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hi kind PEOPLE,

i have problem with my computer, i try to solve it by CHANGING some hardware part like memory and power supply and still it shutting down, i ALSO try to run msconfig to disable some start up ITEM. and still the problem does not fix, i try to format the hardisk and still the computer is shutting down after 15 minutes. now my question is what would be the real CAUSE of this computer problem? any one who can assist me regarding this matter i really appreciate it so much.

Any Help will highly appreciated,
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It sounds like an overheating problem but without details of your system it's hard to advise. Are any error messages displayed? Can you check your temperatures?

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I am USING windows xp HOME edition sp1 and everytime i boot my computer up I get the message"lsass.exe unable to locate component the application failed to start because LSASRV.dll was not found" and I CANT get my PC up and running; can ANYONE help me?Insert your XP CD and power down and re-boot...
Press R at the first screen when prompted which will bring up the Recovery Console.
Type in fixboot and hit Enter.
Remove the XP CD and re-boot.
If this does not work repeat the process and type in fixmbr and hit Enter again removing the XP CD and re-booting.

Good Luck.Also, LSASRV.dll may be either missing, or corrupted.
From Command Prompt, run:
sfc /scannow

Hi, about a week ago my HD crashed and i sent it in for the warranty so it's still gone.But in the mean time i got another HD and decided to install windows today but the cd didn't want to boot.The cd works fine because it was used only a month ago on the other drive.The bios detects the cd rom and the NEW HD.
When i insert the cd the bios POSTS the the white "_" with the black screen just blinks.When i MESS with the bios sometimes i get no op sys found once i got the pxe-e61 error,i never got the hd failure or cd rom failure mostly just the blinking screen.I never got the press any key to continue either.
My computer is an acer 5672. Thanks. What is the boot order set to?I've tried cd rom first,hd first, only cd rom etc but no errors or anything come up.I reformatted the hd and tried to boot but i don't even get no op sys found.I think i have more problems the HD or cd rom.I got my moms hd thats works fine, put it in a external drive and it tried to load but went to the BSOD and crashed.I tried to start it again and it just sat there with the blinking screen.I think it COULD be the motherboard.If your swapping hard drives from one machine to the next you are going to have issues.
Anything after WinME is not designed to do this properly...this is intentional.

If you tried all 3 options in the boot order and it wouldn't boot to the CD there are 2 possibilities:

The CD drive has a problem...swap it into another machine to see if this is the issue.

The CD you are using is a copy of an OS CD or is not bootable.But if i have a blank Hard drive shouldn't it say "operating system not found"?Anything i tried i couldn't get it past bios.This is probably just a shot MOBO right?

I have 128 MB of onboard ram on my Nvida Video card what is this for??

When does the video ram come into PLAY and why is 128 MB batter then 8 MB?

If I play a DVD does videoo ram matter?

I don't know what is going on.The RAM stores information. It can be very quickly accessed. If you have less, you can't store as much information, which will make the graphics card slower. 128 MB is plenty for WATCHING DVDs, you NEED more if you WANT to play new games.

hi,
When start computer up, it comes up with screen which SAYS:

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RTL8139(x)/8130/810x PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326)
PXE-E61 : Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F : Exiting PXE ROM.

Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a keyHas this machine been moved recently ? ?
If so remove a SIDE PANEL and double check all connections especially the cables going to the hard drive.

Make sure to remove all power first.No computer hasn't been moved recently. I was using it in evenings and shut it down. next day evening turn it on and it came up with that message, as above. computer was fine before and GAVE no problems etc. Check the connections anyways...it sounds as if the hard drive is no longer being recognised and may have failed...was it making any noises ? ?listening to hard drive, it seems to have a buzzing sort of noise from it Go to BIOS. Make sure, that the boot order reads: floppy, CD, HD
Disable Boot from Network (wording is different on every machine, may say Integrated NIC, Network, PXE-xxxxxxx)

i wonder if it would help if microsoft got rid of the windows registry in FUTURE O.S. releases? Linux and MacOSX don't use them and they seem to be ok.

I read some people saying that Microsoft's windows still waded in "DLL *censored*" or "registry *censored*" (sorry for using the word *censored* here)Neither good or bad.

It would be good if they got rid of the registry because some uninstallers FORGET to remove the registry keys. And if you go into REGEDIT and accidentally delete something important, you'll have to reinstall Windows.

But it would be bad because Windows uses the registry to store your settings, and if instead of using the registry they would use files and put them in the WINDOWS folder, someone COULD just COME along and delete the files, whereas somebody without any knowledge with editing the registry wouldn't be able to do this at all.

All of a SUDDEN my computer is asking for boot disk to inserted in drive a and when I do I get a message that the HARD drive is not found. I am using windows XP what sould I do?First i WOULD check to see if there is a floopy disk in the drive, if so take it out and restart.

Also, have you made any recent HARDWARE CHANGES?Check your BIOS to see if your hard drive is seen there. This may be an indication of a couple of things...hard drive failure / boot sector failure.

Alan <><

I have an interesting problem.
There are about 15 machines on my domain and 5 of those are SHOWING me the error msg of a duplicate name EXISTS. This error msg is also showing on my Server. I have double CHECKED all the machines on the network to see which ones have the same NAMES in USE. I am not sure on what could be causing this. Has any one else had this problem?

Hi again!

