Threads Replies Last Post 14 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14   reposting: SP3 loading problem I posted this earlier, and there was a reply to it and when I went to see it, it was there, then disappeared (really!!) and now it is no longer there, so here goes again. I have tried several times to load SP3 both from cd and download from the internet and it always fails. I receive messages that "an error occurred while copying file beethov9.wma" and also "cannot copy file to destinat... 9 12/29/2008 1:26:47 AM Icons dropped from Systray Hi -- recently a bunch of icons just disappeared from my Systray at lower right (e.g., my Norton 360 icon). A few survived, such as the Windows update one. Does anyone have an idea of why this might have happened and/or how to restore the ones that went away? Thanks. --- David... 5 12/28/2008 8:52:01 PM Windows Settinga Changed... After I downloaded EyesDropper, windows settings were changed. It asked me to restart, but I was too shocked to. - When I start up the computer, instead of a blue screen with a list of the accounts with their icons, I have to type the username of the account I want to access. - When I press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, instead of all the features in a convienient Task Manager, some options in Ta... 1 12/27/2008 1:18:09 AM unable to load SP3 I have tried several times to load SP3, both from CD and downloading. Each time it fails and I have a message "error occurred while copying file beethov9.wma" and also "cannot copy file to destination directory." What do I have to do to solve this problem?? Paul... 2 12/26/2008 9:22:04 PM Hibranate gone from options (Laptop) - help I have Windows XP SP3 and when I goto the power options under advanced and the when I close lid I only get one option - "Do Nothing" I am missing Hibranate which I want it to do but now it just stays on. Arghhhh. How do I fix this is there a file I am missing that I can D/L or a setting somewhere in the registry I need to adjust? Thanks... 6 12/25/2008 1:10:43 AM Dialogue boxes Okay, so I downloaded EyesDropper in an effort to reduce my computer usage. However, after I installed it Windows settings were changed. I quickly uninstalled it, instead of restarting the computer as EyesDropper asked me to do. When I press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, instead of just the Task Manager coming, there is a box in the middle of the Desktop that has all the options (Turn Off, Lock Compu... 2 12/24/2008 9:59:45 PM Seaport.exe Dear Sir/Madam, I just noticed something called 'Seaport Search Enhancement Broker' running in the background on my machine (Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 3). I've never heard of it and cannot find any information about it online. Does anyone know what this is, whether or not I should be worried about it, what it is there for and if/how I can get rid of if? Thanking you in a... 4 12/24/2008 6:26:00 PM Saving Notepad to My Files Folder Hi, I created a Folder, in My Documents, Called, 'My Files'. However, it used to automatically bring up 'My Files' when I clicked on, Save, when using Notepad. Now, it automatically brings up, all the Folders in My Documents. How can I configure so it will automatically, just identify, My Notepad file, should go into, 'My Files.' ?? -- Thank you, Jean... 1 12/22/2008 7:53:01 PM Got "access denied" to all .msc files (such as services.msc, etc.) On one of a domain member computer, I got "access denied" error when trying to open all .msc files in Administrative Tools, such as services.msc, compmgmt.msc, etc.. I can access those functions by using this method though: run mmc and then add the snap-in. So I think it maybe not permission issue. All other domain computers do not have this issue. Any idea how to fix it? Thanks.... 13 12/22/2008 10:12:02 AM XP reload, other user accounts now not working Hi team, I had to completely reload XP pro SP2 onto my Desktop last Friday. The repair option didn't work. Now, I have finally rebuilt the Software back onto C:\ and I came to set up another account for my son. Through Control Panel\User Accounts, set up ne account as usual, changed picture to Ben10 (Whatever!). Come out of control panel and sign off\switch user to the new one. Nope,... 1 12/21/2008 9:37:00 PM Wandering Desktop Icons Since I installed SP3 onto win2003 Pro, well I have had "wandering desktop Icons". When I restart often the icons as a column have moved. The left hand set which were up the lefthand side of the screen have jumped across to the 2nd screen and the right column of icons have moved left about 30%(is sideways left). Now I have tried the various desktop settings, Auto, Align to grid, etc, all... 2 12/21/2008 6:10:38 PM Fax Installs, deletes Greetings I've tried to install the fax applet in Win XP, SP3, using the Add Optional Components in the Control Panel. A dialog box pops up, indicating it is installing the Fax Service, then goes back to control panel. Looking at the "Printers and Fax" section indicates there is no fax installed; reviewing the System Logs show that the Fax applet installs, then immediately