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I have a Compaq Presario 5000 with Windows XP Home Edition. When you do anything it will sometimes just look up. Both CD Drives act like they are trying to read something but aren't. And every now and then one of the CD Drives will just pop open for no REASON! I've scaned and scaned and there are no viruses. What's wrong with my PC?Goku......Sounds like you may have a bug or two in your puter. Firstly ......do you have all the current PATCHES and upgrades from MS......
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

Then I would suggest downloading Ad-Aware......
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/          get the free one.
THen download......SpyBot ........
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd          its free also
Another good one is Spysweeper.....
http://www.spysweeper.com/download.html     free as well.

I think if you make sure your MS updates are current and you D/L and scan with the suggested utilities your
gremlins will be gone.

Hope this helps

dl65   :)Hey, thanks man. I just did all of that and so far, so good!My computer is WORSE now! It won't even read one of the CD Drives! What do I do? run a worm trojan scan>.http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/  it may also pay to keep this software or download it to a floppyWell, we're ok right now!I can't answer your question,but I have had two Presarios[new] ,in the last three months. I had and am having all kinds of trouble. I sure will leave Compaq alone on buying my next computer. :)GREAT advice,
I also found that it worked out well for me,
thanks freaky thing!!!Have you opened computer chasis? Maybe a cable is not properly plugged in... (better ask a tehnician from Compaq or from where you buyed your new Compaqs).
When did you buyed your computer? Have you changed a lot of programs on it? When did you installed the last time Windows?

Hi friends,   erc locking  not  on  ASUS  help  website...soooo...

Asus mother board  P4P8X...063

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AMI Bios Error Message.. Celeron cpu

OS Settings Wrong

OS  Date/Time not set

erc locking failed **************

Please  enter  setup  to  re-config your  system

F1 - to run  setup

F2 - to  load  default  values and continue

=============================

With the  above  message  in  mind, I replaced  the  2032  button
Bios  battery.  The old  one  was  low.   Then I  reset  the  bios time  and  date  to
the current  time.

That  corrects the wrong  OS,  as  XP  was  not  on  in  2003,  the  default year  that  the bios  defaults  to.

‘Erc  locking  failed’  is  not  known  to  me  but  it  is  still  a  problem  as  the
computer  starts  after  a  long  delay.  It  does  run  for  a  while  but  I  can  hear  a  relay  snapping  as  if  to  lock  in.

The  box  will  SUDDENLY  SHUT  down  without  warning,  especially  when  TRANSFERRING files  to  or  from  a  memory stick  or  device.

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Your  ideas  about  what  the  problem  is  and  what  has  to  be  done  for  a  fix  is
very  welcome.  TonyGuitar
Without more info are are some possibilities to ELIMINATE:
A. Overheating
B. Bad RAM stick
C. Failing Power supply
D. Bad Hard Drive
E. USB device conflict

See if you can find a way to eliminate the above. For example, put a large desk fan behind the case a blow a lot of air at it to bring down the temps.If it takes longer before failure, assume heating issue. Even tho that is a super SIMPLE test, there are some techs out there that never think  of doing that.

But if it is not heat-related, go to the next item in the list. Resubstitute other RAM and see what happens. And so on down the list.Geek,
 Very  clever,  that  fan  idea...gonna  do  that  and  re-seat  the  ram  sticks.  Funny  how  there  seems to  be  no  reference  to  ' ERC  LOCKING'  on  the web or  Asus  tech website.

AMI,  who  make  the  bios, explain  that  error  messages  are  set  by  the  motherboard  maker  and  not  by  AMI.    Learned  something  ..eh?   Thanks,  I'll  be  back.  TGIf you keep getting the ERC code, you have to clear the CMOS. Or else there is a jumper on the Motherboard to disable the ERC feature. Is ERC in the documentation for that motherboard?

I was going through some old Cd's I had burnt trying to see what was on them and label. them. I ran across this one that shows it's FULL when calling up properties but when opening it, it shows nothing. I've tried unstoppable copier but it shows no files to recover. I've tried to use a burner program (Nero) and it says when trying to copy that the disk isn't empty. BTW, I did a format on my hard drive and a clean reinstall of XP and don't know for sure which burner program I had used on this Cd I can't read. Any ideas?Sounds like a coaster. A bad burn, or a disk gone bad. Put it in the trash.

I don't think It wasn't a bad burn initially or it would have been erased. I forgot to mention it's a RW.All optical disks degrade over time, whether pressed or burned. You can pay more and get "archive quality" CD-Rs, but even then you can't be sure. Ordinary grade CD-Rs are not permanent. Some just PLAIN don't last. This applies double for RW disks. RW disks degrade quicker than R discs. They are not purposed for long term or archival use. They can become unusable. Sounds like this has happened.

Just Google for "CD longevity" and read some of the articles you find. Here's one http://www.cd-info.com/archiving/degradation/index.html




It's possible the burn in this case was not finalised...

You can use ISOBuster to check...i believe they still have a Trial version... Quote from: patio on February 06, 2012, 11:11:12 AM

It's possible the burn in this case was not finalised...

You can use ISOBuster to check...i believe they still have a Trial version...

Salmon Trout: I realize CDs degrade over time but was thinking it was around 15 years. This disk isn't that old, maybe 10 at the most.

Alright. sadly i didn't create the problem or see it happen. My CASE fan has a issue where it gets loud and he hit it and it works. So friday my brother wanted to use my computer and the case fan was loud so he claims he shut the computer off. He tried again soon after and still the same thing. So he hits the case fan a few times and shuts if off and gives up. About a half hour later he claims he started the computer and he gets the following screen which is still poping up. It loads windows XP i get the bars after that blue screen and it says this>

STOP: C0000218 {registy file failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file) :
\systemroot\system32\config/SOFTWARE
or its log alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

Beginning dump of physical memory
Dumping physical memory to disk: 1.....100

its a Pentium 4 3GHz system that i build. i though it was the RAM (1.5GB i have) and i pulled it out cleaned and back in and still gives me error. At this very moment im running "memory test" from a live CD from linux.... seems to be passing it. Could windows be currupted? how did he do it? he claims he never touched the power bar he shut it off normally. My Technician from work told me to TAKE the hard drive out and make it external drive connect it to windows system and it should fix the error? should i try that? I have a back-up image of the install anyways i just dont wanna use it if i dont have to. thanks in advance. The stop error message is a corrupted registry file, please see this Link.well i formated the drive and tried the back-up like i always do using macruim reflect and now it wont work? it always worked and now nothing. after the back-up is done it just sits at a blank screen after the bios with a flashing cursor??Either the Reflect image is bad or your BROTHERS repeated whapping of the PC has DAMAGED the HDD...

Try a new HDD.

why thus windows xp is hanging while INSTALLING its begins to hang up after the windows introduction. pls help THANKS a lot!!!!Read this and dry your eyes:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828267
The article is about server 2003 and it t implicates that XP also has this issue
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic20255.html
That one echos  the MS KB, but NAMES XP as having the issue.

This has been DOCUMENTED by MS in other articles. The workaround is to reduce  tantamount of HARDWARE before the install.

Hey evreyone, i was hoping you all had a few suggestions for my problem.  See i just recently moved into an aprtment with 4 other computers, so that MAKES 5 computers total in the house,  I live the furthest from the router and there for decided to go with the wireless connection so that everyone else could plug into the router, since the router only had 4 ports and had a wireless broadcast.  WEll recently, one of the ports on the back of the router opened up and i decided to plug my computer into it with my ethernet coards and nic card.  So now of course I'm no longer using my wireless connection and have it turned off.  My problem comes when Windows is telling me that it is connected at 100 Mbps, i can see that packets are beign sent out, but i am not recieving any of these packets back.  I've gone into dos, typed ipconfig /release, and ipconfig /renew however, everytiem i do this, it tells me that it cannot renew my ip address because i cannot connect to the DHCP server, and it times out.  So then i decide to manually enter my ip address, default gateway, and dns server info into the computer.  I do this but yet still i cannot access the internet, the only packets are flowing out and not coming back in.  Does anyone have an idea why this is happening and any idea on how to fix it?

