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• Update KB 976098 will not install
  • My XP SP3 machine valiantly tries to install this update but always fails. It seems to have no trouble installing other updates. What's with this one??
• right click search problems
  • Hello, today i turned on my laptop and when to right click on a folder and search and found this fun error. this file does not have a program associated with it for preforming this action. create an association in the folder options control panel. stats xp pro sp3
• OT: External Hard Drives
  • Can anyone recommend any external hard drives? (or a more appropirate newsgroup)
• The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled...
  • For some reason, the parallel ATA drives dropped out on one of my XP systems. The adapter card is there, with drives connected. It has been working for years. On power up, the BIOS shows that the drives are visible. Now XP suddenly fails to load the driver. On attempt to reload the driver, I get this error message: "Cannot Install this hardware" " There was a problem installing this hardware: Mass Storage Controller An error occurred during the installation of the device The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it." To make this even more odd, I swapped in a different brand of ATA adapter and got the same result. IOW, neither driver will load. I've changed the mobo PCI slot, etc. No change. That message is issued from such a wide range of problems that it's tough to find info. Anyone have any ideas? Not sure what "service cannot be started" either...Is there possibly some other service that's used in getting the driver loaded?
• REQ: Stopping RUN commands from clearing
  • OS: WinXpPro SP3 Build 2600 Is there any way to stop Windows from clearing my RUN command lines from clearing when I reboot? TIA
• ATAPI CD-ROM drive in a SCSI system
  • My XP PC is an old SCSI based system with a Tekram DC-390U2W controller. Three HDs and a CD/DVD player runs off that controller. The only drive that is not SCSI is a Plextor ATAPI CD-ROM drive on an EIDE cable, in master configuration. These drives all run fine but for the life of me I can't boot from the ATAPI CD-ROM drive even though I just about tried all the boot sequences in the mobo's Award BIOS that I could think of. I can boot from the SCSI CD/DVD drive but that drive is getting to be unreliable. I think somehow the SCSI adapter's built-in BIOS interferes with the ATAPI drive's boot process but I can't figure out how to fix it. I realize this BIOS related problem is not really specific to Windows XP but I've tried other forums before and got no useful tips there. Maybe some guys on this forum have the experience to point me to the right direction.
• New harddrive help please
  • Sony Vaio laptop with a 20 gb Toshiba drive.(7 year old computer) Drive layout: 4 partitions in order (all primary) WindowsXP (8gb) Ubuntu (4.5gb) Linux swap (630mb) Shared ntfs (5.5 gb)approximately. I have been given a 60gb Toshiba drive that I will replace my 20gb drive with. Basically I want to image,clone, whatever the 20gb to the 60 gb and then install it. How do I do this. I believe I will need an external USB/Firwire external drive enclosure. Is that correct?
• How To Suppress "..publisher could not be verified..."?
  • Wrote a little .CMD file to put the PC to sleep: psshutdown.exe -d -t 00 Works as advertised, but every time I execute (or even edit...) it, somebody pops a dialog: "Open File - Security Warning The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure yo want to run this software?" Is there a list or something somewhere that I can add this .CMD file to so XP knows not to bug me? I looked into "Certificates" a long time ago in the context of something else and that approach looked pretty much hopeless for somebody at my low expertise level. -- PeteCresswell
• Microsoft Word crop function
  • When using the Picture toolbar and the crop function in Word (Word 2002 SP3), what is the most practical way to decrease the coarseness of the cropping of an image? Previously, I was using the freeware 20/20 image editing program to rubberband an image with the mouse and could easily paste it into a Word or PowerPoint file using Windows XP Professional 32-bit at my workplace. We've gone to XP 64-bit and the 20/20 image editing program doesn't work. Does someone know of a licensed image editor that is compatible with XP 64-bit if no other method is practical through cropping or any other method? (The company I work for is not comfortable with freeware and would rather use a licensed alternative.) -- Inquirer300
• How to unlink Live ID from Windows XP user account?
  • I have my primary Live ID/.NET Passport associated with my user account on a shared computer using Windows XP Professional. This allows me, of course, to see how many unread messages I have on that Live Mail account from the Windows login screen. My problem is thus: I signed into a secondary Live ID using Live Messenger, and now BOTH Live IDs show the number of unread emails on the Windows login screen. I don't want BOTH associated with it! How do I unlink this Live ID from my Windows user account? And how do I prevent this from happening again?
