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| 17351. |
Solve : Xcopy - how do I avoid the file or directory prompting? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>There were earlier posts on ways you can avoid the question as to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/whether-244834" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WHETHER">WHETHER</a> you are copying a file or directory by using the \I parameter or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/putting-2963476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PUTTING">PUTTING</a> a backslash after the destination directory and this works fine if your answer is directory, but how do you indicate that you are copying a file? I would <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/suggest-1733190" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUGGEST">SUGGEST</a> that you rephrase your question. Make shorter sentences.<br/>You probably get no response because your question was not specific enough to be understood easely. To be honnest, I couldn't. This help?<br/><br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/289483">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289483</a><br/><br/>Not sure if you can do this with switches. Try pumping the response into xcopy using the pipe:<br/><br/>For a directory:<br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>echo D | XCOPY source [destination] [switches]<br/><br/><strong>OR</strong><br/><br/>For a file:<br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>echo F | XCOPY source [destination] [switches]<br/><br/>Good luck. <br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/quote-1175222" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about QUOTE">QUOTE</a> from: Merel on September 13, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2010-290294" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2010">2010</a>, 12:30:53 PM</p><blockquote>I would suggest that you rephrase your question. Make shorter sentences.<br/>You probably get no response because your question was not specific enough to be understood easely. To be honnest, I couldn't. <br/></blockquote><br/>I'm guessing the requirements for the grammar police have been dumbed down again. Pretty soon I'll be able to join the force.</body></html> | |
| 17352. |
Solve : can you help with this - hard drive full??? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have a Compaq laptop (Presario) that's a few years <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/old-585313" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OLD">OLD</a>. It runs Windows XP. A relative gave it to me when they got a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/new-1114486" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEW">NEW</a> computer. My problem is that it says the drive is full even though there doesn't seem to be enough tuff for it to be full.<br/>I have about 7gb of files in the Document folder on C drive + 2gb of music in the shared folder. There are many programs installed but when I look on the list they are <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/varying-1444022" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VARYING">VARYING</a> sizes that don't seem as if they'd add up to more than maybe 2gb at most, yet C drive is listed as full with maybe 1gb free space and 28gb used. I can't understand what is hogging all the space. D partition holds the OS and is listed as being about 7gb with 1gb free space.Let's start by disabling system restore (as soon as you do, all restore points will be deleted, but you can immediately re-enable it if you like and change the space allotment). That should free a lot of space. You can also download and run treesize to see where the space is being used (<a href="http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml">http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml</a>)I'd suggest also running Windows Disk Cleanup utility. Disk defragmentation also helpful for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/u-238284" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about U">U</a>!Quote from: seeneedee on September 12, 2010, 08:39:46 AM</p><blockquote>Disk defragmentation also helpful for u!<br/></blockquote>No, it isn't. Defragmenting has nothing to do with space issuesGo to C:\windows.<br/><br/>Look for the folder servicepackfiles.<br/><br/>Delete the folder. If you are worried about needing this at some point just back up to a DVD first.<br/><br/>Look for some blue folders labeled $NtUninstall or similar.<br/><br/>If your computer has been running stable for the last few weeks and you don't plan on uninstalling your service pack, then delete all these folders. *Hint* If you don't know what service pack is, then you should delete these folders.<br/><br/>Goto the system32 folder.<br/><br/>Look for the folder drvstore (should be blue).<br/><br/>If you don't have any problems with drivers, then delete it.<br/><br/>There are also many guides to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gaining-1003228" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GAINING">GAINING</a> space on drive C:<br/><a href="http://helpful.knobs-dials.com/index.php/DLLCache">http://helpful.knobs-dials.com/index.php/DLLCache</a><br/><a href="http://www.graphixanstuff.com/Forum/index.php?showforum=68">http://www.graphixanstuff.com/Forum/index.php?showforum=68</a><br/><br/>*Note* If you ever plan on reinstalling windows, I recommend you use MicroXP.<br/>Buy a windows licence. Install MicroXP. Copy the licence into the MicroXP installation.<br/>Now you will have a windows folder of about 250MB (400MB with all drivers and software installed).</body></html> | |
| 17353. |
Solve : a white space in defragged drive? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hello<br/><br/>When HDD drive like D, E, F, and so on (and not C as root drive) defragged whit "Disk defragmenter", a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/white-248352" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WHITE">WHITE</a> space appear in the middle of drive. Both side of this space are used and are blue.<br/><br/>What this mean? <br/>Why this space not filled?<br/><br/>Thanks<br/><br/>[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Swapfile...don't worry about it.this white space is not swap-file. it's free space.<br/>swap-file is green and by default located in root drive (C:).<br/><br/>but this space does not filled by files (blue section)<br/>why?Quote from: k_mohsen on August 21, 2010, 11:56:11 AM</p><blockquote>this white space is not swap-file. it's free space.<br/>swap-file is green and by default located in root drive (C:).<br/><br/>but this space does not filled by files (blue section)<br/>why?<br/></blockquote>It was, and now it's not. Windows fragments the instant you exit Defrag. It could also be space marked as "bad" or unusable.<br/>Try this one: <a href="https://www.piriform.com/<klux>DEFRAGGLER</klux>">http://www.piriform.com/defraggler</a>So it's free space. Unless your defrag utility has an option to consolidate free space there's nothing you can do - nor is it important.I haven't used the standard Disk defragmenter in Win XP for quite a long time but doesn't it have a color code guide at the bottom of the Disk defragmenter panel whch tells you what the colors represent? Quote<blockquote>this white space is not swap-file. it's free space.<br/>swap-file is green and by default located in root drive (C</blockquote><br/>And how do you know this ? ?<br/>Different apps may show it differently...Try defraggler as Computer_Commando recommended. It gives you more information than the standard Windows defrag.NTFS <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/partitions-1148200" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PARTITIONS">PARTITIONS</a> use a file allocation table called the Master File Table. An NTFS partition keeps a backup copy of the most critical <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/parts-239415" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PARTS">PARTS</a> of the MFT in the middle of the disk. This reduces the chance that a serious drive error can wipe out both the MFT and the backup copy. That small, unmovable chunk in that you see is the backup MFT.Quote from: JJ 3000 on August 21, 2010, 11:02:11 PM<blockquote>NTFS partitions use a file allocation table called the Master File Table. An NTFS partition keeps a backup copy of the most critical parts of the MFT in the middle of the disk. This reduces the chance that a serious drive error can wipe out both the MFT and the backup copy. That small, unmovable chunk in that you see is the backup MFT.<br/></blockquote><br/>Great answer , thanks JJ3000<br/>can you tell more about why: "middle of the disk" is more secure?The white space is not $MFTMIRR (the MFT backup). otherwise it would show up in the unmovable color (not true, actually it doesn't show up at all). Last time I checked NTFS didn't mark it's data structures as free space anyway. That would be pretty stupid.<br/><br/>As Allan <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stated-3074404" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STATED">STATED</a>, unless you have an option like "consolidate free space" selected, the defragmenter is not going to consolidate free space. Therefore you will likely have bits of free space that don't move.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Yeah, he's right. Green = unmovable. White = free space. I don't know what I was thinking. It's been a while since I've used the defragmenter.<br/><br/>Thanks BC Quote from: BC_Programmer on August 23, 2010, 07:53:29 PM<blockquote>...Therefore you will likely have bits of free space that don't move.<br/></blockquote><br/><br/>maybe this free space, reserved for windows defragmenter's task.<br/>but you can see this free (or white ) space in other free drive.<br/><br/>if you search "Diskeeper" or "Defragmenter" in google image, you can see this space be in second cylinder in HDD.<br/><br/>[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Quote from: k_mohsen on September 03, 2010, 03:20:48 PM<blockquote><br/>maybe this free space, reserved for windows defragmenter's task.<br/>but you can see this free (or white ) space in other free drive.<br/></blockquote>Huh?Quote from: k_mohsen on September 03, 2010, 03:20:48 PM<blockquote><br/>maybe this free space, reserved for windows defragmenter's task.<br/>but you can see this free (or white ) space in other free drive.<br/><br/>if you search "Diskeeper" or "Defragmenter" in google image, you can see this space be in second cylinder in HDD.<br/></blockquote><br/>OK, if you're using a optimizing type of defragmenter then that would be by design.</body></html> | |
| 17354. |
Solve : window initialization error? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>"window initialization error"<br/>When I try to start a program this little box pops up and says <br/>window initialization error. I use this program all the time. But I <br/>just got this used laptop and installed the program. It starts up<br/>when I first download it. but when I close it, It wont start again.<br/><br/>I uninstall it and re install it and the same thing <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/happensbrbr-2691586" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HAPPENS">HAPPENS</a>. I have no<br/>idea what to do.This is a XP laptop? What is the program? <br/><br/>Is "window initialization error" the complete exact error message?<br/><br/>Yes, I'm sorry. I should have included that info. It is a windows laptop. 1.6 mh. 1 gig of ram.Oh yes and that is the only thing it says. <br/>Along with an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ok-1127144" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OK">OK</a> button at the bottom.Quote</p><blockquote>What is the program? </blockquote>It is a program that was created for a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/small-1212368" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SMALL">SMALL</a> group of us internet marketers. I can send you the download link if you want but I can't discuss it on an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/open-245076" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OPEN">OPEN</a> forum. It is used to transfer info to a remote server. Well, in that case, why don't you contact program's maker?They have no idea what is causing it on my computer. Because it's my compters fault and not their program. I have used this for months, but now that I got this used computer, somthing is causing it not to start correctly. What is the EXACT error message?"window initialization error" the complete exact error message.<br/>And an ok button to make the message <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/go-468886" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GO">GO</a> away.Make sure, your Windows updates are current.</body></html> | |
| 17355. |
Solve : Computer not booting from any bootable media? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Well my cousin got himself a broadband connection so he asked me to come over to his house and set it up. I hooked it all and it was working fine till Windows XP hung up. So I restarted it. It wont boot now. Just hangs up at'verifying DMI pool data'if I leave it long enough in that condition it says'error in loading OS'.So I got his rescue disc and tried to boot off it. It took longer than usual and then got to a screen where the cursor loads....After that nothing. I even tried the Win XP disc. It does say'press any key to boot from cd'. If I press any key, it just loads a blank screen.Since it POSTs, apparently the mobo and the ROM with bios are alright. If detects bootable disc so cd drive is ok too. Maybe the hdd has gone awry. But even then why'd it not boot off cd. Maybe I should try removing the hdd connectors?I sounds like there might be something wrong in the BIOS. Maybe it is set to boot from LAN. Have you tried entering the BIOS and resetting to defaults?How can anything be wrong with BIOS if it is entering the 'p mode'. You see the bios seeks bootable media, it does find that in CD (set as 2nd boot device) and starts loading it. As I already mentioned the rescue disc (a linux based cd of macrium reflect) boots, loads a graphic screen where I can actually move the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mouse-245074" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MOUSE">MOUSE</a> pointer. The bios most certainly doesn't exercise controls so far. Its role is over after handing over control to a boot sector AFAIK.It sounds like there is a problem with the cd drive or the cd's. Is the XP disc an original, retail copy? If so, and if the system sees it, it should obviously boot to it. The only other possibilities I can think of are ram or the hd. You might want to run a diagnostic on the ram.One of the two XP discs I tried was retail and other was a slipstreamed version with SP3. It has rejected linux bootable discs too. Not apparently the problem with cds. If there was a problem with the drive it would not read it at all or hang up at random points, but this hangs up exactly after an attempt to boot off the cd. I was thinking about the faulty ram too, but it cant be checked cause the pc isn't booting at all. Guess I'm gonna have to take it to a pro.A brand new optical burner is about 30 Bucks shipped and would take 5 minutes to install...Quote</p><blockquote>Since it POSTs, apparently the mobo and the ROM with bios are alright. If detects bootable disc so cd drive is ok too.<br/></blockquote>Quote<blockquote>How can anything be wrong with BIOS if it is entering the 'p mode'.<br/>...<br/>The bios most certainly doesn't exercise controls so far. Its role is over after handing over control to a boot sector AFAIK.<br/></blockquote><br/>Quote<blockquote>If there was a problem with the drive it would not read it at all or hang up at random points, but this hangs up exactly after an attempt to boot off the cd.<br/></blockquote><br/>almost all of those assumptions are incorrect, or not entirely accurate. I'm not picking on you here, I just can't figure out why you would be trying to invalidate the advice given using specious arguments. Any problems with the advice given may be due to the seemingly self-contradictory information:<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I was thinking about the faulty ram too, but it cant be checked cause the pc isn't booting at all.<br/></blockquote><br/>And yet, at the same time, while it isn't booting it all, it boots fine:<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>As I already mentioned the rescue disc (a linux based cd of macrium reflect) boots, loads a graphic screen where I can actually move the mouse pointer.<br/></blockquote><br/>I'm with patio on this one, though. seems like a problem with the the disc drive. Although given the conflicting reports (it both boots fine, while at the same time not being bootable) I'm sort of shooting in the dark here based on the information that it appears to occasionally refuse to boot (you said it boots into some recovery environment disc).<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>If there was a problem with the drive it would not read it at all or hang up at random points<br/></blockquote><br/>Have you dealt with many failed/failing disc drives before? It could very well be a mechanical failure somewhere that affects the Drives compatibility with the El Torito specification. I've had CD-ROM drives that refuse to work at 32x but will read and burn fine at any other speed up to 52x, and other seemingly random weird things occur for other devices. Any computer problem that doesn't have an obvious cause can usually be caused by anything- in this case that includes the cd drive (in fact, given it's seemingly central role in the problem it becomes a prime suspect) Or any number of things, including RAM. RAM is possibly even a greater suspect because the original post makes it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/seem-7258342" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEEM">SEEM</a> like ti failed to boot to the hard drive (that is, not involving the CD-ROM). But, even then, the computer will, as you yourself state, try booting from the CD-ROM first, so considering all your problems seem to occur during the boot phase, and you haven't yet gotten past the attempt to boot to the CD-Drive (escept in one case where you boot to a disc in the drive) It's not an unreasoned or preemptive hypothesis. What it sounds like you're trying to do is a "theoretical diagnosis" rather then applied diagnosis, by trying to "reason out" exactly what is broken. