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The system that 98se is installed on remains up and running; but thanx to my kiddo's I no LONGER have the sleeve for the CD that the product key is written on. I have searched the registry w/o success.I would very much like to retrieve this code before i need it again to re-install os. My kids are very young, this is bound to happen. ANYONE with an answer please help.type regedit in the run box...h_key_ local _machines click the + sign> then click the software+ sign> then click microsoft+ sign> then click windows+sign>....click the current version + sign> done it will display your ...pd key .. or there are software progams like view xp key etc out there that will tell you your pd.key  THANX ALOT. i HAVE RETRIEVED THE KEY. I APPRECIATE THE HELP.   thanks  for the feed-back
thats why we are here to help you and OTHERS...the pc family forum...........>

I have a strange issue with my gaming computer, and I'm not sure if its Hardware, software or virus, but I think its virus or hardware.

the problem started when i was on a website while viewing a video, wireless was slow, and the screen began having small problems like areas with lower resolution and frame-rate drop, at first  i thought it was the monitor and turned it off and turned it back on, but that did not HELP, so i exited out of Google chrome which after several seconds did shut out, and then normally turned my computer off. several hours later when i tried to turn it back on, very strange symbols displayed all over the screen during boot up, until the windows XP loading sign which was normal, but then after that ended the TOP of the screen turned blue and if i MOVED my mouse, the top half of the screen would display and then go no further and after several seconds revert back to blue. so i shut it down manually by holding the power button, and then rebooted it in safety mode. safety mode did boot, but it still had no background and strange bluelines in it, as well as being slow. i immediately started my virus protection scan, but so far it has shown nothing. i have no idea what the problem could be, and any help would be appreciated.

Symptoms:
Boot-up problems
Strange symbols all over screen ex. the a with ~ over it
will not boot up except in safety mode

the computer is a custom BUILT gaming computer, and it is nearly 3 years old, so a piece of hardware may have burned out.
i do not however know much about the chips inside and what version of XP it runs onSeen Video cards fail and do this. Do you have a spare video card to try out or remove videocard to try integrated video?

I've had a similar problem but I get NO sound out o the system speaker, EXCEPT when I type out files that have the "non-printing" characters, etc. specifically Control-G, the bell sound.  So I know it can make "NOISE" but just can't get it to be normal.   I've tried updating the drivers on every conceivable component, deleted/uninstalled every device, including "system speaker", and re-detects them all but still no sound.Good morning dbeorn and welcome to CH

     The only thing that I can understand out of your post is that you may have some kind of sound issue? "I get NO sound out o the system speaker"

     What do you mean on this "EXCEPT when I type out files that have the "non-printing" characters, etc"

     If I am not mistaken this does nothing in windows "Control-G" maybe you have this set up for a short cut with-in a software program.

What model PC is this that you are talking about "Dell C521 or a HP A6400F etc"
What OS (operating system) XP or windows 7 etc
Have you tested the speakers by playing a audio CD if so does it work

Hope to hear from you soon, Mike  What app are you running when you press CTRL-G ? ?
We thrive on details...Ctrl-G in the command prompt (same as ASCII code 0x7) is the 'BELL' character, which is an instruction for a console window to play a beep sound. On windows XP (or maybe it's vista) and older, it's done by the motherboard's bell or speaker. Windows 7 does this as a system sound now because some newer PC's don't have said speaker, and it's really loud and irritating.

That said, it's likely that you can hear the beep sound because the motherboard speaker (or whatever is used to play the sound) is fine, but your soundcard has failed, you have bad drivers, or something's unplugged or something.Good evening TechnoGeek

Thank you I NEVER knew that

Mike Quote from: hartbeatmr on September 06, 2012, 04:59:56 PM

Good evening TechnoGeek

Thank you I never knew that

Mike

Alternatives to rstrui.exe (System Restauration)

I would a more powerful UTILITY to manage the restore system settings.

Best Regards
Disk Imaging software takes a "snapshot" of your drive as it exists at the time you create the image. You can then restore the entire image or any file(s) or folder(s) you choose. It is a virtually foolproof way of backing up your system and providing a safe haven in the event of a catastrophe that REQUIRES you to blow away your system partition and restore it to a previous state. It also allows you to "test" various software and be confident that you have a the ability to return to the prior state any time you choose.

 
I use Acronis True Image. It is the best of BREED, but it isn't free. The best free alternative is Macrium Reflect.


1) I create an image of my system partition once a week to a second hard drive and keep the 2 or 3 most recent images. I also image my other partitions about once a month. I always enable "verify image" in the options. It takes a little longer, but insures a valid image.

2) I also create an image before performing any drive level function (ie, changing the size of a partition) or making any significant change to the OS (installing a service pack, upgrading IE, etc). Also sometimes before installing new software.

3) Images may be created on any medium (cd, dvd, external drive, etc). For obvious reasons they should not be stored on the same drive you are imaging. The best option is a second internal hd if you have one.

4) Images may be created "in the background" within the OS. If you need to restore the system partition, that will need to be done before the OS loads. You can start the process within the application in the OS and it will then tell you it needs to reboot to finish the process. Alternatively, you can boot to a "recovery disk" which you can create when you first install the software (or to the application disk itself if you have one). Other partitions can be restored without a reboot.
Quote from: Allan on September 09, 2012, 01:50:58 PM

Disk Imaging software takes a "snapshot" of your drive as it exists at the time you create the image. You can then restore the entire image or any file(s) or folder(s) you choose. It is a virtually foolproof way of backing up your system and providing a safe haven in the event of a catastrophe that requires you to blow away your system partition and restore it to a previous state. It also allows you to "test" various software and be confident that you have a the ability to return to the prior state any time you choose.

 
I use Acronis True Image. It is the best of breed, but it isn't free. The best free alternative is Macrium Reflect.


1) I create an image of my system partition once a week to a second hard drive and keep the 2 or 3 most recent images. I also image my other partitions about once a month. I always enable "verify image" in the options. It takes a little longer, but insures a valid image.

2) I also create an image before performing any drive level function (ie, changing the size of a partition) or making any significant change to the OS (installing a service pack, upgrading IE, etc). Also sometimes before installing new software.

3) Images may be created on any medium (cd, dvd, external drive, etc). For obvious reasons they should not be stored on the same drive you are imaging. The best option is a second internal hd if you have one.

