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| | I am upgrading a computer from Windows 1998 to XP and it gets too the 34 minute mark everytime and the computer restarts and does not come back on just stays with a black screen for hours. When I restart it the Windows XP restarts the download and samething happpens … |
 | Hey again all. I know I already posted a problem about my computer "freezing" when windows is booted up (on June 30) but it is now July 8 and I have still not fixed the problem. I am running windows xp home edition version 2002 w/ service pack one(1). Intel …  |
| | Microsoft Changes The Game Plan: Windows 2003 A True NOS? Sit back get a cup of coffee it's time for another tale of technology by Jimmy Freligh Jr | April 1st, 2004 A lot of people ask about Windows 2003 is it better then Windows XP? Ha! I wish, there … |
| | A New Environment: The LiteStep Shell Sit back get a cup of coffee it's time for another tale of technology by Jimmy Freligh Jr | June 20th, 2004 Many people love Windows but, they hate the crashes the bugs the problems the restarts the pain. A lot people don’t know … |
| | When i start my computer i always use task manger to cancel uneeded programs running..When i did that today the tabs ( performance, users, tasks) were all cut off and the border too. I tryed to do a system restore and somehow my system restore was turned off and last …  |
| | Is it possible to use a Dell Windows XP Home Edition on a non Dell PC? I tried, it let me do everything with the install. Did not ask me for keycode, but it boots as far as the blue screen with the Windows XP logo. It then seems to …  |
| | I like the way some companies like Emachines and HP make a hidden partition with system image. I was wondering if anybody knows what they use to do this and if this partition is safe from viruses. |
| | Hi everyone. When I boot, the folder (program files) always opens. I have been patient for a year now with this but how do I change it. I have changed the folder name and tried to search out how to customize startup. Hmmm :-| can you help. Thanks |
| | Just for furthure refrence, what exactly is the diffrence between NTFS & FAT systems? |
| | I just recently reimaged a freinds dell laptop with his XP restore CD. while going through the process of formating I found that his origanal configuration had a partitioned hard drive. Not knowing why it was origanlly set this way I just went through and formated the second partition (it … |
| | 7/5/2004 I tried to re-install Windows XP Home Edition over the same existing, and operational, Win XP. The procedure proceeds through ‘Collecting Information’, ‘Dynamic Update’, ‘Preparing Installation’ and ‘Installing Hardware’. At the ‘Installing Windows step, it launches into Scan Disk and restarts the installation all over, and over, and over. … |
| | Higuys, I need your help. I've had two operating sysytems installed on separate partitions of one physical drive: Win XP on C: and Win 98 SE on D:. I was able to choose between them via dual - boot menu. They worked just fine until I installed a new hard … |
 | Long time no post. OS: Windows XP Home Location: Mesquite, TX My aunt's computer has been having prolems lately; Pop-ups and network issues. Pop-ups: There have been a number of pop-ups that have been happening when she is opening Incredimail, going to Hotmail or doing anything else. It is also … |
 | I just reinstalled windows xp 2004 sp2 and since installing , I have been seeing the screen changing into a bluish colour , then a bit darkish and hardly normally lit . I think it might be an attraction of the news winxpsp2 but it's hampering my workings . I … |
 | I have this Dell 2gig celeron with 512 ram. Ever since I got it maybe once or twice a month it would juts instantly shuit down if I was heavy into a graphics program. Around 2 weeks ago it just started shutting off all the time, like 6 times a … |
| | Any time I've ever tried to install 2Mpro from a newly formatted harddrive it would say it can't be done. However, one time I was told this could be done and how. It's been a while, and I've forgotten the method. Can anyone help me with this? Does XP follow …  |
| | My wife's box got the dreaded about:blank hijack recently. I'm thinking this problem is a side-effect of this: You know how in 2000 you can open My Computer, and along the side of the window, there are links to My Documents and My Network Places? Hers will not open. I've … |
| | On my machine 2M Pro skips the screen that gives you the choice of 2M or another Win op sys, but I just installed 2M on another computer and when it gets to that screen it counts down 25 secs I believe before it loads Windows. Is there a way … |
| | Recently my computer has came up eith a window sayingcannot close rundll32.exe ie it hangs and i have to end task. Can i repair this without reinstalling xp? Many thanks:rolleyes: |
| | Hai , I am using Win2000 Server, how can i know from which time the server is running non-stopply (i.e) at which time it is restarted. Ctrl+Alt+Del is showing that the current user login time,I am using 2 users as administrator and restricted.  |
| | Just installed a fresh copy of windows xp pro and after install was complete the computer restarted and went all the way through up until after verifing DMI Pool and when I shoot go to the User Screen the screen stays blank and the computer stops responding. This is a … |
| | I was looking into my error log and noticed these various errors: Access denied attempting to launch a DCOM Server using DefaultLaunchPermssion. The server is: {00020906-0000-0000-C000- 000000000046} The user is Unavailable/Unavailable, SID=Unavailable. I have a lot of these in my error logs. I also noticed recently that i started to … |
| | Windows XP Home SP1 I have 2 log in accounts. On one of them note pad, calculator, windows explorer etc have all gone along with everything in accessibility, communication, system tools etc. In the other log in account, notepad, calculator, explorer etc are still there but accessibility, communication, system tools … |
| | I have a W2K Server that just recently crashed and needed restored. On restoration, I can not open up the COM+ MMC. When I try to open it, a process (mmc.exe) is started but no window is opened. I have tried running mmc.exe itself and then opening the appropriate .msc … |
| | I must have been asleep at the wheel when I installed 2000 pro on this computer. I executed Fat32 instead of NTFS. How might I go back and change that, or is it too late? Thanks, BuddyB |
| | Hi all~ I got hammered by a bad spy-adware virus. Two browser hijackers and two other things, it was ugly. I swore a LOT, in two languages. After downloading helpful programs to get rid of it all, 4 days deleting files, having it all pop up again and again, hand … |
| | Im using windows XP home ed. at 1280 x 1024 and just ran out of space in the start menu. How can i get it all in one list, rather than 5? |
| | Currently running windows XP with service pack 1. I had previously disabled plug and play through msconfig becuase the computer would freeze on start up with plug and play enabled. Now after I think I have finally solved the problem I go back into msconfig to re-enable it and its … |
| | Hi again.. been running XP on a new computor. However, on the computor posting the above message is displayed and says put in original CD and try to repair as the file could not be found. No problems as reformatted and installed all systems again. Few days later after running … |
| | After 2 years of running Windows XP Pro on my DELL desktop (PIII,996Mhz, 256mb ram) along with 2 sons and my wife, the PC is starting to screw up. Have tried some registry cleanups, I defrag every month or so and try to keep track of stuff but it's gotten … |
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