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/despiteb-2573727" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DESPITE">DESPITE</a> the determinate nature of the machines themselves, sometimes what ails them is not as determinate.You are probably going to have to try replacing a few things until you find the problem component- With most problems, it's usually possible to use good judgment based on the problem to determine what to replace, but there is never a way to be 100% sure that it's the cause- you can know what it probably isn't- for example, if you cannot read floppies, your CD-ROM drive probably isn't involved. But that never rules it out if you end up trying everything else. (taken from my experience, no idea why but whenever I use that CD-RW drive my floppy drive no longer works, it took some figuring).<br/><br/><br/>At any rate and given the factor we dont kow the status of these bootdisks i'd say 30 bUCKS IS /WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT...Lol. My bad, i messed up my words. When I said that I cant check the ram by <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/running-1192206" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUNNING">RUNNING</a> any diagnostics cause it doesn't boot, I meant it doesn't boot into any usable user interface. I'd have tried changing the cd drive unless my cousin had called me and told me yesterday that he tried running it again and it booted into XP and after using for sometime, hung up again and was unusable once more. So here we're, its obviously the RAM.As programmer states, theoritical analysis does fail some times, but when you're helping someone over phone or you dont carry your equipment around, thats all you can do. And in most cases the problems are so n00bish they're fixed by it. Tho remember one funny occasion. Every three months I clean up my hdd and reinstall XP (as I dont like the idea of tweaking applications or Anti virus). So at that time i did a clean format and used my recovery disc...The system wont boot. Then I tried installing XP with XP disc. It just wont detect the XP disc as bootable. I suspected the DVD drive to be the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/culprit-411563" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CULPRIT">CULPRIT</a>. So I tried other discs. And to my horror EVERYTHING else bootable, did boot. Even Windows 98SE. <br/><br/>I still decided to replace the optical drive. I had a functional LG DVD writer and a samsung CD reader. The latter had stopped working sometime ago, but as my drive bay was missing I had just let it sit there. So I first removed this cd drive. Something popped in my mind and I tried booting again, now with only the DVD drive connected. The friggin thing booted! I connected it again, and it didn't boot xp as before. I was totally lmao at this. I thought "Hey, I could ship this masterpiece to FSF. RMS is gonna love this windows opposing drive."</body></html> | |
| 17356. |
Solve : Driver Scanner?! For Toshiba Satellite A40? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Ok so I received this Toshiba Laptop that needs drivers. I used Uniblue driver scanner last year but the 2010 edition only scanes for driver updates. I need a driver scanner that will tell me what type of driver I need to download from the program. Is there any program like that. go to the <a href="http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp?nav=Download">downloads page</a> direct from Toshiba's official website.<br/><br/>Just follow their model selection <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tool-25818" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TOOL">TOOL</a> to find the stuff for your particular laptop model and it should list what's available for you.the drivers toshiba has are bad. not all the drivers are there and some are missing files or damaged. Im a big mad at toshiba and they want 45 $ for the recovery disk. I don't sleep on cash Quote</p><blockquote>the drivers toshiba has are bad. not all the drivers are there and some are missing files or damaged</blockquote>I highly doubt it.<br/>How do you know?He'sa kidding...right ?im not joking, i went on toshibas web site a found a number for their recovery disk help desk and the guy told me it was $45 because it included the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/windows-22662" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WINDOWS">WINDOWS</a> XP installation on it. I asked if i could get a disk with just the drivers and he said I could look on the web site so i told him they were bad and missing and he told me whats there is there he can't do <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nothing-581732" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTHING">NOTHING</a> about it and then he hung up! Im so mad at them. School starts on tuesday and Im without a computer. I would have posted the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/machine-550312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MACHINE">MACHINE</a> info by now if i needed this resolved...<br/>But that's just me.ok you got it<br/><br/>2.70 GHz processor<br/>512 Mb RAM<br/>40 GB hard drive<br/>dvd rom cd rw<br/>WLAN <br/><br/>Toshiba <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/satellite-771450" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SATELLITE">SATELLITE</a> A40<br/>What drivers are missing and how do you know, drivers from Toshiba site are corrupted?well the drivers that are missing are the display, e-thernet, modem(not that ill be needing that) and the Fn keys and the media keys to dvd player. I know there missing or corrupt because the device doesn't work and on the add new hardware it says all are missing but the display. The display is bad because the driver is installed but any media playes bad. You need to go to the Toshiba site...DLoad ALL drivers for that machine and re-install them...<br/>MBoard chipset drivers go 1st...There are 4 models of A40.<br/>Which one is yours?<br/>S161<br/>S1611<br/>S270<br/>S2701</body></html> | |
| 17357. |
Solve : monitor won't come on? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I know the monitor is working--have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/checked-417082" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHECKED">CHECKED</a> it--but am sure it is programed not to come on but can't alter this as I can't bring up the page of the program to make the change as the computer screen is black. How can I see the program to set it to turn on the monitor?? No idea what you are talking about. Please start at the beginning and tell us the entire story.OK When I first turn on my PC, the monitor is on but nothing shows on the screen but a black screen but the on light for the mnitor is blinking and I can hear the monitor running. It will come up in DOS saying the pc was improperly shut down but when I exit dos it will not show me anything but a black screen. I am quite sure the PC has been programed not to turn the monitor on but since i can't see whats going on i cant change it???What happens in safe mode?<br/><br/>Not sure--can I put computer in safe mode when i can't see on the monitor? If so how do i do that? Thanks!!Let's start at the beginning please. When you first boot the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/system-238321" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYSTEM">SYSTEM</a>, is there anything on the display at all? If so, at what point does the display go blank?Computer comes up displaying that the PC was shut down improperly and asks if I want to open as usual and when I say ok and tell it to restore and open as usual the computer begins to process but the monitor goes dark and stays in sleep mode. The light is on on the front but the screen is black.Okay, then let's go back to safe mode. When the system first boots start tapping the F8 key until you see the boot option menu. From there, select safe mode. What happens?OK Did this. It says it is operating in safe mode. Allso says to be sure the cpu speed conforms to specs of the cpu and gives options of 3466mhx, 2600 or manual. It's at 3466 when it opened. It <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/said-629244" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAID">SAID</a> to load setup defaults which I have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/done-958312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DONE">DONE</a>. Hit save and exit which i have done--screen goes black and that's as far as i can get --Once it came on after i left it a few days but it said i neede to update a file so i did and it rebooted and went back to black screen. I am quite sure there is a program setting i changed that affected the monitor and if i could get in i could reverse it but need to be able to see it on screen to fix it.<br/>Thank-you for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/trying-3234509" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRYING">TRYING</a>. Would gladly accept any further suggestions.OK you keep making references to a program stopping the monitor from coming on yet when asked to start at the beginning and explain what happened you do mention anything about making any changes in your system. So lets start once again.<br/><br/>Please tell us what was done to the computer between the time it was last working properly until it stopped working properly. Did you install/remove any hardware/software? Did you make any major changes with in your syste?<br/><br/>Quote from: mackie on September 04, 2010, 04:27:53 AM</p><blockquote>I am quite sure there is a program setting i changed that affected the monitor and if i could get in i could reverse it but need to be able to see it on screen to fix it.<br/></blockquote><br/>What program did you make the change in?Not really sure but came with the pc in windows xp. wish i knew. thanks for the help. Decided will have to take this to a pro but thanks anyway OK</body></html> | |
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Solve : XP Home - Can I delete "Owner" account ?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>On my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wife-ya-shabthal-743423" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIFE">WIFE</a>'s PC I had some problems :<br/><br/>It is a Dutch version of XP Home where I see <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/account-25640" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACCOUNT">ACCOUNT</a> "Eigenaar" for what I suppose is to be seen as "Owner" in the English version).<br/><br/>We both have a user account. Due to some unknown circumstances, when I was logged on with my own account, everything what was to be stored into Docs & Settings was NOT stored into folder named with my own accountname, but instead was stored to the "Owner" folder.<br/><br/>I have created a new account for myself, which seems to be working quite normally.<br/><br/>But at startup, I see 3 accounts now at the login menu :<br/>1. My own old account (being actually the Owner account but showing my old username.<br/>2. My new account username<br/>3. My wife's account username<br/><br/><strong>However at Docs&Settings I see more <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/folders-994110" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FOLDERS">FOLDERS</a> :</strong><br/>1. Owner (stored everything made when logged in with with my old-username !!!) <br/>2. My old username(stored never anything, only the defaults at creation !!! )<br/>3. My new username (works normally, but everything needs to be re-installed, as in folder Owner)<br/>4. Name of my wife(works <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ok-1127144" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OK">OK</a>)<br/><br/>QUESTIONS :<br/>- Is it possible to simply delete the folder "OWNER" in folder Docs&Settings ?<br/><br/>- If so, what are the consequences (besides loosing my own settings stored there) ?<br/><br/>- Is it safe or madness to copy the subfolders of "Owner" contents into my new account ?<br/> I suppose that the safest way is to reinstall manually whatever is required.<br/><br/>Thank you for advices.Go to <br/>1. Desktop<br/>2. Right Click on your Computer<br/>3. See the Manage and Click<br/>4. Then go to Users Menu (in left) to Users<br/>5. Delete if you want<br/>6. Not Delete Your Acount Ignore this genius above.<br/><br/>You cannot delete the default admin account. If that's who "owner" is, then you won't be able to delete it. Personally, unless there's some problem I'd forget about it.Quote from: Allan on September 01, 2010, 11:42:11 AM</p><blockquote>Ignore this genius above.<br/><br/>You cannot delete the default admin account. If that's who "owner" is, then you won't be able to delete it. Personally, unless there's some problem I'd forget about it.<br/></blockquote>Actually, I haven't that much time to do much reading about the subject. I have been Googling around but didn't find anyone explaining who actually invented the "Owner" account. Either the native original Xp-Home boys from M$ either the special CD of the OEM version.<br/><br/>Anyway I didn't invent or created such a stupid accountname, which causes numerous doubts and troubles , as I see from Google results. Maybe I should decide to try the other way around and try to rename "Owner" to my own account username and use it instead of deleting it. I will be back later. <br/>Thank you. <br/>While you can rename the default admin account, the name will not change from "owner" in the Documents & Settings FolderThe default administrator account is "administrator" in the documents folder.<br/><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>It is a Dutch version of XP Home where I see account "Eigenaar" for what I suppose is to be seen as "Owner" in the English version).<br/></blockquote>I imagine that this is where the confusion is. Eigenaar is probably used in The dutch version of windows to mean the administrator account, as a localization string.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Actually, I haven't that much time to do much reading about the subject. I have been Googling around but didn't find anyone explaining who actually invented the "Owner" account. Either the native original Xp-Home boys from M$ either the special CD of the OEM version.<br/></blockquote>It's the administrator account.<br/><br/>You cannot delete it. There is always an administrator account. Therefore, there will always be a profile folder. You delete or rename the folder (I think), but then if you ever want to log in as an administrator you're out of luck since you essentially deleted the profile.<br/><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>We both have a user account. Due to some unknown circumstances, when I was logged on with my own account, everything what was to be stored into Docs & Settings was NOT stored into folder named with my own accountname, but instead was stored to the "Owner" folder.<br/></blockquote><br/>This is because you were logging into the administrator account. <br/><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote><br/>- Is it safe or madness to copy the subfolders of "Owner" contents into my new account ?<br/> I suppose that the safest way is to reinstall manually whatever is required.<br/></blockquote><br/>Yes. You may need to reinstall some applications anyway, though, if they were only installed for one user.Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 01, 2010, 02:05:27 PM<blockquote><br/>You cannot delete it. There is always an administrator account. Therefore, there will always be a profile folder. You <could> delete or rename the folder (I think), but then if you ever want to log in as an administrator you're out of luck since you essentially deleted the profile.<br/><br/></blockquote>You can't delete the admin folder. But what you CAN do is create another admin account with a name of your choice and copy (or move) everything from the default admin folder to the new oneThank you for your efforts to make me understand this mess a bit <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/better-895998" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BETTER">BETTER</a>.<br/>So far, I have already a much better understanding now.<br/><br/>The little attempts made in the mean time confirmed what I learned from here :<br/>Account "Eigenaar" (owner) cannot be deleted, but can be renamed.<br/>So this must be the Administrator account.<br/><br/>My main observations :<br/>1. Creating a totally new independent new user account (I named it "Latest") in addition to my old account, did NOT create a new folder with same name under Docs & Settings ! This was the most surprising. <br/>2. I deleted my old account (the one storing things into folder "Eigenaar")<br/>3. I renamed new user "Latest" to "Myname.PC2".<br/>4. Renamed the old "Eigenaar" to Myname.PC2 as well<br/><br/>The new created account is still storing data in the same old "Owner" (now renamed) folder but at least account name and folder in Docs&Sets have identical names. <br/><br/>It still remains a puzzle but I will not proceed into further investigation. <br/>Thanks to everybody who was helping me.<br/></body></html> | |
