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I am running windows Xp and I inadvertently delete my audioWhat exactly do you mean you deleted your AUDIO?FIND out the model of your COMPUTER and DOWNLOAD the correct drivers.

Hi GUYS,

My computer is running on Radeon HD 4650 1 gig video card connected via DVI to DVI to my Samsung 23 inch LED monitor.

Lately, the display would show white DOTS on black backgrounds and sometimes whenever I encounter dropdown the selections would go black with white dots.

The worst so far was when the whole web page turned black with some distorted images.

I'm not that techie so I need your help guys. What seems to be the PROBLEM and and how can I FIX it?

Looking forward to your answers and thank you in advance.

[regaining space - attachment deleted by admin]Did it work before this problem? What model/brand is the computer you are using? Have you tried reinstalling or updating your current graphics driver and check for any dust build up from the adapter itself? Hi jason2074,

How can I update my current graphics driver? My computer is just a month old and the problem began when I switched from VGA to VGA conection to DVI to DVI. I have CONFIGURE the AMD Catalyst Control Center but still I can't fix the problem.

Any setting you can recommend?

Hi All

I am having problems with windows in my PC. It has Windows XP(professional) OS. Please tell me the reason.

Rajesh Chandra,
More details please.When did tis start?
it started couple of week ago. Does it ,STOP only with some programs?
If a laptop, are you KEEPING it cool?
Is there any reason to THINK you have a virus attack?
How old is the computer?

Hi,

My system is running very slow. I do not know what is wrong with it. I have cleaned my temp files and did whatever is required. PLEASE assist

System CONFIG
Intel Celeron CPU 2.40 GHZ, 1 GB RAM
Windows profession XP 2002 Service Pack 3 Please explain your problem IN DETAIL. Exactly what is slow? Also, What is new or DIFFERENT since the last time everything worked properly (IE, new hw, new sw, virus, ERROR, etc)?

just got another desktop=== have wireless=== can not get it to CONNECT to internet
quickest and simplest WAY is to contact your ISP and have them lead you through the steps to have your computer recognize the router/modem. Do so via a telephone.truenorththank youYou are most welcome . If for any reason my SUGGESTION doesn't produce quick and SATISFACTORY results please come back and we will assist (but it will take longer as we will start by asking you some questions about your EQUIPMENT)truenorth

I have a wireless connection. My computer is connecting to the router but Windows does not work. When I click on diagnose connection problems I go through the process of diagnostics, it gives this message. Windows cannot troubleshoot your network connection because an error has occurred. Please try again. When I check the connection, under activity it shows 157 PACKETS sent, 0 received. Please help!!??Quote from: kathyljs on September 20, 2011, 08:29:38 PM

My computer is connecting to the router but Windows does not work.

Disabling the network adapter
Failed while disabling the network adapter
Failed with Error 0x800F020D: The class installer registry entry is invalid

After owning my computer for several years, I recently received the "Subject" error message. I went to the "regedit.exe" but could not locate the "HKLM" file. I read to correct the subject problem, was to change the string value "allocatecdroms" and change value to "O"

Any help would be greatly appreciatedWe have no way of telling if this is your machine so we cannot assist with Admin rights...

I would think if you had it for years this would have come up long AGO...Thank for NOTHING ! The last advise I want to get is from a beginner !! When you become an "expert", then you can give me adviseNo problem...

Sorry i couldn't help this time.Hi

Is the cdrom detected in the Bios perhaps the reason the registry key isn't there is that windows hasn't detected the the cdrom. Also you could test the cdrom with a boot CD before suspecting windows security.

Thanks

Lisa
I'm surprised, that there's not one inteligent person out there that can solve my problem. The problem is now prohibiting from using my USB/1394 portsQuote from: ivey on OCTOBER 13, 2011, 03:29:15 PM

I'm surprised, that there's not one inteligent person out there that can solve my problem.

Hey,

So I imported some BOOKMARKS from my Laptop running Ubuntu OS (an html file). After doing this, everything was still working fine at this point. Later I decided I didn't need the bookmarks from Ubuntu, so I restored the bookmarks using a backup 'json' file I MADE on my XP prior to doing this. After the restore, I ran into a problem. When I GO to "show all bookmarks", nothing is there. Also, when I click on the star in the omnibar to bookmark a PAGE, it just flashes yellow but does not stay yellow, and does not bookmark the page. Also, my 'json' files seem to have disappeared!

A few QUICK notes:

I haven't lost my bookmarks
I am running firefox 7.01
No changes after disabling addons
I have CCleaner which I run often
Using different/older restore points does not fix anything

Hi,

I REINSTALLED XP on a laptop at work.

The problem I have is as follows

if I cold boot the laptop it will load up and log into windows without incident.

However, if I attempt to restart windows it will restart the OS as expected and then hang on the XP loading screen.

Any ideas on what the problem might be?

Thanks,

Bev.Boot to safe mode. Now try to restart. What happens?Hi Allan.

I started Windows in safe mode, restarted and it still hangs on the XP loading screen.

I just don't understand why it won't warm boot. If it was a hardware error, it wouldn't get past the POST after a cold boot.


I also ran the built-in memory and HDD diagnostics - both came back with no errors.I'm guessing it is a hardware or bios issue of some sort or it would reboot from safe mode (AND, it would get past that point in the boot process because no software has been loaded or called yet).Is there a BIOS setting along the lines of boot on keyboard prompt ? ?I have an almost exactly identical issue as yours with the Intel computer in my specs. The computer would certainly fail to restart, and it would hang at the Win 7 loading screen, followed by a BSOD which stated something like "An attempt to execute non-executable memory..." Memtest86+ for 10 passes turned up no errors. However, I noticed that when copying or downloading large files(1GB+), they would often get corrupted(can CHECK this from the MD5 sums.) Programs would often turn up errors like "Reinstalling the program is recommended because so-and-so.dll has become corrupted" and ZIP files would turn up CRC-32 errors. I finally discovered it was the new 2 GB RAM I had installed few days ago that was the issue. Gonna RMA the RAM first thing tomorrow.
I really find it odd that Memtest86+'s reliability has been called into question... 10 passes and no memory errors...One other thought - if there is no setting in bios and if you haven't made any hardware changes lately, you might want to replace the battery on the motherboard. I know - it doesn't make any sense to me either since you can cold boot - but on the other hand, what's the harm?Quote from: Allan on October 04, 2011, 10:07:22 AM

One other thought - if there is no setting in bios and if you haven't made any hardware changes lately, you might want to replace the battery on the motherboard. I know - it doesn't make any sense to me either since you can cold boot - but on the other hand, what's the harm?

You must be a mind-reader.

I should be able to lay my hands on a known working cmos battery...

I am having difficulty printing Word documents as they seem to be printing lightly and only about 1/2 of the line of text as in it's cut off either the top or bottom all the way across the line or SKIPS LINES here and there. I can print everything else just fine such as web pages and PDF's and PowerPoint, emails, etc. I have a new ink cartridge in there and seems like there are no other issues other than with Word. Is there an easy FIX or do I have to try reinstalling the program software or what? The problem is, I am totally unaware as to where I put the CD, whoops. Just wondering if it is a registry error or incompatibility or something simple or common. Thanks for any help.

It was suggested I try a free word processing program and I tried Abiword and it printed the same way. If it's done it in more than ONE word processing app then chances are very good that it's the PRINTER that's at fault...Make and model of printer?

