Windows XP

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  • uninstall software
    • Hello, I am using XPSP3. I am trying to uninstall some software via the add/remove programs in control panel but get an error that says "setup encountered an error and needs to close". I get the same error if I use the software's uninstall program. Any ideas how to get this uninstalled? -- Thanks, Bob

Thu Dec 31 10:53:05 CST 2009
4 Thu Dec 31 10:53:05 CST 2009
by BBran
  • selected text highlighting issue
    • Windows XP SP3. This has always bugged me so I figured I'd finally ask the question. I run 2 monitors and work on multiple things at once. If I have a Word doc open (or notepad or some other editor) and select a block of text and then move to another application, the text in the Word doc no longer appears selected. This is extremely annoying at times. Just because my Word doc is no longer the active application doesn't mean that I don't want to see what I've selected. And if it's so that I know it's not the active application, well that's pretty silly since I can tell that by the title bar at the top of the window. I know the text is still actually selected and MS just feels taht I shouldn't have to see it but is there a way to change this behavior? (Access, outlook, OE, Excel all do the same darn thing). I'm not sure if this is an XP issue or just a Microsoft issue becuase Open Office Writer does not display this behavior. If I select some text in an Open Office document and then go work with some other application that I have open, the text in the Open Office document is still visibly selected. I also tested this in Editpad Pro, Adobe Acrobat, Help & Manual and a few other programs. They all still show the selected text even when going to another app. Keith

Thu Dec 31 10:47:32 CST 2009
9 Thu Dec 31 10:47:32 CST 2009
by Keith
  • FAO of PA Bear
    • Hello Mr Dyer I went to your site (Aumha) looking for help with a problem. Earlier post " Brand New Netbook ". I had a problem searching the site. No matter what I entered I got the message I was using " too common words " I don't know if it was me or if there is a problem on the site. If it was me what was I doing wrong ? Cheers John

Thu Dec 31 10:29:27 CST 2009
1 Thu Dec 31 10:29:27 CST 2009
by Chrome
  • Brand New Netbook
    • Hello Group. Father Christmas bought my wife a Samsung netbook last Friday. On Monday we switched it on and I removed Mcfee Security via its uninstaller in the programs menu and I installed MSE. I have had windows and Microsoft updates every day since. There was 64 updates on Monday 18 on Tuesday 1 on Wednesday and 1 today. The netbook after all that is XP Home with SP3 and IE/8 which was preinstalled. The netbook works fine. Today I went to remove a Samsung program following the programs instructions. I went to the Control Panel. I clicked on the add/remove programs. The box " Please Wait Whilst The List Is Populated etc " came on and nothing happens. The List stays blank and after a minute or so the message " Not Responding " appears. I get " end or cancel " and that's it nothing else. I've tried it a few times and restarted in between but the same thing happens. The list was populated on Monday when I had a look round the system after first switching it on. How can I get the list populated again ? Thanks John

Thu Dec 31 10:21:06 CST 2009
16 Thu Dec 31 10:21:06 CST 2009
by Chrome
  • Photo Story 3 lower sound on narrated slides
    • I have Photo Story 3. I have music that covers ten slides. For the 4th slide, I want to lower the music volume and enter a narration. I click on the 4th slide, then use the slide to lower the volume. HOWEVER, when I Review this change, the volume changes on all ten of the slides. How do i lower music volume on only selectedd slides, while maintaining a higher volume on the other slides? Thank you. Steve

Wed Dec 30 22:26:01 CST 2009
3 Wed Dec 30 22:26:01 CST 2009
by Steve

Wed Dec 30 19:55:01 CST 2009
1 Wed Dec 30 19:55:01 CST 2009
by swordfisch
  • Security Log?
    • I have had my Vaio Computer using Windows XP (SP3) Media Player Edition w/Microsoft Office 2003 for 6 years. I am getting messages when I start my computer at logon that only the administrator can log on (that's me) because my Security Log is Full. This is the second time I have gotten this message within a couple of weeks. The first time I went into my System Event Logs, saved them and then deleted them. Now, it is full again? I cannot understand how it can be full again within a couple of weeks when it took 6 years to fill it up before. Is there somewhere else that I have to delete them or make changes? Can anyone help me correct this? I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks, choices

