http://www.pcbanter.net The main help and support forum for Windows XP users. (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support) en Thu, 17 May 2012 15:43:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.pcbanter.net/images/002/misc/rss.jpg http://www.pcbanter.net http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085206&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 21:14:47 GMT I've got an XP machine that I rarely run the MS updates on.

I'm running the automatic updates right now and it's offering me about a
dozen Office 2007 patches / fixes.

Thing is, I've got Office 2000 SR1 premium installed on this thing.

The updates are generically described as:

"Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 System"
"Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 Suites"
"Security Update for Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007"

Do I want to download these patches - even though I don't have Office
2007?
]]> Windows XP Help and Support XP Guy http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085206 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085203&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 13:05:17 GMT Can I set run priority, in particular to below
normal, somehow in a shortcut?

The newer Firefox's sometimes steal too many
startup cycles from audio players, causing them to
skip, which is fixed by lowering the priority of
Firefox.

I'd like to do that at startup in the shortcut, if
possible.

(Cygwin lets me do it with a nice -10 [firefox
path name] but that's not from a shortcut.)
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]]> Windows XP Help and Support Ron Hardin http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085203 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085194&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 23:01:48 GMT I have 3 networked computers with hard drives that are shared. All are running WinXP Sp3. Computer A Drive E and F Computer B Drive G and H Computer C I have 3 networked computers with hard drives that are shared. All are
running WinXP Sp3.

Computer A
Drive E and F

Computer B
Drive G and H

Computer C
Drive J and K

All computers can talk to each others drives with the exception that
Computer C, Drive J can not be readily accessed from other computers.
When I try to copy from Drive E or G or H to Drive J, a copy will
start and then just stop and lock up explorer on the computer that is
trying to copy. I can copy the exact same thing to Drive G or H or K
and have no problem.

I have tried disconnecting the drive and remapping it on Computer A &
B. No change.

Then I unshared Drive J on Computer C and then shared it again.
Remapped the Drive J on Computer A and Computer B. Still no better.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks in Advance.
]]> Windows XP Help and Support Joe Beda http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085194 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085187&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:07 GMT Your computer is set to Portable/Laptop, off monitor aft 15 min, off harddrive aft 20 min and sys standby aft 20 min. It use to go into standby and all you... Your computer is set to Portable/Laptop, off monitor aft 15 min, off
harddrive aft
20 min and sys standby aft 20 min. It use to go into standby and all you had
to do was hit the keyboard, move the mouse or bump the computer and it would
wake up...........................then one day it all just stopped. The
monitor still goes into standby but that's it..............not he computer.
I know this is an old problem. WinXP SP3.

I have been hacking around with this for about 3 years and this morning I
think I stumbled on to something that might be a help to others. It worked
for me and I am smiling again. After many years of use my computer would
faithfully go into standby and wakeup with the movement of the mouse or
activity on the keyboard, then one day it just quit. Well here is what I
found:
Using the following string executed in "Run" (%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe
powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState) I got the following message, "The device
driver for the 'American Power Conversion USB UPS" device is preventing the
machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try again.
If the problem persist, you may need to update the driver".

I uninstalled the APC Power Chute Personal Edition 3.0.2 and that did not
fix the problem, I then went into Device Manager and
deleted APC UPS under Batteries and this did not fix the problem as this
reference has and requires no drivers.
The next thing I did was to delete "American Power Conversion USB UPS under
"Human Interface Devices".
When I completed the deletion of the American Power Conversation USB UPS
under "Human Interface Devices" and ran the string again the computer went
into Standby and woke up by mouse or keyboard movement as it had prior to
the disruption.
I then reinstalled the APC Power Chute Personal Edition 3.0.2 software and
the computer still performed as it was supposed to.
Apparently the drivers for the "American Power Conversation USB UPS under
"Human Interface Devices" must have gotten corrupted up and when I deleted
them they were forced to rewrite.
This is the first fix for me in this long and aggravating as well as
annoying problem. Hope it helps someone else.
If you only want it to go into Standby make sure you uncheck Hibernate on
the Hibernate tag in device manager.

This is a jpg of what my health drivers list looks like for "American Power
Conversation USB UPS under "Human Interface Devices"



]]> Windows XP Help and Support Docster http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085187 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085170&goto=newpost Thu, 10 May 2012 17:59:17 GMT Hello, First, the environment... Windows XP 64 bit host OS running VMware player. 3 guest OSes. Ubuntu, Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit. For the last year... Hello,

First, the environment...

Windows XP 64 bit host OS running VMware player.

3 guest OSes. