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Thu Dec 03 17:55:11 CST 2009 		4 Thu Dec 03 17:55:11 CST 2009
by Anton
  • trouble booting windows XP from hiberation
    • I am having problems booting XP only from hybernation. Sometimes it starts up as normal, but obviously there is a problem that needs fixing. The computer runs as normal but only the first lettering appears with a cursor on the screen. If I turn the computer off and on again it'll start as normal from hybernation. I want to avoid switching the unit completely off and on if I can. Can somebody please help me with this? Ian -- geoffm472 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ geoffm472's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/160709.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1278370.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Thu Dec 03 17:19:31 CST 2009 		4 Thu Dec 03 17:19:31 CST 2009
by geoffm472
  • IE8
    • I use XP and recently upgraded direct from IE6 to IE8. With IE6 I was able to select a web address either from any piece of text or a highlighted link, then edit, copy and paste it directly into the browser address window. However with IE8 I get as far as copying the text or link, but the paste option is not available (i.e. not shown in bold type) for me to enter in the browser address window. Is this a feature of IE8 or do I need to adjust my settings? Regards John

Thu Dec 03 15:08:10 CST 2009 		3 Thu Dec 03 15:08:10 CST 2009
by John
  • Equipment Questions - Modem/Router
    • I posted earlier about Internet security problems. Thank you, "Daave", for all your assistance. My computer is "well" now. However, I have a different concern now. I contacted my ISP about my DSL modem/router (which I rent) and about open ports I found in the grc.com scan. They refuse to close these ports for me. I can't access the software because my ISP has the password. Last night my husband's laptop (with a wireless connection) was repeatedly attacked by a Trojan Horse. (The Internet was turned on but he was not using the Web - he was using a program that is not an online one.) His antivirus stopped and deleted all of them. But I'm concerned that these open ports are a major part of the problem. We are considering buying our own equipment. Can you purchase a combination modem/router or would we need to get the modem from the ISP and get our own router? I know the routers have their own firewall software that we could access and set up. Or are we opening up a big "can of worms"? I'd appreciate any information you could provide. I promise I won't make this a long-drawn out thread, like before. I did get a lot of very valuable information from that post, which I greatly appreciate. Thank you.

Thu Dec 03 13:41:01 CST 2009 		19 Thu Dec 03 13:41:01 CST 2009
by MtnLadyinBlackHills1986
  • ntuser.dat corrupted, can it be repaired?
    • I logged in Monday and after typing my password, the computer reboots. I have since logged in as local administrator and made new accounts, following the MS procedures for copying information from the damaged account to the new ones. I have been able to determine that the damaged account will work if it has a default ntuser.dat file. The new accounts, conversely, crash if I put the corrupted ntuser.dat file in them. Since I have several programs that will take me days to reinstall (high end engineering programs) and all the configuring to get my account setup the way it was, is there anyway to repair the ntuser.dat file?

Thu Dec 03 12:49:02 CST 2009 		0 Thu Dec 03 12:49:02 CST 2009
by Davoid
  • Windows Picture and Fax Viewer - append/delete TIFF pages?
    • I've been getting used to Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and find that the quality of the printouts is very good (actually on par with the originals themselves!). I've been appending and deleting pages with something other than this app and then using WPFV it to print. But I really need to do everything all in WPFV but I just can't see where it allows me to add or remove pages. I'm required now to print out things double-sided but need the control that printing first to TIF and then deleting/appending pages gives me since I can put components of a project together that came to us separately. This way I _quickly_ can comply with environmental guidelines in place yet get what I need without printing header or other unwanted pages, etc., etc. The only way I can see possible is when we go to print and to choose the pages to print via the wizard but what a hassle. The writing is so small to easily and quickly figure out what each page is and when there are a lot of pages, yech. And if I choose the wrong pages, I'm stuck with the output. Anyone know how to add/delete TIFFs with this? Nothing comes up in the help pages and googling didn't bring up results, either. Thanks. :oD

Thu Dec 03 12:04:31 CST 2009 		0 Thu Dec 03 12:04:31 CST 2009
by StargateFanWrk
  • Administration Access
    • I created a seperate account giving it full administration. The problem is I have forgotten the password and can't add our new printer with out having access to that account. Is there anyway to get access to that account and remove the password? -- Sara

Wed Dec 02 20:52:01 CST 2009 		2 Wed Dec 02 20:52:01 CST 2009
by sarada01
  • Win XP can not shut down Outlook 2003
    • Windows XP SP3, Outlook 2003 I can shut down Outlook 2003. When I shut down Windows with Outlook running it will not shut until I End Program as requlested by new box appearing. Not related to this, I also have to end program SSMMgr.exe in the same way. If I rename to SSMMgr.abc this notice does not appear but Outlook still has to be End Program. I understand SSMMgr is Samsung printer control software.

