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| | When I ran windows 98 I wrote prograns in QB-basic and Q-basic witch I converted in QB-basic to machine language to run on all dos. I would like to be able to run them now when I have windows XP. How can I do that? |
| | Also, will an XP Home edition product key work for XP Professional edition? Guessing no on the second question.  |
| | Recently, I messed up my MBR on a dual-boot computer with Windows XP SP1 on the primary drive and Kubuntu Dapper Drake (v. 6.06) on the second drive. After some trouble, I eventually searched around and decided to use the GAG Boot Manager to get access to Windows XP. After … |
| | We are trying to remove a log on password for our coustomers machine (They have forgotten it). Is this possible.  |
| | I am setting up a [U]server that consists of 6 clients[/U], but I'm not sure if getting Windows Small Business Server is the right thing to do. The only thing the "server" will be is a shared file hub, where each client will need access to a few partitioned drives …  |
| | I'm looking into a possibility of using Windows Server 2003 to manage computers Power Schemes through Group Policy. We have many computers that are out in use and need to stay on 24/7 basically. I have had issues where somehow the users are able to change the power settings on … |
 | My Pentium D computer cant start windows xp normal mode, only in safe mode. I changed the IDE drive and i tried to setup windows xp but it still reboots after trying to get into windows. windows 7 dvd wont even start setup. |
 | Hi peeps, I wonder if you can help me. My sis's got an asus notebook F50SL Series which is now unusable, very sluggish and she can't run anything on it anymore. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to format it and install xp on it. At … |
| | Does Windows XP automatically open .bin files? |
| | I want to reformat my hard drive, but I can't find my Windows XP CD. I have the CD Key on a sticker attached to my computer, so all I need is the software. Does Windows allow you to download the software onto a CD? I checked the website and … |
| | I am running Windows XP SP 3 but my Windows Installer has stopped working. How can I re activate it again in a quick easy manner without having to do a lengthy repair job or a re install?  |
| | Hi, Suddenly my Laptop sound is not working. Even headphones are not working when I plug it to my laptop. When I select sound from control panel it says 'No Audio Device'. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed along with windows XP. The sound has disappeared in ubuntu also. Please help.  |
| | Hello. My mom's computer is glitching. She turned it on and it loaded normally until the desktop at which point the screen started trying to re-load repeatedly. Windows came up with an error message saying it had hit an infinite loop and to try restarting. (Note: Unfortunately my mom did … |
| | Even after selecting CDROM boot from the Bios this laptop does not want to boot with a "ultimate boot cd" or "Hiren's boot CD" or "Windows XP System Recovery Disc 32 bit". It used to boot with "Hiren" until I set it up to Administrator then it gives me a … |
 | Computer died with XP. Bought new one with Win7-64. I was using the Caribean Wallpaper with a small peninsula and two Palm trees. It wasn't included with the stuff in Win7 and I want to bring it over, but in Windows Explorer I cannot find it on the hardrive that … |
| | What should i do when i want to resize, move or merge partitions in my XP? |
 | Hi, I have bought used computer with license sticker for win xp sp3 media center. System needs to be reinstalled. I do not have win xp sp3 media center CD. Can I install win xp sp3 and use key from the sticker? Thanks in advance for help.... |
| | I am working on a project. I am a pen-tester. now at home i dont really have alot of computers that i can use so i got virtual box and i have created 2 windows xp 32 bit hdd on that virtual box. No i want to setup the computers … |
 | all thing is ok. I unplug all and check it. when I press the power button windows start normally. it scan drive D. When finished the scan it was hang. no welcome screen or user screen appear. Whant can I do now? |
| | Windows XP - Computer 1 & 2 - IBM Netvista ThinkCentre's P4; 2.8 GHz Problem: Computer 1 (Windows XP Home) copied photo's from 2gb SD card using Lexmark Pro200 printer with SD card reader to Easygo 4 GB flash drive (verified that the photo's were there.) Computer 2 (Windows XP …  |
| | Hi friends.. Is there a way in vb.net to check whether new memory pages have been created inside a process(such as winlogon, svchost etc) For eg : if i there is a certain value that may change if new memory pages are created inside the process. Then i can compare …  |
 | (This has been discussed numerous times already, so much so that I've gotten lost wading through the existing threads.) Summary: - In a home Workgroup network of mostly XP computers and one Vista, the goal is that every computer be able to see the entire contents of the other computers … |
| | Hey guys! I dont know whats wrong with my laptop. Everything was fine and dandy when suddenly one day i switched on my laptop and the colour has inverted. everything was in opposite colours! From the moment i switch on until i get to my desktop, everything is in inverted … |
| | I am getting a blue screen error when I shut down my computer. I believe it is because I undocked it before it finished shutting down. This is the Error Message: Technical information: *** STOP: 0x0000000A (0x00000018, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804F45AA) Beginning dump of physical memory Physical memory dump complete Contact … |
| | Hi, My name is mark and I recently bought a pc (Windows XP) from a friend and I checked for space etc and thought instead of just clicking on each program and uninstalling them one by one I thought I should try to restore the whole pc and start as …  |
