cold compressed AIR) in one post. They may be connected.

I whent to google.com and did a search for the TELNET Program Putty

I found a site but there is a list of Putty FILES I do not know what one is the PLANE putty program file that I need to BEGAIN Telnetting?
Please help RobertJust plain puTTY.exe for WINDOWS.

hi all, i am new here.
i am looking for some help.
i just updated my computer yesterday, it's windows xp.
i have windows live one care and webroot spysweeper. wich just installed a new version also.
i have the automatic updates.
i usually leave the computer on, well, overnight I don't know what happened.
i get this message

Windowa could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt
\system32\hal.dll.

now i can't even get into safe mode.
it keeps coming up to a blue screen that says,
it has shut down to save it from damage.

i am pulling my hair out!!!
if anyone could help i would appreciate it sooo much.
toni

(hp pavilion a1340n)
the hard drive on it went this past summer, i had it under warranty, so i got the drive replace in july.i went to the hp support SITE,
i printed out pages of what to do.
for some reason the thing won't recognize my recovery disks.
i have tried over and over to reboot the *censored* thing.
this comes up after:

non-system disk or disk error

press any key to continue


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Have a look at these two sites here and here..

Good LUCK









i have tried several times, i don't know if my recovery disks were messed up when i got them back from the tech guys after they had installed my new hard drive.

(sorry about the glare)

Do you have 2 CD/DVD drives in that system ? ?
If so try booting with the CD in each of them...
If not in your 2nd last screenshot use the down arrow to highlight the 2nd drive...then hit Page Up to move it to the top of the list ...then hit F10 to "save changes and exit " answer Y and hit Enter.
The machine will automatically re-BOOT.yes, it does have 2,
and i have tried to load in both of them,
for some reason it is not recognizing the disk.
thank you for the reply,
toni

just cause it couldn't hurt to try,
i did the page up thing you said,
but it would not move that one to the top, page up did nothing,
thanks thoughi thought maybe the tech guys put disk 1 in the wrong case,
so i put the other one in,
i tried it in the middle drive,
and it went to the screen to choose recovory or windows media,
i chose the recovory
it acted like it was going to work,
then it just went back to the blue screen. i contacted circuit city,
someone there said it sounded like a corrupt partition?
that i will need to buy new software from hp,
and install windows again, he said my recovery disk must be corrupt.

As long as you are posting pictures, post a picture of the two recovery CDs you have. You need to make sure you are trying the one with the OS on it, and not the applications/drivers.

There is also a shortcut to this, if you can FIND ANY Windows XP cd that you can boot from you can press R and enter the Recovery Console. From there type fixmbr then type fixboot then type bootcfg /repair. After that reboot and see if the system comes back up.Quote from: vettelady on February 04, 2008, 07:29:42 PM

i contacted circuit city,
someone there said it sounded like a corrupt partition?
that i will need to buy new software from hp,
and install windows again, he said my recovery disk must be corrupt.

I newly inserted a RAM into my system . After that it shows a BLUE screen now and then and I CONTINUE to my work Just by restarting it everytimeWhat type of RAM into what type of system ? ?And the error codes from the blue screen PLEASE.

As I was attaching a document in WORD to an email a messege CAME on that said, REMOVING files from folder. They are now gone...how do I GET them back.Much more information needed.
Version of windows?
Email client?
Word version?
What exactly did you do and what was the EXACT text of the message that came up?

I would LIKE to ru n a program named norton ghost 10. It requires that I install WINDOWS net FRAMEWORK 1.1. I ALREADY have 2.0 installed. will this cause a conflict if i have both installed? I have windows XP sp2No it won't.thank you!

Often I receive a question on my computer which asks if I want to DEBUG. Truth is I don't know, so my RESPONSE is always "No". However I would like to know why debugging is necessary and how one KNOWS when or whether to do it. What happens if I never debug?Debugging is something software programmers to find/correct software errors.
If one of your programs crash it might ask you whether you want to debug it or not. This is an indication of a problem, not something you have to do from time to time.

You will NEED to PROVIDE us with a lot more information about the computer and problem in question if you want help finding out why a program is crashing.
Please read this first

On boot up, i get the MESSAGE 'ntldr is missing- press ctrl-alt-del.
This seems a common enough problem to surf for, and I have read LOTS of peoples ANSWERS for help.
Trouble is, the keyboard won't respond.
Can anybody tell me what to do? Keep it v-e-r-y s-i-m-p-l-e PLEASE! As 'noddy' as you can.
Thanks in advance
IanYou may have to borrow/buy a PS2 keyboard...is yours a USB ?or buy yourself a usb to PS2 ADAPTER if u have a usb keyboard

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could i dlete some of those things?

Any clues ? Use 4tray minimizer as Broni suggested. It does what you want.Hi CAESAREA, I've SPECIALLY tried out the 4tray Minimizer for you (the ONE that Broni had suggested), it does exactly what you've REQUESTED for. Do give it a shot.