JohnDid you respected the subnet mask for your small network? (all computers should have the same subnet mask, only different ip-s). Give US details of IP configuration.
What were your IP settings with wireless? It worked?
It is good the address for Gateway? For DNS?

In Windows xp go to command prompt and type:
ipconfig /all
Tell us what it is written there.This is what i see when i go to the command prompt and type "ipconfig /all".

Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name......................: JohnsPC
    Primary DNS Suffix..........:
    Node Type......................: Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled.........: No
    WINS Proxy Enabled.......: No

Ethernet Adapter Local AREA Connection

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix.........:
    Description............................ ...........: CNET PRO200 PCI Ethernet Adapter
    Physicial Address..............................:00-80-AD-80-58-OC
    DHCP Enabled................................ ...: Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled................: Yes
    Autoconfiguration IP Address............: 169.254.84.152
    Subnet Mask................................... ...: 255.255.0.0
    Default Gateway................................:

Now i know we all need to ahev the same subnet mask and begining IP address, for instance 192.168.1.1XX where x represent ANOTHER digit depending on how many computer we allow on the network.  WE allow up to 50 and our begining IP address set on the router is at 192.168.1.1  And all of my roommates address begin with 192.168.1.10X.  The only exception is mine, exept when I'm on my wireless, then my wirelless ip addy is 192.168.1.105 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0.  Liek i sai dbefore, its GIVING me this weird IP address and weird subnet mask.  Any ideas?


With my wireless connection i worked just fine, but lagged when i was playing games over the internet due to a slwoer speed and less reliabel conenction.  However i did have the correct IP address, and subnet masks.


JohnMy friend, your IP should be 192.168.1.x (x different from any other on the network, for example your x could be 105 if no one else does have it), subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 (or the one that is on your friend's computers), default gateway: 192.168.1.1 (the router's IP) and DNS have to be set like your friends DNS (you all have the same DNS server/servers). Your router has a firewall? Maybe is some setting there... some filtering. Your cable, is straight UTP cable (if your network use that type of cable)? Look at the 2 jacks on the ends, the order of wire colours is the same on both? I mean first wire is orange with white -- or orange in stripes, second orange completely, third green with white, fourth blue, fifth blue with white, sixth green, seventh maron with white, eighth maron completely -- this is the standard, but it does no matter that; it matters if both jacks have the same wires in the same positions; if not, you have to buy  a cable (is very cheap) or change a jack to look identical with the other (you have to cut the cable at one end and put another jack, you need a special tool for connecting a jack -- my advise, if you don't know what I am talking about buy one from a shop -- you have to tell to the seller the length of the cable you need and the type of cable, which ussually is UTP cat 5E or cat 5).

Tell us more after you check these. Also, you can check the cable with one of the friends computers. Connect the cable to the router, go with it to your friends computer and replace their cable. See if their computer works fine with your cable (receives the right IP settings); if it doesn't, than the solution is what I told you before. If the computer receives the correct data, than the problem might be on router or your computer (network card faulty?)

Dell 9200, windows XP operating system normal updates, on start up normal screen comes up, then Dell XP 061, BIOS 2.5.3 with loading bar gets to end of bar then returns to start up screen. keeps repeating cycle. no beeps at all. cant check light codes at moment as running diagnostics... "express diagnostic test" ok, "cannot boot OS diagnostic test" running now and so far ok..... complete noobie, any suggestions. only thing on computer of concern is family photos, if NOTHING else would like to be able to get them.1) What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?

2) Can you boot to safe mode?as far as can tell nothing... except son was playing on a game (don't know which) when told to exit it wouldnt on screen (X) so I think he turned it off at box, when restarted has been doing this.
not installed or uninstalled anything new. no recent error messages.
can't get any screen beyond BIOS screen.

Mr. EBoot to the XP CD. Choose the first repair option, which will take you to the Recovery Console. Once there, run chkdsk /r. Let's see if that helps. If not, we can try a repair install.got disc, will try once diagnostic completed, on last bit now but estimated time 1 hour.Take your time, this forum is always open ok afew things...
all diagnostics checked out fine (just took hours).
tried restarting again, same problem, went to boot device menu CD-ROM "selected device not available".
tried changing order in set - up menu, no different.
disc goes round and green light on (flashing) to start then goes off.
also have lights 1,2 and 3 on steady (in main they seem to change rapidly with the start up sequence but have never been steadily on).
will check connections in stack.
ok out of depth in box, wouldnt know if something not connected at all and should be but all connections that are in place wiggled and seem good. Quote from: Mr. E on February 12, 2012, 05:05:24 AM

tried restarting again, same problem, went to boot device menu CD-ROM "selected device not available".

bye bye photos?

registry may be CORRUPTED and repair console doesn't ACCEPT aministrator password to USE repair console
to repair registry.  what can i do to solve this PROBLEM?  any help greatly appreciated
THANK YouPassword problem? Read this CH article:
Lost or forgotten Windows password.

Iam unable to send any email out using Outlook Express, but I am getting all emails sent to me. Recently I signed up for free email and Instant Messaging with Yahoo, but when I was prompted to make Yahoo my default email I declined. When  I try to send an email out I get a MESSAGE that says "A time out occured while communicating with the server. Subject " (   )" Account " (my email account)" Server"SMTP.cebridge.net"Protocol: SMPT, Port:25, Secure [SSL]:NO, Error no. 0x800CCC19
I contacted the tech support for the cable internet service I subscribe to but all I was told was that the error number that I'm getting is so common that they doesnt know what is wrong!!! Ihave done several scans with my antivirus and I have also checked for ad/spyware. I am the only one who uses this computer so I know that the settings in Outlook Express have not been changed. I am at a loss as what to do next. I am no where near a computer expert, Im really new to using a computer so I really dont know what else to do. Thank you for any and all help!!!shantiel.......It sounds like something is amuck with the way your mail account is set up ......I assume it was working ok before the Yahoo thing ......If you are using the yahoo instant messaging ......your outlook settings may have been comprimised .....I would do this ......go to your outlook express inbox ....click on Tools /Accounts......now select the mail tab  ........click properties and check all the settings ......if necessary delete the default mail account thats there now and ADD
a new one ..( you may have to phone your service provider to confirm all the settings that are there now .)

The settings that may be suspect would be .......click the SERVERS tab .....look at Outgoing Mail [SMTP]
Advanced tab...... Server Port number [probably 25 ]

let us know how you make out .

dl65  Give this a shot... Click Start -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore. Click on System Restore.... Look where the dot is, and make sure that "Restore my hard disk to an eralier time" is selected. Click Next. Now, you will see a calendar... Click on the day BEFORE this problem happened, and select a time on that date. Make sure that the correct date/time is selcted, and click next. After just click ok. Now, your computer will restart, and your hard disk will revert itself to the day BEFORE, when everything was ok. Now, this might take a little while, so have patience! Let us know what happens!  

[glb]Flame[/glb]Sorry it took so long for me to reply but I've been working w/ the ISP's tech support on this too. So let me get you caught up on what has gone on with this. I checked and all of my Outlook Express accounts are correct and by the way the server port is 25. Is this okay?  I reset all my IE settings to default, the settings that came w/ the computer, which were all MSN. The tech support suggested this incase the problems are  due to Yahoo. I downloaded Microsoft Antispyware and did a full scan and removed everything it found. I couldn't do a system restore because I was advised by the tech support to turn off the system restore temporarily while I ran antivirus and ad/spyware scans so that it my computer could be "properly" scanned. I was also advised by tech support to turn off the outbound email scanning on my firewall and antivirus. Well, sadly none of this has helped, in fact the problem is worse because now I cant receive email either. Now I'm getting a message that says "  An error has occured. Account: '(.......),Server: 'smtp.cebridge.net' Protocol: SMTP, Server response: 421 cannot connect to SMPT server 24.206.159.131 [24.206.159.131.25] Connect error 10060, port 25 Secure [SSL]: No, Server error 421, Error number 0x800CCC19 ". I did online scans at different av sites incase they found something my av missed but My computer is clean of viruses and ad/spyware so I dont know what to do next. Also now my computer is freezing up, SOMETIMES for extended periods of time.  :'(I am really stuck as what to do next, so if you have any more suggestions they would be greatly appreciated! The tech support said they were experiencing technical difficulties with the email service and this is why I'm getting this new error. I dont think that is the case with me because my friend uses the same internet service provider and shes having no TROUBLE sending /receiving email.

