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Here is the problem.  I have a laptop Vaio which has no cd-rom or floppy disk.  I have remove the Hd from it (the operating systeme was so coprrupt) and place it into special jacket that communicate with the desktop by using USB cable.  I Have made two partition, the second one has XP OS on it.  How can I make the first partition bootable so I can access the second part of the hard drive so I can setup up windows?

Thanks for any tought your bring it to this

Mario Bessette , Novice to itermediate in computer

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...  I have remove the Hd from it (the operating systeme was so coprrupt) and place it into special jacket that communicate with the desktop by using usb cable.  ...

I need to know how to delete a desktop shortcut icon to a JPEG file with a very looooooooong name. When I rt. CLICK the icon and CHOOSE delete, an error MESSAGE appears that reads, "Cannot delete file. The filename you have chosen is either invalid or too long. Specify a different name." Windows does not ALLOW me to rename the icon for the same REASON. The JPEG file has been deleted, but the desktop shortcut remains.

HELP!Google for killboxreboot pc......and now delete it......Killbox did the job! Thank You!

I recently installed a new sound card and now every time I restart Windows the install window comes up and says it's getting READY to install the hardware.  It's the install window that had initially come up from the CD with the sound card driver on it.  I have Windows XP Home.  What's going on and how can I GET rid of it? When the hardware wizard appears, insert the installation CD, and click on next... Let it install... If the autoplay for the CD appears, just exit. You only need to install from the hardware wizard this time.

[GLB]Flame[/glb]I already installed the hardware with the hardware wizard.  I already installed the driver with the CD too.  The sound card works just FINE.  It's just that the install window for my specific sound card keeps coming up, not the hard ware wizard.Is it compatible?

[glb]Flame[/glb]Did you remove the previously present soundcard?
..........maybe the wizard is looking for updated drivers.....and its loaded the ones from thwe disk for the time being.......typical winxp....... I went to the manufactur's site for the sound card and DOWNLOADED the updated driver.  No more setup window, woohoo.  Thanks! I like that saying......woohoo.......i should have called the missus that

Hello,
 Recently for some reason Microsoft Windows Media Player has been unable to play MPEGs. I don't know why but it just says that it has encountered an error and needs to close. The media player PLAYS eevrything except MPEGs.

(note: the same goes for my Core Media Player, or using Mozilla to open and play an MPEG)Which OPERATING system is this? What version of the Windows Media player? Have you been keeping up with your Windows Updates?

[glb]FLAME[/glb]Have you removed codecs?TROJAN scan.......and check the events view LOG file........

my screen has gotten darker than normal suddenly. the only thing that I can think could have CHANGED it was altering the darkness on a computer game. i closed the game and noticed that the screen was dark. plz help ANYONE!How did you adjust it for the game? On your monitor, there should be some buttons for lighter/darker and contrast... Adjust them...

[glb]Flame[/glb]more info on system used.......is this a dos game.....no its a windows game. btw IVE got xp home, and i changed the brightness by MOVING this scroller thing under options then graphics. ill TRY what you said flamei think ive fixed it thxis it  a part of the game to go dark??what game is it?Readjust the darkness in game and then save and exit.

after i log onto my computer and everything loads, after a couple of seconds all of my desktop ICONS and the toolbar with the start menu disappears.  the screen is just my background with nothing else on it.  how do i FIX this?

everything was fine until i went to switch users and logged onto a different name.i'm not sure about this so no-one good at computers have a go at me if i'm wrong, but i think you have a problem with a process called explorer...

  press ctrl alt delete when U log on and after everything GOES blank, is there a running process called explorer.exe?Have you disabled them............
if not do this>>Type this in the run box/ rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance

Well, I got this system error, isass.exe, for overclocking my computer too much.. I had to put a boot disk in and re install the hardrive and stuff, so I did. Now, after doing that I need to reinstall windows. I have the CD and all set but the PROBLEM is when I get to this screen
screen(don't mind the enter thing it's the only picture I found) http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/images/pressenterscr.jpg my numlock goes off all of a sudden and I can't press Enter to setup windows. Before I did the harddrive all over, it did this too, because I tried to use the repair instead, which would have worked, but I couldn't cause the numlock would go off. Then out of no where I got the boot disk error and that's why I had to reinstall the hardrive and all... So anyways, what can I do to make this thing let me start installing windows?

EDIT: Oh and it's not professional, it's home edition.   Quote

Well, I got this system error, isass.exe, for overclocking my computer too much

I have a Fujitsu tablet that crashed. When I went to try to reboot, the system wouldn’t go past the bios to start up again in any of the startup options, ie. SAFE mode, last normal operation, etc. So, I removed the internal drive and hooked it up to a IDE/SATA adapter to USB connection. I can see the disk in Disk Management and in Device Management, but can not see it in My Computer to open. When I see it in Disk Management, I am ABLE to right-click the white bar where it shows the letter, but unable to then select Change Drive Letter and Paths. The only option activated is Delete PARTITION and Help, none of the other selections are active. I have ran Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows on it which came up fine. C ???an you help me with this? thank you.

When you right clik it select Properties...
Report back with your findings...Properties reveal in the General tab device is working properly.  FUJITSU MHZ2160BH G2 USB Device;   device type: Disk drives;  etc.Can you post  a screen shot of disk management?Sorry...i meant right clij it in Disk Management and select Properties...been trying to figure out how to post a screen shot ... how or how do I found out on this forum?  thanks muchFound out how to insert image/screen shot ...
I clicked on Properties for each drive listed in Disk Management. The first drive revealed "help" and did not provide a Properties option.  The only drive that had an activated Properties that I could click on was the C: drive.


Will try again ...
Clicked on Properties for each drive listed in Disk Management. The first drive revealed "help" and did not provide a Properties option.  The only drive that had an activated Properties that I could select was the C: drive.  I can see the attached external hard drive via SATA to USB connection in Disk Management and in Device Manager under Disk drives.  But I can not get to properties for any of the disk drives listed in Disk Management except for the C: drive.
 