deletes its... 5 12/19/2008 8:15:01 PM need help reinstalling program I have asked this on other newsgroups and haven't found an answer that works I have an older program ( Print Artist 3.0 from Sierra) that I have ran on my HP pavilion XP for years. It quit a few months ago. SO I uninstalled and now I can't even get it to read the disk. All I get is an hour glass flash. To read the disk I have to right click and open. If I click on the setup.exe all I... 4 12/19/2008 2:44:17 AM Winxp Dell Dimension 9100 will not boot I have a Dell Dimension 9100 desktop which will not boot. Instead, I get a blue screen with this information: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Technical Information: STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x00000018,0x00000002,0x00000000,0xF722F261) iastor.sys - Address F722F261 base at F7220000, DateStamp 426d0c8c Also, I cannot boot into Safe mode, nor Safe mode with Network nor Command Prompt. I ... 7 12/18/2008 7:16:54 PM Logon issue after installing more memory Since I upgraded the memory on my computer, whenever I try to Logon it logs me off almost immediately. However, if I restart the computer it will allow me to logon normally???... 2 12/18/2008 5:25:19 PM Scheduled Tasks. Is there a way to tick the "stop the task if the computer ceases to be idle" box using Schtasks.exe. I can't locate that option.... 3 12/18/2008 12:39:01 PM disabling the "unlock this computer screen" I have systems set up with XP-Pro, logging into a windows 2003 domain. When the systems are inactive for more than 15 minutes, they go into sleep mode. When they come out of that they are set to prompt for a password. the message that comes up is "this computer is in use and has been locked. only user or an administrator can unlock this computer" Only the last user or an administ... 4 12/17/2008 4:51:03 PM user limit hi, i have two user as administrator how can i make limits for one of them , if i use policy group how can i do that for only one user where the user must be as administrator thanks for help... 3 12/17/2008 4:44:30 PM Scheduled Disk Defragmenting Problem I'm using XP with service pack 3 and all the updates. I set up a scheduled disk defragment according to the instructions in this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/crathjen/archive/2006/04/14/576448.aspx The scheduled task indicates that it runs at the correct time but the disk is not being defragmented. The system logs do not show any information relating to the task so I don't know what ... 3 12/11/2008 11:26:01 AM Multi Boot XP(IDE)+Vista(SATA) removable HDD. Hi All, I have two pc's (you might say one old and one new). I have two drive caddy's in each pc's so that i can work from 2 locations. One HDD is IDE with XP installed and one HDD is SATA with Vista installed. The old pc will boot straight into XP and does not display any multi boot selection. however, when it is booted into XP i can see the SATA drive and all its contents so i know... 2 12/11/2008 12:25:38 AM Broadband cannot connect, but Local Area Connection seems connected I have a a few years old laptop (windows xp), used rarely. I used to be able to connect to DSL via ethernet. It nows cannot connect to broadband. It shows Local Area Connection (under Network Bridge) connected at speed 100 Mbps with millions of bytes Received, but 0 byte sent. Also under Network Bridge, 1394 Connection shows connected 400 Mbps, with 0 byte sent and 0 byte received. It looks ... 2 12/11/2008 7:14:14 AM windows updates how do i stop windows updates and make it to where it only updates when i want. if not possible then how can i make it where it doesnt auto restart itself and i can restart it myself wen i want instead of it restarting in the middle of a program ... 3 12/12/2008 9:51:01 AM Where is my "Start menu" ??? Hmm... just discover this !! Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following picture --- www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility/customizestartmenu1.jpg Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and found something really weird ! As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items unde... 16 12/14/2008 5:31:20 AM Unable to "Run as" "Administrator" My new install of XP Pro is not behaving like previous install (I had someone else do the install). When I right-click an install.exe file to install some third party software, the click "Run as", then "The following user" which says "Administrator", I get the following error: "Unable to log on" "Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank passwords not allo... 5 12/17/2008 4:34:42 AM Automaticcaly change of keyboard layout between different programs Hi, My WindowsXP is in danish and most of my software requires danish keyboard layout. But occasionally, as with PowerToy Calculator, I need US keyboard layout. I can of course change between different keyboard layouts with the language bar or in the control panel, but do i *have* to do the change manually every time. Isn't there an option somewhere to dedicate US keyboard layout to... 2 12/16/2008 2:39:27 PM 14 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14