I'm having trouble deleting an autorun.inf file from my external hard DRIVE. I've tried removing all attributes through the CL, but when I try to delete it I keep getting the message: "access denied".Have you tried Taking Ownership of the file?   SEE here.

Good luck.Many infections use this LOOPHOLE...what protection apps do you have ? ?I managed to delete the autorun.inf file.

For a long time I've been thinking about running linux on my machine.
Yesterday was the day I burned Ubuntu 11.10 to a cd, because I've been reading that you can run it by booting from the cd to experience the look and feel of Ubuntu. While browsing with Ubuntu's file manager, I thought I'd pay a visist to that nasty autorun.inf file. RIGHT click > Move to trash, and me is happy.

Thanks for your efforts to help me  Best to keep an eye out for it...they're designed to replicate.

About every hour I get a blue screen with a bunch of white text going on about whatever. I checked the Event Viewer and went to System where I saw an Error entry that read this:

Event Type:   Error
Event Source:   Service Control Manager
Event Category:   None
Event ID:   7000
Date:      2/4/2012
Time:      8:32:06 PM
User:      N/A
Computer:   COMPUTER1
Description:
The MCSTRM service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Can someone help solve this?
Nirsoft Blue Screen ViewI've tried it. It told me I'm missing a .dll file or TWO, yet when I tried to download new files I was asked if I wanted to replace the file that already existed. It's saying I don't have the files, but I'm being told I do.Can you copy & paste the results here?  The driver may not be corrupt, but the device it is accessing may be defective.Download BlueScreenView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next replyThanks, Allan.  I couldn't remember the detailed instructions.Errm, this?

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Dump File         : Mini020512-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 2/5/2012 1:06:05 AM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0xe219f261
Parameter 3       : 0xf5d6a904
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ati3duag.dll
Caused By Address : ati3duag.dll+12b5a8
File Description  : ati3duag.dll
Product Name      : ATI Technologies Inc. RADEON DirectX Universal Driver
Company           : ATI Technologies Inc.
File Version      : 6.14.10.0231
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     :
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini020512-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 1
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 90,112
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini020412-03.dmp
Crash Time        : 2/4/2012 8:30:35 PM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0xe39bf661
Parameter 3       : 0xba258904
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ati3duag.dll
Caused By Address : ati3duag.dll+12b5a8
File Description  : ati3duag.dll
Product Name      : ATI Technologies Inc. Radeon DirectX Universal Driver
Company           : ATI Technologies Inc.
File Version      : 6.14.10.0231
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     :
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini020412-03.dmp
Processors Count  : 1
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 90,112
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini020412-02.dmp
Crash Time        : 2/4/2012 4:41:45 PM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0xe1208121
Parameter 3       : 0xeb695904
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ati3duag.dll
Caused By Address : ati3duag.dll+12b5a8
File Description  : ati3duag.dll
Product Name      : ATI Technologies Inc. Radeon DirectX Universal Driver
Company           : ATI Technologies Inc.
File Version      : 6.14.10.0231
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     :
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini020412-02.dmp
Processors Count  : 1
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 90,112
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini020412-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 2/4/2012 3:58:06 PM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0xe42ae661
Parameter 3       : 0xf6484904
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ati3duag.dll
Caused By Address : ati3duag.dll+12b5a8
File Description  : ati3duag.dll
Product Name      : ATI Technologies Inc. Radeon DirectX Universal Driver
Company           : ATI Technologies Inc.
File Version      : 6.14.10.0231
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     :
Stack Address 1   : ati3duag.dll+12b5a8
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini020412-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 1
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 90,112
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini123011-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/30/2011 11:59:49 PM
Bug Check String  : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Bug Check Code    : 0x1000008e
Parameter 1       : 0xc0000005
Parameter 2       : 0xe12dd121
Parameter 3       : 0xb7827904
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : ati3duag.dll
Caused By Address : ati3duag.dll+12b5a8
File Description  : ati3duag.dll
Product Name      : ATI Technologies Inc. Radeon DirectX Universal Driver
Company           : ATI Technologies Inc.
File Version      : 6.14.10.0231
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     :
Stack Address 1   : ati3duag.dll+12b5a8
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini123011-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 1
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
Dump File Size    : 90,112
==================================================

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Dump File         : Mini112911-05.dmp
Crash Time        : 11/29/2011 11:37:07 AM
Bug Check String  : PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Bug Check Code    : 0x10000050
Parameter 1       : 0xfffffffe
Parameter 2       : 0x00000000
Parameter 3       : 0xf6fb8fcd
Parameter 4       : 0x00000000
Caused By Driver  : HSFHWBS2.sys
Caused By Address : HSFHWBS2.sys+23fcd
File Description  : HSF_HWB2 WDM driver
Product Name      : SoftK56 MODEM Driver
Company           : Conexant SYSTEMS, Inc.
File Version      : 7.12.09
Processor         : 32-bit
Crash Address     : HSFHWBS2.sys+23fcd
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini112911-05.dmp
Processors Count  : 1
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 2600
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Did you recently update the driver for your ATI display adapter? If so, please roll back to the previous version. If not, please go to the ATI website and download and install the current driver for your cardLooks like he still has a dial-up modem in there.  If it's a desktop, try removing the card. Quote from: Allan on February 05, 2012, 02:53:10 PM

Did you recently update the driver for your ATI display adapter? If so, please roll back to the previous version. If not, please go to the ATI website and download and install the current driver for your card

...Why do you bring up the dial-up modem? I don't think I use it anymore.

Hi, Does anyone know if there can be a xp pro pc and then a xp home pc on a peer to peer network without any PROBLEMS?

Thanks very much!Sounds OKAY to me...  

[GLB]Flame[/glb]

Can anyone tell me why my system restore tab is missing?  also i cannot use msconfig or gpedit.msc in the "run" box..."windows cannot find.."check your spelling....Also the DEFRAG button is UNRESPONSIVE and then it says that the defraf tool has not been installed...what gives??windows xp home upgradeCheck for viruses...

[glb]Flame[/glb]Flame...there are no viruses in my computer...I almost wish there were...at least we WOULD have a PLACE to start....I run AVG antivirus and Norton....i can't help but wonder if they have been people manipulated???

It's me again with this XP lunacy. here;s the history of the problem.

For some long days and even longer nights I've been trying to put together:

MOTHERBOARD
MB ABIT® IC7-G   i875/ICH5-R chipset, Socket 478, 800MHz BUS, ATX format, Intel® P4, audio, Gigbit LAN on board

CPU
Intel P4 - 2.4 GHz

RAM
DDRAM 512MB PC400 APACER® CL2.5

HD
MAXTOR® DiaMaxPLUS®  160GB 8MB CACHE SERIAL ATA

GC
VGA ManLi GeForce FX 5200 128MB TV OUT 8xAGP LITE

BOX
Midi MS® 350W

XP and MAXTOR drivers installation all goes OK, but when I'm trying to start it up the machine freezes (quite early on XP start-up gif thing). First I thought it was because of MAXTOR (larger than 137GB), so I replaced it with my old WD ATI only to get the same result. I tried Win2000 and it worked just fine (barring HD which now pretended to be of 33 GB). I used MAXTOR bootable CD to setup the HD (OK) and reinstalled XP. Of course it got frozen again (very same point). I tried SAFE Mode and it worked! And HD seemed to be OK this time. Now what can be wrong with Normal Mode?
Drivers. One of your hardware drivers makes problems. Can you look in Event Viewer and tell us if it's something wrong there? (Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer)
The video card is ok?The cooler is well placed on PROCESSOR? Are parts of motherboard (some chips) that are very-very hot?