   Will try again ...
Clicked on Properties for each drive listed in Disk Management. The first drive revealed "help" and did not provide a Properties option.  The only drive that had an activated Properties that I could select was the C: drive.  I can see the attached external hard drive via SATA to USB connection in Disk Management and in Device Manager under Disk drives.  But I can not get to properties for any of the disk drives listed in Disk Management except for the C: drive.





These are the screen shots in Computer Management, Disk Management, of the 5 volumes listed 1 is labeled (C:).  None of the other drives are labeled and I can not access properties on them to assign a drive so that I can see the external hard drive hooked up that I'm trying to save files on. any help is APPRECIATED!!   thanksDisk1, 1st partition (89GB NTFS, Healthy, Active) is the only one you need to assign a drive letter to.  Ignore the 2nd & 3rd partitions on Disk1.You need to clik on the drives in the lower Pane to select Properties...Thanks, however whether I right click on the disk or the lower pane to select Properties, it is not activated.  I can only choose Delete Partition ... or Help.  The rest of the options are not live for me to click on.  I went to View and changed the setting in Top to Disk List.  I am able to right click on Disk 1 and see Properties.  Is there something I can change in Properties to be able to see the hard drive's files?   thanks.Right-click area shown with red oval:


[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Did, got diagonal lines and a MENU with only Delete Partition ... and Help.  I can click on Disk 1 next to it and get properties.

Hello all, I have two HDD's set up in RAID 0, and partitioned , my OS is on the C partition. Can I reformat and reinstall XP Home on the C drive and leave the other 2 partitions intact? Will all the programs and APPS on the other partitions still WORK? Common sense tells me no, as the Windows registry will be all new. Help me out here , as my common sense ain't all that sensible.  :-/The programs may or may not work. They may be reset to their installation defaults and require you to insert the registration code again. Or they may not work at all.http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308424&sd=tech

Grandson typed  a PASSWORD into his laptop not realising that he had,and now he can't open his programmes can any ONE help?? Download the CD from here:
http://www.pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

Burn the CD and boot the computer with it inside (first CHECK the boot order(google if you don't know how)). The CD will allow you to remove the password.

I have lost the drives in My Computer when I click on the Desktop Icon or go to Start My Computer. It worked before. I have seen that the registry controls whether it works or not. Here is my entry. Can someone who has WIN XP, SP2 please post their full entry . The entry is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Thanks, regards, Bob.

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by ADMIN]Why are you LOOKING in regedit for your HDD's ? ?
Do they show up in Disk Management ? ?

What happened prior to this ? ?Hi. Thanks. I want the HDD's and CD drives to show up when I use the My Computer Icon on the Desktop and on the Start Menu My Computer as they were before. The drives all work as I can use all my shortcuts to run programs or view folders on all the drives. I can explore the drives by using IE. I had another problem (not being able to install NFW 2.0) and was told to set the C:\ Windows folders to read/write before I ran the NFW 2.0 install which is what I did and from that point on My Computer does not show the drives. I was told that the registry entry above controlled whether My Computer would work. If I use Windows Explorer My Computer does not show any drives. Regards, Bob.Answer what i posted...
And what is NFW ? ?NFW is Microsoft Net Framework 2.  Yes they all do show in Computer Management - Device Manager and also Disk Management. Bob.Well i have no way of knowing what changes you have done in the registry...
You may want to try running sfc /scannow from a Command prompt and re-boot...
No guarantees...Hi. The strange thing is that I did not make any registry edits at all. I found by Google search that the registry entry controlled whether My Computer would work or not. It may be a false lead. What does sfc /scannow do?. Regards, Bob. Quote from: BobFam on March 05, 2011, 09:53:53 PM

was told to set the C:\ Windows folders to read/write before I ran the NFW 2.0 install which is what I did and from that point on My Computer does not show the drives. I was told that the registry entry above controlled whether My Computer would work.

whoever told you these things should not be asked for advice in the future. How exactly did you do the former?



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191579


TweakUI download: http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI can be used to reshow the drives; if they aren't being shown as a result of a change to the registry.

Well, I made a topic before on another forum about how my computer started not working (I turned it on, missing taskbar/unable to copy/paste/move icons/ low resource and disk space error) I TRIED everything so then I've been told to use the OS CD that this PC came with to reinstall XP (Dell 3.0 Ghz P4 512 Ram 80GB HD).

Well I was about to but then I ran ad-aware and deleated some detected files and now my PC won't do ANYTHING!

First I tried loading boot from CD (inserted Dell OS cd) and hit enter, I get the blue message and it reboots, now all I get is...

Windows cold not start because of the following file missing or corrupt:

Windows/System32/Config/System

It says press R at the first screen to try to repair...i do and it just reboots everyime i do.

Can't do ANYTHING, HELP!Can you boot into safe mode?

[glb]Gizmo73[/glb]Nope, same error no matter what I do.Try the following:

1. Before loading Windows press F8
2. Select Last known good configuration.

What type of anti-spyware, Trojan Horse and Virus scanners do you have?That don't work either, already tried.

I used Ad-adware. Here was the situation before this happened...

The morning I turned the PC on and it worked perfectly, then I turned it off and when to school

Wehn I GOT back, I turned it on, I notice the Taskbar/start bar was like have the size of the regular and I was unable to move my icons. Also couldn't copy and paste. McAfee also started and gave me an error that Activeshield couldn't start because of low disk resource or disk space.

I rebooted and I notice to took longer than usual to boot.
When it booted, there was no bar at ALL! I couldn't shutdown/log off etc.

I went to ask whats wrong and google some info but nothing worked. I shut off and on a few times but to no avail. Ran trendmicro and ad-aware and no problem.

Got some posts about repairing the PC using the OS cd.

Bro went on a different user and still the same problem, ran Ad-aware deleted something and now this.

