- Set a permanent volume for a computer
-
What I want to do is lock the volume of the computer. Set it at, say, 80%
volume permanently.
I am aware you can hide the volume control from the system tray in the
control panel, but someone can go to the control panel and enable it again.
I know you can use the group policy editor to remove the control panel or
some of it's components. But those changes can be undone as well. Where
there's a will there's a way they say.
Someone can use a NT password reset cd, make a new admin account, use that
to get into gpedit.msc, enable control panel, so on and so forth down the
line. Yes, then my next step is to disable booting from cd, but you get the
picture, it's an endless line.
You see, I'm trying to manage a few hundred computers that are being used by
thousands of people. And there is always a handful of people who want to
mess things up. Then a less tech savvy person comes along and complains that
the sound on the computer is broken, when it is just muted.
So in the end, to reiterate, what I want is to set a permanent volume for
the computers, then go through down the line to try to prevent someone from
reverting the changes.
Now I tried Google, plenty of "free" software that I wouldn't touch with a
ten foot pole, and ironically, one person who has a problem- their volume is
locked to a set amount.
This tells me that there is a way to do this, I just don't know how, and my
google-fu isn't strong enough to get it.
If anyone out there can help me out with this, that would be terrific.
Tue Jan 05 13:30:01 CST 2010 |
3 |
Tue Jan 05 13:30:01 CST 2010
by Solartide |
- what does sigverif.exe do?
-
it is supposed to check file signatures
against the certificates that were used to sign the files -is that
enough to verify the signed driver is not corrupted?
Tue Jan 05 12:50:37 CST 2010 |
3 |
Tue Jan 05 12:50:37 CST 2010
by mynick |
- words no fully showing up
-
When I use a pulldown menu on a web page, the words are covering each other
up. It's like the space used is too small. Could this have anything to do
with my resolution?
Tue Jan 05 12:46:02 CST 2010 |
1 |
Tue Jan 05 12:46:02 CST 2010
by chaos |
- Order of icons in system tray
-
Is there an option for changing the order in which icons appear in the system
tray? (I think "system tray" is the correct term. I am referring to the
icons that appear to the left of the time shown in the bottom right-hand
corner of the screen.)
Tue Jan 05 12:04:01 CST 2010 |
10 |
Tue Jan 05 12:04:01 CST 2010
by Jackpine |
Tue Jan 05 10:44:25 CST 2010 |
1 |
Tue Jan 05 10:44:25 CST 2010
by cpet_magnus |
- Stop Windows Installer every time I start any Office Program
-
Office 2007 and Windows XP Pro up to date
Two days ago, I re-installed Visio 2003 on my laptop.
Ever since then, Windows Installer attempts (every time I start any Office Program) to install
Visio 2003. I then hit Cancel twice and the install stops.
Visio 2003 was installed and works properly.
How do I stop Windows Installer from looping the Visio 2003 Install?
TIA, any thoughts appreciated!!
EagleOne
Tue Jan 05 10:08:37 CST 2010 |
4 |
Tue Jan 05 10:08:37 CST 2010
by EagleOne |
- IE hanging while shutting down the computer
-
I am using windows XP with IE 6.0. When shutting down Iexplorer.exe is
hanging up and not letting the computer shut down. The irony part of this is,
I do shut everything down on my desktop. There are nothing on the taskbar to
indicate anything is open. I even did a control, alt & delete to make sure
everything is shut down and it still does the same thing. I have not added
any new hardward, or software. I do have windows set for automatic updates.
Could it be a bad update? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
--
Wayne
Wayne
Tue Jan 05 09:46:01 CST 2010 |
1 |
Tue Jan 05 09:46:01 CST 2010
by wayne937 |
- The same update installing when I close down the computer
-
Windows XP, SP2. Every time when I close my laptop computer I am always
getting, I am sure, the same update being installed as it always takes about
the same time period to close. How could I tell what update is casusing this
and how can I end this annoyance?
--
Wayne
Tue Jan 05 09:09:02 CST 2010 |
2 |
Tue Jan 05 09:09:02 CST 2010
by wayne937 |
- IE 6.0 hanging when sutting down.