I have a mustek flatbed scanner that I have been using with my old computer which ran windows 98. My NEW computer runs windows XP. When I TRY to install the scanner PROGRAM, the scanner light doesn't go on. Instructions say choose between Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Does this mean the scanner won't work with my new computer?It sounds like you need XP DRIVERS for your scanner. Go to the Mustek web SITE, find your model and download the appropriate driver.

Hi-please can someone give me some advice as I THINK my computer is very messed up.I tried using my windows maintanance wizard-im on windows ME...and it came up with a message saying that mstask.exe could not be found...ive never had that before so alarm bells starting ringing in my head-I scanned with AVG and it picked up two viruses which were called Trojan horse dropper .agent .2am but AVG didnt get rid of them...I  scanned with Housecall and it came up with the viruses but under a different name JS_CBASE.EXP1 and it said they were non cleanable.Now can anyone give me any advice on what to do as I only have a basic knowledge of using the PC but im panicking as I think its serious and I have no idea what its doing to my pc,also my cd-rw will not work as a message is saying the cd copier could not locate a cd-rom reader.Im very very worried-please help!Thanks.Michelle....Read the following
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=JS_CBASE.EXP1      Did you do this .....
Scan your system with Trend Micro antivirus and delete all files detected as JS_CSBASE.EXP1. To do this, Trend Micro customers must download the latest PATTERN file and scan their system. Other Internet users can use HouseCall, Trend Micro’s free online virus scanner.

let us know

dl65  Hi-yes I had done that and deleted it from housecall,but i had panicked as then i ran AVG and  the virus STILL came up but i think it mustve been as I hadnt rebooted as since ive come offline and back on again ,Ive ran AVG and it seems to have gone ....Still have no idea to where my maintanance wizard has gone which is a little worrying -could the virus have removed that? Thanks for replyingMichelle.....click START /ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/ ......what your looking for should be there .

Let us know

dl65  Hi again....yes  I tried that and its coming up with a box saying  " C:\windows\system\mstask.exe cannot be found"  !!! thats why im worried -wheres it gone as I have not deleted or moved anything   :-/

OLDFRAME and occasionally OLDPARSE come up on the LEFT hand side of the screen while on an online server, as well as old school internet(phone) cable disconnect logo at very top(left side of screen as well)...can anyone PLEEEZ help? Try running the game in WINDOW mode instead of full screen. Also, make SURE nothing is running in the background utilizing your Internet connection.

Also, try DECREASING your maxfps rate if you've increased it. For EXAMPLE, try setting to 30

set cl_maxfps 30

Ned windows script to rename a file with dateIf you do this with a batch file the DATE variable is DEPENDENT on your regional and language SETTINGS.  Now there are batch files that can be made independent of the regional settings but it is boat load of extra CODE.  It is a lot easier to just find out how your DATE variable outputs at the CMD prompt.

Open up a CMD prompt and type the following.
Code: [Select]echo %DATE%Please copy and past the output of that command to the forums.RenameMaster fills the bill nicely.  http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108I smell SPAM...If you're talking about my post patio, that'll be the day when I spam anyone.  I'm about as clean of an individual that you'll ever run across on the internet or anywhere else.  At age 75, I have no time for spamming anyone nor would I find it amusing.  The software I linked has been thoroughly tested by me and I have used it for years, albeit an older version.

All the best,

Dude

Google surferdude2 and you'll get some idea about whether I would be spamming or not.Perhaps their site got hacked so let's try another source just to be sure:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/renamemaster.htmlYou seem oddly familiar, surferdude2. I WONDER why that is? Ah. I have it. I met you on Planet 1990, where people still say "Dude".


Hi Bill...No Bill, I doubt we've ever met.  I would remember.

I do remember squashman from some years back on another forum.  I think it was the TechGuy forum.

The nickname Dude was given to me by one of my my uncles  back in 1936 when I was born.  It has stuck with me for my entire life, well not my entire life, just up until now, to be more exact.  The surfer prefix just seemed a good idea SINCE web surfing is my pastime.

Nice meeting you folks.  I'll check back now and then to see if I can help someone.

Best regards to all,

Dude

Hi. I have a problem when I trying to install some program (Internet Explorer or to run. That's about an entry point for
EncodePointer and dynamic link with Kernel32.dll.

Thanks for HELPING me!I think more info will be needed...
Are you re-installing IE ? ?
If so what troubles led up to this point ? ? Quote from: patio on February 10, 2012, 04:03:47 PM

I think more info will be needed...
Are you re-installing IE ? ?
If so what troubles led up to this point ? ?

i am running xp on a dell desktop and when booting has bsod stop.  i tried to use repair console, but won't accept  correct administrator password.  i tried bart pe to repair and found windows\system32\config has
o bytes.  is there any way to repair this?  any help appreciated     thanksYou can try a repair install. Boot to the XP CD and choose the SECOND repair option, allowing XP to install on top of itself. After completion you'll need to go to Windows Update and download & install all updates (except for hardware & driver related updates, which should never be downloaded from Windows Update - only from the OEM websites). Here is a clear tutorial on how to perform a repair install: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/138-how-to-repair-windows-xp/

option 2 doesn't work.  when i get to the eula agreement i press f8 to agree and the system locks up and i have to reboot.  where is the reg.bak stored so i can try that route?  i run KEY finder and it list the computer but with no information.  it's a dell with oem windows install so this could be one problem.  i can format the drive to intall a fresh copy, but i need the windows key so i won't have to purchase another os.  any suggestions?  any help would be greatly appreciated.  it's my brother's computer and he won't buy another os.    thanksMore information brings more help.
The exact model number of the dell is needed.
Dell has more models than VANITY Fair Magazine

Was the PC installed with OEM XP by Dell?
In some cases the CD you can purchase from Dell for a reasonable price.
The Dell should have a COA on the back, SIDE or under the chassis. That product key may not work does not work on a retail version of Windows XP.**

You can 'slave' the hard drive to another PC and backup the data to a backup image, if there is enough free space on the spare PC.. Just in case. If you have to install a fresh copy, some data can be recovered from the backup image.

** REFERENCE: from the Dell site.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/3524/p/19324139/19665126.aspx

Hi!

I have installed on my computer Windows XP Professional.

My FRIEND LENT me CD with Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional.

I don't want to reinstall my Win XPPRO, I want only EXTRACT XP Media Center application and istall it to my WinXPpro.

HOW TO DO IT?

Many thanks.

Miro
After googling i found this, does it help ?

http://experts.windows.com/frms/windows_entertainment_and_connected_home/f/25/t/3979.aspx

I have internet service.  I have been using a wireless router which was used to connect a laptop to the internet.By trying to combine the "subject" of your post and the extremely brief NARRATIVE of your post i think i know your question. So let me see if this is what you are trying to resolve.You have a laptop connected to a modem (assume it is a dsl modem) via a wireless router (which i assume is on the modem end).Though depending on your laptop you might be referring to something attached to the laptop. Most laptops have an internal wi=fi CARD but some may require an external wireless dongle. Now you want to connect a DESKTOP additional computer to the system and be ABLE to use the same modem wirelessly to make the connection. Is that what you are trying to do?truenorth

When I am trying to install RELIANCE netconnect in desktop which is in xp os
giving the following error

Move FILE failed code5
Access is denied

Regards
Akash
I SEE that they have an ONLINE CUSTOMER care support for their product. It would be more appropriate to address the problem thru them.

Does anyone know what is wrong with my backup computer?
It is a Dell Inspiron 8400 with XP SP2.  I upgraded it to 1 gig of Kingston RAM, it has the stock 80 gig HD, and everything else is stock.  It does this when I start it up, and system restore does nothing.  Do you think it is the HD, the video CARD, or SOMETHING else?  BTW, it is not the monitor.  I have tested it with 2 different ones.





