Threads Replies Last Post 9 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   Corrupted Desktop Icon Fonts After performing files & settings transfer to new PC the icon and explorer fonts are set to a fixed font and can not be change. The size & bold option will work but the font type will not change. Default is Tahoma 8 and tried to set to Arial or Roman or any other just to reset but nothing seems to work. Looks like the registry took in this corruption and unable to undo; what next? -- Ma... 2 13.07.2007 17:20:01 Windows directory: $hf_mig$ I'm running windows xp sp2 an looking in the c:\windows directory, the first sub directory is the on above $hf_mig$. In looking at the contents of this directory I see all the windows updates in sub-directories. Do I need to keep these files? Or can I delete them without causing problems in running windows? Any help appreciated Regards, ... 7 13.07.2007 09:56:56 SOS Help needed desperately from the experts Hi!..Thanks for your time!...I need help from you guys BADLY!!! My partner had her last years business financial accounts for 2006-2007...(done in ms works v7 spreadsheets) in her "my documents" folder!... she originally had some Problems with her computer so had to reload xp pro! I then find out that she had these account files saved in her "my documents" folder!..of all places!!!!!!... 13 13.07.2007 03:28:00 New to XP - - seeking partition recommendations Hi! Later this afternoon, I expect UPS to deliver my first PC with Windows XP Home Edition installed. Presently, I am a stubborn Windows 98SE user and was exceedingly reluctant to move to XP, and refuse to go Vista. Someday, I expect to upgrade to Media Center 2005 or XP Pro, but neither were available for my budget at Dell's Outlet. I have several DOS-based programs, including AutoCAD... 50 12.07.2007 21:10:45 Fonts/Icons/windows are too large after restore. hi. I had to to a total restore on my laptop. I use XP pro. There was an option that popped up during the installation that asked something like "do you want to use large font?" I answered yes because I thought I would try it out and if I didn't like it I would just change the display later. I have tried several times to make changes through the display and advanced properties, etc but i... 5 12.07.2007 13:02:50 msconfig.exe keeps recreating itself renamed msconfig.exe to msconfig.bak as spybot suggested it was a "bad" program...as soon as I renamed it it recreated msconfig.exe...but when I run msconfig from the start>run window it points at the .bak file.... Unable to delete the new msconfig.exe and rename .bak fast enough. HELP -- Garry... 3 11.07.2007 16:00:25 Change Desktop Icon in My Places and Explorer Hi, I have searched the forums at length for an answer the this very specific question, and am unable to find the exact answer. How do I change the icon for "Desktop" in the My Places bar (in the Open/Save As Dialog Box, Firefox, and Explorer) AND in the Drop-down menu above every Explorer window? I have used TweakUI to change the Places listed in said bar, for which I already had ico... 5 11.07.2007 08:28:12 MSOCache I have about 600mb of files in a folder called: C:\MSOCache\All Users is this really needed or can I dump it? thanks in advance for any help you might give. -- YKW~ ````````````````````````````````````````````` " It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say 'I don't know'." W. Somerset Maugham ... 4 10.07.2007 22:08:01 Cannot get audio to play on DVD I can no longer get the audio to play on DVD's. I can play music and videos from my harddrive no problems. have been through all the settings in control panel and cannot solve this problem. it does not make a difference which program i play the DVDs on or which DVD rom i use to play it, still no sound. Help please Thanks... 4 10.07.2007 20:21:52 Multiple pages of print, print on one piece of paper...HELP! My situation is, if I print a document that's more then one page, all the print goes on one piece of paper. Like as if the printer isn't getting the page breaks. I first notices this one my HP LJ 1300 that is connected locally by USB. I found that is also happens on an HP LJ 4200n printer that I connect to via its IP address. We just bought an HP LJ 5550dnt that I found I can pr... 4 10.07.2007 19:52:54 Deleting corrupt user All, I have had a problem with my Anti-Virus software and it seems to have left a corrupt user on my system [1]. I can see the user from the Computer Management applet but when I try to delete it, my machine all but hangs. Anyone suggest a way of deleting this user? [1] The product is Sophos Anti-Virus and the Auto-Update feature adds a special user called "SophosSAU<computer-nam... 1 10.07.2007 08:02:20 Unexpectedly Logs off and shuts down My HP (m7680n) unexpectedly logs off and then shuts down. The computer is less than 6 months old, so I don't suspect a hardware problem. According to installed software the CPU Temp. is around 100 F. The graphics card is around 60 C. Both seem normal to me. All onboard tests (PC Doctor 5) pass, including the stress tests. The computer will log off while typing, or using the mouse. I don'... 