Posts by Catweazle

Hi again.

I've just done some searching and found record of a few more instances of the exact same problem as you're experiencing. From the reports, it appears that your problem could be amongst the following:

Dirty CD
Scratched CD
Poorly burnt Cd
Malfunctioning CD drive.

I think you should contact Dell again, and have them work you through the problem ;)

If your computer is a 'Name Brand' one which has make and model number printed on it, please let us know that information.

Catweazle shuns all credit for silly little funny viruses, and is content to merely sit back and chuckle about them ;)

Here's how to do a 'Refresh Install' of Windows XP

In theory, it won't erase your 'stuff'.

But if the problems on your system are particularly bad, it also might not fix them, and if you've got encryption enabled on your files to 'protect' them, they will still be there after the install, but you won't be able o access them!

To be safe, before you go ahead with the procedure, right click on any folders you use to store your data files and choose 'Properties'. On the General tab, click the 'Advanced' button and make sure the 'Encrypt contents' box is not selected. On the 'Sharing' tab ensure the 'Make this folder private' box is not checked. When you've confirmed those settings, or changed them wherever you need to, go ahead with the refresh install by following the instructions in that article.

If the settings have been changed there's already the appropriate drivers installed, so no real need to get new ones I'd consider.

It is almost certainly a display setting incorrectly set.

Bring up display settings as described above. Click on 'Settings'.

You will see a little picture of a screen and below it will be information about your display adaptor and your monitor. Tell us what it says please, so we can work out where the setting might be to change it back.

There's a chance that it might be the work of a silly little (but I'd have to admit, funny) virus, but let's eliminate the more likely cause first, eh?

Find someone with a Windows 98 system and make a startup diskette on their machine. Use it to start the system with CD-ROM support. Using a Windows 98 startup diskette is preferable anyway!

All Hijackthis logs are to be posted in the Security forum section please.

Topic moved.

You need your own copy of Windows XP. Make the necessary changes in BIOS to allow the system to boot from CD, pop the Windows Cd in the drive and reboot. Proceed to install Windows XP.

As was stated, you can't transfer a Windows XP installation from one system to another by moving the hard drive, because it won't work.

When you have a scratched game CD, the best way to deal with it is to identify and contact the local distributor for the particular game in your country of origin (not the Game's publisher).

You'll find that you can obtain replacement Cds, either for a small price or for postage cost only, so long as you can provide proof that you own the game. (Usually something like answering a question related to what's on the packaging.)

To identify the local distributor, try googling:

game publisher local distributor site:countrycode

providing the italicised information accordingly, of course.

It's got me absolutely bewildered why you tried to "copy a game that you own" from one machine to another!

Grab the game CD, install it on the new machine, play the game. Rather straightforward and simple, I would have thought.

:/

There's an existing thread about this in "Site news and Feedback"

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread856.html

If you have a 'Name brand' PC which isn't accompanied by a separate Windows installation CD, read the product documentation carefully, or contact the manufacturer's support service, because it WILL have the facility to refresh your Windows installation without wiping the drive.

I'd have to agree. The problem you describe is not a 'feature' of Service Pack 2 by any means. You almost certainly have some form of virus or malware on your system, and the installation of the Service Pack has brought it to the fore. Cleaning your system of 'nasties' is the way to address it.

The "Helping yourself" topic in the Security forum section will get you started with software tools to use.

I use the Windows version, not the Mac version, and it's simply a matter of choosing, from the Word menu system:

Insert -> Picture -> From File

and browsing to the image required. Is the Mac version diffeent to that?

Moved to the Mac section, by the way ;)

Compaqs can be touchy creatures when you try to access BIOS setup, as you need to get the timing right to 'get in'.

Press <F10> repeatedly at about 1 second intervals following the pressing of the power button to turn it on. If it doesn't work, reboot it and try again. First time I tried it with a Compaq I got in first go. It was a 'fluke', because the next few times I tried it I had all sorts of trouble until I got the 'feel' of the thing ;)

Read the article I linked earlier. It contains the necessary information for accessing BIOS setup on Compaq systems.

xminji, please don't 'pigyback' new questions onto someone else's. Your problem is NOT simply a 'rundll' problem. By the looks of that log you have just about every silly thing available from the internet installed onto your system, inluding a fair bit of stuff which you've allowed in yourself and probably not even noticed on the way past ;)

Go to our Security section please, read this topic:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5690.html

and follow all the instructions there to remove spyware from your system. If you have remaining problems, create a topic about them in there. Your problem is spyware, and the fact that you don't adequately protect your system from 'net nasties'.