Did this start immediately after you upgraded the ram?It was about 3 months after.  I TRIED putting the original RAM in, and it still had the lines.Remove all power and remove and re-seat the vid card... Quote from: patio on February 18, 2012, 08:13:08 AM

Remove all power and remove and re-seat the vid card...

Occasionaly I receive an email and the BOTTOM part of the email is missing. Provider has been no help.
My anti-virus says my computer is CLEAN and SpySweeper has cleaned my computer of all the spyware it has in it's basket of tricks.
Any SUGGESTIONS will be appreciatedWhich E-mail service are you using? Also, are you using web-based E-mail, or OUTLOOK, etc.?

[glb]Flame[/glb]

Hi, my LITTLE girl played about on my computer and deleted some programmes, what i dont know. So me thinking i could rectify it, restored my computer to an earlier date. What a mistake! Now my MOUSE dosent work, my internet wont connect and i cant even restore it back to the original point. Everytime i try to restore it , i KEEP getting just a white screen with nothing on it. Please help! Please post the computer model and can you boot SUCCESSFULLY to Windows and check device manager first? System restore will not help you in any point in your case. A complete restore of your system after BACKING up your files would be the modest solution.On start-up have you tried to start in safe mode? How do you know programs were deleted. Generally that is not an easy thing for a young child to do? truenorth

Istarted up my pc tonight and got the following MESSAGES prior to my desktop loading ( it took 15 minutes for it to load) HELP HELP I HAVENT A CLUE WHATS WRONG
I have tried altering the virtual MEMORY with no luck
Arthur
Error Message
Your system is low on virtual memory.WINDOWS is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file.During this process memory requests for some applications MAY be declined.For more info SEE help.
DRAGDIAGE.EXE
The application faled to initialize properly (0xc0000142).Click ok to terminate the application.

WINDOWS APP ERROR
Wording as above but with the following in brackets (0xc0000017)

AVGCC.EXE
Wording as above but with the following in brackets (0xc0000142)


Ok. This is a pretty common problem.... What version of Windows are you using? How much RAM do you have? Let us know...

[glb]Flame[/glb]

I have created a manuals package. The package has a main file that everything else is LINKED to. I can create a self extracting exe program from pkzip application. What I don't know how to do is have the program create a shortcut to the main file from this program. If it is not possible to do this with pkzip then what application will do this.
i.e. I want to have SOMETHING SAY
"Would you like to create a shortcut to Manuals or your desktop?" in the or any file extraction application.
Thank you
RJTYou can create a WinScript file (.VBS extension)

Example:

set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
        strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
        set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Shortcut Script.lnk")
        oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName
        oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1
        oShellLink.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+F"
        oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"
        oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"
        oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop
        oShellLink.Save

You'll have to change the parameters for your own situation. Good Luck!

Thank you for your response!!!

I'm trying to open rather large files in photoshop and I keep getting the message that my I can not open because my scratch disk is full. I don't know what that MEANS or how to fix it. Please give me any helpful feedback you can. Thanks.Please provide us with the following information.... What is your OPERATING system? What version of Photoshop are you using? This information is needed for us to make an accurate diagnosis.

[glb]Flame[/glb]http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/328548.htmlAdobe is set-up so that everytime you execute a command it is stored on the harddrive as a temp file, that means opening, flattening ,anything of that sort. The only way to stop this is to restart the program to clear the scratch disk. The scratch disk is your harddrive.
The problem is that your harddrive seems to be too small. For photoshop 7 a 200 gig hard drive is recommended as a scratch disk.

It is best to have a second harddrive and use it as the scratch disk only. You can assign the scratch disk in OPTIONS. I know it stinks because you loose WORK if you have worked a while without saving.  know how u feel.

Let me know what size harddisk you have.


cadsmarts3I don't have an UNINSTALL for Photoshop 7. It is not listed in CONTROL PANEL/ADD or REMOVE software. How can I remove this program. I don't want it if it is going to take up that much room, and I think it is taxing my PAGE file causing my Audio & video to skip. Your help is greatly needed and appreciatedJamie Lynn.....Whoa , whoa , whoa .....First of all try this reboot your pc ..........when it loads open photoshop and open a jpg.......not huge ...maybe 300-500 kb ....
see if you get the error .
How big is the image your trying to open ?
As far as removing Photoshop......Do you have the install disk ...because PS is a very expensive program.
What O/S are you using ? How much ram do you have installed and how large is your hard drive .
How much free space do you have left on the harddrive
Let us know

dl65  

I wanted to download a flash SONG from the internet? I can open and view the flash song but I can't download or SAVE the song on to my hard disk? How to download a flash song or a flash PROGRAM Some one help me pls?

The song I wanted to download is this?
http://mosquito.homeip.net/collection/animated/Song--Oh_My_Pretty_Boy.swfright CLICK on the link you just posted - save TARGET as.

I have an IDE (master, C:\) and an SATA (should be E:\) hard drive hooked up to this computer. BIOS reads both of them as there, and Device manager acknowledges they're both plugged in and "functioning properly". Windows seems to be acknowledging the existence of the second harddrive, but I'm getting consistent "Delayed Write Failed" Errors for the drive every time I start up my computer. Any ideas?  Have you scanned for Viruses?

[glb]Fame[/glb]Try going into Device Manager and bring up the Properties for your disk drive. Disable the "Enable Write CACHE for this drive" box.

Well, I tried that, but when I restarted I still GOT the Delayed Write Error, and now Device Manager doesn't SEE the drive anymore!I'm SORRY that didn't work. I had the same problem when I was running Win2000. You could try this link and see if this will help.

http://www.tangent-systems.com/support/delayedwrite.html

Hope this helps.
Okay, sounds LIKE a good idea... how do I find my system registry file(s)?

When starting windows 98, i get this message,        While initializing device IOS:
Error: An I/O subsystem driver failed to load.
Either a file in the ./iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt,
or the SYSTEM is low on memory.


The kicker i lost the window 98 DISKS can i fix this problem. After getting the message the computer stalls and stays

IF THERE IS ANY HOPE FOR ME PLEASE RESPOND  BRENT.....Well , you'd better go and beg, borrow or steal one ...lol
"The kicker i lost the window 98 disks" .......

Can you reboot in the safe mode ?
Oh and by the way .......your licence to use a pc is under suspension until you recover the lost O/S disk.

dl65

When I did a restore on my XP machine, all of my personal pictures were changed from ".jpg" to ".!!!" . I have tried to change the EXTENSIONS to various formats but cannot recover these pictures. Does anyone know how to restore these pictures BACK to their ORIGINAL format?You can undo your last restoration. Go to the restore window and there should be an OPTION for this.machinegod.......Before you undo your system restore ....what happened to make you use system restore ?
If you right click on any of your saved pics ....don't you have the option to open them with .........?
let us know
dl65  

I need to create a layout on disk 0
Vol 1  Type primary  size 5 GB File system NTFS Label PRI_1 Drive letter C

I CAME up with this am I in the right PATH?? PLEASE help

diskpart
list vol
sel vol 0
list partition
create partition
primary
formatA small extract from here.

LIST DISK
SELECT DISK 3
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY size = 1000
CREATE PARTITION EXTENDED
CREATE PARTITION LOGICAL
RESCAN
LIST PARTITION

LOTS more info via Google.Thanks

Hi,
 
I have a 32 bit 'XP Pro SP3' system running 'IE7', with 1 'Administrator' and 3 'Guest' accounts.

Over the last few days only the 'Administrator' account can view ALL graphics/pictures on webpages - the other accounts can only view SOME. A typical example is the 'Google' logo on its search page. This is displayed perfectly with the 'Administrator' account, but nothing is shown on the other accounts - except the 'UK' part. On other webpages, only the red 'X' placeholder symbol is displayed.