You don't need the CD. You can get the driver from the manufacturer's site.

Do a nozzle check first (check in printer maintenance options) and if necessary, do a head/nozzle cleaning (also in those options). Also do a head alignment (in the maintenance options too).

If none of those fixes it, reinstall the software. If that doesn't help, as Patio said, there's probably an issue with the printer.

Ouch! It sure looks like a motherboard replacement is in your future. Some computer service locations can replace damaged capacitors but it becomes a factor of the costs to replace them (labour/parts) and the cost of another MB. You seem to not be intimidated by the innards of your computer. Do you intend to replace the MB yourself? Have you ever done this before?If i were in your shoes i would also want to compare and consider a full computer replacement as another alternative. Much more up to date computers are now available at quite low cost. So think about this before you leap. Many of your current components can be used with or in addition to the replacement computer. For instance the current HDD plus optical drives can probably be added to your "new" computer. All your external devices can also more than likely be used. My concern re the repair of the current MB would be what caused the capacitors to go bad? They may be but a symptom of other issues.You probably can find a replacement MB on E-Bay or the like but you sure would need to be careful there as there would need to be some guaranty from the vendor re it's working. Decision time! truenorthHeyy Back and yes Ouch!! I work on pc's alot. Family, friends and friends of friends and familys Pc's. mostly virus issues and reformatts..it a breeze to fix one for me most of the time.. sometimes i get stumped.. lol but i didnt see those compasators until i took out the memcards cause they are kindof hidden.. i should of known to look better. i have looked on EBAY.. i will prob buy another for 25 bucks and intstall myself and be done with it... and yess i have replaced motherboards myself..and\ everything else possible inside the a pc. simple simple yea i DONT know what could cause it to do that really.. not that good at it.. lol. hopefully a new one will fix the problem!! PattyWell good luck to you and do come back after the MB replacement and tell us how you fared. truenorthwill do and thanks.. yall have helped me out alot.. under diff name and as guest!! yall are great. gonna mark as SOLVED!! Patty\Hiya Truenorth!! Finally fixed the motherboard. i replaced the 2 bad capacitors.. it didnt come on. gave me beep error codes. so i had to think about that a bit and then i done like u told me and tried seein if it was the memory sticks. 2 of them arnt good.!!!! what in the world would make them go bad!??? but the pc is up and running!! if u can tell me how to know they would go bad like that let me know. and OH. when i tried the cmos battery.. it reset and it comes up i have no floppy and to click f1. i dont have a floppy. .. so do u know how to make it stop comin up? the simplest things seem to get me CONFUSED. lol thanks! PattyThere is an option to turn off floppy seek in the BIOS...yea maybe i done it wrong.. but when i did the pc wouldnt boot up windows!!i could of clicked the wrong thing. i will try it again!

Hi,

First of all, thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you to anyone who wants to contribute their thoughts. Now, the problem in more detail...

Summary:
Laptop shipped with Vista. Clean install of XP & drivers - all okay for over a year. XP became problematic, re-installed XP - same problems exist with clean install.

Prelude:
I have a Toshiba Satellite L30, which came with Vista installed. After some disappointment with Vista, I decided to "upgrade" to XP. The installation of XP went without a hiccup. Trying to find drivers for everything took some time, as Toshiba no longer distributes the drivers for the L30 model (at least not on the UK version of their website). I kept (and still have) copies of all of the drivers I eventually installed to get the laptop with XP working successfully, and all was well.

The Problem Begins:
I had been using this set-up for over a year, until recently and suddenly, the laptop became problematic (i.e. hanging at certain situations, being slow and generally unresponsive). I concluded that the laptop had probably lost power during installing Windows updates, or the update had problems and had become unstable. After trying various techniques to try and recover the system (system restore, chkdsk etc) with no success, I decided I would do a clean install of XP.

Get Your Head Scratching Fingers Ready:
Using the same XP CD I used for the first install, I begin to re-install XP. All goes well, until the installation reaches "Registering Components", where it hangs. Pressing the power button to restart the laptop re-initiates the installation and the installation completes through to the end (possibly because the installer has flagged whatever caused the hang to be skipped the second time around?). This behaviour is now repeatable every time I format the drive and install XP. Anyway, XP is now installed and boots up - but guess what? It's showing the exact same behaviour as before the clean install. It's hanging at the same things and being generally unresponsive. I continued to install all of the drivers I used the first time around, but still the same problem. (may be worth noting that safe mode doesn't exhibit any of this behaviour and works fine).

The Plot Thickens:
So now I'm thinking it's likely to be a hardware / firmware problem, as it's the exact same software set-up. In the course of spending a long time trying to figure it out, I get around to using the Toshiba recovery disk which re-installs Vista, and lo and behold, everything works fine, no problem with anything (well, except that it's Vista). I installed all the available Windows updates and updated all of the drivers, and then ghosted the hard disk so I can at least return to a working set-up relatively easily. Thinking that this procedure may have restored equilibrium to the hardware settings, I re-install XP, but it's still being problematic in the exact same way. I'm stumped.

What To Do Now:
Personally, I would rather use the laptop as an expensive paperweight than use it with Vista installed. I've ordered some RAM so that it will be capable of running Windows 7, but I still wouldn't really be content with that workaround. By far, XP would be the OS of choice, but I don't know what path to take next to get it working again.
I would love to hear your 2 cents. Thanks for reading the above, I know it was long. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
IanYou can always use VirtualBox or VMWare Player to run a Virtual Machine of XP in Vista/7. I really don't understand why you need to stick with XP, which was developed in 2000 and which software and hardware companies are starting to drop support for. It was never optimized for multi-GPU configs, it does not support DX 11, etc. if you are thinking of GAMING, for example. Windows 7 is far better than Vista-optimized UI, better memory management, better UAC access, etc.


The fact that it works fine in Vista and not in XP is odd. Vista is a major memory hog when compared with XP...
It shouldn't be a hardware problem. It might be that you have a bad XP setup disc. Could you try resetting your CMOS and see what happens? I know of some COMPUTERS that have an "OS Install Mode" which limits the RAM to 256 MB and forces generic drivers. Your RAM should be fine if it works in Vista without a hitch-if you are really paranoid you could run Memtest86+ for 10 passes or so.Hi Transfusion, thanks for your reply.

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You can always... ...run a Virtual Machine of XP in Vista/7

I really don't understand why you need to stick with XP

It might be that you have a bad XP setup disc

Could you try resetting your CMOS and see what happens

if you are really paranoid you could run Memtest86+

The software we develop at work is designed on XP, for XP,

Long story made short: I would love a batch file for quicker access to turn the key scrambler off.

Currently I must "go into Internet Explorer/Tools/Manage Add-ons/scroll down to the proper one, then disable, close", then close that IE window and open a new one to have it take effect.

