- 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 |
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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 |
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Mon Dec 28 18:46:01 CST 2009
by BrianV |
- Mouse Pointing Functioin
-
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item? My friends XP seems to work that way and it is driving him crazy.
I hope someone can help.
Best regards,
Anders
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Mon Dec 28 15:40:02 CST 2009 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mon Dec 28 10:22:44 CST 2009
by JohnB |