The advice you were given is incorrect. If a PC comes with preinstalled software and no accompanying full product CD, then it is the system manufacturer or assembler who is responsible for software support, not Microsoft!

As a matter of fact, 'Trial products' supplied directly by Microsoft are not accompanied by any form of product support whatsoever in any case.

So it's the people who sold you the PC who are responsible for ensuring that any included software is supplied in a workable state.

I don't even own one, hexstar! I just need to know the answer to the question. That's why I asked if there are any VAIO owners reading this, so they could have a look and tell me ;)

Check your system thoroughly for virus and spyware. See the "Helping Yourself" topic in the Security forum for ideas and assistance.

If the original installation of Windows XP is an OEM edition, then the license must be obtained from the system manufacturer, not from Microsoft. Microsoft is only accountable for the licenses which apply to the full retail version.

That's part of the OEM 'deal' I'm afraid, and why the OEM version is less expensive.

We really don't have a section for DOS, so this hardware section will be fine. Go ahead! I'm curious, for starters :D

I have several copies of Windows XP here and I can assure you that if you use one CD to install, and try to use the key-code from a different one, then the install will NOT complete because an error is encountered with the installation routine rejecting the CD key-code.
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Steven Bradbury in the Men's 1000 metre short track speed skating event at Salt Lake City, and it was Australia's first ever Gold Medal at a Winter Olympics.

My country, my pride, and my fond memory forevermore! :D

And chuckle we might, but it was also an incident that perhaps most typifies a particular facet of "the Olympic spirit". You ain't ever 'the best' if you ain't on your feet and trying ;)

If that's an IBM system or motherboard then the continous beep means:

No power
Loose card or...
Short

If it's an Award BIOS, then it could mean a RAM problem, as you suspect.

Alternatively, it could simply be an alarm related to a processor fan not functioning. (Remove the RAM, the system doesn't start, the alarm doesn't sound).

Reset CMOS, check that the processor fan is actually working when the RAM is installed.

Check the RAM slot for any signs of dust, lint or corrosion which would cause a poor connection, and clean it if necessary.

Have you ever removed or fitted internal components by shutting down Windows and opening the case, without disconnecting the power cord or switching off at the wall outlet? There is power in your motherboard even after Windows shuts down, and if you've changed components with power still present you may have caused damage.

Or you may simply be unlucky enough to have had both RAM modules fail.

Another 'yay' for IPv6 and SP2 here ;)

I wouldn't call them 'huge problems', Cain. There will be problems with NAV of course, as would be expected. NAV conflicts with EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE PLANET! But for the most part, the various 'conflicts' are simply applications which need to be set as exceptions to DEP, as has been stated.

The changes to the Internet Firewall are excellent, and I'm happy to see that the Firewall now works flawlessly in combination with my hardware firewall, where previously I needed to disable the internal one. There is NO antivirus software included in SP2, but there is a routine which checks to see if there is AV software installed on the system and in operation, and which warns you if there's not. It does not detect every AV profram in existence, and I've no doubt that programs it misses are also being touted as 'conflicts'.

It makes for popularity to slam Microsoft yet again, of course, and sensationalist journalism is currently running rife. Don't believe everything you hear ;)

I'd feel all out of date and out of fashion if I had one of those I reckon. I haven't seen a 'BSOD' since Windows XP was invented ;)

We love you too, Judith! Can I mark this a 'solved' then, I take it?

:D

What make and model of PC do you have?

This is a hardware issue, by the way, so I'll move the topic there for you.

You might get some ideas from this article of mine.

That's the first such problem I've seen realated to core internet components, Dani, and the odd one out there is AIM.

How did you update? Auto update? Download the web install? I downloaded the full 270Mb package and installed from that, and haven't struck a single problem, but before trying it that way I'd be suspecting:

Browser extensions?
DEP as DuncanIdaho has suggested?
A sneaky bit of spyware that's got in?
Active desktop objects that are perhaps misbehaving?

wininet.dll should be clean and updated after a SP install, surely, so something must be playing silly buggers with it. Otherwise it'd have to be a botched Service Pack install.

Chewchilla, are you absolutely sure that video capture hardware can't be used under Windows 2000? What's the make and model number of the componet, please? There may be Windows 2000 drivers available for it, that you haven't located yet ;)

Windows Me is a terrible OS

Hi,

Sincerely sorry to raise a Techie type question in the lounge, but I need a quick answer to a question please.