-
I am using windows XP with IE 6.0. When shutting down Iexplorer.exe is
hanging up and not letting the computer shut down. The irony part of this is,
I do shut everything down on my desktop. There are nothing on the taskbar to
indicate anything is open. I even did a control, alt & delete to make sure
everything is shut down and it still does the same thing. I have not added
any new hardward, or software. I do have windows set for automatic updates.
Could it be a bad update? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
--
Wayne
Tue Jan 05 08:55:01 CST 2010 |
2 |
Tue Jan 05 08:55:01 CST 2010
by wayne937 |
- Disk Space in C Drive
-
I am using XP Professioanl with SP3. My total disk space in c drive is not
equal to the Total size - Free spave which was shown in my computer. There is
a difference of 8 GB in this. I had 80GB HDD.
Tue Jan 05 08:28:01 CST 2010 |
4 |
Tue Jan 05 08:28:01 CST 2010
by Manikandan |
- Raw socket support in Winsock ?
-
Hi,
I came across the below link -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_socket
I am eager to know the reasons for the raw socket
support in the Winsock interface during the initial
Windows XP release ?
Any specific reasons / uses for it ?
Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
Tue Jan 05 04:21:37 CST 2010 |
9 |
Tue Jan 05 04:21:37 CST 2010
by karthikbalaguru |
- How to set default zoom scale for IE8?
-
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to set default zoom scale for IE8?
I am using XP with SP3, the default zoom scale is 100%, and I would like to
change it into 135% as default.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do it?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric
Tue Jan 05 01:25:01 CST 2010 |
2 |
Tue Jan 05 01:25:01 CST 2010
by Eric |
- XPMCE and OTA
-
I'm looking for someone that uses XPMCE 2005 to capture digital OTA. I'm
having some functionality issues which I want to brainstorm.
Mon Jan 04 19:24:26 CST 2010 |
0 |
Mon Jan 04 19:24:26 CST 2010
by Stan |
- Login problems
-
I'm having some login problems on my laptop (WinXP Pro SP2). The exact
phenomenon varies. E.g. when I try to Switch User, it declares some parsing
error in line 903, and after 10 clicks on "Ok" it returns to the original
user (i.e. doesn't switch). Logging out altogether (from the first account)
gets rid of this particular phenomenon. Alternatively, from the login screen,
some of the users are inaccessible. Clicking on them and typing the password
results in a return to the login screen.
Mon Jan 04 22:08:01 CST 2010 |
2 |
Mon Jan 04 22:08:01 CST 2010
by HerzlRegev |
- Disappearing icons
-
My laptop has WinXP Pro SP2. After working correctly for about a week, icons
and some more graphical features, like button frames, disappear. If the icon
is for a link, then the small arrow that signifies it remains. Clicking on
the empty place of the icon works as if the icon was visible. For an
interesting feature, when I try to log out, the computer might show the
window saying that some application's state is being saved, but the
application's name in the header is invisible. Logging out and in again
solves the problem for that user, but not for others. Rebooting altogether
gets rid of the phenomenon.
Mon Jan 04 22:01:02 CST 2010 |
1 |
Mon Jan 04 22:01:02 CST 2010
by HerzlRegev |
- Computer hangs during file copying
-
Can anyone help? My WinXP Home hangs every once in a while. Usually there is
some file copying done when it happens. This phenomenon started after I once
ran some 5 or 6 7zip processes concurrently, which was too much for my
machine. Sometimes the computer hangs during 7zipping.
By "hangs" I mean that: the mouse works, but the taskbar buttons are dead. I
can select windows only if they are visible when the problem happens. And
then, some windows work and some don't. Windows Explorer windows are dead.
Bash windows (ntvdm) work as long as I can get to them. Firefox is dead, as
far as I recall.
Mon Jan 04 21:42:01 CST 2010 |
2 |
Mon Jan 04 21:42:01 CST 2010
by HerzlRegev |
- Restore Backup Files
-
Hi there
I have posted this question to the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition board
and the microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support board as suggested by
other users.
Some time ago I set up the Backup feature on Windows XP Pro so that my
laptop data got backed up daily to an external hard drive.
The laptop was recently stolen but thankfully, the external hard drive was
left behind and I have a Mac desktop computer with Bootcamp.
