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good day guys. I would like to ask if it is possible to repair a computer with an existing XP with sp2 installed with an XP sp3 installation disk? i have trouble with my laptop this past days and i just want to repair it without formatting the hard drive …

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My windows XP won't start up on my laptop I was trying to load safe mode to clear some problems i knew i had (Infostealer), and my computer stopped at the "Windows is starting up screen" before i could get to the user list. It had been working just fine …

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Method 1: 1. In the Start Menu search line, type shell:startup and press Enter. OR Open this folder: C:\Users\(User-Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Drag the programs that you want to add to the start-up. Method 2: Go to Start -> All Programs -> Start Up And Drag the programs that you want to …

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When I ran windows 98 I wrote prograns in QB-basic and Q-basic witch I converted in QB-basic to machine language to run on all dos. I would like to be able to run them now when I have windows XP. How can I do that?

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Recently, I messed up my MBR on a dual-boot computer with Windows XP SP1 on the primary drive and Kubuntu Dapper Drake (v. 6.06) on the second drive. After some trouble, I eventually searched around and decided to use the GAG Boot Manager to get access to Windows XP. After …

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We are trying to remove a log on password for our coustomers machine (They have forgotten it). Is this possible.

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I am setting up a [U]server that consists of 6 clients[/U], but I'm not sure if getting Windows Small Business Server is the right thing to do. The only thing the "server" will be is a shared file hub, where each client will need access to a few partitioned drives …

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My Pentium D computer cant start windows xp normal mode, only in safe mode. I changed the IDE drive and i tried to setup windows xp but it still reboots after trying to get into windows. windows 7 dvd wont even start setup.

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Hi peeps, I wonder if you can help me. My sis's got an asus notebook F50SL Series which is now unusable, very sluggish and she can't run anything on it anymore. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to format it and install xp on it. At …

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I want to reformat my hard drive, but I can't find my Windows XP CD. I have the CD Key on a sticker attached to my computer, so all I need is the software. Does Windows allow you to download the software onto a CD? I checked the website and …

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I am running Windows XP SP 3 but my Windows Installer has stopped working. How can I re activate it again in a quick easy manner without having to do a lengthy repair job or a re install?

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Hi, Suddenly my Laptop sound is not working. Even headphones are not working when I plug it to my laptop. When I select sound from control panel it says 'No Audio Device'. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed along with windows XP. The sound has disappeared in ubuntu also. Please help.

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Hello. My mom's computer is glitching. She turned it on and it loaded normally until the desktop at which point the screen started trying to re-load repeatedly. Windows came up with an error message saying it had hit an infinite loop and to try restarting. (Note: Unfortunately my mom did …

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Even after selecting CDROM boot from the Bios this laptop does not want to boot with a "ultimate boot cd" or "Hiren's boot CD" or "Windows XP System Recovery Disc 32 bit". It used to boot with "Hiren" until I set it up to Administrator then it gives me a …

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Computer died with XP. Bought new one with Win7-64. I was using the Caribean Wallpaper with a small peninsula and two Palm trees. It wasn't included with the stuff in Win7 and I want to bring it over, but in Windows Explorer I cannot find it on the hardrive that …

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Hi, I have bought used computer with license sticker for win xp sp3 media center. System needs to be reinstalled. I do not have win xp sp3 media center CD. Can I install win xp sp3 and use key from the sticker? Thanks in advance for help....

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I am working on a project. I am a pen-tester. now at home i dont really have alot of computers that i can use so i got virtual box and i have created 2 windows xp 32 bit hdd on that virtual box. No i want to setup the computers …

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all thing is ok. I unplug all and check it. when I press the power button windows start normally. it scan drive D. When finished the scan it was hang. no welcome screen or user screen appear. Whant can I do now?

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Windows XP - Computer 1 & 2 - IBM Netvista ThinkCentre's P4; 2.8 GHz Problem: Computer 1 (Windows XP Home) copied photo's from 2gb SD card using Lexmark Pro200 printer with SD card reader to Easygo 4 GB flash drive (verified that the photo's were there.) Computer 2 (Windows XP …

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Hi friends.. Is there a way in vb.net to check whether new memory pages have been created inside a process(such as winlogon, svchost etc) For eg : if i there is a certain value that may change if new memory pages are created inside the process. Then i can compare …

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(This has been discussed numerous times already, so much so that I've gotten lost wading through the existing threads.) Summary: - In a home Workgroup network of mostly XP computers and one Vista, the goal is that every computer be able to see the entire contents of the other computers …

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Hey guys! I dont know whats wrong with my laptop. Everything was fine and dandy when suddenly one day i switched on my laptop and the colour has inverted. everything was in opposite colours! From the moment i switch on until i get to my desktop, everything is in inverted …

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I am getting a blue screen error when I shut down my computer. I believe it is because I undocked it before it finished shutting down. This is the Error Message: Technical information: *** STOP: 0x0000000A (0x00000018, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804F45AA) Beginning dump of physical memory Physical memory dump complete Contact …

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Hi, My name is mark and I recently bought a pc (Windows XP) from a friend and I checked for space etc and thought instead of just clicking on each program and uninstalling them one by one I thought I should try to restore the whole pc and start as …

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So I installed Win XP to my friend and I gave him CD with drivers to install it. But instead that drivers are installed, they totally disappear from Device manager, meaning that there is no "Network adapters" in device manager on which you can click small + Tl;dr No "network …

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I have Win XP and i was learning hw to operate the cacls command and I MESSED UP REAL BAD I had a folder in D drive "My Docs" which i lock by this command cacls "D:\My Docs" /d xyz or maybe instead of xyz i might have typed everyone, …

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Dear all I have two hard drives on my pc Hard drive one has Windows Xp home edition Hard drive two has windows Xp professional. I want to keep windows xp professional when the computer boots up it boots up to the professional edition which is fine but i cannot …

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