Bill
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http://www.TipsInfinity.com/technology/
FREE Computer Tips To Better Your LIFE

Hi,

being a Linux convert, it's been several years since I've fumbled around with Windows and needed to deal with its many kooky issues like virus protection. Now I suddenly find myself installing WinXP, and my efforts have led to an apparent conundrum:

To install SP2, one needs to either ORDER the CD via snail mail OR CONNECT to the Internet and perform an automatic update. Snail mail is too slow, so I'm forced to choose the latter. But since I don't have a firewall and the Norton virus zapper doesn't seem to install without SP2 present, I'm worried that I'll get plagued with random attacks and viruses as soon as the machine connects to the Internet.

Is my fear unfounded? Thanks for reading

Turn Windows firewall on, and install AVG free: http://free.grisoft.com/Quote from: Broni on January 26, 2008, 11:52:05 AM

Turn Windows firewall on, and install AVG free: http://free.grisoft.com/

Or is SP2 available as an .exe? If so, I could download it from another machine and burn it to CD. Possible?

Soybean...
I don't think, he can do it, using your link, ...

Quote from: peergynt on January 26, 2008, 12:07:22 PM

Or is SP2 available as an .exe? If so, I could download it from another machine and burn it to CD. Possible?

Yes, you can do that. Get it >here<.

Hello.

During some tasks I do, Windows will CEASE to respond until the task is completed. Sometimes I have to reset my computer's power because the task is stuck. The Numlock LED still functions, I can move the mouse and I can access the task manager my hitting ctrl+alt+del. I'm not able to click anything however, so I can't take any advantages of the task manager, nor can I control it through my keyboard.

An example when this happened was when I was updating adaware. I could not tab out to any other PROGRAMS during the update and I could not click anything before the update was complete - when it was back to normal. This is extremely frustrating since programs tend to GET stuck sooner or later. It's as if there's some always on top setting on everything.

Sorry if this has been asked and SOLVED previously. I could not find any decent search results. See my signature for computer specs. Thanks for any HELP!Run diskclean...
Run Defrag...
Run all your protection programs...

See if this improves things.

Hi Peeps,

I had my old PC upgraded from Windows ME to XP PRO. Question is, is it possible to unistall XP and downgrade to an OLDER OS?

What would I have to do?You can't uninstall XP. In order to go BACK to ME you would have to reinstall it from a ME installation disc / restore disc. This would involve wiping the partition with windows on it clean, so you would need to backup any data you'd LIKE to KEEP.Any particular reason for downgrade?Alas I don't have a ME installation CD, PC didn't come with one, only have recovery CD and software Cd's (MS Works etc).

Is it possible to install the original ME OS even though I don't have the installation CD, after all the PC did cost around £900 about 6yrs ago (we're ripped off in the UK).
Any particular reason for downgrade?

XP I had put on a while back wasn't a legit one, not used it since and would like it all legal again, plus I would like a little experience in unistalling/installing an OS.

Fair enough....Recovery CD should do...Fair enough....Recovery CD should do...

Don't think the recovery disc can or is for reinstalling ME OS, but anyway...

Will formatting the harddrive allow me to install a new operating system or is there more to it than that?

I've read a bit about it, but in all honesty it just blows my mind, still want to give it a go though as I'm not actually using the old PC.

Looking for guidance.If your hard drive was formatted using NTFS, you'll need to boot from bootdisk (floppy): www.bootdisk.com, use fdisk to remove partition, create new partition, and format it as FAT32. Then you can boot from Recovery CD to install ME.if you have osme kind of installation disk, you can just pop it into the drive and install. But you lose all your data. So backup.

You'll just erase your harddrive completely and install. And yes, FAT32 is what your drive will be in.Harddrive was formatted using NTFS and the XP Pro that I had installed was a full program and not just an upgrade. I expect that makes all the difference when it comes down to reinstalling the original ME.

I was looking through the discs that came with my old PC and found that I'd made an ME "start-up disk" when i first bought the PC, is that of any use, taking into account what I've explained above.

Would I be better of just installing a new harddrive?

Will more than likely get someone else to do it, although I would like to do it myself, it does seems to be a bit complicated.
I'm one of those people who need to be shown how to do something as opposed reading instructions . Still appreciate your help, keep it coming.Self-made ME startup disk, most likely doesn't have fdisk command on it.
New hard drive is another option.It does...if you have an installation disk just pop it in and it'll do it's job.

That shouldn't be a problem. I had installed linux once in my lifetime and it didn't matter that i had formatted the drive to NTFS earlier. I simply wiped the drive and installed.

Now that should be same with win ME and win XP.

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It does...

When I turn on my computer, I get the following message:

"We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have CAUSED this.