Wed Dec 02 12:33:40 CST 2009 		2 Wed Dec 02 12:33:40 CST 2009
by tatar
  • Internet Explorer in XP Pro edition
    • Have been getting " internet explorer cannot display web page " increasingly often. Even for a great number of my favorites. No problem with my internet connection. Any one have any ideas? Thank You

Tue Dec 01 21:56:01 CST 2009 		3 Tue Dec 01 21:56:01 CST 2009
by jdc0003
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Tue Dec 01 11:50:09 CST 2009 		0 Tue Dec 01 11:50:09 CST 2009
by madhavi
  • Chkdsk hung after finishing
    • I have a work issued laptop that has a "super user account" for support and my account called admin (with reduced rights). My PC was acting a bit flaky so I scheduled a chkdsk and rebooted. All went well and no issues were found. The disk was pronounced clean and some other verbiage followed by .... (four dots). That is as far as it went. hmmmm.... ok, so I tried it again....same result. Knowing the support user ID and password I tried to boot into safemode but the PC hung and "sounded" like it was performing the same chkdsk in the background but no info was displayed. After about 4 hours the system rebooted and tried to boot into safemode(?) but hung again at the four dots after proclaiming my system drive as clean. I then tried to boot off of a windows XP Pro CD but it would blue screen after loading several drivers. I have a Linux live CD with very limited tools on it and I know there is data still on the drive and I cannot afford to loose it. Suggestions?

Tue Dec 01 14:43:01 CST 2009 		4 Tue Dec 01 14:43:01 CST 2009
by TobyBarrick
  • oxugoguta.dll
    • Each time when I start my computer, I got this message on my screen: C:Windows\oxugoguta.dll is not a Windows image. I couldn't find this oxugoguta.dll in two other computers at home. What is this? Can I or should I just delete it? -- lazy cat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lazy cat's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/159952.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1277395.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Tue Dec 01 09:31:03 CST 2009 		8 Tue Dec 01 09:31:03 CST 2009
by lazy

Tue Dec 01 05:40:02 CST 2009 		1 Tue Dec 01 05:40:02 CST 2009
by jen
  • Removing old version of Office after installing new one
    • Up until about 6 months ago I was using Office XP. As my wife is a teacher I took advantage of a special deal to buy Office 2007 and installed that, but I didn't remove the old one as I wanted to make sure everything worked ok. I'd now like to get rid of the Office XP. Both are listed in the "Add or Remove Programs" utility. Is it safe to use this to remove Office XP or might it mess up Office 2007 in the process? Thanks, David.

Tue Dec 01 04:41:59 CST 2009 		3 Tue Dec 01 04:41:59 CST 2009
by DavidM
  • We support XP!
    • From http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support/about Top posters This month 65 l.g...@invalid.invalid 49 jose_e...@yahoo.com 46 database...@hotmail.com 45 da...@example.com 44 kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain 40 v...@nguard.lh 37 audetw...@nbnot.nb.ca 34 ph...@privacy.net 30 s...@tom.net 29 newshel...@gmail.com All time 15624 anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com 9536 marfer_...@yahoo.com 8028 r...@mvps.org 7476 ke...@mvps.org 7453 123wvogel...@comcast.net 6583 mar...@msn.com 6119 jones_jupi...@hotnomail.com 5468 mrxp2...@nospamyahoo.com 4856 willde...@mvps.org 4613 marfer_mvprem...@hotmail.com -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@nl2k.ab.ca God, Queen and country! Never Satan President Republic! Beware AntiChrist rising! http://twitter.com/rootnl2k http://www.myspace.com/502748630 Merry Christmas 2009 and Happy New Year 2010

Mon Nov 30 17:55:56 CST 2009 		9 Mon Nov 30 17:55:56 CST 2009
by doctor
  • Microsoft is a bunch of crooks and imbeciles, burned my copy of xp
    • Microsoft is a bunch of crooks and imbeciles, burned my copy of xp. After spending a whole Saturday afternoon re-installing Xp, because it no longer worked, losing all previously installed programs and drivers in the process, because it would hang in install in some unknown place, had to start on a clean disk, and finally got it working with internet access, when I started it again today, a week or so later, it decided that my Logitech mouse was a 'MS mouse', and the cursor jumped all over the screen. Had enough. I would like to hit Bill Gates and Balmer in the face for making such a crap product,. I have burned my MS xp disk in front of the camera. And replaced the partition by reiserfs, will be used for data storage in Linux. Thank God for Linux and may penguins walk all over Redmond.

