Threads Replies Last Post 35 Pages: <<  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35   Weird problem when changing file names on networked drives Hello, I am having a bizarre problem when I try to change file or folder names. For example, I double-click a shortcut on my desktop that goes to a folder on networked drive (on a separate server, not my desktop machine). I single-click on a file and rename it and then press enter. The name change doesn't appear to "take" and the file shows as having the old name. I have to back out... 4 01.05.2007 21:19:40 11 SDK Windows Media format 11 SDK says it updates successfully but in a few min. it is back again. I have probably run it 50 times or more. What do I need to do? Thanks ... 5 01.05.2007 20:16:28 Old Emails are randomly flagged as unread. This problem has started recently. When I recieve an Email, it is marked as unread. When I read the Email, it becomes marked as read. Sometime later, it will become marked as unread again. The time is random, and the Emails affected seemms to be random as well. Not all of my read Emails will revert to unread, but just single Emails, even if in a group of emails. This will happen in my In... 6 01.05.2007 19:44:13 buying windows xp home from ebay Hi, I have an old computer from my husband's work that had no operating system on it. I wanted to see if I could get it working so I used the recovery disc of another broken computer that has been scrapped. It works farily well as an internet browser but I got a message saying I had to authenticate windows XP. I rang Microsoft and found I can't use the old software as it was pre-installed ... 10 01.05.2007 17:12:31 Page File Question Why am I showing that 500-700mB is being consumed for Page File stuff when (virtually) nothing* is going on and I have 2G Ram sitting there? I understood PF space is another way of saying Virtual Memory, i.e. swap space when RAM is choked. WayneD * right now, OE-only is open plus whatever else XP does in the background. ... 18 01.05.2007 16:05:26 Mouse-Click Sound File Change? Is it possible to change the mouse-click sound file? Thanks! ... 5 01.05.2007 16:01:15 Deleted files or not? Hi When running a Systemtec/Norton scan various jpeg/mpeg files are listed as being scanned (they do not appear as dangerous). However I understand these files where manually deleted sometime ago. Thing is, I can't actually find the folders/files in the folder list even when showing hidden files, why are they shown as being scanned when they apparently don't exist/display?- is this a ... 16 01.05.2007 15:59:13 CD-R drive/software failure I have two computers, laptop and desktop, both running XP SP2. Neither of them will recognise a blank cd-r in the drive so will not copy data files or burn audio. In the properties tab for the drive in My Computer a brand new, unused cd-r is shown as full with 0 bytes of available space; I know the discs are ok because they work fine on other machines. Is this a spooky coincidence?, have... 5 01.05.2007 14:53:38 Error Message I'm home alot, besides reading and looking at tv I play msn games. My favorite is spades, however today i received a message network issues with server problem with your firewall configuration. I've been checking all the help files since 12 noon. Hoping someone could lead me in the correct direction with very very detailed instruction. ... 3 01.05.2007 14:51:24 Windows Explorer cannot see music or data discs loaded into......... Windows Explorer cannot see music or data discs loaded into either the DVD/CD-RW drive or the DVD-RAM drive. This is after some reorganising and resizing of the partitions on my systems two hard drives, and reassignment of drive letters to disc and partition sequence. That is: SATA HDD with Primary C:, Logicals D:\, E:\ and F:\ IDE HDD with Logicals G:\, H:\ and I:\ ... 8 01.05.2007 13:56:59 .tmp files deletion If I use Start + Run & type %tmp% + OK - is it safe to delete all the files listed in the Temp window that follows? -- David... 2 01.05.2007 10:19:02 Windows XP Desk Top This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C78AA3.C773B5E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My shortcuts on the desktop are all highlighted. How do I correct this = error I have probably made? Any help will be appreciated Thanks in = advance ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C78AA3.C773B5E0 Content-Typ... 5 01.05.2007 07:00:11 double copies of folders under my username -Documents and settings +All users -John Thomas Contacts copy of contacts copy of desktop copy of my documents copy of usrusmt2.tmp copy of windows desktop favourites favourites my documents start menu start menu usrusmt2.tmp windows Here is a list of the directory tree that i'm asking about. as you can see there are double copies of all the folders. To me it looks like there ... 