4) Images may be created "in the background" within the OS. If you need to restore the system partition, that will need to be done before the OS loads. You can start the process within the application in the OS and it will then tell you it needs to reboot to finish the process. Alternatively, you can boot to a "recovery disk" which you can create when you first install the software (or to the application disk itself if you have one). Other partitions can be restored without a reboot.

I'm sorry, I' not sure I understand what is is you are trying to do. Do you want another option for backing up and restoring the registry? If so, you can use ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

Problem 1: I inherited a Dell D520 Latitude running on Windows XP with Starter Pack 3. Windows Media Player will not work; the error message says I'm not online. The problem is that I am and I know for a fact that I am because of what I have to go through to get it online (problem 2). In order to get online, I have to click Start, Run, enter "%SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc /s", OK, Wired AutoConfig, Starter Type: AUTOMATIC, Start, OK. Then I click Start again, Run, enter "ncpa.cpl", OK, Wireless Area Connection, Change settings of this connection, Wireless Networks, Use Windows to reconfigure... and OK. Please don't let that sequence confuse you into thinking I know the first thing about computers; that is just something I learned out of necessity. How do I a) get Windows Media Player to recognize a pre-established, existing internet connection and b) get my system to remember and automatically connect to my modem? If it helps, I use a mobile hot spot from Clear and I am NOT REQUIRED to enter the password again. Thanks to anyone who can provide any assistance and know that I envy your mad computin' skillz! LOL since you inherited a COMPUTER why not do a system recovery or try a system restore, a recovery will GIVE you a fresh start, if its an hp (which it is not, but could have the option maybe) it can do a non destructive system recovery which means the main files you have won't be deleted like favorites and typing docs but cookies and internet history will be gone and so on, you could also try to install an older version of WMP, wish i could give you a true answer to your problemsAaaannnnd how exactly would I do that? O.Oto do a system restore you would need to go to accessories and system tools and select a date to go back to but i prefer a system recovery I think that option would be in the system tools option or you can just do a search, search for recovery to make a recovery cd, unless dell has a self system recovery option like hp just look at the screen when you tun on the computer does it say f11 system recovery or check to see in your my computers if your computer has a D drive if it does it has some kind of ssytem recoveryAny wireless access point could always be configured to automatically connect when the network is in range. The network profile for the previous accessed network is saved by your network explorer properties, tab.There is a checkmark option for that option. What particular modem hotspot is it? I don't use WMP primarily for any entertainment or online media access, but there might be a setting also to enable or run. Usually if the computer was able to connect successfully then WMP will follow. Found this ONE also http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#wmp9

Hi guys, im new to this site so i'd like to say hello firstly!

I have a question regarding NT and XP PROFILES.....I have an NT box and an XP box, i have only one NT profile which i use, my question is, if i log on the xp box using my NT profile will it BECOME corrupt?http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314478Ste.....Is there some reason you dont want to use a differant profile on the XP machine........usually a profile is created when you first install and set XP up .......I'm not completely understanding exactly what it is your trying to acheive. Are the two pcs NETWORKED ?
http://www.svrops.com/svrops/documents/ntprofiles.htm  

dl65  There are two pcs which are part of the same domain - i could log onto my xp box no PROBLEM but i just wanna make sure it WONT corrupt my profile.http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=161070

I feel stupid, but does anyone know how i can map a network drive that is denying access, to that person. The person i am trying to network has administrative rights, and somehow i NEED to get this done ASAP! PLease HELP!!Sounds LIKE the DRIVES might be blocked. Are you ALLOWED to access those drivers? http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-358.html

Dear all,

I got a bit of a problem concerning my XP Home Edition COMPUTER. It concerns the welcome screen and fast user switching.

I recently got a piece of Biometric equipment (BioTouch USB 200) and tried installing onto my XP BUT it was only compatible to windows 2000/NT but I found that afterwards (when I emailed Identix (manufacturer) who told me that the version I got is not compatible with xp)

So I installed the hardware onto the xp and like the manufacturer (Identix) said it was not compatible but I had already installed it, so naturally I uninstalled the hardware and restarted the computer but then the problem occurred which was that the xp welcome screen and fast user switching were disabled, so I went to control PANEL – user accounts and tried changing it back to fast user switching but I got an error MESSAGE….

“A recently installed program has disabled the welcome screen and fast user switching. To restore these features, you must uninstall the program. The following file name might help you identify the program that made the change

C:\WINDOWS\system32\msgina.dll                                                       ”

So that’s the error message I get, so if anybody knows how I could rectify the problem and how I could get the welcome screen and fast user switching back, I would be very grateful. Thanks in ADVANCE and much appreciated, I have also sent an email to identix which I am waiting for a response.

Please anyone      
ok, I want you to click on start, then to accessories, followed by system tools, and then click on system restore. This will allow you to put your computer back to a time before you installed the hardware. I would reccomend restoring your hard disk to ONE day before you installed the hardware. Let me know what happens....

[glb]Flame[/glb]http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ginadll.htm

for some reason i can't see some pics or peoples avatar's. it HAPPENES everywhere in al websites.



thanks,bluebuffcubwhen you say "some pics" you MEAN... ? Quote

when you say "some pics" you mean... ?

are you on a home pc? connected to a network?   use IE and what are your internet options set at?  default?

you could have a content filter blocking out some of the pics ... ?   let me know

What is your connection speed? Have you tried reinstalling IE?

I feel really stupid because this is probably a really easy fix and I'm just not computer LITERATE enough to fix it.  

When I start Windows Media Player it opens off of the desktop and I can't SEE it.   How do I get it back on my desktop so I can use it?  

Please help me!!!  Thanks so much!!!HUH?

What do you mean it opens off of the desktop?  If you can't see it, is it minimized or in your task BAR?Nope, it's not minimized.  In fact, when I hit MINIMIZE, I can see it QUICKLY move from the right side, off the desktop, down to the taskbar and visa versa when I maximize it.  Weird, huh?It's off the edge of your screen! Try right clicking its bar on the bottem and clicking move. Then drag your mouse towards the visiable area.

Also, go to display options > settings and increase the resolution. This will extend your desktop's size and you might be able to see it, drag it onto a viewable area. You can then either change back the resolution, or keep the current one if you like it (matter of personal prefference)What version of media player is this?