My computer sometimes freezes (for example today when i exited the game F.E.A.R, the SCREEN went black and when i reseted the computer and it logged on to windows a message SAID that windows has returned from critical error, or something like that (my windows is not in english) now i clicked "show the erorr reports technical info, and here is what it says:

D:\DOCUME~1\Fille\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER04b2.dir00\Mini031608-01.dmp
D:\DOCUME~1\Fille\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER04b2.dir00\sysdata.xml

What is this? can i FIX the problem?

Thanx in advanceHere is what someone on another FORUM did to fix the issue...

* Deleted all the files in the c:\windows\minidump SUBDIRECTORY
* Deleted the whole c:\docume~1\(your
logon)\local~1\temp\werl.tm.dir00\ directory (ie the file(s)
*and* the directory itself.
* Defragmented the hard drive (someone else said this helped; if
anyone can explain why, I'd love to know, but maybe just do it
because I did and the problem went away).
* Disabled hibernation (probably nothing to do with the problem,
but I did it anyway)
* Ensured the (ACPI) power switch on the PC was configured to do
a shutdown (rather than Ask, Standby, etc).
* Shut down the PC

Try is and post back.

Alan <><

i'm middle aged and not very computer savvy! - that said - i have a AMD 80gig hard drive and Windows XP.
i would like to be able to zoom into Ships PICS on the web as simply as POSSIBLE...do zoom install's cost anything?...what's the best?...shoud i get SOMEONE more computer savvy to help me?
Hello Sir

Which internet browser are you using?Quote from: neljan on MARCH 07, 2008, 12:37:41 AM

Hello Sir

Which internet browser are you using?

i NID help!...
i cant USE my yahoo messenger because i cant see ANYTHING in my MESSAGE box!....
MESSAGES wer not visible everytime i type my message!please do help me

I keep seeing this error message when shutting down my computer (dwwin.exe). This has been happening for a while now and it doesn't happen every shut down. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Info on my SYSTEM... HP Pavilion a330n, WINDOWS XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600), 2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP, 960 Megabytes Installed Memory.

Thanks in advance for your help! It looks like Adobe Acrobat Reader conflict with Dr. Watson. Read here:
http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=61323Thanks for the info Broni. I un-installed Adobe Acrobat Reader and replaced it with Foxit Reader 2.2 which is much faster than Adobe Acrobat Reader. So far the message has disappeared when shutting down. I'll update this thread if a few days to let everyone know how it goes. Good move I still get the same message every now and then but for the most part it's GONE. DLoad and install CCleaner and use the "issues" tab to clean out any remnants of Adobe...Good advice patio.....I'll do that and see how it goes. Thanks! Patio your suggestion on running CCleaner to get rid of the remnants of Adobe did the trick. I've restarted SEVERAL times and haven't had the error message once! Thanks for your help patio and Broni! Good going

I WANT to add some THINS to this MENU, like my LAN, how?

Desktop Specs (this system was built for me in 2005):
Motherboard: Asus a8v Deluxe

CPU: AMD 64 3200 (Winchester)

Boot disk: WD Caviar SE 160GB

Add'l disks: WD Caviar SE 160GB, Maxtor DiamondMax 21 (IDE-320 GB), Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (IDE-250GB), WD My Book Essential (External USB-500GB)

OS: Windows Professional SP2 - 32-bit (OEM)

Optical drive: LG GSA-4120B (A115 update)

I am the only person who ever uses my desktop; the PATA, and external disks I added on later without a hitch.

This mess began last night when I flashed my desktop's mobo BIOS to the 1018.002 beta upgrade, which I did from the ASUS upgrade utility on Windows. Once I rebooted, I went into the CMOS and changed the onboard controllers to turn off Promise and pick up my SATA drives from the VIA controllers. The BIOS found those (and the PATA, optical and external drives) just fine.

Rebooted and got the NTLDR error. Set up CMOS to reboot from Optical drive, put the CD in, rebooted, F6'ed at the blue screen, put in the VIA controller update from the floppy and all went well. The recovery console found my SATA drive where the OS is installed and prompted me to enter my password.

I entered the password I've been using at login for the last few months. No dice. Twice. No. Three and I was out. I am fortunate to also have a laptop or I would be absolutely livid right now. I've googled for help to no avail.

What are my options? Thanks!



You may want to READ this

Error message when you log on to Recovery Console in Windows XP: "The password is not valid"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308402

What prompted you to flash the BIOS to begin with ? ?I was attempting to burn a DL disc first in Nero 7 Ultra and then in IMGBURN - both faulted with a write error.

The IMGBURN site said that when that happens, if the burner's driver is updated (which it is), then it's probably a fault of the mobo BIOS being out of date. I checked against the Asus site and in the CMOS, and the BIOS on the mobo until last night was 1005. So I flashed it to 1018.002, I thought successfully.

I'm now hunting for my old XP boot floppies to see if rebooting that way will work, but I think those may be Pro SP1, I'm not sure.A BIOS flash should never be used unless specific issues with the MBoard exist...i certainly wouldn't take a software vendors word for it.
The boot floppies will only let you get to the RC and you may still be prompted for a password.
Try the link posted above first.The Microsoft article I linked to above says an updated boot disk set MIGHT be a solution

Quote

The Setup disks have been updated to correct the problem that prevents you from starting Windows XP

When I try to access either my FLOPPY, DVD or F DRIVE I get a message "Access is
denied".

There is also a message on the taskbar."Administrator has prohibited access to DVD
drive " (or whatever drive I try to access).

I am the administrator, I have not changed the settings. I have TRIED going back
to a reset point to no avail.