Now I can't do anything.Also I was just able to change it to boot from CD but when I tried to install I get

Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_area BSODTake a look a ryans post>>http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pw_harddrive&message.id=819That didn't really help me (not to mention I had no clue what he was talking about) but Ill post on the dell board. I guess my last resort is to call them.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_bios&message.id=37228 Quote

First I tried loading boot from CD

Also I was just able to change it to boot from CD

This is probably a simple fix but I can't figure it out...I have Windows XP and SOMEONE one of the users profiles we have set up is messed up.  When this one user gets in and opens a program and then minimizes the WINDOW, it does not appear in the task bar.  Nothing we have tried will get the "open" programs to SHOW up in the task bar.  Any ideas?This SITE may help you out:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Scroll down to #240 on the left side.

Hope this helps. That worked!! Thanks a bunch!!

Hi I have reinstalled Intel motherboard software application into my WIN Xp, while installation I have been asked for user name and password, I wrote my name and skipped password field without writting any thing. When finished installation the computer restarted and now I am getting Log on message with my name on user name field and asking for password, if I select escape or OK without writting password, I get this message "THE SYSTEM COULD NOT LOG YOU ON MAKE SURE USER NAME AND DOMAIN ARE CORRECT, THEN TYPE YOUR PASSWORD AGAIN.LETTERS IN THE PASSWORD MUST BE TYPED USING THE CORRECT CASE"
I have tried 2 thing 1) Removing the battrey nil help 2) Jamper the Bios and clear all password and install the jamper back to normal nil help.
My operating system is Win Xp
The software I was trying to install is Intel express Installer Drivers and applications for Intel Desktop Board D865GSA
The computer was working fine before only the VGA CARD software was missing, and that is what I was trying to fix
Any help will be APPRECIATED Have you tried hitting Enter at the password prompt ?
Hi Patio, thanks for the reply,
Tried hitting Enter nothing is happening still asking for password
Tried to load password bootable CD and followed on screen instructions still the same??Is it asking for a windows password or is it asking for a password before it even gets that far?

If it is a windows password for your user name if you can access safe mode you can remove it manually there too.

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2) Jamper the Bios and clear all password and install the jamper back to normal nil help.

I cannot hear any sound from my computer,when I type something on a INstant Message my computer "beeps".
I cannot play any music files or ANYTHING that has to do with music or sound...Please someone help me.type dxdiag in the run box....and test for sound......is the headphones turned off//or the speakers////are they plugged in....It says there is no sound card..but i sware i have 1Yes everything is plugged in and on.You need to install/reinstall the drivers for the card. Without the drivers, the computer will not know that it is there...

[glb]Flame[/glb]And how do I do that..or where??Sorry lol im a 15 year old boy and I need to fix this problem.Ok... What kind of card do you have? I need the manufacturer and model...

[glb]Flame[/glb]Umm how do I check that..lol is it on the side of the tower?... You're in trouble... lol  Is this the card that card that came with your computer? If so, find the invoice, or system information, and tell me what it says... How old is this computer?

[glb]Flame[/glb]Its  A windows xp and we got it last augustYes it came with the computer,But how do i find the 'Information'?
if you type msinfo32 inthe run box.....it will diplay a list of the left of the screen.....click  COMPONENTS/ click/ mutimedia/ sound device.....what does it say.......or click problem DEVICES........a code should come up ....??
Have you checked that you have not muted the sound.....right click on the speaker icon and untick the mute box.......>>wmp do the same......>or whatever player you are USING from cdrom/audio/filesHas the sound ever worked?CALL them out .......its under warrenty.....providing you have not messed with it??

For sum reason when i click shutdown windows(xp) saves my settings and then freezes on the blue screen saying windows is shutting down.
I need help, there are no viruses on my computer!!!
from jtAn application you have installed may need longer to shutdown than Windows XP is willing to give it.

Shutdown all user-installed applications before shutting down Windows XP to see if this shows any sign of improvement.

there are loads of applications in task manager i don't want to shut down the wrong one because "it might cause undesirable effects"...
  shall i make a list of the applications run by the administrator and the system?
It may cause undesireable effects until you reboot. It is a  matter of trial and error.

Additional:

It may be wise as to install and Hijackthis so that we may be able to determine if another application is causing the problem. If you copy the log the application creates, we will automatically see your run list for start up.ok here it is...

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 20:28:11, on 05/06/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\UStorSrv.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
C:\Program Files\Wireless 11Mbps Network\XPFix.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\am772cfg.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb05.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\hphmon04.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Share-to-Web\hpgs2wnd.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\Updater\01.02.3000.1001\en-us\msnappau.exe
C:\Program Files\D-Tools\daemon.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Share-to-Web\hpgs2wnf.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\fxssvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVScan.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\jan\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Quick! - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2C} - C:\PROGRA~1\quickbar\quickbar.dll
O2 - BHO: Ipswitch.WsftpBrowserHelper - {601ED020-FB6C-11D3-87D8-0050DA59922B} - C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\WS_FTP Home\wsbho2k0.dll
O2 - BHO: ST - {9394EDE7-C8B5-483E-8773-474BF36AF6E4} - C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\ST\01.03.0000.1005\en-xu\stmain.dll
O2 - BHO: MSNToolBandBHO - {BDBD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\MSN Toolbar\01.02.3000.1001\en-us\msntb.dll
O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus - {42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: MSN - {BDAD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\MSN Toolbar\01.02.3000.1001\en-us\msntb.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Quick! - {4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-C0FF-FD67B79CAF2C} - C:\PROGRA~1\quickbar\quickbar.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OemReset] %systemroot%\OPTIONS\OEMRESET.EXE /AUDIT
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIModeChange] Ati2mdxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alice] C:\Program Files\Wireless 11Mbps Network\XPFix.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AMD Wireless Network Configuration] "C:\WINDOWS\System32\am772cfg.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb05.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon04] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hphmon04.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHUPD04] "C:\Program Files\HP Photosmart 11\hphinstall\UniPatch\hphupd04.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Share-to-Web Namespace Daemon] C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Share-to-Web\hpgs2wnd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Spam Blocker for Outlook Express] C:\PROGRA~1\Hotbar\bin\451~1.0\SBInst.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [uvanqlor] C:\WINDOWS\uvanqlor.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [msnappau] "C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\Updater\01.02.3000.1001\en-us\msnappau.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools-1033] "C:\Program Files\D-Tools\daemon.exe"  -LANG 1033
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: WinZip Quick Pick.lnk = C:\Program Files\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/msnmessengersetupdownloader.cab
O16 - DPF: {E5D419D6-A846-4514-9FAD-97E826C84822} (HeartbeatCtl Class) - http://fdl.msn.com/zone/datafiles/heartbeat.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{B9356F86-560E-4BC0-8C8A-6E195F108554}: NameServer = 158.152.1.58,158.152.1.43
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: Autodesk Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager (ccEvtMgr) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Password Validation (ccPwdSvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Settings Manager (ccSetMgr) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service (iPodService) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus Auto Protect Service (navapsvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPH11 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\System32\HPHipm11.exe
O23 - Service: SAVScan - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVScan.exe
O23 - Service: ScriptBlocking Service (SBService) - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\SCRIPT~1\SBServ.exe
O23 - Service: SmartLinkService (SLService) -   - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\slserv.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Core LC - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
O23 - Service: SymWMI Service (SymWSC) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
O23 - Service: UStorage Server Service - OTi - C:\WINDOWS\system32\UStorSrv.exe