Wed Dec 30 18:53:01 CST 2009
1 Wed Dec 30 18:53:01 CST 2009
by choices1
  • Error Disabling Connection
    • Found this pc along the roadside. A P4 2.4Ghz. Have added a hard drive and installed XP Pro SP3 and found drivers off the net. As with my other machines, I have made a shortcut on the desktop for the LAN Network Connection which connects to my DSL modem. That part works ok. But ... when I try to disconnect the network connection, I get a nastgram: "It is not possible to disable the connection at this time. This connection may be using one or more protocols that do not support Plug-and-Play, or it may have been initiated by another user or the system account." WTF ... Over. What does this mean in English and is there anything I can change to be able to disable this connection??? Hmmm ... maybe disable the LAN port in BIOS and add a LAN adaptor??

Wed Dec 30 16:35:42 CST 2009
8 Wed Dec 30 16:35:42 CST 2009
by chuck
  • custom and summary tabs missing on file info
    • I don't know if this is a Word question or an XP question but I'm starting here. XP Pro SP3 Word 2003 I have a folder with a bunch of dot files. I'm using the comments property as a way to note what I need to do to finish some work on the dot file. When I right click most of them and go to the properties option, the properties window shows General, Security, Custom & Summary tabs. That's where I've been editing the comments property. But one of the dot files only shows the General & Security tab. When I open that file up in Word and go to its properties I can see the info in the comments and teh info that's in there but it's not showing up in the comments column in Windows Explorer. The comments column DOES show the correct info for all the other files. It's just this one file that seems to be misbehaving. Not sure why and I think it's a Windows issue, not a Word issue. Any ideas? Thanks, Keith

Wed Dec 30 13:52:28 CST 2009
1 Wed Dec 30 13:52:28 CST 2009
by Keith
  • Vista presentation under XP
    • I've got many mixed sequences of photos and clips from my digital camera showing names such as dscf1234.jpg, dscf1235.jpg, dscf1236.avi, dscf1237.jpg and so on and I'd like to play them in the same sequence i.e. to show a .jpg and then to play a .avi and so on Now I've found that Vista presentation is exactly what I want but is it possible to run it under WinXP? Where is the related sw? il barbi

Wed Dec 30 11:52:21 CST 2009
3 Wed Dec 30 11:52:21 CST 2009
by il
  • ntldr missing
    • missing hal.dll file.how can copy this file to system32 folder?

Wed Dec 30 11:34:01 CST 2009
4 Wed Dec 30 11:34:01 CST 2009
by basheer
  • Saving Documents
    • When I pull up a document to edit, then choose "Save As" to save changed document under a new name, the path does not stay in the same folder. Instead, it pulls up the last folder I saved a document under. For example, I worked on an excel spreadsheet and saved it. I then go to a completely different folder, pull up last week's time sheet, make changes and click "Save As." I want to save it in the same folder, but it pulls up the excel folder I used previously instead. Is there a way to change this setting?

Wed Dec 30 10:55:01 CST 2009
4 Wed Dec 30 10:55:01 CST 2009
by MeredithLeMay
  • Characters that Notepad cannot display???
    • I'm stumped. Here's my quandry. Gmail displays horizontal rules <hr> inserted by other mail clients like Outlook Express into email messages, though it does not enable <hr> insertions by Gmail users. A <hr> can however be copied from and back into a message within Gmail. Whatsmore, this <hr> once copied from Gmail can also be pasted into MS Word. This means that the <hr> is stored on the Windows Clipboard. Here's the mystery. When pasted into Notepad (or other text editors) it displays nothing but whitespace. How can this be? Are there characters (in this case representing a <hr>) which Notepad cannot display? MS Word can display it as a horizontal line or rule. What is the mystery data on the clipboard and how can I see its coding? Thanks for your help.

