14,400 Topics

Member Avatar for
Member Avatar for cargenius42

Hi Yall. I'm running Windows XP Home on a Dell Optiplex GX260. Is there a way to turn windows auto updates on?

Member Avatar for cargenius42
0
76
Member Avatar for firebeyer

WINDOWS XP SP2 FINAL DOWNLOAD NOW !!!! [i]<< snip >>[/i] Fast speeds of over 1 MBPS [i]<< URL edited out by moderator because it is not an official Microsoft site >>[/i]

Member Avatar for cargenius42
0
108
Member Avatar for Lori

Ok, so I get this message everyday..... 180 Searchassistant alert A third party application has removed 180 search assistant, with or without my consent... Could someone please enlighten me? I just cancel out of it, but is there really something to this? Thanks

Member Avatar for cargenius42
0
150
Member Avatar for Lori

Is there anyone that can help me get rid of this rundll32.exe error. It drives me crazy, I don't know what I am doing to get this, but it slows down my computer, and well, if you have had it you know. This happens everytime I shut down my computer... …

Member Avatar for Lori
0
145
Member Avatar for strbdenx
Member Avatar for cargenius42
0
131
Member Avatar for llallo

My computer kept having the blue screen of death so I decided to reinstall winxp professional sp1 to see if i could've get rid of the problem but the installation process never completes. On the welcome screen of the winxp setup I press enter to set up windows xp new. …

Member Avatar for cargenius42
0
160
Member Avatar for mikeandike22

I was installing windows xp pro and the blue screen keps coming up and says driver irql not less or equal. I want to get back to my normal xp to stop the xp pro upgrade installation. How do I exit set-up?

Member Avatar for cargenius42
0
102
Member Avatar for walk7480

first of all dont laugh,im on dial-up. When i connect to the net,my welcome screen comes up along with an error message that reads 'data1.dat not found' Anyone know what this is? iv'e got windows xp

Member Avatar for walk7480
0
116
Member Avatar for ▄▌▄ ∑

I was wondering what this was? I don't know anything about it and I have heard about it alot, does it change voltages? -thanks

Member Avatar for ▄▌▄ ∑
0
181
Member Avatar for ZEEPLE

Hello, This may not be the right forum for this but here goes...I am a student and am taking programming classes( JAVA ). It seems that I can compile my programs but cannot run them. My professor said my path was incorrect and gave me the correct path settings. I …

0
134
Member Avatar for strbdenx

Hi there sometimes when I begin tosave the game Haay Potter and the prisoner of the Azkaban in WinXP it gives an error like this : "No Label OS: Windows 2000 5.0 (Build: 2195) CPU: GenuineIntel PentiumPro-class processor @ 400 MHz with 319MB RAM Video: No Video General protection fault! …

Member Avatar for dmbfan819
0
110
Member Avatar for FadiTara

Hey guys, I'm hoping you can help me out. I have a Windows 2000 server running on a dual 2.4ghz Dell poweredge 2600 with 512mb ram. 2 hard drives: disk 0 is 36gb, and disk 1 is 76gb. the system is for our DVD archive system and has a DVD …

Member Avatar for FadiTara
0
188
Member Avatar for katherine502

W2KPro SP3 AMD Athlon 1 ghtz 768 megs ram 80 gig C drive/76 gigs free 40 gig D drive/34 gigs free Since recovering from a C drive failure, I have gotten the blue screen with W2K Stop Error (bugcheck) 0x000000d1 on three occassions. An EventID.com comment says this event can …

0
88
Member Avatar for sidoe

Hello, I am running xp and using a Lexmark x75 print trio printer. The printer was working fine, until recently. I changed the black ink cartridge and ever since then it is not working. The problem I am having is that it does not print anything I have on my …

Member Avatar for JR85023
0
134
Member Avatar for qruffin
Member Avatar for Element150

i used to be asked if i wanted to save or open mpeg files, but now it just opens them, how to I change the settings back?

Member Avatar for bentkey
0
67
Member Avatar for PrayingMantus

I have a network running nicely in xp but since I assigned a password to my administrator accounts on both pcs I can't access some folders on the network. When I was setting the password xp asked me if I wanted to protect my personal files & folders etc & …

Member Avatar for cargenius42
0
78
Member Avatar for dlh6213

I just noticed yesterday that my Windows XP Firewall is no longer enabled. It always has been so I don't know when, or how, it got disabled. When I go to Network Connections -- Properties -- Advanced, the Internet Connection Firewall is unchecked; when I try to check it, I …

Member Avatar for DMR
0
151
Member Avatar for bluedragon_08

Hi I have a real problem i have a computer which is about 1 year old, pentium 4 well, recently i decided to reformat it, this would be my first time reformatting, because it was starting to become very slow. so i went on the internet and followed some intructions …

