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| | Attached is a picture of the setup error and the log file I get when trying to re-install Windows XP. Windows will not let me go any further in the setup process but I don't know how to get rid of this "existing software" error. The message below says a … |
| | Hey all, I have read through quite a few of the threads on this forum and I cannot quite figure out what to do. I have window's XP and I have 2 user accounts for my xp setup...I have my user account and my wifes. Anyway, a few weeks ago … |
| | my keyboard & mouse will not work at all so I cannot load windows xp....it's a Dell Dimension E530 with USB keyboard & mouse controls....was working on cleaning up files to save memory and registry clean and then turned off comp next log in the dell screen appears, and goes … |
| | I have two PCs running on Windows XP. The master has a network card built in, the other has a PCI network card They are coonected by a single cable, no separate router The Internet connection works fine with the slave working quickly and effectively. The connection PINGS in both … |
| | Hello Friends, In my PC i installed the widows XP and after some time the date and time of the PC is not showing properly, i have to update it daily. So i changed the CMOS battery and placed the new one after that the PC is working fine. After … |
| | Im trying to connect my desktop monitor to my laptop. When i connect it and switch the laptop on, the monitor works perfect. Just when windows XP loads on the monitor, the monitor switches off and displayes an out of frequency range error. If it was out of frequency, why … |
| | Hello everyone, I really need some help. I am using a Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard and have ran many operating systems on it with no problem. I have installed XP on this same machine MANY of times. I wanted to install XP on one of my new SATA 1TB drives. … |
| | Hey all, I originally had a dual boot of Windows 7 and XP on two seperate drives. Windows 7 being the main one I used, I decided to format and reinstall XP since it had become bloated and messy. All that worked fine, but now all I can boot into … |
| | I have XP SP 3 on my lenovo T400 laptop. If I leave the machine alone for some time the Taskbar and the Start button disappear or rather that whole bar at the bottom becomes black. I still have mouse control - sort of. I can not right click on … |
| | Hi, i am using Windows Xp to play War craft 3 frozen throne,dota 6.09. during the game, an error pop up called ''Fatal Error, c0000005 Memory could not be read'' which quit the warcraft it self. this doesnt happen every game. but 1/2 of the time it happens. i went … |
| | hi i wanted to create the imaage of my computer and wanted to install the same operating system on the different computers and want that applications can also be installed. i wanted to do this for windows Xp home. so can any one guide me how to do that and … |
| | Hi everybody, I've just switched the the wonderful Mac world but I have an issue with my exWindows external harddrive. I have been using my Hitachi USB2 harddrive on windows XP without any problem. When I acquired my Mac I backed it up and reformated it in HFS+ (journaled) from … |
| | hi dont know if anyone here will be able to help i bought a hp laptop with xp pro version 2002 sp 2 for my nephew when i bought it the guy showed me it playing music etc having bought this laptop ive discovered i can only access a limited …  |
| | Hi My computer board have capable of Booting from USB Device. I want to try installing Win XP through my Pen Drive. Can anyone tell me any idea, pls refer me. Thanks |
| | Hey, I wanted to format my PC. So just thought of trying it via USB this time. Can anyone tell me the complete Procedure for the format ? I have my .iso file. Any Help appreciated.. Thnx.. |
| | thanks, Pls help; I have a DELL Inspiron B130 LAPTOP with a black screen. [I can't run windows XP anymore] When I run an extended test in the diagnostic menu, I get one page showed: the device (dvd) was detected by Delldiag, maybe you need other diagnostics to test. (before … |
| | Hello, Please help me. I have Windows XP Home Edition w/ SP2. I'm using SBC Yahoo! DSL with a SpeedStream 5100 modem. And I am using a Lynksis Cable/DSL EtherFast router. All the lights are on the way they are supposed to be. I've scaned with both Adaware Proffessional and … |
| | Hello, I am having trouble with my sound card on a windows XP machine. It is not any specific manufacturer (It was a machine put together by a local computer shop) When I go into my system information to see my sound device it is comug up blank, also, in … |
| | Hello :) Recently i was running into some problem which had Windows freezing upon start, so i decided to give it a go and reinstall from the CD. I set my CD/DVD-Rom drive as first boot device in the BIOS, inserted the Windows XP CD and restarted. It came to … |
| | I have an E-Machine (bought in '03) running on Windows XP. When I turn on my comp everything boots, but I can't use my Keyboard or Mouse, they are frozen. I thought it was the power supply so I went ahead and changed that but still the same situation, the … |
| | With windows XP, normal inport, outport functions do not seem to work. I downloaded a utility to open ports and then use these funtions, but it didnt help. Anyone can give details how to do parallel port programming in XP using C?  |
 | Hello, I have just started with ASP, I knew that IIS cannot be installed on Windows xp Home, so I installed Abyss, but it's quite different from wamp,xamp that I was using before with php. Can someone help me run ASP on it? I have followed the tutorial in this … |
 | I got a new computer running on Windows 7. It read my USB for about 5 weeks untill it just would not apear in computer. Every thing I own is on my USB, because I don't have anything on my computer because it has not disk space! I have to … |
| | Hi, I was using MS Windows XP but my antivirus was expired and I forgot to update it. Last week when I was downloaing something< i got a virus which tries to read my saved passwords in browser/machine and it also effects most of the dll and exe files. Hence … |
 | [B]My Windows XP can't load my local profile what should i do.[/B] My Laptop started hanging, then i forcefully turned it off from the power button, and then restart it, while booting the OS complained that it can not load my locally stored profile reason either insufficient access right or … |