• Microsoft Word margin brackets
  • This is about Microsoft Word, but I am not sure where to send the question. Please, if anybody knows where the proper forum for it is let me know. The problem is that all of a sudden my Microsoft Word page is doing something strange. It has these two figures like backwards L that line up right flash with the margins measurements at each side on top and bottom of the of the page. They look like backward brackets witout one of the paralell lines. Thanks for any advise. -- edith
• Cursor Jumps all the time....
  • I am a writer, using MS Word 2003 to write a novel. I write as usual and I think you all have used Word to write, and the thing is this. When I am writing the word say "science" when I get to the letter e, the cursor "jumps" to wherever I've "left" the cursor with the mouse. That is, no matter what the word or letter I'm 'on' the writing goes okay for a moment or two and then the cursor 'jumps' and it's inserted itself and I'm still typing but the spot where the cursor SHOULD be has changed...so I'm making typing errors... Follow me? THIS is pretty well discouraging... Can anyone point me at the reason for this and how to combat same? Or, is this maybe NOT an MS Word issue but an issue with the laptop? XPPro/SP3....geez...the same thing just happened HERE in this message box.... so, this must have more to do with the laptop....am I correct, and how do I combat this in whichever case is true? ???? Jim
• Jumping Cursor all the time????
  • I am a writer, using MS Word 2003 to write a novel. I write as usual and I think you all have used Word to write, and the thing is this. When I am writing the word say "science" when I get to the letter e, the cursor "jumps" to wherever I've "left" the cursor with the mouse. That is, no matter what the word or letter I'm 'on' the writing goes okay for a moment or two and then the cursor 'jumps' and it's inserted itself and I'm still typing but the spot where the cursor SHOULD be has changed...so I'm making typing errors... Follow me? THIS is pretty well discouraging... Can anyone point me at the reason for this and how to combat same? Or, is this maybe NOT an MS Word issue but an issue with the laptop? XPPro/SP3....geez...the same thing just happened HERE in this message box.... so, this must have more to do with the laptop....am I correct, and how do I combat this in whichever case is true? ???? Jim
• MY cursor "jumps" all the time????
  • I am a writer, using MS Word 2003 to write a novel. I write as usual and I think you all have used Word to write, and the thing is this. When I am writing the word say "science" when I get to the letter e, the cursor "jumps" to wherever I've "left" the cursor with the mouse. That is, no matter what the word or letter I'm 'on' the writing goes okay for a moment or two and then the cursor 'jumps' and it's inserted itself and I'm still typing but the spot where the cursor SHOULD be has changed...so I'm making typing errors... Follow me? THIS is pretty well discouraging... Can anyone point me at the reason for this and how to combat same? But I think that this is maybe NOT an MS Word issue but an issue with the laptop? XPPro/SP3....geez...the same thing just happened HERE in this message box.... so, this must have more to do with the laptop....am I correct, and how do I combat this in whichever case is true? ???? Jim
• What's causing hard drive activity even when my computer is idle?
  • Is there a way in XP to tell what Windows is doing at a particular moment? Sometimes I am on the internet and the hard drive light will begin to work furiously, and I wonder that AVG might be downloading virus updates. And the hard drive light sometime also begins working when I am offline and doing nothing. I downloaded a Microsoft update for an XP task bar search feature maybe a year ago, and I've wondered if that was when this activity began. Is there a way to know what might be happening in Windows or in something else when this commotion starts? Larry
• USB List
  • Looking at the entries under Universal Serial Bus controllers in Device Manager, I have figured out that: NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller is my USB2 controller. The two NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller entries must refer to the two unused USB ports. The two USB Mass Storage Device entries must refer to the two external hard drives attached to USB ports. But - what would the three "USB Root Hub" entries mean? I know you people out there all know the answer, so please share it with me. Thanks
• Windows Security Center/Antivirus Problem
  • For the past couple of days Windows Security Center has been sending pop-up alerts on my husband's computer saying that his Virus Protection is out of date. It is NOT out of date. The antivirus program (Ca antivirus) shows the last product update as today. A virus scan comes up clean. So does a spyware scan (Ad-Aware and Malwarebytes). Any ideas?