Wed Dec 30 09:46:33 CST 2009
2 Wed Dec 30 09:46:33 CST 2009
by Bruce
  • Trying to create a 'quiet' user profile
    • Hi, I'm trying to create a user profile that will give me access only to word processing and music streaming, so that I can work while listening to music, but without the distractions of the internet/e-mail/messaging etc. I've created a 'work' user profile and removed all of the program icons other than word and Napster. But when I try to use Group Policies to remove the 'All Programs' menu, it also removes the menu in all the other user profiles as well. I know that 'self discipline' would be the obvious option here. But to help my discipline along, it would be nice to somehow create an internet-free, quiet profile. Does anyone know how this can be achieved??? Thanks, Anda.

Wed Dec 30 08:55:29 CST 2009
2 Wed Dec 30 08:55:29 CST 2009
by AndaD
  • Vanishing hard disk space
    • WinXP Pro SP2 500 mb of RAM 18 gb hard disk with around 4gb free Got a warning last night that I was running out of hard disk space. Checked My Computer & found I was down to around 200 *MEGABYTES*. My first thought was "That's interesting". Actually, that's not what I thought, but there might be kids here, so use your imagination. I download quite a bit of music, but in order to keep about 4gb free, I religiously move the files to my external HD every few days, so I knew that wasn't the issue. The only things running at the moment were Firefox and Outlook Express, along with Avast (antivirus) and ZoneAlarm Pro. I shut down FF & OE & restarted the computer. Again, I found around 200 MB free. Unfortunately, I did not check page file use in Task Manager at the time. However, I compared the list of processes to a screen shot I made for this purpose in the past, and found nothing unusual. I accept no software updates (except from Avast & ZoneAlarm) without first consulting a couple of tech sources for problems, and no new apps have been installed in at least a year. Walked away to think about it, came back 10 minutes later, and found I was back up to 4GB again. "That's interesting", I thought. I ran a full AV scan using Avast, followed by a Spybot scan. They found nothing. Upon restarting this morning, the computer is fine. I'm mystified. Anyone have any ideas?

Wed Dec 30 08:50:21 CST 2009
79 Wed Dec 30 08:50:21 CST 2009
by JoeSpareBedroom
  • Security warning message
    • I created a shortcut to a executable on a mapped network drive. And I get the open file security message when I open it. It states that "The publisher could not be verified, etc.... I Googled this and found the page below. Tried both settings in IE; Include all network paths (UNCs) And add the server to trusted local sites. Neither works. Still get the error message. http://windowsxp.mvps.org/networkfile.htm There is no check box on the warning that will let me allow this action in the future. In place of that is a message saying "this file does not have a valid digital signature". This is a business application that's already being used by most other computers in the company, and they don't get this message. The shortcut is on a new PC, Windows XP Pro. Is there any other way to get rid of this message? Thanks

Wed Dec 30 08:39:31 CST 2009
2 Wed Dec 30 08:39:31 CST 2009
by JohnB
  • Microsoft Installer
    • Recently I installed an HP OfficeJet j4550 and later wanted to replace it with a PSC AIO 2400xi, so I uninstalled the J4550. I first used the install disk uninstall. The 2400xi would not install and failed. So I used HP's All In One Removal utility. Ran it four times and tried to install it again. Long story short I did this many times and now when I click on Windows Exploerer, Control Panel, My Computer, My Networks, and My Documents, I receive a Windows Installer for SmartWebPrintingOC asking for disk 1. If I hit cancel two or three time the application will run. I did some of the recommended fixes offered by HP and the problem persists. Has anyone had this experience? Thanks Terry