:-XOk here it goes I have bin getting these weird lag   with my computer  in any type of program, game, or wail am lessening to music  etc . when I move my mouse slowly I see it lagging and when I drag files and jest move the mouse around I get these weird  lag like a 1 second delay  and when I  tern on my computer it takes forever for it to lode up .Sum times it wont lode up at all, I well have to restart the computer and sum time it wont EVEN be leggy it well all be ok, but for the most its like these a good 70 % of the time and  when I play War CRAFT – OR CS! It gets rely leggy trying to move my mouse around and it fells like it frozen and I know it’s not spy were or viruses cuss I jest formatted and am still having these problem and  I think my  motherboard may be gowning  bad but I jest got  it a year ago  my USB mouse is not working in sum of the USB slots jest the vary TOP one sum one told me it mite be the power supply I jest  got me  450 power supply to see if that was what was cozying these, and am still having these problem cant be the power supply and it cant be  my Video card cuss I sent it in cuss I thought  that was the problem they sent me a new one  and it’s  still downing these. I ran prime 95 and it all passed so IM stumped HELP!!!! what types of video card do you use and how big? how much ram do you have?  do you have any type of virus protection or protection from sypware and adaware?

what is your internet connection? speed?Johnathon has some good questions. Also, do you defragment your computer?

You say you formatted... hm well unless you've not done it very well, or if you're computer is so poorly maintained, then it's probably a hardware problem as formatting practically resets everything. Was your computer always this slow?

And what's your monitor? Lower-end LCDs can have "ghosts" or "shadows" on the screen.it sounds like it MIGHT be a virus you've recently recieved somehow since you reformatted your hard drive. Try running Norton 2005 (if you have) or ad-aware, spybot s&d, etc.... this might clear the problem.


war craft has a lot going on in the game, are you sure you have enough RAM to make it run as smoothly as you'd like?
Hi it's me agene ya people I have a 2500 AMD 512 3200 ram ASUS mobo and a 9800 pro! and a 80 GIG wd and a 250 gig Maxtor So I would think it would run Wc jest fin and I do have a ante virus program running I have MacAfee I have all the driver up dated and I jest formatted so I don’t think it is a Virus plz help~! well then its definatley not your hardware. let me get back to you on this

When I receive a  mesage with a link to another site, The link will not open..   Can ANYBODY help   Quote

Can anybody help

When I receive a  mesage with a link to another site, The link will not open..   Can anybody help  

I have a second hand Dell Latitude LS laptop.
The previous owner removed his COPY of Win 2K.
I thought I could use a boot disc (I have a set of floppy discs) to reinstall my Win 2K, however, the machine has no internal drives. I have got an external floppy and an external rom - both with USB. I canmnot get the machine to recognise its USB port. The only other way in is via a network CARD (I have a home network running Win 2K) but it will not recognise this EITHER.
I have tried starting in safe mode, running last known good configuration, and booting from network without any success.  
When I INITIALIZE the machine it gives me an error messaeg saying it cannot find the file for Win2K and prompting me to reinstall the programme. How can I do this ?

The eroor message displayed is:   ?windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe?Did you set your external hard disk to be the master hard disk, or the slave? It NEEDS to be the master......

[glb]Flame[/glb]I do not know haow to set the hard disc to MASTER?
please tell mego into the bios SETUP hold down the either Fn+F1 or
 F2  key
on boot and enable the usbs...did this come with usb drives..this may also help>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b6140f9-2d36-4977-8fa1-6f8a0f5dca8f&displaylang=en   you cant use the last good config if the other person has taken of win2k? forget the master thing enable the usb ports...Read User Guide click here

BIOS Boot Screen

The computer is only a few years old and was the fast reliable one in the house. Sometime after a scan by PC tools, which I did regularily, it became slow to respond in bringing up pages. The little blue circle would just spin on the screen. If you were on a page and hit a link, it again would be slow or not even respond to that click of the link. AVG shows no viruses, Malware Bytes Anti -Malware shows nothing, I've defragged and run CC Cleaner and it doesn't seem any better. I also did a system restore to before that last scan. It's an HP with AMD Athlon running windows 7 with 4.0 GB of RAM. Thanks1) If you are TALKING about the "registry cleaner" in PC Tools you are doing more harm than good.

2) CCleaner is an essentially benign utility that has absolutely no effect on computer performance.

3) Contrary to the title of the thread it sounds as though your only issue is with the web browser and not the computer in general, is that correct? If so, have you tried a different browser just as a test? If not, please do so.It may also be a general connection issue as well... Quote from: patio on August 27, 2012, 02:27:13 PM

It may also be a general connection issue as well...

My winamp PLAYER use to be able to display lyrics when I play the song but since I close the lyrics window, it can never appear again.  Do ANYONE know the STEPS I should follow to get my lyrics back? REFER to the help FILE.

Was this a plug-in>http://www.purelyrics.com/index.php?plugin=1

Is this the FUTURE of m$OFT no disks>HTTP://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=360cafd6-5098-4c64-9ca7-a30f225859f6&DisplayLang=en

Keyboard

I bought a laptop replacement in Japan, which naturally comes with a Japanese (layout) keyboard. I installed English windows XP, downloaded the east asian language support package which allows me to type in Japanese, etc. However, I am still stuck on US/English keyboard. How can I switch to Japanese keyboard? I'm trying to do it through regional LANGUAGES in the control panel, but it's not working.  Regardless if I change the typing language, or select Japanese keyboard, all keys are still US keyboard.

Mouse

I've also got a touchpad mouse (sorry i dont know the proper term) which is below the keys on the keyboard, and I can't change the settings for this.  In control panel, mouse, hardware, I find two mice - ps2 compatible mouse and logitech usb cordless mouse.  Both said to be working properly.  As far as I can tell, changing the properties (buttons, pointers, etc) affects both at the same time.  I want to disable the touchpad mouse, and keep the logitech working.  Another issue is both mice interfere with typing.  If the mouse is positioned on a typable surface in a window, it will randomly select that space shifting what I am typing.  This also occurs within the same typing window inserting what i am typing into the middle of my text.  How on EARTH do I GET rid of this!?

Righty:

Keyboard:
Check out this site: http://www.aipainunavik.com/support/e_keyboard_win.html
It's a tutorial that goes through how to go about setting up different language settings (including the keyboard settings). The instructions are for Himalayan (?) keyboards - just use some common sense and pick the approproate stuff.