that's all of itThere do not seem to be any oddities in your Hijackthis log.

Apart from:

4 - HKLM\..\Run: [uvanqlor] C:\WINDOWS\uvanqlor.exe

Can you identify that entry?

I suggest you terminate all processes that are ran under your username and then attempt to shutdown.

i terminated all processes under my name and it still didn't turn off, i also deleted uvanqlor ASWELL...  I did not recommend for you to delete that entry - I was only inquiring wheter you could identify it or not. I suggest that you retrieve it, if that is still possible.

Have you scanned for Spyware?ok, i'm gonna have 2 go to sleep now, i'm in england...
i'll READ replies tommorrow, plz help!i deleted it because my spyware program detected  it... try and find solution, i'll talk 2morrow...I have had some bad experience with this HP app.

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Share-to-Web Namespace Daemon] C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Share-to-Web\hpgs2wnd.exe

Try disabling it from the startup group, reboot and test the shutdown then. The HP app posts fotos etc to the web. If you dont use it - loose it!ok gustaaf, i'll be honest with you, i am crap at computers...
plz could u EXPLAIN exactly how do this?pk gustaaf, i'll be honest with you, i'm crap at computers...  
plz could explain how to do this, shall i just tick it in hijack this and click fix/delete???

hello...  pardon me for been so direct. here it goes:

i have both the Windows 98 SE CD and Windows Home Edition(which says bootable and upgrade, original full version)

Currently i am running Win 98 SE. because of that, i cannot run photoshop cs 8 and a lot of other program and stuffs.

so i want to change to win xp HE.... i want to delete all the stuff in my win 98 and i only want win xp he on my pc...

i am very confused as to what to do... any help would be appreciated. currently its 12:52 AM over here... so i will be back at 1pm.... hope to hear from all of you as soon as POSSIBLE. thank youwhere is this rest of your question?Your computer may not be compatible with programs such as Photoshop 8 and Windows XP because it might simply lack the processing power.

1st make sure your computer will run XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/default.mspx
Then put the xp disk in, boot your computer, enter bios & set the cdrom to boot first.
When it boots to the xp disk choose the option to do a fresh install.
Remember you will lose everything on your hard drive.what does Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor means?

i used pc wizard to find out what is  inside my computer system. i passed every requirements but stumbled on this.

how  do  i enter bios?
What video adaptor do you have?

Normally enter bios by hitting Del at bootup.i cannot find video adaptor.. is it the same as video card? if it is, then mine is S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR.
how do i set it to boot from cd?
the only option i have is F2:setup and F11: boot menu. which one do i go?

Yes, video adaptor is the video card.
Google for "S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR" and see if it comes up to the xp specs.
Google for your monitor and see if it comes up to the xp specs.
Read your mobo book to set the boot order.i google for my monitor like you said. mine is Nissei Sangyo but then the result showed this http://list.driverguide.com/list/company732/
with all the "CM.....Driver" which mine dont haveIt seems that Nissei Sangyo only make a superscan, is this yours?
How old is it? What size is it?i paste the whole thing of mine for you to check:
Mainboard :      M266A.
Chipset :      VIA P4M266 (VT8751)
Processor :      Intel Pentium 4 2264 MHZ
Physical Memory :      256 MB (1 x 256 DDR-SDRAM PC2100 133 MHz)
Video Card :      S3 Inc 86C420 ProSavage DDR
Hard Disk :      GENERIC IDE  DISK TYPE47 (71  GB)
CD-Rom Drive :        CRW-5232AS      
Monitor Type :      Nissei Sangyo
Network Card :      VT82C570 MV IDE Controller VT6102 Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Operating System :      Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222  A
DirectX :      Version 9.0c

what is superscan?
i bought the whole PC only last year , around december 2004
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i bought the whole PC only last year , around december 2004

One should disable remote access......one should not CLICK on THINGS they are not sure.of VIA an email.....cybercrime.....edited: a better WEBPAGE>

.................http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2001/life_of_crime/cybercrime.stm

Trying to reinstall my dsl program after a system crash where my hd was completely wiped.  Have reinstalled Win98 and checked the hd for errors, etc. and reinstalled the basic programs I need (ie. MSOffice), but when I load up the CD for my dsl program, the colors on the logo are wrong, and some parts of pages are missing, such as pictures and places where you MAKE choices.  I cannot complete the installation because of missing parts.