Wed Dec 30 06:39:32 CST 2009
4 Wed Dec 30 06:39:32 CST 2009
by Terry
  • Corrupted ntfs files
    • Any help for my situation? My customer had his laptops hard disk with full of customer files and his disk space was running off. I cloned the disk to new bigger one, but XP didn't show the partition size right. Disk manager showed the size, but explorer showed the size that was the one of the earlier hard disk. I told customer to run chkdsk /r, but it hadn't any effect for the problem. But customer needed his laptop and after three weeks he came back and wanted to have partition size bigger. So i adjusted size using Gparted -software. After the adjustment ntfs was lost from the disk and it told partition was raw. Got files restored using Zero Assumption Recovery -software. They are right size files and assosiated with right software. But when i try to open files they say that they are corrupted. If i try to open e.g. doc-file with word 2007, it asks what encoding im gonna use and for pdf-files it says the file is corrupted. I have tried to run chkdsk /r, but it doesn't have any help for the problem. Is there any tool to repair corrupted ntfs-files ? Every help for problem is high appreciated. I can get the old files restored from old hard disk, but files changed within than three weeks are broken now.

Wed Dec 30 03:09:01 CST 2009
3 Wed Dec 30 03:09:01 CST 2009
by sieidi
  • Norton Ghost 11.5 - Official switches and manual
    • I loose much time to find the genuine documentation about Ghost 11.5, then, I decided to make it available for everyone to avoid other people the difficults that I found. Good luk with yout Ghost exerience ;) ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_ghost_solution_suite/2.5/manuals/Ghost_imp_guide.pdf

Wed Dec 30 02:55:52 CST 2009
2 Wed Dec 30 02:55:52 CST 2009
by bm
  • my documents encrypts all new files
    • And I cannot turn it off! Also, I can't map the drive and store files in "my documents" because I get "access denied.." I have even set sharing to "everyone" full-control and set the same for security. I am convinced it is related to the "encryption on" setting fore "my documents." FYI, when I try to turn off encryption for my documents, I get a folder is "read only." When I turn off read only for the folder, nothing happens. FWIW, the "my documents" folder is displayed in green text, indicating that it is indeed encrpyted. I need to be able to store files from oiher machines that have mapped this drive/folder and this is stopping me cold! How to I turn off automatic encryption for the "my documents" folder? Thanks in advance

Wed Dec 30 01:08:01 CST 2009
0 Wed Dec 30 01:08:01 CST 2009
by Jim
  • USB Root Hub cannot be recognized
    • Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle USB Root Hub cannot be recognized? when I plug-in my external HDD device through USB. Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric

Wed Dec 30 00:04:01 CST 2009
1 Wed Dec 30 00:04:01 CST 2009
by Eric

Tue Dec 29 23:15:01 CST 2009
10 Tue Dec 29 23:15:01 CST 2009
by BobbiM10
  • Cannot find network neigberhood for XP?
    • I am using XP with SP3, and cannot find my netowork neigberhood, which disappear on my desktop, does anyone have any suggestions on how to locate it? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric

Tue Dec 29 21:15:01 CST 2009
1 Tue Dec 29 21:15:01 CST 2009
by Eric
  • Sound Play and Record
    • Win XP I have an onboard sound card toggled through the BIOS and also an On-Board sound card. With the onboard sound "enabled" Play works and Record works intermittently using MS Sound Recorder. With the onboard sound "disabled" I get the message: "Another application is play audio" when attempting to record or play. This seems completely backward. Running "Troubleshoot Sound" currently the microphone is recognized. Searching the internet yield a number of post indicating that XP Sound Record seems to be intermittent working. Not sure how to proceed. Got a list of DirectX Drivers per dxdiag (Command Line), Tab Input as follows: file file date ac97via.sys 2002 ksuser.dll 2008 ksproxy.ax 2008 ks.sys 2008 drmk.sys 2008 portcls.sys 2008 stream.sys 2008 udmaud.dev 2008 Questions: Any idea how to begin troubleshooting (Control Panel indicated all drivers installed and working properly) other than to remove all hardware, associated software and reload?