It seems that I should be able to run a batch file which would accomplish everything within quote marks above. Batch files I can write, but how to get into IE that far ... I'm at a complete loss! Later I'll want one to turn the key scrambler back on, but that's only one word change from the first one.Could the be done will Auto-Key? It is a keyboard macro program.Thanks ... that is something I did not know about, I'll give it a try, but being totally unfamiliar with that I'll have to do some reading and playing with it. JackQuote from: jackritterskamp on October 10, 2011, 10:37:58 AM

Thanks ... that is something I did not know about, I'll give it a try, but being totally unfamiliar with that I'll have to do some reading and playing with it. Jack

AutoKey | Download AutoKey software for free ,,,
http://www.autohotkey.com/
AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can:

Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder.
Create HOTKEYS for keyboard, joystick, and mouse. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a HOTKEY.
Expand abbreviations as you type them. For example, typing "btw" can automatically produce "by the way".
Create custom data-entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars. See GUI for details.
Remap keys and buttons on your keyboard, joystick, and mouse.
Respond to signals from hand-held remote controls via the WinLIRC client script.
Run EXISTING AutoIt v2 scripts and enhance them with new capabilities.
Convert any script into an EXE file that can be run on computers that don't have AutoHotkey installed.
Getting started might be easier than you think. Check out the quick-start tutorial.

Remove multi OS menu from startup
Hi I have 2 different comps. Both are XP Pro. Both have got the same Boot.ini. as below.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
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

However if one starts OK, the other still offers that option of 2 (Wingows XP Pro... and Windows (default)).
If matters here is how I ended up having this issue. I mounted a new drive on that problematic computer and installed a new instance of XP there. Removed that DIVE later on, but as you may KNOW, after installing that new instance, Boot.ini was modified as below.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

As you can see above, although I've removed the second line, I still keep getting this annoyance.
Pardon me if this SOUNDS rude.
Just leave it alone until you know exactly how to fix it. As long and it does not interfere with use of the system. Just let it be.

I have played and played with BOOT.INI for years and have often FOUND my self with not being able to boot at all anger i 'fixed' it. Then I have to boot another OS to edit the BOOT.INI, which is a real pain trying to edit BOOT.INI from Linux.
Quote from: gev on October 09, 2011, 06:07:38 AM

Remove multi OS menu from startup
Hi I have 2 different comps. Both are XP Pro. Both have got the same Boot.ini. as below.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
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

However if one starts OK, the other still offers that option of 2 (Wingows XP Pro... and Windows (default)).
If matters here is how I ended up having this issue. I mounted a new drive on that problematic computer and installed a new instance of XP there. Removed that dive later on, but as you may know, after installing that new instance, Boot.ini was modified as below.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

As you can see above, although I've removed the second line, I still keep getting this annoyance.

How can I install WINDOWS XP Pro on my computer?

Specification:

AMD Athlon (tm) II X2 245
Processor : 2.91 GHz 2.00 GIG RAM
What O/S do you have now? What will you be installing the XP Pro O/S from? Is this to be a dual boot with whatever you already have or will it become the SOLE O/S on your computer?truenorth
P.S. Your opportunities for RESPONSES would probably have been better if you had posted this TOPIC on the "windows xp " forum.Moving it as we SPEAK...

my PC is TAKEING so much time to shutdown plz help pc spec is 500 gb hd 2 gb ram os xp pro Here are some steps you can take to try to speed up Windows Shutdown. Before editing the registry, be sure to either create an image of your system partition or BACKUP the registry. If you don't know how, please ask.

1) Make sure "CLEAR pagefile at shutdown" is not enabled:
start - run - regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown value to 0


2) Start - Run - Regedit
Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and replace the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box

For the next two, if the dword value indicated does not exist, create it:

Double click on the WaitToKillAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 2000

Double click on the HungAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 1000

Reboot

3) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Right-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and change it to 2000

Anyone know how to change the Text Color of Shortcuts and Icons with Text Displayed under them from the default of White to say BLACK or any other color for that matter? I know that i can changethe background color of teh text box of teh iron, but that looks ugly and too primitive windows looking.

I have a background picture of my daughter playing outside and its awkward having my icons grouped around darker areas of the picture. Sure I could size the picture to only take up part of the screen instead of stretching. But I don't want to do that.

Been digging in advanced properties and searching google for others who may have found a solution for this, and some suggest installing some software like something called Iconoid, but I am hesitant to installing any DESKTOP tools as for I have never seen any that don't have cons to them.

Anyone ever used Iconoid or can suggest a better fix for this? Here is the link to Iconoid to check out: http://www.sillysot.com/Microsoft say there is no way to set a default colour for desktop icon text in Windows 7. The way it works is this: the icon font colour can be only be a grey scale value somewhere between pure white and pure black. Windows sets it depending on background brightness, defaulting to white unless that would not be clearly visible. Note that you have to log off and on again to see any changes. It does seem as if 3rd party software is the only way around this, but some people (like yourself) who don't fancy doing that, have contented themselves with either or both of: setting the font to be bold, and enabling drop SHADOWS. Iconoid works perfectly for changing the font color of your Desktop icons. Just tried it:
I have to say personally I don't like desktop icons; my own desktop is solid black in colour and has zero icons or gadgets. So this problem never affects me. I also really don't like software installers which go ahead without asking and put an icon on the desktop.
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The way it works is this: the icon font colour can be only be a grey scale value somewhere between pure white and pure black. Windows sets it depending on background brightness, defaulting to white unless that would not be clearly visible.

And interesting that Transfusion got green when it should be grey scale?

I believe they intercept a part of the Windows desktop icon painting code and substitute their own routines. Iconoid's web may offer the source code, I'll check this

Hi

I opened search & was presented with this absolute beauty:



Anyone know of a fix?

Thanks

*coughs*

Give This a Whirl...XP? Search from Start button?Ahhh, this has happned to me once...

Have you tried "uninstalling" internet explorer?

This is either down to a virus, or someone has been TAMPERING ^_^

The windows local search requires IE to operate

Hehe... can't believe it's been over 3 years and a. I never thanked you for your suggestions and b. I never got round to fixing it

Quote from: patio on March 31, 2008, 06:01:49 AM

Give This a Whirl...

XP? Search from Start button?

Have you tried "uninstalling" internet explorer?

The windows local search requires IE to operate

Bump of the century!

Bin Windows' awful search facility and use something like Locate32 instead.

When i press shift with numbers 2 and 3 i get (@) and (#) instead of the (") and the pound sign. I would put the pound sign down but because of this problem i
cant find it on the keyboard! The normal (@) key is replaced with the (") key....
Has anyone got any ideas on how i can change my keyboard back to how it should be, i got it given and I'm QUITE new to computers so im not to sure what to do, thanks.@ and # are the normal with 2 and 3 on a regular US English keyboard layout.

You will need to check in LANGUAGE and Regional Options for what layout your keyboard is using. Default for XP is usually US English (unless you're using a regional variant).Please post more information on the computer model/brand, Operating system you are using? Have you tried a different keyboard? There is a properties for the keyboard found on your Control Panel, post also some information on formats/defaults/language that was set.Quote from: quaxo on October 07, 2011, 01:04:20 AM

@ and # are the normal with 2 and 3 on a regular US English keyboard layout.

You will need to check in Language and Regional Options for what layout your keyboard is using. Default for XP is usually US English (unless you're using a regional variant).

I have installed printer adapter card but if i print unwanted letters were printed ( [emailprotected],, CE, C @). first i installed the card in pci slot..2nd i installed driver..3rd connect the printer...visit DEVICE manager PCI ECP Parallel Port (LPT3)...change printer properties PORT to LPT3..any body can tell me how to fix this problem?thanks in advance..^_^It seems you have been here before. We can go faster if more information is on the first post. What make of computer. Laptop? Desktop? Why do you need an adapter card.