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Solve : can't remove avg antivirus? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I am running windows xp and can't remove <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/avg-364702" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AVG">AVG</a> antivirus. When I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/use-241643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USE">USE</a> windows add/remove avg keeps reinstalling and won't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/uninstall-7273166" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNINSTALL">UNINSTALL</a>. How can I uninstall avg antivirus? thanksAVG <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/remover-1184778" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REMOVER">REMOVER</a>: <a href="<klux>HTTP</klux>://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools">http://www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools</a></p></body></html> | |
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Solve : Install Retail Version of XP on Toshiba Laptop? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hello:<br/><br/>Can I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/install-2121155" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALL">INSTALL</a> a regular retail version of XP Home on a Toshiba laptop that was running XP Home and use the Toshiba Product Key?McGuire, you handsome fellow, i don't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/know-534065" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KNOW">KNOW</a>, although I have some <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/doubt-959005" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOUBT">DOUBT</a>, but you could just try it and see. but, why not use the product key for the retail version?Why wouldn't you use the product key associated with the retail product?You can use any Legit version of an official XPHome CD to install and the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/activation-848050" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACTIVATION">ACTIVATION</a> will work...I tried it and it doesn't work ... it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/knows-1064865" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KNOWS">KNOWS</a> it's supposed to be a Toshiba oem version. I didn't use the retail version key because it's being used on another machine.You need to wipe the Toshiba drive for it to work...</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : windows XP CD? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Just wondering if any body knows if it is possible to get a copy of XP if you have your original serial number. My computer came preinstalled and I have since <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/used-763273" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USED">USED</a> a pirate copy for a fix to get my computer <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/running-1192206" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUNNING">RUNNING</a>. original serial number is on the bottom of my laptop any help would be appreciated.If your machine has a legit XP # then you can use any XP <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cd-236847" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CD">CD</a> to do a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reinstall-2983763" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REINSTALL">REINSTALL</a>...<br/>If it doesn't then we can no longer assist...Quote</p><blockquote>If your machine has a legit XP # then you can use any XP CD to do a reinstall...</blockquote><br/>I thought that was the case but when I tried to use my XP CD the other <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/day-244454" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DAY">DAY</a> on a Dell I picked up at a garage sale it wouldn't let me. My copy is a legit Home Edition and I was trying to use the Dell product key on the sticker on the case (also Home Edition). I ended having to use my product key which I didn't want to do.<br/><br/>Any ideas? (not meaning to hijack the thread). Quote from: kaigun on September 04, 2010, 09:31:16 PM<blockquote>Any ideas? (not meaning to hijack the thread). <br/></blockquote><br/>erm, well, you are!!</body></html> | |
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Solve : XP not printing jobs queued to network printer whilst print server was down? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hi,<br/><br/>I queued a print job from Win XP to my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/network-236637" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NETWORK">NETWORK</a> printer when the server was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/powered-2946401" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POWERED">POWERED</a> off, and since booting the print server (Suse 10 VM on ESX 3.5 running samba and cups) the job is still <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stuck-2283098" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STUCK">STUCK</a> queued on my laptop (Win XP SP2).<br/><br/>In the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/past-1148648" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PAST">PAST</a> I found that the if I delete every queued job on XP and then send a new print from XP it works fine. However, today the print job is the only copy, and I can't print it again.<br/><br/>I've tried suspending the print queue and resuming it, and I've tried rebooting the XP laptop, but I can't get XP to start printing again.<br/><br/>Can anyone tell me how get the print queue going again without losing the queued job?<br/><br/>or alternatively, where does XP spool is print jobs? and will XP recognise the file type and print it exactly the same way as it was printed originally?<br/><br/>ThanksWhen you re-boot all queded tasks are gone...<br/><br/>Sorry.$£^$£%&! you're right!<br/><br/>despite the printers and faxes view is still saying there's 1 job queued. I sent another job and it printed ok. So the job is gone.<br/><br/><br/>Ok - for next time, if I don't reboot the laptop, how would fix it, or copy the spooled files?<br/><br/>Quote from: banjo67xxx on September 04, 2010, 02:34:30 PM</p><blockquote>Ok - for next time, if I don't reboot the laptop, how would fix it, or copy the spooled files?<br/></blockquote><br/>Unfortunately, the very best you could hope for are driver specific commands in temporary spool files. The idea of the spool is to run the print job through the printer driver, and then "cache" the actual instructions that the driver wants to send to the printer, and send them later when there is time and the printer is available. It doesn't actually store, say, the word document you want to print.</body></html> | |
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Solve : Remote Desktop keeps changing my task bar layout even though its locked? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hi,<br/><br/>As I have to use quite a lot of applications for my work, I like to use a double height task bar so I can quickly click on icons to switch applications, and I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> use have the language bar on the task bar to I can switch between Chinese and English typing.<br/><br/>Whenever I switch to, minimiise or maximise any <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/remote-621964" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REMOTE">REMOTE</a> Desktop application, it changes my tak bar layout. The first <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/action-2544" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACTION">ACTION</a> changes the width of the langauage bar, the second action makes the langauge bar disappear, the third makes the icons single height with the langauge bar above them, and the forth reduces the whole task bar to single height.<br/><br/>I thought that locking the task bar was supposed to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stop-1228105" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STOP">STOP</a> this sort of thing happenning. Has anyone any idea how to stop Remote Desktop from screwing up my local task bar? or can anyone suggest an alternative way of managing my icons so that I can see loads of them at once?<br/><br/>ThanksIt'd be good to know what browser...At first I thought what's the relevance, but as Windows Explorer is associated with IE, then I guess it makes a difference.<br/><br/>I'm still using IE6, as some of my company's apps still need it. Oh and its the same laptop as the other post, so its XP SP2.<br/><br/>BTW, for my browsing I use Mozilla 3.5.11I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/think-661001" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THINK">THINK</a> I heard of this problem, it's a known issue with remote desktop+the language bar, if I remember correctly.</p></body></html> | |
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Solve : toshiba usb 2.0drive ROO? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>my toshiba usb 2.0 ROO plug in disc drive has stopped booting up. All the folders show up as empty but right clicking on device and then properties shows all the data is still on the driveIf i'm not mistaken it's a DVD drive so it doesn't <br/>boot up"....<br/><br/>What is the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/exact-447094" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXACT">EXACT</a> issue you are having and what's on the disk you are trying to access ? ?Patio thanks for the reply, it is a 150gb plug in hard drive and contains music, family photos and generally lots of things that would take up lots of space on my C drive.<br/>The label on the back says HDDR160EO1X. When I boot my P.C. up, the drive used to start silently, and the blue light lit up with a steady glow. Now when I switch on the P.C. the plug in drive makes a clicking noise and the blue light flickers then settles to a constant glow.Unfortunately that noise is known as the "clik of death"....the sign of a failing HDD.<br/><br/>You may not have much time to grab that data ...if it's there at all.thanks Patio, any advice on how I can retrieve the data will be gratefully receivedWell...there are a couple of options:<br/><br/>1) <strong>Take the drive to a data recovery center. </strong> <br/><br/>At that point you have to ask yourself if it's worth $500-$3000 to do so. Big businesses may do this (and even some small to mid-size businesses may, if they can justify it), as the price for losing, say, customer information can be even higher...<br/><br/>2) <strong>Try some home remedies.</strong><br/><br/>Home remedies range from bizarre to OMGWTHAYS, but have been known to work circumstantially. However, if you do any of them,<strong> you're doing them at your own risk</strong>--nobody here is responsible for the end results, even if it makes it no longer feasible to do Option #1. Then again, Option #1 aside, some people see that they have nothing more to lose, so they'll do them anyway. <strong>If you are not comfortable doing any of these things, then ignore this entire section!</strong><br/><br/>Many of them include, but are not limited to:<br/><br/>a) Putting the drive in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/freezer-465467" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FREEZER">FREEZER</a> under the assumption that it keeps the drive cool enough to prevent the platters from expanding into the read/write head. <br/><br/>Some have frozen their drives overnight, taken them out, hooked them back up, and were able to get some data off before permanent death. Others have connected their drives to an exposed external enclosure, and ran a USB or eSATA cable out of the freezer into their PCs (or power strip in the case of the power cord for an external enclosure.<br/><br/>I personally have done it both ways, and my results have been hit-and-miss--great when it works, though! However, I'd be cautious nonetheless simply from the condensation buildup. I can't confirm whether or not my positive results were simply correlation or that the theory about expanding platters and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/heat-21102" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HEAT">HEAT</a> is actually true.<br/><br/>b) Dropping the hard drive in hopes to loosen the read head or stuck platter.<br/><br/>I personally wouldn't do this one simply because dropping any electronic device that's not meant to be dropped can often be a Very Bad Thing.<br/><br/>c) Taking the drive apart in a 100% (and I MEAN 100%) dust-free environment and putting the platters in another hard drive encasing.<br/><br/>I wouldn't do this one either--too much risk of making the data permanently unrecoverable, even by specialized data recovery centers. Also, who has a 100% dust-free environment in their home?thanks killerb225, a friend sent me a copy of WinHex which I'm running as I reply, it's not looking too promising though, if it fails I'll give it the freezer treatment and keep you posted, i understand that it's all my choice.<br/>Quote from: killerb255 on September 02, 2010, 02:25:17 PM</p><blockquote>a) Putting the drive in the freezer under the assumption that it keeps the drive cool enough to prevent the platters from expanding into the read/write head. <br/></blockquote>I've been rather quiet so far when I've seen this mentioned.<br/><br/>But truly, it's utter nonsense. First off, it is more likely to cause condensation as the drive is moved from the freezer to a warm environment, which is NOT something you want to encourage.<br/><br/>Additionally, if the drive has failed/is failing due to a physical problem such as a head crash or damaged logic board, no solution like this will suddenly change that.<br/><br/>And the "the assumption that it keeps the drive cool enough to prevent the platters from expanding into the read/write head." is just correlation. the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fact-982736" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FACT">FACT</a> is, the read/write head floats above the platters on a cushion of air- they aren't "fixed" in position micrometers above the platter. In fact, the read/write heads themselves are "spring-loaded" to "squeeze" the platter; the cushion of air that results from the platter spinning is what causes them to hover over the platters. It won't matter if the platters are slightly bigger or slightly smaller.<br/><br/>However, even the mildest shrinking/enlargement of the drive will cause the drive to go through a recalibration phase as it essentially recomputes where all it's tracks are in correspondence with the power to be delivered to the voice coil actuator that positions the read/write head. Back in the days of Stepper-motor driven read/write heads, this was a common point of "failure"- data written at different temperatures could be difficult or impossible to read at another temperature, simply because of the expansion of the track outside the area the stepper motor could read for said track. This was why a Glass substrate was far more common then a metal one in those days, because glass barely expands at all compared to metal (thus why you can run a jar under a hot faucet to remove a particularly stubborn lid). My point? by freezing the drive (while it's off, I assume) when you turn it on, there will be a delay as the drive performs it's recalibration, and it continues to perform it every minute or so as the drive warms up (they generally do so in longer intervals while at a steady temperature). The net effect of this "fix" is therefore more hard drive activity and the data will be even skewed from it's original position. I have no idea how this solves the problem, but thankfully, the voice coil actuator mechanism can go <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anywhere-2436614" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYWHERE">ANYWHERE</a> on the disk, and the thermal recalibration is pretty much the drive finding out where all the tracks and sectors are for the current temperature. How having the drive do this constantly helps, I haven't a clue. maybe the mechanism involved is no longer working for higher temperatures? <br/><br/>Incidentally, modern hard disk drives now use fluid bearings which cannot work below a certain temperature. Freezing the hard disk drive below that temperature will actually prevent the drive from running, not restore its operation.<br/><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I can't confirm whether or not my positive results were simply correlation or that the theory about expanding platters and heat is actually true.<br/></blockquote>I can, it's correlation. the "expanding platters" thing is nonsense- the platters expand and contract with temperature but the drive takes care of it. and it doesn't effect the actual read/write heads at all because their position relies entirely on the cushion of air- they aren't fixed.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>b) Dropping the hard drive in hopes to loosen the read head or stuck platter.<br/>I personally wouldn't do this one simply because dropping any electronic device that's not meant to be dropped can often be a Very Bad Thing.<br/></blockquote>I'd go one step further and never ever suggest it. Because it's just plain stupid. "My baby is sick" "have you tried dropping her"? is not something you hear from doctors. your standard 3.5" Hard drive is only rated for a few hundred G, which sounds like a lot, but considering dropping a drive from a few inches onto a rigid surface can exhibit nearly 600G's or so, it's not.<br/><br/>Also, ironically enough, the only reason a platter might get stuck would be if the lubricant was dried up or the drive bearings weren't working. Say, for example, if you froze a drive using fluid bearings. Then the platters would be stuck. So we've gone from freezing a drive, now because the platters are stuck, we are dropping it. And now, because dropping it has irrepairably caused even more head-platter contact or even damaged the logic board, we will resort to literally transplanting the platters themselves to another drive enclosure. You forgot to note that the "enclosure" needs to be the EXACT same model as the other drive- so if you have a 2TB drive you want to recover, you need to buy another 2TB drive, rip it apart, and transplant the platters from the first drive to the new one. So now you've got a bunch of useless platters from the new drive, which in the case of a 2TB drive would not have been gotten on the cheap.