Threads Replies Last Post 23 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23   ?for an MVP regarding dot Net updates recieved today repeating themselves? This afternoon my XP Home machine brought in security updates for .NET The update claimed succesfull/completed no errors showing. Now I keep getting the update shield and same updates again. Machine is XPH SP2 and on auto update and I check for custom updates manually as well every few weeks. Prior to this I was fully up to date with no updates outstanding. This showed up today 7/10/07 ... 7 14.07.2007 00:58:26 Failed Microsoft Automatic Updates There seems to be a problem many are having with the most recent critical security updates. Automatic Update failed to install these updates on my PC over a dozen times. After finally installing now I receive the error message that Microsoft.NET Framework v1.1.4322 Update is preventing my PC from entering standby mode. Anyone have a solution? This has never happened to me before.... 5 13.07.2007 16:48:03 Computer Starting to Slowdown?!? My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system slows down substantially thus making it difficult to... 2 13.07.2007 12:54:04 Registry cleaner reccomendations ? I have recently seen a thread where using registry cleaners was not encouraged. On that thread Shenan Stanley, MVP said it is pure "luck", is it really that way? Is there any product out there that can do it in the most efficient manner without breaking something. Any reccomendations are welcome about your experince with registry cleaners of anykind (freeware/shareware etc) I feel... 11 13.07.2007 07:31:30 Folders w/photos are painfully slow A few months back I replaced my 1 gb CPU with a new Intel Core 2 CPU machine. Everything is o much faster now with one exception. When I click on a photo directory to get a detail listing of the 200 or so photos, it might take 10-15 seconds to show the detail list. On my old machine that would have taken only a second or two. If I then change the view from Detail to Thumbnail, it might t... 3 13.07.2007 05:27:44 Slow internet & printing Opening a new web site (Firefox) has slowed down tremendously, and the time from Print command to the start of printing is excruciating slow. I have checked for viruses, I've de-fragmented and emptied all my 'private data'. Suggestions?... 1 12.07.2007 23:46:03 XP OEx Mail File Cleanup Scheduling I am running WinXP Pro, IE7/OEx6. There is some kind of an automatic cleanup for OEx6 that runs on some kind of schedule where every so often, when I close OEx6, there is a dialoig box that opens and says the mail folders need to be cleaned up and compacted, and do I want to do this? If I say no, the damn thing keeps nagtging me every time I close OEx6 until I finally do it. Now, I ... 5 12.07.2007 22:08:08 Windows Updates I am running windows x p home edtion & have updates turned on after the update is installed the you have update icon in the tray on the bottom right hand corner of the screen still stays there & says you have updates ready to install i have installed update again but update icon still there What can i do to remove it as i keep installing the same update all the time -- sweetmusic... 3 12.07.2007 21:12:01 lsass.exe takes a lot of CPU On unpredictable moments lsass.exe uses a lot of CPU on my Windows XP Pro SP2. I have all updates installed and a virus scan did not reveal any viruses or malware. The process can't be killed, because this shuts the computer down (as the sasser worm does). Inspecting the threads the program runs, it looks like it is always the same action that makes lsass.exe skyrocket in cpu usage: a t... 2 12.07.2007 19:34:02 up-date downloads won't run I recently downloaded an up-date for ZoneAlarm Suite and Adobe reader. Download went fine until I tried to run them. I got the following message... AdbeRdr810_en_us.exe is not a valid win 32 application. The same message with ZA. Can anybody tell me how to fix this?... 2 12.07.2007 18:58:50 Can't get Perfmon to save data to Database Under Perfrmon, Performance Logs and Alerts, "Counter Logs" I added a single counter. Under the Log Files tab I select log file type of "SQL Database" (which is pointed to a System DSN I setup.), set the "Run As" option to my domain name and enterted my password, hit Apply and all is well. But when I attempt to start monitoring I get the error "The log or alert has not started." "... 1 12.07.2007 18:12:09 Add a file to the DEP Exception List Hello, Is there a way to add an executable file name (example: MyFile.exe) in the exception list of the DEP (Data Execution Prevention ), using a Scrip / Batch file / Registry / WMI / API or whatever (no gui). Thanks. ... 1 12.07.2007 15:28:20 Can't search a remote network drive When using Start, Search, For Files and Folders in Windows XP SP2, if the search is performed on a network drive that is across a wide area network, the search comes up empty. Is there a setting to enable searching of files on network shares that are across a WAN? Thanks!... 1 12.07.2007 15:24:00 C Drive Error Message When I try to pull up a document from my C drive, I now get a message that says....."The disc in drive C is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" The C drive is my hard drive. I have tried system restore but that does not help and have also done virus scan and have no issues. I also created a new document and tried to save to the C drive and got the same message. What do... 2 12.07.2007 14:52:24 Microsoft Update Fails I have been using Microsoft Update successfully since its release. When trying to get the latest updates (7/10/2007) Microsoft Update would not work. When I attempted to access the Microsoft Update site either from the Windows XP menu or via links on the Microsoft web site I was directed to a page stating "Welcome to Microsoft Update - New - Try Microsoft Update today..." as though I n... 1 12.07.2007 14:10:02 Long dweel splash screen back+new nag The Intel inside splash screen again lasts 2+mins i/o 1 sec and now after having all Symantec software supposedly removed I get a warning screen on opening a piece of 16 bit software which advises:"C:\PROGRAM~1\Symantec\S32EVNT1.DLL An installable Virtual Device driver failed DLL initialization. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application". I choose 'Ignore' and the application runs OK.... 1 12.07.2007 13:55:53 XP Phone Dialer deletes Log Entries Just recently Phone Dialer in XP Home has started deleting entries in the call log when it starts up. No longer waits for 30 days. Does anyone know how to fix this so that it keeps the entires as it should? ... 1 12.07.2007 07:26:02 power save problem computer in on nmci network and nobody here can log onto it locally, the local setting on the computer is set to shut down after being idle for 20 minutes. is there any way to bypass this setting without loging onto the local machine ? ... 1 11.07.2007 21:22:52 Newdot.net Registry The question that I want to know is there anyway to clear a Newdot.net Registry (NOT A Newdoc.net) Registry entry? Newdot.net allows for adware to inter the system and locks the browser open!!! -- Kim L Martinez... 3 11.07.2007 18:02:04 Unable to link to URL in O.E. message When I click on a URL provided in an e-mail message (O.E.) the internet site opens up, remains blank and an error message pops up, but I can not open the site. How can I fix that?... 6 11.07.2007 17:40:00 Unable to get link from O.E. When I click on URL link provided in an e-mail message (O.E.) IE opens but remains blank and then an error message pops up. How can I fix this to enable me to go directly to the site of the provided URL ?... 1 11.07.2007 15:36:02 Newdoc.net Registry I would like to know if there is anyway to to clear a Newdoc.net Registry entry? -- Kim L Martinez... 2 11.07.2007 15:00:01 hotfixes i need 2 download hotfix (kb822799)..where can i find it?HOGHEAD... 2 11.07.2007 10:34:41 Help? Files and Settings transfer wizard question Hello All, On a regular basis, I use the File & Settings transfer wizard to back up my settings to a "slave back up drive" in my desktop computer. Well, my primary drive crashed last week, and now I've replaced it with a new one, and reloaded XP, along with all my old programs, and all my saved files that I regularly back up to my slave drive. So now I want to also go to my slave dr... 1 11.07.2007 08:02:01 xp updates I have a file with xp hotfixes on my pc. Is there a way to install them on my pc without the internet?... 5 11.07.2007 07:49:58 23 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23