• System has recovered from a serious error
  • Ever since getting this error message, my computer has been running slow, having lines pop up across the screen sporadically, black screen, and frozen pages. I have tried system restore to a date where I know it was not happening ~ it did NOT fix the problem. I do have kids ~ and I have no idea if they downloaded anything that could be causing this. I ran my spysweeper with anti-virus ~ nothing came up. Please help ;~) Thanks. Michelle Error Signature: BCCode: 100000 7e BCP1: C0000005 BCP2:805330E9 BCP3: F8AD0C50 BCP4: F8AD094C OSVER: 5_1_2600 SP: 2_0 Product: 768_1 Error Report Contents: C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WEReb4b.dir00\Mini011110-04.dmp C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WEReb4b.dir00\Sysdata.xml I appreciate any help you guys can give. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!
• mouse wheel issue
  • OE and O2003 (and earlier versions) seem to know which panel in the program you have your mouse over when you roll the mouse wheel. You don't have to click into the panel to tell it. For example, if you have Outlook open and you hold your mouse pointer over the mail folders panel and *without* clicking into it you move the wheel, the folders scroll up and down. Then if you move over to the panel that shows what's in one fo the folders (inbox for example) and again *without* clicking into that panel, moving the wheel again scrolls the contents of that panel, not the one you were in before. There are other programs that do this as well. However, this is NOT the case with Windows Explorer which I use all day long. It's very annoying that you have to click into the panel on the right that shows the tree of folders in order for the wheel to scroll that area. It would seem that if MS can make O and OE behave properly then they could do the same with W.E. Seems logical but oh well. Maybe this is fixed in 7? It would just be nice if it were a consistent behavior in software that comes from the same company.
• How to sign a file using a certificate allocated in Active Directo
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• Chasing Windows
  • Would anyone know of a way to keep new pages from stealing the active page upon opening? It is terriably frustrating to have to keep chasing the active page as new pages open. I'm running XP on an ACER and our systems tend to be slow because of our hardware combinations. It is not unsual for me to be working in one docu and decide I need info from another docu or docus or web site, go start those pages opening and go back to my active page, all without loosing my train of thought - until the other pages finally start opening and stealing my active page. After I have chased my active page and brought it back a couple times it is not unsual for me to have lost my train of thought. As if that isn't bad enough, reopening my active page is not simply clicking its icon on the toolbar. Even though my active page's icon is still lit up on the tool bar, the new page has replaced my active page and is open on the screen. To get back to my active page I must first click and open some other page then click back to my active page. It is a long, drawn out, train of thought busting process. Perhaps it would be smarter to simply start the new openings and go get a cup of coffee, but that is about as antiproductive as chasing my active page all over the place. Everything would be so much less complicated (and a whole bunch less frustrating) if opening pages simply did not steal the active page. All ideas, comments, and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks K.
• I should be able to get this one but I can't
  • I would like your comments on the posting by Dave at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistamedia/thread/4fa4d2a1-c066-43ed-aa3f-150b828f6789. In my case, KTVL-DT also broadcasts as K47LDD. I can receive either one, but certainly should, since I can plainly see K47LDD tower 9 miles away. However sometimes I can tune K47LDD and then KTVL-DT and a good results.
• Too Slow to Open O.E.6
  • Hi: Opening I.E. is in normal speed, however when clicking O.E. 6 at the top of Icon of O.E.6, it's SO slow and very sluggish to open, .... even after making a cup of coffee in the kitchen, it's still NOT opening-up. It takes more than one or even two minutes to open. Prior to this, O.E.6 opens instantamaneously, within 40 seconds or so upon clicking O.E. 6 icon at the top of the screen. Any clues on this would be truly appreciated. Thank
• 12.1" laptops
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• Setup wizards for River Belle and Lucky Nugget in Thumper
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• River Belle Thumper Version of Casino?
