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Hey all.

I have a custom built computer running Windows XP(SP3). It has a 3.2 Gig Intel Celeron with 4 gigs of RAM (max allowed by the MOTHERBOARD). I'm EXCELLENT when it comes to building/setting up computers but when it comes to troubleshooting software issues, i'm a bit of an amatuer. I recently got a new case for it, but it has all the same things inside (Motherboard, video card, etc.). After i got it all set up, it starts this freezing thing. It takes about 3 startups before it stops freezing long enough for me to do something USEFUL. Usually i get on to play World of Warcraft. It runs for hours without freezing while i'm playing, but when i start something new like Internet Explorer, Media Player, Ventrilo, etc., it just freezes. Upon restart, i get a message saying "CMOS checksum eror - Defaults loaded" then i have to hit F1 to continue or Del to enter setup. Occasionally the date resets back to the year 2000, but the TIME and day are correct.I think that the problem exists in the battery of 3V, i SUGGEST you to change it.
And at the end set yout BIOS configuration to Default Confoguration (when you are in the BIOS there is a key that turns your BIOS Defaults just read the BIOS instructions and you will find out the key).
Cheers."Occasionally the date resets back to the year 2000, but the time and day are correct." Try replacing the motherboard battery. How old is this "new" motherboard?

Alan <>< I'll try that. The motherboard was bought new in 2006. Do you think replacing the motherboard battery will stop the freezing?It may or may not but for $2.50 you can't go wrong...According to your description it must be the motherboard battery.
Cheers.

Hi there,
I am getting an error when I TRY to install XP Media Center 2005 from a recovery disk for a Fujitsu computer. I have tried a clean install and it formats and partitions the hard drive fine. During the install of xp I get a blue screen with PFN list corrupt. I have tried it a couple of times. In the error message it also says that you can might try and disable the BIOS memory options, CACHING or shadowing. I couldn't find these in any of the BIOS SETTINGS. Help!!!
Your error, in most cases, points to bad RAM, or bad hard drive.
Run memtest: HTTP://www.techspot.com/vb/topic62524.html
Run hard drive diagnostics: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287Thanks for this.
I tried the memory test on two of the ram modules and they were OK. I then tried installing the OS again and it worked with using 2 of the 4 ram modules. I have installed SP2 &3 as WELL. The PC now freezes on start up when the wireless card is installed. If I remove it it works fine. I'll try and re install the software for the wireless card tonight.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
If the freezing still happens after installing the wireless card try installing it into a different PCI slot.

Alan <><

I have DEVELOPED an ACCESS database an protected with a password.

A BATCH file should run a macro every night to execute some tasks.

If the password is set, the batch file is not executed.
Access opens and asks for the password.

If I remove the password from the database, the batch file is executed correctly.

Which command do I have to add to indicate the password because I want to protect my database.
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If the password is set, the batch file is not executed.
Access opens and asks for the password.

Hello Sir,

I am using Xp Windows . I have lots of mail in my yahoo Id. Is there any method to transfer all my mail to my Outlook Express or in any other software. So that when I disconnect my Internet I should be ABLE to read it .

And also say me a method through which all the message which comes in my yahoo mail should come in my outlook express. Or if u KNOW any other software in which I will be able to transfer all my mail. Please tell me.

Regards.

Anjeep
You can't do this with the free Yahoo Mail account; you need a Yahoo! Mail Plus, the premier account which requires payment of a fee, which I believe is about $20/yr. If you have, or get, a Yahoo! Mail Plus account, setting up your account in Outlook Express is explained at POP Yahoo! Mail Plus with Microsoft Outlook Express.

By the way, the free Google mail, or Gmail, can be RECEIVED in Outlook Express or another EMAIL client.Dear Sir,

But I WANT to transfer all my mails. So please give me a solution. If i need to download any software i will do that also. But pls tell me bcz all my mails i want to
transfer in my pc. And then i will disconnect my internet line from my home.

Regards.

Anjeep
I understand what you want. And, to do that, you need to setup a POP email account in Outlook Express or in any other email software.

In my previous post, I said, "You can't do this with the free Yahoo Mail account; you need a Yahoo! Mail Plus ..." What part of that statement do you not understand?

I was just wondering if it is safe to remove (delete) OLD Windows Update backup folders from my computer ?I think so. But I don't do it manually though, I have tuneup utilities delete the windows update backup files for me

IF you don't know what tuneup utilities is then go to this website and find out!
http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/I'm always against using so called "miracle" tools, fix-it-all.
Sooner, or later, they're gonna break something.
...and to pay for them? Why?
Open Windows Explorer, and delete uninstall folders, LEAVING those 2-3 months old, alone.no such thing as miracle tool in my opinion but i'd rather trust some professional to do some of the work sometimes.Quote from: Szpixman on March 15, 2009, 12:26:29 PM

I was just wondering if it is safe to remove (delete) old Windows Update backup folders from my computer ?

no such thing as miracle tool

50 bucks for removing old updates? Please...

When I start my pc I get a log on to Windows box, how can I remove it.I'm just ASKING, Is this going to be used for hacking?It is very easy, just go tu Start, Run write this command: control userpasswords2 then hit hte enter button. In new dialog highlight the administrator name and click to unselect user must eneter their username and passowrd to use this computer.
This will definately help you.
Cheers.Quote from: macdad- on March 17, 2009, 06:21:29 AM

I'm just asking, Is this going to be used for hacking?

I wouldn't know the first thing about hacking, so the answer is no

long tom...

What operating system?