Mouse:
It's just "Touchpad", not a "Touchpad Mouse". Apart from that, I can't help at all.You say you're having difficutly turning off the touchpad? Maybe when you type, your hands accidently stimulate it, causing your second problem.I've been through the whole setup procedure before.  I"ve got languages set to Japanese, but just like in the setup example on the website, there is no Japanese available under keyboard layout IME.  

about the touchpad, yes, occasionally it happens that the hand brushes the touchpad, but that doesn't explain the mouse clicking onto other typable areas.  
I just want to disable the touchpad altogether.
whats the make of the laptop?  maybe there are different drivers needed for the laptop mouse/keyboard...or a m$oft update patch thats needed....SUGGESTIONS....In the laptop's BIOS, disable the 'PS2 port assigned to mouse', 'Assign IRQ12 to mouse', or 'onboard pointing DEVICE' options. Then use a USB mouse or trackball.

Or you can open the case and physically unplug the ribbon cable for the glidepad. You can then still use a mouse or trackball in the PS2 port on the back of the laptop.http://greggman.com/japan/xp-ime/xp-ime.htm

My 4 year old touched something. When I went to fix it, I screwed with the size of icons and fonts accidentally. How can I make the way the screen looked go back to normal.

I am going blind with these L A R G E pages. Please help.


THANKS!!

(Windows XP system)Try this:

Right Click the Desktop and go to Properties.
Head over to the Settings Tab and change the Resolution to 1024 x 768.
Press OK.

See how that WORKS out.That is what it was set to.  Any other advice?

(I am not extrememly technical)


Thanks!!Hmmmm....

In the Appearance Tab, change the Font Size to Normal.Wait, is it the desktop we're talking about? Or you internet browser?My AOL mail looks HUGE. I used to see many emails on one page...now only like 20 emails. My Ebay pics looks HUGE which is distorting the page a bit. My desktop Icons are bigger.

I feel like I have to move the monitor back 100 feet!!

Help!!  I don't know where the appearance tab is. What do I do once I find it?

Thanks!!You said:

Quote from: MomNEEDShelp on September 12, 2008, 06:50:32 AM

I screwed with the size of icons and fonts accidentally. How can I make the way the screen looked go back to normal.

Hmmmm....

In the Appearance Tab, change the Font Size to Normal.

I am on Large Fonts there. If I make them normal, the text gets too small.

The advanced seems to only be for changing the color.

Hello,

I been using computer for a while but this problem is the hardest which I ever had.
So the problem is, I have turned off the computer using my hands, like I just have removed power wire straight from PSU and then after couple hours I tried to turn on computer but it won't happened. What I have to do, why my computer won't turn on ? Quote from: edzha90 on September 10, 2012, 12:21:57 PM

I just have removed power wire straight from PSU

the PSU is working (I have checked )

I tried with different motherboard.

i have shut down computers many times by yanking powercord and it has never hurt them.

what I should do with that broken PSU?

I do not have a windows xp cd and I don't want to move my files since its too much workloads but no icons just the wallpaper shows Please explain your PROBLEM (and what LED up to it) IN DETAILthis is an old issue and now  I want to try to fix it

so my computer wasn't giving me any volume so  I did a system restore after that I get the ERROR message

 Explorer.exe unable to locate component
This application has failed to start because Browseui.dll was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

I logged into windows but then I only SEE the desktop/background that is all no icons or anythingEventually you are gonna need a Windows XP CD...

Does ANYONE recognize the following program J1nTgYg.exe which wants to access my computer.  I have no idea what this is.gramzee.....I just did a quick check on it and came up with NOTHING.......I would not allow it in .....in fact I would ADD it to the blocked list....just to be on the safe side.

dl65  Scan for viruses, trojan horses and spyware.Are you using  a peer to peer program like kazzawww.majorgeeks.com and block the kernel32.dll and with sygate run trace route and the  whois program......and download spysweeper also its a porn site...Thanks for trying.  I had guests who MAY have used some of those programs.  I did block all the unknown programs which were trying to get in.  I use Zone Alarm to do this.  Also this a.m. I used House Call a free program from Trend Micro and found I had a trojan called sandbox (I think), I also use a VIRUS protection and a spam blocker.  I also got rid of cursor comet.  It certainly is painful to keep up with all these intrusions. Quote

It certainly is painful to keep up with all these intrusions.

Hey, this is william palumbo again, heh. I just wanted to thank you GUYS for helping me with my sound card problem, i ended up just buying a new one. Now when i  start my computer, my microphone doens't WORK, i have to test hardware before it works. Is there a way to MAKE it so it stays working?

Thanks.Have you installed and set up your sound card correctly?

Check the microphone is plugged in etc

Is it muted? Quote

Is there a way to make it so it stays working?

I was wondering if there is ANYWAY for my computer to be set to GO to the windows welcome SCREEN after a screensaver lock other than just a password prompt. I only have one user account on the computer as well. Any help WOULD be appreciated.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279765/EN-US/

When I save a file in my Windows XP I like to save the entire file name in small-cap (i.e. - picture.jpg). However, the computer doesn't save it that way even though I type the name in entirely in small cap. It saves it usually as something like Picture.JPG .
Is there a setting in my windows xp that can I CHANGE to fix this? Thanks.It really depends on the program you're using. Whoever originally writes the program actually has full control over what format to save the files as, and the extension, and what case it's in, with absolutely no respect to the save dialog.

That said, if they're using a save dialog in the first place they will generally respect the user's choice. What program are you using to save the file?

ONE thing you can try is to type the filename with double quotes around it -- this can usually be used to force an unusual file extension (e.g. saving html files in notepad) and sometimes case. In your case, type with quotes "picturetest.jpg" in the save as box and see what happens.

Note that due to a windows limitation, if the file already exists when you save it, the case WILL NOT be changed. If the file doesn't exist already, it will be created with the case you, the user, (or really the program you're using) specifies.Thanks for your quick reply. In the Picture.JPG example, I was using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 . When it is saved all in small cap, the file name gets automatically changed to a capital "P" and the extension often changes to upper case as well. Quote from: grappler on September 23, 2012, 09:33:35 PM

small-cap (i.e. - picture.jpg).

Thanks for your quick reply. In the Picture.JPG example, I was using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 . When it is saved all in small cap, the file name gets automatically changed to a capital "P" and the extension often changes to upper case as well.

File Extension
    Specifies an option for the three-character file extensions that indicate a file’s format: Select Use Upper Case to append file extensions using uppercase characters, or Use Lower Case to append file extensions using lowercase characters. Generally, it’s a good idea to keep this option set to Use Lower Case.

You need to do some searching around in Options...

Wow ! !

