Look in Control Panel/Admin Tools/Event viewer for System or application errors. Chkdsk and defrag may help. Are your virus definitions and anti spyware apps to date and scanning?
It makes sense if the C is wrong. Let's find out what disks you have. Right-click MY Computer/Manage/ Disk Management What drives are showing? I'm wondering if you have a partition on C (Probably called D). Nice to work with someone from the old country (My last name is Vandervoort). I'm also wondering if you installed Windows on the wrong drive (Just a guess, but I've seen it before). Are the DOS commands in English-just curious?
that would only be correct if the file is on the desktop .also needs the C:\ for full path . open mycomputer ,go to view ,toolbars ,and check off address bar ,then when you use mycomputer to go to the file it will show the full path to the file . and the administrator acct you are referring to is found by going into safe mode ,repeatedly hit f8 on bootup to get to safe mode .
Caperjack is right-bad copy and paste on my part.
You understand the path stuff, so try this (Command line) CD C:\Documents and settings\UserA\Desktop\ (Or any folder)
dir (Lists all files) del/f (filename) (The /f switch forces deletion of read only files)
That line is just the command line telling you where you are. No need to delete it (You can't, anyway). You should enter "DEL C:/Documents and settings/<User A>"
What kind of computer is this? It's not clear to me that this machine will boot at all. Can you get into XP? Are there any error messages or past problems?
If you're an administrator, open Control Panel/User Accounts and delete that account. You should be asked if you want to retain that user's files. Say "No".
What are the system errors? Just the general categories, like disk drive, etc. I'm guessing, but it can't hurt to run chkdsk: Start/Run Enter cmd At the Dos prompt: chkdsk /f c: You'll be asked of you want to run at reboot. Say yes, then reboot. Note of any errors are picked up.
Open Control Panel/Admin Tools/Event viewer. Look for red marks under System and application, let us know what they are if any. Start in Safe mode and see if the problem persists. Remove any CDs/DVDs or USB devices and see if that makes a difference. Can you tell where the noise is coming from?
The utility should be on your laptop already. The manual says it's included. If not, it may be on a CD that came with. The driver is at the web site. I'd have included the URL, but it's one of those way long ones. Just got to Toshiba dot com and do a search on your model number.
Check support at Toshiba and you'll see they're offering a new video driver. You should have a troubleshooting utility provided by Toshiba that will run a check on the video card Programs/Toshiba Utilities. I'd run the full system check while I was there. There's a hardware setup in there also. Check and see what it says about the video card. System Restore is on the Application menu-might be different if you have Vista. No data loss, but programs installed after the restore date will be lost.
My first thought would be to uninstall the video adapter and reinstall it. Have you tried system restore? Do you have any color profiles installed? Does this occur in Safe Mode? What's the model number?
Ok. Depends on what you want to do. You've installed Windows twice, on C and D. (Both are system disks). That's why you're getting a choice at boot. D was probably a recovery partition, and I think it's history now. Not a big deal as long as you have a disk. I think you should reinstall. You may be able to save that work with some fiddling, but it gets complicated. When you insert the disk this time, delete ALL the partitions. You should end up with one disk, about 60 GB. (Adding up all the 3 disks). Format this disk NTFS and you're good to go. You're doing this to get back the otherwise wasted space on your disk. The driver disk is a little screwy, and you have to pay attention. You can install the drivers right from the disk, or I believe you can copy the driver disk to the computer and install. I usually install from the disk. Just be sure you install all the drivers on the disk. It won't allow you to make errors. Just take your time and follow the prompts carefully and you'll be OK.
It sounds as though this program has modified or blocked your email program. One suggested fix is here: http://www.iolo.com/customercare/search.aspx Frankly, any program that behaves this way should be immediately be uninstalled.
Open Task Manager/Processes Click the CPU column to see what processes are using the most resources. Same with the memory column. Have you installed all the Windows updates?
Let's see what's actually going on. Right-click MY Computer/Manage/Disk Management. This shows your disk and what's installed. What are the partitions and disks shown, and their description? Which is the System Disk? Is there more than one? At boot, is the system giving you a choice between two versions of XP? In Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Mnager are there any yellow marks? What are they? All Dell drivers care available free from their web site.
Sorry. The thread has gotten so long it's hard to keep track. Both my testers have been very accurate: i.e., computer fails , PS tests bad,. Replace PS, computer works. I do have a volt meter, but i use it very seldom since these things are usually very clear cut. Testing takes time (Money) and I'm not really an electronic tech. I'm sure the example you cited is possible, but I've never run into it. Of course, I've only replaced 10 or so PSs, so I bow to your greater experience. Question: in some instances, with a bad PS fan I've just replaced the fan. This is usually when I'm working with a cheapskate, or for free. Is that a standard practice, or a bad idea? It hasn't bit me yet, but I've wondered about it.
