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 | XP is light, fast, secure, works with old machines and sw. Win 7 is painfully slow, when considering how fast the new machines are (quad cpu i5, 8 gig ram, faster hd). Missing shortcuts, mean hours trying to do simple things like find a dos window to run a weather …  |
| | I tried to install python on xp, however pythonw.exe would not initialize. I think there is a registry setting conflict with either, lua or mediamall (which uses lua heavily). Possibly, it could be another issue. It also makes me wonder if Python could be a security risk. I have always …  |
| | I spent a day this week trying to uninstall Ubuntu and reinstalling xp. I used both gparted to delete the linux partion and linux's fdisk m d. I even did full ntfs format in xp install. I used two different xp cds of different xp versions. Both would copy the …  |
| | I am working on a script. (a gui is out of question) I need to lock a director to true read only. (fileattributes is a joke) cacls, in the system32 dir, works great for xp. Icacls for vista and windows7, but the syntax is far more confusing, and googling=no straight … |
| | [QUOTE=zap50]I had the same problem , and I fixed it by using the win xp disk and using the repair option.[/QUOTE] I too have this issue!! No luck with repair option. No luck with sfc. No luck calling creative. No luck yet with MS support. My mixer just disappeared one … |
| | I am getting with attempts to install apps: "Unable to create a temporary folder to extract to. Possible Cause: you do not have proper permissions to create files or folders in your temporary folder. See your system or network administrator." I have tried taking away the Read-only attribute from C:\temp … |
| | I installed a new xp, and many apps. then I swapped out a few drives - adding a hd, a couple memory sticks and permanent usb devices that appear as drive. Then ran a repair of windows xp pro. The MAJOR problem is now I cannot uninstall or install many … |
| | I am not sure what a video card is. Yes, I know it is a pci or agp thing that can share or have own memory. More mem the better. I know some have svideo or composite. But isn't a video card just some way of seeing what the computer … |
| | No more defragging. real time chk dsk while idle, if needed. 15 second or under boottime. free antivirus in OS. More config like tiny firewall. Better rollback like go back except, exclude dirs, drives and file types--with vault to retrieve rolled back files. Built in spell checker that will work … |
| | I know windows will not support an xp with two installs on one partition. I did it for a while no probs. What are the technical dangers in specific. |
| | [QUOTE=nanagoose]Hi, I am running windows xp and all of a sudden I lost my sound. I tried and tried to get it working but to no avail. When I checked to see if there was any conflicts none apppeared at first. However when I did a Direct Sound Test I … |
| | [QUOTE=dlh6213]Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP is a recommended upgrade that fixes many issues (mainly security related). Question: do you need to install sp1 before sp2, or is there everthing in it sp1 has? |
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