I tried to clean up my computer by wiping out everything. I did this by using the Win XP discs that came with my computer. Everything looked ok when I was loading the new XP on my computer but now when I turn my computer on a DOS screen pops up and I have two Windows XP editions pop up. I have to press enter on one of the Windows XP. They're both the same exact version. Please tell me how I can fix this. Because now EVERYTHING on the computer is running extremely slow. I don't know if everything is loaded on there twice or what HAPPENED. Please help. By the way once I CLICK on the Windows XP that I want to USE the computer boots up and everything works fine except it is very slow. Did I mess up when I was loading The Win XP disk on the computer. Thanks for all your help.  


action_jacksonaction_jackson.....I dont know what you did but you managed to install XP twice.........Why dont you format the hard DRIVE and reinstall XP on a nice clean HD.

dl65  I had this problem so I reset my computer completely after backing up my files. The reason your computer is running slowly is because you have got two copies of XP on your computer.  


Thanks,   JUNGLECITY

Hi hoping someone can help me with this problem.
I was trying to create new multiple partitions on a 200GB hard drive using XP's disk management utility. I deleted the existing partition in order to create free space with which to allocate the new ONES. However when I did this although the partition was deleted it only showed me 128GB of free space and changed the capacity of the drive to 128GB. When I look at the drive in the BIOS it still shows a 200GB drive but XP refuses to see the full capacity. Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thanksis this the main hard drive or a backup.
Is the harddrive NTFS or FAT? FAT has a maximum drive size I think...

Is that TYPE of harddrive SUPPORTED by your computer's other hardware?

You could try reformatting and starting again from scratch maybe? But then you'll lose everything on the drive.Thanks for the replies but I DISCOVERED the problem.
Turns out XP doesn't support DRIVES larger than 128GB until you upgrade to SP1.
It works now but this still doesn't explain why the drive was working fine at 200 until I tried to format ??
Info>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/225551/EN-US/

Whenever I turn off my WINDOWS xp, 5 seconds later it turns back on, what do you think the problem is?How do you turn it off? START > Shutdown? SOMETIMES if you just push the power button, it puts it in standby.It is enabled an option, to restart at BSOD. You give to computer the command "Shut down", he tries to execute it, makes an error (don't ask what error... I don't know) and reboots. Better look on google.

Look what I found (looking for: xp shutdown restart immediately on www.google.com):

http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php Quote

Strange REPLY neil...grass....

my taskbar and start MENU has disappeared. When I go to control panel and click on the icon nothing HAPPENS Check on the other sides of your screen. Some JOKER could have moved and resized it. You could have auto-hide on? Also, check your monitor to see if the start menu bar is actually off the screen.Do you have  Tweak UI on your pc ?With which operating system?it was a spy wear program that was designed to take it away. It is on windows xp home version. It took a company called tech 24 about 40 MIN to find it. I would ask the tec company for a refund...on this forum with the grey MATTER firing on all twelve cylinders is would have taken us  four mins or less

Hello, I am stuck with a bit of a problem that I have never had to deal with before, so I am unsure of a solution. If anyone has any experience with the issue that I'm trying to work through, and/or experience with a good inexpensive or free software I could use, and could help talk me through the steps needed, it would be appreciated.

I have 2 computers that are both connected to each other on a network. Both computers are running Windows XP Professional, service pack 1.

The problem that i've run into falls into 2 seperate instances of file problems, and i'm unsure if either or both could be fixed. Initially, certain less experienced people did a reinstall of Windows Xp on both systems, and did not properly back up certain important files that I had on both computers. I am curious if there is any way to go about restoring those files that were overwritten by the new instal of Windows XP on my systems. Also, since their current installation, there have been a handful of needed files that have been accidently deleted by a few various users. I am curious if there is any way I can recover those files as well. I am fully willing to scrap the current install of Windows on both PC's if there is any way to recover either sets of files. I have backed up all currently needed information on both systems, so if needed I can easily considering wiping out the current OS on either comptuer. If anyone can help me with this problem, it would be greatly appreciated.What types of missing files? What error messages do you get? You could try reinstalling XP over the top of your current installation... that might work.Unless you formatted, most files not INSTALLED in Windows directories should STILL be present.To be more specific, they were home made picture and movie files that I had been intending to burn onto CD to save, and many of them are not replaceable.

I'm not RECIEVING any error messages, it's not a situation of missing system files, but personal picture and movie files, i.e. .jpg/.bmp/.mpeg/.avi files that were initially overwritten with a reinstall of Xp on both systems by someone who didn't know what they were doing and did not properly backup the files that were already on both hard drives. Likewise, the same person(unfortunately) has since deleted several files of the same sort of both hard drives on each system.

What i'm looking for is assistance with recovering either sets of files if that is at all POSSIBLE. In the first instance, they were files that were erased by a reinstall of Windows XP onto both systems that also involved the person reformatting each hard drive in the PROCESS. In the second instance, it was a result of this person simply deleting other files to the recycle bin and then emptying the recycle bin.

I'm looking for assistance with recovering either, or both sets of files, if that is in any way possible. I am more than willing to do whatever it would take, even if that requires trashing the current install of Windows on either computer to do so. These files were personal to me and most of them are not something I can easily replace. So if anyone can help in any way, it would be greatly appreciated.WinXP Clean Install - your files are still there.
WinXP Reinstall - your files are gone forever.

If you can't find them, they have been overwritten.Try this

http://www.executive.com/undelete/undelete.asp

Unless you pay, there are restrictions on what you can recover. Try the trial version and use it to see if your files are still there. If they are, try to recover them. The free trial only lets you undelete files up to a certain size. There's no gaurantee that it will recover your files, but you can at least try the free.http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm  may or may not do it. this on will but at a cost>http://www.disk-image.net/products.htm...for future use> upload those files to a website...some isp allow the user to have five websites or burn them to cd disks or have a spare hard drive...

sorry to sound dumb but I have had a system crash and need to re-install windows but i have some info and hardware on my computer that i want to save to disk. What commands do i have to use from ms-dos to get the ball rolling...The computer wont let me get into windows so it must be done in ms-dos mode type copy/? that will display help for the copy command.

use cd and cd\ and dir to get around

For example,

dir what's in the current directory
dir/p displayes in several pages, for when you have lots of files
cd windows takes you to the windows folder, if it's at your current directory. However if you're in say your DOCUMENTS folder, you will need to use cd\ to "backup"

Once you've found the file type

copy file.txt a:\saved

... for example

Also note that in DOS, you need to obey a special naming rule. Directorys can have 8 letters max and files 8 letters plus 3 for extantion. No spaces. For example, to get to program files from c:, you type

cd progra~1 the ~1 means that EXTRA letters were removed. It will usually be ~1, sometimes other numbers.

