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I have been getting the 0X000000C4 error now for days and I have resorted to eliminating nearly every piece of hardware in the macnhine and it now down to bare bones. I can not get past a recovery R option in windows boot. No matter what I seem to do …

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cannot download iphone photos to HP photosmart essential 2.5 on my pc,I have downloaded the drivers and itunes ,can anyone help,please.....I was able to do it a month back but now its not working!!!

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Hi there, I have been on the lookout for third party boot loaders for Windows that support boot from VHD. Windows 7's boot manager supports boot from VHD but it cannot boot Windows XP. I have setup a dual boot with Windows 7 as the VHD boot alongside Windows Vista. …

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Hey guys, I wanna know how to create a bootable dvd that have installer of windows 2000, xp and vista so that when i want to reformat a computer i just have to select from the menu in boot are if what os i'm going to install. I tried this …

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Hi Friends, Here Is my new tutorial, How To Create Your Own Windows XP, Unattended CD. The Windows CD Created Will Be Only 315MB, without removing any visual effects. Time required to install : 14-17 minutes. Link : [URL="http://www.easy-share.com/1904369193/Create Your Own Windows XP, Unattended CD.pdf"]Create Your Own Windows XP Unattended …

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Hi guys, I am using the afore mentioned OS, and i have been experiencing Windows - Delayed Write Failure...etc very often. It only happens when i am playing a game (Cabal Online, lol). And it is rather frustrating as i built this computer just to play that game. When it …

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I recently had a "Security Alert" when I was on the internet. I immediatley turned the computer off. Now when I start windows I get the "chess Piece" symbol and my logon name but when I click on the symbol windows does not start up. I get the message "Loading …

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Windows Xp crashed for some reason earlier and my external hard drive that I had hooked up to it wont work now. The power light comes on but I dont even get the 'bong' sound from putting in a USB device. Does anybody know any ways to troubleshoot this or …

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My sons computer will not boot into windows, he has the genuine windows xp software, when it was running he kept getting a message to validate within so many days , he did not do it as he thought it was already validated, it has now run out and all …

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Hi I want to link my program in vb6 to the system calendar in windows XP by using shell but to be able to do that i need to know the default path or file location of the system calendar ( i was searching all day and still didnt find …

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I tried the 'add/remove' pgm in windows XP Limewire was deleted from the list, went to desktop and clicked on the icon on the desktop and the pgm still ran. I rebooted and the Limewire still can be run from the desktop icon. The only diff is it does not …

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Windows XP Pro. SP3. IE7. Have always been able to update this rather new computer. I get to express or custome. As always I hit express. A window comes up that says something about control panel but it goes quick but I believe it states to check the time and …

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hi everyone? All of a sudden my Windows XP has started seeing one of my drives as not formatted. I have an 80GB HDD that i've partitioned into 4 drives. And then i have another 20Gb Hdd that i've connected as the primary slave. I've installed two operating systems Windows …

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I've got a 32-bit machine (Pentium 4) running Windows XP Pro (version 2002). I understand that there are 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows XP Pro, and that some 64-bit versions of XP Pro will run on 32-bit machines (although I can hardly believe it, and I've also been told …

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I recently experienced a problems with my outlook professional with business. Everything works fine except I cannot send an email from any of my accounts through outlook. It tells me that windows has experienced a problem and sorry for the inconvenience but must close and has a box to recover …

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It looks like my computer picked up the a.exe virus about 3 weeks ago. Since then I've had all sorts of problems. 1. Can't login to internet 2. Can't reinstall software for net card 3. Can't see properties in device manager 4. Can't printer 5. Can't reinstall printer - spooler …

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Hi, I have two machines, a notebook and a tower connected to my Zyxel HW660 Router via wireless and ethernet respectively. The notebook (HP Compaq nx6325) is running windows xp professional and the tower (custom build) is running windows vista ultimate edition. When I access the internet with either of …

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Hello everyone, I'm new at this so please be gentle. When ever I try to add a photo to something, (ie facebook or E mail), 'My pictures' starts up but freezes my computer completely. I have 'Process Explorer' running and when I check out whats taking up all my space …

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Hi there, I got a nasty spyware that installed a number of different malwares and other nasties on my computer. I unplugged the network and ran AVG and MalwareBytes immediately, full scans. I then ran spybot search & destroy after multiple scans of the aforementioned continued to pull up the …

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I now have the windows xp disk that came with my previous HP computer. How do I go about uninstalling the windows vista, from my new computer and then installing windows xp with the xp disk? can anyone give me a step by step instruction, on this? I have the …

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Please help me :( I am in dire need of a scientific / mathematical word processor for either Windows XP or Mac OS X. Something that utilizes LaTeX maybe?