Mon Nov 30 16:49:49 CST 2009 		8 Mon Nov 30 16:49:49 CST 2009
by Jan
  • Mono Headset Microphone Very Low Volume
    • When I try to make a recording using Windows Sound Recorder, the result is extremely low volume and considerable background interference. The green recording line is all broken up. The headset speaker on the other hand reproduces sounds and music satisfactorily. The actions Iâ??ve taken and status of conditions is as follows: My original headset was a Labtec. As these headsets are inexpensive I purchased a replacement Logitech but the problem remains - eliminating the headset functionality. Iâ??ve marginally repositioned a number of times the microphone plug in its jack to ensure good/proper contact but no change. Iâ??ve uninstalled and reinstalled Windows Sound Recorder - no improvement There are no conflicts in my Device Manager. None of the playback volume controls are muted; theyâ??re all at their maximum level The recording volume controls are all at their maximum level and microphone is selected Iâ??ve tested audio in Windows Live Messenger. The headset speaker is clear. When I try the mic, the volume line progresses with green and gets into yellow, but I assume it should reach red and it doesnâ??t. At the same time as speaking I get intermittent crackling through the headset speaker. Iâ??ve upgraded the original onboard Matrox Wave Device driver with a later C-Media driver (C-Media and Matrox appear to be linked in some way) - no difference. Iâ??ve raised the issue with my motherboard manufacturer (which is now some 6+ years old), MSI, who have recommended another C-Media driver. However, when I tried to extract the file folder, a warning appears that neither CMNPROP>DLL nor cmaudio.sys can be opened. Iâ??ve advised them of this and am awaiting a reply. In the meantime I've installed yet another C-Media driver - CM18768 version 5.12.8.1733 - and still the problem persists This now really has me stumped and I would very much appreciate any advice I can get. Is it possible that my codec motherboard component could have developed a fault?

Mon Nov 30 11:49:01 CST 2009 		11 Mon Nov 30 11:49:01 CST 2009
by MikeP
  • Amending multiple file names
    • I need to amend the filenames of an enormous number of files, e.g. <filename 091.doc> to <filename 0901.doc>. Can anyone suggest a quick way of doing this (or point me to instructions on the web)? -- Bagwash

Mon Nov 30 11:26:07 CST 2009 		4 Mon Nov 30 11:26:07 CST 2009
by Bagwash
  • Autochk not found - skipping autocheck Help!
    • Hey yesterday I installed Linux Ubuntu, on my computer. It works fine. When I try to change back the os to windows xp pro it says that autoch is not found - skipping autocheck and it keeps on restarting. Anyone knows how to fix this problem? Try to explain how I can fix this. : -- Simooon1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Simooon19's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/159277.ht View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1276869.ht http://forums.techarena.i

Mon Nov 30 05:23:53 CST 2009 		7 Mon Nov 30 05:23:53 CST 2009
by Simooon19
  • Autochk not found - skipping autocheck Help!
    • Hey yesterday I installed Linux Ubuntu, on my computer. It works fine. When I try to change back the os to windows xp pro it says that autoch is not found - skipping autocheck and it keeps on restarting. Anyone knows how to fix this problem? Try to explain how I can fix this. : -- Simooon1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Simooon19's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/159277.ht View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1276864.ht http://forums.techarena.i

Mon Nov 30 05:17:05 CST 2009 		0 Mon Nov 30 05:17:05 CST 2009
by Simooon19
  • HELP !!!
    • I have this message when I turn on my computer: 0x7c91b21a, 0x00000010 svchost.exe -- application error How can i fix it ?? my antivirus doesn't working !!