<br/><br/><br/>If a person is willing to spend the money on data recovery, that's ALWAYS the best thing to do.<br/><br/>Again, home remedies are a last resort for an "I've got nothing more to lose" situation, and like I said, they can make it more difficult for a proper data recovery firm to recover the data. <br/><br/>In general, there's no reliable evidence one way or another that 100% confirms or refutes whether or not these home remedies work or if there's simply A LOT of correlation. On paper, at least a) and b) shouldn't work for reasons you've stated (i.e.: for a) fluid bearings in modern drives and just the simple G factor with b))--and c) will only work with an exact model hard drive as the transplant recipient in a dust-free environment. Yes, a 2 TB hard drive is not cheap, but neither is data recovery service--$100-$150 for another 2 TB drive or $1000+ for data recovery? How much is the data worth? If it's customer financials, then the answer is obvious. If it's just a collection of music, movies, and whatnot, then it becomes more iffy--some people do see things like that as an "emergency" in their mental state of panic, but the price tag usually snaps them back into reality. Often the end result is to cut their losses and start over with the faulty drive either<br/>a) Sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust<br/>b) In a landfill<br/>c) At a recycling center<br/><br/>In any case, it would be nice if there was a way to see the operations inside a suspect drive to confirm or refute this for sure without inserting other factors in the equation (i.e.: dust or condensation). <br/><br/>I think the one thing we can agree on is to never let a situation like this happen in the first place (aka: backups). However, too many people do let this happen and suffer the consequences one way or another.<br/><br/>I do question the baby analogy, though: how many people (barring those with serious mental problems) get into a situation of "I have nothing more to lose--let's drop the baby to fix the problem" situation? Quote from: killerb255 on September 10, 2010, 09:38:30 AM<blockquote>If a person is willing to spend the money on data recovery, that's ALWAYS the best thing to do.<br/></blockquote>No it's not! The best thing to do would be to buy a new drive and recovery from backups! <br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>In general, there's no reliable evidence one way or another that 100% confirms or refutes whether or not these home remedies work or if there's simply A LOT of correlation. </blockquote><br/>Common sense about how these things work should count as evidence.<br/><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Yes, a 2 TB hard drive is not cheap, but neither is data recovery service--$100-$150 for another 2 TB drive or $1000+ for data recovery? How much is the data worth? <br/></blockquote><br/>That's sort of my point. If somebody is willing to take such a risk with their data by performing a meticulous and painstaking surgery on it's internals, then the data is clearly important enough for them to have paid for professional data recovery.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>In any case, it would be nice if there was a way to see the operations inside a suspect drive to confirm or refute this for sure without inserting other factors in the equation (i.e.: dust or condensation). <br/></blockquote>Err... it's common sense. take cold metal into a warm room and water condenses on it. You don't need lab experiments to know that water boils when it's hot, not sure why evidence is needed to prove it condenses. Dust is more variable, but if you took a drive apart it would eventually fail because of it (the one I used a year or so ago lasted about three hours). Makes a terrible screeching sound, too. not pleasant.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I think the one thing we can agree on is to never let a situation like this happen in the first place (aka: backups).<br/></blockquote>What! Take that back! I wanted to say it first! <br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I do question the baby analogy, though: how many people (barring those with serious mental problems) get into a situation of "I have nothing more to lose--let's drop the baby to fix the problem" situation? <br/></blockquote><br/>More then would be ideal.<br/><br/>I just had a extreme case of forum deja vu. I Could swear I had a similar conversation about baby-dropping involving Patio. Seems to be a recurring topic....Yes we did...actually.....<br/><br/>Or wait...no we didn't...</body></html> | |
| 17365. |
Solve : f5 problem? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>when i press f5 instead of refreshing,the control switches to another folder(as if alt <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tab-25634" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TAB">TAB</a> was pressed).but it is not exactly like alt tab because the control always switches to a particular folder.If that particular folder is closed and another folder is opened then when f5 is pressed the control switched to another folder.If no other folder is open then pressing f5 refreshes the page(its normal function).......how do i fix this??plz hlp....Have you tried using another keyboard to be sure about the issue?<br/>An F5 function key for refresh and F6 for toggle/switch on folder/WinExp which is a keyboard shortcut and literally found besides both on a standard keyboard may point to this behavior. Which means you may have a keyboard malfunction on one or both of these keys. You may also try cleaning your keyboard from dust.thanks for ur hlp......but i tried the windows on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/screen-25632" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCREEN">SCREEN</a> keyboard utility....then also same prob!!!!!!!! I think the prob is a software one and not an hardware one....any other <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/solutions-22437" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOLUTIONS">SOLUTIONS</a>?Quote</p><blockquote>any other solutions?</blockquote><br/>Is your USB Device Legacy Support <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/enabledbrbr-2611522" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENABLED">ENABLED</a> under <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bios-398764" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BIOS">BIOS</a> setup utility?<br/>You may want to try uninstalling/reinstalling keyboard under device manager, Scan for hardware changes, or simply reinsert your keyboard port.</body></html> | |
| 17366. |
Solve : Win XP Pro Autorun.? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>In order to distribute files I'm trying to get an inserted flash drive to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/always-373607" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALWAYS">ALWAYS</a> be allocated to drive letter Q: (as well as the drive letter already allocated by the system) <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/using-1441597" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USING">USING</a> the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/autorun" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AUTORUN">AUTORUN</a> feature. It's working but leaves behind an icon of drive letter Q: complete with red<strong> ? </strong>as shown in the third image below. Does anyone know how to delete this icon when the flash drive is removed please?<br/><br/>First image shows My Comp before inserting the flash drive, the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/second-238031" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SECOND">SECOND</a> My Comp after the flash drive is inserted and the final <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/one-241053" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ONE">ONE</a> My Comp after the flash drive is removed.<br/><br/>Thanks<br/><br/>[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]If you want a drive to remember it's drive letter designation then do 2 things:<br/><br/>Give it a letter at least two letters away from the last drive on any of the machines it's used on<br/>Give the drive a Volume name...Quote from: patio link=topic=110062.msg740633#msg740633 [quote author=patio on September 09, 2010, 03:58:25 PM</p><blockquote>If you want a drive to remember it's drive letter designation then do 2 things:<br/><br/>Give it a letter at least two letters away from the last drive on any of the machines it's used on<br/>Give the drive a Volume name...<br/></blockquote><br/>I won't know the drive letters of remote machines, it's possible that Q: has already been allocated, another hurdle to jump when the current problem is sorted. The drive allocations for the machine I'm testing on can be seen on the images.<br/><br/>The flash drive already has the label <strong>Kingston</strong> as shown in the second image I posted.<br/><br/>What I want to solve right now is how to get rid of the redundant icon in My Comp when the flash drive is disconnected.<br/><br/>Thanks.</body></html> | |
| 17367. |
Solve : r.e sound below ?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>need <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/help-239643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELP">HELP</a> read below topicGonna be a quiet <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/set-11758" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SET">SET</a>...<br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/topic-25451" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TOPIC">TOPIC</a> Closed.<br/><br/>No need to open more than 1 for any issue.<br/><br/>PS. This is not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/live-543270" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIVE">LIVE</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/chat-244412" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHAT">CHAT</a>...</p></body></html> | |
| 17368. |
Solve : comuter boots up normal desktop comes up and the computer shuts off? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>however it will boot up in safe mode. I am running windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/xp-747558" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about XP">XP</a> sp2 i use avg for a virus scan and have used malwarebytes anti maleware scan religously. I have tried <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/system-238321" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYSTEM">SYSTEM</a> restore and no hope. Iam not to sure what more info you need please help!!! I kniow how to get <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/around-884554" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AROUND">AROUND</a> inside my computer pretty well just not an expert. i also have a laptop restore disk that i made when i first bought my pc but have no real win cd<br/>If it runs normal in safemode chances are it's a bad/faulty driver...<br/>Have you installed any recently ? ?<br/>no i havent installed anything new latley. Do you know how i could check my drivers to see if there is a faulty one?Open Control Panel/Device Manager and look for any Yellow ! or ?'s...i did that in safe mode before they all look fine. I just checked again and same all ok. I just tried a program called device doctor it said i had 24 outdated drivers? Not sure i trust it thoI don't trust or use any Driver apps...<br/>Why not update to SP3??I agree with Patio. Try booting into Safe Mode with Networking/ Control Panel/Device Manager/click the + sign next to each device / right-click each device and choose "Update driver". <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/let-11597" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LET">LET</a> it go to the Internet and look.<br/>Alan <>< I guess I should clarify the problem too when it starts up i get the windows screen with the little timer line going across it comes to a point then slows down and the computer turns itself off .OK I'm now at the end.i have tried all your suggestions including upgrading to Sp3 still all the same actions. it will boot in safe mode only ran virus scan and maleware scan nothing major in either. the drivers all seem to be in order any other ideas would be helpful and very appreciated.I <br/><br/>Not sure to be honest, But personally i'd back-up data (if possible in Safe Mode) then re-format or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/repair-1185018" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REPAIR">REPAIR</a>, if it gives you that option.</p></body></html> | |
| 17369. |
Solve : DOS commands through command prompt? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I am an XP user and it's been a long time since I used DOS. I am <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/trying-3234509" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRYING">TRYING</a> to enter a very long DOS command string through the command prompt option and the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/software-25575" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOFTWARE">SOFTWARE</a> won't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/allow-362909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALLOW">ALLOW</a> me enough space to write the full command. Anyone that can help?What software and how the string looks like?Longer than 8191 characters? <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/830473">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830473</a>The command window will <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wrap-1461765" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WRAP">WRAP</a> a command string longer than the window width, won't it? What "software" is it that won't allow you enough space? What is the string?<br/><br/></p></body></html> | |
| 17370. |
Solve : accidently deleted filters in regedit-no keyboard or mouse? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I was trying to get my Tsst DVD to work, driver detective <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gaveprinciplebuoyancy-1732612" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GAVE">GAVE</a> me instruction to turn off the filter. I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/got-23540" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GOT">GOT</a> confused and deleted 3 upper filters that situation went really bad. Now I can't use keyboard or mouse. Tried to reload Windows XP to do a repair, no way to comunicate with computer! Original-went to regedit, found 4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318 found it deleted upper filter, went back to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/list-11333" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIST">LIST</a> thought i found <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2-236987" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2">2</a> more deleted those upper filters then discovered they were not the same. Too Late! any suggestions? 1) System Restore to a time prior to the problem or<br/><br/>2) Boot to your Windows CD, choose the SECOND repair option, do a repair install</p></body></html> | |
| 17371. |
Solve : Mute ?!?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>When I stand by my computer and start it after, the sound doesn't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/work-20377" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WORK">WORK</a>. I need to reset the sound for it work again Why? <br/>I have no idea...<br/><br/>Stop standing next to it...Quote from: patio on September 04, 2010, 02:03:22 PM</p><blockquote>Stop standing next to it...<br/></blockquote> <br/>That's GREAT.<br/>Does it work when you dont stand next to it?<br/><br/>If so, how do you turn it on?Quote from: reddevilggg on September 04, 2010, 02:17:09 PM<blockquote>Does it work when you dont stand next to it?<br/><br/>If so, how do you turn it on?<br/></blockquote><br/>To turn it on, I just press a keyQuote from: HP2 on September 04, 2010, 07:17:05 PM<blockquote>To turn it on, I just press a key<br/></blockquote><br/>But how do you know that it's when you stand next to it???<br/><br/>Has your sound <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/even-976335" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EVEN">EVEN</a> worked??<br/><br/>When did this start to happen??<br/><br/>More info etc??/You know, it's pretty discriminating for moderators to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tell-1240910" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TELL">TELL</a> others "If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't post", while they do it themselves and have a laugh about it. Corruption is everywhere.Quote from: Big on September 04, 2010, 08:21:38 PM<blockquote>You know, it's pretty discriminating for moderators to tell others "If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't post", while they do it themselves and have a laugh about it. <br/></blockquote>The OP has yet to make a meaningful post, or to ever describe their problem(s) in a useful way. Single-sentence posts and replies make the entire thing a case of pulling teeth. Example:<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>If so, how do you turn it on?<br/></blockquote><br/>was replied with this:<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>To turn it on, I just press a key<br/></blockquote><br/>What else would you do? use psychic powers? Additionally, this implies that the computer isn't even being turned on, but woken from sleep mode. Of course since they have this problem being <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/explicit-455193" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EXPLICIT">EXPLICIT</a> and are instead describing their problem a sentence at a time through short replies it's doubtful they would ever receive meaningful help.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Corruption is everywhere.<br/></blockquote><br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>When I stand by my computer and start it after, the sound doesn't work. I need to reset the sound for it work again Why? </blockquote> <br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>To turn it on, I just press a key</blockquote><br/>Please elaborate. What activities were you doing during this issue? <br/>What kind of machine/computer do you have?Yes I use 'psychic powers', i.e. sympathy/empathy.<br/>I use my brain.<br/>I'm helpful, which is exactly the opposite of all the arrogants here.<br/>Enough said.Quote from: Big on September 04, 2010, 09:24:04 PM<blockquote>Yes I use 'psychic powers', i.e. sympathy/empathy.<br/>I use my brain.<br/>I'm helpful, which is exactly the opposite of all the arrogants here.<br/>Enough said.<br/></blockquote><br/>I'm psychic too, and I see something bad in your near to medium term future... the mists swirl... some words are forming... "forum ban". What can it mean?<br/>Quote from: Big on September 04, 2010, 08:21:38 PM<blockquote>You know, it's pretty discriminating for moderators to tell others "If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't post", while they do it themselves and have a laugh about it. Corruption is everywhere.<br/></blockquote><br/>yes I really do see it. <br/>Stand by = Sleep (Hibernate for Vista)<br/>and I don't use psychic powers to open my computer. I JUST PRESS ANY KEY!!! That's simple <br/>To stand by my computer, I click on shutdown in the start menu and I click on Stand by... That's it, that's all. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nothing-581732" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTHING">NOTHING</a> more, nothing less Quote from: HP2 on September 05, 2010, 12:03:12 PM<blockquote>Stand by = Sleep (Hibernate for Vista)<br/></blockquote>No. There are four power states.<br/><br/>The computer is on, you are using it.<br/>The computer is off.<br/><br/>the computer is on sleep/standby (low power mode, HD's powered down, most peripherals powered down)<br/>Hibernate. The computer saves all RAM to disk and shuts off.<br/><br/>The only plausible scenario here is that your computer is NOT Off, it's in sleep/standby mode (NOT hibernate, either) because otherwise only the power switch would turn it on.<br/><br/>Quote from: HP2 on September 04, 2010, 01:59:13 PM<blockquote>When I stand-by my computer and start it after, the sound doesn't work. I need to reset the sound for it work again Why? <br/><br/></blockquote><br/>Fixed the above quote (stand by to the more clear stand-by).<br/><br/>The answer? your sound hardware/driver isn't compatible with power saving mode.</body></html> | |