1 01.05.2007 03:50:02 Too many startup programs I know there must be an easy way to do this but Windows help isn't. I have some removed programs that still try to start when I turn on my computer. There are also some that start that I want to wait until I am ready for them. How do I remove these programs from startup? Thanks, ... 4 01.05.2007 01:29:15 Administrator Can I delete the original "Administrator" user and just keep "Mine" with administrator rights with no problem, or should I get rid of "Mine" and rename the administrator? I am the only user of this computer and I don't see the need to have 2 users if I am the sole user.... 4 01.05.2007 01:23:24 Can't close programs in XP! My XP Pro has started acting very strange ... it will work properly for quite a while (hours or days) and then will ... 1) Not let me close programs. I can click on the "X" or (in the case of a DOS command window) type exit, and the window remains. 2) Ignore Ctrl+Alt+Del 3) Ignore right-clicking on task manager in the task bar 4) Not show program names in the Alt-Tab program list (only ic... 12 01.05.2007 01:10:58 Andrew E Andrew, I D/L and installed the latest update for SDK (441mb) restarted pc. The update showed up and I installed it. says it was successful but a min. later it was back again. I don't want to turn off auto updates but how can I turn this one off ? Also, do I need windows defender installed. I have the latest Win. Live Onecare? Thanks ... 3 30.04.2007 22:10:13 Windows HDD Limitations? I've purchased new base unit AM2 64X2 Athlon 4600, 2gb RAM and ASRock NF6G Mobo. I have a new SATA2 320gb HDD and have been trying to instal WinXP Pro using a 'contrived' boot CD which initially uses Win98SE ('start up' floppy disc files) and then XP Pro CD files to transfer the XP Pro files. First part of instal seems to go OK and allows me to create a Primary active dos partition but ... 14 30.04.2007 21:43:28 How to empty a folder tree? It would be useful to me learning how I can delete files from some base folder including all its subfolders, but keeping the folder structure, so I dont have to recreate them every time I backup and cleanup. Every other method, I cant think of, to achieve the goal is fine to me as well, of course. thank you ric... 10 30.04.2007 21:18:30 WindowsXP Fax This may be a repeat, for which apologies. I lost my windows Fax program (Send and Recieve) I have tried to reinstall it but I am asked to insert the Windows XP SP2. I do not have this as the SP2 came to me by automatic update via the Internet. What can I do. Thanks, George.... 1 30.04.2007 17:16:02 word not found or trial offer I just recently bought a Dell with windows XP home. But I cannot find my word perfect. Is there a way to get this.... 3 30.04.2007 13:40:26 Write protection on flash drive Was working fine then tried to delete some files "write -protected" i can open the files no prob, the read only box is not ticked and according to the troubleshooter its working properly and i already tried updating the driver. What else can I do?... 4 30.04.2007 13:22:26 2 x list of favorites & 2 x start menus In Windows Explorer under Documents and Settings I have 2 lists of Favorites and 2 Start menus, is it safe to remove 1 of each if so how do I do it. Any help would be great.... 3 30.04.2007 07:34:19 Another Folder View Question When I open "My Music" folder, or any folder within the drive, the folder view is correct. However, one program, VLC Media Player, opens "My Music" folder with the "My Recent Documants", "Desktop", etc, on the left side of the window. How can I get rid of the left side view or is this a VLC problem ? TIA ... 3 30.04.2007 01:23:57 How can I see "Security" tab ? Hi, I can see only 4 tabs when I right click a folder, they are "General","Sharing","Web Sharing" and Customize. I am reading a book named "Beginning ASP.NET 2.0", which say there should be the 5 tab named "Security",and I should set the tab when I want to enable Network Service. But I can't find it anywhere. I have cancelled the Check mark "Use simple file sharing£¨Recommended£©" an... 5 30.04.2007 00:58:58 35 Pages: <<  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35