Threads Replies Last Post 400 Pages: 1  2  3  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  >>   desktop tool on taskbar freezes When I boot up my desktop tool on the taskbar works but at some time during my work session it will freeze up and no longer works. Don't no why or when. What causes this? How do I fix the problem?... 8 12/23/2008 10:55:39 PM General XP Access Question Dear All, I have been asked to create an application that reads some data from the registry and also from ini files stored in the application data folder. The program the user runs would need to look in all the profiles on that pc, search for ini files in the profiles and store it in a central database. Ideally I would like to create the program, save it on a central server and send a... 9 12/23/2008 10:35:39 PM Reformat Text Document in Notepad I have a downloaded Text Document that is 3+ screens wide. Can I reformat this to fit the screen? I do not have Word, only Wordpad and Notepad. -- SJW... 7 12/23/2008 10:34:18 PM The Forum Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?... 15 12/23/2008 10:27:32 PM Windefender2009 won't leave my computer... AT. ALL. When I was trying to download a virus blocker, I thought this program called Windefender would actually be better than Panda. It said it was free, so that is what led me to my problem. When it kept asking me if I wanted to download lewd material, which I instantly pressed no, but it is relentless. My Mozilla Firefox window is safe because I believe that it's popup blocker is stronger tha... 5 12/23/2008 10:11:24 PM Driver Detective-Is it any good? Is this any good? http://www.drivershq.com/?jkId=8a8ae4cc1e31e113011e440342f75221&jt=1&jadid=3006589960&js=1&jk=windows%20xp%20drivers&jsid=10946&jmt=8&&gclid=CICL5dCl1ZcCFQpgswodODlsDA... 5 12/23/2008 9:33:06 PM sp3 only so if sp3 includes sp2. Can i download a file which only have sp3? I aready have sp2 installed. -- Farhan ... 4 12/23/2008 8:40:44 PM svchost.exe help Where should I go to get help trouble shooting something going on with svchost? ... 7 12/23/2008 8:14:21 PM Erroneous Data Deletion My son inadvertanlydeleted some files on my computer. Is therea way I canrestore my computertowhat was installed 4 hours ago?... 7 12/23/2008 8:06:33 PM Can't enable services with MSConfig after installing SP3 Manually installing Win XP SP3. So I used MSConfig to do a clean boot. Install SP3 [no errors]. Reboot. Let the system finish off it's stuff. Open MSConfig and re-enable everything. Reboot. Some services do not start up. They don't even show up in MSConfig but are listed in the Services applet. In MSConfig, if you go back to the "normal" settings and reboot, the services are still disab... 7 12/23/2008 7:57:38 PM USB drive not being seen as Windows Boots Up I run Windows XP Pro SP3. I have a USB thumbdrive that lives in one of the USB ports. It's only removed when I want to transfer data to another computer that is not connected to my network. When I turn that PC on, Windows doesn't detect the thumbdrive. I have to remove it and put it back in in order for it to be seen (and accessible). Is there a setting that I can change so that if a driv... 1 12/23/2008 7:47:23 PM Windows Defragmenter Will Not Complete Hi: I have tried my best to find the reason that Windows Defrag will not run to completion almost all of the time. When it stops before completion and I view the report there is always indicate one file that it could not defrag. I purchased Perfect Disk 2008 and can run it through to completion where it indicates there are no (zero) files that are fragmented. However, I can immed... 24 12/23/2008 7:42:00 PM Square bullets??? Using XP Pro and Word 2002: Using Word 2002 - when I click on bullet, I get a round bullet. What I want is a square bullet. How do I change the bullets button to give me square bullets? All help appreciated. ... 