Threads Replies Last Post 268 Pages: <<  4  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  >>   Installation Source Not Available Hi, I have office 2003 loaded on an xp laptop. Outlook is not running at all and when I open Word and Excel it starts and install wizard. Eventually it brings up these programs successfully. I tried to do a repair in Outlook but this did not work. I decided to uninstall office from add/remove programs. When I select Office 2003, I get a message that states "The installation sourc... 2 09.07.2007 19:48:03 SyncToy installation Hi In a previous post (Laptop / PC data Synchronization on 18-06-07) I was advised to install SyncToy in order to synchronize data files between my PC and Laptop. I have downloaded Synctoy V1.4. When attempting to install this, I am informed "this setup requires the .NET Framework V 2.0.50727" when clicking on the option to down load this file, you are redirected to a page that gives ... 11 09.07.2007 20:04:01 Replace my boot disk? I had a problem with my hard drive on my XP Pro desktop that turned out to be bad sectors. My other computer's XP Pro fixed them. A friend suggested that I get a new hard disk, as bad sectors are a sign of impending failure. How do I replicate my hard disk before it fails? So I can pull out the old one. install the new one, and boot the computer as if nothing had happened? No instal... 7 09.07.2007 19:44:02 No bootup after KB932716 Image Mastering API v2.0 Yesterday I installed KB932716, the Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) update package for XP, x86 (32bit). Upon rebooting the splash screen will run forever. A Safe Boot also failed. My guess is that XP is having a problem loading the new CDROM.SYS. There is no information in the Event Viewer about the reboot. What I don't understand is why the new files cause a problem when the ori... 1 09.07.2007 19:20:02 Windows XP Remote Desktop Settings... I'm attempting to set up a Windows XP machine so that only a certain program can be run when a user logs in via remote desktop, and that program starts automatically upon login. I've tried adjusting registry settings and using the gpedit.msc panel to enable this feature, but nothing seems to work. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to do this, or does this setting not work in XP's ver... 9 09.07.2007 19:18:01 Windows Backups--"Wake computer" I have set up a backup using the backup app included in the XP operating system. I have told it to "wake the computer" to complete the event, I have made sure "run event only if logged in" is NOT checked. Nevertheless, the computer never "wakes", from standby, hibernation, or full power off, in order to complete at the scheduled time. Any ideas? ... 1 09.07.2007 18:41:06 I have two jproblems with two different machines. Problem one, an HP machine, is in safe mode but no screen shows just the safe mode border, tried the f8 key and has no response. Problem 2, have a dell, it goes to the windows login screen and just stays there, the little bar moves from left to right but nothing else, no messages or errors, this goes on for hours. any suggestions, both are laptops. ... 11 09.07.2007 18:37:44 System Restore Problem I have been having some issues with a nasty pop-up issue in IE7 and I thought possibly I could resolve the problem by restoring my system. When I try to do a System Restore it tells me "System Restore Application has encountered a problem and needs to close." I have tried to go from Safe Mode but to no availe. I am on XP Pro SP2. I have recently installed a beta version of McAffee. (Don... 7 09.07.2007 18:34:16 The monitor does not go off according to the power system For the past few months the monitor will not go off after the computer is inactive for 15 minutes. It has been set that way since I got it and worked fine. That is the way I set the pwer system to operate. Now the screen will go off only if I turn it off myself. Any ideas?... 2 09.07.2007 18:20:28 No start button or taskbar I let my granddaughter play a game on my laptop and now for some unknown reason, I have no start button or taskbar. I have only found information on how to find the taskbar by right-clicking on the Start button, or to move the cursor to the area where the taskbar is located to have it reappear. None of this is working. Any ideas?... 3 09.07.2007 18:14:48 sleep mode/no video input i have a HP Media Centre with windows xp & without notice the screen goes black, says entering sleep mode, then changes to no video input, i have to turn power off, wait for a little while then reboot. I have changed all power options to Never, had the system checked,,but still continues to do this,,sometimes 2-3 times in one go, hope someone can help me,,,,,... 4 09.07.2007 18:03:36 going from XP to Vista Hello, I have XP running on my pc which has been activated and im going to format and install Vista. My question is can I reinstall Xp on to another Pc and activate it. Will it come up as already been activated. It was activated about 12 months ago or more. Thank you Scott ... 