Why are you even using an old PP printer? Which model? Is this a special printer for POS application? What does the documentation say?

Most Desktops already have a Parrnell port, so it is unclear why you installed a PCI adapter. Did you mean PCMCIA adapter on a laptop?

The preferred METHOD is to use a USB to parallel adapter for a laptop. Also works good on Desktop, if needed.

Also, which OS are you using? It makes a difference. And you have to have the right driver for the printer.

Parallel printers have some special needs. One is you never discount the multi-pin cable while printing. Most often the printer can not reset from that kind of error. That is shy a USB adapter is preferred.
I'm using desktop my mobo is P5G41T-M LX and my printer is epson LX-300..mobo has no parallel port and printer has no usb adapter. I am using Windows xp prof. and MCS9865 driver for my parallel adapter card..i came to another site. and it seems like the driver was failed i don't know if its true i did email the moschip company and w8 for the driver. btw the driver cd that was provided when i purchased the parallel adapter was not FUNCTIONING thats why i downloaded the driver from the moschip web..thnx4 the help Geek-9pm any further advice?Here is a site that deals with these kind of issues.
http://www.printerhacks.com/how-to-connect-a-parallel-hp-printer-to-a-usb-only-computer/

Notice that they also recommend the USB to PP printer adapter. The list that have is for HP printers, but the concept applies to any of the standard PP printers made in the past few years.

The adapter they recommended is a USB on one end and the Centronics connector on the other end. The SELL for about $15 and provide a solution that does not require installation of any special software. Check and see which Centronics connector it has.

Besides Amazon, you can go to this site:
http://www.cablestogo.com/
Look for USB to parallel printer. Most printers use the large Centronics connector.

I thin k the most practical solution is to forget the PCI card. You have spent enough time on it and it should not be that hard to do. It should have worked the first time.

I have 3 external USB drives and 1 USB DVD drive as well as 3 HDD ATA drives with mucho disk space. Recently bought an 80 GB pata drive and installed it in an external case (EXT) and connected to USB.

In my WE I see all my drives but EXT. It was formatted and partitioned ok. Using the Device Manager & Computer MANAGEMENT-Disk Management aps I see the EXT as disk 3 and assigned the letter K: but it still doesn't show up in WE. I also use POWER Desk Pro 7 (PDP7) and it doesn't see EXT either.

I connected EXT with it's cable to my Laptop running Win 7 and EXT is displayed there in EF and PDP7.

I disconnected all the USB drives (3) and I see the 3 ATA drives but no EXT.

My pc is a Dell Inspiron 4600 with 3 GB Ram, 2.8 Ghz P4 running XP Pro SP 3. The pc has 4 USB connectors in the back and 2 USB connectors in the front. I also have a POWERED USB strip with 8 connectors. All are USB 2.0 connectors.

Thanks

For some reason, GDIPLUS as well as visual c++ RUNTIMES i.e, 2005, install their dynamic link libraries (dlls) in WINSXS. Perhaps they are suppose to. However, programs that require these dlls cannot assess them. For example, I had to copy GDIPLUS to the system or system32 (as these are in my environment path variable) folder so the program can assess the dll. Dependency walker also states that the dlls for the aforementioned cannot be FOUND, even though both GDIPLUS and Visual C++ 2005 Runtimes are installed. I don't understand why they are not working "out of the box". Does it have to do with security catalogs? I just have no idea, and have been dying to know why for a while. Re-installing improves nothing, and same goes for "trying" to register them.

XP PRO SP3

http://tinyurl.com/Demystifying-WinSxS-directoryLol, could you be a bit more discrete. I already checked that post, it's the first result in Google.
All you did was post Google's first result; the content is absolutely useless.

Experts, please stand up.A simple: "I've already seen that, THANKS" would have been sufficient.

Just sayin'Start/Run ...type in sfc scannow and hit Enter...
Have your Windows CD handy as it may ask for it.
Let it run to completion and re-boot...Quote from: Allan on July 22, 2011, 03:50:27 PM

A simple: "I've already seen that, thanks" would have been sufficient.

Just sayin'

Experts, please stand up.

How do i enable my WINDOWS installerIt should ALREADY be enabled.

Are you having a problem? What errors are you getting and what are you doing when you get the error?

The more INFORMATION the better

For windows installer to work, you must be running under an admin account; not limited user. The installer service must be enabled. If these two criteria are met, then the installer is broken and must be manually REMOVED GOOGLE for instructions from microsoft. Then install windows installer 4.5. Windows intaller has no dependencies; though dcom service should be enabled, as Windows Management Instrumentation, as BITS.

I have tried every WEB site and can not find a DOWNLOAD for this. Does ANYONE know of one?According to this, it's "a Windows core system file"

If you do a repair INSTALL from your XP installation disk, it should put the file back in the right directory..

Hi Bandit, I had the same problem last YEAR. You will have to go to a computer store and purchase one. My husband installed it (was not hard) and everything worked fine. Good Luck, the other bandit

Hi, I'm not a newbie when it comes to computers and never asked for help before (well, a few times in the very beginning, I guess, when I just bought my first computer – but that's a long time ago!). Normally my family and friends are asking me for help when they have problems with their computers an I'm the one who solves them... But now I have an internet related problem with my PC and I am really stuck!

I like to solve chess problems and do so on a regular basis on http://www.chess.com. Since a couple of weeks HOWEVER I'm not able to solve them anymore! When I click on the diagram another page opens (which is absolutely normal) and on that page the chess problem should load – but it doesn't! The only thing I see is a tiny little square turning and turning and turning... and a message which is saying “loading”... but nothing happens!

Whichever browser I use the problem is still the same. Despite that I assume that this is NOT a problem on chess.com, and it can't be a browser related problem either. So there must be something wrong with my internet settings, but I can't figure it out. I also checked the Flash player settings but couldn't find anything unusual to me.

Any ideas?Hi! I myself you chess.com and i know exactly what you are talking about! To tell you the truth, I don't think it's a flash problem. chess.com doesn't use flash at all i know that for a fact so it wouldn't be something wrong with your flash. It actually sounds to me as if it's a problem with chess.com especially if the loading screen comes up. It almost sounds like a ddos attack but then I WOULD think the entire website would be blocked. Check your javascript settings to make sure they are enabled but other than that, log something with chess.com if that doesn't work.Have never used that site but in order to TRY and assist you i just used your link and the site opens with no problem. I was also able to access items within the site with no delays. So i tend to think the site is ok. Are you having any similar issues with other web sites? I am using Opera 11:50 by the way. Have you altered or added anything new to the computer coincident with this problem? truenorthMaybe you need to update your java if the site uses it.
Have you posted the problem at their FORUM? http://www.chess.com/forum/category/help-support?

How long to activate Windows XP? It was already activated. Has been for months. Today I replace a Hared drive. Now it says the hardware change requires me to activate again in 3 days.
Has this happened to others? Why are they picking on me? I am not a Pirate. It is my computer and it is a legit Windows Home XP retail.

Now I SEE why good users become vicious hackers. This is user abuse!
If you replaced the hard drive and reinstalled windows I would not be surprised it asks you to reactivate...
Quote from: Geek-9pm on August 01, 2011, 11:43:14 PM

Now I see why good users become vicious hackers. This is user abuse!

This is all public knowledge and has been out there on the Web for as long as Windows XP has been on sale. It may be tiresome, but nobody forced you to use Windows. It's got nothing to with "Big Brother" (or "Big Brotha", whoever he is.)