Member Avatar for Catweazle
0
115
Member Avatar for babygirlsazz

Hi all Earlier today i installed a registry cleaner ( Tweek Now Reg Cleaner ) to be precise & also ( Startup Inspector ) because the Pc was running a little sluggish or so i felt. - Anyways the upshot of my latest little foray into messing about with my …

Member Avatar for JR85023
0
126
Member Avatar for Deebs

Kinda stumped on this one... I am a production manager at a custom metal fabricator, and we own a CNC Plasma Cutting machine from Kiffer industries in Ohio. Their Techs. have no clue what is wrong. Whenever the high frequency gives a signal for the torch to pierce through the …

Member Avatar for kc0arf
0
123
Member Avatar for Karkinnen

Your Operating System Version and its patch level (e.g. Windows XP Service Pack 1) This can be found (on Windows machines) by going to the Control Panel -> System (under the General Tab). The Make and Model of your machine (if it isn't a custom-built pc) The last few programs …

Member Avatar for crunchie
0
124
Member Avatar for Gazza_23

Yet another newbie question - I have a Pentium IV 2.8 Clone running XP HomeSP1 and Office 97 SR1 and SR2. My former ISP didn't like Outlook and I tried to run it for the first time after changing ISPs some months ago. I get a start display that says …

Member Avatar for Gazza_23
0
80
Member Avatar for aaronN42

i have a very big problem.. my computer keeps on freezing.. it freezes ALL the time whenever i try to install a major program.. such as a virus scanner.. or adobe photoshop.. and sometimes it freezes out of no where. it was all fine until this one day i brought …

Member Avatar for DMR
0
489
Member Avatar for somebody_h

Got this laptop with MS Windows 2000 5.0 SP 4 in it. Now I am just a user assigned to this laptop. Dont have administrator rights. Cant download anything on this laptop.....dont even have winzip installed in this & can download it. The person who setup this laptop is unavailable. …

Member Avatar for Catweazle
-3
148
Member Avatar for rjohnstone

I hope someone can help me: I am trying to get everquest 2 to run on my computer. I meet the specs for the game, supposedly, but I am getting an error from the program telling me two things: 1) Texture Units 2 < 4 2) Pixel Shader 0X0000 < …

Member Avatar for Catweazle
0
140
Member Avatar for Thomas Roosens

Hi all My computer starts up really slow. It is running fine untill it hits the blue welcome screen (windows xp). After that it takes forever to load up the desktop. The background picture however is loaded up immediately. Once the desktop is activated the computer runs as fast as …

Member Avatar for DaveSW
0
131
Member Avatar for ching

my search util was giving me an err msg about a missing file so i download the Hotfix frm MS but the option to search for files and folders does not work it only works when i am online how can i fix and how to prevent the prob anyone …

Member Avatar for DaveSW
0
93
Member Avatar for BlarnieO

My computer shutsdown at the most inopportune times. Does not seem to be related to email, word processing, playing games or anything specific. It is an equal opportunity pain in the tuckis. I get this message. IRQL_Not_Less_OR_ Equal_To Then it does a countdown Have tried relaoding drivers. Have Spybot and …

Member Avatar for BlarnieO
0
171
Member Avatar for geegoo!

im having a problem connecting my laptop to the internet.. i have my modem plugged in and i try dialing up .. an Error appears telling me that there is no dial tone and to check if the modem is attached properly.. it happended to me before but the problem …

Member Avatar for DMR
0
112
Member Avatar for bvvkrishna
Member Avatar for alc6379
0
109
Member Avatar for Saddlefall

A simple question. How do I format my system drive? Cant do it from windows, and there is now dos in XP. I try to boot from my XP cd, but it only stats the install... I want to format, its been ages since last time..

Member Avatar for Catweazle
0
219
Member Avatar for MAD_DOG

At work we just did a upgrade on machines and OS’s (approx 300) They are all using Windows XP Pro and each and everyone has a unique key. (All activated all ready) Now if I want to take one of those boxes and reformat it, can I use that key …

Member Avatar for DaveSW
0
147
Member Avatar for Brian Baker

Hey all. I'm new to this site. I hope there's someone on here that can help me out. My computer is freezing up on me and I don't know why. I'm running XP Pro. My CPU is 700 MHz Intel Celeron. My RAM is 320 MB. My video card is …

Member Avatar for industry2m
0
129
Member Avatar for OurNation

Windows XP My friends computer has two choices at start up it says something like "windows XP home edition" for both choices one goes further the other doesn't the one that works has 3 choices 1 gets you to another menu with about 12 options another is regulsr start up …

