Threads Replies Last Post 51 Pages: <<  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  >>   browser hangs periodically. Hi, I am having Gateway computer with Windows XP OS. I will mostly use mozilla browser,but this is occuring even for Internet explorer. Actually whenever I use the browser after I use for 5 seconds it hangs for 3 secs and then comes alive. This happens every few seconds periodically. So I went into the task manager and saw what is process that is causing this. I noticed that,when ever brow... 7 7/8/2007 2:32:39 PM Reinstall Windows XP Hello, I've got a Notebook with pre-installed Windows XP Pro. My HDD crashed and I had to replace it by a new one. Now my problem is that I do not have an installation CD! How can I reinstall the OS? Is it possible to install the XP using another CD and entering my own product key written on the Microsoft label? I also have the original Windows driver recovery CD of the Notebook. I also... 2 7/8/2007 1:29:29 PM Prob trying to shrink & e-mail pics I am following the procedure to use XP to shrink and e-mail pictures and have encountered a step which is not addressed in the prodecure. After I indicate to make all pictures smaller I get an unexpected window requesting me to "Choose Profile". This appears to be from MS-Outlook which I do not use (I use OE6) and did not install (I only installed and use Word and Excel from MS-Office97)... 2 7/8/2007 1:24:34 PM SP1 for XP HOME I have a Gateway computer that came with XP Home installed. I recently had to reformat my computer. I would like to install Defender, but to do so I need to install SP2 and to install SP2, I must first install SP1 and to install SP1, it appears that I first must create a bootable disks. At least this is my interpretation of the various Microsoft download pages I've read. Am I i... 5 7/8/2007 12:50:58 PM windows shortcuts not working ie, control c (copy) Hi I use windows xp and outlook 2003 mainly. all my shortcuts have gone, so i can not copy (control C) paste (control V) etc etc. I had installed firefox recently, and then removed it , if this would have had anything to do with it. cheers tim ... 3 7/8/2007 3:26:58 AM Validating Windows I cannot validate my version of Windows XP. The ActiveX window does not open. The diagnostic tests do not resolve this. I have tried many things. I do have the orginal disk that came with my laptop. But will I lose everything if I reinstall it?... 4 7/7/2007 9:38:03 PM Desktop Emergency Everytime i start my computer my desktop says ACTIVE DESKTOP RECOVERY and wont let me put a background on my display...and sometime my computer will freeze and stop working...wats wrong with my windows xp? plz help... 4 7/7/2007 8:30:58 PM What's the best synchronization software? What's the best synchronization software? Hi all, I have a working directory at work on my office PC. And I some times do work at home at my home PC. And I also keep a copy on my laptop. Due to company policies, I have to use USB drive to copy and paste from one computer to another. I keep adding/deleting/modifying files on these three computers and the directories are now a mess. I ... 10 7/7/2007 6:37:10 PM Help and Support won't start Hi, I can't get Help and Support to start, either from the start menu or by directly opening the file C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\helpctr.exe. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John ... 9 7/7/2007 6:10:02 PM xcopy /d date-switch not detected? Hello all, I am trying to setup a backup-script with xcopy like this: xcopy C:\projects Z:\backup\projecs /D /E /I /Y But all files are copied each time it is run. Since /D switch is given without date then only newer files should be copied, right? What am I missing? Thanks in advance! /Rasmus ... 2 7/7/2007 5:36:19 PM Is this the way it's supposed to be? The LED for my HD flashes on and off once or twice per second, even when there is no application running and the machine is just sitting there. On my old 98SE machine the LED for the HD never flashed unless I saved a file or opened something. The rest of the time it remained dark while I played Solitaire or Sudoku or some such thing. It seems unnatural that my Dell Dimension C521 with XP ... 6 7/7/2007 12:33:21 PM Multiple Copy/Move? I know I can copy/move a selected group of files to one location but I have a need to do the reverse, that is copy or move 1 file to selected multiple locations. Is this possible either directly through XP or indirectly through some macro/utility/program without having to do it one copy/move at a time? ... 