Sun Nov 29 21:06:01 CST 2009 		2 Sun Nov 29 21:06:01 CST 2009
by 0x7c91b21a
  • Blue Screen error 0x000000c2 and 0x00000069
    • Hello, i keep on receiving error the the PC not been shut down properly and when i press work normally it restart and keep on showing the same error than i try to enter into window using safe mood it pop u blue screen error code I01_INITIALIZATION_FAULTY (0x00000069) and i restart the PC and try to reinstall windows another blue screen pop up saying BAD_POOL_CALLER (0x000000c2). Any one can help me to solve this problem and why do this error appear?? -- samuel_john64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ samuel_john64's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/159335.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1276618.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Sun Nov 29 12:02:21 CST 2009 		2 Sun Nov 29 12:02:21 CST 2009
by samuel_john64
  • Autochk not found - skipping autocheck Help!
    • Hey yesterday I installed Linux ubuntu, on my computer. It works fine. When i try to change back the os to windows xp pro it says that autochk is not found - skipping autocheck and it keeps on restarting. Anyone knows how to fix this problem? Try to explain how i can fix this. :) -- Simooon19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simooon19's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/159277.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1276598.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Sun Nov 29 09:48:19 CST 2009 		2 Sun Nov 29 09:48:19 CST 2009
by Simooon19
  • Strange CCleaner Activity
    • All of a sudden the CCleaner "Cookies" remover is including the links in Documents and Settings/Owner/Application Data/Recent. These links are, of course, not actually in the TIF folder. Have any other users of CCleaner noticed this happening? Should I be concerned?

Sun Nov 29 06:39:35 CST 2009 		6 Sun Nov 29 06:39:35 CST 2009
by JD
  • Unable to modify space allocated to System Restore
    • I wanted to decrease memory down to a reasonabel 5% and exclude external disk from restore monitoring. I could not, marking checks has been disabled by Group Policy. Now, my PC is stand alone and I have administrator privileges. It is true however that I have a LAN installed since I have at home three access points in fiber optics (Relatk Fast Ethernet). I could not find any place where modify this Group Policy which I do not recall to have installed. Perhaps some Key in the Registry or create a new account? May somebody help me? Thanks -- stefanoes

Sun Nov 29 05:47:01 CST 2009 		6 Sun Nov 29 05:47:01 CST 2009
by stefanoes
  • Need Driver Help after re-installing XP Pro!!
    • I was having some problems with my (somewhat old) Dell Dimension D600 laptop so I decided to do a clean install. Everything went well except now my Device Manager shows no drivers (question marks) for: Ethernet Controller Network Controller PCI Modem Video Controller I have no chipset install disk for this computer so using my other computer, I went to the Dell web site and downloaded what I thought were a series of drivers. The file is named DellDriverDownloadManager.application. I then copied this file to my Dell laptop but it will not open except as a text file in notepad. My question - how can I install these drivers? If I double click this same file on my other PC, it will ask me if I want to do an install (which I don't want to do on that PC). Suggestions greatly appreciated.

Sat Nov 28 18:53:58 CST 2009 		12 Sat Nov 28 18:53:58 CST 2009
by Jim
  • Windows - No Disk Error
    • Hi - hope someone can help I get the following message: exception processing message c00000013 75b6bf7c 4 75b6f7c 75b6bf7c This just started for no apparant reason. The message won't cancel, try again or continue. It returns after re boot. Compter still runs fine - just can't get rid of the message. Only recent program addition was Quicken 2010 - how ever this error message didn't happen immediately after it was loaded. I did find some threads on this but nothing there that seemed to directly address this issue. Running XP Home edition version 2002 Service Pack 3 Hope you can help

Sat Nov 28 16:10:01 CST 2009 		2 Sat Nov 28 16:10:01 CST 2009
by brianford
  • File used by another program, which?
    • Hello, sorry if this is a silly question: is there a way in xp to know which program is using a certain file that can't be accessed/deleted? Thank you!

Fri Nov 27 22:53:17 CST 2009 		3 Fri Nov 27 22:53:17 CST 2009
by Carlo
  • Windows XP blue screen of death
    • I have a Dell laptop latitude and have the blue screen of death as have found on the web it is called. I can't seem to find the error b searching on the web that I have on my computer. I have the following error: STOP: 0x0000007e (0xc00000005, 0x805d2018, 0xf9e513e4, 0xf9e510e0) I read where a lot of the errors say something after but mine doe not. Thanks to any help in advance! -- wevi ----------------------------------------------------------------------- wevie's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/159022.ht View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1276421.ht http://forums.techarena.i