Tue Dec 29 20:00:32 CST 2009
0 Tue Dec 29 20:00:32 CST 2009
by David
  • Unable To Access Group Policies
    • Greetings All- And happy holidays... I need to remove the option to install downloaded updates from the shut down options in Windows XP with the Group Policies and unfortunately whenever this is attempted by typing gpedit.msc in the Run command a pop-up box says that Windows cannot find the file gpedit.msc. Could anyone please help...? Windows XP Service Pack 2 Elaine Beauxrauxgard-Weiderhoff

Tue Dec 29 20:00:27 CST 2009
15 Tue Dec 29 20:00:27 CST 2009
by NJITGS
  • Services
    • Very shortly after windows has started up, according to the event log, 3 services are terminated and my system just freezes. I have tried disabling these services or starting them manually, but I get 'access denied' The services are:- Universal Task service terminated ouzpve service terminated Shell Time service terminated Any thoughts on how I can 'fix' these errors would be much appreciated as I've tried everything and have almost hit that point where you say it's time for a complete re-installation! Help!!

Tue Dec 29 15:16:01 CST 2009
3 Tue Dec 29 15:16:01 CST 2009
by PatrickMoran
  • Stanby
    • Why does the computer restart by itself after an hour or two on stanby?

Tue Dec 29 13:24:03 CST 2009
10 Tue Dec 29 13:24:03 CST 2009
by domtex
  • Animated GIF as wallpaper question
    • Is it possible to use an aniamted GIF as wallpaper on an XP system and if so how do set it up? I tryed selecting an animated GIF as wallpaper but XP said it could not find something about an aciv desktop something. TIA

Tue Dec 29 12:20:15 CST 2009
3 Tue Dec 29 12:20:15 CST 2009
by kraut
  • desktop clock
    • Is it possible to have the day (ie Mon/Tue etc) showing on the clock that appears on the desk top. Using win xp home. thanks

Tue Dec 29 10:30:34 CST 2009
3 Tue Dec 29 10:30:34 CST 2009
by SS
  • Unable to delete file
    • Win XP Pro SP3 I downloaded a data file which I knew was a picture. Copied it and changed the copied file extension to jpg so that I could see it. I now cannot delete the original file. The properties of which say : Type of file: File and Size : zero bytes The error says "cannot read from the source file or disk" The filename ends in a dot which seems to be significant, why is this and how can I get it off my desktop. Google did not reveal anything specific. I actually struggled to form a sensible question ! TIA

Tue Dec 29 10:26:06 CST 2009
9 Tue Dec 29 10:26:06 CST 2009
by joe
  • Run Windows XP OS from DVD???
    • I am sick of having to upgrade my anti-virus software every few minutes and still getting virusses I am toying with the idea of removing my hard drives and having a bootable DVD with the WinXPPro on it with only the apps I use installed. Anything I want to save off internet or word processor would be saved to a USB stick. I have 4gB of Ram installed so I would not need a swapfile so the question is this... How do I go about creating a windows Bootable DVD with the software I require installed on it such as the drivers for the USB sticks. I may eventually just have a small hard drive installed just for data but I want the OS to be on DVD if at all possible. Please can anyone assist? Many thanks for any feedback

Tue Dec 29 08:55:40 CST 2009
12 Tue Dec 29 08:55:40 CST 2009
by ngr
  • Initialise removable storage device?
    • I have a DOS batch script which runs backups using NTBackup to a DAT160 external tape drive. The batch script uses rsm to identify the logical media guid to pass to NTBackup. When I run this script after inserting the tape in the tape drive it invariably fails with a mesage "The operation was not performed because an invalid Removable Storage GUID was specified." If I run the script again immediately, without changing anything, it runs correctly. I've also noticed that if I open the rsm user interface in Computer Manage before running the backup script the script will run correctly first time, although in the rsm user interface it often takes several seconds before the tape drive with the loaded tape shows up in the media list. It's as if something in rsm needs to be initialised before the backup script will recognise the tape. Can anyone suggest how I could adapt my DOS script to set up rsm before running NTBackup so that it will run first time without failing? Grateful for advice.