Any suggestions will be warmly welcome. How has this HAPPENED? how can I alter the
access to the drives?

I use Windows XP professional.
Have you tried creating another user account with administrative rights? Many thanks for your interest. I will try out your suggestion when I get home tonight (uk time).

Could you tell me if it is possible for a administrator to alter permissions to use the floppy, dvd and usb drive. If so how do you do this?.

Best Wishes Ken

I have lost all my pictures in my file and my favorites menu. how do I get them back . I have windows xp pro . Also my cd player will not work. it said I have lost my drivers for my computer for my cds and printers. HELP!!!! We need more INFO, how it happened.One Day it was there the next gone when I click on my favorites LIST all my favorites are gone don't no what happen . same with my pictures . my cd rom doesn't work . can't RUN cds . can't burn cds . what's going on ?. More info NEEDED...Windows version, browser, you're USING, and its version, your computer security status.

Hello! i dont remember from where i heard this, but someone wrote/said that xp does not support quad core PROCESSORS, that it can only use 1 core?

Is this only bull**** or is it true?

I'm pretty sure that mine recognices all four, because when i run some cpu stress tests and open everest it says that all four cores are running at 100%, i just want to be sure.

ThanxXP SP2 (doesn't matter if it's Home or Pro) supports both dual and quad core.
I have heard though that Vista handles multi core processors better since it was written with multi core processors in mind.Ok thanx for the info! Quote from: Deerpark on March 15, 2008, 07:22:12 AM

XP SP2 ...

Good question Willy...
There were performance issues with dual cores that was corrected with SP2.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256

... Additional updates are available to optimize performance and behavior on computers that are running Windows XP SP2. Without these updates, computers that are equipped with these power management-capable, mobile, dual-core processors may experience decreased performance or unexpected behavior.

Just to clarify http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944/ refers to a problem with 64 bit XP. ...

APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
•Microsoft Windows XP Professional
•Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Sorry, my brain seemed to have had a neuron misfire.
Quote

APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
•Microsoft Windows XP Professional
•Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

I have no idea how I came to the conclusion it was only for 64 bit...

I think I better log-off for today.

But the article is pretty old and the performance issue only occurs if the game programmers use a special function to calculate timing.
So I think it's pretty safe to assume most games released after 2005 aren't affected by this issue.

I recently purchased a sony vaio at a garage sale..didn't take LONG for my teenagers to crash it..I do not have the original disk's that came with the computer...what would happen if I used a restore disk from a diffrent computer and then just installed the correct drivers from the sony website?We won't know until you try it and tell us. I would not be at all surprised if a different manufacturer's restore disk would boot, check the BIOS and then IMMEDIATELY stop with a message like "Wrong machine ID", but maybe not.

It really is kind of strange but it seems like it is working...wouldn't you think the manufacturer's would PUT some kind of block to this?
I'm sure glad they didn't...I can let my teenagers live for another week...

I am now receiving the above message when I ATTEMPT to use Word. (Same message for Excel.) I cannot seen to do anything to allow me access. VARIOUS "cures" I found online do not work. The only thing I have done in the last 24 hours was to upgrade Quickbooks 2006 to 2008. I attempted to delete the
Office and REINSTALL via Add/Delete, but it will not allow me to even delete the program....with or without the original disks. It is almost like I do have permission to use that program even though I am signed on as Admin.

I have XP home. XP Office 2002

Any ideas?

I am running windows Xp home edition on a new AMD pc. I noticed whenever i run a DOS program, it slows down the performance of my system dramatically. For example, if at the same time im running Windows media player, when swtiching to the next song, there is a lag. Please tell me why? How do i rectify this problem? Will downgrading my windows to windows 98 help?Are you running your DOS programs THRU the command prompt in Accessories, or thru an emulator?Quote

my program seems to be running when i double click the icon. i just know that it runs on dos.

I wonder, does XP really run DOS, or just run a DOS "shell" of its own...I think each version of Windows had gotten farther and farther away from running on MS-DOS...

Double-click FindAWF.exe to start the tool.
Select Option #2 - Restore files from bak folders by typing 2 and press Enter .
A text file will open up. Please copy/paste the following text into the text file.
Please note: You must include the quotes.

"C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\bak\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe"

Close the .txt file and click Yes to save the changes.
When the tool has completed, a report will open up in Notepad.

Paste report in your next reply.
Find AWF report by noahdfear ©2006
Version 1.40
Option 2 run successfully