38 09.07.2007 17:40:30 system slow down I have a fairly new laptop, purchased Nov. 2006, running on XP Media Center Edition 2002 SP2. It starts OK everytime but then slows down gradually to the point that even the contro-alt-delete wouldn't work. I then have to power it off and start over again. This slow-down process usually takes one to two days. All I am doing is web browsing and some word processing. (I usually put ithe P... 18 09.07.2007 17:33:05 Unknown registry entry I have never seen this entry before in the left pane this shows: Does anyone know what this is and can it be removed?? HKEY_CURRENT_USER\¬™‹ˆžš£²‹“ž£¨šµ¾³ In the right pane under name is: ¯·°±º «¦¯º ±º« ³°¸°± ¼°² ¯°­« ½¾ª» ­¾«º ³¾¬« µ¾©¾ »¶­ ª¬º ª¬½ Under type next to each is dword and the reg_sz ... 4 09.07.2007 17:26:05 remote desktop with windows XP home I was trying to set up a computer with remote desktop, and I realized I could not do this because it was running XP home edition. Is there a way to install the remote desktop application onto a computer running home? ... 3 09.07.2007 17:25:45 How can file time/date stamps be corrected? Running XP Pro. I have two sets of digital photographs, taken with two different cameras. The clocks on the two cameras were not in sync. I would like to adjust the time stamps on one set so that they could be collated by time with the other set. Is there some simple way to do this? Cyril N. Alberga... 3 09.07.2007 17:21:45 DNA MIGRATOR anyone used? I have read about attributes of Computer Associates DNA Migrator to move applications and data from old XP computer to a new computer. If anyone reading this has used it, please advise as to how the hookup is made from one computer to another. Is it by attaching the hard drive from the old computer to the new computer, either by installing or using usb port enclosure for the old hard dr... 2 09.07.2007 17:08:27 Reverting to XP from Vista problem A friend has just bought a new Dell PC and ordered it with XP and not Vista. When the PC arrived it was fitted with Vista so he phoned the help line who said they would supply CDs to install XP. They duly arrived but not being very OK with computers he phoned the help line for assistance in loading XP. The assistance was given by an Indian Gentleman who he could not understand both from a la... 10 09.07.2007 17:06:08 default home page cannot be changed Our hard drive was just replaced; i cannot change my default home page on my side of the computer. the other side has no issues with this. any suggestions?... 9 09.07.2007 17:03:00 problem with my toshiba laptop and playing games on xp I have a problem when I play any game on xp. I dont get this problem on vista because I tried the games in vista, then in xp. The problem is when I load the game, it gives me the following critical error: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No Label OS: Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600) CPU: GenuineIntel PentiumPro-class processor @ 1728 MHz with 1013MB RAM Video: Mobile Intel(R)... 2 09.07.2007 16:54:09 Service Pack 2 Error I have the common "Access is denied" error from attempting to install SP2. See, uninstalled it today after having problems of installing IE7 thinking that if I were to reinstall SP2, I'd have IE7 by default. Well, I've been at the computer for hours, trying to follow the tutorial that Microsoft has about this "Acess is denied" error and how to fix it, but it has gotten me nowhere. I don'... 16 09.07.2007 16:42:01 LiveOneCare won't work When I open LIveONeCare it just opens, then immediately closes again.. Anyideas on how to fix this? Thanks ... 2 09.07.2007 16:38:54 RUNDLL error I'm running Windows XP SP2 on my computer and I've had a few problems with Trojans recently which I think I've got rid of using Norton. However whenever I start my computer now I get the following error message: RUNDLL Error loading c:\WINDOWS\System 32\qxxtnws.dll The speciified module could not be found Does anyone know what this message means? Although it doesn't appear to be do... 16 09.07.2007 16:36:04 Pc Again Slowing down....... a general moan, so excuse the long rambling on here... but also in case anyone has a better way... Curses !!! here we go again... it's almost becoming an annual event! Having to reinstall Windows and all applications, because the system is slowing up, applications are slower to burst into life after the initial CLick on the icon. internet Explorer is one that Is noticably slower to show... 3 09.07.2007 16:33:46 XP & Apache.exe In Task Manager, I've noticed a prgm. running, Apache.exe. Actually, two instances are running. I've searched and found this: C:\WINDOWS.0\Prefetch\APACHE.EXE-1BDF0C46.pf Suspecting the file's purpose, I compressed it into a .rar file and deleted the original. But still, everytime I reboot, the two instances of Apache.exe are seen in Task Manager. Is this file part of windows? ... 3 09.07.2007 16:29:13 268 Pages: <<  4  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  >>