Any clues?  Checked the CD itself on my laptop, its fine.Have you installed & updated your video drivers?Yes, did that.  The dsl program is that only thing that is acting this way.  Been online with my IP, they say its not the program, its within my pc.What are your COLOUR settings set to?256.  Tried to go at dsl loadup in a different way and got the message that the internet connection wizard failed to load from Win98SE install.  Not sure if that matters, SINCE the dsl program has its own wizard.  Your ISP is correct. It is your computer. You need a minimum of 16Bit colours.
tools internet options advanced...click restore defaults....Amazing!  Changed to 32bit color and restored to default.  Thanks guys.  Saved me some $.Well, almost.  DSL program works, but, it can't find the drivers for the dsl modem.................still searching.remove the dsl modem from the device manager and re-boot...now boot up........now shut down.....now reatttach the modem.... now load the disk .PAIN in the harris.....but that windows.bearcat  ......Try here .......
http://members.driverguide.com/index.php  

You should find it on that site .....

Is it modem driver or your ethernet driver thats missing ?

dl65  usbthe drivers should be on the cdisk that came with modem......is it speedtouch//alcatel.......what one is it....did you try what i suggested..?Yes, they are, but it refused to load them.  Something else to deal with.  Oh, it's BellSouth dsl.Disconnect the modem from the usb port......
remove the dsl modem from the device manager and re-boot...now boot up........now shut down.....now reatttach the modem.... now load the disk .pain in the harris.....but that windows. try again.......

I'm running win 98se and would like to know how to add a folder in my 'SEND to' menu. For example.. if I right click on a file, click on send to, how do I add a folder here?

THANKS,
Mike ShawOn your taskbar, right-click on Start and then choose EXPLORER. Then on the left MARGIN, click where it says SendTo. Here you can add and remove items you want listed under 'SendTo'.

[glb]Gizmo73[/glb]

I´ve got an old PC (about 5 years) and running MS Win XP Pro. It runs with to seprate HD with 2 partitions on one and 3 on the other.  I´ve now (finally) gotten around to formating my primary drive (C:), but when formating through windows, I´m not able chose FAT32. I can only FORMAT in NTFS!?

It should be noted, that I´m currently running FAT32 on all my drives, and can´t find a good reason for switchin to NTFS.

Should I just boot with DOS, and do it "the hard way", or does ANYONE got any good sugestions?XP will only let you format drives of less than 32 Gb to FAT 32. I use all NTFS drives and NTFS is recommended for drives over 32 Gb.

If you WANT to use a C: drive formatted to FAT32 then make it smaller with a partition resizer. I use the one which comes with BootIT NG. (You don't need to install BootIT NG so just cancel the install screens and go to the Partition Work button.)

NTFS is usually more stable for large drives. If you have a swap partition somewhere and if you make it 2·0 Gb you can format it to FAT16 which is thought to be faster.

See www.ntfs.com for more and take a LONG read of www.pcguide.com for a complete detailing of file systems.Thanks for the help :-)My pleasure.

My husband and I both have seperate  login accounts on our Windows XP computer.  

The problem is, whenever he saves something onto his desktop it shows up on my desktop.  If I try and delete it, it deletes it from his desktop.  However, none of my stuff ends up on HIS desktop.  So my desktop is getting cluttered with all of his work FOLDERS, and I'm not sure how to make it stop.

Thoughts ANYONE?http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q279783/ Quote

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q279783/

how do you SPECIFY  the path for items on the windows desktop?X:\Documents And Settings\User\Desktop

Where X:\ is the letter of the drive your OS is installed on (ASSUMING you are using XP)

Where User is the user you wish to create the icon for. All users for all user accounts CREATED.

I am currently running a wired broadband solution at my house. Lately, after resetting my router settings, I have found that on some of my computers (those that have dialup information on them, should the broadband EVER fail), the software trying to pull info off the net will TRY to establish a dialup connection, as though it was entirely want of a legitimate connection.
This happens less often then not, and infrequently on a computer that I use. The requested information will not load until I cancel the dialup attempt, at which point it loads at proper speed. I have considered removing all dialup information from the afflicted computers, but am hoping that there is a simpler way to go about things. Does anyone have any idea as to how I might resolve this problem without eliminating the aforementioned data?
Thanks. Sorry if this problem has been addressed before. I tried the search function but was probably unable to describe my problem to technical satisfaction.
Windows XP Home on this computer.Disconnect the lan cables from the 56k modem......Control Panel-->Internet Options-->Connections-->tick Never Dial a Connection

Hope this helps. IE>Tools>Internet Options>ConnectionsIs this a race?  Sorta like the lawyer chasing the only AMBULANCE in TOWN http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/serverwiz/ics_serverwiz03.gif

Can anyone TELL how to fix my Inertent Exlporer will not CLOSE when I click on the X or right click in the task bar I  run Windows XP Professsional and have a clean computer  Have looked every where for an answer!UNLESS you are left handed........you need to click the left side of the mouse..on the X.....or KEYBOARD keys.....alt+f4Will it close from the 'File' dropdown menu?

hello all,

new user here. i have tried checking FAQ but no luck there.

i've got a dell latitude D510, 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD running XP SP2. Battery died so i replaced it. Laptop worked for 2 days then yesterday started GIVING a BSoD. Did chkdsk /r which normally works for me. System started booting then gave a message along the lines of 'Windows could not load COMCTL32.dll, re-installing the application may fix it'. I did a system recovery using the recovery console and now i get the "windows is starting up message then it just goes blank, i'm just left with a pretty blue screen and nothing else. I'd rather not reformat the system unless i absolutely have to, so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.Can you get to the advanced boot options screen (start tapping F8 as soon as the system starts to boot). If so, can you boot to safe mode?yes, SORRY, 4got to mention that i've tried booting to safe mode. All i get is a BLACK screen with "safe mode" round the screen and that's it. No desktop icons, i cant even get the start menu to pop up. it just sort of hangs there till i switch it offWell, let's try a repair install. Boot to the XP CD and choose the SECOND repair option. XP will install on top of itself. Done correctly, all programs and settings will remain as is. After you get back into Windows you'll have to go to Windows Update and install all updates. You should also install SP3.

Here's a step by step guide: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/138-how-to-repair-windows-xp/Hi,

tried it twice but still the same result  You can try to download it....

http://www.dll-files.com/comctl32.zip?0VLlVFVLfR

you will need to copy it to your system32 folder after you unzip it.