Sat Nov 28 11:26:02 CST 2009 		1 Sat Nov 28 11:26:02 CST 2009
by wevie
  • Slow execution
    • I'm running WXP3 and it seems like it's running slower and slower. For instance, a week ago I did a DISK CLEANUP and then a DEFRAG (1 hard drive with two partitions and a second drive unpartioned.) Each one took an extraordinary amount of time. Today I ran it in Safe Mode and it seemed considerably faster. Can I do something to speed it up in NORMAL mode? Thanks, Doug

Sat Nov 28 12:12:58 CST 2009 		11 Sat Nov 28 12:12:58 CST 2009
by Doug
  • Best Backup program
    • Have just bought a 750GB Maxstor external hard drive to back up my current system running XP MCE SP3, which contains about 230GB of system files and data. The latter is mostly MP3 files and some TV recordings. While the software that came with the drive is backing up data on an incremental basis would like to take a system snapshot on a regular basis to be able to reinstall a working system should I have a hardware major failure, my previous hard drive just stopped working. Would appreciate any views on the best "backup" package available and any pros cons. TIA Brian

Sat Nov 28 11:09:09 CST 2009 		23 Sat Nov 28 11:09:09 CST 2009
by btbincase
  • Windows XP blue screen
    • I have a Dell laptop latitude and have the blue screen of death as have found on the web it is called. I can't seem to find the error b searching on the web that I have on my computer. I have the following error: STOP: 0x0000007e (0xc00000005, 0x805d2018, 0xf9e513e4, 0xf9e510e0) I read where a lot of the errors say something after but mine doe not. Thanks to any help in advance! -- wevi ----------------------------------------------------------------------- wevie's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/159022.ht View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1276387.ht http://forums.techarena.i

Sat Nov 28 10:01:37 CST 2009 		5 Sat Nov 28 10:01:37 CST 2009
by wevie
  • Question on XP certification
    • I need to have at least one Microsoft certification and thought easiest for me would be based on Windows XP. In the old days there were MCP's. I assume I need the equivalent of an MCP for Windows XP? Can anyone offer any guidance on what books to buy? The requirement says: Pass an online assessment once every two years. On MS website it shows: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Windows XP Operating System Exam 70-271 Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on a Windows XP Operating System Exam 70-272 Can I just do one of these? What books? I would really appreciate any help. I know that getting good guidance before I start will pay dividends :) Angus

Sat Nov 28 03:39:27 CST 2009 		0 Sat Nov 28 03:39:27 CST 2009
by Angus
  • Uable to browse the web after getting on line
    • I have XP, and am using windows 8, on an IBM machine, dial up. Every time I click to go to a site using IE, I get a message that says "Internet Explorer can not display the web page and will have to close...." This happens every time I try to use IE. I am writing to you through Firefox. Do web pages have their own server? I have wondered since on firefox. I will get "Can not find the server". I can be cut off after that, but as you see I am able to browse the web, with firefox. I have gone to my server, "Peoplepc" to get help, and they tried, but I still have these same problems. What do you think I need to do?

Fri Nov 27 16:07:02 CST 2009 		1 Fri Nov 27 16:07:02 CST 2009
by deb
  • Driver Update VGA SiS 741
    • I have been prompted by PC Pitstop to update my display driver and I downloaded the latest from the Silicon Graphics web site. However, when I try to install it I get a box headed "InstallFunct.dll" "InstallDriver For VGA () fail 2: Get Last Error () =005" Any ideas?

Fri Nov 27 03:32:05 CST 2009 		7 Fri Nov 27 03:32:05 CST 2009
by John
  • Router Trouble
    • Hey Guys, I Have been experiencing slow internet speed, So I called my provider, they said I had a very Strong Connection, But it may be my older router that I'm using is slowing it down. I only used the router in the past when I was using 3 Different computers, Now I'm limited to just one, I have tried eliminating the router and trying to just use the modem for a (hopefully) Stronger connection, but to no avail(With Limited Computer knowledge I might add). Was wondering if there is something specific I need to do to Eliminate the Router and just use the modem for my connection, any help or advice would be great :) Currently using: Router: Wireless-G Broadband Router Modem Scientific Atlanta 2100