The current date is: Sat 03/08/2008
The current time is: 11:42:38.90


bak folders found
~~~~~~~~~~~


Directory of C:\PROGRA~1\MESSEN~1\BAK

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of C:\PROGRA~1\GOOGLE\GOOGLE~1\BAK

07/07/2007 04:49 PM 68,856 GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
1 File(s) 68,856 bytes

Directory of C:\PROGRA~1\SKYPE\PHONE\BAK

0 File(s) 0 bytes


Duplicate files of bak directory contents
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

52272 Feb 15 2007 "C:\Program Files\Google\googletoolbar3user.exe"
138168 Feb 15 2007 "C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe"
68856 Jul 7 2007 "C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\bak\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe"


end of report
Please double-click the FindAWF icon once again.
Use the following option: Press 3 then Enter to remove bak folders.
A text file opens called: folders.txt
Click below the line and paste the following list of folders to be removed.
Note: This time only copy and paste up to where the actual bak folder is and we don`t need the quotes this time.

C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\bak\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe

Next, close and click Yes to save the changes.
When done with the above, FindAWF automatically runs a new scan and opens a new log.
Post new log.Ok i am not sure i did this right. I hit 3 then hit enter. I got a notepad up that looked like instructions telling me what u typed to paste without the quotations. There was a line here but it had nothing under it. I closed that and it scaned and another notepad came up. This one had something under the lines so i copied that and reran the program. This time when the notepad came up i pasted what i copied and it asked to save the changes and i hit yes. This is the log that came up after.


Directory of C:\PROGRA~1\MESSEN~1\BAK

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of C:\PROGRA~1\GOOGLE\GOOGLE~1\BAK

07/07/2007 04:49 PM 68,856 GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
1 File(s) 68,856 bytes

Directory of C:\PROGRA~1\SKYPE\PHONE\BAK

0 File(s) 0 bytes






Here is the file i pasted:

52272 Feb 15 2007 C:\Program Files\Google\googletoolbar3user.exe
138168 Feb 15 2007 C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
68856 Jul 7 2007 C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\bak\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe


I reran the program again and it did the same thing.
Quote

There was a line here but it had nothing under it.

Click below the line and paste the following list of folders to be removed.

im trying to listen too my downloaded music through my SPEAKERS and it says sound device not found Do it just happen all of a SUDDEN or did you do something to cause this? It sounds like you've lost driver for your sound card or it is CORRUPTED. When you go into device MANAGER, do you see ANYTHING highlighted?

Hi,

I am on Windows XP Pro and I am a user, not an admin. I was TRYING to work on getting rid of a spyware that was hard to get rid of. And, I followed instructions from online help. It asked me to GO to safemode. I could not get it to work with F8, so I changed it through msconfig.

After rebooting and getting the logon menu, it keeps telling me I am not recognized. I, also, SEE that there is no option to pick a network. This is a work COMPUTER and don't want to ask for help on this.

Does anyone have a solution, I am in dire need!

THANKS,

When I start my computer and windows opens windows installer starts unprompted and begins loading a program. Trying to cancel does no good it just pops back up and runs until it ASKS for disc to be installed. If I continue to hit cancel it then starts loading another program. Help.what is the program that is try to LOAD on you computerpano stand alone & then photo galley. thanksIt looks like an infection...
Print these instructions out.

1. Download SUPERANTISPYWARE Free for Home Users:
http://www.superantispyware.com/

* Double-click SUPERAntiSpyware.exe and use the default settings for installation.
* An icon will be created on your DESKTOP. Double-click that icon to launch the program.
* If asked to update the program definitions, click "Yes". If not, update the definitions before scanning by selecting "Check for Updates". (If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download and unzip them from here: http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html.)
* Close SUPERAntiSpyware.

Restart computer in Safe Mode.
To enter Safe Mode, restart computer, and keep tapping F8 key, until menu appears; pick Safe Mode; you'll see "Safe Mode" in all four corners of your screen

* Open SUPERAntiSpyware.
* Under "Configuration and Preferences", click the Preferences button.
* Click the Scanning Control tab.
* Under Scanner Options make sure the following are checked (leave all others unchecked):
o Close browsers before scanning.
o Scan for tracking cookies.
o Terminate memory threats before quarantining.
* Click the "Close" button to leave the control center screen.
* Back on the main screen, under "Scan for Harmful Software" click Scan your computer.
* On the left, make sure you check C:\Fixed Drive.
* On the right, under "Complete Scan", choose Perform Complete Scan.
* Click "Next" to start the scan. Please be patient while it scans your computer.
* After the scan is complete, a Scan Summary box will appear with potentially harmful items that were detected. Click "OK".
* Make sure everything has a checkmark next to it and click "Next".
* A notification will appear that "Quarantine and Removal is Complete". Click "OK" and then click the "Finish" button to return to the main menu.
* If asked if you want to reboot, click "Yes".
* To retrieve the removal information after reboot, launch SUPERAntispyware again.
o Click Preferences, then click the Statistics/Logs tab.
o Under Scanner Logs, double-click SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log.
o If there are several logs, click the current dated log and press View log. A text file will open in your default text editor.
o Please copy and paste the Scan Log results in your next reply.
* Click Close to exit the program.
Post SUPERAntiSpyware log.

RESTART COMPUTER!

2. Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html) to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.
* Post the log back here.

The log can also be found here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
Or at C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt

RESTART COMPUTER!

3. Download HijackThis:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html
Post HijackThis log.Thanks Broni, I have printed out the instructions, but will not be able to use until Friday as the infected computer is in another location. I will post as instructed. Thanks again. No problem.Broni; followed your instructions and downloaded Superantispyware, but when I would try to install it would tell me windows installer was already running and to complete that installation before it would install. Long story short found out panostandalone is PART of HP office jet so I disabled windows installer and removed all the HP files, rebooted and all ok. This is a friend of my Wifes computer and when I ran superantispyware there were 2349 items. Thanks for your help. You need to post its log, and continue with next steps.

Help. Doesn't it bother anyone that Microsoft, the big chip-makers, the big MB makers, and others in the business can't get their act together and actually fix the billions of problems that result from their products and the interaction of their products? I've tried to be LOYAL for years- at the age of five I used my dad's old Radio Shack TRS-80 and then a few Tandys, and I've been using PCs since... but I'm about to throw in the towel. The only way to convince these companies to start fixing their problems and start talking to each other is to decrease their market share and effect their earnings. Alright, sorry for my rant. I'm done now.

ANY help on these problems would be wonderful.

1) My computer (WinXP SP2, AMD processor, HDs w/ RAID 0, 1 GB RAM, Nvidia v-card) is extremely sensitive to static. Computer is off the ground, inside desk, closed in case, and apparently grounded (proper power cable to wall)..... however, about 1 out of every 8 times I approach or walk away from my desk, the computer drops to the blue screen of death, with CRITICAL errors in key windows files (usually winsys.exe). I don't even touch the computer. Is there anyway to insulate the motherboard further? Is there any solution other than buying a new motherboard? (I already tried buying new RAM and other components, didn't work.)

2) MS ACTIVESYNC periodically and randomly just stops. Mobile Device still sitting in its USB cradle, not touched. REMOVING and reconnecting the device usually connects it again. Tried updating and/or reinstalling ActiveSync - doesn't solve it.

3) Now (and I admit this is a insignificant problem), some of my small icons in various programs are just not appearing, randomly! The little printer icon in Word, when you go to the print menu; the icons along the top of MSN Messenger window; occasionally icons within explorer; etc. But its not even CONSISTENT- its just now and then!

Any ideas? Thanks.I don't know about the other two but the first one sounds like your not grounded. Do you use a surge protector? I would never plug a computer right into the wall with out one.

Also keep in mind that surge protectors wear out over time. You may need to replace yours if its over a year old.

That is a SERIOUS hardware issue, and not likely the fault of any of the big chip makers or Microsoft. I wouldn't even bother trying to fix any of the software issues until that is taken care of. Repeated system crashes are going to make a mess of things. What make/model is the PSU ? ?
I'd also look more at your electrical situation before assuming MS is the culprit.that is scary.... but like Patio dont blaim MS.

I will think about it in the mean time to me its one of those technology problems that hit you and make you stumble.

I have been getting a weird cursor in IE7 (XP Sp2). When I am typing, I don't GET the usual flashing "|" thing, I am getting a "|" with a small black triangle at the TOP on the right.

I've even got it as I write this message!

What is this & why is this?Control PANEL > Appearance & themes > Mouse Pointers (on left) > Pointers (at top)

Check that 'Windows default' is the selected scheme then 'apply'.

If this doesn't fix it, double click on 'text select' cursor & select 'beam_l' (I THINK that's the right one).It didn't work. Just so you know, the cursor thing is only in text boxes in internet explorer (7). Everywhere else, it is the proper flashing | eg notepad, word etc
Tools>Internet Options>Advanced tab. Click on "Reset" button.when i turned my COMPUTER on today it was gone. very weird.

thanks anyways.Restart cures many things.....

I am USEING WINAMP and I have 2. Playlists that I created.

Now I know you just click on the Playlist that you want to ad music to then you click on Ad File or Ad Directory at the bottom of the Winamp window.

My Q/A is if I click on ad Directory or ad File what is the diferance???

And Q/A 2.

Is there a WAY to have Winamp keep an eye on a Directory so if I ad a song to a folder Winamp can update my playlist and Ad the song to it?

ThanksQuote from: nymph4 on March 07, 2008, 04:32:06 PM

I am useing Winamp and I have 2. Playlists that I created.

Now I know you just click on the Playlist that you want to ad music to then you click on Ad File or Ad Directory at the bottom of the Winamp window.

My Q/A is if I click on ad Directory or ad File what is the diferance???

And Q/A 2.

Is there a way to have Winamp keep an eye on a Directory so if I ad a song to a folder Winamp can update my playlist and Ad the song to it?

Why are COMPUTER operating systems designed to run at the same time?What do you mean?Quote from: EJJones on MARCH 14, 2008, 01:59:12 PM

Why are computer operating systems designed to run at the same time?

my gf changed my password on my COMPUTER..............i have windows xp............can i get around this and delete it or do i have to buy windows and reload the ENTIRE system?

i appreciate any help.............she obviously doesnt live here anymore.lol

peace everyone...................AlaskajeffI would take some GUESSES at what she would have changed it to....try some nasty names also...depending on how the relationship ended...but you might have to reload windows from the original DISK that came with the computer if you have it...good luck...Or, do you have a sticker on the computer with the Windows XP product registration number? You may be able to borrow a Windows XP disk of the corresponding flavor for a reinstallation (whether XP Home or XP Professional) and perform the installation with the borrowed disk and your LEGITIMATE product key.

We don't advice here on password cracking. Girlfriends may be costly, sometimes.Contact Microsoft...they love girlfriend stories.Quote from: patio on March 07, 2008, 07:01:34 PM