Tue Dec 29 05:18:02 CST 2009
1 Tue Dec 29 05:18:02 CST 2009
by simonc
  • Temporary user profile
    • When I turn on the computer it boots into the windows xp login dialog. If I put in the password fairly promptly it logs me on with no problem. If I leave the machine for say 20-30mins without logging on and then try to log on I get a "User environment" box which says: "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. Possible causes of this error include insufficient security rights or a corrupt local profile. If this problem persists contact your administrator." Once this happens the only way I can log on properly with my profile is by restarting the machine. I clearly have sufficient security rights, and the user profile is not completely corrupt as it lets me log in without a problem if I log in without delaying. Does anyone know what is causing this and how I could log on with the proper profile once the error has occurred? This is a standalone machine. It is on a home local network but there is no domain, so I am not using roaming profiles. Grateful for advice.

Tue Dec 29 04:46:01 CST 2009
3 Tue Dec 29 04:46:01 CST 2009
by simonc
  • Reformatting a drive.
    • I was wondering if you can check to see if your drive was formatted from a store purchased and installed computer. I assume the store would format or have formatted drives and then install the software. Is formatting ever logged? If I had two drives (say C: and D:), one has Windows installed on it and other programs mostly. The other drive is mainly used for storage and certain programs. How could I re-format the drive with windows and stuff on it? I assume I would back-up, reformat, and re-install. But wouldn't reformatting wipe out the drive contents? Hence shutting the system down?

Tue Dec 29 02:31:01 CST 2009
4 Tue Dec 29 02:31:01 CST 2009
by BrianV
  • Theoretical question.
    • I just had a theoretical question: Say someone bought a computer from a store. It had windows xp on it. Is there a way to tell if it was an original version of XP on the system, or if the store just used an upgrade from Windows ME? Would this pose a problem in any way? That customer would not be recommened to use another upgrade for Windows Vista after that or Windows 7 is what I'v been told.

Tue Dec 29 02:25:01 CST 2009
2 Tue Dec 29 02:25:01 CST 2009
by BrianV
  • Remote control volume indicator
    • Previously, when adjusting the volume on my media player (windows, version 11) via remote contol, there was a graphic (green bars) indicating the volume level. Similarly, when using the mute (via remote), a mute symbol would appear on my desktop. After changing ssome settings to remove an download, these graphics no longer appear. How do I reinstate them? Cheers.

Tue Dec 29 00:18:01 CST 2009
0 Tue Dec 29 00:18:01 CST 2009
by swordfisch

Mon Dec 28 21:52:01 CST 2009
3 Mon Dec 28 21:52:01 CST 2009
by franktee
  • Restricting User Access Hours
    • I'm not sure where to post this, so am posting it in "general" As a parent, I would like my children to not be able to use the computers during certain hours of the night. There are two computers: one operates on XP; the other on Vista I was looking through the User Account and Computer Management console to see if there was a way to establish user or group policies that restricted particular users or groups from having the ability to log on during certain hours of the day. However, I had no success finding anything. Is there any way to do this that I was not able to find? Or, would I need a separate program to be able to make these restrictions happen? Thanks, Zakhary

Mon Dec 28 21:52:01 CST 2009
10 Mon Dec 28 21:52:01 CST 2009
by Zakhary
  • Does most of of windows XP machines have .Net framework installed?
    • I am building an application that targets Windows users. My application uses .Net framework 2.0 or later. I would like to know what I can expect on a customer's machine. Can I expect that windows XP users have installed .Net framework, an optional feature for XP? Yes, I know some XP users have not installed it since it is optional. However, if 95% percent of them have, I figure it is OK to assume the customer has it. For vista and windows 7, .Net framework is installed automatically. So here is my question, what is the percentage of Windows XP users that have installed .Net framework? Is there any statistics on that?