Thu Nov 26 20:09:01 CST 2009 		4 Thu Nov 26 20:09:01 CST 2009
by Bpalexandre
  • Cannot boot to Safe Mode or otherwise.
    • I have a Gateway laptop I'm working on for a friend so I don't have complete history. The computer will not boot even when I try to boot to Safe Mode. It gets past the place where is lists all the drivers that were loaded, then goes to a blank screen. I tried a Repair install, with no change in behavior. I tried the process from MS in article Q307545 to recover from a corrupted registry, still no change. I added the /bootlog option to the boot.ini file so I could see the full log of the attempt to boot to Safe Mode. I have backed up the disk in my desktop and then did a full install from my copy of WinXP Home SP2. That did work and I could boot. This tells me I have a good system hardware wise.(unless I'm overlooking something) Problem with this solution is: 1. I don't have the original install disks so I'd loose all apps on the laptop. 2.I can't use the product key on the labtop because I believe the key is only valid for an OEM version of Windows. 3. My key is already in use on my desktop system. 4. Is there a way to rebuild the MBR when the disk has the D:\Recovery partition on it? The ntbtlog.txt file is not helpful any further. Questions: 1. Are there procedures to troubleshoot further into the boot process? 2. Is there more detailed logging that I can access from the disk? I have a way to remove the disk and mount it on my desktop. 3. Is there a registry key or keys that I can gleen all the files required for booting the system? I have a backup of the good boot partition so I could peruse that if possible. My last desperate attempt was to move all the \Windows\system32\drivers to another location and then put only those that list as loaded in the ntbtlog.txt file back into the drivers dir. Well, I'm sure there are required files that aren't there. So now it just reboots at about the point it would hang. I can put all the files back. Any suggestions for troubleshooting this? Thanks, John S.

Thu Nov 26 14:43:01 CST 2009 		9 Thu Nov 26 14:43:01 CST 2009
by DocBrown
  • Recovering Registry Data?
    • Hi, For no apparent reason, the laptop crashed & rebooted itself. During the reboot process, received message that missing registry is missing and to ?CHKDSK?. I didn?t get the full message because it wasn?t up viewable long enough. I did conduct a ?CHKDSK? without Adminstrator rights & now get the following message: ?One of the files containing the system?s Registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful?. I've been told that I need to run a "CHKDSK" through Adminstrator rights status first. How or what are the commands to I get Adminstrator rights through DOS window, so I can run the CHKDSK. Running Windows XP Or, is this not the issue or could this be other propspective issues? Thanks -- LSB4UeBay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LSB4UeBay's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/158202.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1275100.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Wed Nov 25 16:35:27 CST 2009 		2 Wed Nov 25 16:35:27 CST 2009
by LSB4UeBay
  • Alternative Logon Screen Not Working
    • I'm trying to log into the Admin account on a Windows XP machine. Normally I would use the CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the alternative logon screen. But for some reason on this particular device it is not working. I can hit CTRL+ALT+DEL over and over and over... The need logon screen never appears. So I am unable to log into the machine as Admin. I'm aware I can 'unhide' the Administrator account from the Welcome screen, but I don't want to do this... What would cause the CTRL+ALT+DEL not to bring up the Logon Screen?? -- CaffeineRush ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CaffeineRush's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/158188.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1275059.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Wed Nov 25 14:49:47 CST 2009 		0 Wed Nov 25 14:49:47 CST 2009
by CaffeineRush
  • Canon PIXMA iP4600 & XP problem
    • Printer works fine from the computer it's attached to. Other computers can print to this printer over the network. No problems. However... just /one/ XP Home computer can't use this printer. On that /one/ machine, you can see the printer if you specifically search for the host computer in My Network Places, but you can't connect to the printer. When you try, you get the error dialog: "The operation could not be completed. Either the printer name...". If you try to use Start>Settings>Printers and Faxes>Add Printer, the printer never shows up at all. Trying to install the printer using the Canon software doesn't work either, also on account of the printer refusing to show itself. New XP installation. All Windows Updates applied. Firewall off. Network access otherwise just fine. So why doesn't this machine see the printer when nobody else has any trouble? -- Tegger