To change DRIVERS, type X: eg a: for floppy.

Trick: use *.xxx for all

eg copy *.txt a:\ copies all txt files to floppy.

Hope this helps. For most commands you can add /? for help.



copy /?

lanejr......Go to the windows update page
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/default.aspx?ln=en-us     ......when the page opens....go over to the left side and click on ....View installation history. Look to see if SP2 has been installed.....
KB888162 is not SP2.  If you tried to D/L SP2 and it failed ( you should know that) there are other issues.
Is your XP ....home or Pro and is it a legal copy ?
Here is the link to KB888162...... http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=KB888162
let us know

dl65  I THOUGHT of suggesting that you get together with the guy who can't uninstall SP2 and see if you can WORK out a deal between you.

But seriously, it is better to do a clean install now that SP2 is here and all you NEED to do is to slipstream your XP CD with the SP2 update and make a new XPSP2 CD USING the freeware program AutoStreamer 1·0 Quote

i have 4 updates that always fail to install. at one time i had a message about cryptographic services, but it seemed to be enabled. i think one is sp2. here are some numbers if they help. kb888162

OK he is a question for u all. I have an avi thqat will not delete and when i try to mess with it delete and so forth my computer bogs down extremly. I have looked in Task manager and when i try to delte this file my explorere.exe starts FLIPPING out use 70,000k of memory and all of my processor. I have a 3.2ghz pentium and 1G of ram. Something is up here but i dont know what and i cant get rid of the darn file either.Jeff WOlfe.....Am I reading you correctly .....you have a
AVI file ( movie or something ) and you cannot delete it ...   Have you tried rebooting in safe mode and then try to delete it ?   Is it ONE big file or or there numberous parts to it ?

let us know
dl65  http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_undeletable_file.htmThis will fix you up..

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1209/

Keep in mind that playing with the registry can cause issues.  This avi fix is super easy but it's still a GOOD idea to make a backup first.Thanks for the help everyone I SURE do APPRECIATE it.

SMART PEOPLE ROCK!!!!!!

The Wolfeman

hi can anyone HELP its sending me mad.
ive got absolutely no idea what ive done but every time i try and open something on my desktop or anywhere, i get a box that says run as, then current user(paul\paul1), then a ticked box that says protect my computer and data from unauthorised programme activity.  and unless i un check it it wont let me access things i can still open things as long as i uncheck it but im getting annoyed with doing it does anyone know how to turn it off. and also up to a week ago when you switched computer on at the POINT of the windows logo i used to have to click on a user which was only just my dad no others but now it just goes straight through whats happened there and how do i get it back to how it was id appreciate any help whatsoever also we are on windows xp pro sp2 Quote

heeeeeeeelllllllllp

ta rap no need for that im new at this and miss read.

What's the difference between Pro and Home for XP?There is a big difference and there is the price to consider.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

Take a look at the Elder Geeks SITE on Dynamic Disk usage with XP Professional too.So basically Pro is just Home + Stuff?

As for the price, I might be able to get for free/cheap Pro off a FRIEND who doesn't use it. It was just that I didn't want to get Pro and miss out on the Home stuff... but it seems my worries were in vain.You most likely will never notice you are using Professional. Especially not after installing SP2.How do you mean? Also, my main question I was building up to was too different a topic so I've asked it in a new one. Quote

You most likely will never notice you are using Professional. Especially not after installing SP2.

i have a sound problem - i suspect it is to do with an audio codec of some sort but dont know what to do next-i can play VIDEO ETC and audio on WINDOWS mp ok but can only play video (no sound ) on flash which i need to view some online tutorials-can anyone help as i am unsure of my next move-i have tried macromedia flash website for help but no fix as yet!!
much obliged
davieStart > Run > dxdiag

Look at sound. Any problems there?Are your drivers up-to-date? What kind of sound card to you have?

[glb]Flame[/glb]hi guys thanks for replying - i ran dxdiag and there seems to be no problem but my sound is onboard vinyl ac'97-should i maybe get a pci sound card??can you update drivers for this sort of onboard sound??
cheers
davie :-/http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dlac97-2.aspx?lineid=5&famid=12&series=8&Software=TrueUpdate the mainboard drivers and you should also update the on-board SOUNDCARD drivers.this may sound dump but is the SPEAKER  plug in and are turned on...

make sure that its not muted

With a properly configured firewall, you should be fine.

And please, could people not refer to crackers and script kiddies as "hackers" from now on? The term "hacker" was given to the scientists who basically invented the internet as we know it today, and is now used as a term for a very skilled programmer. It's a term overused in the media and it really irritates me. Thank you.

I just love pretty much every movie and TV show which has a computer in it...

I am putting together a system and have ran into a very angering problem!!!! I cannot install my OS (Windows Xp Pro)... I set my cd-rom as first in boot SEQUENCE  and it still doesn't read it. I have also made it the only one in the sequence and still did not read. I have updated my Bios with a CD-ROM , so the cd-rom is working.

here's a list of my hardware:
Asus K8N-E Deluxe
EVGA Nvidia 6800GT
amd Athlon 3700+ cpu
XMS Corsair xtra low latency 1 gig ram (512 x 2)

Any HELP would be unfathombly appreciated!!!!!!oh sorry! i get this message after i leave bios

"Reboot and select proper Boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"Is the copy of XP STORE bought or is it a backup copy? It might not be a bootable copy if it is.is this a retail winxp disk...?did you save the changes in the bios....you could always boot from the six floppy winxp disks...or this site will help you more>http://www.windowsreinstall.com/You may need the bootable Windows XP floppydisks that Merlin recommended..http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=297

that is a link to help you create a bootable disk cdr if you want to (have another computer available,

also your mother board may be like mine and I have to hit f8 after the mem count to manually select the cdrom as the boot device.


the flopppys will work if you have the paitence,,,,,,a lot of paitence, if the thing fails to find the right install file, etc, you have to start over.

beavis

I'm trying to figure out why is my system CRASHING every 15 to 30 minutes?
Has anyone seen anything like this?
Could it be caused by hardware incompatibility?

Help!!!!!!!!
OS: Windows XP (Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Processor: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
RAM: 512
Browser: Microsoft IE Build 6.0.2900.2180
The Error REPORT says that I got a problem with the following two files:
Sysdata.xml
Mini111404-03.dmpPlease specify hardware and Operating System.Scan for viruses, spyware and Trojan Horses.