Recently while gaming my graphics card(880GT) fan gave out. I unplugged the card and looked it over, and put it back in. After doing so my entire computer had slowed down. I thought maybe something had happened to the card so i traded it in for a 9800GT and after uninstalling my old drivers and installing my NEW ONES the problem persisted. I have over 1GB of RAM left. During gaming i cant tell any difference in the speed between the highest and the lowest graphics quality.
AMD Athlon(tm) 64X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
2.21 GHz, 2.00GB of RAM(over 1GB is free)
I have 100 GB of free SPACE on my C drive.
The only Antivirus i have is AVG.
Thanks for your time!Just an update: I have run defrag, disk clean-up, SPY bot, adware scans, antivirus scans, Hijack this and i have even shut down all unnecessary applications to no avail, still the same speed as before...I partitioned my drive, formatted and everything is running SMOOTHLY now.Try to get the newest graphic card driver, what I mean is to update your driver.
Cheers.

I recently had to have my com. REINSTALLED with windows xp it runs good now but i have to SCROLL from side to side as well as up and down when on the NET WHAT UP I have no clueRight click an empty part of your DESKTOP and select properties. Click the settings tab and decrease your resolution.Increase?....LOLer.. yeah
increase
Thanks it worked not very com.literate but i knew what you meant after GOT to it Thanks again,Vicki

I recently ran scanreg /restore and scanreg /fix (last night) and today my Floppy drive A:\ and D:\ won't work. I looked them up in help and it said they were working properly. However I beg to differ because when I put a CD in D:\ it says: D:\ is not accesable. The device is not ready.

How can I ready this device so that it works when I put a CD in?
One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.Hi broni,
None of that worked. I guess I should have mentioned i'm running the old cave man 98se! That might make a differance?Fix #2 doesn't apply to 98.
I'm not sure about #4. I'd have to fire up my 98.

Why did you run scanreg in the first place?I don’t KNOW! BASICALLY because I’m a moron! My computer skills are very LIMITED! Say it with me! LIM-IT-ED! I have to depend on others for help when I have a problem. I may be the roughest, TOUGHEST, meanest son of a bi*ch this side of the Mississippi! Well, at least when my wife lets me! LOL But I don’t know squat about computers! This is just one of THREE such boards I now am a member of.

On another board I had someone helping me try and figure out how to turn my files backs into what they needed to be to open with. They some how were changed to open in registry and that only works for registry files. To make things more complicated I don’t have the original installation CD. They figured it out and fixed my problem. Those scanreg things were just some things they suggested we might use but never did. I thought what could it hurt and ran them anyway! Mistake! Those ideas you suggested might have worked. I posted the same question on another board and a guy answered and said sometimes dust can make it not be able to read so I wiped the cd on my shirt then blew into the computer for good measure and bingo, it worked!

Thank you for trying to help! One of you fixed it!

P.S. That scan stopped on 83% and said: Windows found an error in your system files and was unable to fix the problem. Try deleting some files to free up disk space on your windows drive. If that doesn't work then you will need to install windows to a new directory.

You wouldn't by any chance know how to do that would you?
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so I wiped the cd on my shirt then blew into the computer for good measure and bingo, it worked!

When I try to update my java I GET a message that SAYS "java update cannot proceed with current INTERNET connection settings make sure the connection and proxy INFO are correct Try downloading the most RECENT offline package.

http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=27983

I don't know what this problem is besides saying it is a video problem... i am not to computer literate... I had a bug and had to reinstall everything on my PC. I have a Compaq PC with windows PX, IE 7... my problem is i do some surveys on line and some emails i receive from friends that have videos to watchand it TRIES to pop up a video i cant see it.... the screen is different colors but no picture. does anyone know how to fix this?slow down. What is the different color showing? Is it trying to open windows media player or something and it's "windows xp" not "windows PX"

Windows PX don't exist.Are you watching the video from your browser? Depending on what the format of the video file is, you might NEED install some components. Most online videos are encoded in Flash.

Try going here and installing Flash and see if that fixes your problem.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Give some more details so we can understand more about what is happening.
or get the klite codec pack.

Just TYPE "klite codec pack" into google search engine and you'll get a link to DOWNLOAD it.

This is if you are trying to watch videos on your computer using something like windows media player.

Hello, I am leaving the country on a business trip and I will not be able to communicate via email with my FAMILY due to desk top computer problems. I am running windows xp, when I start the computer it will go into safe mode. However when I select any of the options, ie, safe mode, safe mode with networking etc. the computer looks like it is starting to do what I selected, and then after a few flashes, goes back to the safe mode selection screen. Regardless of which selection I make it always does the same thing. I have a ton of pictures on the hard drive and do not want to wipe them out.... Please help!!!Do you have your XP CD?No, I never received one when I bought the computer & I have not been able to contact the COMPANY that built it.You're gonna need a XP CD to fix your computer.

You can try this:
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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:

My OS is 98se.

My computer just told me, and I quote!

Your current security settings prohibit running ACTIVEX controls on this page. As a RESULT, the page may not display correctly.

What does that MEAN?
And
How do I change them?

You simply need to enable ActiveX in your security settings in your BROWSER.

Click Tools and then click Internet Options
Click the Security tab
Click the Custom Level button
Scroll down the list and click the Enable radio buttons to all items you see listed under the ActiveX controls and plug-ins heading

This should enable your browser to load ActiveX content.

Good luck!


Thank you lysergication! I did it! I never new THATS where the activex controls where! I click enable on every button! Glad I could be of help.