7 09.07.2007 22:38:08 XCOPY /exclude file not read I used the command: xcopy /d /y /s /i C:\"Documents and Settings"\hmm\"Application Data"\Microsoft\Templates G:\Users\hmm\Backups\Templates /exclude:ExcludeBackup.txt to back up all my templates to a network drive. I wanted to exclude certain files(that refer to backup and temp files) from being copied. I included these strings(.xlk, .tmp, and ~), each on a separate line, in file ... 8 09.07.2007 19:38:14 Power Options and different users I have power options set to the same settings under each user profile on my computer. When I am logged in as my self, it hibernates properly after the time interval I specified. When my wife's account is logged in it never hibernates. She was a Power User. I tried making her an administrator and re-applying the power scheme I wanted but still no luck. The KB articles I read all see... 2 09.07.2007 18:42:01 Video will not post on resume from standby I've recnetly tried to set my media pc to sleep while it is not in use. I'm trying to save some power. I've set the sleep mode to S3 in the bios. It seems to sleep just fine, but when i go to resume the pc it will ither give me a blue screen or just not post video and the screen just remains black. I then have to force in off by holding the power button and reboot. I've installed all cur... 3 09.07.2007 13:02:02 ? Restart Loop Help! My computer is looping -- startup > checkdisk > restart > checkdisk > restart > checkdisk Last night, I tried to run checkdisk,and got a question -- do I want to run chkdsk on the next startup? I said yes. This morning, the computer won't get past the chkdsk. I had to startup in Last Known Good Confirguration. QUESTION: How do I make sure it doesn't run chkd... 7 09.07.2007 06:45:42 Partitioned Hard drive I partitioned my Hard drive and have Win.XP on Part.C but load programmes on to Part.F.....other partitions are for DVD and Video.Does this sound Ok. Cheers Brian... 3 09.07.2007 06:45:32 max number of opened file What is the max number of opened file? How to change the max number?... 5 09.07.2007 06:45:27 undo system restore I wanted to do a system restore back one day as my PC was acting funny and I ended up in Dr. Watson where it asked me if I wanted to do a PC restore. Unintentionally I hit yes and now I've lost everything in my user profile. I can still get in and find other users stuff on the computer but mine seems to be completely gone (ie. outlook messages, word/excel docs). Is there any way I can... 11 09.07.2007 03:22:34 Setting sounds for WindowsXP I'm having a problem with getting WindowsXP to play a certain wav file. When I goto "sounds and audio devices" and bring up the "properties" box then goto "sounds" I try to get "start Windows" to play a wav file with the opening theme from "Star Trek Next Generation" It loads and plays when I test it with the "play" button, but when I shut down windows and re-open it, the wav only plays for... 1 08.07.2007 23:33:59 Folder Redirection Policy I am a home user (and administrator) and I am trying to redirect My Documents folders for all my Users on a stand-alone computer running Windows XP Professional. When I open gpedit.msc, Folder Redirection does not show up under User Configuration->Windows Setting. I have searched for assistance, but yet have found why I can not get to this policy, or how to get it to work the way I would... 1 08.07.2007 14:05:58 HELP!!! Deleted C: Drive, can i make D: drive default? Hi, New laptop had XP on D: drive, and Linux on the C: drive. There is also an E: drive with XP Pro on it that I did not touch. Linux was giving me problems, and I wanted it gone. I thought it was a simple partition issue, so I deleted the Linux C: drive. Now, nothing will boot when computer is turned on. What can I do to get the d: drive as my default running system? eveything is saved... 4 08.07.2007 00:01:21 Need Help Installing Service Pack 3 My XP auto-updater wants to install service pack 3, which I also want to do. During the installation process, it calls for the original XP installation disk, which I don't have because the XP was factory installed. I also have no idea where the recovery disk is that came with the computer, as I've had this laptop over a year. How do I override the demand for the original XP OS disk? I do ... 4 07.07.2007 15:33:50 DVD drive letter vanished My DVD/CD combo drive has vanished from My Computer and the drive letter no longer works. Just to make sure the device is still attached I checked Device Manager. The drive is listed and appears to be healthy with the latest drivers. Attempting to boot the PC from the DVD drive works fine (making this an OS issue). I'm running XP Professional SP2 with up to date patches. Any sug... 4 07.07.2007 10:58:02 HELP!!!! My husband downloaded an .exe file and now my computer is stuck in a boot loop. I see the windows xp splash screen, but that is it. If I boot into safe mode, I can see all the drivers load, but again, it just goes black screen and reboots. I am currently in the recovery console, but don't know what to do from here. Any suggestions would be truly appreciated. Theresa... 3 06.07.2007 17:58:03 9 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9