Whenever I set-up a PC I create the required number of user accounts (all 'Administrators'). When ALL applications/peripherals are installed/updated and have been successfully run and configured with ALL accounts, I then restrict the accounts to 'Guest' users - except one which is kept as an 'Administrator'. This account is then only used for maintenance/updating, and not for everyday use or general surfing. This method has served me well and without any problems, over numerous builds for many PEOPLE.

The problem PC is not a recent build and has been running without incident for many months.

My faultfinding so far has been:

1). Check other websites to see if same problem exists.

2). Clearing 'Temporary Internet Files'.

3). Verifying the 'Show Pictures' tick-box is ticked in 'Internet Options-Advanced-Multimedia'.

4). Verifying that 'Scripting, Active X Controls, Cookies' and 'Java' programs are correctly configured and updated.

5). Verifying that image types are supported by 'IE7'.

6). Checked that Internet security, anti-virus and broadband hardware/software is not the cause.

7). Verifying that the 'Auto-Select' encoding option is ticked and the correct encoding language is chosen - Western European (Windows) in this case.

8). CHANGING the restricted user accounts back to 'Administrator'. ALL pictures/graphics are then displayed with no problems, until the accounts are again restricted to 'User' or 'Guest'.

9). Creating new accounts and testing these - ALL with the same result.

10). Deleting one of the current restricted accounts and recreating it, again with the same results.

11). Comparing the settings in 'Internet Options' for the 'Administrator' account with the same settings in the restricted accounts - nothing different.

I knew that some of the above solutions were not going to work because they applied to the PC as a whole, which would have included the perfectly working 'Administrator' account. However, I wanted to ensure that nothing was missed - irrespective of how FRUITLESS the outcome was.

What is it that I am missing. This problem is both intriguing me and 'doing-my-head-in'.

Regards,

Fretful.
I would try updating Internet Explorer to its latest stable release...which is IE8...or try ANOTHER browser.  On that same note...you can also try a System Restore to a point where it was working before.One thing you could try is to download a different browser, firefox or chrome, install as admin, then go back to the accounts that weren't working and try it. After that at least you should know if its IE software problem. Quote from: jrfrye on February 23, 2012, 12:37:13 PM

One thing you could try is to download a different browser, firefox or chrome, install as admin, then go back to the accounts that weren't working and try it. After that at least you should know if its IE software problem.

I am using a desktop computer with the below configuration
MS Windows XP Home SP3
Intel Core2 Duo,CPU [email protected],3.0GB RAM,Intel G45/G43 Express CHIPSET.
Since of late on start up the windows starts normally, but after the desktop icons show, the

computer hangs and is non responsive. The mouse pointer shows in the center with the

(WORKING in background) hour glass which is steady not tumbling. Cannot open any files or

programmes.The items that appear on the bottom right of the task bar also does not show up.

The antivirus soft ware also does not start up. click on the 'start' button has no response.

Ctrl+Alt+Del no response. Also the time display does not change with time. On Using the

reset button which restarts the computer also produces the same situation after the computer

restarts.  There is nothing that can be done for a minimum of 15 minutes.

I have downloaded and run Trend Micro HJT. Below is the log file.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 5:53:57 PM, on 2/17/2012
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender 2012\vsserv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\logishrd\LVMVFM\UMVPFSrv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender 2012\bdagent.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender 2012\updatesrv.exe
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\SoftwareUpdate\YahooAUService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Desktop Search\WindowsSearch.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexStoreSvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqSTE08.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqbam08.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqgpc01.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search PAGE =

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = about:blank
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page =

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext =

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride =

*.local
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\yt.dll
R3 - URLSearchHook: YTNavAssist.YTNavAssistPlugin Class -

{81017EA9-9AA8-4A6A-9734-7AF40E7D593F} -

C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\YTNavAssist.dll
R3 - URLSearchHook: uTorrentBar Toolbar - {bf7380fa-e3b4-4db2-af3e-9d8783a45bfc} -

C:\Program Files\uTorrentBar\prxtbuTo0.dll
O2 - BHO: &Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} -

C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: HP Print Enhancer - {0347C33E-8762-4905-BF09-768834316C61} - C:\Program

Files\HP\Digital Imaging\Smart Web Printing\hpswp_printenhancer.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program

Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} -

C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\GRA8E1~1.DLL
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program

Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: uTorrentBar - {bf7380fa-e3b4-4db2-af3e-9d8783a45bfc} - C:\Program

Files\uTorrentBar\prxtbuTo0.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} -

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program

Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O2 - BHO: SingleInstance Class - {FDAD4DA1-61A2-4FD8-9C17-86F7AC245081} -

C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\YTSingleInstance.dll
O2 - BHO: HP Smart BHO Class - {FFFFFFFF-CF4E-4F2B-BDC2-0E72E116A856} - C:\Program

Files\HP\Digital Imaging\Smart Web Printing\hpswp_BHO.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} -

C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: uTorrentBar Toolbar - {bf7380fa-e3b4-4db2-af3e-9d8783a45bfc} - C:\Program

Files\uTorrentBar\prxtbuTo0.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpqSRMon] C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqSRMon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [GrooveMonitor] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft

Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe_ID0EYTHM]

C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Adobe\ADOBEV~1\Server\bin\VERSIO~2.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AppleSyncNotifier] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device

Support\AppleSyncNotifier.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java

Update\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BDAgent] "C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender 2012\bdagent.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [BgMonitor_{79662E04-7C6C-4d9f-84C7-88D8A56B10AA}] "C:\Program

Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application

Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Facebook Update] "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local

Settings\Application Data\Facebook\Update\FacebookUpdate.exe" /c /nocrashserver
O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [FlashPlayerUpdate]

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil11e_ActiveX.exe -update activex
O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital

Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Windows Search.lnk = C:\Program Files\Windows Desktop

Search\WindowsSearch.exe
O8 - EXTRA context menu item: Add to Google Photos Screensa&ver -

res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\GPhotos.scr/200
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel -

res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Google Sidewiki... - res://C:\Program Files\Google\Google

Toolbar\Component\GoogleToolbarDynamic_mui_en_6CE5017F567343CA.dll/cmsidewiki.html
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} -

C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} -

C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} -

C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: HP Smart Select - {DDE87865-83C5-48c4-8357-2F5B1AA84522} - C:\Program

Files\HP\Digital Imaging\Smart Web Printing\hpswp_BHO.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network

Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} -

C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program

Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} -

C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-442043540000} -

http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{0371E8FB-CE5E-4588-9327-18651D9C7C47}: NameServer =

218.248.240.179,218.248.240.181
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{0371E8FB-CE5E-4588-9327-18651D9C7C47}: NameServer =

218.248.240.179,218.248.240.181
O17 - HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\..\{0371E8FB-CE5E-4588-9327-18651D9C7C47}: NameServer =

218.248.240.179,218.248.240.181
O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} -

C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\Office12\GR99D3~1.DLL
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} -

C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon -

{8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Adobe Version Cue CS3 - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Adobe\Adobe Version Cue CS3\Server\bin\VersionCueCS3.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile

Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program

Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdatem) (gupdatem) - Google Inc. - C:\Program

Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program

Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. -

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
O23 - Service: NBService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero 7\Nero

BackItUp\NBService.exe
O23 - Service: UMVPFSrv - Logitech Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common

Files\logishrd\LVMVFM\UMVPFSrv.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Update Server v2 (Update Server) - BitDefender - C:\Program

Files\Common Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Arrakis Server\bin\arrakis3.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Desktop Update Service (UPDATESRV) - Bitdefender - C:\Program

Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender 2012\updatesrv.exe
O23 - Service: BitDefender Virus Shield (VSSERV) - Bitdefender - C:\Program

Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender 2012\vsserv.exe
O23 - Service: Yahoo! Updater (YahooAUService) - Yahoo! Inc. - C:\Program

Files\Yahoo!\SoftwareUpdate\YahooAUService.exe

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End of file - 10468 bytes
What happens when you try to start in safe mode?truenorthI had a problem recently that sounds like yours. A ROOTKIT had infected my system, and was eating up the cpu power causing hard lagg. The solution I found, after trying a dozen rootkit removal programs, some found it some didnt, but none would get rid of it until I finally used mcafee rootkit removerhttp://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/index.aspx
I hope that help's, if not then:
1.Are you able to do anything at all once your in windows or does it freeze permanantly.
2.Do you have access to a second pc that you could put problem HD in to access the files.