Well let's see, I think I've read though most if not all the post and i can't seem to find another post with this problem, If i missed it please let me know. And i hope this is the right topic, well with all that being said here's my problem..

Recently I upgraded from a Compaq to a dell computer after getting my dell i pulled the hard drive out of my Compaq and installed it in the dell along with the ONE that was in it. And all went well, After getting most of my programs reloaded i noticed the my MSN was not working right, i COULD not set my home page, So the search began to find the problem, With no luck after hours of searching, I went to msn themself (on-line CHAT) and explained the problem, We went though this and then we went though that and then after about 3 hours we (or i should say they) removed msn and reinstalled it and WALLA and that fixed that, Or so i thought, After doing a finale reboot i noticed 2 things i no longer had my little speaker in the lower right hand corner of my screen and i had lost my roboform from my right click on my mouse. No problem i said out loud, Well i got fooled, i STARTED with 1 problem now i have 2. So i re downloaded roboform and that took care of that, now on to the other problem, So start-settings-control panel-sound, place check to put icon in corner (Oh by the way i have sound just no icon to control it) Clicked to put check for icon and got error message
(Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the volume control program has not been installed to install it, use add/remove program in control panel)
So there i went but no such critter is there, So i have updated the driver, uninsulated and reinstalled the driver,searched and read and jumped up and down and cursed a bit (Well quite a bit) all with no luck and then last night i noticed that my entertainment folder under program-Accessories is empty. So here i am asking for help. Oh 1 last thing my dell is a custom build and not from dell so i can't go to them and my builder is out of town for the holidays so i can't go there. Can anyone help? And Merry Christmas to all..hi sorry i cant help you, i just wanted to say i am having the exact same problem i have cursed many times at the stupid thing.... your not alone i hope some one can help..

I was WRITING an extensive and complicated business plan for an
Iowa Micro Loan. It's finished execpt for 4 lines and eWriter Pro
crashed on me.

I tried to ACCESS the file through other means and I can't

I downloaded a NEW copy of eWriter Pro and tried to install
it and it COMES up and says:

"error writint to temporary location".
I seriously need to send this application tomorrow! Can
anyone help?

Thanks, Pennie77
Hello,

Did you do this install with administer LOG in privileges?

You may also want to clear temp files and see if that helps.

A buddy and I are having a hard TIME agreeing on something....please help us settle this....

If you are running a program like CC Cleaner is there anywhere on a laptop that run XP that stores Internet browsing history??
Data can be retrived even after some /most cleaning processes are run...
When cost is no object this can apply even after formatting multiple times.
However you're relatively safe considering it would have to be DONE in a lab atmosphere with equipment few outside of Government or Military can afford.
Price out a data recovery service to get a BETTER idea...Anyone ELSE??

What do you guys use a cleaner?Anyone else???Files deleted from a computer are only removed from the FAT. They won't actually be removed until their space is up next for overwriting. If you ever want to prevent people from getting access to your data, use a program such as Eraser. Then removed your hard drive a TAKE a really powerful magnet to it. Finally, smash the *censored* out of it with a hammer.Get a flash drive and install PortableApps with Firefox and Tor. This way your browsing will be completely private no matter what computer you are on.

Sir,I have been trying several days to copy "My Documents" directory including its subdirectories and files, with the format c:\documents and settings\spd\my documents\my videos\> xcopy c:\my videos\*.* d:\my videos /s /e/c/i/y .
But it cannot copy my desired files. With some parameter change,sometimes it is COPYING all lots of whole DESKTOP items and all USER documents, undesired !!!
Kindly help me. With regards, spdCHF.your copying them into the same folder as your copying from- why?Try changing Quote

c:\documents and settings\spd\my documents\my videos\> xcopy c:\my videos\*.* d:\my videos /s /e/c/i/y <enter>

yeah so did i! my os is also xp sp2 Bluepen, OK i went back to my computer/TV and tried to see what if anything i could get at that resembled the instructions i presented earlier. What i found is that from the clicking on my volume icon on the lower RIGHT task bar it brought up the name of my sound card (SB Audigy). I could work my way through many open windows from there that allowed all kinds of changes. Of course i didn't change anything as unlike you my setup is working fine.However i would ask the following --do you have the volume icon in the task bar? If not i would follow the instructions contained in my earlier post to create it. Then if you do or when you do see what you can display and if you get the same results as i do then examine the great number of options to see if something jumps out at you that needs to be changed.It OCCURS to me that more than just the O/S may be involved here and WHATEVER you have as your sound card may display something that reflects the manner in which that particular card presents the options (as opposed to being universal to all sound cards). Therefore the terminology of the words in regards to what the TV displays may differ. I hope this makes sense. keep us informed truenorthYES!!! I Finally got it to work.
The problem was the graphics card, it was being too clever and was trying to send sound, i got this from another forum...
"Contrary to popular belief, DVI *CAN* pass audio. The audio is sent on the vdieo lines encoded in the video blanking intervals. For a full explanation, see: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1031650868

Thus, it's likely that your video card is indicating that audio is present to your TV(s) and it's not the TV's fault at all. (I'm hitting the same problem myself with an Olevia 237 TV).

From what I can gather, the nVidea 84/85/8600 cards do this, as (apparently) does my 7100/630i integrated video MB. This may be related to the newer nVidia support of HDCP over DVI. Some video cards apparently provide a method to pass through audio via SPDIF headers on the card. YMMV."