Not to mention this has been posted about numerous times in the forum so I am not sure why Geek is surprised.

He is 72 years old... senility is encroaching upon him, so give him a break...

To guard against people cloning Windows installs, Windows activation on versions including XP and after is tied to the hardware that the OS was installed on. This is done by generating a "hardware signature" from hardware items among these types:

Display Adapter
SCSI Adapter
IDE Adapter (effectively the motherboard)
Network Adapter (NIC) and its MAC Address
RAM Amount Range (i.e., 0-64mb, 64-128mb, etc.)
Processor Type
Processor Serial Number
Hard Drive Device
Hard Drive Volume Serial Number (VSN)
CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-ROM

If you make a significant hardware change to your computer, you will be notified and will have three days to activate your copy of Windows.

This is all public knowledge and has been out there on the Web for as long as Windows XP has been on sale. It may be tiresome, but nobody forced you to use Windows. It's got nothing to with "Big Brother" (or "Big Brotha", whoever he is.)

He is 72 years old... senility is encroaching upon him, so give him a break...

>I have just purchased a Wacom Graphice Tablet but I do not SEEM to be ABLE to USE any of the tutorials either on the instalation disc or within the softwares help files, when I select any of the tutorials I GET this error message, can anyone help with this problem!
>
>ADOBE PROJECTOR HAS ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO CLOSE
http://designm.ag/tutorials/wacom-tutorials/
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/wacom-tablets-tutorials/
http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/25-tutorials-for-getting-started-with-your-wacom-tablet
Of course you will want to be able to access the tutorials from your own product. However in the 3 links i am PROVIDING you hopefully there will be sufficient assistance to overcome that current inability.truenorthThank you for your reply Truenorth, the supplied links are just what I needed, I can use the tablet of course but tutorials tell you far more than just the text help files.

I have windows XP. I am having TROUBLE playing POGO games on java. I get an error message hs.err-pid 3436 or 6548 or other numbers. I have uninstalled java and reinstalled it numerous times. Now when I try to uninstall from the control panel, I get the message that the program that installed it is no LONGER available. This just happened SINCE I installed update 6. Is there a way to CORRECT this?
Thanks
Please keep it simple as I am not very knowledgeable about computers.Have you tried re-installing your graphics drivers ? ?
Remember to re-boot afterwards.

When I try to update WINDOWS I am sent to a page saying that I need SP3 in order to get updates. If I follow the links in the page eventually I find myself back at the same start page of this article.

This is a CLEAN install of XP and I INSTALLED SP3 but I am still sent on the Microsoft merry-go-round when trying to update. I installed SP3 from a cd, the cd was burned with teh downloaded SP3 from Microsoft.

I am using Security Essentials and that needs to be updated, along with all of the other missing patches.

I always get the annoying problems.

Any help is very much appreciated.

Windows XP SP3
hp dc5750
Check for a malware infection (which can cause this symptom), also you should use Internet Explorer (not Firefox or other browser) to access the Microsoft Update site, and some people have found that MANUALLY downloading and installing Internet Explorer 7 or 8 solved this issue.

It is a clean install of XP, there is no other browser but IE on the machine.

I will try installing IE 8 from a cd and let you KNOW how it goes.See Here...

Then Here...

These are what seems like common issues...hope the info helps...That was it. I installed IE8 from cd but got the same message, then installed the Windows Update Agent and now go straight to the update page. Thank you very much.Excellent...we love success stories here...

hello folks

i dont KNOW what i done but this old MAN has two windows XP installations on my c:/. are there anyway to get rid of one of them without having to reinstall again?
any help would be greaty appreicated.

harleyBoot to the one you want to keep, open Windows Explorer, delete the other one. Don't WORRY, Windows won't let you delete the one to which you are logged on. Then edit the boot.ini file and remove the entry for the one you deleted.

My relative is having a large amount of difficulty using my computer for everyday tasks, such as using the internet, receiving emails, and loading emails with more than just text such as advertisements from Home Depot.

She USES OUTLOOK 2007 for her email, and Internet Explorer 7 for internet purposes. She often finds that IE lags when Outlook is sending/receiving email. However, the lag does not seem to be limited to just that.

She THOUGHT upgrading to IE8 would fix some of these problems. However, some of the pages would not display after she had installed it, leading her back to IE7.

Scans have been run with both AVG and MalwareBytes, and the viruses that were on this computer have been disposed of and removed from their individual "vaults" for quarantining.

I have also defragged the computer a couple of times, the latest time as recently as two weeks ago.

This leaves me with no good answer as to why this is happening. Will the computer need to be upgraded, or is there something I could try that I have not yet? (I have heard things about the registry possibly having an effect, but I haven't played around with that yet).

Does anyone here have anything to recommend??

(Yes, this post was copied from the Tech Support Guy Forum, as you can see below, with one small change and another detail added)

Specs:

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.1
OS Version: Microsoft WINDOWS XP Professional, Service Pack 3, 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2330 @ 1.60GHz, x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 2038 Mb
Graphics Card: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family, 384 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 24928 MB, Free - 5238 MB; E: Total - 11405 MB, Free - 3967 MB; F: Total - 116290 MB, Free - 43176 MB;
Motherboard: Gateway , , 93.09 , QTFCMJ74909798
Antivirus: AVG Internet Security 2011, Updated: Yes, On-Demand Scanner: Enabled

NOTE: This computer has a dual boot installed on it between Windows Vista (the C drive) and Windows XP (the F drive). Windows XP is the operating system I am having issues with.Is F: a physical HDD or a partition ? ?
Have you had her check her connection speeds lately ? ?

That PC should handle all her tasks with ease...The F drive is a partition which RUNS the Windows XP operating system she uses.. and the XP operating system is the one that the problem is occuring on.

The signal strength is reported as excellent going at 54 Mbps and I will try out speedtest.net in a second..

UPDATE: This was my third try on the site due to issues and mistakes the first two times, and although the site was the only site open on the computer, Internet Explorer was not the only program running (probably dosen't make a difference but just in case it does I said that).

The results were -
Ping: 10 ms
Download: 1.45 mbps
Upload: 0.36 mbpsWhat type of internet connection is it?Has this computer been doing this since she got it?? I imagine the problem started happening some time ago but it worked fine when she got it?You might try turning off hardware acceleration, that can cure a lot of problems such as yours. If it doesn't you can always go back and turn it on again.

How to turn off Windows hardware acceleration, scroll down for XP

http://www.pixelmetrics.com/Tips/VidBlank/GlobalAcceleration.php

We have some issues right now on winXP. SCANs are showing these and cannot get RID of. Help.
Pe_patch peccompact, msounsers.dll, .UPX, tr/spy.keylogger.qme, ark.5

No idea but it has completely slowed.stopped machineWelcome to the C.H. forums.

Please go here and follow the instructions, POSTING logfiles in the COMPUTER Viruses and Spyware FORUM not here.

Please note that the C.H. authorised malware removal specialists are very BUSY, be patient.

Good luck.