9 12/23/2008 6:46:01 PM Finding Most Recent Files Written to Folder Hi All! -- I have a question and please forgive me if I'm an idiot for not seeing how to do this! Recently, I went into an old folder of PDF files -- files written at various times in the past and obtained from a colleague -- and renamed many of them. Then I dragged them to a different folder. Now I'm in need of locating all those particular files. However, sorting them by "Date Crea... 5 12/23/2008 6:27:46 PM XP wants to install on D drive I did a clean re-install of Windows XP Pro SP2. I have 3 physical drives connected - one on each of the two SATA channels and the 3rd on the PATA channel along with a CD/DVD drive also on the PATA channel. On SATA channel 1, I installed a new hard drive. The only way I could get the XP Setup program to see this new disc as the C drive (rather than D, E, or F) was to disconnect the o... 18 12/23/2008 6:26:00 PM Printing dialog (Multiple pages) slow I have a PC that has a slow Printing dialog box when printing multiple pages. For example, the user will try to print 3 pages and then the Printing dialog box comes up and counts the pages up to three very slowly. It used to flip through this dialog box very quickly. I checked the spool settings and they are normal (Spool print jobs and Start printing immediately). What could be causi... 5 12/23/2008 6:24:14 PM unwanted videos being automatically downloaded in IE 7 Some sites are downloading videos as soon as I log on and without permission. That is slowing things down. Is there some way to block videos from doing this. ... 3 12/23/2008 6:20:23 PM How to get back to vga mode I am getting line onthe screen, thinking it may be the driver, I have uninstall the driver of the graphic card Nvidia GF6200 from my Device Manager.Restart the pc and it will search for the driver and install again the GE6200 driver. Now how do I go about installing the vga driver instead to see if it is the graphic card driver or the card problem itself or the monitor. Or is it the moni... 4 12/23/2008 6:01:55 PM Explorer crashes when deleting files Hi, Windows Explorer crashes when I try to delete a file or a folder, or try to see a file property (right-hand mouse button). Below is some information about the error. I'm using XP PRO SP3 AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.5512 ModName: kernel32.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.5512 Offset: 0000cffd Any help? Thanks, SantistaS ... 2 12/23/2008 5:59:14 PM update question I have an asus P4S800D-X MB with a 2.4 GHz cpu -- want to update to a faster cpu -- 3.2 ghz is now fairly reasonable. Should I get a Northwood or Prescott? Thanks... 18 12/23/2008 5:22:27 PM Exotic COM+ Errors Hi I have Windows XP SP3 and i am getting these exotic error messages in 'Event View'. The COM+ Event System detected an unexpected null pointer during its internal processing, at line 595 of d:\comxp_sp3\com\com1x\src\events\tier2\notify.cpp. The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was 80040206 from line 464 of d:\comxp_sp3\com\... 1 12/23/2008 4:33:37 PM I can't open certian pages I am a computer dummy with little knowldge. I am having a problem that I hope someone on here can help me with. When I try to open some files it won't let me. So then I try to save them to my documents and open them that way but it still want let me. I will try pasting what I see when I try opening a file in hopes you can help. Thank you so much in advance.... 16 12/23/2008 4:15:45 PM XP Home : How to remove instalation ballon at task bar ? Hi, I have been trying to installed the folowing security updates for many times, but failed. I am using genuine XP Home. Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB956828) Security Update for Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 (KB958434) Security Update for Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 (KB956366) Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB958439) Despite the install... 4 12/23/2008 3:48:17 PM Macromedia Projector and XP I have just completed a clean install of XP Pro SP2 and am trying to install Broadband software, but when trying to run the disc I keep getting the following error message "Macromedia Projector has encountered a problem and needs to close". Is it a driver problem? Thanks in advance for any help.... 3 12/23/2008 3:43:19 PM Internet Explorer won't connect to internet Hello, I'm using Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron 1000 with Sprint PCS Vision (Pantech PC Card). Device Manager and the software for the PC card both say that the card is setup correctly. The software for the PC card also says that it is connected to the internet. And when I go into Task Manager under the Networking tab it is obviously functioning. However, whenever I click on the ... 5 12/23/2008 12:49:01 PM 400 Pages: 1  2  3  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  >>