So what i did was...
There's a way you can configure the NVidia driver (prior to installing it) to override/ignore that it 'discovers' an HDMI connection, and thus NOT send the digital audio signal through the DVI connector (obviously requires that you can and DO use an external analog audio cable). This solves the problem for those of us with HDTV's that auto-sense HDMI/analog audio (mine's an Olevia 237T) and have nVidia graphics (mine's an HTPC based on a 7100/630i motherboard w/integrated graphics). I found this originally at http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s...=&#entry330319 - although it was being used for a different purpose - but I can certainly vouch that it works!

Here are the steps in full (rewritten by me)... You need to have your PC hooked up to your TV, so the EDID discoverer can get your display's ID code:

1. Get Phoenix EDID Designer
, (http://www.tucows.com/preview/329441), unzip and run the exe (no install reqd)
2. Click Tools->Extract registry EDID, then double click the line for your TV/monitor in the popup
3. Click Tools->Byte viewer, and note down the values in row 00, columns 08-0B (4 bytes)
4. Start the installation of the latest Nvidia drivers and cancel out once the files are extracted
6. Open the file "nv_disp.inf" in a text editor. By default for the current drivers this is in C:\NVIDIA\...\169.21
7. Scroll down to the section [nv_SoftwareDeviceSettings], add the following line there, replacing the "XX" values below with the 4 values noted in step 3:

HKR,, OverrideEdidFlags0, %REG_BINARY%, XX,XX,XX,XX,00,00,FF,FF,04,00,00,00,7E,01,00

(In my case the TV code was SYN 0043, the four values being: 4F,2E,43,00 )

4. Uninstall your current drivers and reboot

5. Install the modified drivers by RUNNING the previously extracted setup.exe. By default for the current drivers, this is in C:\NVIDIA\...\169.21. You'll get a warning about the driver not being signed because of the modified inf. Just press OK.

Reboot, and you should have GLORIOUS AUDIO!!!

There is a simple hotfix that nvidia provides but is only available for vista since i had xp i had to do the above method and it works fine.

thanks for your help truenorth and gold.

Hi Experts, I'm using Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3.

Here's the problem:

I can logon as Computer Administrator in my machine. But I'm not sure if I have all the privileges because everytime I reboot my machine, all files in my desktop and setups made will be gone. (back to zero)

When I view the Control Panel > User Accounts, my account is Administrator. But I think my administrative rights are LIMITED. Please help me. How can I SOLVE this. I want the full administrative rights.Check your profile settings... your profile could be set up to reinitialize in which any changes or files or folders placed on the desktop are deleted upon LOG off and back on or restart.

Is this your home computer or was it once part of a corporate network where it MAY have inherrited a GROUP policy regarding the profile configuration?

My computer in my sound studio suddenly started acting up. It would start to load Windows then I hear a small click, the monitor tells me it has lost contact and the computer will restart over and over. I decided to install another HD and install the OS but it kept freezing at "installing devices". I even tried another HD with the same results. I even tried two different OS's with the same result. I can't boot to safe mode but I've had the computer running in setup for almost four hours so I guess that pretty WELL eliminates some hardware problems. Here is some information that I could gather. It's AMD Athlon with 786 Mb RAM and the CPU temp. is 37 deg. C and the system temp. is 27 deg.C Is there anything else I could check?what OS are you trying to install?

XP ProEither the CD or CD drive is dirty. Swap it out for a known good one.Sharpie version of XP ? ?for the cd, take a kleenex and wet it slightly and slowly wipe the cd in circular manner. Have had problems where everything is on cd but cd has dirt so laser can't go thru dirt and hence computer assume cd doesn't have file and therefore error.They're both new versions of the OS so I don't think it's dirt that's causing the problem. Patio, I'm not what you mean by sharpie version but they are both legimate versions.SuperDave...

Are you sure all of the hardware is properly seated on the motherboard? If I were you, I'd disassemble all components from the motherboard and clean the slots using canned air and a brush...of course, making sure the computer is off at the time you do this and that you protect the components from ESD (electrostatic discharge).

Once you have all the slots cleaned...re-assemble the components and try again.

Keep us posted...Quote from: m_260 on March 16, 2009, 08:42:20 PM

for the cd, take a kleenex and wet it slightly and slowly wipe the cd in circular manner. Have had problems where everything is on cd but cd has dirt so laser can't go thru dirt and hence computer assume cd doesn't have file and therefore error.

To remedy this type of problem, you can clean the bottom surface of the CD with a soft cloth, but be careful not to scratch the surface in the process. The best technique is to wipe the disc in a radial fashion, using strokes that start from the center of the disc and emanate toward the outer edge. This way, any scratches will be perpendicular to the tracks rather than parallel to them, minimizing the interference they might cause. You can use any type of solution on the cloth to clean the disc, so long as it will not damage plastic. Most window cleaners are excellent at removing FINGERPRINTS and other dirt from the disc and don't damage the plastic surface.

slowly wipe the cd in circular manner

hear a small click

it shows a disk warning followed by an atapi error. Any ideas?

I guess I'm not making myself clear.

No, I did not hide or clear my desktop icons.

Yes, If I create a shortcut for IE, properties does come up in the context menu but just the ones for a regular shortcut. Not Internet properties.

What I'm looking for is a special icon. I think it's a system icon. It's not one you can just make.

I guess I'm not making myself clear.

No, I did not hide or clear my desktop icons.

Yes, If I create a shortcut for IE, properties does come up in the context menu but just the ones for a regular shortcut. Not Internet properties.

What I'm looking for is a special icon. I think it's a system icon. It's not one you can just make.