If there are any Sony Vaio notebook owners reading this could you let me know please if the 'Bundled' software shows up in Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs, so it can be uninstalled?

Terry

Always check first things first. Make sure you're getting good connections though power cords, powerboards and wall outlet before you do anything else ;)

If you're planning on purchasing new hardware, make sure it's a 'Modem/Router/Gateway' that you purchase, so you get all the features in the one unit. They can be purchased quite cheaply nowadays.

A hardware 'Gateway' or firewall is the best protection you can give yourself, I believe.

ZoneAlarm is a very good firewall. I don't use it myself (I have a hardware firewall) so I can't give specifics about settings, but you'll find that any program of the sort which is trying to dial out on startup is loading and then trying to check for updates.

Check the preferences or options settings for the program, and disable any feature you find which sets it to automatically look for program updates as soon as it loads. Do the same for all your other software as well (except AntiVirus of course). Adopting a regular, scheduled practice of downloading and installing program updates manually.

Edit: Great minds think alike, eh?

heh heh heh......

wffm.exe is the FM component of the Leadtek Winfast TV2000.

I'd suggest you visit www.leadtek.com.tw and download the most up to date drivers and applications for the component, and a read through this recent article of mine may give you some troubleshooting ideas.

Identify the model number of the Compaq, head off to HP's driver download section and search for Windows 2000 drivers for it if the thing has onboard audio. While you're there, make sure you obtain any motherboard chipset drivers and those for other components as well. Your system is quite likely using generic, inbuilt Windows drivers.

If it has an add-in soundcard, get drivers for it from the card manufacturer's website. You'll still need to ensure that you're using the appropriate chipset drivers though.

If there are no Windows 2000 drivers avaialable for the system you might just be out of luck. Compaq were never very hepful to their customers with regard to ensuring that drivers were made available for Operating System upgrades. Large 'name brand' companies seldom are. They'd rather you purchased another PC from them instead ;)

Laura, you will definitely need to purchase a new copy of Windows XP. You can't 'borrow' a copy off a friend, as some have suggested here, because the Windows Product Activation anti-piracy measures will kick in after a short period of time, rendering your system inoperable.

If the vendor can't (or won't) replace the CDs for you, then I'm afraid you're in for some expense.

It's designed that way, to protect your files and your system. Only those folders which you yourself specifically set as 'shared' can be accessed from elsewhere. If you want to make particular folders accessible, right click them and change the setting on the 'Shared' tab.

Do NOT do this in your Documents and Setting folder. Do NOT do it to your system folder etc. etc.

Have specific sections where files to be shared are transferred. 'Shared Documents' is as good as any!

You don't want to make your PC accessible to every idiot on the internet asd well, do you?

Plus every message you ever send remains on their storage drives even after you delete the messages, still searchable for them but blocked from access by yourself after you've 'deleted' it ;)

The thing is nothing more than a gigantic searchable database, eh?

You don't dial up from the 'guest'. You connect the host, and the 'client' computer can access the internet via the host.

Run the 'Network Setup Wizard' on the computer which has the dial-up connection configured (the Host) and you can choose to configure 'Internet Connection sharing'.

DuncanIdaho is correct, you only use the one modem, and one of the machines has to be considered as the 'Host' for the Internet connection. When it's connected to the internet, you can also access the internet on the other system.

You can't have both systems connected via modem at the same time, because the phone line can only handle one call at a time.

If you want to be able to directly access the internet from either machine, without worrying about having a host system running and connected, then simply fit a 'Y' splitter in the phone line running to the PC. You could plug the laptop in and connect up from it directly, as long as the other one wasn't connected at the same time. But to have both together you must have them networked and a host system running.

All gone now! Those things don't last long, do they? What's the biggest attraction people find for wanting them? Is it the novelty value, do you think, or the 'prestige' of having one?

Go to www.ati.com and download an appropriate driver from their downloads section. Make sure you get the one for your particular card and Windows version, and you'll have the added benefit of it being the most up to date driver version available.

Teraflop. It's a measure of computer processing speed.

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213119,00.html

Oh hell! Sorry, I missed that question. When you purchase a motherboard as a separate item, then no. It does NOT come with a processor fitted.

Isn't that funny?

Here in Australia it was rather quiet at DaniWeb too, for no particular reason whatsoever!

Got Norton System Works 2004? It's badly behaved and causes conflicts with SP2.

(Chalk up yet another problem caused by Norton products ;))