6 7/7/2007 5:20:31 AM standby not an option in shut down menu Hello. I recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro SP2, and I have updated my video card (BFG GeForce 7950GT) to the latest drivers. When I go to the "Shut Down..." option in the Start menu, there is no option for "stand by" as there used to be. Can anyone please let me know how to get this option back? Thank you, Mike... 7 7/7/2007 1:48:01 AM root certificates update I downloaded this optional update yesterday and IR7 seems to be running much slower , anyone else notice this ? Could I remove this update ? Should I remove it ?... 3 7/7/2007 1:43:08 AM how to remove search bar IE7 How??? And is it possible to make the address bar shorter? The top section of the internet explorer seems to be expanding. First there's the title bar, then the menu bar, then the links bar, then the tabs. It's all adding up, using a sizable chunk of the screen now. The links for example could have just the icon, not necessary to have the whole name... it's a link that I put there, I ... 4 7/7/2007 1:08:02 AM Backup - program not included in System Tools I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. I want to run a backup of files but when I go into System Tools the program is not there. Am I missing something? How can I run a backup?... 6 7/6/2007 11:43:23 PM Updates won't install Just did a repair (not the complete install) with XP Pro SP2. Now when I go to Windows Update it searches and downloads 76 updates, but when I click Install it reports that it was unable to install some updates (actually all 76). Why will it not install them?? Any fix for this? TIA. ... 4 7/6/2007 8:00:29 PM Minimizing Application Windows When I minimize application windows, they disappear. They do not appear on the taskbar for me to select between. Where do I activate this? Thank you.... 4 7/6/2007 5:09:52 PM Cannot Search on Yahoo or MSN I cannot search on the search engines on Yahoo.com or MSN.com or Netscape.com or many others. I get an error stating "the webpage cannot be found." However, if I seach on About.com or Ask.com my search results come up. I am totally lost. Help!!!! ???????????????? Thank you!... 1 7/6/2007 4:02:03 PM Internet shortcuts gone dead. Any ideas on how to fix my problem of shortcuts to internet addresses not working. For example, a shortcut to http://www.anyaddres.com produces no response at all. Completely dead. Shortcuts to local addresses work fine, such as to c:\\program files\diskpie\diskpie.exe, which will open diskpie. wordbug ... 4 7/6/2007 3:57:38 PM Set-Up Screen Being Skipped I posted this the other day but I can't find it now on the forum When we click on the Netscape Icon to go to the set-up screen to click on our names to get on the internet....the set-up screen is automatically by-passed and it starts a connection immediately. I don't know where to go to change this. We need the set-up screen to come up in case of changes needed in the future. Thanks!!!... 6 7/6/2007 3:51:25 PM No task manager I have no task manager, how can i get it back?... 2 7/6/2007 12:26:07 PM Set-Up Screen Hi All..Trying you guys as no one else can give me an answer through online help at Walmart, they won't answer their phone number...just get a recording..and the Walmart Help doesn't answer it either or I'm too dumb to find it. I ,or anyone else, logs in...When the desk top comes up with the Walmart Icon that you click to go to the next step..the SET-UP SCREEN where you pick your nam... 3 7/6/2007 4:36:07 AM openned windows couldn't be found in the middle of the taskbar I'm using Windows XP, SP2, Problem as per captioned title. Any idea on restoring the opened windows back to the middle of the taskbar? They simply not found anywhere in the taskbar. The only way to call back the individual window by "Alt Tab" keys and toggle one by one sequentially. Thanks Surfer ... 3 7/6/2007 1:32:02 AM Windows Xp -- need help ...? Hi, Plz help regarding this, I want to boost up winxp pro . I want to a intel motherboard which supports Pentium 4 extreme edition and Intel core 2 duo processors. Please help in finding one motherboard that supports both. Becuz I may also upgrade to Windows vista. I need to know this first. Thanking u in advance. 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