I had UBUNTU and XP dual booted on the same hard drive. I went into Disk Management in Windows and deleted the Ubuntu partition. But when I reboot the computer it says "Error 22".

I've had this problem before when I dual booted Ubuntu with Vista and I was able to fix the problem with this command:

bootrec.exe /fixmbr

But this is not working with XP. I insert the XP installation disk and select the command prompt and try the same command and is doesn't work, it only says, "BAD command or file name".

what am i missing here?

thanksQuote

it only says, "bad command or file name".

Apparently my OEM installation disk does not include the repair console. If it does I have no clue how to access it.

can i run vista on one harddrive and xp on another harddrive on one computerYes.and howWhich operating system are you running now? Vista?
Do you have the other hard drive?
i have vista running now on a sata hard drive and windows xp on a ide harddrive i want to installDo you have the XP disk? Do you just have a hard drive that has XP already installed on it?i have the diskCool.

Since you already have Vista on your sata drive we're gonna go about this BASS ackwards, but let's dive in!

Unplug your Vista drive and install XP on the PATA.

Now, after you PLUG that Vista drive back in, you have to decide how you want to configure your dual BOOT machine.

You could just go into BIOS each time you want to start up your computer to choose which drive to boot. That would be the simplest solution.

However, If you want the "standard" dual boot machine, you will need to install the boot loader on your computer.

If you choose a standard dual-boot setup you can repair Vista's boot loader by BOOTING to the Vista DVD after XP's been installed and instead of installing choose the Repair my computer option in the bottom left corner of the second screen. Start up Repair will then restore the new windows boot loader and make both Vista and XP bootable.


or


After you install XP, You can boot to the XP drive and follow the instructions here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529/en-us
to enable a dual boot without having to access the BIOS every time you start up.

good luck.



yeah you are dual booting. You can already install windows into 2 different partitions. And partitions can be physically2 different hard drives or one hard drive cut into two or more pieces.

:)ok i just had a new hard drive put in..............that cost me and then i bring it home and my mouse is on the arrow is on the screen and wont move now what? it worked at his house the pc man's....my computer his mouse, and my mouse is still new.......it was just my pc that got the hard drive any suggestions to help me get back on my pc...so i can re load everything.... thanks i do appreciate your help

I keep running into a problem that I think is keyboard driven, but I can't figure out exactly how it occurs or the BEST way to RESOLVE it. Here goes: I will be typing merrily along and I hear a "bong" sound and my keyboard STOPS working. I can mouse around, but cannot get the keyboard to work. Long and short of it is I do a system restore and that fixes the problem. But what a HEADACHE! Any ideas how this happens? I looked up shortcut keystrokes and didn't find anything.PLease read this:
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/stickykeys.aspx
Cheers.Thanks for the info. I followed the instructions and found that StickyKeys were not on. Would I still get a lockout if they were not enabled?

Ok. so for ahwile ive had some problems with my computer. (gateway labtop from thanksgiving about 2 years ago) and every now and then i screw with it some, in hopes to fix it.
Im pretty sure it is a matter of power shortages, as my battery has short circuited. So when i access larger video/grapics demanding games such as Shaiya, or WoW the computer just turns off. I am GOING to GET a new battery and worry about it more then.
Now...my dad doesnt like to listen to me when he is "fixing" my computer. So he was going through add/remove programs, and deleted sigmatel audio. Which, as it happens to be, is my sound. So i now have no sound available on the computer. I turn it up, and get no bars registering a turn on/off.
So i went to the sigmatel audio download page, downloaded it, and it failed because it says the folder/drive was MISSING. Restart the computer and try again. So, i went into device manager>Sound, Video, and Game Controllers>IDT High DEFINITION Audio Codec (which is where the exclamation is)...i updated it, but there were no updates. I rolled it back, but this failed as well, seeing as the whole thing was deleted...lastly i uninstalled, ran a new hardware search, and reinstalled it, but again there was a problem showing up. Now that i had a new one in (same deal but figured hey why not, redownload maybe somethings differant) and attempted to download, but i got the same message of "The driver can not be found: Code 10" message.
Not being familiar with this particular code, i looked it up, and as it says the driver either encrypted its own information, so that the computer is unfamiliar with it, or it is missing. I am nearly sure it is just missing.
So how do i fix this? Any ideas? I am fairly stubborn so if anyone even has some ideas please post them, and ill give it a shot.

Thanks,
CLOVER

After I POWER on my computer, I get a black SCREEN that says HIT F1 or F2 to continue. This never HAPPENED before, how can I fix this. I have a Dell dimension 5100, their tech support told me to reboot!...and they hang up?Try to go in BIOS and configure it to BIOS defaults.
Cheers.

Hi
On some emails I get attachments, Some of them come up with this message.
This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder option control panel.
I can't find anyting about creating an association there.
If you could help I would truly appreciate it.
JimSave the attachment to your desktop. Right click the file and choose open with . . . . from a list of programs on your computer. If the file ends with .doc, choose MS Word or Wordpad.

If you are unable to determine the last three characters after the ".",
choose the option of letting the internet decide which program opens the file. Once the file ( attachment is open ) the association has been established and Windows will remember next time.

p.s. When you right click the file and a dropdown menu appears, choose Properties and the .doc or .wpd or .xxx will be revealed and you may decide which program opens the file.

( Warning: be very careful with attachments. SCAN all attachments with a virus scan before opening. )jlockes,

A file with a .pps or .ppt extension is a power point document.


Download the free power point VIEWER at the folllowing site :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en

"Shut down the computer and restart, it won't automatically restart.
I have to turn the power off then start it again."