I have 2 computers. Both Windows XP Home. On one computer, I can't get windows to BOOT in safe mode or NORMAL. I want to get some files off of this hard drive before I delete the partition and start over, so I hooked it up as a slave on my other computer.

I try to get into the Documents and Settings\Owner folder and get an "ACCESS Denied" message. I'm assuming this is because of the password PROTECTION for the user account.

Any ideas how to remove this from windows explorer?Take ownership of the folders.
Right Click on the folder/s select properties, select security, click advanced, click on owner, select your user name and select "REPLACE owner on subcontainers and folders", click ok....this should do it.

I am having a big problem:
my computer suddenly during a work resets itself.
I have WIN XP and configuration:
Intel 3.0, 1024 Mb RAM, 240 GB hard disc, Ati radeon graphic card. I use ADSL connection to internet.

When my computer resets itself I can SEE in my EVENT viewer this errors:

Event Type:      Warning
Event Source:      Tcpip
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      4226
Date:            16.1.2005
Time:            11:30:50
User:            N/A
Computer:      ALES
Description:
TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 54 00   ......T.
0008: 00 00 00 00 82 10 00 80   ....‚..€
0010: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........

Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      DCOM
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      10010
Date:            16.1.2005
Time:            17:51:28
User:            ALES\Ales Mole
Computer:      ALES
Description:
The server {5A5AA0AA-1DEB-4683-96B0-B43301E83971} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

Event Type:      Warning
Event Source:      Dhcp
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      1007
Date:            16.1.2005
Time:            13:34:47
User:            N/A
Computer:      ALES
Description:
Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 000FEA454576.  The IP address being used is 169.254.118.69.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00               ....    

Please help!
http://www.lvllord.de/?url=tools#4226patchI did what it is written - patch for tcp ip in service pack 2.
But my computer still restarts itself after a period of time.
I checked again for errors and found out:

Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      DCOM
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      10010
Date:            18.1.2005
Time:            21:02:31
User:            
Computer:      
Description:
The server {5A5AA0AA-1DEB-4683-96B0-B43301E83971} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

and

Event Type:      Information
Event Source:      Save Dump
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      1001
Date:            18.1.2005
Time:            19:48:21
User:            N/A
Computer:      ALES
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xf705470f). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011805-01.dmp.

Event Type:      Warning
Event Source:      Dhcp
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      1007
Date:            18.1.2005
Time:            19:49:23
User:            N/A
Computer:      ALES
Description:
Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 000FEA454576.  The IP address being used is 169.254.118.69.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00               ....    

Please someone help because this is really making me crazy. I thought about if it is my ADSL modem something to do with it? Is it possible?Your computer may be compromised.  Turn off DCOM.  CLICK on the following:  http://grc.com/default.htm.

Download DCOMbobulator, Shoot The Messenger, UnPlug n' Pray.How do I turn off DCOM?Download DCOMbobulator.

Hello All,
My computer is very old but has been working fine till recently when the desktop is seen on bootup but am not able to open any icons for a long time,maybe 5-10 minutes.The computer becomes unresponsive when on and off the internet as well intermittently .I have checked the forums but not sure if the same logs would have to be run.Therefore if you could help please.
Have tried to clear startup, without success.
Ran antivirus scan, without any success.
Have installed the latest updates from microsoft.
Details are as below:
OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 BUILD 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name   CRIMSON-DC897E3
System Manufacturer   ATI___
System Model   AWRDACPI
System Type   X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date   Award BIOS for Intel GC11010N.86A.0303.2005.1108.2057, 11/8/2005
SMBIOS Version   2.3
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
Total Physical Memory   512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory   74.07 MB
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory   1.95 GB
Page File Space   1.40 GB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys


Latest errors as below:

event id 54:
Document C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Model (1) was corrupted and has been deleted.  The associated driver is: HP Deskjet F4100 series.

Event id 7009
Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service service to connect.
I see its not a particularly modern system-Pentium D 3 GHz, 512 MB RAM.
You only have 74.07 MB of usable memory by the time your system gets to the desktop... which will easily be taken up by viewing flash media, and the intermittent unresponsiveness of your computer could be caused by the computer caching all its memory to the hard drive's 2 GB page file. If your hard drive is an old 5400 RPM one I can see why it slows to a crawl.

The Event Viewer error is about a printer driver not being loaded because it is ALREADY corrupted.

Use http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner to clean up all your system. I recommend it because it also helps delete orphaned registry entries which will hamper your computer at system boot.

Also, consider adding RAM to your system, which will allow your computer to run more tasks simultaneously. What is the make and model of your computer? (Your manufacturer is "ATI__," which probably refers to an ATi-based chipset. ATi (now AMD) only makes graphics chipsets today.) Your PC may have been a custom-built computer, in that case download http://www.piriform.com/speccy and take a screenshot and post it here.Thanks for that Transfusion.CC cleaner cleared out 301 MB.
I will go ahead and purchase additional  memory.
Yes,the computer is over 6 years old.And yes it was assembled by a third party.
Screenshot attached below
Appreciate any further suggestions.
Thanks,

 

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]Have just installed 1GB RAM since i have 2 memory slots only.The performance is much much better.The slow startup is problem is still there.The computer reaches the desktop quickly but when I click on an icon on the desktop it takes a few minutes to open.But if i click on the taskbar,right click and open task manager it opens immediately.So also when i hit ctrl+alt+del and open taskmanager it opens immediately.I guess I can live with it.If there is an easy WAY to find out which process or application is causing the slow bootup operation,I can try it.
Thanks again

Details with 1.5 GB RAM installed
OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name   CRIMSON-DC897E3
System Manufacturer   ATI___
System Model   AWRDACPI
System Type   X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3000 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date   Award BIOS for Intel GC11010N.86A.0303.2005.1108.2057, 11/8/2005
SMBIOS Version   2.3
Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS
System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale   United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name   CRIMSON-DC897E3\Administrator
Time Zone   India Standard Time
Total Physical Memory   1,536.00 MB
Available Physical Memory   750.04 MB
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory   1.96 GB
Page File Space   2.10 GB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys
  Quote

which process or application is causing the slow bootup operation,I can try it.

but when I click on an icon on the desktop it takes a few minutes to open

...Have just installed 1GB RAM since i have 2 memory slots only.The performance is much much better....

I have a Dual-Monitor SETUP. The output of my Dell 1005 goes to a second monitor, a LCD TV set with high resolution.
Has been working just fine. Until I tried something.
As unknown, an iPhone o0f smartphone can go either horizontal or vertical orientation.  Actually, Windows XP can  do that to. So I thought I would try the second monitor in the vertical or portrait mode. Works great.

Now here is the problem. I don't KNOW how to get it back. Shacking it does not help. reset does not help. Try another user. Found nit stuck nin vertical mode of another user account.
But if I boot from my 'panic' partition, the one with a bar install of XP, everything is NORMAL. So the hardware did not change. SOMEHOW I changed the display SETTINGS and can not get them back. screenshot attached.


[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]Have you tried the CTRL - ALT arrow or Shift - arrow keys ? ? Quote from: patio on February 19, 2012, 05:56:21 AM

Have you tried the CTRL - ALT arrow or Shift - arrow keys ? ?

I already CREATED 2 primary partition on disk mangement on my virtual machine. I need to CREATE 2 LOGICAL partitions but Im unable to select Logical. It lets me select primary and EXTENDED but no Logical.
A logical partition needs to be created WITHIN an extended partition. First create an extended partition.Thanks for your helpSure

Hi,  which is faster 1.0 mbps or 100.0 mbps?Which do you think is bigger, 1 or 100?