Hello, downloaded the dll file but couldn't copy it to the Windows folder. Like i SAID, i only get a pretty blue screen but no log on screen. I tried to use safe mode with command prompt but i still couldn't get past the "safe mode" screen. No icons, no start menu, nothing. I was able to retrieve the data from the system so i ended up reformating . wish i could mark it as solved. thanks for the help.Sorry things didn't work out.

But you are up and running. Did you save your data off the drive?

Hi all

I do not know how, but I have been able to format my ACER 1300 laptop with Windows XP because of a very bad Delphi.gen virus (buddies, you do not try to reclaim archives of pendrive infected if you do not know how; just format). I want to install Windows, the one that is, and having always placed in D:unit different Windows XP and 98SE CDs in perfect state (they work in my other PC), I have proven these 3 alternatives:

1. Starting from CD directly: " Non bootable CD in ATAPI CD; " Missing OS"

2. Starting from diskette with Ultimate Boot CD Loader (little program of solution to Non-Emulation Booting, typical ACER´s JOKE; Rafaelmbaez thanks): " Cannot boot from CD. Press any key to boot from HDD or ESCape to reboot" " Missing OS"

3. Starting from diskette with diskboot98 (it does not matter to me that it is not Windows XP, prefers although it; thanks sndrdk): " Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu" "1. Start to computer with CD-ROM support".
Finally, it opens A:\_ (MS-DOS). I follow FILE-OPEN and attempt to open AUTORUN.INF or INSTALAR.EXE. The CD starts, but nothing happens and stops.
 
Somebody please help me with any of this 3 options? What should I do on the 3rd A:\ > _?Find out the cd-rom drive letter and type X:\setup (Replace X with the actual CD-ROM drive letter.)

or

1. type X: and press enter (Replace X with the actual CD-ROM drive letter.)

2. type setup and press enter


Quote from: amnada_macc on March 02, 2011, 04:56:39 AM

I follow FILE-OPEN

i TRIED sending an email with a very large attachement over 3 MONTHS ago. the message was never sent and outlook is still trying to send it every time i open up outlook.  i have tried to delete the message, but i just get a message saying "MAI spooler has already begun TRANSMISSION". how do i FIX this problem? my outlook won't work without it!ok in the start/run box TYPE this>>>rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance  

chose the repair option......ie and outlook are embeded??...do you use a fax machince??

I recently bought a second-hand IBM Thinkpad T43, with Windows XP Professional (genuine) over the internet. It has a problem I've never encountered before and has me stumped. It doesn't want to execute any changes to its default settings in the Control Panel.

For example, I wanted to switch off sounds. I selected the 'No Sounds' sound scheme through the control panel, LIKE I have done on every other laptop I have. But it still makes sounds! When I go back to check, the 'no sound' is still showed as being the selected sound scheme.

Another example. Under the default power scheme, the screen goes to screensaver after 5 min of inactivity. Whatever amount I change it to, it still goes to screensaver after 5 min. Regardless of the fact that in the power options, it will display the time I put in.

So it accepts any changes, it just doesn't execute them.
My user account is set as the Computer Administrator.Crete a new user with administrator level. The new user should be fine.Wow...CLICK "APPLY" after SELECTING the customize options.
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I recently bought a second-hand IBM Thinkpad T43, with Windows XP Professional (genuine) over the internet

When trying to attach a file by clicking on browse the screen returns to the inbox screen.  It does not allow me to browse and attach a file.  Why?  

p.s. this happens when using any email application except outlook.  For example if I TRY attaching a file under hotmail or other ISP email application it will no allow me to attach a file.  No errors are given just returns to ORIGINAL screen (inbox)Do you have virus protection? Have you scanned for viruses and Spyware recently?

[GLB]Flame[/glb]I dont have an updated virus checker but will try your suggestion.  Thanks.The file you are attempting to upload may be too large for E-mail services such as Hotmail.

Outlook has no limit, unless your ISP has one.Good point... Forgot about that one.. How big is the file?

[glb]Flame[/glb] Quote

I dont have an updated virus checker but will try your suggestion.  Thanks.

I feel stooopid.  I discovered the RECYCLE bin...it was right in FRONT of me...so don't bother yourself by telling me!  I have a long way to GO!

This IS a terrific site.Good to hear that you fixed your ISSUE, but what was your topic?

[GLB]Flame[/glb]

I am mighty CONFUSED as to why my INTERNET closes whenever I go to certain sights. This happens to about 20% of the sights I go to. I use Mozilla Firefox. If anyone knows what the heck is happening and knows how to solve this quandry I WOULD be very greatful.

Thanks

just post or my EMAIL is [email protected]Have you scanned for viruses and Spyware? Do you have protection?

[glb]Flame[/glb]What kind of sites?is your history/temp file FULL up........use disk clean up.....or a webwasher.....Put a link to one of the sites here.

Can anyone tell how to change WINDOWS XP HOME file system from FAT32 to NTFS Thanks
http://www.ntfs.com/quest3.htm

and this may come in handy......sometime>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000And try typing 'convert' in the Help and Support window.

i WANT change the startup sounds and the SHUT down songs

i rember that u could do it with 98se but i have xp and i was wondering how can change if u canscontrol panel sounds audio device ICON        CLICK it  now click sounds TAB......or use this>>http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6503,00.asp

I HAVE DSL CONNECTION THEN ALSO MY INTERNET IS SLOW Y?.. You NEED to provide more information. And please do not post in CAPS. THANK you. Quote from: ALLAN on March 09, 2011, 07:05:18 AM

You need to provide more information. And please do not post in CAPS. Thank you.

more information

BSNL DSL

I have a Dell Dimension E520 running windows XP I power up and get the POST screen everything looks good there then I get windows loading screen then I hear a click and the screen goes black, no error codes or anything. The power button is still lit on the computer but nothing responds, have to power it off and back on then same thing happens. I can BOOT into safe mode with networking and it works. I ran the Dell utility disk that came with it and it said the memory was bad, it had 2 1gig installed, so I ordered new memory board, installed it the system recognized it but still failed to load. I TRIED to do a restore but it says there are no restore points. any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.When you hear the click, does the power light on the display remain the same color? Quote

I hear a click and the screen goes black

I can boot into safe mode with networking and it works

Check your BIOS settings(if either one option is available) and try disabling setting(s)or similarly to any of these:
Video Cacheable, Video Shadow, Video RAM Cacheable, Write Combining, Address range shadowing, Memory Write Posting. Check also Primary Display(PCI or AGP).