When I restore the backup.bkf file, the directories are all there, but there
is no data - not a Word, Excel, PDF or any other type of file to be found
yet the backup.bkf file is 119901kb in size.
Any suggestions and/or help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Cheers
Mon Jan 04 21:36:01 CST 2010 |
1 |
Mon Jan 04 21:36:01 CST 2010
by thecat131 |
- most of the programs on my computer won't boot. Help please.
-
I rebooted my computer this afternoon, and it reboots enough to show my
online connection, but nothing else on my boot screen. When I click on any
program or shortcut I get
"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You many not
have the appropriate permissions to access the item."
The only way I can access my browser is by going to the control panel and
clicking on windows update.
I noticed in one of my attempts to get everything to boot, that the date
was saying 4/4/2010, but I went in boot with c prompt (or whatever it's
called) and did manage to change the date to the 1/1/2010, but that didn't
fix the problem at all.
I cannot access system restore, I get the message above. I look at the
control panel, but cannot click on anything without the above error message.
I can access my files and documents, and look at the thumbnails, but I
cannot actually open any of the files.
Is there any way this can be corrected without having to call in a pro? Is
there something I can type into the DOS commands on the recovery panel or
something.
The computer is about 5 years old, and it's running windows XP with sevice
pack 2.
Mon Jan 04 19:56:01 CST 2010 |
2 |
Mon Jan 04 19:56:01 CST 2010
by Jude |
Mon Jan 04 19:06:01 CST 2010 |
1 |
Mon Jan 04 19:06:01 CST 2010
by question |
- no ethernet, audio and video controller in device manager
-
i successfully deleted a number of trojans and malware using malwarebytes
(and i run xp home ed, sp2). but upon reboot, i no longer have an internet
connection - and my media player has no audio - even tho i can see that it is
playing properly. i did a restore to previous config, but that did nothing.
looking in my device mgr, i see that under 'other devices,' the ethernet,
audio and video controllers all are marked with a yellow "!." i pinged using
cmd and verified that i definitely have an active dsl connection. i did a
triple uninstall for the 3 controllers, and upon reboot, i got the wizard
that asked to install the drivers, but upon doing so, i got the unable to
find driver for each one and the yellow "!" returned. my virus protection
mcafee indicated that i have no viruses, etc, and upon re-running
malwarebytes, it indicated the same. so, WTF!!?? i am thinking something in
my registry needs to be modified, but not sure. any helpful suggestions will
be greatly rewarded by the most positive karma possible. thanks!
Mon Jan 04 18:53:01 CST 2010 |
21 |
Mon Jan 04 18:53:01 CST 2010
by kipg |
Mon Jan 04 18:54:43 CST 2010 |
1 |
Mon Jan 04 18:54:43 CST 2010
by Kevin |
- unmountable boot volume
-
Have Dell 1520 laptop with Windows XP Home Edition. Turned on today get
unmountable boot volume blue screen 0x000000ED
(0x8acb2e30,0xc000009c,0x00000000, 0x00000000). Restart and press F8. No
matter what selection I make, always ends up at same blue screen. Can not get
command prompt or get into safe mode. I can not use any of Microsofts
suggestions as I can not get past blue screen. Put reinstall CD in drive, but
doesnt load automatically. I have not installed any new programs or hardware
in recent weeks. Please respond. Marty
Mon Jan 04 18:46:01 CST 2010 |
5 |
Mon Jan 04 18:46:01 CST 2010
by Martin |
Mon Jan 04 18:11:01 CST 2010 |
4 |
Mon Jan 04 18:11:01 CST 2010
by b11 |
- Booting reaches Wxp "black screen" then restarts
-
Recently, when I boot a bootable partition sometimes the booting process
reaches the Wxp "black screen" then restart. Why?
P.S. I tryed using "last known good configuration" but that did not help
Mon Jan 04 17:56:01 CST 2010 |
3 |
Mon Jan 04 17:56:01 CST 2010
by b11 |
- istaling windows
-
I try to reinstall windows on a cube kpc568 notebook that has no cd rom. It
says that it cannot install windows because I do not have a cd rom. I try to
install it from an usb stick.
