Threads Replies Last Post 14 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14   Open applications not minimised to taskbar Win xp pro. single user. I had a little bother with bookmarks on upgrading to the latest firefox and decided use system restore to step back one day. That seemed to go ok but now I have a problem with windows. No open applications are notified in the taskbar, and even if minimised do not appear there. I notice that if an open window is minimised it shrinks to the bottom left of the ... 1 12/10/2008 7:29:29 PM Folder Redirection Changed & now problems arise Hello Folks: I recently had to change the folders ( and server) that the users were storing "My Documents" on. I went to the wizard and changed the folders from \\OldServername\users (a member server) to \\SBS-New-Servername\users (the SBS server) which is the default folder for the SBS box. Then I manually copied over the files and everything seemed to be working fine, until I ch... 6 12/9/2008 6:48:16 PM flash drive I get no "safe to remove hardware" message after I click on "safley remove hardware usb storage device", how can I turn it on? ... 2 12/8/2008 9:10:59 PM How to exclude a certain EventID in EventViewer I find Event ID 1517 on a regular basis in the Application tab of the Event Viewer. I know what application that causes this event, and that I can do noting to correct it. The EventID 1517 is a warning, hardly a problem. I wonder if there is a way to exclude the Event ID 1517 entries from the Event Viewers Application tab. I am quite familiar with the registry editor - but I don't know ... 2 12/8/2008 2:38:27 PM Can use System Restore for disk crash? My understanding is that having some form of registry backup, even if available on an external medium like a CD, will do no good when recovering from a disk crash. This is because the registry data is meaningful only in the context of applications existing on the machine at the time of the registry backup. Is this right? And a corollary is: the only way to recover from a disk crash (I hav... 4 12/5/2008 6:48:55 PM installing document viewer / no disk When I turn on computer I get preparing to configure document viewer, and it never does anything due to error this is what I get in the details ee the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. a... 2 12/5/2008 6:28:54 PM Remove 2000pro from dual boot with XPpro I had Windows 2000pro installed first then later added XPpro on a different partion. XP is the default startup but I also have the choice to start 2000. I would like to completely remove Windows 2000 but not sure how to go about doing this. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks... 4 12/5/2008 7:14:05 AM Cannot install or uninstall programs I have WinXP Home. Today, I cannot uninstall programs using the Control Panel. The message was something like: "An error occurred while trying to remove program X ..." I cannot install programs by double-clicking. The message is: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions. Until today, everything was fine. As an expe... 4 12/4/2008 10:43:58 PM User profiles blowing up XP/2k3 Oke I'm baffled, I'm a sysop at the IT study association on the campus of University of Twente, The Netherlands and we're running into some serious trouble with user profiles. In this case we have roaming user profiles. The issues started about two weeks ago, Office suddenly complaining about not being able to write it's temp path and having issues with the Normal.dotm template, as ... 3 12/4/2008 2:38:01 PM Display On booting up the desk top fine, on using any program or the use of the keyboard the screen becomes covered invertical pink lines and dotted horizontal lines. I have tried restore but no joy. I am using a Dell LCD screen. ... 4 12/4/2008 2:29:01 PM Security access in Recovery Console After uninstalling aol on my pc and restarting an error appears stating that the file ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt and i can no longer get windows to start up . I have managed to get to the recovery console, however i don't get to choose the partition or a password (i understand you can change this when windows is functional). When i try and replace the ntoskrnl.exe file, it says t... 2 12/4/2008 1:51:01 PM "Access Denied" error message OS: MS Windows XP; Media Center Edition; Version 2002; SP 3 when closing msconfig.exe (by clicking on "OK"), whether any changes were made or not, an "Access Denied" error message appears. What do I need to do to fix this? Thanks.... 