Member Avatar for industry2m
0
110
Member Avatar for industry2m

Hi, I just installed a new driver from Nvidia's site on my computer (Driver:6.1.7.6 - official driver). I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440. Now everytime I restart my computer, the resolution is set back to 640x480. This is really weird and I've never seen this before. The only problem …

Member Avatar for industry2m
0
97
Member Avatar for marceta

Hey all. Sometimes my XP will randomly restart (coincidently when i dont want it to :lol: ). When windows rebots my windows watchdog shows me this screen [IMG]http://img54.exs.cx/img54/7497/prob2.jpg[/IMG] what do i press (i allways press "no") or how do i fix it. thanks

Member Avatar for marceta
0
130
Member Avatar for Samashahdi

Heya I run a Celron 2.8 with 1 Gb ram sitting on an Intel 865Perl m/b. Window XP Pro Sp1 + sundry patches/fixes - not yet SP2. I use several Graphic manipulation programs.I have set the default program to open various picture formats with the program I use to manipulate …

Member Avatar for caperjack
0
133
Member Avatar for Lurch

Hi, For some reason, I cannot tell the screensaver (any of them) to require a password. Am running SP2 on a MediaCenter PC. Cannot say for sure when this started. I know it was just within the past coupla days. It worked as it should after the SP2 update, so …

0
76
Member Avatar for actfray

I've had a high-speed connection for several months, and I've never had a problem downloading or playing videos. But a couple of days ago, my media player suddenly crapped out on me. When I attempt to download a video, it takes a long time to connect. When it finally does …

Member Avatar for crunchie
0
98
Member Avatar for Lisa P

Help, This morning, my husband called out-"Hey, have you ever seen this?" I looked on the monitor and 1/2 of the screen to the left was blacked out (some vertical lines similar to when you do a disk defrag appeared). I quickly shut down and tried to restart, but to …

Member Avatar for DMR
0
159
Member Avatar for SilverX

I have a IBM Thinkpad with Windows XP installed. Is there a way that I can just reset the computer without reinstalling XP? If there isn't, maybe you can help me with this problem: Spyware somehow removed the ability for applications to just open, so everytime that I click on …

Member Avatar for JR85023
0
163
Member Avatar for Crazy_M

Removing Duel Boot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I got Winxp and win2k installed as a duel boot, im currently using xp and the win2k folders are in my c directory, i just want to remove 2k from my computer, and keep xp with out reformating or reinstalling.. what do i do... when i …

Member Avatar for JR85023
0
117
Member Avatar for ep2002

Hi everyone, How are you doing? Well I FINALLY got almost everything moved over from the old computer system to the new computer system & here's my problem. I was using OE b4, so nothing has changed as far as e-mail programs go. Now what's happening is my default e-mail …

Member Avatar for caperjack
0
100
Member Avatar for UltramarineX

Here are my specs: Motherboard: MSI 648 Max series Power supply: 350W (I think) CPU: P4 2.4GHz w/ 533MHz FSB RAM: 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM Video Card: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro w/ "Doom 3" Beta Catalyst 4.9 drivers Hard Drive: Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM ATA133 Sound Card: Integrated with Motherboard LG …

Member Avatar for caperjack
0
189
Member Avatar for Tzwingman

:?: I have just installed a clean version of Win XP Home ed. SP1a on my new 80gb hdd, my system is a HP Pavilion XE748 w/700mhz processor and 320mb ram. Is there a feature or option that I can “activate

Member Avatar for hexstar
0
153
Member Avatar for hexstar

I recently realized that I appear to have WinPcap 3.0 installed on my computer, I have not removed it in fear that one of my applications may be using it. What I would like to know is what is it? Is it harmful (i.e. spyware/adware)? And last but not least, …

Member Avatar for hexstar
0
284
Member Avatar for pimpwack

Hey I need some help, my computer was working fine last night but then i came across this problem today.. I turn my computer on then it looks like its loading but then all of sudden it resets itself.. :evil: It doesnt even get to the point (blue screen )where …

Member Avatar for pimpwack
0
124
Member Avatar for Crazy_M

its never done this before, but when xp loads completely up after a reboot/start up all my statbar icons come up desk top fully loaded, suddenly my floppy drive kicks on.. then quits, never done this before, ive scanned for virus,....

Member Avatar for DMR
0
102
Member Avatar for Dwarfie

On wed Sept 11th i reloaded XP due to sasser virus,at some time during my reinstalling of such things as , Yahoo Messenger,Adobe photo deluxe,winmx etc, i began to recieve these warnings, purporting to be from Windows as follows : MESSENGER SERVICE message to infecte on 8/12/2004 80:07:14pm *Warning! Your …

Member Avatar for DMR
0
178

The End.