What can I do?
Mon Jan 04 17:42:01 CST 2010 |
2 |
Mon Jan 04 17:42:01 CST 2010
by Eduard |
- Windows7
-
Where can I find a Windows7 Newsgroup,
or, failng that, where can I get basic information on running W7.
donwb
Mon Jan 04 16:56:30 CST 2010 |
4 |
Mon Jan 04 16:56:30 CST 2010
by donwb |
- Can't record folders to disc
-
I was trying to copy folders to disc using Sonic Record Now. I tried
different discs , but each time I clicked the burn button I got the message
"Please insert an appendable data disc and try again"
I have made copies before, but for some reason my machine (HP Pavilion f1703
with OS XP Home Edition) is not letting me copy some picture folders to disc.
I am using brand new dvd discs, and I know there is enough room to make the
copies.
A solution to this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Mon Jan 04 16:05:01 CST 2010 |
1 |
Mon Jan 04 16:05:01 CST 2010
by Jonjo |
- Expand instead of Play on CD-ROM/DVD
-
hi,
when I insert a video DVD/CD-ROM in my DVD drive, XP open an explorer
windows showing the CD/DVD content instead of trying to play its
content. if I right-click on the drive in explorer while CD/DVD is
inserted, the default action is Expand and Play does not even show :(
any idea ?
TIA, Pierre
Mon Jan 04 15:57:00 CST 2010 |
5 |
Mon Jan 04 15:57:00 CST 2010
by Pierre |
- Moving Files To New Hard Drive
-
I just upgraded the hard drive in my girlfriends computer. It had 80G
and I added an additional 250GB drive. The OS is XP Home 2002. How do
go about moving _*everything*_ to the larger hard drive
Mon Jan 04 15:31:38 CST 2010 |
14 |
Mon Jan 04 15:31:38 CST 2010
by ampig |
- Error
-
I have a problem with Windows XP SP3.After i press any key to boot cd,gives
me this error : The file aj01u5cl.sys could not be found.Press any key to
continue.
But I press any key and nothing happens.Please give me some advice.
Mon Jan 04 15:07:01 CST 2010 |
3 |
Mon Jan 04 15:07:01 CST 2010
by marius20009 |
- Linux along with Windows booted from USB Stick (Co-existence of Linux
-
Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications.
But, the computer currently has only
Linux(Ubuntu Destop version - 9.10) on it.
I do not wish to disturb the Linux installed
on it. So, i am trying to have Windows via
USB stick !! :-)
I am following the below steps for
Windows XP from USB stick -
http://www.winusb.de/index_en.html
(Windows XP is booted from USB Stick)
But,
I understand that by the above method
we can have the Windows XP booted
up from the USB Stick and Windows
XP will be using entire RAM :-(
But, i would like to have Linux also !
Is it possible to have Linux and Windows
simulataneously so that i can switch
between Linux & Windows ?
Any ideas ?
Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
Mon Jan 04 14:23:16 CST 2010 |
24 |
Mon Jan 04 14:23:16 CST 2010
by karthikbalaguru |
- xp/sigverify.exe driver check
-
if you point it to win\sys32\drivers can it detect corruption of the
driver that causes boot stop(at volsnap.sys so bootlog is not
written)?
how about verifier.exe tool in the same situation?
Mon Jan 04 13:30:40 CST 2010 |
9 |
Mon Jan 04 13:30:40 CST 2010
by mynick |
- Installing Vista SP2
-
I just recently installed Windows Vista (Don't ask me why, I don't
even know what I was thinking), and I installed SP1 without a problem,
now when I go to install SP2 it fails to install, I have tried
everything that I know from just rebooting, to regedit to remove
vKite... I am at a total lose on getting this to install at this
point... Does anyone have any other suggestion for me to try?
Mon Jan 04 12:58:42 CST 2010 |
3 |
Mon Jan 04 12:58:42 CST 2010
by Scorpion2k5 |
- error: IE unable to update RSS feed and will try again later
-
I am using IE 8 and just started getting this error on all my feeds. I have
not changed anything. I have checked the settings and they are set for
automatic download once a day.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. The only thing on the MS site
that deals with is for a share point server. I am a (very frustrated) home
user.