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• Unable To Install ATI Display Driver
  • I have an onboard video card and would like to install the ATI driver for it. The current driver is supplied by Microsoft from the Windows XP CD. The problem is, when I try to install the ATI driver I get an error message that the display driver isn't compatible with the display adapter installed on my system. How do I fix this? Do I uninstall the display adapter--or is that hardware? I don't want to uninstall the current display driver because I'm not sure how to get it back into the system if things go wrong. What's the best way to handle this? -- DaffyD® ( : []= If I knew where I was I'd be there now. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4762 (20100111) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
• Question: Nearly Empty, But Still Full Hard Drive
  • I have a Dell XPS-Z 866Mhz Pentium 3, with 384mb and a 20Gig hard drive, which is running a fresh install of Windows XP. For some reason even though I've transferred about 1 gig worth of files back to the drive it is almost full, causing the reminders to keep popping up. Before I re-installed windows XP I had the same problem, and even thought I deleted all I could the hard drive would begin to fill up again for no discernible reason. And this is definitely not the first time I've had this problem. Can anyone list the things that would cause this, and what I could try to correct this problem? Thanks. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.
• MS Notepad Does Not Display Line Numbers
  • See Subject. I put together a 6 line file, and Edit would show Goto greyed out. What's wrong?
• System Restore not working.
  • I have set the System Restore to 10% for each of the C: D: E: drives, yet there is no indication (bold dates) on the system restore calendar. It has been working up until recently. Please help, Frank
• How to change the key combination of a program
  • I've a program (*.exe) which gets started just after the Windows logon and which functionality I use. This program unfortunately uses the key combination 'Ctrl + F5' to display an info message box. That's very bad because I have another program where I really need the key combination 'Ctrl + F5' and unfortunately the first program "wins" so that if I use 'Ctrl + F5' the info message box appears. Because the programmer of the first program doesn't offer any possibility to change the key combination I'm trying to find a way to change it by myself. Here's my approach: Somewhere in the program (*.exe) there must be some commands which tell Windows what to do if someone uses the key combination 'Ctrl + F5'. I'd like to edit that commands directly in the *.exe file (with debug, hexedit, ...) so that not the key combination 'Ctrl + F5' is used but e.g. 'Ctrl + F12'. I think that should work but the problem is how to find the commands which define this key combination. In DOS it was the interrupt INT 9 (keyboard interrupt) so that I could search for INT 9. However, I've no idea for what I have to search in Windows XP. Any help or idea how I could change the key comination 'Ctrl + F5' to e.g. 'Ctrl + F12' is very appreciated. Stefan
• Please download ZodiacFull.exe in the wayback machine!
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• The MVP Program
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• Msn-Encarta right-click dictionary query
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• Regedit
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• How to print to several printers at once?
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• Video type graphics
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• Video type graphics
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• Error 1402
  • I cannot open the adobe reader 9.2 my Windows XP system. When I attempt repair or uninstall it I get this 1402 error message and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software|Microsoft|Windows|CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS Could not open key ... and something about not having administrative permission. I cannot locate the file and do not have a clue how to give myself adminstrative permission. I'm already logged in as such.
• Windows 7 and Actonis True Iamge
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• Task bar size
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• Unwanted autorun
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• MSE info please
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• Roxy Palace (Thumper Version) in Wayback Machine
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• Ext. HD previously recognized, currently not
  • I am running XP SPK3 on an inspiron 8500. It came with XP Pro, SPK's added on later. I have a buslink CO-80-U2FE (firewire/USB 2.0) ext. HD (ext. power source)that originally worked on Windows 98, then later on XP pro up to about SPK2 I think. I have much data archived on it I wish to retrieve. I plug it into USB port as before and my computer does not recognize that anything has been plugged in. I have tried different coords, firewire, and different computer with comparable OS. Buslink site says that it is plug and play with XP on up. Any suggestions on TS steps?
• external HD previously recognized, currently not
  • I have an inspiron 8500 with XP SPK3 on it. The laptop came with XP Pro and the SPK's were added later. I have a buslink CO-80-U2FE that worked with Windows 98 and initially with XP maybe up to SPK2. I use it infrequently so I didn't find out until much later that it is no longer recognized after some of the upgrades. It has an external power supply. When I plug it into the USB port, nothing happens. Same thing when I plug it into another computer with newer OS, hadn't had the opportunity to try older. It doesn't show up in device manager either. Any suggestions for TS steps?
• How to disable auto lock
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• Deleteing an expired security certificate
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• Setting time for automatic hibernation -- how?
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• Error message appears.
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• Upgrade from XP to 7
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• Restricted sites
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