| 17372. |
Solve : Computer warm up? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Why <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> my computer have to warm up about 30 minutes before I can get the internet to connect? I have DSL.It shouldn't have to...but i would replace the NIC <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/card-769007" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CARD">CARD</a>...'bout 15 Bucks total...<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thanks-665909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANKS">THANKS</a>. Will try.Best of Luck...<br/><br/>Make <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sure-656539" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SURE">SURE</a> all power is disconnected before <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/opening-1136658" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OPENING">OPENING</a> it up...<br/><br/>PS Pick up a $4.00 can of compressed air....may as well do the housekeeping while you got it open...</p></body></html> | |
| 17373. |
Solve : Blue Screen at Startup? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hi<br/>I have a problem, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sometimes-648384" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOMETIMES">SOMETIMES</a> when I log on I get this message, I know it is a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/little-1075899" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LITTLE">LITTLE</a> lengthy, but I don't know what to do. I do not recall installing any new harware or sofware.. What can be done to correct this problem? can I do it as a novice ormust I take it in to the shop? Thank you your help<br/><br/>A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.<br/>Pagse_fault_in_Nonpage_area<br/><br/>If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer.<br/>If this screen appears again, follow these steps:<br/><br/>Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.<br/><br/>If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacture for any windows update you may need<br/><br/>If the problem continues <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disable-432013" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISABLE">DISABLE</a> or remove any newly installed hardware or software. <br/>Disable BIOS <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/memory-11894" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEMORY">MEMORY</a> options such as cashing or shadowing.<br/><br/>If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components’, restart you computer, press F8 to select Advance Startup options and then select safe mode<br/><br/><br/>Technical Information<br/><br/>***Stop: 0X00000050 (OXDB5FFF5, OX00000001, 0X8057E57C, 0X00000000)***<br/><br/>Download <a href="https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html"><strong>BlueScreenView (in Zip file)</strong></a><br/>No installation required.<br/>Unzip downloaded file and double click on <strong>BlueScreenView.exe</strong> file to run the program.<br/>When scanning is done, go <strong>Edit>Select All</strong>.<br/>Go <strong>File>Save Selected Items</strong>, and save the report as <strong>BSOD.txt</strong>.<br/>Open <strong>BSOD.txt</strong> in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/notepad-581726" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTEPAD">NOTEPAD</a>, copy all content, and paste it into your next reply.</p></body></html> | |
| 17374. |
Solve : Windows Crashes When I Run Certain Programs? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Okay, hopefully I'm doing this correctly. I have a gateway laptop PC running Windows XP. When I run certain <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/programs-239435" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROGRAMS">PROGRAMS</a>, which are all <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> games of some type, my computer sometimes shuts itself down and says it's going on standby. When I reboot, I have to restart windows and half the time that doesn't work anyway and windows freezes. When it does work, I have to tell my computer to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/go-468886" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GO">GO</a> into the "last known good configuration" and when windows comes back on, it always brings up my system 32 folder. And this only happens when I'm running computer games of some sort, usually not ones from discs, but ones I've downloaded off of Big Fish Games or Nancy Drew games. Does <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anyone-380251" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYONE">ANYONE</a> have any idea what is going on? It's driving me crazy. Any and all help would be <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/much-249971" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MUCH">MUCH</a> appreciated. See Here</p></body></html> | |
| 17375. |
Solve : Computer Reboots? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Last night, I installed RivaTuner to try to control my fan on my video card, because it seems to always spin at the same speed and I want it to adjust according to the temperature. RivaTuner did <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nothing-581732" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTHING">NOTHING</a>, so I tried to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/install-2121155" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALL">INSTALL</a> nTune. About halfway through the installation, the computer just rebooted. Once it turned back on, it rebooted within 1 minute of the desktop coming up. I shut it off, and this morning I tried "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disable-432013" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISABLE">DISABLE</a> automatic restart on system failure". This did nothing for some reason, it just rebooted again. Then I tried the last known working configuration, that seems to have fixed it, I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but does anyone know what the *censored* just happened? And should I reinstall all my nVidia stuff because nTune is half installed? My specs:<br/><br/>HP Pavilion a6000n PC<br/>AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/processor-768321" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROCESSOR">PROCESSOR</a> 4200+ 2.21 GHz<br/>1 GB RAM<br/>XFX 8600 GT XXX 256 MB<br/>Windows XP ProYou're gonna need to re-boot into safemode and get rid of rivatune as it appears to be banging heads with whatever else you have installed and you risk CPU damage if you continue to run it this way...I got rid of it right away when I got it to stop rebooting, I was thinking the same thing. I also deleted the half-installed nTune and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reinstalled-7710828" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REINSTALLED">REINSTALLED</a> the drivers. Everything seems to be fine, the processor and video card are idling at 50 degrees and the hard drive is idling at 40.<br/>For all the apps you are constantly trying out i'd say you're a great candidate for Total Uninstall...<br/>Might save you some grief down the road.I don't really try out that many programs. This is the first time I've had problems like this.</p></body></html> | |
| 17376. |
Solve : How can I see what programs are running on the computer before I even log in?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I'm still trying to figure out why my browsing is so slow. I just noticed today that before I put my password in it said <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/50-237660" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 50">50</a> unread email and the said 2 programs running. I'd like to see what these are and stop them as this may be part of the problem? I've been deleting spyware, resetting internet connections, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/modems-562284" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MODEMS">MODEMS</a> and repairing browsers but I'm sure this may help. I 'm using XP with IE7You will not be able to check with out logging in... So login, go the run command and type msconfig hit enter and go to the stratup tab (last one on the right. Everything with a check mark in the box starts when the computer starts. To stop them from starting when the computer starts just un-check them. Be very careful what you un-check some are vital for the computer to start. You can also go to the start button , programs , startup and make sure that folder is empty. <br/><br/>Have you done any cleaning of your machine lately, if not try running something like <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ccleaner-2503240" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CCLEANER">CCLEANER</a>, delete all cookies, defrag your hard drive etc. <br/><br/>If you have not done any of the above cleaning I would recommend doing that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/first-461760" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FIRST">FIRST</a> emptying the startup folder and see how your machine runs before going into msconfig. Quote</p><blockquote>I would recommend doing that first emptying the startup folder</blockquote>Disregard the above, please.<br/><br/>Download HijackThis:<br/><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html">http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackthis.html</a><br/>and post its log I agree with "Broni", do not empty that folder. As prev stated you need to download "HiJack This" first thing and post the log it generates on this <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/website-25501" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WEBSITE">WEBSITE</a>. <br/><br/>You also, (if you have none). Need a Malware, and Anti-Virus program. Also dont forget to Defrag your Hard Drive at least weekly and run the Malware & AntiVirus scanners weekly or bi-weekly. Depending on your use of the internet.<br/><br/>Here is also a popular download site for all types of programs:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.download.com/Antivirus-Firewall-Spyware/?tag=dir">http://www.download.com/Antivirus-Firewall-Spyware/?tag=dir</a><br/><br/></body></html> | |
| 17377. |
Solve : Question Old Files on "New" Computer?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I really am not that know ledgable about the inner workings of computers. But last month I purchased a Gateway laptop. After about the second week of owning it I noticed several problems. The biggest problem is that it won't sleep, no matter where I put the sleep setting. When I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/leave-1070813" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LEAVE">LEAVE</a> the lid open my desktop stays on the monitor, if I close the lid I can hear it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/running-1192206" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUNNING">RUNNING</a> and running and then when I open it I get the black error screen that say's Windows did not shut down properly. The only way to shut down this computer is to go to the start menu and shut it down. So I went searching and found Event Log under Administrative Tools. Here I found critical logs that dated back to 6/11/06 and 8/11/07 and the errors from my use. These are dated 12/07 to present. These errors all deal with rebooting and shutdown. I went to Office Depot where I purchased the computer and their response to me was "Too bad, you didn't buy the extended <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/warranty-1449046" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WARRANTY">WARRANTY</a> from us. Go deal with Gateway." They also said that it is normal for there to be files on a computer that may be almost two years old. They said that the computer was probably sitting in a warehouse for these two years. OKKKKKK My question to you is what is your opinion on all of this? Is it acceptable that a computer that is sold as new would have files on it that are almost two years old? I feel that this should be Office Depot's fight with Gateway and not mine. Their take on it is "We're out of it." I'm going to continue my fight, but I thought I would first get some opinions from people who are more knowledgeable than I. I'd appreciate any help or ideas you can offer. Thank You, SusanI agree, you should fight the good fight and get the new laptop as you thought you were getting when you bought the gateway. Also, your right a new computer would not have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/2-236987" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 2">2</a> yr old logs under "event viewer". This is obviously a return that may have had problems from the start.<br/><br/>Troubleshooting sleep, hibernate and standby is not real difficult to do. But, 2 fix the dual boot problem which is not hard to fix either (time consuming), might be a risk to your hard evidence proving you got a used laptop -vs- a new one. <br/><br/>Anyhow, thats my 50 cents worth and just so you know.. I have my A+ Net+ Servr2003 etc..But, there will be others that come by and they are certified <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/alot-2350081" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALOT">ALOT</a> further than I, and should have some better advise for you. Good luck<br/>-JayThanks Jay,<br/> Your post was encouraging. Especially about the 2 year old files, that they told me were normal.( to find files that old on any "New" computer.Actually it is normal to find system files dated way before you bought the machine as they will show the date the files were created not the time they were used...<br/>I think your both jumping the gun here...yes I know the :created and :install date are different. But not errors in the "event viewer". after OS was loaded..and according to Her thats after she bought the laptop.<br/><br/>-Jay</p></body></html> | |
| 17378. |