Contact Microsoft...they love girlfriend stories.

Hi all, trying to disable wmpnscfg.exe

disabled all services related wndows emdia player and media center, disabled it in msconfig,
was told i should go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\P references\HME and find the DisableDiscovery key and set it's DWORD value to 2, however I don't have that key, was told however I could create it

could someone tell me how I create the key? i also need to know the key's binary dataYou want to disable it as a startup?
What happened when you disabled it in msconfig?And why do you want to do this ? ?wmpnscfg.exe is used to alert users when a new media device is found on the network. If you are not sharing files on a network you don't need it. It is a file associated with Windows Media Player 11, and it is often CALLED "the program that will not die". You can do these THINGS I list here but afterwards you just start WMP11 and it is back, RIGHT?

Disable it in MSCONFIG
Check it is disabled in SERVICES.MSC
Run Hijack this! to detect and remove wmpnscfg.exe
Delete wmpsncfg.exe and wmpnssci.dll from the folder C\Program Files\Windows media player

The fix, as you have found, is to either modify this value which is a DWORD

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\HME\DisableDiscovery

so it has a value of 2

Or, if it does not EXIST (yet), create it and set the value to 2.

[insert standard warning that fooling with the registry can screw up Windows here]

1. Start Regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences. Click the + sign next to the name to expand the subkey tree.

If you do not see a sub key called HME under Preferences in the left hand pane...

3. Right click Preferences in the left hand pane
4. Choose New, Key.
5. A new key icon (like an opened folder icon in Explorer) will appear under Preferences with the name highlighted for editing.
6. Make the name read HME and hit the ENTER key

If it is there already...

7. Highlight the HME key by left clicking once

If DisableDiscovery is not in the right hand pane

8. Click in the right hand pane and choose New... DWORD value
9. Edit the name from New Value #1 to DisableDiscovery and click away from it or hit enter.

If DisableDiscovery is there but has a binary value different from 0x00000002...

10. Right click DisableDiscovery and choose Modify (The topmost option, in bold)
11. Change the value from 0 to 2
12. Click OK
13. Exit Regedit
14. Restart computer

Ok, so the other night i was using my PC just fine, I turned the system off and went to bed. The next morning when i turned the PC on it wouldent boot up. I get the screen where it shows your CD drives and such and then it tells me there was a system error and how do i want to start windows, safe MODE, normal, last settings that worked ext, ive tryed all the settings on that page and the screen just turns black and wont go any further. Yesterday I tryed to turn it on and it randomly worked i got my desktop up, ran system restores to a WEEK prior to the problem occuring and figured my PROBLEMS were fixed, I played some PC games surfed the internet and everything worked fine. UNTILL i turned the PC off... next time i turned it on same problem black screen ext... this is extreamly anoying help!

basic system specs.

-Windows XP home SP 2
-AMD athlon 2200 1.8g
-radion 128mb graphics card
- 1gig ram
- some 80gig HHD

If you need any extra info to help me figure out my problem just lemme know and i'll domy best to get yah the info you need.

i really need my PC since i TAKE all my classes online and need to beable to accese my files.

thanks alot =DSounds like you have malware...

Please read this.Have you TRIED system restore again?If it is malware, it may also be in the restore files. Best to check that the system is clean.Quote from: neljan on March 08, 2008, 04:11:59 AM

If it is malware, it may also be in the restore files. Best to check that the system is clean.

I started my computer and got a blue SCREEN message saying that there had been a problem and the problem seems to be in the AGRSM.sys file.

Looking at this website: what-is-exe.com I learned that there is a file called agrsmmsg.exe, but that spyware and adware try to immitate names. How can I find out what exactly agrsm.sys is?Quote from: Starwind51

I started my computer and got a blue screen message

Hey guys, I bought a Toshiba laptop in mid 2005, has Windows XP, 1.5Ghz processor, 512mb of RAM and 40gb HDD. It was a good computer and I've never had any problems until 2007. I messed up the computer after I accidentally downloaded a virus, doing some BAD registry fixes and probably a component overheat, and proceeded to take it to a shop and have someone look at it. They suggest I should reformat so I left the computer at their hands, not knowing they were going to use a pirated version of XP to reformat it. After I took my laptop back home I tested it by opening many programs at once, and saw a significant decrease in speed.

After a few more reformats during that year, here I am with a very slow laptop at my hands. It would take 5 minutes to boot up to the welcome screen! After that, everytime I want to open up an application, say Firefox, the mouse would lag and other programs would come to a brief standstill until Firefox opens up. And I could only run about 5 to 6 WINDOWS at once without making the computer come to a standstill. But my computer has only 36 processes running (a LOT less then the 50+ processes when I first bought it), and only about 9 or so STARTUP items.

I am considering a good clean reformat of a real Windows XP copy, but I'm not sure it would fix the problem. So if anybody could help, I would really appreciate it Quote

I am considering a good clean reformat of a real Windows XP copy

Its a asus A8V the chipset is VIA K8T800Prook ...I have the manual ,but I have to go out for about 45 minutes ....... I'll be back then .


dl65 sounds good take a look at that ill be back in the morning..Your still here ....I was a bit longer than I thought.ok i am back have you noticed anything i could of done wrong?i do also get this ntldr missing error could that be the problem?And that happens only when i wait to long to press a bottomPress a bottom what?Sorry guys for butting in but don't you have to install the SATA drivers first with Windows XP?
As I seem to remember, the standard XP system does not RECOGNISE SATA drives.For starters, XP doesn't recognise SATA drives.