With the the XP OS we USE the FOLLOWING procedure for an automatic restart:
Click start, click Turn off Computer.

A small screen appears with the following options:

Standby Turn Off Restart

When we click Restart, the computer shuts down and after a few seconds the computer reboots.

If the computer does not reboot, then there is a problem and I'm not sure how to fix it?

I will need to google [ No reboot after a Restart shutdown ]
http://www.google.com/

I will post again when I find the answer.

XP Troubleshooter suggests try a system restore to a day when all was well.

start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and Click System Restore.

_________________________

You can reach the XP Troubleshooter: start, Help and Support,
index[ troubleshooter], Highlight List of troubleshooter and click Display and then click startup/shutdown.

Follow directions

I recently just bought a new computer, but my old has been sitting in my BASEMENT for awhile. Reason being was the power supply was burned out.

I went to the store and bought a new power supply for a Compaq Presario 4000 Series. Fairly old computer in the technology world. However, I cannot remember which power connectors connected to what.

Does it matter which power connectors (RED, 2 Black & a yellow cable) connect to which device? (Hard Drive, disk drive, etc.) I've tried multiple WAYS and the computer turns on each time but my MONITOR doesn't display anything? Is that not the fault of the power supply CONNECTIONS but a video card problem? The video card never had a problem before. Please help! Thanks. :-)

hi can anyone help me with a problem, l have a desktop running WINDOWS xp, since having a new case because of overheating in a smaller one, when using the keyboard l keep getting a run of ******* on ANYTHING, INTERNET or word, even in the print option of page numbers, thanksHave you tried changing the keyboard out?

yes have tried 2 keyboards with it, once the ****** take hold they carry on until you click on them. Wondered if a wireless keyboard WOULD help Is this a USB keyboard? Or PS2?

its the little purple plug THING with the pins in that goes straight in the back of the computer, sorry for not being technical Quote from: juliesscoob on March 18, 2009, 11:26:18 AM

its the little purple plug thing with the pins in that goes straight in the back of the computer, sorry for not being technical

Dear Team,
I don't know how to insert any ERROR page with this type of topic ,plz tell me and also tell me there are many asked topic so i waste more time to find my asked topic.so if any way through which we get only my asked question easily. so plz tell me."New replies to your posts", located near the top of the screen after you've logged on, will show all THREADS you've posted in that have since been replied to.

I'm not sure what you mean by "error page" THOUGH.

I have check depedancy of xpstar.dll file in window2003 server

then FOLLOWING error is occured

Warning: At LEAST one module has an unresolved import due to a MISSING export FUNCTION in a delay-load DEPENDENT module.

Hello-
Well I think I'm in trouble here.
I'm a Java programmer and I use JDeveloper 10-g
JDeveloper 10-g uses jdk 1.5.0_05 and there are some new features in Jdk 6 that I THOUGHT I'd try so
I downloaded the jre 6 and RAN it.
Ever since doing this my jar files no longer run either from double-clicking in Windows Explorer or from the command line.
So I OPENED up the Control Panel and double-clicked the Java button which should display the Java Control Panel.
Nothing happens.
Now I am at a loss. I TRIED System Restore but no earlier restore points were available.
WHAT CAN I DO NOW? uninstall all java IDE's SDKs and so forth and REINSTALL?

computer will not startup. get message "mfg jumper installed keyboard fuse has failed"
when i try to start it in same mode it just beeps...
anyone know what is wrong?Hi, had exactly the same problem after my computer froze (from unknown reason: Dell dimension 2400 , XP-home), only way to get out was power down the hard way.

Tried without / with different KEYBOARDS, nothing helped. Finally MANAGED to get into BIOS setup, made no changes, LEFT setup with ESC and after that all seems to be working fine.I can honestly say i have never seen this error message in 20 + years of troubleshooting...took your advise and unplugged whith sytaartup window on. when PLUGGED back in it started normal. this was my daughters computer and it TURNS out it was the same model dell as yours. thanks for the helpNow that is a strange error a fuse in a keyboard??

Update COZ I am still hoping you guys can help me somewhere along the line.

Bought the same 2 hard drives that were in the PC...cost £70. Replaced them and no change. Still getting exactly the same messages as i was before.

So its not a corrupt hard drive.

Hopefully new motherboard will arrive soon but I am dreading this as I really am a complete novice and have never done this before. Google is my friend..I hope.

Its a challenge and although I would love to fix the problem, I am hating every MINUTE of this.

I'd try a different CD drive before the motherboard or hard drive.

Does your CD drive connect to your motherboard with this cable?
Same kind of WIRE but its blue..does the colour MAKE any difference?

New motherboard is in the post and will arrive tomorrow.

Should I try a new CD drive FIRST? I really would like to avoid taking the PC to bits if I can avoid it.

Also if I buy a new CD drive does it have to be the same make/model?Make sure that the connector that's the furthest from the middle connector is plugged into the port on the motherboard. Make sure that the other end is plugged into the drive - not the middle connector. You'll notice a small notch on each connector that will let you make sure that you are plugging the cable into the drive the right way (not upside down).

MOTHERBOARD==============NONE=====DRIVEYes it is.

I'v e been asked to implement a database in a WAREHOUSE with multiple USERS. All I am giving them is a mouse, screen and PC. They will have no keyboard. All is working fine.
The PC will be permanently logged on so WORK on one sign-on.

Because the user account has access to a network drive I want them to not be able to physically access it (but need the access for the database). My question then is how can I disable (or permamently hide) the TASKBAR and start button when this user logs in.
Also is it possible to disable the right mouse button over the desktop?