The system:

Dell System GX280
Intel p4 2.80Ghz
512Mb Ram
40 Gb hd

When attempting to install windows onto a formatted hd (formatted with another computer externally) I ran into a problem. The USB keyboard (no ps/2 ports) works fine in the BIOS up until I get to the screen in which it gives me the options to

1. To set up windows xp now, press enter.
2. To repair, press R
3. To quit setup, press F3

As soon as this screen displays, I can see the light above the number keys on my keyboard turn off and I can not press enter to install. I am stuck.

Things I have tried:

1. Checking every usb port, they all dont work for keyboard
2. checking the bios to see if usb is enabled, its enabled
3. checking if the usb has POWER by plugging in mouse wireless usb with light, it lights up
4. trying a different windows xp install DISK, I've tried 3, same result

And I repeat, I dont have a ps/2 port, which is how all the other posts Ive read on this manner were solved

Please help me!You SAID the USB keyboard has the light on it for the Nym Lock. So it has power.
Best guess is the keyboard is bad.
Wait -
Did you try the keyboard only, no mouse or other USB device?

Keyboard works perfect, Im using it to type this on my ALTERNATE computer. And like I said, it works perfect up until the screen described. And also, a wireless mouse I plugged in lit up but there is no cursor arrow on the screen so I cant tell whether it works properly or not.You might just need the BIOS update A08, which fixes:
1. Update Video Option ROM to version 1235.
2. Improve keyboard parser functionality.
3. Add Service Tag edit feature in Setup.
4. Improve detach support for USB keyboards.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R119219&SystemID=PLX_GX280&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=162&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=7&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=1&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=158334Good suggestion. I am running A04 now. Will try and post back whether it works or not.I normally wouldn't recommend BIOS updates, but in this case, it just might fix it.
You'll have to run BIOS update from DOS, which is a good thing.  Don't want Windows interfering with the keyboard, just when you need it most.Man that was a PAIN to find a usable 3.5" disk. I updated to a08 and the problem persists. Got anything other ideas?You'll have to search the Dell Forums.  You're not the only one with Optiplex USB keyboard problems.  I would try all the USB ports, one at a time, restarting computer after each one.

Not sure of which part of the forum this belongs to, so I hope this is correct.  I've already searched the forums and can't seem to find my answer.

I own a Compaq (at least I think it's Compaq!) laptop, that is about 4-5 years old.  I'm AFRAID I can't say anymore than that except that a sticker on the bottom of the laptop says Model: 6120 and that I have a serial NUMBER.  The old owner took off all the labels.

It had a hard time SHUTTING down last night, and when I woke up in the morning, it was still in the same mode, "shutting down" WinXP, showing my background without anything else running.  I force shutdown it, by holding the POWER button.

But when I tried to turn it on, the computer wouldn't boot for some odd reason, and when I went into BIOS, I found the primary drive disabled.  I remember that on my desktop, I could enable the hard drive through BIOS, but for some odd reason this one didn't have that capability.

Because of this issue, I couldn't even reformat the drive, because it would tell me that I don't have ACCESS to the voume, or that it's non-existant.  I couldn't even reinstall the OS.  It still complained that it was unaccessible.

Is there anything I can do to re-enable this drive?  I would really appreciate the help!Do you have any system recovery disks? If you have a Win XP cd, you could also try the recovery console and run chkdsk once your logged into the admin account...

[glb]Gizmo73[/glb]go back in the bios setup and chose setup defaults save and exit it.....if not it maybe thehard drive is sticking.......///or a corupted /damaged driver...what happens if you hold the f8 and chose the last good config....There's only one partition, and that's the inaccessible one.

Recovery console can't do anything since it can't access the disabled drive; chkdisk also couldn't find the disabled drive.

Went into BIOS before I posted the earlier entry and tried to revert to default settings, but still says disabled drive.

Last good configuration didn't work either...

The computer was working fine, and since it's a laptop, I haven't opened it to look at the inside or anything, so I doubt it was some wiring problem.  Is there any other way to re-enable the drive?

Thanks for helping, guys.you could try this......tap the underneath of the laptop. near the hard drive bay..just when it booting.......Hmm... that didn't seem to work either...

Does it look doomed?what is the make of the hard drive......bad ones are ibm travelstar.....or fugitsu........take the drive out.....and shove it back in sometimes that works.......

A question, are you trying to stop the sounds or are you trying to get rid of the little icon in your taskbar?

To remove all sounds simply head into the "Schemes" setting and choose the option to disable all system sounds.

I have been battling my computer most of the week. Again mine is a WinXP System, and was restarting on its own constantly.

I tried a different POWER supply yesterday, Not the PROBLEM.  It did the same thing it did with its own PS.

So, I tried wiping the HD and just re-installing WinXP.  I would get so far a couple of TIMES and it would just do it's same re-starting or "blue" screen after I turned off the auto-re-start.  

I finally chose the quick format versus the full one I guess and I got thru the complete process.  Was able to get online last night and everything for about 45 minutes with no interruptions.

The computer is lagging now, or it seems like it's dragging or is that my ISP connection?  Not sure at this point and wondering what I should do now?

My neighbor gave me a disk (floppy) that is a HD eraser, should I use it and have the WinXp properly format the HD instead of the quick way that I chose

OR just let the WinXp CD do it again but choose the other (not quick) and see if there's a difference?

Or is there another suggestion?