2 12/4/2008 12:00:01 PM Powercfg -getactivescheme with XP In Vista there is the new switch -getactivescheme for Powercfg.exe. I want to change the currently active power scheme in XP with a batch file. Thank you for your help. Stephan Leci... 1 12/4/2008 8:49:02 AM Explorer doesn't display text, taskbar, or windows I recently booted my computer (details below), and the only things that were displayed when it logged on were the icons on my desktop, my desktop background, and any images associated with programs that popped up (eg. gmail notifier logon prompt background). I could still access task manager (the Ctrl + Alt + Del menu worked fine), but task manager did not display anything but white rectangle... 1 12/3/2008 9:29:13 PM XP Auto Logoff after idle time Hi, Have anyone created auto logoff to Win XP. I have classroom etc.. common computers which needs auto logoff feature after f. ex. 60 min. idle time. Also there needs to be announcement that user can deny logoff if he is using computer. - Pasi ... 3 12/3/2008 4:59:02 PM Left click command changed I use Win XP Pro and it has suddenly changed the left click command. Now, if I click on a directory, instead of opening it, it goes to Search. Can anyone help me put it back to Open? Thanks, Eric Schurmann... 5 12/2/2008 8:49:07 PM Save in dialogue keeps showing thumbnails As of about a week or so ago, whenever I do a Save or Save As and point the path to My Documents I get the thumbnail view (I prefer details). The directory itself is set to details and if I approach it from any other "angle" I get the details view. But not in the Save or Save As box. How can I change this back to show the details view? Thank you, Roberta ... 2 12/2/2008 3:58:47 PM system restore - cannot disable I tried disabling system restore both in control panel and disabling the service. However looking at my system logs it shows a continual enabling-disabling pattern that repeats about once an hour. It is doing it automatically. Any ideas. I have ran all types of virus/mallware scans. Currently at SP2 but will upgrade to SP3 soon.... 3 12/1/2008 11:34:05 PM Auto Logout What is the best way to logout a user after a certain amout of machine inactivity. I tried WinExit but it doesn't seem to work 100%. Any third party tools, reg hacks???? Thanks... 3 12/1/2008 11:18:01 PM Pagefile, can it really be deleted? Hello, I've seen lots of pages which recommend different methods to delete the pagefile.sys. The most popular methods, even posted by MS, include enabling in the local security policies an option to automatically delete the file during shutdown or running a script in the system32 folder (pagefileconfig.vbs /delete /VO c:) These methods are very popular and everybody uses them... but I... 8 11/30/2008 6:03:52 PM Windows Task Manager, Processes' tab Why is it that when I close a program (Ex. Outlook) it remains open in the 'Windows Task Manager, Processes' tab? Sometimes there are multiple copies open. How due a get these applications to close (End Process) when the program closes? ... 2 11/30/2008 5:36:00 PM Install updates and shut down I need install updates and reboot. I work remotely at several workstations and I cannot install the updates because it makes the computer shut down and I have to wait for someone to turn them back on for me. Is there a way around this?... 2 11/28/2008 11:18:24 PM Windows XP I have got an older Compaq Laptop that came with Windows XP. Recently it locked me out and I had it repaired. Since the repair, I did some updates and it seems I did one or two that weren't wanted. The first one is: somehow it got converted into the XP Proffesional version from the XP Home version that I would like to go back to. The other problem is I accidently downloaded MicroSoft SP3... 4 11/26/2008 10:26:00 PM Icon issue While playing a game, I had accidentally hit the Macro key and recorded a macro, which had become assigned to the right mouse button, using my Microsoft Sidewinder gaming mouse. I Alt+Tabbed out of the game, went to Start-> Settings -> Control Panel, opened Mouse properties, and reset mouse buttons to default, everything was working correctly. When done with the game, I shut window... 1 11/26/2008 8:51:00 AM Permanently Change Folder View Is there a way to permanently change the View option of a folder from Filmstrip to Thumbnails? The folder always reverts back to Filmstrip the next time I open it. Thanks for your help. ... 1 11/23/2008 8:23:33 PM 14 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14