Solve : Thunderbird mail won't deliver? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Quote</p><blockquote>Capacity: 6,440,845,312 bytes 599GB</blockquote>I assume, it's 5.99GB...It's really small HD.<br/>Quote<blockquote>is getting bigger hard drive out of question?</blockquote>You can start out by <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/running-1192206" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RUNNING">RUNNING</a> DiskClean from Programs/Accessories/System tools...<br/>When that's done run disk defrag if you haven't done it in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/awhile-7384853" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AWHILE">AWHILE</a> ( you may want to run it before you go to bed)<br/>Then start by tracking down the most space hungry files you have such as photos; videos and music and start organising them to be burned to CD/DVD.<br/>You do have a burner correct ? ?<br/>At any rate this is a good start for getting organised.<br/><br/>But these guys are correct...start shopping for a new HDD.Broni & patio: Thanks.<br/><br/>It is a 5.99 and has no burner and wasn't able to back up files onto an inserted disk.<br/><br/>I've done Disk Cleanup and CCleaner, but can't Defrag or System Restore because I only have 2% of available space.<br/><br/>I used to have much more room. I disconnected the printer to have it serviced and couldn't re-install it because I had no room. What happened?<br/><br/>A-squared and Comodo Plus have found nothing untoward as per malware.<br/><br/>I've deleted all programs in Add/Delete that weren't used often but have found, in My Documents a whole bunch of files that seem to repeat and initials/codes that I don't know the meaning of.<br/><br/>I Googled .dll and it said Windows needs those to operate. I don't know what the system needs and doesn't need to work efficiently, but I'm hoping there is a place I can go to see what files/codes are necessary, then I can delete the other stuff.<br/><br/>A senior, on Disability, it took me 5 months to save for this little, used pc and it gives me a volunteer job that makes me feel worthy. That's very important to me at this stage.<br/><br/>I'm <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/going-1008806" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GOING">GOING</a> to go into My Documents and see if there are any photo/music files in there that I can delete. I used to share my pc with a grandchild so, I'll find stuff that I won't recognize and should be able to just get rid of.<br/><br/>Then I'll run CCleaner and Disk Cleanup and try System Restore, in case there isn't enough room to Defrag, still.<br/><br/>I've found your instructions most helpful and I am following your step-by-step tasks to get my pc back. It is a big task and I hope to get some satisfaction from it all.<br/><br/>Isn't there a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/site-244234" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SITE">SITE</a>, or somehow can I find out what the initials/codes are - write them down - and delete all the other stuff?<br/><br/>I can re-download my anti-malware software and re-install my printer and, would it ever be nice to get some efficiency out of this, so I can, too.<br/><br/>Your help is so needed and appreciated.<br/><br/>Many thanks,<br/><br/>Ann<br/>Download, and install Disk Space Reporter: <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Disc-Space-Reporter.shtml">http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Disc-Space-Reporter.shtml</a><br/>Very small file (under 200KB). <br/>Open it, it'll <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/scan-1195614" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCAN">SCAN</a> your computer. When it's done, go File>Save As, and save its report to known location.<br/>You can't attach this type of file here, so PM me, and I'll give you my email address. You'll send that report to me, then. I'll see, if you have any huge files, we can delete.Hi Broni:<br/><br/>I deleted all music and photo files.<br/><br/>Tried many times to download Disc Reporter and every time, it stops everything, before I get to Save it.<br/><br/>Two of those times, I got as far as 'Allowing' Comodo firewall to proceed with the download.<br/><br/>The link, for Windows XP download problems, gives directions for EI. Mine isn't working. It just means we have to try something else.<br/><br/>I hope you consider this a bit of a challenge!<br/><br/>Thanks,<br/><br/>Ann<br/><br/>PM me with your email address. I'll send you a copy of installation file.</body></html> | |
| 17379. |
Solve : Keeps shutting down??? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I keep getting "IE or Firefox" whichever i'm using at the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/time-19467" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TIME">TIME</a>...has <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/encountered-446037" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENCOUNTERED">ENCOUNTERED</a> a problem and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/needs-1112903" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEEDS">NEEDS</a> to shut down"..........what could keep causing this???<br/><br/>also, for some reason, my computer keeps going into sleep mode even <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/though-1417450" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THOUGH">THOUGH</a> i have it set to never shut down, or hibernate/standby....this is very annoying, what could cause this??<br/><br/>I checked the cpu fans to check for overheating they are all working and are cllean.<br/>I've run ad-aware, spybot S&D, and hijackthis (which I have enclosed the results of). I also ran McAfee virus scan....I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/chose-2027176" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHOSE">CHOSE</a> to repair all prblems whcih were found but, created a backup/checkpoint before doing so..<br/><br/>Pleeeaaaasssseee, someone help me out!!!!!!!!<br/><br/> thankyou<br/><br/></p></body></html> | |
| 17380. |
Solve : AOL? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>When I receive a E-mail from a friend who is on <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/aol-380266" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AOL">AOL</a>, if it is forwarded <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/nothing-581732" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTHING">NOTHING</a> comes in but the heading. If they send a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/new-1114486" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEW">NEW</a> message then I usually get it . Other mail comes in from other servers. I have a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/microsoft-12847" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MICROSOFT">MICROSOFT</a> windows se. It is a HP As you can tell I do not know very much about computers Tigger</p></body></html> | |
| 17381. |
Solve : Help needed with 'Autoruns' entries!?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hello Forum Guys!<br/><br/>Similar to 'Malware Fighting', why don't you come up with an "Exclusive" section to cater to those who need help with "Autoruns" utility of Microsoft!?<br/><br/>Anyways, my Autoruns scan depict multiple entries with path showing up as "File not found", yet these are checked.<br/><br/>Can I safely disable these? & what about drivers? Do all of these need to be started up at the BOOT to ensure a smooth functioning?(Under options::Hide Windows entries is checked, so don't worry!)<br/><br/>I wish to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/see-630247" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SEE">SEE</a> 'HijackThis' kind of tool, where users can post their 'Autoruns' log with the tool advising them on which to retain & the rest to discard.<br/><br/>Help & input will be sincerely appreciated.Uncheck the "files not found". If there's no problem, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/delete-karana-436574" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DELETE">DELETE</a> the entries. Leave the drivers alone.Hello Allan! <br/><br/>Under the "Drivers" section as well, there are about 5-6 entries,with 'Image Path' showing up as -File not found!?<br/><br/>Do I uncheck these as well?<br/><br/>I swear, Autoruns do depict the UGLY face of "Windows regime" where each publisher vie to add a Start-up entry or service right at the system boot , without paying a heed to Computer's performance.<br/><br/>Perhaps, that's the BEST way to raise the bar for System's threshold like 4GB RAM; after 3 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/years-239545" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YEARS">YEARS</a> make it 8GB ...& so on!<br/><br/>Well planned game from lobbists to spin MONEY....O dear honey! Go ahead and uncheck them and see what happens. Worst case, if something isn't working properly you can always add them back. I assure you, the system will still boot regardless.Your safest option....<br/><br/>Download <strong>Autoruns for Windows</strong>: <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx</a><br/>No installation required.<br/>Simply unzip <strong>Autoruns.zip</strong> file, and double click on <strong>autoruns.exe</strong> file to run the program.<br/>Go <strong>File>Save</strong>, and save it as <strong>AutoRuns.txt</strong> file to know location.<br/>You must select <strong>Text</strong> from drop-down menu as a file type: <br/><br/><br/><br/>Attach the file to your next reply.<br/><br/><br/>Also, there are plenty of sites, where you can check startup entries:<br/><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/">http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/</a><br/><a href="http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php">http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php</a><br/>Sounds more like a Windows rant to me...other than a real issue...<br/>After all i'd have figured out by now how to control my startup items by now.Hello Broni! <br/><br/>Please find the same as attached.<br/><br/>Iam particularly interested in the 'Drivers' section. Why do anything associated with say HP & Conexant have to initiated at the boot?<br/><br/>Can't I make my Windows trimmed?(ofcourse, without posing any issues! )<br/><br/>[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]It doesn't look like a full log.<br/>Please, retry.Don't be surprised if I tell you that Iam running my WinXP(SP3) machine without any Malware protection software! <br/><br/>That's the full-log.Just for surety, take an <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/another-876628" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANOTHER">ANOTHER</a> look. <br/><br/>[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Honestly, this is the weirdest Autoruns log, I've ever seen.<br/>You have just one startup and barely anything else running.<br/>I don't see anything, what could be disabled.<br/><br/>Also, running your computer without any protection is really bad idea.Quote from: Saurabhdua on August 21, 2010, 02:49:30 AM</p><blockquote>Similar to 'Malware Fighting', why don't you come up with an "Exclusive" section to cater to those who need help with "Autoruns" utility of Microsoft!?<br/></blockquote>That would be dumb and a waste of forum space. Especially since your the only one that appears to care.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>Anyways, my Autoruns scan depict multiple entries with path showing up as "File not found", yet these are checked.<br/>Can I safely disable these? </blockquote><br/>Probably.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote> what about drivers? Do all of these need to be started up at the BOOT to ensure a smooth functioning?(Under options::Hide Windows entries is checked, so don't worry!)<br/></blockquote>Yes. They do. Here's an idea, disable them and complain about your nonbootable system that now crashes to a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME blue screen, because you decided that the NTFS driver was, as you say "bloat".<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>I wish to see 'HijackThis' kind of tool, where users can post their 'Autoruns' log with the tool advising them on which to retain & the rest to discard.<br/></blockquote>If you don't know how to use autoruns, you shouldn't be using it.<br/><br/>Hello Broni & BC(Got your point!)<br/><br/>My PC is really mine. Pen-drives & CDs are used very rarely, so no chance of external infection through any of these media.<br/><br/>I know & am confident of my surfing habits(unless someone decide to ditch me at this forum by posting a venomous link! )<br/><br/>Lastly, by setting my DNS(here is the KEY!) to that of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/google-12880" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GOOGLE">GOOGLE</a>'s Public DNS-8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4, I ensure "Minimum Latency" & ofcourse, "Maximum protection" from fake & malware-infested websites.<br/><br/>Cannot STUFF my 2002 dated PC(Pentium 4) with every kind of <em>sine qua non.</em> Have learnt to keep my system lean & mean. How's that? All I can say....Good luck with that...Quote<blockquote>Lastly, by setting my DNS(here is the KEY!) to that of Google's Public DNS-8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4, I ensure "Minimum Latency" & ofcourse, "Maximum protection" from fake & malware-infested websites.</blockquote><br/>This is pure Bunk...</body></html> | |
| 17382. |
Solve : sabject about windows genuine validation? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>i have problam of that i have massage your copy of window did not pass genuine windows validation i <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/cant-412861" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CANT">CANT</a> delet this massage in my scren and my computer background <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> deleat after every one hour i am currantaly use is non genuine xp copy plzzzzzzzzz help me So you are saying that your Windows version is NOT genuine?You need to register your copy of windows.<br/><br/>Don't even ask <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/us-243201" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about US">US</a> to help you get past the validation without registering because this site doesn't help with that.This is the first time I every read (on a forum of this distinction) someone asking for an outright illegal request. My onions will never <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/grow-469220" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GROW">GROW</a> large enough to do something like that.if your genuine windows is now complaining it's not genuine, then contact Microsoft to help you with it. Not here.Quote from: 2x3i5x on August 22, 2010, 02:45:24 PM</p><blockquote>if your genuine windows is now complaining it's not genuine, then contact Microsoft to help you with it. Not here.<br/></blockquote>Why can't he ask a question like that here if it is indeed genuine? That's what we do here - help with technical problems.Quote from: kamlesh83 on August 22, 2010, 07:22:52 AM<blockquote> i have massage your copy of window did not pass genuine windows validation<br/></blockquote><br/>Quote from: kamlesh83 on August 22, 2010, 07:22:52 AM<blockquote> i am currantaly use is non genuine xp copy<br/></blockquote><br/>He's not using a genuine version of Windows and he's been caught out. <br/><br/>My advice - Buy a legal copy of Windows. Quote from: reddevilggg on August 22, 2010, 02:54:29 PM<blockquote>He's not using a genuine version of Windows and he's been caught out. <br/><br/>My advice - Buy a legal copy of Windows. <br/></blockquote>I read what he wrote and that's why I asked what I did in my first post. It appears English is not the OP's first language and rather than accuse or assume I prefer to ask. Now let's just wait and see - one way or the other.Agreed...:'(I too am getting the same message, but my windows came built in with my laptop when i baught it,so what could have caused it?.I have had my laptop some years now.Welcome aboard...<br/><br/>It's best to start a new Topic so you can recieve the proper attention.<br/><br/>However if your machine is doing this contact Microsoft...they have an 800# Free call for just this...With too much of "Speculation" going on with the original forum post,let me tell all of you, that post is undoubtedly made by an Indian.<br/><br/>Caring for "Legitimacy of Windows" is not even our least of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/a-priorities-776298" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PRIORITIES">PRIORITIES</a> as there is no fear of getting caught. <br/><br/>So firstly, never ask any Indian or Chinese about he/she being using a genuine copy or else. <br/><br/>Nevertheless, please do not rebuke any of my forum posts since Iam a GENUINE USER of Windows & I announce that proudly! Quote from: Saurabhdua on August 25, 2010, 02:28:01 AM<blockquote>With too much of "Speculation" going on with the original forum post,let me tell all of you, that post is undoubtedly made by an Indian.<br/><br/>Caring for "Legitimacy of Windows" is not even our least of priorities as there is no fear of getting caught. <br/><br/>So firstly, never ask any Indian or Chinese about he/she being using a genuine copy or else. <br/><br/>Nevertheless, please do not rebuke any of my forum posts since Iam a GENUINE USER of Windows & I announce that proudly! <br/></blockquote><br/>Don't post unless you're helping the OP. US laws govern the content on this website, not Indian or Chinese.Moreover, let's leave all ethnic comments and references out of future forum posts.</body></html> | |
| 17383. |
Solve : desk top came up with no icons? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>basically that's it. only thing i have been able to do is get the task manager pulled up with a soft boot (control alt delete). i can run new task and see files on my computer and i thought that if i could open and run my virus spyware it might find something <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/corrupt-343656" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CORRUPT">CORRUPT</a> and fix it. (it has worked great on things in the past), but it wont run. OK it is a dell laptop inspirion 1520 running windows xp home. i have no experience with dos programs except knowing that is probably necessary to fix these kinds of problems. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/yeah-2343023" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YEAH">YEAH</a> other things I'm trying to think of, i am supposed to be the only <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/user-25565" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USER">USER</a> and I'm almost always using a cable modem. And after checking i have all of the driver Cd's and reinstall CD for ms windows xp home edition service pack 2. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, just let me know . Thanksrun "explorer.exe" and see what happens my friend you are a miracle worker. Never in a million years did i think i would have my computer back so quick and easy.i got worried for a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/minute-767068" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MINUTE">MINUTE</a>, after checking a few things i wanted to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/make-249948" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAKE">MAKE</a> sure it was going to reboot OK and it didn't i had to open explorer.exe. and then as well it seemed that only my internet applications would open and run so after a little thought i ran my system restore to an earlier point right before the last thing i had done and now it seems that all is back to normal, just thought that this might help someone else in the future, so once again many thanks.Quote from: tadsdad on August 24, 2010, 11:10:18 PM</p><blockquote>just thought that this might help someone else in the future, so once again many thanks.<br/></blockquote><br/>It just might, you never know! Thanks for posting back</body></html> | |