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Hoping someone can help. I've started getting the above message when I click on Sound recorder and I can't figure out why. Can anyone tell me where or how to look please so that I can reactivate Sound Recorder. I have Windows XP home edition. Don't know if you need …

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In Win 98 I use WINPOPUP.EXE to send messages between PC´s connected in an Office web. I do not find some similar in Windows XP and I need it. Ty. :o

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Recently my HD on my Gateway 700xl crashed. I bought a WD HD and installed it. when I booted the computer with the operating sys disk that came with the computer I got the black screen of death during Windows setup/ setup is starting windows. An IT friend suspected that …

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I have installed two operating systems.I can suffer internet under linux but can't under windows.In windows,it shows local area connection is connected but there is no more internet.I have to restart and go to ubuntu to suffer internet.The ip to suffer internet is obtained automatically in both systems.What is the …

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One computer w/ Win XP-home wired to a router. Router runs DHCP & assigns Ip addresses. Comp can ping other computer and can browse internet. Cannot even view contents of Network Places: acts as if it's unclickable. Second computer Win XP Pro 64 bit can view Network Places & see …

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Can anyone help? I have a Toshiba Sat pro. Worked fine for 4yrs now. but suddenly says buffer overrun and terminates my web page. I have Mcafee virus scan and all was well until my last windows update in January and some jpeg files I downloaded from council web site. …

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I'm getting so frustrated. Here is what I try to accomplish: a clean install of the x64 Version Windows XP on my newly built PC, where I disconnected my Sata 750Gb disk to avoid further complications, since there is Linux resides on it, but not in NTFS format. Now I'm …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]In Windows XP, you can apply special access permissions to files or folders that are located on NTFS file system volumes. …

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I have an older computer that was running Windows XP SP1. The computer is severly infected. I updated the OS to SP2 and am now having problems using my browser (firefox and netscape). IE is so corrupted that I can't even open without muliple windows popping up. I have purchased …

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Hi, I'm running Windows XP and have multiple accounts going using Fast User Switching. I'm looking for a method to turn off the message that says "Other people are logged on to this computer. Shutting down Windows might cause them to lose data. Do you want to continue shutting down?" …

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I installed Windows 7 on Windows XP aand BOOM Windows XP is GONE!!! I got windows 7 installed but XP... It got removed. I need to know how to install multiple systems.

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Hey All Has anyone successfully configured FastCGI (mod_fastcgi-2.4.6-AP22.dll), Apache (2.2.11) and PHP (5.2.8) on Windows XP (Pro XP3)? I have setup the fastcgi module and entered the directive to load it in the httpd.conf file, and edited that file further to use the fastcgi module to parse .php files. However, …

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I installed Windows 7 on Windows XP aand BOOM Windows XP is GONE!!! I got windows 7 installed but XP... It got removed. I need to know how to install multiple systems.

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Am new here, so please be gentle :) I have a Windows XP Professional computer that's run just fine since 2003. Recently, it got hit with a truly strange symptom - the system will "lose focus" (stop responding to ANY keyboard/mouse input until Task Manager is run, and a item …

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I was given a computer with windows xp on it but no disks. It has worked fine except at first when i signed up for the internet with a number of providers i could only get 1 or 2 pages and then it would disonect, I was told i might …

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Hi to everyone here and thanks in advance for any suggestions. Let me preface this by saying my computer skills are very limited, so speak slowly, lol. I have an Emachines T6534. About 2 weeks ago, out of nowhere, I got a blue screen error message. Something about nv4.dll file …

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Hi, I need to ask for help about how to change windows XP name at startup. I have installed 2 WIN XP and I want to give them different names when the system shows me the text like this after booting: "Select windows XP professional" Thanks Regards,

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i checked in the control panel/user accounts/change the way users log on or off Both Welcome screen and fast user switching are Enabled, even i check in the Registry (run:regedit) LogonType and AllowMultipleTSSession are "1" some i did changes too, about make some folders in my drives strict to new …

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Hey, i was just wondering if there was a way to have Windows XP Pro automaticall shutdown the computer everyday at a specific time. I know this can be done through the schedule tasks program under control pannel, so what is the shutdown file called? Or, if there is a …

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i want to hibernate the system.but hibernate option is not displayed in power options in control panel.how can i enable the hibernate.i m using windows xp professional sp2.

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Hey all, I could use some advice on trouble shooting a USB keyboard and its interaction with Windows XP. Scenario: My parents just replaced their old Dell (from about 5 years ago). However, when I looked at their back up, after switching their computer over phisically, I noticed their back …

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I have installed windows xp with US keyboard but my lap top has Norvegin keyboard layout. Can any one tell me how to switch with out reinstalling Windows XP.

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After booting and the desktop has populated, a bubble pops up saying "your computer might be at risk, anti software might not be installed, click this balloon to fix this problem" and then there's a little blink of the monitor and the screen freezes. I use this machine only for …

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I bought a new system and it has no OS on it. So I put in my CD and all it gives is Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and press Enter and it doesnt work I've also set CD ROM Boot as first priority. What am I doing wrong?

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Here's the deal. I installed a game on my computer and restarted. Well the computer wouldn't restart and went into a blank black screen. Automatically i think theres a conflict. So i do the safe mode (F8) thing. I Chose the option: Last Known Good Configuration. Started and went up …

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I have installed windows xp sp3. But I am facing problem with the Cable internet. In sp3 I am unable to surf the cable internet but dial up internet can be run. Help me

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My Problem: Several of my games (typically, but not always, graphically intensive ones), have a duration when moving the mouse that varies from making it very difficult to aim, to having to wait about a second after my mouse moves left to see my character move left on the screen. …

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Hi, I am on Windows xp professional edition and looking for a free develeopment tool/ide for some self c++ learning. The one I can across is Dev-C++ 5 (currently beta) from [URL]http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html[/URL] It is supported on XP but it is still beta version and I want something stable. Can any …

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