This started on Jan 1.
Suzan
Mon Jan 04 11:46:01 CST 2010 |
1 |
Mon Jan 04 11:46:01 CST 2010
by SuziQ |
- XP vm does not boot anymore
-
Found out my XP vm (virtualbox with ubuntu host) is not booting any
longer. It could have been because I had to forcifully restart the
laptop or not but the point is that if I try to start it, I will be
told that "A disk error occurred; press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart." If I
reboot from the install CD in repair mode, I can mount the drive and
run chkdsk. After doing its thing, chkdsk claimed the drive is ok. So,
I looked at different directories in the drive at random and do not
see anything out of ordinary (no files with corrupted names and so
on). I even tried using fixmbr but that did not make the error go
away. What else can I try?
Mon Jan 04 11:07:54 CST 2010 |
0 |
Mon Jan 04 11:07:54 CST 2010
by Mauricio |
- XP/Windows 7 dual boot (separate drives, XP primary)
-
I have here a desktop with two sata drives. The first one (C:) has XP
and the second (D:) Windows 7. If both drives are connected to the
machine, it will boot XP; to boot Windows 7 I have to remove the XP
drive which is a bit of a drag. So, I would like to be able to select
which OS the machine will boot from.
Searching online I find tons of examples of setting a machine whose
primary (for a lack of a better word) OS is Windows 7 to dual boot
with XP, which is exactly the opposite of what I want to do. Short of
installing grub, is there a windows way to do this? I was also told
that editing a boot.ini file in the XP drive would do the trick, but I
could not find the said file. What else should I try?
Mon Jan 04 11:03:48 CST 2010 |
4 |
Mon Jan 04 11:03:48 CST 2010
by Mauricio |
- Windows 7
-
Could someone please tell me if there is a
dedicated Windows 7 OS Newsgroup, like this one for XP.
donwb
Mon Jan 04 10:31:56 CST 2010 |
12 |
Mon Jan 04 10:31:56 CST 2010
by donwb |
- Word & Excel taking 10 minutes to launch
-
Office Small Business 2003 - Windows XP Home
My daughter has asked be to help with her Dell Inspiron laptop, which has
become incredibly slow.
The worst offfender - having cured some of the issues - is MS Word and
Excel. After double clicking a document it takes 9 minutes for Word to come
up and then a further minute for the document to appear. A notice also
shows across the document saying something like 'unable to register and
links from other documents to this document will not work.'
If I launch Word or Excel and open the file from there, all seems okay.
All other applications work fine.
I am at a loss now.
Can anyone help.
(I am posting in this newsgroup as well as office.msc in case it is an XP
issue)
Mon Jan 04 09:02:03 CST 2010 |
9 |
Mon Jan 04 09:02:03 CST 2010
by Ed |
- Red "x" where image should be for images in email body
-
A user is unable to view images embedded in the body of emails. A red
"x" appears instead of the image however when she emails that image to
myself and other users, the image is there. The image is a .bmp and I
have checked the security settings on the Outlook client and even
uninstalled Outlook 2003 and reinstalled.
Mon Jan 04 08:41:20 CST 2010 |
2 |
Mon Jan 04 08:41:20 CST 2010
by slick |
- Pending system reboot
-
When installing some software the installer stops with the message 'The
application has a pending system reboot. Please reboot and restart the
installer.' I have performed several soft and hard reboots. I have also
followed the solution to delete the 'filerenameoperations' key from the
registry. both have not solved the problem.
Is there other registry keys I need to look for to stop this error.
Mon Jan 04 04:40:01 CST 2010 |
15 |
Mon Jan 04 04:40:01 CST 2010
by lee |
- Document Viewer installer error
-
I recently ran CHKDSK /F as this was prompted when I attempted to run defrag
etc. Since the chkdsk was run, when I turn my PC on, I receive the following
message:
"document viewier - installed encountered an unexpected error - error code
2908". I click run, the same error just repeats and loops. The only was I can
remove it is to end task via task manager.