| 17384. |
Solve : open with? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hi,<br/><br/>Every time I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/try-1428546" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRY">TRY</a> to open any program I get a open with window. Why am I getting this message?Your file association got messed up.<br/>It <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/often-585098" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OFTEN">OFTEN</a> happens, when the computer gets infected.<br/><br/>* Please <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/download-11414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOWNLOAD">DOWNLOAD</a> <a href="http://www.raktor.net/exeHelper/exeHelper.com"><strong>exeHelper from Raktor</strong></a> to your desktop.<br/>* Double-click on <strong>exeHelper.com</strong> to run the fix.<br/>* A <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/black-399326" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BLACK">BLACK</a> window should pop up, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/press-605361" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PRESS">PRESS</a> any key to close once the fix is completed.<br/><br/>Restart computer.</p></body></html> | |
| 17385. |
Solve : Windows XP PC Tablet or Vista?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>On my Toshbia PC I have XP PC tablet should i <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/upgrade-1440168" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UPGRADE">UPGRADE</a> to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/vista-728089" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about VISTA">VISTA</a>? Is it worth it? Are all the bugs worked out of vista or should i wait?WAIT WAIT WAIT vista is a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/power-2475" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POWER">POWER</a> hungry nuiscance with alot of compatability issues i have a feeling the next upgade to vista will be towards an xp style layout with lots more drivers and compatability for periferals<br/><br/>bartrob<br/>thanks i will just wait <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/till-709848" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TILL">TILL</a> Vista gets all the bugs worked out</p></body></html> | |
| 17386. |
Solve : usb mass storage devices? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I get a restriction warning everytime I start my computer that <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/says-1195457" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SAYS">SAYS</a> " <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/administrator-368059" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADMINISTRATOR">ADMINISTRATOR</a> has prohibited access to usb/1394 mass storage <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/devices-25633" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEVICES">DEVICES</a>" What does that mean and how can I fix the problem?Try here: <a href="http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-xp/112699-administrator-has-prohibited-access.html">http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-xp/112699-administrator-has-prohibited-access.html</a><br/>Post #8</p></body></html> | |
| 17387. |
Solve : Reinstall? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Hi, I know this has probably been covered loads of times but don't know about this exact question. My computer crashed a while <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ago-362350" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AGO">AGO</a> and was fixed with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/repair-1185018" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REPAIR">REPAIR</a>, with all my data still there. It than crashed again, a few more times. In each of the crashes it would get back to the safe mode option screen but wouldn't go further, saying no system was found. I now have another disc to fix the laptop and repair won't work. If i try that it just restarts and goes to the same screen. I've gone through the reinstall option and gotten to the partition screen. What do I do now? I really want to save my data, I have alot of things I need/want on there. Does partitioning do that? Any help would be great. Any at all..<br/>ThanksWelcome to the CH forums.<br/><br/>It's not possible to diagnose your problem without knowing something about your laptop such as which laptop it is.<br/><br/>Please read <strong>this</strong>.<br/><br/>Sorry about that. I thought about that after I posted. It's a Gateway running with XP, service pack 2. It's a few years old, all I really want is the information off of it. <br/><br/>Thanks for the welcome as well.Remove the drive from the laptop and slave it in a desktop which is also running XP - you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/may-557248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAY">MAY</a> need to procure an adapter to allow you to do this (see pic). Copy the info from the laptop drive for backup then return the drive to the laptop and carry on with the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/recovery-13760" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about RECOVERY">RECOVERY</a> procedures.<br/><br/><br/><br/>[file cleanup - saving space - attachment deleted by admin]Thanks Dusty. I don't have a desktop available to me at the moment though. What about an external enclosure? I've never done anything like this before. Thanks!If your system won't boot then you won't be able to access any external device. However you could try an external device but boot from a cd using NTFS4DOS or another rescue disk such as the Ultimate Boot Disk. I don't know if either will access an external drive, never tried that.<br/><br/>Good luck</p></body></html> | |
| 17388. |
Solve : CD Rom isn't working? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Change the jumper to MASTER and see if it works then.<br/><br/>Getting to the BIOS varies, depending on manufacturer. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/usually-722248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about USUALLY">USUALLY</a> F2 or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/del-947443" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEL">DEL</a>. Usually says as soon as you turn it on.I have the jumper on the two pins under the Master. It still isn't working. When I go to My Computer I don't even see an E: drive or cd rom.<br/>Sounds <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-537196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> the jumper isn't correct...re-check the diagramI just tried switching the jumper to all three positions and nothing happened. Could it be that somehow when I made the switch from the old cd burner to the new that I lost the drivers to the E: drive? Is there a way to check this? Remember I'm just a novice at best and just throwing it out there!<br/>Thanks!Is the drive even being detected by the BIOS? What am I looking for in Bios? I was in MS-DOS and it gave me a list of things.<br/>Thanks.In the BIOS, look under <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ide-496683" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IDE">IDE</a> configuration. I didn't see it listed. What now?Probably one of these 4 things:<br/><br/>1. The jumper isn't in the right place<br/>2. The drive doesn't have power<br/>3. The drive isn't connected to the IDE cable correctly<br/>4. The drive is faulty (not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/likely-537197" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKELY">LIKELY</a>, but not impossible)Test the drive in another machine to see if it is working...So you don't think it could be a lost driver or something? When I first installed the cd player and restarted the computer I got a message that the computer detected a new system or something like that and asked if I wanted to search for a new driver. I think I messed up there?</p></body></html> | |
| 17389. |
Solve : Help with Built Computer? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I built a computer a couple weeks ago and it has been working fine until recently. A couple of days ago it started to reset on its own. Now when I turn it on it says a system file(sytem/en-us or something like that) is corrupted or unreadable. I cant get to anything. It usually shuts down right when it starts up. Any help would be great.Edit: It now starts up but with nothing on the desktop. I have my background and everything but with no apps, start <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/menu-246398" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MENU">MENU</a>, or anything. I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tried-7272297" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIED">TRIED</a> to run the system recovery and it came up with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/missing-1098377" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MISSING">MISSING</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/many-554478" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MANY">MANY</a> many files. dll files and system files. We're gonna need the error messages instead of "something like that"...<br/><br/>Was thermal paste used in the assembly ?<br/>New or used PSU ?<br/>All MBoard <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/standoffs-7715168" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STANDOFFS">STANDOFFS</a> in place ?Quote from: patio on August 23, 2010, 08:30:00 PM</p><blockquote>We're gonna need the error messages instead of "something like that"...<br/><br/>Was thermal paste used in the assembly ?<br/>New or used PSU ?<br/>All MBoard standoffs in place ?<br/></blockquote><br/>I am not getting that error message anymore. Now it starts up, I log in and there is nothing but my desktop.<br/><br/>Thermal paste was used.<br/>New PSU<br/>Yes all of the standoffs are in place.</body></html> | |
| 17390. |
Solve : no fix for warning pop up "connection is not secure"? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Using IE on my win2K machine with IE 6 I am <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/constantly-2017529" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONSTANTLY">CONSTANTLY</a> getting the pop up warning message "you are about to be redirected to a connection that is not secure..." I have unchecked the box in "Internet Options/Advanced/Warn if changing between secure and not secure mode". I have searched on the net and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/found-458144" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FOUND">FOUND</a> references to this problem for Windows XP but the registry fix that is listed on the Microsoft pages does not mention Win 2000 at all. Win 2000 and XP are similar so I tried the reg fix but that did not work. I have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/since-644476" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SINCE">SINCE</a> removed the registry entires I created for that fix but I am still stuck with this annoying pop up every time I check my mail for every account on Google.<br/><br/>All three machines have MS Office XP installed so I wonder if this is the cause. I have no reason to wonder this except that the fix suggested by MS is for Win XP only. Am I the only one in the world with Win XP installed on a Win2k machine?<br/><br/>This problem exists on all three of my machines with Win2k and it has existed for a long long time. I gave up trying to stop this and went to FireFox but <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> still like to use IE for certain things. Can anyone help?</p></body></html> | |
| 17391. |
Solve : ipconfig won't work--SOLVED? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I'm using Win XP Home Ed. and when I type "cmd" in the Run box, then type "ipconfig" or "ipconfig /all", I get the following <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/message-25597" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MESSAGE">MESSAGE</a>:<br/><br/>'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.<br/><br/>ipconfig.exe is in my Windows\System32 folder as a 55kb application, and the command worked in the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/past-1148648" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PAST">PAST</a>. I don't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/understand-720010" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNDERSTAND">UNDERSTAND</a> why it quit working.<br/><br/>Could someone help me fix this?<br/><br/>Thanks in advance for any help.It may be about wrong path settings.<br/>To find out, try this.<br/>In <strong>cmd</strong> window, at Command Prompt, type in this:<br/><strong>cd \windows\system32</strong> <em>(watch out for "space" after "cd")</em><br/>Now, your prompt should look like this:<br/>C:\Windows\System32<br/>Try <strong>ipconfig /all</strong> command now.Hey there again Broni. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/u-238284" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about U">U</a> helped me a couple of wks. ago on a stupid mistake I was making with my Programs List not being in alphabetical order (and they really were all along).<br/><br/>The command u just gave me worked. Thanks. Wonder why I can't just type in 'ipconfig' in the cmd window like I used to?Go Start>Control Panel>System>Advanced>Environmental variables<br/>Select "path" under "system variables" and click "edit". <br/>Make sure, in the "variable value box" following values (along with some others) are listed:<br/>%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\wbem<br/><br/>If any is missing, you can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/add-361838" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADD">ADD</a> it in the above window. Make sure, entries are separated by semicolon <strong>;</strong><br/><br/><br/><br/>[file cleanup - saving space - attachment deleted by admin]Thanks so much Broni--worked like a charm. U need to give yourself a raise. BTW, how do I mark this thread as "Solved"?I'm glad, it did <br/>Raise, huh?....LOOOOOOOOOOOOL</p></body></html> | |
| 17392. |
Solve : Device IOS will not initiate.? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/dell-12895" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DELL">DELL</a> laptop with Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/98-malyana-ka-rinae-samajhata-para-hasatakashhara-236807" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 98">98</a>. I turn it on, and the blue Windows startup background appears, but then the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/screen-25632" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SCREEN">SCREEN</a> goes black and reads:<br/>While initializing device <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ios-11252" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IOS">IOS</a>:<br/>Error: An I/O subsystem driver failed to load.<br/>Either a file in the .\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt,<br/>or the system is low on memory.<br/>I know for a fact that the previous <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/owner-770929" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OWNER">OWNER</a> of this laptop (my mother) never turned the computer off correctly: she simply pressed the power button to turn it off.Try here: <a href="http://www.smartcomputing.com/techsupport/detail.aspx?guid=&ErrorID=22350">http://www.smartcomputing.com/techsupport/detail.aspx?guid=&ErrorID=22350</a></p></body></html> | |
| 17393. |
Solve : windows downloaded files? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>hello, I had some spyware, virus problems and panicked. I deleted files that I have no idea what the did. they said"damaged" so I removed them. I removed them from "windows (has the explorer <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/symbal-2287357" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SYMBAL">SYMBAL</a>) downloaded program files" I dont know what <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/belongs-894781" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BELONGS">BELONGS</a> in this file . could someone tell me what belongs in this file and possible problems I may encounter?<br/><br/>windows XP <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/sp2-632006" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SP2">SP2</a> , asus, Intel pentium dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60Hz 1.0GB ram, NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT . dont have windows cdYou should be OK.<br/>The <strong>Downloaded Program Files</strong> folder contains your ActiveX controls. You need them mostly in Internet Explorer, but it'll ask you to install them again, when it needs them.could this affect windows updates? No.thanks broni ! i appreciate your <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/help-239643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELP">HELP</a> Sure thing</p></body></html> | |
| 17394. |