Mon Dec 28 20:42:01 CST 2009
5 Mon Dec 28 20:42:01 CST 2009
by Quick
  • Don't know where else to put q's. 2 questions. 11g Dongle and wire
    • What is and Acer WLAN 11g USB Dongle? It is some program that is on my computer and pops-up at start-up. I'v double clicked it, and nothing happens. I went on Acers site, and I can find nothing. Even some freeware mentions it, but they only talked about the freeware, not this WLAN 11g itself. And how can I tell if I have wireless or not. This seems like a nobrainer, you have it or not. But some documents on my computer mention wireless internet surfing in programs that are there. I use a high speed connection through an external modem that connects to my comuter and the wall. I push the button to turn it on. That is obviously not wireless. But there is a modem (I think a 56K motorola) already in my computer, in the bottom expansion slot. I should remove it and make more room, but I have to makre sure about that devices function first. Thank you.

Mon Dec 28 18:47:02 CST 2009
1 Mon Dec 28 18:47:02 CST 2009
by BrianV
  • Some RAM confusion.
    • On my system (It's an Acer Aspire E380 Windows XP 32-bit), The manufactures specs say it has a 4Gb limit for Memory. There are 4 slots for the RAM. I went on the crucial.com web-site, it scanned my computer (and like in some posts people replyed to on another topic from me): There is a 4Gb limit (4096MB). I downloaded some drivers and updates for some stuff on my computer the last few days. Some stuff had to do with my graphics card and one was an Acer eSettings Management application. It gives my a information: in Summary, Processor, Memory, MB and BIOS, Video, Audio and Network. There is all the information I need, and can probably find this in the control panel and system information, etc in XP. The difference is: When I click Memory, it says The Current Memory Size (I have 1 GB) it also says supported Maximum is 16 Gb. It says supported types: Unknown, Memory slots: 4, Slot 1: 512Mb, slot 2: 512Mb, Slot 3 and 4: Not Installed. I can provide a screenshot: Just tell me how. It's limit is 4Gb, but another program says I can use 16Gb. It makes no sense. Why is this so and can I put 16 Gb in there? If I changed my processor or upgraded to 64-bit Vista or Xp or something, can I utilize the 16 Gb's? If I did put this amount of RAM in and there is a descrepency like this: Would my system not use the RAM, crash, catch fire, etc? Another thing I'v done is I installed a lot of drivers from Acers web-site and from my sound cards web-site. Some of these changed the XP factory included files (I got asked to proceed or not). My system is still running smooth, and the driver numbers are much higher now (and the dates are more current). I did download a motherboard driver from NVIDIA and my system did not have one before. The sound card is a: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE nForce 430. The motherboard is an nForce 520LE (I think). If anyone looks on NVIDIA's site, that is the info, just run the search. I could add that much RAM if I wanted to. I am curious as to why this is happening. I plan on going to 3 or 4 Gb, and I am sure that will be enough. Thank you very much.

Mon Dec 28 18:46:02 CST 2009
27 Mon Dec 28 18:46:02 CST 2009
by BrianV
  • 2 Graphics cards? Switching the old one? Accelerator/expansions?
    • When is it appicable to have two graphics cards? I saw a demo on the web as how to do this. It sais they have to be side by side, have the same GPU and they were connected by a little piece and connected to the motherboard. If I were to update my graphics card, would I replace the old one, or insert the new one into an expansion port and leave the old one? Would they interfere or not work if two were in there and one was an older card with less capabilities than the newer one? How many graphics cards have an expansion to them? I have seen something like this in stores. On the box it was pretty much the same alpha-numeric number, but this accelerator/expansion (?) was a small piece that connects to the graphics card, or I assume, goes into an expansion slot. What does this item do and is it better to get a better graphics card? Thank you.

Mon Dec 28 18:46:01 CST 2009
3 Mon Dec 28 18:46:01 CST 2009
by BrianV
  • Mouse Pointing Functioin
    • This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01CA87D4.056879F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Can XP be set up so that an item is selected by just pointing to the = item? My friends XP seems to work that way and it is driving him crazy. I hope someone can help. Best regards, Anders ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01CA87D4.056879F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3640" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Can XP be set up so that an item is selected by just = pointing=20 to the item? My friends XP seems to work that way and it is driving him=20 crazy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I hope someone can help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Anders</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01CA87D4.056879F0--