Hiya guys
I did a clean install of windows XP Home, now i have very slow internet response and sometimes pc seems to "stutter"a little, i followed the install instructions,i was wondering if there were any suggestions as i feel i have obviously missed something.
Athlon 64x2
AMD 4200+
2 GIG RAM
windows XP SP3

Probably not enough info,im not sure what to give,any help at all would be appreciated.
After installing XP did you install all drivers starting with the chipset driver?Yes i did,well to the best of my knowledge anyway,i have no yellow exclaimation marks against anything when i go into Device Manager
My driver disk says M2V VIA K8T890 Chipset Support,i down loaded all that was on it.Okay, that's good. How do you connect to the internet? Also, please describe the stuttering in detail.Internet is via a gateway modem as ADSL is not available here, it was never super quick,but what i have now is far slower than i remember dial up ever being.
i am connected via cable to the modem.
By stuttering i mean clicking on an icon will sometimes not respond, or may take a while, its only occasionally,i did this install only 5 DAYS AGO.could i have perhaps forgotten something in the setup, by the way i thought i would mention that my antivirus is "BITDEFENDER" which i am trying instead of Nortons.I've also checked in Internet Options to see if there is anything there that should be changed,problem is,i really dont know what im LOOKING for,i know this is kinda vague,but im at a total loss,as 6 days ago i did'nt have a problem.i downloaded updates from Windows Update,SP2 and SP3 took hours to load.Also emails seem to be fine.If you INSTALLED all drivers and there are no yellow or red symbols in device manager I don't think you forgot anything. Have you gone to Windows Update and installed all software updates (only software - do NOT install driver updates from Windows Update)?Ooopppps...i think i did install graphic driver updates for Nvidia as well as a couple of others,i thought it best to update everything,am i best to redo the clean install?? Also i run a genuine XP disc, and i first tried "repair" before the clean install.its gone 10pm here so i gotta get to bed,i'll check back tomorrow,and again,thank you for your time and any light you can shed upon my issues.
RogAssuming this is a desktop, drivers should be downloaded from the websites of the various hardware manufacturers, not from Windows Update.i might start again i think,only this time be a little more organised.

When I GO to control PANEL and add or remove programs and try to uninstall java I get the MESSAGE "INSTALLATION source for this product is notavailable." Is there another way to uninstall jave other than through the control panel. Please keep any instructions SIMPLE as I am not very familiar with computers.
Thankstry revouninstaller
www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.htmlThere's an uninstaller

Here...

No one here ever stated it can't be done...of course it can...as BC illustrated above.

However due to Forum Rules and regulations all links for doing so have been removed.

This is not a case of "yes i found a way"...rather an adherence to what we do here.

Any questions for newer Members that aren't familiar with the Forum Rules can be addressed to myself or any of the Forum Moderators.

Thanx.
patio.
Just wanted to mention that USB for an OS to run on 1.1 or most likely 2.0 is "SLOW" and a real physical drive is MUCH faster. Also that if you needed say 100 hard drives for the cost of the pen drives, there should be no problems finding good used or new 20GB to 80GB IDE drives for the equivilant cost of say a 16GB pen drive that most vendors would love to get rid of since these days its 1TB or greater capacity drives that are stocked and anything smaller unless solid state is generally older stock that they will want to move now vs taking a loss later on.

If you shop around you can get them, be legal, and have much better performance which in turn will minimize loss of job productivity. You wouldnt want a bunch of employees sitting around with pen drives flashing and waiting, as would be the case with the OS, swap file, and user data etc all thru a slow USB connection.


http://www.pricewatch.com/gallery/hard_removable_drives/ide%20hard%20drive%2040gb/0

40GB drives linked above. And this vendor http://3btech.net/se4072rpm2mb.html has them for less than $17 USD each with free ground shipping.

I worked almost 7 years once for a small not-for-profit coop food store chain where money was tight, and hardware was fixed and run until it could no longer serve a productive purpose. I was always buying good used or new obsolete hardware to get by and save tens of thousands of dollars annually to the customer members who got their annual refunds based on how much they spent there (temporary store profits) minus operating expenses including infrastructure replacement & repair. So when I saved the store money it meant that in addition to getting a nice bonus for a job well done annually, the customers got more money as well put back into their pockets. An example of how tight we were, to squeeze out every invested penny out of hardware, we were putting old dinosour Pentium 75Mhz machines back into operation with maxed out Ram as workstations since they still operated correctly and were using them as thin-clients. As thin-clients all the computing was really happening at the server end, where we had a lower end Dual Xeon CPU Server that we bought second hand, and the Pentium 75Mhz systems were mainly acting as a means of displaying the users session and passing mouse and key strokes to the server.

The Thin-Client/Server setup was one of the best investments I was involved in there. I was also able to save them tons of money buying from Tiger Direct Refurbished Pentium 4 HP Desktops for less than $150 each with Windows XP Pro and 40GB drives. Going into my boss and showing him that we can have almost complete computers with Windows XP Pro OS bundled with them, just needing displays that we already had on hand from the older Pentium 75's, and getting it all for just $13 more than the price of buying an XP Pro OEM CD at $137, it was an instant approval and buy 30 of them at $144 each since they gave me better corporate pricing buying a large volume of systems. Its not every day that you can buy a computer excluding monitor for $150 with Windows XP Pro and warranty, although Tiger Direct CONTINUES to post them for sale on their website and they sell out quickly.

**Just decided to go take a peak at tiger direct and see if they still offer these and now they are less than $100 each... WOW http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6602240&CatId=5139just copy the .iso file from the cd to your flashdrive. then set your BIOS to boot from the flashdrive. that should do it. QUOTE from: jupiter14 on August 06, 2011, 05:09:33 AM

just copy the .iso file from the cd to your flashdrive. then set your BIOS to boot from the flashdrive. that should do it.

just copy the .iso file from the cd to your flashdrive. then set your BIOS to boot from the flashdrive. that should do it.

No, that will just leave you with an .iso file on the flash drive - but it certainly won't be bootable.

Hello,

Their are three computers in my household, a mac book, and a custom built desktop, and a DELL desktop, and in the past we could run all three simultaneously with no problem what so ever. For the past few weeks, whenever someone turns on one of the other computers, the custom built desktop becomes extremely slow. I experience CONSTANT freezes, to the point where my browser wont load for a few minutes. The weird thing is, the other computer experiences no slowness. We haven't been doing anything out of the ordinary that would cause this, and once the other computer is shut off, it goes back to normal. The same thing happens with both the dell desktop and the mac book. The mac book is wireless, and the dell and custom built desktops share a router and modem. I've updated my drivers, scanned my computer, and nothing has seemed to help this problem.

Anything will be helpful, thank you.Just a wild guess. Maybe one of lithe computers has some kind of Malware using up bandwidth.

But.. before checking into that, here are some suggestions from Microsoft.

Five ways to improve Internet peed.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/help/internet-explorer/slow-five-tips-to-boost-performance

If you suspect a virus, you might try a free on-line scan.
This one is reported led to be good:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.htmlAre the computers on a SHARED network or just internet sharing through the router ?They all share the same network, the dell shares the router and the laptop is usually running wireless.Quote from: Bahizzle on August 05, 2011, 04:56:25 PM

They all share the same network, the dell shares the router and the laptop is usually running wireless.

For the past few weeks, whenever someone turns on one of the other computers, the custom built desktop becomes extremely slow. I experience constant freezes, to the point where my browser wont load for a few minutes

In my Windows XP (Service Pack 3), the "Task Manager" is showing "BLANKS" to the User Names, except this one: "System IDLE Process" with Username "SYSTEM". I just need to see User Names for all processes.