If your computer stopped RESPONDING, restarted unexpectedly, or was automatically shut down to PROTECT your files and folders, choose Last Known Good Configuration to revert to the most recent SETTINGS that worked.

If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure or because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if you aren't sure what caused the problem, choose Start Windows
Normally..."

When I start normally or with last known configuration, it goes to the Windows XP loading screen (black screen that just says Windows XP and has a bar for loading) and stays there forever. When I start in safe mode, the screen shows some writing about partitioning files for a while and then just stops and stays at this screen forever.

I have seen people on various forums with whose computers give them the same message, though the results of their choosing safe mode or normal are different (but also unsuccessful in starting the computer). The advice given to them was to repair reinstall Windows XP.

So I tried that, I booted from the Windows XP CD and I chose repair reinstall. The bottom of the screen said a few things, then said examining startup environment and remained there forever.

Was it the right choice for me to repair reinstall Windows XP? If it was, what can I do about my current problem?Before you started to get this message what were you doing? Did you have a power outage? Or load any new software?


Try to run the COMMAND console and than chkdsk /R

This may take a long time to finish.


You might also try SFC /scannow from the recovery console. That might help. And while you're at it you can run fixboot.
If after doing the chkdsk, the SFC /scannow and the fixboot your system still doesn't boot you should download this http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ burn it to CD, boot from it and run the diagnostics.

Hey this is my first post to this site so please feel free to nag more info out of me if i dont put enough on
My XP Pro recently got a 250 gb Seagate internal hard drive installed into it, yet it TAKES around 10 to 15 minutes for it to boot.
So i decided in the end to have it as a secondary hard drive and have my 80 gb hard drive as a primary. yet when my 250 gb reaches over 91.9 gb full, it will not load anymore data, instead crash and say that i have lost all data that i was moving.
If anyone knows whats wrong or even advice, it will be well appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
How is the drive formatted ? ?
NTFS/FAT32 ?

2 things you can check: First in device manager find the IDE controller and then the drive andd right clik it and select Properties...Report BACK what mode it is in. If it's PIO mode this will account for the extreme slowness.
2nd DLoad and run Seatools diagnostics on that drive to determine if it's healthy or not.
The file is used to create a bootable floppy/CD so you can run it even if Windows won't run.

Report back with your findings...The drive is formatted in NTFS.
I am not too sure about PIO, it didn't say anything that i could see in the properties about it being PIO so i assume it isn't.
And i did a short drive disk check and it passed, yet STILL making my life *censored*!!!, will do a long drive SELF TEST after i have finished writing this post.
Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager...double click IDE/ATA adaptors to expand it.
Right click Primary and select Properties...click on the 2nd tab on top. It should read UDMA or DMA mode if available.

Well, I have a laptop which was in need of a reboot and reinstalling windows Xp PROFESSIONAL.

I have managed to get to the setup, but the biggest problem is still there - I CAN'T TYPE!

I have tried to delete all the partitions and remake them (only did the "C" one first time) but it won't let me and when I LEAVE it it just gets to the setup and won't type anything so I can't enter name or the ID code.

HELP please. Hmm... what is the make and model of the laptop?
Are you using the laptop's keyboard or external keyboard?
Do you have an external keyboard?It's an Acer Aspire 3000

Internal keyboard and I don't have an external one.Have you installed XP professional before on that machine?It came with it installed, so no.

But I followed all the instructions on the help site (this one)Did the XP disc you're using come with the laptop?
If not is it PERHAPS an *ahem* version of XP?Came with laptop.I suggest you borrow a keyboard from someone and try that.
The XP setup should be loading your keyboard all on its own... can't really tell you why it doesn't.Quote from: D3an on February 11, 2008, 11:17:07 AM

Came with laptop.

I was wondering if anyone knew how to insert a pdf document into word without it just being a link to a file on my computer or without using.. 'embed as icon'. For example. I want to have the FILENAME in my document like so:

blah blah blah filename.pdf blah blah. And if I click on filename.pdf within the word document it will open up the pdf. I know how to do this as a simple hyperlink, but then i can only open the pdf on my computer. I need to email this word document and have other people be able to click on it and open the pdf too. any IDEAS on how this works?I don't think that is possible. PDF is a proprietary format that Word can't even open so I don't really SEE it doing anything else with a PDF file. And honestly in my mind it would be a huge security risk if Word could open some arbitrary file simply by OPENING a word document. But then again Microsoft have had their share of huge security mistakes so maybe you can do it.
But if it was me I would simply attach both of the files to the email and be done with it.

something very strange is happening with my laptop, the usb ports are not detecting neither my pendrives nor the printer cable, any help??At this point we know absolutely NOTHING about your COMPUTER or problem, besides the fact that is something to do (perhaps) with usb. This makes it impossible to TROUBLESHOOT your issue.
So please start here and post back in this thread with as much information as possible about the computer and problem. LIKE when did the problem start, did you do or notice ANYTHING around that time, etc.