Ideally, I'd like all this to be done when the PC is logged and a batch file is run to do this action, however all suggestions would be gratefully received.So I'm guessing you want the users to access/modify the database only and not see or access the other files on the network drive? Is this why you are wanting to hide the taskbar and start button? My computer also?
Registry hack maybe?? try http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/id/42/

Hello all,

My Pc running win2k recently died on me and wouldn't start in safe MODE, or be repaired using the recovery console. So I decided to do a clean install of the OS. I had a backup of the entire c:\ DRIVE and the system state saved on another hdd so when i had the system up and running I used the backup and restore wizard to restore my pc using the backup file hoping it would then be in the previous state before it died.

All went well until my DESKTOP loaded up. Icons were missing, my documents folder empty and the normal startup programs weren't loaded. All the programs in the start menu seemed to be there though. Upon looking at documents and settings on the root, there is a folder called user1, and inside all my documents that were missing.
I use to log on to my computer with the username : Admin.

I created the same user again and from what i can tell, when it logs in I'm on a profile which has never been used beofre and not on the Admin user i was on before with the user1 files.
Is there anyway to assign the current user Admin to load the documents and settings from the user1 folder as I think this would restore my computer to like it was before?

THANK you in advance for whoever can help me out

Can anyone tell me why all at once my COMPUTER tells me that I need to register it once again? I have been using this one for a year and a half. It says that my software has changed so much that I need to do this. I haven't changed anything to my knowledge. I have tried doing as it asked but it still shows the same warning. I have a DELL running Windows XP Home Addition with all updates from Microsoft. I have had to reformat it due to problems that I was having, but that has been several months ago. Also have Panda as security. THANKS for any help you can offer.Do you have your license key?Yes I do. But it also tells me that I have registered to many times using this one and that I need to get another.In that case you will need to contact Microsoft directly. The validation tool is THINKING that the license key is being installed on multiple PC's.

1-866-PCSAFETY (1-866-727-2338)Thanks.

So we RECENTLY reformatted our computer, and we've had problems with OE ever since.

My computer keeps getting this pop-up from Outlook Express. It says "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact MESSAGES. This may take up to a few minutes."

Problem is....there's nothing in Outlooks Express. There's no accounts there, nothing. My mom is the only one who uses this program, and she hasn't used it since the computer was reformatted.

The pop-up keeps popping up. If you ignore it, it goes away after a few seconds, then comes back less than a minute later, and it just keeps doing that. If you click Okay or Cancel, it goes away for maybe 10 minutes, then starts coming back again.

No matter what I do, this thing keeps coming back. I'm not even using OE. It's not open, nothing.

Help?Have you tried manually compacting the OE database from the File menu?

I don't use OE (I use Thunderbird) but, I believe that OE has a control for how OFTEN (or when) OE will compact.

As a FINAL resort, you can remove OE from with the Add/Remove Programs applet in Control Panel. Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs> select "Add/Remove Windows Components" on the left>scroll to OE>deselect and FOLLOW the prompts. You said that your mother uses OE so be aware that this can be undone by following the same procedure but putting a checkmark in the OE box. Be sure to re-boot between uninstalling and re-installing.

Best of luck and please let us know how you make out.

EDIT: You can also leave OE uninstalled and get Thunderbird for your mother: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/Have you allowed OE to go through the compacting procedure without interruption? It should not be interrupted once it's started.

What version of Windows and OE are you using?

Might be worth going through the remove and add procedure described by drmsucks to see whether merely doing that stops this annoyance.

Do you have firewall and virus protection on this computer?

Dear All

I have been RUNNING apache as a local server for ages very successffuly. I now want to ahve the facilty to swtich between the two when I want to. I THINK I have that covered.

HOw do I stop IIS automatically turning on when I BOOT up?

Thanks

Edward

I am unable to install Microsoft Windows updates manually or automatically from the Windows update website. Even the 'Windows INSTALLER 3.1' won't install. 'Automatic updates' is on but update install history shows no updates and no updates are found in 'add remove programs', only "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable' & 'Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1'.
What do I do now?Go to page 2 and read through 7th post down by ValiryMay. 8bamboo's suggestion worked for me. Good LuckAs Hiloed mentioned I had the same problem. PLEASE see my post and the cure posted by 8bamboos here...

Good luck.Also posted in other thread:

Thank you soooooo much!!! That worked like magic. 8bamboos your a genious.
My PC was able to download and install 89 of 90 updates (WU has not worked since I re-installed XP SP2 from DISC weeks ago). Only Microsoft .NET framework failed to install. Do I need this and if so how do I get it and how do I know what version I need?

Also, I was advised by a friend not to download & install SP3 yet. He said to give it some time to let Microsoft work out any PROBLEMS with it. Is this right or should I get SP3 also?

Thanks again,
MikeQuote from: lectrocrew on July 13, 2008, 08:07:40 PM

Also, I was advised by a friend not to download & install SP3 yet. He said to give it some time to let Microsoft work out any problems with it. Is this right or should I get SP3 also?

When I try to open the INDEX under help in xp I get a red X in a SMALL BOX in the upper L/H corner of the WINDOW an no index. How do I activate the index under the help menu?