Better maintain your PC.None of the tips worked. I have no spiware or viruses on my pc.  Issue STILL exists!!!What do you use to scan for viruses and spyware?
Have you tried running scandisk?
Has your computer always done this? This makes a big difference.

It could be faulty hardware or a dodgy program. We don't know without more infomation. Maybe your computer is overheating? Are your fans WORKING?Big problem with winxp at the moment>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318023

HERE IS SOMETHING I WAS WANDERING ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO A FRIEND OF MIINE TOLD ME ABOUT DELETE*.* FOR CLEANING OUT YOUR COMPUTER PROGRAMS. I WAS WANDERING WHAT THIS COMMAND DID AND WHY IT IS SO DANGEROUS TO USE. I TRIED IT ONCE AND THERE WENT EVERYTHING ON THE COMPUTER I HAD TO REPROGRAM MY SYSTEM AFTER THAT. MY FRIEND WANTS TO CLEAN OUT HIS SYSTEM BUT HE HAS LENOX I THINK THAT IS THE WAY YOU SPELL IT. WILL THIS COMMAND DO IT FOR HIM OR IS THERE ANOTHER COMMAND THAT WILL CLEAN THAT OPERATING SYSTEM OUT FOR HIM.If you want to remove everything from the coputer system and start again, I suggest formating it. This depends on your OS. On 98, you can insert your bootdisk, restart and at the dos promt type fdisk x: or FORMAT x: (can't remember which; replace x with the drive letter)

For example, fdisk c: or format c:

Warning: ALL data will be lost.

delete *.* is dangerous because it deletes all files, but I'd assume that some junk WOULD still be left, so use format to have a good clean start.

Usually, formatting is a last-resort. Is there any particular reason why you want to do this?It is probably dangerous for people who can not turn off the caps LOCK, and thus, are a bit simple.http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/

Since running a chkdsk scan on my computer to try and fix the 100% cpu usage, I have upon reboot entered a state where I am in partial safe mode.

Some of my programs that normally load on startup are in fact loaded, but others are not. The screen resolution is correect for normal mode, but the colors are not... Basically the screen background is a brilliant WHITE. (perhaps classic?) The taskbar start button is white as well as the rest of the taskbar, and there is a weird font on it. There should be no virii as I had run extensive scans for malware and come up clean. MsConfig is set to normal bootup with the /safeboot switch NOT checked. I am at a loss as how to rectify this problem.1) There is no such thing as "partial safe mode"

2) Chkdsk would not fix the problem of a cpu spiking

3) What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?

4) Please explain EVERYTHING that led up to this in detail

5) EXACTLY how did you run checkdisk?

6) EXACTLY how did you scan for malware (and with what programs)?Actually i've seen those symptoms when chkdsk was interrupted...is that what happened ? ? Quote from: Allan on September 21, 2012, 06:00:37 AM

1) There is no such thing as "partial safe mode"

2) Chkdsk would not fix the problem of a cpu spiking

3) What is new or different since the last time everything worked properly (ie, new hw, new sw, virus, error, etc)?

4) Please explain EVERYTHING that led up to this in detail

5) EXACTLY how did you run checkdisk?

6) EXACTLY how did you scan for malware (and with what programs)?

Actually i've seen those symptoms when chkdsk was interrupted...is that what happened ? ?

How does the system perform in safe mode?

The likely culprit is AOL 9.0 software.

Since it's been removed i would suspect the RAM...

I believe that all traces of it are gone as I ran JV's regcleaner and searched the registry for any and all traces of it and the supported files. Could be mistaken though as I am not an expert.

Then it isn't the RAM...next suspect would be the HDD...did it pass chkdsk ? ?

how to log in into ANOTHER USER Through Run Command in Windows XPRunas /user:USERNAME COMMANDNAME. You will be prompted for the password. An alternative is to ctrl SHIFT right click the command prompt in the start menu and 'run as DIFFERENT user'. note that all of these require a password to be set for the account you want to run as.

I'm planning on partitioning my current Win98 harddrive and having both 98 and XP...

My friend has an XP Pro editon which I might be able to get cheap. But it's one of those upgrade things. Would it install on a blank partition? Or would I have to mess arround installing Windows 98 on it and upgrading?

Also... (sorry but I don't know much about this kind of computing) would I have to do anything special to set up a duel-boot kind of thing? Don't know if I'm using the correct terms here but I want to have both XP and 98... automatically boot to XP but be able to boot into 98 if I have to.

If I make my partition NTFS, would it be readable in 98? If not, do I get an obvious option to keep it as FAT32? (I mean do I get asked in setup which I want or do I have to look for the option a bit deeper. I don't want to miss it by accident.)

If I install XP, is there a way to transfer my 98 settings? Or will I have to do them again? Will I need to reinstall my programs and utilities? I mean, if their information is stored on the registry on the 98 partition, can I copy over my old registry?

Phew that's a lot. Any help really appreciated.Just how cheap is cheap? http://www.buysoftware.ws/pd_microsoft_windows.cfm
About £50 or maybe even for free, it depends. If he can't sell/give, I'd buy my own but I still need help with the above. Thanks for the advice though; I'll look around before buying.Also, I have Anthlon AMD processor. Does that matter?Dual booting informationhttp://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm  forget the media hype with ntfs...sitick with fat32...i have run win9x winxp home/pro with no poblems... and and  advantages like old hardware /software...+more.. Quote

I'm planning on partitioning my current Win98 harddrive and having both 98 and XP... My friend has an XP Pro editon ...But it's one of those upgrade things.

1.  Would it install on a blank partition? Or would I have to mess arround installing Windows 98 on it and upgrading?
2.  ...would I have to do anything special to set up a duel-boot kind of thing? Don't know if I'm using the correct terms here but I want to have both XP and 98... automatically boot to XP but be able to boot into 98 if I have to.
3.  If I make my partition NTFS, would it be readable in 98?
4.  If not, do I get an obvious option to keep it as FAT32? (I mean do I get asked in setup which I want or do I have to look for the option a bit deeper. I don't want to miss it by accident.)
5.  If I install XP, is there a way to transfer my 98 settings? Or will I have to do them again?
6.  Will I need to reinstall my programs and utilities?
7.  I mean, if their information is stored on the registry on the 98 partition, can I copy over my old registry?

