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I went to unstall a windows file to replace midway through when i was redownloading it i had a power failure. now i cant boot up my windows xp. i treid putting in the xp disk to redo it but the disk wont come up. is there some way and …

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When i right click on any icon on the desktop i get this error Explorer.exe application error the instruction at 0x0146415b referenced memory at 0x00000000 the memory could not be written It only happens after i install SP2 for Windows XP pro, when i uninstall it back to SP1 it …

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Does anybody know why my system restore is "unable to create a restore point" (or do anything for that matter) ?

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Hi, I am having a problem with a couple of my icons on my desktop. The text has turned into square blocks. And after some searching, and couple more files within my system have this problem as well. I am running XP Pro and the only thing I have done …

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[b]The procedure entry point DdEntry1 could not be located in the dynamic link library GDI32.dll.[/b] [b]Is the error message I recieve when when loading DirectX 9c's diagnostics.[/b] [b]Thanks in advance.[/b]

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I have very little Citrix knowledge, yet have been tasked to administer two citrix servers in a load balancing farm. The way that printing is currently setup is that printers and permissions have to be setup manually on each of the servers. I'm hoping to find a way to setup …

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Hey - recently I've been having some problems with this new laptop which is running xp professional. The first thing I noticed was that internet explorer stopped running - I would double click it and absolutely nothing happened at all. I've tried checking all the settings in internet options, scanned …

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I want to learn how to edit my registry so I can improve my performance on my computer. Can anyone give me any advise and/or how to? Thanks

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Help, I need to wipe my son's Hard drive and re-install XP pro. Well he's 13 going on 21 and he's been looking at stuff he shouldn't be even considering at his age. Would someone send me a step by step procedure for formatting and re-installing XP pro? I want …

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Whenever I try to download a file from any website with internet explorer the file automatically downloads to my temporary internet folder. This is very frustrating as a window used to come up asking where I wanted to download the file to and allowing me to change the title of …

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Hi, I installed Windows xp on Vmware but my moden( dialup) doesn't work. I have win2000 installed on Vmware and have no problems using the moden. Does anybody know what's happening?

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Today when i rebooted my computer, it showed that the Window System file is missing or corrupted. And recommended me to restore it by using XP cd. I tried to boot from XP Pro CD, the screen shows, as usual, a blue screen for loading files... However, after the loading, …

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I installed lock folder XP on my D drive and i did the most stupidiest thing in my life.. i set lock folder XP to protect my D Drive! Now i can't access to lock folder XP to unlock my D drive, all because Lock folder XP is install in …

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I'm running Window 2000 Pro. I have a 3com ethernet card installed and it's showing up in the device manager, but also in the device manager i'm seeing that the drivers aren't loaded for the ethernet controller. I've uninstalled both devices and reloaded them and i still can't get online. …

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Ok guys, i don't need help or anything....... Im just writing this to warn you about some bad things I've heard about Service Pack 2 for Win XP. One of my relatives works at Boeing and she's been asking some of the tech agents at her work about the SP. …

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Some time yesterday I tried to access a password protected folder of a website (htaccess) and it never loaded up. A day later and about 10 different websites and I seem to have a real problem... any time I try and access a site with htaccess password protection the promt …

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Hey Yall. Well, Im running Win XP Pro on my laptop and i was browsing thru the Local Security Settings. I came accross one titled "ACCESS THIS COMPUTER FROM THE NETWORK" I clicked it and theres a box inside the menu that comes up to add people who can access …

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One of friends use windows xp ... and the problem is that when he starts his pc ... no application can start ... saying windows workstation is shutting down . couldnot initialize application. what is the problem ?

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I would like to know why my freshly installed slipstreamed xp w/ service pack 2 takes so much time to load up when i turn the computer on. Firstly, it comes up with this white loading bar which takes about 3/4 of a minute, then it comes up with the …

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For some reason while i'm playing an online game my computer will completely shutdown. I've added fans galore to everything to allow it to run cool thinking it was overheating, but to no avail. I've even switched out powersupplies but that does no good. The computer ran good for a …

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Hi everyone. I just finished recording an English assignment and a have a serious problem! Before i get to the prob, heres wat happended. I used Nero Wave Editor to record and edit the whole thing. Then i saved the file as a .wav . To my dismay, when i …

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:( after numerous problems with a used ibm thinkpad t22, i bought and installed a new harddrive. loaded xp home and voila, works like a dream..... almost. i've lost functionality with some of the keys. the shift key is now disabled, and i can only get caps through cap lock. …

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Ok, when i disconnect the printer usb cord from my computer, the printer dissappears, and then when i reconnect it, i have to Reinstall it everytime. is there a way to leave the printer in the directory even if i unplug the printer? :idea:

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hey all, I just reformatted and reinstalled everything. went to PCpitstop to run diagnostics and I came up with a red flag under memory performance, here is a list of my full results, [url]http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=RLBNLW8GFMUSUZME[/url] Everything with my mem was fuine before I reformatted, any suggestions? I did do an FDisk …