Thanks for your help in advance!You should use the Windows XP CD to fully format the Hard Disk Drive.unless you can trust your neighbour.......NEVER load any floppy disks.??.....the winxp will do it all......i suggest you run a spyware scan//and anti-virus scan......download adaware and run it......and use disk clean up.......

Hi, I have a PC with windows xp pro, upon starting it goes straight to the safe mode choices. I have tried all OPTIONS and it just loops back.
When I try to power off, it just STARTS up again. I have to pull out the actual power cord.
Have tried putting in the XP disc to start again and it still wont give me the option to boot from disc so I can reinstall.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Check your startup options in Task Manager...When the system first boots watch the screen for a message that says something like: To Enter Setup (or bios) press 'this key'

At that point, press the indicated key. Once in bios, change the boot ORDER so that the CD is the first device listed. Save your change and exit. You should now be ABLE to boot to the cd.I have tried this, and whenever I press any key, it gives 3 beeps and just loops back
It just will not let me do anything
Do you happen to use a wireless keyboard or mouse? Try using another PS/2 or USB keyboard or mouse before booting.

good day!!! how to REFORMAT my acer aspire ZG5 using usb??? Please do not post the same question more than once. I deleted the other topic.

Does your system not have a CD drive?

If your system can boot to a usb device, do you have a usb cd? If not, read this: http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htmSelect models, with Microsoft Windows, have the ability to have the Operating System reinstalled from a hidden PARTITION BUILT into the computer.

Where can I find information on the MODEL ZG5?
The Aspire One systems labeled with the model ZG5 are actually an Aspire One AOA110 or an Aspire One AOA150. Any information will be listed under AOA110 and AOA150, rather than ZG5.thanks to your advice , i use novicorp Wintoflash application to make my 8gig usb bootable , and finally it works

I have a number of .rtf files in a single directory that I'd like to batch print so that the CORRECT format of the document contained within the "rtf" coding ends up on the paper. For instance, if I double-click on each they open (using wordpad) and I can then P to print each with all of the formatting included. I've tried everything I can think of to GET them to be printed from a .bat file list, but they print out all of the formatting codes along with the non-formatted text - I would assume using Notepad or some such thing to print the "text" file. Is is it possible to launch an application and then send it top-level MENU commands? I've written batch files before, but never had to do this type of thing.

ThanksYou can batch print with Wordpad using the /P switch followed by the filename (quoted if it has any spaces, but good practice anyway).

Code: [Select]"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" /P "whatever.rtf"

Thanks so much - this WORKED perfectly (with the one exception it seems to need a lower case p INSTEAD of the upper case P) Quote from: bgeastman on March 12, 2011, 03:47:48 PM

it seems to need a lower case p instead of the upper case P)

Hi guys My mom hasn't been connected to the internet for a few years and she and my sister were doing something to the printer and now her icons are missing i can find them but when i tried to COPY them and paste them to the desktop they were copying in the desktop folder not on to the desktop at all i've solved that ISSUE but now I'm having intermittent start up issues it SEEMS that I have to turn it on and off a few times to get it to start booting up I'm going to check the ram and all that and I hear no beeps at all win xp sp2 just did all the updates for windows but it was doing this before i did them. I have to go out and buy a can of COMPRESSED air to blow some of the dust out and go from there. it's a compaq presario sr1603wm Upgrade your system to SP3 and make a complete installation. Without any Updates from Security softwares or Drivers especially having outside access to other media storage such as a flashdrive is vulnerable to being infected.or FIRST, before upgrading, did u right click on the desktop and click on Show Desktop icons? That might be it. just try that first if u didnt.

Hi there has anyone found out how to replace a Toshiba Equium Laptop Harddrive?
The harddrive is exactly the same spec as the one its replacing (Hitachi 120Gig sata)
When I try to use a Valid XP disc the windows installation software says no hard disc found?
The harddrive is there in the bios in the main page, but in the security page there is a line called 'Built in HDD Password' with a space in brackets saying 'User only'
Does this indicate some SORT of password is required? If so could anyone please advise me where I might find such a thing?
There is no help that I could find on the Toshiba home page on this matter...
  Dont use a password...
Is it a SATA HDD ? ?
If so very early on in the Win re-install process there will be a prompt stating"Press F6 to install additional drivers " .....at that point insert the DRIVER CD for the laptop and the drivers will be automaticallly installed...
Best of Luck.Hi there yes it is a sata drive but I have NEVER had a drivers disc, when I have reinstalled this laptop in the past, before my harddrive died windows found all the drivers from its own store of drivers! Quote from: patio on MARCH 16, 2011, 04:26:59 PM

Dont use a password...
Is it a SATA HDD ? ?
If so very early on in the Win re-install process there will be a prompt stating"Press F6 to install additional drivers " .....at that point insert the Driver CD for the laptop and the drivers will be automaticallly installed...
Best of Luck.

Norton Antivirus caught this TROJAN, but it is unable to REPAIR it so I quarantined it.  Is it OKAY to be deleted?  What should I do with it?I advise you to BOOT into safe mode and rescan your Hard Disk Drives. You will be able to remove the Trojan Horse from safe mode with little or no trouble.

The Trojan may have COME with a program that you recently downloaded and can not be repaired because the program is operating when Windows is loaded.

To boot into safe mode, take the following steps:

1. Before Windows loads press F8
2. Select safe mode from the list.run a spyware program.......webroot.com.....spysweepe r.....

I can't get rid of this error:

"Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."


This error comes up right when the computer reboots and if i click on close, then the SCREEN goes blank and then it comes right back up.  My guess is that it may be some PROGRAM (or VIRUS) running that i need to kill.

Please help?Run your anti-virus and adaware or spy-bot. It COULD be a virus/trojan if it repeatedly closes like that.

[glb]Gizmo73[/glb]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810887

My Dear,

I am working in an organization where Our IT blocked facebook, so can SOMEONE tell me that how can i open it? PLZ All you NEED to do is contact your IT department and get them to un-block it.

While you are at it why don't you read the forum rules. Quote from: mroilfield on March 15, 2011, 11:40:14 PM

While you are at it why don't you read the forum rules.