You could settle this with a power supply tester, available at many stores-I got one online and I've seen them at Office Depot and Radio Shack for $10.00-$15.00.
So basicaly, I need one hard drive to run my games, and one hard drive to run my regular stuff????
No. What you need is to figure out what services you need to disable, and can disable safely to free up memory. This might be a matter of just a couple of mouse clicks in Task Manager, or you might need to set up hardware profiles as shown above. Installing a new HD and a new OS is a much bigger job, and incurs unnecessary time and expense. Before looking at HD caddys, if you decide to go that route, I'd check to see if you can install an internal HD and maybe dual-boot. That's getting even more complex for this very simple job. As an aside, user accounts and limited rights are there just so the kids will need permission. As was pointed out, nobody can screw up a computer faster than a kid with an admin account, and the next thing you know, someone is making big bucks to disinfect the machine.
This is very cool software that allows you to run a different operating system(s) on your computer. It's called "virtual" because it runs in memory, not from the HD. It's not like dual booting or parallels, for instance. It's not hard to setup, but it was a real dog on my laptop, which is the only place I've tried it.
That may not work well, and incurs considerable expense for a new OS. USB drives will operate considerably slower, and certainly won't be suitable for games. If you want to keep the kids out, XP has provided User Accounts for just that purpose. Use a strong password for your own account, make the kids limited users.
That takes me back to the days when we rebooted to DOS for the same reason. This can be done, and it's explained here: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/xpprofiles.htm Read it carefully, as there's a lot involved. You might be better off just disabling a few services and adding max memory to your computer.
It's hard to tell what atl7.dll is-some report it as spyware, some say it's Music Match. The real problem may be CCApp, which is part of Norton. See here: http://www.virtu-software.com/ask-doug/QandA.asp?q=61 I like what this guy says, as I really, really detest Norton products. You might want to uninstall Norton and get something like AVG free. which ha served me well for years.
You could try Recovery Console: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 See the "Fixboot" command in particular. Have you done anything to address the overheating?
You may have a faulty stick, or you may need to adjust your memory timing in the BIOS. I had to do this with my DDR by lowering the timing one notch. If you don't know how to do this (I didn't) you might try an email to Toshiba Tech support. I looked on the site, and I don''t see anything sabout BIOS adjustments, and I bet Toshiba will respond to a request for help. Give them all the details, and let me know what you find. Happy New Year.
Have you determined that there are two HDs? You need to know that first. Does this Laptop have RAID capability? While RAID 0 is claimed to have faster speed, which is dubious, some people will tell you it's a bad idea. Read this for a little background first: Why RAID Is (Usually) a Terrible Idea http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=29
You need to start by addressing the overheating issue. Check your fan, case and heatsink for dust and proper operation. Install a case fan, if necessary. Reseat your memory and cards while you're at it. I'd rather get on with my game also, but some problems just can't be ignored.:)
This could be a power supply problem, but it seems more likely to me that the system files you mentioned are at fault. Try the Repair Option: (Skip the Recovery Console) http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
What's the obsession with RAID? I assume you're talking about RAID 1 or RAID 0. Check out this article and do a little more research before tackling this project: Why RAID Is (Usually) a Terrible Idea http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=29
I know there are laptops with dual HDs, but are you sure this isn't one drive with two partitions? You can tell by looking in Disk Management (Right-click My Computer/Manage/Disk Management. I don't think duplicating the info would help in searching; there would be twice as much info to search, and you'd get duplicate results. That said, XP's search feature really sucks. You might try something like Google desktop if speeding up search is what you want.
This sounds like a bad disk. Try running chkdsk /r from recovery console, or install the disk in another computer and try chkdsk. The file you want is the outlook.pst file associated with your profile.
Logic suggests that this is a problem with the network, not the three different laptops that work fine on other networks. Run your router setup again from scratch, including the wireless setup. I understand what you're saying about security, but it's quite risky to run without firewall or wireless security, especially when it's so easy to configure. It's not inconceivable that this may have caused your problem.
You need a big, fast server. There are many sites that offer video hosting and you'd be much better off outsourcing this project, which can be very expensive and time consuming. Google "Video server host" or something similar to find some offers.
What is your OS? Do you have a router? What make and model is your computer? You should be able to configure this connection manually-no CD is really needed. Try the internet connection wizard in Network Settings.
I've heard a lot of knowledgeable people say this, but I've never found a performance problem that can't solved by a combination of the ideas found here (There are many such pages). http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx Check especially the autostart programs entry. Do you really need all those services running all the time?