NTLDR is the remnants of when XP was the mainfrome Windows called Windows NT - it means NT LoaDeR. That appears when there's no operating system on the drive. I know DOS is supposed to be extinct now, but there's a tiny remnant of it underlying XP. So.

1.) Download the right SATA drivers for your hard drive. This might mean visiting ain INTERNET CAFE.

2.) Make sure the disc, whether floppy or CD, is bootable

3.) Install the drivers. Make sure the first drive to be looked at is the drive where the bootable disk with the drivers on is. If it's on a floppy, you'll have to change the startup sequence in BIOS to read the floppy first.

4.) Once the SATA drivers have been installed, remove the drivers disk you just used for the installation. Restart the COMPUTER. IF you have to change the sequence in BIOS so the CD-Rom is found first, do it now. If you've done a sequence change, put the Windows CD in the drive and restart the system.

5.) Touch wood (I pat my head), it SHOULD start installing Windows now. If not, try the following:-

Download a DOS startup disc. This'll be a floppy, you can download it from Bootdisk.com. There's other sites, too, Bootdisk I think is charging these days. It shouldn't be! Anyway.

Once you've got the startup disc downloaded and set up (hallo Internet cafe again!) then startup your system using it. You should get a C: prompt (Or maybe an A prompt. If you get the A:, then just tyhpe C: (no space) and press ENTER.

On the hard drive, create a directory called Windows. (MD Windows. There's a space between the MD and the Windows. MD means Make Directory. You physically type in the word Windows after the MD.

Change to that directory (CD Windows.) That will get you into your new empty FOLDER.Then create a directory called I386. Go into that. (MD I386, then CD I386.)

On the Windows disk, you'll find a whacking great folder called I386. Copy that into the O386 folder you're in on the hard disk. The one you've just created.

When it's copied over (it might take awhile) you'll find a file called Setup. Double-click on that. Because you're on the hard drive and everything else is now on the hard drive, it should recognise the hard drive and start setting Windows up. I386 is the main setup directory, you see. It might need to access the Windows CD-ROM for a few things, but it'll set most of itself up automatically.


Tell me if all that worked. If no, I'll tell you another way of doing it! But it should do, because it's ON the hard drive now!

Yours in friendship

Chris.Morato hasn't been back since November......of 2006

Well my friend decided to "PLAY" with my laptop, and "accidently" instaled windows XP onto my computer. I had already had Vista instaled, and was in the process of getting ubuntu. When he gave me my computer back, i put ubuntu on it, and noticed a seperate partition.

When i booted grub, i had the "Windows Vista/Longhorn loader" option, but when i select it, it boots xp. I have confirmed that Xp and vista are on diffrent partitons. I just need to know how to boot them seperatly.

Thanks.If I were you, I would start by slapping my "friend" in the head. LT if you could post more info on how the partitions are laid out including the Linux one it may be easier to assist...
Also a copy of your boot.ini file from the XP install would be good.
To have it listed when in XP go to Start/Run and type in msconfig and hit Enter...click on the boot.ini Tab and copy and paste it here.sure thing, just need to switch to windows, my network drivers arnt working on xp so ill have to get the data on a removable drive then access it from ubuntu

errm

basicaly:

HDD 0:

Partition 0: Windows Vista (NFTS)
Partition 1: Windows XP Home (NFTS)
Partition 2: Ubuntu (EXT2)
Partition 3: Swap (Ubuntu)
Partition 4: a random floating section of hdd space? only 54 mb?

ill update in a bitboot.ini ? ?
Why do you have an Ubuntu swap drive ? ?
Was this your friends idea as well ? ?\
Also post the sizes if you can...I thought most Linux distros like having a swap file...

Not disputing you, Patio, just my limited experience...apparantly so... im kinda pissed cause im the one tht was fixing his computer, and let him use MINE while i was doing it, sice it was only for a day, hes like "btw i instaled ubuntu and xp but dont wory there on seperate partitions"...... ill have tht info file in a bit, i have to run out right now


heres my boot.ini data:

Code: [Select][boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"/noexecute=optin/fastdetectYes, that was a large leap to make...presuming to install a whole 'nother operating SYSTEM on a computer which was kindly on loan.

Ubuntu is a great version of Linux which I would recommend; however, not under the circumstances which you were introduced.no, dont worry that
Ubuntu is a great version of Linux which I would recommend; however, not under the circumstances which you were introduced.s laptop (my primary) had been giving me troubles, so i backed up, and formatted. I had ubuntu 7.10, vista, and a *cough* unix based os thats not meant for pcs *cough*

i guess he thought he was doing me a favor reinstalling ubuntu, and i always complain about vista, so i guess he meant well with xp too.

back to the point, anyone have any SUGGESTION?im not one to bump topics, but i still cant boot windows vista.

anyone have any suggestions?Quote

a *cough* unix based os thats not meant for pcs

Dear Users
What is this error DATA Execution Problem and WINDOWS had closed the EXPLORER to protect it against from viruses etc
ThanksIf this is your error:
Quote

Data Execution Prevention – Microsoft Windows
To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this program.
Name: program name
Publisher: program publisher

Name: program name
Publisher: program publisher

I can only attatch i picture at a TIME how do i e-mail a whole FOLDER of pictures insted of just one?What are you USING for email? Outlook EXPRESS? What's your OS?

Highlight the first picture in the list. Then hold down the CTRL button and use the down arrow key to highlight the rest...

NOTE: Most ISP's have an attachment size limit. A large amount of jpg's may PUT you over it.Either that, or you can compress them with winRAR or winZIP.

Not sure if this is the right forum - Im trying to backup my hotmail account and FOLDERS to a PST file using Outlook though whilst copying the information the an error always seems to appear saying that the connection has timed out; and then it stops copying. Any info as to how I can resolve this or backup a LARGE hotmail account (2GB) greatly appreciated.

Try SPLITTING it up into 4 equal sections...you may be reaching an ISP LIMIT...