Solve : Problem with an Error Message popping up constantly? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Every time we log onto our computer, there is an error message stating "PC Antivirus Client has encountered a problem and your pc needs to be rebooted. If the error continues, please contact customer support with error message 104." I have not had PC Antivirus on our computer in months. I tried re-installing it and taking it off again but nothing is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/helping-2102353" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELPING">HELPING</a>. Does anyone know how to get rid of it for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/good-1009017" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GOOD">GOOD</a>?Quote</p><blockquote>PC Antivirus Client has encountered a problem and your pc needs to be rebooted</blockquote>Please, post EXACT message. There is no such thing as "PC Antivirus" per se.<br/>Broni,I think they are refering to this <a href="http://pc-<klux>TOOLS</klux>-antivirus.software.informer.com/">http://pc-tools-antivirus.software.informer.com/</a><br/><br/>You could try an uninstaller like this one <a href="https://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html?tag=mncol;pop">http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html?tag=mncol;pop</a>Possible, but I want to be 100% sure before we take next step.The exact message is: PC Tools Antivirus has encountered an error. Please <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reboot-1179238" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REBOOT">REBOOT</a> your PC. If the problem persists, please contact support with error 104. <br/>Then, a second box pops up that says: PC Tools Antivirus Client has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconveinience. Please tell Microsoft about this problem. Send or Dont Send.<br/>Have you <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/contacted-7288832" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONTACTED">CONTACTED</a> 'PC Tool Anti-virus Customer Support' and told them about 'Error 104'<br/><br/>Just a thought.Quote<blockquote>PC Tools Antivirus has encountered an error</blockquote>Now, we know <br/>Did you try to reinstall it?Yes.....I did try that. I also had someone from this website try to walk me thru removing it but I honestly have no idea what I'm doing. I did everything he told me to do, but it hasnt worked. I cant ask anyone from Pc Antivirus because I had the free version. They only include technical support if you buy the expensive version.Here is how to remove it manually: <a href="http://www.pctools.com/forum/showpost.php?p=186034&postcount=10/">http://www.pctools.com/forum/showpost.php?p=186034&postcount=10/</a>I wouldn't spend any money on that product...<br/>But that's just me...<br/><br/>Disclaimer: This statement is only opinion...it is in no way meant to reflect on the Owners/Employees including but not limited to the janitor and/or the PC Tools organisation...Ya think, someone will sue you?</body></html> | |
| 17395. |
Solve : connecting sharp hdtv to hp pavilliona1330n xp media center2005? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>i have no video out on my <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> with the exception of the vga port for the monitor. the hdtv has <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hdmi-479655" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HDMI">HDMI</a> and s-video inputs. what is the best way for me to hook up <br/>It won't be easy and it won't be cheap.<br/>Considering, that you have to convert analog signal (VGA) to digital (HDMI), the final effect <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/may-557248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAY">MAY</a> not be worth it at at all.<br/>Those <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/converters-769278" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONVERTERS">CONVERTERS</a> run for about $200: <a href="http://vgatohdmi.com/">http://vgatohdmi.com/</a>Or you could change out your video card to one with a HDMI <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/output-344913" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about OUTPUT">OUTPUT</a>. Check out Amazon, Newegg, etc.</p></body></html> | |
| 17396. |
Solve : SFC issues? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I'm not sure which section of the forum this question particularly goes in so I apologize ahead of time if in wrong section. <br/><br/>I'm currently fixing a customer's computer and his DLL files are constantly missing. I re-installed windows as my last option and the files are still missing. When I run an SFC scan, it shows files are missing but I take care of that by placing original Windows XP OS cd. It finishes the scan after with no problems, but soon after I re-scan SFC w/o XP cd and still has missing files. <br/><br/>I checked the harddrive, it passed chkdsk with no errors. . . Now I'm stuck. What could be the issue?Was it clean installation?<br/><br/>Possibilities:<br/>1. Bad Windows CD<br/><br/>2. Bad hard drive<br/>Run hard drive diagnostics: <a href="http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287">http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287</a> (or <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28744&hl=hard+drive+diagnostic">http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28744&hl=hard+drive+diagnostic</a>)<br/>Make sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.<br/>Depending on the program, it'll create <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/bootable-7665304" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BOOTABLE">BOOTABLE</a> floppy, or bootable CD.<br/>If downloaded file is of <strong>.iso</strong> type, use <strong>ImgBurn</strong>: <a href="http://www.imgburn.com/">http://www.imgburn.com/</a> to burn <strong>.iso</strong> file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), and make the CD bootable.<br/>For Toshiba hard drives, see here: <a href="http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=ServicesSupport/FujitsuDrivesUSandCanada/SoftwareUtilities#diagnostic">http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=ServicesSupport/FujitsuDrivesUSandCanada/SoftwareUtilities#diagnostic</a><br/><br/>3. Bad RAM<br/><strong>A.</strong> If you have more than one RAM module installed, try starting/running computer with one RAM stick at a time.<br/><br/><strong><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/note-344986" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NOTE">NOTE</a></strong> Keep in mind, the manual check listed above is always superior to the software check, listed below. DO NOT proceed with <strong>memtest</strong>, if you can go with option <strong>A</strong><br/><br/><strong>B.</strong> If you have only one RAM stick installed...<br/>...run <strong>memtest</strong>...<br/><br/>1. <a href="http://www.memtest.org/download/4.00/memtest86+-4.00.iso.zip">Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)</a><br/>2. Unzip downloaded <strong>memtest86+-....iso.zip</strong> file.<br/>3. Inside, you'll find <strong>memtest86+-....iso</strong> file.<br/>4. Download, and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/install-2121155" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALL">INSTALL</a> <strong>ImgBurn</strong>: <a href="http://www.imgburn.com/">http://www.imgburn.com/</a><br/>5. Insert blank CD into your CD drive. <br/>6. Open <strong>ImgBurn</strong>, and click on <strong>Write image file to disc</strong><br/>7. Click on <strong>Browse for a file...</strong> icon:<br/><br/><br/><br/>8. Locate <strong>memtest86+-....iso</strong> file, and click <strong>Open</strong> button.<br/>9. Click on ImgBurn green arrow to start burning bootable memtest86 CD:<br/><br/><br/><br/>10. Once the CD is created, boot from it, and memtest will automatically start to run. <br/><br/>The running program will look something like this depending on the size and number of ram modules installed:<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>It's recommended to run 5-6 <strong><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/passes-1148517" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PASSES">PASSES</a></strong>. Each pass contains very same 8 <strong>tests</strong>.<br/><br/>This will show the progress of the test. It can take a while. Be patient, or leave it running overnight.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The following image is the test results area:<br/><br/><br/><br/>The most important item here is the “errors” line. If you see ANY errors, even one, most likely, you have bad RAM.<br/><br/>4. Who knows....<br/>I work @ a computer store (in training) so I'm familiar with memtests and diagnostics of hardware and so on. <br/><br/>The windows CD I used has been used before and its worked with other <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/customers-25461" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CUSTOMERS">CUSTOMERS</a>. XP was a clean installation. Re-installed windows and updated drives/security. I ran a Hard Drive diagnostic and it passed. <br/><br/>I checked to see if the RAM had anything to do with it. Used one stick at a time and still, DLL files are missing. Currently running memtest to see what could be the issue. Will get back to you on that.What are some of the missing files. (Sounds like there are a lot, but give an example of a few).<br/><br/>Do they have something in common? Are they all DLL files, for example, as you note?<br/><br/>Was this a Clean Install from a Windows CD or a "recovery" from, say, a restore partition?<br/><br/>Sounds more like an issue with SFC.<br/><a href="http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html">http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html</a><br/>Why would you even run SFC? I don't think I've ever used it before.Cause it works...not for all issues but it's a valuable tool...Very...</p></body></html> | |
| 17397. |
Solve : Can't Reformat? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>I have a computer using Windows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/xp-747558" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about XP">XP</a> that I want to reformat. I've done this before and have never had a problem. <br/><br/>The command "format c:" has worked all the time. Now, with this computer, I get this message after answering "Y" to reformat:<br/><br/>"Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first. Would you like to force a dismount on this volume?" So, I answer Yes and absolutely nothing happens, not even a message <br/><br/>Is there any way that I can get around this?You cannot format a drive that is in use...<br/>Boot to your XP CD and do it from there...Power the computer on and wait for the Microsoft Windows operating system to finish loading. Click on the "Windows" logo at the far left end of the bottom of the desktop to bring up the Start menu.<br/>Click on the "<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/control-425557" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONTROL">CONTROL</a> Panel" link to bring up a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/new-1114486" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NEW">NEW</a> window full of options. Double-click on link at the top of the list named "Administrative Tools." Wait for a new box to pop up asking what action to take and click on "Continue."<br/>Double-click the first link titled "Computer Management" and then again click on "Continue" when a box pops up. Wait for a new window to appear and then scroll down through the list of options on the left pane. Click on the plus sign next to the "Storage" option and then click on "Disk Management."<br/>Find the hard drive you want to format in the list of drives in the center pane. Right-click on the drive and choose the "Format..." option from the new menu that will appear.<br/>Choose the "NTFS" option from the drop-down menu labeled as "File System." Leave the "Allocation Size" option at "Default" and then click on the "OK" button to begin the formatting process<br/><br/>why you want to format it? any reason?Ignore the above two posts. Patio is correct, you need to boot to the OS cd and format at boot.Please excuse delay in my response; I work a lot of hours.<br/><br/>Yes, Patio's solution worked, after several <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tries-1682346" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TRIES">TRIES</a> (it was stubborn and kept booting from the hard drive no matter what I did).<br/><br/>I tied michelsmith's method, but the format command was grayed out, so I couldn't proceed.<br/><br/>Any way, it's worked and I thank everyone for their help.</p></body></html> | |
| 17398. |
Solve : Blue Screen of Death starting Windows? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Ok, this is a tough one.<br/><br/><br/>I haven't done much on this XP machine except MSN messenger and Internet Browsing.<br/><br/>One day I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/startedb-1949268" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STARTED">STARTED</a> it, and it says:<br/><br/>We <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/apologize-363663" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about APOLOGIZE">APOLOGIZE</a> for the inconvenience but Windows did not start successfully.<br/><br/>No matter what option I choose, safe mode, normal boot, debug, etc...<br/><br/>All fail, it starts, goes to the Windows Logo and crashes to a BSoD that flashes once, and I cannot do anything else than that, it just restarts again.... <br/><br/><br/><br/>Here is the STOP code info:<br/><br/>*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78A6528,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)<br/><br/>And it doesn't give any more info than that, rather than <br/>"Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers..." You know the rest, nerds. <br/><br/>The following programs I have used to Modify this Windows Machine:<br/><br/>BootSkin <br/><br/>"Da Mac" bootskin applied... Seemingly it just shows the Xp Boot Logo. \<br/><br/>StarDock WindowBlinds<br/><br/>For Mac-Look 'n feel<br/>and Safari Buttons and browser changes.<br/><br/>This should be enough system modifications to confuse a Windows machine, I bet. <br/><br/>Just <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wanted-3266983" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WANTED">WANTED</a> to put that in, if anybody should tell me that is a <strong>Bad idea.</strong> (To modify Windows with 3rd party applications).<br/><br/>If anybody can help, that'd be great.<br/><br/>Please assist me, also: This is a different computer, so it's not the same as my current PC which had a Windows XP Pro SP3 on a MBR.<br/><br/>Yes, I'm pretty sure this XP Pro has SP3, because I know for a fact its the 3rd service pack install disk/pack I applied.<br/><br/><br/>Thanks in advance for the help. if I get any. <br/><br/>***EDIT: As an addition, I wonder if it's possible I got a virus through MSN... :O I have been spammed by Porn-Bots quite a bit on there, which accidentally clicking one of their links..<br/>From <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/msdn-549586" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MSDN">MSDN</a>:<br/><br/>Quote</p><blockquote>0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE<br/>(Click to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/consult-2035487" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CONSULT">CONSULT</a> the online MSDN article.)<br/>Windows lost access to the system partition or boot volume during the startup process. Typical causes: Installing incorrect device drivers when installing or upgrading storage adapter hardware, or a virus.</blockquote></body></html> | |
| 17399. |
Solve : Free Audio Drivers?? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>Is there anywhere that you know of where you can download a audio driver for my windows xp that is free. i found a download with computerbloopers but it was $<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/30-238183" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 30">30</a>. i am not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/looking-1079184" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOOKING">LOOKING</a> to spend any money on a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/6-237686" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 6">6</a> year old <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computer-243299" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTER">COMPUTER</a> so any info <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/would-3285927" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WOULD">WOULD</a> be great what is your sound card?? <br/><br/>We need to know that before we can help you find your drivers. And perhaps, what brand and model is your pc?Hardware drivers are free. Go to the website of your soundcard manufacturer and look for the latest driver.Did you build the computer or was it already pre manufactured (i.e. Dell or HP)? Is the sound card (audio card) built onto the mother board or a separate card all its own?<br/><br/>Most manufactures put the drivers for download on their sites.<br/><br/>Post the manufacture of the computer and the Sound Card make and model will see if I can find a better link. <br/></p></body></html> | |
| 17400. |
Solve : have another question? |
| Answer» <html><body><p>the other problem I have is with my girls computer, I have a problem with my computer too, when I turn mine on you can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hear-479705" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HEAR">HEAR</a> it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/start-239994" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about START">START</a> or trying to start, the button on the moniter by the on off button will be green but will turn amber <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/like-537196" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKE">LIKE</a> it does when it goes to sleep a few seconds later, it does it everytime. I tried hooking my computer up to the girls moniter (both <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/computers-21658" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COMPUTERS">COMPUTERS</a> are the same <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/kind-25540" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KIND">KIND</a>) and it acts that way with their moniter too, their computer starts up fine with both moniters.<br/>Any messages at all on the screen before the LED turns amber?</p></body></html> | |