I am trying to fix a friends lap top - it is running on Windows XP and is a Compaq - Presario X1000 laptop. I was told that it started after some songs were downloaded through limewire. What happens is that when the computer is turned on and you log on a window comes up stating "Windows Defender - Application failed to initialize: 0x800106ba. A problem caused Windows Defender Service to STOP. To start the service, restart your computer or search Help and Support on how to start a service manually."
Every 15 seconds or so everything (including taskbar on bottom and desktop icons disappear only to reappear as if the laptop had just been turned on (because the little icons on the right hand side within the taskbar pop up one by one). I have tried to open My Computer and it does not want to open. There are also free versions of AVG on the computer. I have tried running these free checks and they come back with nothing. I'm not sure where to go from here. I'm not sure if this would be a virus or a device problem? PLEASE help.See, if you can operate computer from Safe Mode.Thats a real problem, could be a Trojan or nasty virus. I had one which acted quite the same, what its doing is restarting explorer, from a predetermined time. This would stop you from REMOVING the virus. MAKING it somewhat invincible.

I would say just BOOT in safe mode too.. If it doesn't work in safe mode tell me what happened..
Kieran

Guys my music sounds great, but the voices all sound like alvin Chipmunk or donald duck? Anyone know what is wrong and how to FIX it? I have windows XPfor instance the deep voice of dean martin sounds more like the voice of a 16 yr old wayne newton!!!Do you have any software that manipulates sounds?
When did this problem occur?
What Operating System are you using?http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0067.mspx

Why does my music sound like chipmunks are singing?

Don't worry, small RODENTS haven't set up housekeeping in Windows Media Player. Instead, your sound card's clock most likely has a timing problem. To fix the problem, try reducing the hardware-acceleration level for your audio card by doing the following:

1. In Control Panel, open Sounds and Audio Devices.

2. On the Volume tab, in the SPEAKER settings area, click the Advanced button.

3. In the Advanced Audio Properties dialog box, click the Performance tab, and then adjust the Hardware acceleration slider control to adjust the clock timing for your sound card.

Keep in mind that, if your sound card supports multichannel (5.1) audio playback, turning off hardware acceleration (by moving the slider to None) will cause the sound card to play all multichannel audio in stereo (two speaker) sound.

If you can't fix the problem by adjusting hardware acceleration, check for updates for your sound card by doing the following:
• Check for sound-card driver updates.
• Check for Microsoft DirectX updates.Thanks so much BroniThe one time I didn't look in Google.What's the outcome?Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 13, 2008, 01:37:21 PM

The one time I didn't look in Google.

sir i have a dos base program,
how can i run this program in WINDOW xp.
to setup this program.
can i upload this program?? to you
please mail me .....What program ? ?
DOS is no longer part of Windows.

More details please...There is a program CALLED DOSBox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox

I've used it before on my Vista laptop and it does work with running old DOS program files and emulates them WELL. I was playing DOOM on it and DUKE Nukem and a couple other old DOS games with good sound and functionality. I know it will work, but I haven't used it in a while so I am not sure how exactly you'd do it. There should be tutorials on their SITE though. I think you have to mount a drive and keep the files in the right location. should be what you're looking for.

I have fixed a friends Dell Optiplex 745 computer. All is working well except it will not boot directly to windows, I get the "press f-1 to continue then it boots up. When I go to the bios, it looks different than any bios screen I have seen. I don't know how to fix things there, there are not a lot of options..In the BIOS you could select "RESTORE defaults" and that may get normal operation back. Does the "F-1" warning contain any INFORMATION as to what is prompting it such as a fan failure,etc.? truenorthSounds like the F1 to continue is just telling you the system checked out OK and is ready to boot. Some MOTHERBOARDS have this setting in the BIOS, and it could be the default setting. I would SEE if you can look around the different BIOS menus and see if you can find something that sounds like this option. You will not change anything the BIOS unless you select the "save and exit" command when done and then confirm it again. Just looking around doesn't hurt anything, and if you don't save any changes when done in there, that also won't hurt anything.

Anyone please help!

I'm surprised earlier when I TRIED opening one of my documents. During my first attempt to open my word document, my AVG free antivirus detected a MALWARE named winword.exe. Of course, I selected the option to remove the detected malware, not realizing that it's the executable file for Microsoft word.

And then, I tried opening my documents again, but this time, a pop-up message is being displayed informing me that I don't have enough privilege accessing the file, and the same warning keeps on popping every time I tried opening a word document. On the other hand, excel, publisher, and other Microsoft programs are working properly,

What happened? what should I do?

I have a Windows XP computer, and the program in question is Microsoft 2007 edition I would suggest running an alternative malware scanner (such as Malware Bytes Antimalware Free) as a one-off to ensure your machine's as clean as possible. After than, re-run the Office setup from CD. It will give you an option to repair your existing installation - choose that.I have Malwarebytes installed but is currently DISABLED. I'm only using it once a month to perform a full scan. I tried running it with HOPE that it will solve my problem with winword.exe, but it detected nothing.

On the other hand, I tried the repair option through the Microsoft Installation Wizard. It TOOK less than a 45 minutes before the repair option finished, but I'm very happy that it solved my problem.

Thanks for the advice...

Hello! My son KEEPS getting error messages when he tries to install a game. The message reads:

Failed to initialize renderer.
Nixadapterdesc::getdevicecaps()failed


Any ideas?

Win XP Pro sp3; AMD 64 3500+ MMX; 2GB RAM; 2x Nvidia 7800 GTX; 232 GB HD; 596 GB HD; mb ASUS A8N SLI Premium


Thanks in advance.Sounds like the vid card isn't up to the game specs...

What game ?
Quote from: patio on December 05, 2011, 07:30:57 AM

Sounds like the vid card isn't up to the game specs...

What game ?