when i try to recover my window xp it said it couldn't find banana.aniA COMMON problem. One reason could be if you are using a bootdisk from bootdisk.com where the CDROM is actually CALLED banana, which causes a filename clash. You would need to make a new bootdisk with a different VOLUME name.

If you are getting an option to skip the file, then do so. You don't need it. If you get lots of file copy errors, HOWEVER, it could mean you have RAM troubles.

I have a blue screen issue on startup. Here is the info for the blue screen:

The problem seems to be caused by the following file: redbook.sys

DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PEND ING_OPERATIONS

I have looked around on the forum here and can't find any related problem. I do not have the reboot disk and even when I try to run virus scans in safe mode and reboot normal, it gives me the same message. Is there any thing that I can try or is this too far gone?

Thanks for all your help in this matter.

Hi there

What security do you use? have you tried scanning for Malware? apparently, some malware disguise themselves as redbook.sys.HereWe use Nortons and no I haven't looked for malware. Is there a good program to use for this in safe mode? Thanks.You might WANT to check what Neljan had posted....

Quote from: neljan on March 08, 2008, 06:22:03 AM

Here

I need some help understanding what Pad Cast is and how it WORKS??

I love the Radio Show COAST To Coast on AM every night.
And they say you can get POD CASTS of the Radio Show DOWNLOADED to your computer.
Is Pod Cast free and do you have to Install a program to get it??
I don't like installing programs for every little thing.Do you have itunes installed?

XP Quote from: Jek Hawkins on February 24, 2008, 09:28:20 AM

OK well here are my two BITS...

ALL OF THIS IS IMHO

Of the 3, Mac OS is the most reliable and the most powerful: I have not used X Leopard, but I have used other versions of X, all of which are tremendously reliable and next to impossible to kill (100% bulletproof), something that Windows systems are not

NOW, you must realize that Apple builds its computers to be PERFECTLY in harmony with the software, something that is not so easy on Windows-base machines, since there are so many combinations of hardware in any single computer build...

As such, given an option, I will say MAC OS X

The original question was XP or vista, so I will address this-again all IMHO

XP all the way-because I like to be in control of my computer, XP far beats out vista, which is substantially more (and far FAR too much IMO) automated than xp-similarly, I've found that xp machines are tremendously more reliable than vista machines, probably owing to the age of the OS (more time, more revision) and to the fact that vista just takes a bit too much too quickly

let me explain

ok, so vista is nice looking and all, and the sidebar is a cool addition but did you ever take into account the amount of POWER the features take? A number of CS and SE majors at FIT have seen repeated crashes of the vista window-graphics generator so that they are left with horrid-looking window appearances that cannot be rectified-to make matters worse, the problem happens often and sporadically, so one moment the windows are nice and clean, then the next they are BLECCH

sidebar, LIKEWISE, cool idea, TRYING to mimic the mac dashboard, but failing miserably since even a few applications in the sidebar is enough to take better than half of an average computer's processor power

but let me get to the point, since i could continue my rant forever...

MAC > XP > VISTA

bottom line:

MAC:

easiest to work with, most reliable, USER HAS TREMENDOUS CONTROL

most expensive bc macs are built to the OS

XP:

features games that MAC doesn't have ** just a note, EXCELLENT RELIABILITY compared to vista, looks decent and takes much less CPU power overall, very compatible, portable across many many systems, mixes automatic and manual functions well

might be too common (high risk for virus?), of the 3 it looks the worst

vista:

looks great, almost EVERYTHING automated, very idiotproof

vexes fans of actual computer CONTROL, horridly unreliable, like 98 1st ed. fragile as heck, my laptop ran out of power 1x, completely and utterly ruined the OS, still fixing problems and discovering new ones X.X

Some of this may be interpreted as accurate...mostly conjecture and opinion though.
What are you running now ? ?

How long have you had Vista ? ?

Hi all, first of all I would like to thank the owner of this website and forums for the great idea and the great service he's offering us, second I would like to post my question about my Windows XP Sp2

-Couple of days ago I opened my PC to FIND it's weirdly lagging, and nothing would run, I try to use system restore it tells me "System restore has been turned off by group policy. To turn it on contact your domain administrator" Knowing that I'm the administrator of my PC, I TRIED to log in from the administrator account of Safe Mode yet it doesn't seem to work, same thing happens to any command prompt or when I try to use .reg files , help me please, thank you to whoever tries to help me in my problem In safemode go to start/run and TYPE in gpedit...does it let you in that way ? ?Do I have to be in safe mode ? I tried in normal mode it said it didn't find that file, I'll try safe mode tooTry gpedit.mscAWESOME I'm close, something called group policy... what to do NEXT xD , I'm a noob when coming to PC fixes

EDIT
OMGod MY PC IS ACTUALLY WORKING 100% OK FOR FIRST TIME IN ONE WEEK, THANK YOU AWESOME FORUM ^_^Quote from: soybean on March 08, 2008, 05:21:23 PM

Try gpedit.msc

Hi

Can any one HELP?

When you FORWARD an email and REOPEN the sameemail it will display on the top "you forwarded this email on...." does ANYONE know how to REMOVE the displayed message.?

Any help greatly received...

When I'm in Windows Picture & FAX viewer, I try to zoom out of the photos that I'm viewing and it goes back to the one before it. It happens when I have folders open too. Its a Mousemen wheel Logitech, note that it has a mouse wheel an is a ps/2 not usb. ALSO I didnt CHANGE any SETTINGS to it.The + or - key needs to be pressed first to use the zoom function.Usually I can do it with out having to do that. Using the mouse wheelRight clicking INSIDE the image will do the same thing....

Help me start up my windows 95 i can boot ITO safe mode and i create a boot DISK where do i go from there insert the boot disk to your floppy DRIVE and REBOOT the computer.