• Why?
• How can i solve it?

Go to your Services.msc .

Click on the link Services.msc , ok here http://www.winxptutor.com/tmuserblank.htm

• Services.msc
• Run "Terminal Services"

I had a installer for FRAMEWORK 2.0 before.
That one is around 22 MB and completely offline installer.
I like that because:

• It is offline installer
• It's size is FAIRLY small enough with just ROUND 22 MB

• Where can i get that official installer for version 3 or higher (like the version 2 above)?

I have just started GETTING the following error on Windows startup. I can't find any further info about it. I can press ok and it goes away and NOTHING else seems to happen.
The error is:
Error loading c:\windows\mlex320.dll

I have triple checked this is correct. Nothing even comes up when I google it. I am having intermittent problems with viruses/trojans etc, despite running Avira and Malawarebytes which is why I'm a bit concerned.

I am also having semi regular problems with the computer half freezing. I can still move the mouse, select things, eg, disable the internet connection, press restart computer, press Ctrl Alt Del, but nothing happens when I do this. It's like my comp is ignoring me. But I'll then reboot -can only do this by holding down the power button- and scan and nothing is detected.

Should I just ignore it or do I need to sort it out?

I'm using a Samsung Netbook NC10 with Windows XP Home edition, Service pack 3

Thanks for your help,
SarahI would suggest entering COMMAND prompt (Start>Run>cmd>click OK) and typing "sfc /scannow" without the quotation marks.


http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/system_file_checker.mspx?mfr=trueDon't worry, it's working in normal MODE!Since the .dll is located in the wrong directory...and it shows up NOWHERE as a common .dll i suspect you're infected....

Clik Here... and follow the info on posting your logs.Bugger.
Thanks, I was hoping it was something simple.

both my drives are Seagate and have sat at around 60(C) every TIME I checked over the last three years.When I started up my little Shuttle 3 hours ago the hard drive, a Seagate BARRACUDA Model ST3500418AS (7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s) was at 24 C and now it is reading 33 C.

Hi!

I customized system dialog in WinXP by Resource Hacker and also following help from this forum...

Only one thing I don't know how to customize:

NUMBERS under my company...
(look in ATTACHMENT)

I want to have there e.g. (C) 2009 - 2011

Can you help me?

Many thanks.

Miro

[regaining space - attachment deleted by admin]hi. i am the guy that helped you customize your system window last time. i am on vacation for the next three days, so if you can wait till i have ACCESS to my comp, then i would be happy to help.Thank you very much, i'll wait...

MiroOK. I am back. I need to see the resource script of that dialog in order to help you.

Open resource hacker then open sysdm.cpl with it. Expand the folder that says dialog, then the folder that says 101, and then click on the number. Copy and paste the text from there and post it here and I will tell you what to change.Hi my friend!

Thank you for your help, but I solved this PROBLEM by Registry Editor....

Also, many many thanks.

Miro

I have finally DECIDED to make my own thread about this.
My iTunes music is playing through the speakers.
All browsers don't have sound (I use Chrome), i downloaded Firefox, Opera, and Safari, none of them had sound for youtube or music hosting sites.

I have tried everything so far.

I am running Windows Xp and my default browser is Google Chrome.

I need help really bad.Researching on your BEHALF i found 2 references that could possibly be CAUSING your issue. One is the continued presence of a malware or virus. The other is related to and solved for MANY in the solution #2 from this site.
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-19119-no-sound-from-web-browser
good LUCK,truenorth

...Unless Automatic Restart is disabled.

I find it odd. The problem originated this morning, when I tried to turn my Sony Vaio on. It would boot up as normal (Normal for us at least. The HDD is FAILING so we get a little message everytime it boots up), but before hitting the (Windows XP) Log-In screen, would flash a BSOD type deal EXCEEDINGLY QUICKLY before rebooting itself. It would just loop like that.

So I checked some sites on google, as well as Microsoft's own support SECTION, and was basically informed that I should disable automatic restart so I could view what that blue screen was trying to tell me, therefore I would know what was wrong. But when I disabled it, the computer didn't restart itself, but took very long to get to the login screen. I'm logged on it now, but it's really, really, slow..

And the problem is, because it boots up this way, I can't see the blue screen to tell me what the issue is.

So I was wondering what issues might cause a computer to crash and restart before the log-in screen, or if anyone just happens to outright know what the problem is.

Any additional information required can be given if asked for. I'm still trying to find all the info for my computer. It's just so slow. =\

Thanks in advance.The HDD is failing...BACKUP anything important and shop for a replacement...
To confirm this if you like DLoad the Free diagnostics from the HDD manuf. site...
Run the long test.You have already said your hard drive is failing. As suggested, back up everything and buy a new one. The symptoms you are having are very common with failing hard drives.Guess there's no avoiding it then, a new hard drive or a new computer.

I tried holding off on the idea that it was the HDD. It's been ''failing'' for over half a year now and I hadn't experienced nothing but a slightly slower speed in the computer, but I guess it's time is finally up.

Thanks a lot. =)Have you got you Win XP disk.? if so check this out.!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310396

Hi!

I customized System Info dialog of Windows XP by your advices and RESOURCE Hacker.

I want to change else one thing:

In dialog is button of Support, when I click, it shows window of my own info about support.
But new windows has title same as computer type = "Commodore" (look on picture in attachment).

I mean that it's assigned to manufacturer... but I don't want to change manufacturer, only title of support window from "Commodore" to "MIRKOSOFT"

Can anybody help me?

Many many thanks for every help, reply or comments.

Miro

[REGAINING space - attachment DELETED by admin]HELLO again.

For that, you will probably actually have to hack the sysdm.cpl. I'll look into it, but are you willing/know how to use ollydbg?Hi!

Many thanks.

I'll try to use ollydbg.

Please leave any link to that here.

Many thanks for every help...

Miro

Please bear with me, I am the first to admit that I don't know a lot about computers, but I am a fast learner and good at following directions. I am really good at doing the things I use my computer for, but when it comes to the technical stuff, not so much. I have a dell optiplex 740 with windows xp. It has been slowing down for awhile, and I was getting windows pop up that said I was low on space on my C drive. I tried freeing up some room, but there were some random programs that SEEMED to be taking more room than others (programs that I don't use anymore, but it wouldn't let me erase them.) One day I tried logging on to my account and I got a window that said, "windows cannot load the user's profile but has logged you on with the default profile for the system. Detail: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service." It then logged me on, but almost all of my icons were gone and my My Documents folder was completely empty. I'm hopeful that they're not really gone, because i was able to open a picasa icon (which I don't recall EVER using before). Picasa pulled up all of my photos, but then immediately a message popped up saying the program had to close unexpectedly, so I couldn't save my pictures. I'm trying not to freak out, because pics of my 3 kids don't exist off of my computer. I just barely went to try to log on again, but this time after giving me the same message‚ it just went to a blue screen with no icons. I clicked on the disk clean-up icon down on the bottom of my screen, and it said that I had 0 MB of available space, and System Restore was suspended so it couldn't protect my computer until I freed at least 200 mb. I tried, but got several different messages when I tried, including: "an error OCCURED while writing installation info to disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available and click retry or cancel." Or "unable to locate/process internal binary resource. Pleas contact your software vendor." Or "runtime error! This applicationhas requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way." Sorry if this is too much info. My #1 priority is for sure recovering my pictures, and then to get my computer working again. I know space is obviously an issue. If it won't let me delete things, do I need to buy more memory before doing anything else? And then what? Is this damage that can be fixed?Don't panic! A fault with your computer has caused you to be logged on with a "temporary profile". This has not erased your documents.