Mbps = Mega bits per second.  More bits per second = faster.Mbps = Mega bits per second.  More bits per second = faster

Thanks Rob Quote from: tomshope on February 09, 2012, 09:53:09 AM

Mbps = Mega bits per second.  More bits per second = faster

Thanks Rob

Which do you think is bigger, 1 or 100?

for someone who doesn't know what "mbps" is referring to, for all they know it could be a measurement of resistance.

All I'm saying is that if "mbps" referred to resistance

Salmon Trout, are you suggesting that-
 the 'need for speed'  is
a juvenile dysfunction? 

My car is faster that your car. You speedometer only goes to 100. Mine goes to 150. Never mind that yours is in miles and mine is in kilometers.

a reasonably percipient individual would soon realise that a speed with a bigger number is faster.

But it does not, and the OP knows that, because he asked "Are these speeds the same?"

Hello,
I tried to network my computer with my wireless LINKSYS system.  This failed and I also now can no longer connect to the Internet with Internet Explorer or Firefox;  HOWEVER, I can connect with AOL.  I know i may have changed a setting on the system. but i cannot figure out what i did .  Any ideas?
DougAre you using DSL?

[GLB]Flame[/glb]yes - I am using DSL and ME...
DougWas the Linksys modem/router that you were trying to install compatible with your computer? Also, how long ago did this happen?

[glb]Flame[/glb]yes - the linksys router is compatible with the computer; we have had no problems with this for nearly two years.  This problem only surface yesterday.
DJNOk.... Follow these instructions.... Click Start -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore. When you click on system restore, you will see a box that asks if you want to revert your hard disk, or create a checkpoint... Click on the button that says revert. After, click next. Now, you will see a calendar.... I want you to click on the day that was 2 days before you ever installed the router. After, click next.... Your computer will give you a confirmation... Just click yes/ok on that.... Your computer will now restart... This process might take a while, so be patient.... Let us know what happens...

[glb]Flame[/glb]Earliest date available was march 2004 but tried it anyway and it failed...
DJNAOL has hijacked your browsers. Call them and they will tell you how to repair it.And if they don't help, tell them you'll go to one of their rivals...

In fact, just do that anyway. AOL is for the sort of people who don't venture further than their front lawn 'just in case'. Since you've SHOWN remarkable common SENSE in using Firefox, I'm presuming that this is not the case.I will try AOL  but thus far they have been no help.  If it wasnt for wife's desire to keep AOL it would have been gone long ago...

Hi I went to a YOUTUBE and I am trying to MAKE a bootable cd with window xp on it.  He said to downloaded a file xp_boot_img.bin, now I downloaded it but it won't burn as a bin file I need to get the files separated.  So what program will make it so it will burn..........THANKS..........two-dogs Helping you create an XP CD from a web download is a breach of FORUM guidelines.

Sorry.

Topic Closed.

I don't know how to lower the start button down to the left side of the monitor screen like it was before. I'll be appreciate for any assistance.Right-click an empty space on the taskbar. If Lock the Taskbar has a CHECK mark next to it, the taskbar is locked. You can unlock it by clicking Lock the Taskbar, which REMOVES the check mark. After just click on the taskbar and DRAG to move it down.Edit: I deleted my initial reply; it was erroneous.  bacskai79 is correct.  You can move the taskbar to the left side, top, right side, or bottom of your screen by dragging it as he explained.   After MOVING it, you should lock it to prevent another ACCIDENTAL move.

I got a new computer (HP Pavillion SLIMLINE s5000 series) and it has Windows 7 on it.
I HATE Windows 7!!!        It isn't compatible with miost of the hardware I have, including
my printer.  I'm sick of trying to work around all of these problems.  Is there some way
I can "trade" my WIN 7 is for Win XP somewhere?  FREE!  Is there a way to get WIN XP
off of my old computer and put it on my new one (and delete all of WIN 7)?
ThanksNO!
But you might talk to HP and ask them if there is a solution for you. In general, if you get a Windows n7 PC there is not any kind of 'downgrade' option.

Also, before you even try to put Windows XP on that machine, you need to find out if there are DRIVERS for it. Specifically, the hard drive and graphics may not have suitable XP drivers.

Go to the HP site, enter your model number and see if there are drivers for the machine for XP. The Windows 7 drives do not work for XP.

Tip: If you decide to install XP, do tins: Using Windows 7, shrunk the partition so that you can make a large partition for XP. That way you still have the Windows 7 available if you ever want it.

Trust me! Do NOT erase your Windows 7 OS. You will need it in the future. Really! No joke!I've never understood why people who want to use a decade plus old Operating System buy new computers.To clarify the above points:

A lot of Microsoft's software includes downgrade rights - meaning that (provided the licence specifies,) if you have purchased Windows 7, you are permitted to install XP instead[1].  You may need to phone Microsoft to obtain a valid licence key[2].

Despite my colleague BC's reservations, there are several legitimate  reasons for downgrading to XP.  Of these, the biggest is operating-system lock-in on proprietary or bespoke software.  For example in my company, we use a lot of bespoke software that was developed on and for legacy operating systems.  Upgrading this software is not simple, quick or cheap.  While the process of developing new software was underway it was necessary for us to downgrade a lot of the hardware we bought between (say) 2007 and 2011.

Initially the support burden of Windows 7 was greater than Windows XP, while companies got up to speed on the new O/S.  For smaller companies with limited I.T. budgets, often the pragmatic decision will be to skip one or more versions of Windows and thus avoid some of the obvious and hidden migration costs.

XP is going out of support in 2014, so the pressure is on to move all vulnerable systems away from XP.  Once security updates are no longer available, any network-connected XP machine is essentially a sitting duck.  That said, even this risk may be mitigated by the use of security/endpoint products that keep systems locked down, that still support XP.

References:

1. Understanding Downgrade Rights
2. Downgrade Rights FAQRob Pomeroy,
Good post. He can order an OEM XP CD specific to his computer from either HP or a on-line site that has the legal rights to resell the HP CD.
As an alternative, he can buy a used OEM CD from an individual that no longer wants it.

OEM in this context means specific to a manufacturer. Neely, HP. Trying to use a HP OEM CD on a PC that does not the COA from Microsoft is a violation of the license. Unless the user wants to shell out the full price for a new license key. In which case he might as well just buy the full retail package.

The OP has already made it clear that he has a HP with Windows 7. As Pomeroy said, he would have the RIGHT to 'downgrade' to Windows XP buy getting the right restore CD from HP. Or a legal source for HP OEM CDs.

The CD is about $25 plus shipping. You can GOOGLE it.
Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 27, 2012, 01:15:04 PM

The OP has already made it clear that he has a HP with Windows 7. As Pomeroy said, he would have the right to 'downgrade' to Windows XP

Personally i'd keep Win7 and dump the printer...

I would like to know the make and model of the printer that is not working.

I will try to explain the the best I can.
I have two pc's:
1. Dell optiplex gx620
2. Custom

Pc 1 got a virus that caused the DESKTOP to stop functioning. I didn't have a boot disk or a cd/flash drive to make one and system restore didn't work. So to fix it I did:

1. Removed PC#1's hard drive and hook it up to PC#2
2. WIPE PC#1's HD
3. Clone PC#2's HD to #1
4. Make HD#1 self bootable


The  problem is after replacing HD#1 the usb keyboard and mouse wont work. They work in the bios, and all usb setting are on, so not hardware. I'm assuming that its because HD#2 didn't have the dell drivers on it. The mouse and keyboard still work on PC#2.

I know there has to be a simple solution, I'm just not seeing it.
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.





The METHOD you used is not the best solution. It may continue to give you problems. Each installation of Windows OS on a PC is specific to the hardware of that computer.

The notable exceptions is when the PCs are twins from the same company. In that case only the OS of one will work in the other.

Sorry, I really don't know what to tell you. Maybe somebody else.
Quote from: jrfrye on February 23, 2012, 12:19:35 PM

I know there has to be a simple solution, I'm just not seeing it.

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