Hang on a minute what happened to the all inspirng winxp<all can do but dont system>...why is you mate going backwards in time win98? wait for the answer  its going to be  a good un...

a friend e-mailed me a photograph as an attachment and when i saved it, it saved as a "WPD" file. the only program i can get to open it is "wordpad", but it shows up as an illegible bunch of symbols and characters like some kind of code.
i'm not very knowledgable with computers and have no IDEA how to get this PHOTO attachment to show up correctly. i appologize if this is the wrong forum area for this topic.
thanks in advance for any help.
Mike
http://mike96ws6.com/mike_96_ws6...Unless I'm off base that WPD is a word perfect file extension. If you have word perfect try that or.....MS word may open it or perhaps even Adobe reader .....or better yet have your friend save it in a format you can open .

dl65  A tiny bit off topic... but scan all attachments for viruses first, even if they come from a friend. Emails are easy to forge. Quote

mike_96_ws6...Unless I'm off base that WPD is a word perfect file extension. If you have word perfect try that or.....MS word may open it or perhaps even Adobe reader .....or better yet have your friend save it in a format you can open .

dl65  

Posted by: Neil
A tiny bit off topic... but scan all attachments for viruses first, even if they come from a friend. Emails are easy to forge.

Personally, I wouldn't have used extentions in the first place

...one computer has the ethernet slot and the other does not. Does this mean I don't have a networking card in that computer or is a crossover cable a different size and can connect in the telephone slot next to the modem slot? Or will I have to by a networking card? ...How can I check to see if a networking card is installed? It is an Aptiva computer. Or is there another way to connect two computers together like with some sort of USB cable. And if I do need a networking card installed in the other computer what type do I need? ...

.... Is the DCC cable the same as a printer cable? That is what I'm using...

For the past several days on turning on the computer, running windows XP, it begins to run CHKDSK on my slave drive, D.  Why would it do that and How do I stop it from starting up each time?  Thanks so much!Properly shut down your computer the next time you power off.From time to time, mine does this for no apparant reason.  Only explanation:  It's Windows.MalikTous said on another post which MIGHT help:

Open your MSDOS.SYS file in Notepad (you may have to go into your Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View tab and disable all file, folder, and extension hides to get to it, then uncheck the Hidden and Write Protect check boxes in the right-click Properties of the file to edit it). It should have the line  

Autoscan=  

and an option number. 0 prohibits automatic ScanDisk on error reboot, and 2 allows automatic ScanDisk on error reboot only. Change the number, I recommend 2.From the XP Help and Support (START Menu)

SUMMARY
When you run the command CHKDSK /F /R from the command line, Windows asks if you want to schedule CHKDSK to run the next time the system is restarted. This article describes how, in the event you choose YES, you can subsequently prevent CHKDSK from running the next time you start the server.
RESOLUTION
To stop the execution of CHKDSK /F /R, you must edit the registry using Registry Editor.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.

To stop the execution of CHKDSK /F /R, take the following steps: 1. Run the Registry Editor(Regedt32.exe).  
2. Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following subkey:
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
3. Change the BootExecute entry from:

autocheck autochk * /r\DosDevice\C:

To:

autocheck autochk *
If you have scheduled CHKDSK for MULTIPLE volumes, there will be an autocheck entry for each volume. Delete the string from the BootExecute registry value for each volume you do not want CHECKED.

This procedure will reset the default string, and CHKDSK /F /R will not run on reset.

Hope that this help you.
Alternatively try Diskeeper 9 Professional's Frag-Shield and see if your Master File Table on that drive is big enough.

I had to pad out the MFT on one of my drives recently. As raptor has stated and over missed by PEOPLE again ...whossh...shutdown the pc properly...windows will  execute the disk checker program  on startup witch is linked to the system file checker program it does this to check if there have been any alterations to the auto exe bat /boot ini files...to turn of a pc  start/run shutdown... Quote

From time to time, mine does this for no apparant reason.  Only explanation:  It's Windows.

I formatted my hard drive and re-installed windows 98. Now my computer operates like in the safe MODE i.e. mouse movement is slow and only displays 640 x 480. I tried loading the monitor.*inf FILE from the restoration CD, but windows tells me it is not the correct driver for my hardware. I load the driver anyway and then I can change the display settings. But when I restart the system, it GOES back to 640 x 480. I check the hardware under device manager and the correct monitor is listed under monitors, and the correct driver under display adapters. I don't know what else to do. Could something be wrong with my graphics accelerator card? It's built into the motherboard. You might need to update your drivers for the monitor issue. In the device manager, right click on the monitior, and click update drivers. For the slow mouse movement, it could be that you don't have enough memory on your computer. Do you think that you could give me some more info. on your computer such as memory, etc.? More information would help.      (Make sure that when you try to update your drivers, that you are connected to the internet)

[glb]Flame[/glb]Your are using a driver not required for your computer to properly function. The monitor driver is useful if you can find it, but not necessary if the monitor is Plug and Play.

What you need are videocard drivers. Obtain these from the manufacturer of your videocard. Quote

You might need to update your drivers for the monitor issue. In the device manager, right click on the monitior, and click update drivers.

Obtain these from the manufacturer of your videocard.

What you need are videocard drivers. Obtain these from the manufacturer of your videocard.

Hi I am puzzle of what happen in my user account when I start my computer the login screen is having the  username listed in the right panel of the screen. I check in the User account in control panel I could not see the user listed it, all disappeared. I tried to create a new account but a popup  >Unspecified error. what does it meant I am having other problems I tried to start in safe mode but got a BSOD saying IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL what it mean. I noticed lately every folder or shutdown it takes almost an hour to complete the cycle.Someone please help. Thanks.sounds like a virus problem

have you done a virus check lately?RQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL  (Click)One word..... TROJAN  

[glb]Flame[/glb]Thanks for your REPLY I have scan online for virus and it is OK,I also have scan with adware and spybot all seem OK. I do SUSPECT it may be virus or trojan but the scan seem it did not detect any. Any further help will be much appreaciated. Thanks.mengchee...What kind of Anti-Virus software do you have installed on the pc ?

dl65 Hi dl65 I have installed Panda internet security v7.Please to hear from you. Thanks.have you recently installed new HARDWARE? Quote

RQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL  (Click)

What is this destop.ini? Even when I delete it comes and SITS in my system again? How can I get rid of it? Are there any options for it? Does deleting it manually CREATE PROBLEMS in my system? Please HELP?Hiding system FILES will STOP it from showing. No need to remove it, it comes with Windows.