Wed Nov 25 20:56:37 CST 2009 		2 Wed Nov 25 20:56:37 CST 2009
by Tegger
  • Strange behavior of the Task Bar in XP Pro
    • Hi. Have XP Pro SP3, AMD 3200 proc, large disk, 1 gig RAM. Plenty of horsepower. Applications running and called from the taskbar or systray are exhibiting some very odd behavior. I'm looking for a reg tweak perhaps....? Let's say I pull up some pictures in Windows Explorer. I double click on one, and the Windows Office Picture Manager launches. At the top there's a button used for calling for a print. This launches the Photo Printing Wizard (PPW). The cursor is laying on "Next". Fine. If I mouse away and out of the PPW frame, the frame looses focus and dismisses to the Task Bar. And that's where things get interesting. If I mouse to PPW up from the Task Bar, it appears -but - the moment I move off of the Task Bar, the PPW frame returns to the Task Bar thwarting my effort to continue printing. Through experimenting, I can right click on the PPW on the task bar which calls up a small menu (Move / Close), then, without clicking I'm able to mouse up to the frame and continue the wizard. Now, if I "Open With" Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, and call PPW from its Print button at the bottom, PPW works fine. It's moving the mouse off the running app frame and then the dismissing to the Task Bar, that's the killer here. Also, I can use Alt-Tab to task switch to the PPW. But then if I move off the frame, we're back to goofy. Interestingly, while in Windows Explorer, if I right click on a picture and invoke Print, the PPW appears but does NOT dismiss to the task bar when I mouse outside the frame. Now I was thinking the problem was with the PPW app. But no! I have another app running over in the systray, that exhibits the same behavior. If I quickly move the mouse REAL fast from the icon to the open app frame, it does work. But any slower movement off the notification area, kills the open window and I have to go back and left click again. Right click on the systray app, reveals its second "right click" "menu selections. Selecting something there allows me to go to the open focused app frame and use it. So although one might think there's something with the default behavior of PPW that needs to be adjusted, it appears that the behavior is exhibited in other applications off the taskbar/systray. Anyone here can show me a setting or reg tweak to eliminate this silliness? Thanks folks. Happy Thanksgiving, too. Note: This is NOT cross posted. I've gone to the Windows Printing and Fax group and left a message there. TU.

Wed Nov 25 19:32:06 CST 2009 		3 Wed Nov 25 19:32:06 CST 2009
by Hoib
  • Taking ownership of HD with different OS
    • My boyfriend just bought a new pc running Vista and needs to get files off of the old HD with XP Pro. He's installed the old HD (drive J) into the new pc - when he attempts to explore drive J he gets the access is denied message. I told him about taking ownership and disabling simple file sharing, but he's having a problem because the Vista interface is completely different...is the procedure a different one if the hard drives have different OS's?

Wed Nov 25 19:28:02 CST 2009 		6 Wed Nov 25 19:28:02 CST 2009
by Throttlehog
  • robocopy - XP kit
    • I'm using the robocopy from XP. http://ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html I want to the sync files/directories between source and destination. I want it to skip if the destination files/directories already exist. To speed up the sync, I use /XO option but it's not doing what I want. I observe is that I have 300MB files, it will take a long time to sync even thought both source and destination are match exactly. I try the command again and again. It's not skipping, same result of length in syncing. What am I doing? Thx. robocopy.exe C:\source D:\destination /MIR /R:3 /NP /NS /NC /NFL /NDL / XO /XO : eXclude Older - if destination file exists and is the same date or newer than the source - don't bother to overwrite it.

Wed Nov 25 15:18:03 CST 2009 		2 Wed Nov 25 15:18:03 CST 2009
by Slickuser
  • Cant Restart XP Home Edt / Desktop doesnt reload / Blank Screen
    • Thank you All in advance for your responds. My laptop froze and I had to restart it using the on/off button. During the reboot, I saw the windows logo showing on my screen while loading just like normal, however, my desktop never reloaded. Now, It appears a blank black screen after the reloading process. No error messages either. I push the F8 button to access the "advanced options menu" during the restart. I tried safe mode, Last Known Good Configuration, Start Windows Normalls but none of those options worked. I didnt want to get into more technical stuff without an expert's offers for alternative solutions. I want to find a solution without loosing any documents in my computer. I would appreciate if you could please send me your recommendations. Thank you Now, on my Advanced Options Menu, i see the following: " Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode with Command Prompt Enable Boot Logging Enable VGA Mode Last Known Good Configuration Directory Restore Mode (Windows Domain Controllers only) Debugging Mode Disable automatic restart on system failure Start Windows Normally Reboot Return to OS Choices Menu " PS: My computer has the Windows XP Restore CD installed. It came like that from the factory without a CD. I can still access to it somehow though if i need to do system restore. (would i loose word,excel, and picture files? I dont care about loosing some programs)