Any ideas how I can correct this error?
many thanks
Mon Jan 04 04:32:01 CST 2010 |
0 |
Mon Jan 04 04:32:01 CST 2010
by JamesS |
- Please help user accounts cannot log in
-
Hi all, well I caught a virus. I had essentials but some how it is unable to
delete the virus and the real time protection has been disabled. Upon working
with support we manage to find the problem in windows32 folder. It is a fake
security virus. Unfortunately i was unable to delete the applications. I some
how did something because now i cannot log in at all. Windows start up and
gets to the user account section. When i click on any account it starts and
then immediately logs out. This is even in safe mode under admin. I was able
to at least get into windows and now i cannot. Anyone know of a work around i
can do to by pass the user account so i can at least copy my files. The virus
removed my system restore as well. Anything i try to do i recieve a warning
saying I must contact my domain admin.
I am on a dell dimension 9100, Windows XP MCE.
thank you, i really dont know why people choose to make these viruses
Mon Jan 04 01:24:01 CST 2010 |
3 |
Mon Jan 04 01:24:01 CST 2010
by dewdat |
- Windows 7 Icon Issue
-
First, I can't find ANY Windows 7 newsgroups. Where should I be looking?
Anyway, I have some very old (1993) Windows 3.x programs that I
installed under Windows 7 [32-bit]. [In fact, they are the ancient
"Microsoft Arcade" games ... Battlezone, Missile Command, Pole Position,
etc.]
And they run ok.
BUT .... in the start menu, the icons for the games are blank, or
perhaps more correctly stated, generic. And if I right-click and choose
"change icon" it tells me that the .exe file has no icon.
Now I have these same games installed on this same computer under
Windows XP (the machine is dual boot) and they run just fine and the
icons are correct. And the games themselves work ok, and run from the
[generic] icons in the start menu.
So what is going on? I've selected "Windows 95" and "Windows XP"
compatibility mode, "run as administrator", etc. and nothing seems to
fix the icons (and, again, the programs work just fine). Can anyone
explain why these programs would have no icon, or how I could fix it?
[As a last resort, since the machine is dual boot, and these programs
are installed also under XP (where their icons appear normally), is
there a way to "export" the icons to some "icon repository file" and
then manually select the icons from that file? Also, I tried pointing
the "change Icon" feature for the start menu shortcuts to the copy of
the programs in the WinXP partition; that made no difference, same result.
Thanks.
Mon Jan 04 01:06:32 CST 2010 |
13 |
Mon Jan 04 01:06:32 CST 2010
by Barry |
- Slow Computer
-
Please help me with this issue.
I bought an Acer Aspire 6 cell Netbook (Window XP I believe) a few
months ago . It ran great for a few months. Now it is vey slow.
I did the following:
1. Did a run
misconfig
and deselected the programs I did not want.
( I get an error window that says:
An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a
service...
but yet it seems to deselect the software)
2. Opened Chrome and Mozilla / Firefox and cleared history, cache
etc.
But it is still very slow.
I have not added /downloaded any software to the netbook nor changed
anything.
Can anyone please suggest what I should next ?
Thanks in advance for your input,
Irfan Williams
Mon Jan 04 00:28:43 CST 2010 |
2 |
Mon Jan 04 00:28:43 CST 2010
by irfan |
- 32 bit in 64 bit OS
-
Hello Group
I am planning to buy a high end carbon fibernotebook that is
classified as 64 bit system.
Would my current crop of 32 bit softwares would still run in it if I
transfer it from the 32 bit unit to this 64 bit toy?
Does the current version of windows have sufficient driver support for
the 64 bit system compared to its predecesors?
TIA
Roy
Sun Jan 03 22:38:49 CST 2010 |
9 |
Sun Jan 03 22:38:49 CST 2010
by Roy |
Sun Jan 03 22:17:42 CST 2010 |
5 |
Sun Jan 03 22:17:42 CST 2010
by ED |
Sun Jan 03 22:13:08 CST 2010 |
0 |
Sun Jan 03 22:13:08 CST 2010
by Kevin |
Sun Jan 03 22:06:27 CST 2010 |
0 |
Sun Jan 03 22:06:27 CST 2010
by Kevin |
Sun Jan 03 21:36:01 CST 2010 |
15 |
Sun Jan 03 21:36:01 CST 2010
by Vijay |