| | So I installed Win XP to my friend and I gave him CD with drivers to install it. But instead that drivers are installed, they totally disappear from Device manager, meaning that there is no "Network adapters" in device manager on which you can click small + Tl;dr No "network … |
| | [FONT=Trebuchet MS]I'm having trouble getting a hard drive to become detected. I have an AMD Athlon XP 1800+, 512 mb ddr sdram, nvidia geforce 2, and windows xp home edition. A while back (before this computer had windows xp), I was re-installing windows ME (it had gone squirrelly on me, … |
| | I have Win XP and i was learning hw to operate the cacls command and I MESSED UP REAL BAD I had a folder in D drive "My Docs" which i lock by this command cacls "D:\My Docs" /d xyz or maybe instead of xyz i might have typed everyone, …  |
| | Dear all I have two hard drives on my pc Hard drive one has Windows Xp home edition Hard drive two has windows Xp professional. I want to keep windows xp professional when the computer boots up it boots up to the professional edition which is fine but i cannot … |
 | Hello, I've started getting this message on a XP computer whenever I logged in, and moreover it has began to restart by itself at some point in time: WINDOWS CANNOT LOAD THE USER'S PROFILE BUT HAS LOGGED ON WITH THE DEFAULT PROFILE FOR THE SYSTEM DETAIL- THE SYSTEN CANNOT FIND … |
| | Am trying ti install Windows XP but keep getting the blue screen. Can you tell me what I need to correct during my trouble shoot |
| | I bought a video game over a service called Steam. The game was Garry's Mod. I was installing it, it was on for about an hour before it got to half way and I was doing work and talking to people since everything was stacked at the same time. I …  |
| | After much frustration and wasted time I have discovered an issue with Skype running on Windows XP. Windows XP puts a limit on the half opened outgoing connections allowed at one time. When this limit has been reached (10) all outgoing connections are blocked. Why? Well it seems at the … |
| | :C my fresh install Netbeans 7.0 won't open and it says "JVM creation failed" can anyone pls tell me what's wrong? >.< |
| | Im new to this and im working on a project which is to set up client/server network. Server: Windows 2003 Client: XP After adding users to active directory and log on to the client machine, I keep on getting this message "[B]Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the … |
 | I brought an older system tower home from work so that I could wipe the drive and reinstall windows XP. I have reformatted the drive and when windows goes to log in for it's first use, it comes up with "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before … |
| | Hi, my laptop suddendly crashed on me it would boot up but half way through a blue screen would appear for about 1 second then go and windows would boot up again. This cycle constantly continued without actually loading windows at all. So with this happening i thought i'd try … |
| | Running Win XP Home, SP-3 and, without any warning, suddenly got "The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options panel" error message with almost everything I try to light up from Desktop or the start tower. Not … |
| | I want to Know which Operating system you prefer windows XP or Windows 7  |
| | hey guys my new laptop support both 32 or 64 bit operating system, i am a little confuse which is better for a visual programming. have any idea |
| | Recently, I removed Windows XP Security 2012 and was left with a process called ping.exe which uses enormous amounts of CPU. I am in the process of completing the sticky guide ([url]http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/134865[/url]) and am currently running scan #2 using GMER. I have ran the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, ATF-Cleaner, … |
| | Please HELP! When I turn on or restart my PC, the computer goes acts like it will start up. After it shows the XP startup screen it goes black. The pointer centers itself on screen and I can still control it but I cant do anything. I have attempted starting … |
 | Hi, This Microsoft Technet page has some cool information to do just about anything in Windows XP. Take a look here:- [url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb264763[/url] |
| | Hii, My Windows XP laptop goes unusually slow after when I open any program (say Internet Explorer) on it after startup. I suspected I am having a heavy startup so I observed my task manager stats. 1. On startup and stabilizing , my RAM usage is normal and it shows … |
| | I'll start by listing my system specs: Motherboard: BIOSTAR TH67+ LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Graphics: VisionTek 900338 Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 … |
| | Following is the system and software info [b]Platforms: Windows XP and OSX Lion Activestate Python 2.7.2 wxPython2.9-osx-cocoa-py2.7 (for OSX) wxPython2.9-win32-py27 (for Windows XP)[/b] I am trying to create a UltimateListCtrl using ULC_VIRTUAL and ULC_REPORT mode. I would like to know how can I put a checkbox beside the first column … |
 | Hy brothers.. I have some computers on Windos XP that i wont to install SP3, bat it gives me message--> You don't have permissions to update Windows XP, please, see your administrator... What it's meen, can enybody help me, please...  |
| | Hi, I am using windows XP and I am having trouble playing audio on some AVI files. When I open them in Media player it says "error downloading codec" This has also happened to a file which was working fine a week or so ago. I found out that the … |
| | Hello there!! There are already some days I tried without success to block some programs on my PC from accessing to the Internet but although I goes to the Firewall settings and activate the firewall and uncheck the "don't allow exceptions" box, and then uncheck the box beside the program … |
| | I am trying to update my drivers and seem to be going in circles. (By the way, all of my hardware is working.) I read that the best place to download drivers is the manufacturer's website but when I go there (Microsoft) I keep winding up on sites that offer … |
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