Probably your PC would benefit from a software rebuild. In the meantime, look for your documents using Windows Explorer. Go to the C: drive, then Documents and Settings, then look for your user name. You should find your documents/pictures folders there.Thank you Rob! I was able to find my pictures, and went to save them all on CDs so I have them if anything happens, but it doesn't give me the option to save to disk. I know it used to, because I've done it before. When I go to file/send to, it only offers 3 1/2 floppy A. Do they even make those anymore? Also, when you talk about a software rebuild, that sounds complicated. I assume I need to take my computer in somewhere to get that done? Should I bother with a system restore if it will let me do it first?A software rebuild means reinstalling windows-you can do that with the restore partition on your Dell.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6802870_use-dell-pc-restore-partition.htmlFor the immediacy of your concerns re your pictures. Have you tried inserting a USB flash drive into the computer (use the rear ports) and doing a simple drag and drop to the open window of the flash drive? If you do get them transfered to a flash drive a word of caution DO NOT do anything such as adding more to that flash drive or use it for anything else UNTIL you have access to another computer to transfer them to a more permanent medium (such as a cd or dvd disc). But once you have them installed on the flash drive you can then remove them from your computer HDD and that will start the process of making more HDD space available (which appears to be at the root of your computer problems). Have you tried removing your no longer required programs via add/remove programs? What is the capacity of the HDD you have in the computer? What is your make and model of the computer?truenorthQuote from: jennis on August 10, 2011, 10:41:01 AM

went to save them all on CDs so I have them if anything happens, but it doesn't give me the option to save to disk.

it only offers 3 1/2 floppy A. Do they even make those anymore?

Also, when you talk about a software rebuild, that sounds complicated.

Should I bother with a system restore if it will let me do it first?

Run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to check for incompatibilities, etc. you may encounter if you upgrade.
Remember : an upgrade install is not supported from xp to 7. you will need to reinstall programs, backup documents, etc.

advisor
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/upgrade-advisor

you will have to upgrade to vista and dont for get to check your

Ignore this, Pattybrew. Vista has nothing to do with it and this advice makes no sense. Check Microsoft's upgrade adviser and make sure your computer is going to meet the requirements. You DO NOT need to upgrade to Vista.

You don't even really need to upgrade to Windows 7 unless it has a feature that you really need. Otherwise, XP will continue to work fine. Someday, when you are ready to get a new computer, you can upgrade the OS then.

i don't know why but at 95% it says an error happens and then it just skips that 5% and goes and makes my desktop and stuff but when i go online it makes me have this security things called ssl thats when using google chrome or when using fire fox it makes me mad and brings up these verify certificate thing and says connection failed and my COMPUTER runs slower and slower can some one please help me please No idea what you are talking about. Please explain your problem in detail and CLEARLY. And please use punctuation - your post is virtually impossible to decipher.Ok when i recover my laptop with the Toshiba recovery disk. It goes to 95% on completion then it gives me an error occurred. That is problem number one second problem is when. I load up google chrome and i go to a secured site it brings up this https://ssl.myyearbook.com/loginCookie and says stuff about no information is GIVEN to certify this website is trusted and then.

When i load up firefox it says basically same thing but in a different way and not connected and stuff. Guess you missed the point about punctuation...

How are you loading Chrome when you state the restore didn't work ? ?Never mind ill get people that know what there doing with computers to help me QUOTE from: sethbo420 on October 04, 2011, 07:37:32 PM

Never mind ill get people that know what there doing with computers to help me

Never mind ill get people that know what there doing with computers to help me

I have recently purchased a new laptop with Windows XP (64 bit) installed. I have installed a software application and would like to update
the hosts file. However I can't change its permissions to allow me to do so. My user id is a member of the admin. group so I'm a little confused.
I thought this would allow me to do ALMOST anything. I see that I do not have write permissions to the hosts file so now I'm stopped.

Has anyone experienced this ISSUE and if so, any ideas how to approach a solution ?

thanksHave you tried right cliking it and Open as Admin ? ?I don't an option to open the file as admin.. right clicking only provides an option to open / open with.......Open Notepad with Run as Admin...then open the hosts file...Quote

Open Notepad with Run as Admin

No such option in XP

No such option in XP

HOW TO: Use the RUN AS Command to Start a Program as an Administrator in Windows XP

This step-by-step article describes how to use the run as command to start a program as an administrator.

How to Use the RUN AS Command to Start a Program as an Administrator

As an administrator, you can use the run as command to start a program. To do so:

Locate the program you want to start in Windows Explorer, the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), or Control Panel.
Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you right-click the program icon, and then click Run as.
Click Run the program as the following user, and then type the user name, password, and DOMAIN of the administrator account that you want to use.

NOTE: If you want to use the administrator account on your computer, type the name of the computer in the Domain box. If you want to use the domain administrator account, type the name of the domain in the Domain box. When the program is running, you can use Task Manager to check the process owner on the Processes tab of Task Manager. To start Task Manager, click Start, click Run, type taskmgr, and then press ENTER.

How to log on to your Windows XP-based computer if you forget your password or if your password expires

Hello, everyone.

Well, I am in REAL strife. I am asking for help as a last resort because I just can't solve my problem alone.

My problem started a couple of days ago, and I cannot use my computer at all in normal start-up mode.

The error that is reported in the event viewer is in the title of this thread. The description accompanying the error message follows:

The following boot start or system-start driver(s) FAILED to load:
AmdK8
AvgLdx86
AvgMfx86
Fips

In addition I am getting a blue screen STOP error 0x000000EA when I reboot normally. It reports that the problem file is nv4_disp.

I should ADD that I had this exact same problem a year or two ago. The solution at that time was as simple as changing some setting (or perhaps a single registry value - I can't remember). I found that solution on the Internet somewhere, and I have spent around 12 hours trying to find wherever I found it last time. My point in saying this is that, on that occasion, there was nothing wrong with my video card/display adapter (NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT) as many of the threads on the Internet regarding this problem suggest.

Can anyone please help?nv4_disp.dll is the nVidia driver. AmdK8, AvgLdx86, AvgMfx86, and Fips are all crucial elements of your processor. Reinstall the display driver first, to solve the BSOD problem.Actually he MAY want to re-install the MBoard chipset drivers 1st...then re-boot and re-install the nVidia drivers as they are sometimes reliant in the chipset being functioning properly...Chipset drivers? Even if I knew what you were talking about, the thing is that last time this happened, it turned out it had nothing to do with the driver. Last time I didn't do anything to the driver, so assuming the cause is the same, there is nothing wrong with my card/driver.Well, this is embarrassing. It would have been much easier to slip away unnoticed with my tail between my legs, but I figured you deserve to laugh at me after trying to help.

I recently moved house. During the move my computer must have received a bit of vibration somewhere along the line and eased the contacts between the card and the slot a little. In the end all I had to do was put a bit of pressure on the card to reseat it (no discernible movement, mind you).

Problem solved!

THANKS for your help.No need to feel embarrassed...good to hear you solved it.Quote from: patio on August 11, 2011, 07:07:50 AM

No need to feel embarrassed...good to hear you solved it.