Mon Dec 28 15:40:02 CST 2009
3 Mon Dec 28 15:40:02 CST 2009
by Anders
  • Windows Installer Issue....
    • Hi All, A couple of weeks ago, one of our (under-protected) office PC's was infected by some sort malware or spyware (I wasn't involved in this process). Following it's removal with a new installation of Kaspersky anti-virus, Windows Installer wants to run whenever we launch certain applications. I've gone and shut-off Windows Installer globally by disabling it using the Group Policy Editor, but it(Windows Installer) still flashes up for a couple of seconds before going away. Is it possible to restore whatever was lost during the malware eradication to prevent this from happening? Thanks, John

Mon Dec 28 14:57:01 CST 2009
3 Mon Dec 28 14:57:01 CST 2009
by John
  • HP Printer Installation
    • Trying to install an HP Officejet 6500 Model E709n, the installation is stopped due to the following error: Enum The installer cannot acces this registry key. Please ensure that the installer has access to the registry and click retry to continue installation. Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum Manufacturer: Microsoft Does anyobe have a solution? Thank you

Mon Dec 28 13:41:01 CST 2009
7 Mon Dec 28 13:41:01 CST 2009
by ctgolfer108
  • unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool
    • About every 24-36 hours I get this error in the Event Viewer: "The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the pool was empty.", Event 2019. After this comes up several times, a variety of other errors may appear in the Event Viewer and it usually does a minidump and reboots (or it freezes up and I have to manually reboot). Usually the computer is idle when this happens, though Outlook2003 and a copy of Internet Explorer7 are open. I've read this has something to do with an application with a memory leak, but nothing in the Task Manager looks out of the ordinary to me (regarding NPpool memory, virtual memory, memory usage, handles, etc). I've tried disabling my Avast AV and Windows Defender, but I still have the problem. I tried using Poolmon.exe but the results of that were basically inscrutable. I couldn't tell what would be good or bad on that display. Is this the kind of thing that would be corrected with a clean Windows install? Or any other suggestions short of a Windows reinstall? WindowsXP, SP3, Compaq laptop. -- Gregg C.

Mon Dec 28 12:29:01 CST 2009
1 Mon Dec 28 12:29:01 CST 2009
by Cat_in_awe
  • CD Drives
    • I have widows XP Home Edition with SP3 on a Dell 8200 machine. It has two cd drives; a Samsung DVD-ROM and a SONY CD_RW. I can't get any software e.g. windows explorer, to see them. When I use Device Manager they are listed and are considered to be working properly. The only way I can get it to work is to reboot the machine with a disk in the drive. Then I can get a list of what's on the CD when using windows explorer. I've used the trick of using regedit to remove an upper and lower filter but that doesn't help. I am using Norton 360 if that matters. -- Danny

Mon Dec 28 11:38:01 CST 2009
2 Mon Dec 28 11:38:01 CST 2009
by dmcaulif
  • Windows XP Backup schedule
    • I scheduled a weekly (M/W/Fr) backup schedule to run at 8:15am each of the mornings for the days of the week. The backups were pointing to the USB drive but on Monday, the schedule did not kick off. Is there anything about the USB drive as a source that could cause this problem?

Mon Dec 28 10:41:01 CST 2009
4 Mon Dec 28 10:41:01 CST 2009
by Pearl
  • Open File - Security Warning
    • I'm reposting this as it no longer shows after I posted it last week. I created a shortcut to a executable on a mapped network drive. And I get the open file security message. It states that "The publisher could not be verified, etc.... I Googled this and found the page below. Tried both settings in IE; Include all network paths (UNCs) And add the server to trusted local sites. Neither works. Still get the error message. http://windowsxp.mvps.org/networkfile.htm There is no check box on the warning that will let me allow this action in the future. In place of that is a message saying "this file does not have a valid digital signature". This is a business application that's already being used by most other computers in the company, and they don't get this message. The shortcut is on a new PC, Windows XP Pro. Is there any other way to get rid of this message? Thanks

Mon Dec 28 10:22:44 CST 2009
0 Mon Dec 28 10:22:44 CST 2009
by JohnB