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My audio suddenly won't work. I am unable to successfully install my sound card nor will the onboard drivers successfully install. I am often deleting files from the registry (spyware and such) and it is very possible that I may have deleted a file or files that are necessary for …

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hi. I'm Jason. I'm new here and I am asking for help everywhere so if you have an answer to my problem then please e-mail me as I will probably forget to check back here. ok so my dad wanted to change the administrator password on his computer. he didn't …

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Is there any way to remove this icon? Also, can the size and or resolution be changed on the other icons of the tool bar, the icons on the left side of my toolbar appear much smaller, and I like the way they look. On the right side the icons …

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Hi - this is really a revival of an old thread as it seems to have died in terms of interest. In short - I have a dual boot Win98SE/Win2kPro system ( Win98SE was installed first) Win98SE is now completely broken :cry: - almost impossible to repair as it suffered …

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Last night I was doing what a usual gamer does (emulating old systems), And when I settled down for the night my harddrive started making noise. It runnings in a pattern... First the harddrive starts to spin, then there are 3 clicks, then the harddrive stops spinning. It repeats that …

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hi my computer is shutting down for some reason whenver i play Americas Army. that is the only time it shuts down and i or none of my friends know whats wrong here. i tried to reinstall the game and that did not work either. ever since i got this …

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I have just attended a problem on the network i work with. The computer is working fine but the monitor is displaying the desktop of Windows 2000 professional 'upside down'. The screen is only upside down when windows fully boots up, during the boot up process the screen is fine. …

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Windows XP Service Pack 2 can now be downloaded from Microsoft at the following URL: [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en[/url] This is the IT and developer version, tailored for Network Installations, but it is SP 2 in full. It is a 270meg download, so only broadband folks should bother. More patient folks can just …

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HI all, Oops - My win98se/2kPro dual system at home was running fine (service packed and updated to the hilt) until I installed a new graphics card (Radeon 9600 128MB) - now - Win2k - no problem - all working Win98Se - NOT happy. So - anyone know if I …

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[COLOR=Magenta][FONT=Comic Sans MS]hi i am away at the moment and using a pc with Win98..i am trying to keep in touch with friends and family using messenger and webcam, i could not use the cam with MSNmessenger so used yahoo....everyone can connect to me except one person who uses XP …

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well i dl'ed a windows media file from limewire...ive read many message boards and took all their suggestions but none worked from me....it should be a wmv file but wont play and shows up as 0 bytes...i tried safe mode...command from start run...eraser and hjack this...also antivirus..but eraser said nothing …

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hi, can someone tell me how to reformat my harddrive? i have windows xp professional. i know how to reformat but i need to know if i have to boot with a windows 98 bootdisk even if i have xp, or will xp professional bootdisks let me access my cd-rom? …

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I have a few problem on my PC 1. There is a game where I have been playing but today when I tried to log in it give me the message as "HKMJ caused an access violation in ......exe at 0x00000024. 2. I have downloaded the free AVG anti virus …

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Hello Out There, I'm having a bit of trouble with my IBM Thinkpad. The model of it is an R32. I am running Windows XP Professional. What is happening is the computer keeps freezing because the Mobility Radeon Driver is unstable. I have tried to reinstall it but that does …

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I need some assistance. I recently reinstalled XP due to a virus. NOw when I start my computer it continually starts at where I have to choose to start from the hard disk or the cd drive. I have updated everything and changed the start up options. Any one have …

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I've been searching the internet and I've found some themes to download, but if the install doesn't specify that it's for Windows 2000, I don't want to install it. I've already created a Plus!/Theme directory under program files, and I've created a THEMEDIR (directory) under system variables. So, am I …

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Hey Guys. Ok, my computer in my office upstairs is running windows xp home. I just got an automatic update message saying windows service pack 2 is ready to install. I installed it, and the security features are amazing. NOW...... MY QUESTION IS........ my two laptops are running xp pro, …

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Ok, on my laptop, im running xp pro. I have remote desktoping enabled and i've used it before with my office computer, which is on xp home. Well, the only thing is, i have to type the WHOLE ip address of my laptop in order to connect to it. Now …

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I cannot uninstall this game from anywhere. I'm getting the message, "Problem Loading SetupSW.DLL". Thanks in advance.

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I want to reinstall Windows XP over an already installed Windows XP. Is that possible? Any comments or suggestions?

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ok...i am new at using forums but i hope to fine an answer as to why my hp laptop(using xp) with a dvd/cdrw will playback dvd-r disc and not dvd+r dics......?

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A file program werent working so dumb me decided to use "last known good configuration" to fix it. Now I know that last known good configuration isn't for fixing that sort of things, but I didn't know that then. Anyway, the result is catastrophic. Lots of stuff isn't working, I …

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i have windows xp pro but not installed i have the setup files the cd key on my pc and when i tried to upgrade my pc the blue screen of death appeared saying DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL_TO or something like that and it is follow by the usual. The problem is that …

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I have read the help files in XP to assist me in setting up iis. I do not seem to have all the information needed to properly set it up. When I access it from my computer with an address of either fpt:// or http:// I get a blank page. …

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