| | Hello to all, Well, my computer was running slow, getting all these terrible spywares due to my useless anti-spyware softwares, and detecting no usb ports. So my friend suggest that I reinstall windows, wiping my hd clean, along with the spywares, and that might fix my usb problem as well. … |
| | My Windows XP freezes every time I start it up. Nothing is "clickable" except for taskmamanager. My desktop usually says "Active Desktop Recovery." This is driving me nuts. I've been dealing with it by restarting it until it works, but this solution is not working anymore. Only safe mode will … |
| | Recently my brother asked me to reinstall windows xp on his computer. While I was installing it, I ran into a problem. first it does the initial setup where it formats the hard drive and it copies the setup files. well, that takes a long time, longer than usual. after … |
| | Hi all, I have a server with server 2003 on it. The floor PC's have windows XP on them. These users have their own user names and passwords to log onto the domain. The PC's also have Citrix installed on them. The problem is every time someone new logs into … |
| | Can someone help? My computer got turned off at the wall by mistake and when I turned it on again the usual message came up: 'We apologize for the inconvence etc... choose an option... Safe Mode Safe mode iwth networking Safe mode with command prompt LAst known good configiration start … |
| | My problem is that when I turn on my computer it seems to boot up fine until the Windows XP Logo appears and then it reboots itself and does it over and over again. I have installed a new motherboard and graphics card but can not seem to find the … |
| | When I went to start up my computer this morning, it went to a black screen and said, ''Windows did not start up successfully", then gives me 5 options; but I tried them all and it just loops back to the same error screen message. I have no discs or … |
| | i have a computer with windows server 2003,now i need windows xp, but i cant install it. when i put in the xp cd, it wont run and it doesnt show the install option. when irestart the computer for it to auto boot, nothin come out. wut can i do … |
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| | I formatted my computer and now when I restarted to put the operating system on I get a boot up error. It says keyboard error or no keyboard present. At the bottom it gives me the choice to press F1 to continue, DEL to enter setup. I go continue and … |
| | I read a post similar to my issue, but my situation's a bit different. See, my computer starts and then stops. I press the power button, the fan starts, the lights flicker and then nothing. I literally have to press the power button 15 to 25 times to finally get … |
| | I've been trying to get it to work but it just won't. For some reason everytime I run a program it freezes up my command prompt and I have to close it forcefully. Does anyone know a fix to this? One reason why I absolutely have to use this compiler … |
| | I am running Windows XP SP2. My computer boots up perfectly until it gets to the desktop. Only the wallpaper is showing. No Icons or task bar. Pressing the windows key does nothing. I can't right click on the desktop either. However task manager works fine, and I can run … |
| | Just thought Id start a thread for firewall software as that is such important to people using the web. Im currently using commodo and its version 3 before that I was using PC TOOLS then before that Zone Alarm. I upgraded to more full featured firewall programs with more security …  |
| | my computer will be doing fine then just randomly freeze up ive ran kaspersky several times and cant find any viruses so i dont thing thats the problem i think it might just be reg files or something like that but im running out of ideas and its hard for … |
| | My friend has an HP Pavillion and recently the computer stopped booting to windows. When you turn it on it just shows a screen with a flashing command prompt-style cursor. I was able to get into the system set-up and re-arranged the boot order and therefore could boot a Windows …  |
| | Hi I am having trouble installing Windows XP on a new hard drive while connected to a computer i have and was wondering if there were a way to install it using a usb storage adapter for an IDE hard drive? The computer is a dell optiplex sx260 (workstation computer) … |
| | Hello, I am system administration newbie. I am responsible for installing and configuring Windows XP on 14 computers that need to be 100% identical. What I want to do is install XP and configure it based on what I need (usernames and passwords, no firewall, no windows search, set the … |
| | I have recently installed Windows XP Professional on my Thinkpad 600x. Everything in the installation went fine, I've installed a small amount of software (Firefox, Photoshop, a couple of audio players, Avast antivirus), and I have dutifully installed all of the updates, including Service Pack 2. Unfortunately, the machine has … |
| | Hello, When i use windows explorer, when i try and "right click" or cntrl-C to copy windows hangs up and it says "not responding" in the top left corner. Then it crashes and restarts. I tried reloading XP from the hard disk (never had a copy of XP on CD) … |
| | On my DC SERVER it runs Windows Server 2008 and i have computer with Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista, The Vista computer Get all the setting from the server but the XP computer do not. Can someone help please thanks sam |
| | I am trying to run a licensed version of AutoCad 2007 from a Windows XP formatted hard drive. I have it in a hard drive enclosure and connected it to my Windows Vista Basic Laptop. I cannot get it to run and the compatibility wizard hasnt worked. HELP! |
| | Hi everyone. I have a wierd problem with my computer. I have a Dell Inspiron 9100 running Windows XP Professional SP2. Just recently, when I've been opening "My Computer" from the start menu........... its been giving me the stupid message that im sure everyone is fed up with.... "Windows Explorer … |
| | Hi. I currently own a panasonic toughbook laptop. It originally had windows xp pro on it, but i decided to cut back and install windows xp. Upon doing that i had to download all new drivers and all that fun stuff. but i came up short handed. My laptop had … |
| | I am looking for a good Microsoft Office/Offices. I just had my computer upgraded, but they didn't leave any of my offices. I have Microsoft Windows XP with the 3 pack. I have a CD but it is only for a trial. Since I had a developers data was craming … |
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