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| | Hello, I run Win XP Home Version. I want to watch The Rolling Stones concert on AOL Music. I had no problem at work today doing that w/ Win 2000. On my home computer w/ XP, it's all choppy, the audio and video skips, and it eventually goes black. With … |
 | Hello. I'm sorry, I mistake the place to post replies. But I'm on the way now. I was saying that I just read your "How to Configure Samba on RedHat Linux" tutorial. I configured my samba server and I could connect my shared folder on localhost. But here is the …  |
| | Hello. I have been trying to trouble shoot my brother's computer for some time now. One day, the javascript on his computer disabled or deleted itself. He can't open new web page links, or anything with javascript, his search is disabled because the javascript is not working, and programs like … |
| | I just installed a new Motherboard and everything appears to be running smoothly. I'm using the same hard drive from my previos computer that has Windows XP Pro installed on it. All the harware is the same from pervious computer (except the motherboard), so I know that it is all … |
| | I have recently loaded Windows XP Home on my computer. I installed a new Motherboad and CPU. now when I do a soft reboot my two cd roms are not located. If I poer down and reboot I do not have that issue. can you help? |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 2400. The other day I turned it on and received the following error: [B]c:windows/system32/config/system is corrupted[/B] Does anyone know the best way to fix this without re-installing? Any help is appreciated. |
| | I have windows xp installed on my master harddrive and tried to install another operating system on my other harddrive and the installation didnt work right. Now when I boot up my computer it asks me what operating system do I want to run. I want to put back my … |
| | I just recently moved...and when I hooked up my PC it wouldnt boot to windows. I reinstalled windows xp pro. Now whenever I dont move the mouse for about 45 seconds the monitor or computer seems to go into sleep mode by itself. I have all power options set to … |
| | I tired to create batch files to automate the copy and delete commands for files and folders. It seams that windows xp does not support long file or folder names with space. Hence my batch files do not work. Please advise. Thanks muthu snk |
| | Is there a way to run a Windows Server 2003 environment within an XP environment without having to add a partition? I know how to do it with a separate partition, but I don’t want to start from scratch. Any ideas? |
| | It wouldn't supprse me at all if (in efforts to make a more elaborate product in these quasi-modernistic over-saturated times) Microsoft did put some silly option like an option to remove (delete!) files on your system if the file is not used for a preset amount of time. (a stupid … |
| | Lately, an new Icon "Index Manager" comes up in my Windows XP tray. Windows search cannot find it. Start Menu does not have anything that remotely looks like it. I do not find anything resembling this in my Task Manager Processes list. If anyone knows what this is, I would …  |
| | Hi I have just recently purchased a used laptop which came with an original XP professional disc. (which includes service pack 2). How can i find out if the XP Pro CD that i have is the same/registered copy installed on my machine? I woud like to re-format my laptop …  |
| | Hi i've been out of my house for some time while a friend was waiting me at my own house while playing/using my computer. I don't like to go to certain places at IE because they are often full of spyware/adaware or some other not good stuff. But it seems … |
| | :sad: i have an * EMachine * Windows XP * AMD Athlon 2800 processor * 512 DDRSD Ram * GeForce 4 MX NVIDIA Lately been crashing, whenever i play games like (wc3, Unreal tour, starcraft) it either automatically restart my computer or it pop up a "critical error message" with … |
 | My Windows XP wont work...it only works in safe mode now |
| | Hello all! I am new here and boy am I glad to have found this place...Here is my dilemma, I have windows XP for my main computer and decided to install from the same disk on a second computer (without realizing the problems I was in store for) but since … |
| | Let talk about the story that my windows XP got this problem: i download a crack from a website,then i double click the exe file. tha file installed...but my microsoft antispyware detect the virus..so i click remove the virus...it seen got many trojan viruses.. after complete remove the viruses...this antispyware … |
 | I have multiple profiles on one tablet PC. The problem is, I have to log in as each user to make changes like power settings. Is there a way I can set an option for global changes per setting? Even printer driver settings are per profile. Hope this is enough … |
| | Can anybody help me to how to do locking of folders in Windows XP? By locking what I mean is that, If any user tries to open a particular folder or file that is locked, he should be given a error stating that access is not granted. Also how to …  |
| | Recently my computer stopped playing sound, I decided to check if I had muted something by accident... when I open up Volume Control I can't change anything - and there's a message saying that it can't detect an audio device When I go to Control Panel>Sounds And Audio Devices and … |
| | [B]I haveWindows Xp and when I boot, it gets past the startup screen, but then stops at a plain blue screen. The cursor is visible, but none of the screen icons, such as the harddrive or workfolders are. I can't therefore access any work or applications! Help. Never had this …  |
| | in windows 98 if you go to start-->run, and type in sfc, you will get a tool to restore the runtime files needed to run the windows, but you can not run sfc in windows xp. you will have to open the command prompt, and then type sfc /scannow then … |
| | I am trying to install windows xp on a system which has windows 2003 server system. After restarting system with cd-rom support the system is showing A:/ prompt directly instead of starting the setup process. When i try to format the c: drive , i am unable to do that … |
| | hi, anyone know if the product key for Windows XP Home (english) can be used for Windows XP Home(chinese)? |
| | Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP is a recommended upgrade that fixes many issues (mainly security related). It includes all of the Critical Updates that have been issued since Windows XP was released, which should simplify new installations as well as reinstallations. This thread will help you decide if … |
| | SUMMARY --------- I need the detailed steps of building a DLL project from .LIB & .H files using VC++ 6.0 DETAILES --------- I have Windows XP SP2 and I have installed Platform SDK in order to get the ibrary files to use in my Bluetooth application that will be developed … |
| | Hello, I Can't get windows xp home to install on my new build. I have a p4 3.0, 1 gb ram, seagate 160 sata hd. Windows copies all the files restarts and boots up then says about 39 mins til complete then stops fatal error. The error report says error … |
| | Hi, my internet explorer is messed up right now. i have windows xp. whenever im on any site and i right click, theres this link thats right above properties and under print and refresh. the link leads me to a porn site. ive tried getting rid of it by going … |
| | Cannot do sytem restore on ANY dates, can anyone help me? |
 | As the title says, I can't seem to find the 'folder options' in File - Tools on my Windows Explorer anymore. I'm not sure when exactly it started and what caused it to disappear. Also since I had that problem, I realised that an additional 'Data.exe' file appears in my …  |
| | Recently I shut off my computer without letting it shutudown. I know you shouldn't do it but when I have in the past nothing bad has happened. This time I did it but while a program was still running. Now my computer wont start up! I can get to the … |
| | Please could someone help me with this problem. Here is the topic from the other secion that I started. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread39668.html[/url] Thank you for any help. Atky  |
| | SYSTEM RESTORE, WILL NOT WORK., ...I cant restore., how do you fix this????? IDEAS? |
| | My son is visiting from his Navy station in Sicily, and I bought him a laptop. Although we had turned on Firewall Protection and activated Norton Antivirus, and he was trying to be careful with the sites he was visiting, he still managed to pull in some spyware. We bought … |
| | Hi folks, I have just built a new system (specs below) and I've hit a snag. Since I put it together, the system will not shut down when it should, so I decided to get chipset drivers and BIOS up to date. The motherboard came with BIOS 1005 installed so …  |
| | Hey guys. I've recently seem to have deactivated my main partition. I was messing around with my partitions and propably deactived it. Now if i start up my computer it just stops me dead. At first it told me: reboot and select proper boot device Or insert Boot Media in … |
 | Is it possible to reformat a hard drive and install Windows XP using a windows startup disk (floppy)? And if so, how? Note: I cannot get the PC to boot from CD and thats why I was wondering if this is possible. Ive been trying to reforamt a troublesome PC …  |
| | I apologize that I'm not a user that logs on very often. I've been doing this close to 30 years now, I just haven't kept up with newer tech. I have an old Compaq with XP Pro installed and a new WD 250GB drive which was working fine. In the … |
| | i kept getting a "need to close error" whenever i tired to open WMP so i uninstalled and reinstalled WMP10 and now well basically have this this error: [IMG]http://img301.echo.cx/img301/6532/error10bl.png[/IMG] so i removed WMP from my add/remove progs. and installed it again but the thing is it says i have the … |
| | Hi. I'm running an Athlon 2400+ with 512 DDR ram with Windows XP Pro. However, I've noticed that whenever I begin to burn a CD, or simulate a burning, my CPU usage shoots up to 100%. As you can imagine, my computer becomes pretty much unusable when this happens so … |
| | I'm running windows xp professional, and I've been having trouble accessing web-based email services (hotmail, yahoomail, and also a private microsoft exchange server web interface) from my computer. I've tried using both firefox and internet explorer. When attempting to load my hotmail or yahoo inbox in ie, the page simply … |
| | Sometimes under no apparent reasoning certain processes will use 100% of the processor, causing it to become really hot and slowing down the overall performance of the computer. So far I have had trouble with these processes: trillian.exe, wmplayer.exe, eplorer.exe I have searched for viruses and spyware with no results. … |
| | windows xp i've appeared to have lost the cd-rom drive, it doesnt display on my computer, i went to the device manager and found the TOSHIBA DVD ROM SD-R6112 with a yellow "!" next to it, what does this mean? i click properties and its says Windows successfully loaded the … |
| | I've searched all over the internet attemting to find a solution, but nothing has worked for me so far. Basically, on my main desktop computer, i have been running xp home, but i was able to purchase windows xp pro and xp pro 64 bit for $11.95 for both through … |
| | I was running on my machine a Seagate Serial ATA harddrive (120gb) and had data corruption of the registry (Windows XP Pro). The data on the partions was retrieved but the data that was under the administrator account on the C drive is currently being stopped by the administrator password. … |
| | It happens numereous time while trying to boot up. Then it will boot up OK as if nothing happened. I an running windows XP on a Dell PC. The blue screen tells me the following: Technical Information: *** Stop 0X0000008E(0XC0000005,0XF32E02E,OXB6C3B8C0,OX00000000) *** NaiFiltr.sys - Address F32E0C2E base at F32E0000, DATE STAMP … |
| | Hello everyone!! Here is my situation: I have 1 internet connection, 1 linksys router, and two computers - a laptop and a tower. They share the internet connection, and that works well. I put both computers on the workgroup called 'HOME' and was sharing a printer and a few files. … |
| | i have internet explorer for windows XP and service pack 1.whenever i type anything in the address bar it says "Cannot find 'www.yahoo.com', make sure the path or internet address is correct" or whatever site i go to. how can i stop this? |
| | I was running Windows ME with a 20gb HDD.. decided for an upgrade and got a 60gb hd to go along with the 20gb... now i got 80gb of space but all the Defult stuff is clogging up my 20gb hd... so i got xp and a nice clean install …  |
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