Wed Nov 25 10:31:03 CST 2009 		1 Wed Nov 25 10:31:03 CST 2009
by Aggie2003
  • Hard Drive Failure - Happy Ending
    • In general I seem to be able to avoid the problems that people post about here...but I'm not immune to PC trouble. Last night my computer did not boot. I discovered that the BIOS was not detecting either of my (ancient IDE) hard drives. The BIOS was fine: It was detecting my other hardware and the clock showed the right time. I could feel gentle vibrations from both hard drives and the cooling fans were working, so my power supply was okay. I swapped my IDE cable for a new one...no help. Motherboard damaged? Perhaps, but not likely, unless my UPS failed. That left the hard drives themselves. I removed my boot drive and started the computer with only my storage drive and - voila - it was detected. That meant the electronics in my boot drive had died, and since it was first on the ribbon cable, neither drive was detected. The rest was easy: Buy a new drive and restore the old drive from a disk image made only 12 hours previously. So what is the point of this post, besides boasting? The point is that even a non-geek like me can solve most any computer problem with methodical troubleshooting and a current backup. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est

Wed Nov 25 09:22:06 CST 2009 		8 Wed Nov 25 09:22:06 CST 2009
by Leonard
  • Windows 7 upgrade
    • I am building a new Computer and I plan to do a clean install of Windows 7 onto it. Can I buy the upgrade copy of Windows7 or do I have to buy the full copy? I have the retail Windows XP CD. Thank you,

Wed Nov 25 05:25:09 CST 2009 		15 Wed Nov 25 05:25:09 CST 2009
by titus12
  • sfc won't run, browers crahes
    • at first it start out with a virus effecting win xp. it stop mcafee fro scanning and then i download superantispyware from another computer an loaded over to this one since i can't download, if i do the browe crashes. then somehow superanitspyware won't work so i did a lot o restarting to make it work and it remove the virus but after that i won't open again. i also try to reinstall mcafee but it won't let me, i crashes all the time. then suddenly all my free space was taken, if i remember right i should be around 17gb or less. i end up with only 4gb. so i went throug a lot of removing to get it to 12gb. i then try to go into safe mode and can't. i got a blue scree directing that an error happen, 0x0000007B. then i got into another saf mode, forgot what it's called. through that safe mode i can run SAS mcafee but they found no virus. then i try to run SFC /scannow and i got an error, 0x000007ba. ever since then my brower have been extremely slow, although it's a bi better now after removing the virus, but i still can't watch video i will crashes most likely. while the virus still ineffect, when restarting i would get thes messages errors about not being able to read memory. anyone got any ideas -- shoyo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- shoyou's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/157953.ht View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1274855.ht http://forums.techarena.i

Wed Nov 25 02:37:25 CST 2009 		3 Wed Nov 25 02:37:25 CST 2009
by shoyou
  • Strange problem with System Volume Information folder
    • So NAV, all of a sudden, keeps detecting (and fixing) a trojan in there. And everytime I try to access that folder to look in it I get the old: "access denied" message. Even though I have said SHOW hidden files, DO NOT Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) ... still the system won't let me in. Anyone have any clues what's up? THanks

Wed Nov 25 00:24:26 CST 2009 		31 Wed Nov 25 00:24:26 CST 2009
by SergioQ
  • XP Home Edt. Doesnt Reload after Restart - Blank Screen
    • Thank you All in advance for your responds. My laptop was working fine and then it froze. I couldnt restart it on my desktop since it was frozen so I turned it off from the on/off button and then turned it on again. I saw the windows logo showing on my screen while loading just like normal, however, my desktop never reloaded. Now, It appears a blank black screen after the reloading process. No Error Messages either. I cannot access to anything. I push the F8 button to access the "advanced options menu" during the restart. I tried safe mode, Last Known Good Configuration, Start Windows Normalls but none of those options worked. I didnt want to get into more technical stuff without an expert's offers for alternative solutions. I want to find a solution without loosing any documents in my computer. I would appreciate if you could please send me your recommendations. Thank you Now, on my Advanced Options Menu, i see the following: " Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode with Command Prompt Enable Boot Logging Enable VGA Mode Last Known Good Configuration Directory Restore Mode (Windows Domain Controllers only) Debugging Mode Disable automatic restart on system failure Start Windows Normally Reboot Return to OS Choices Menu " PS: My computer has the Windows XP Restore CD installed. It came like that from the factory without a CD.

Tue Nov 24 22:26:01 CST 2009 		0 Tue Nov 24 22:26:01 CST 2009
by Aggie2003
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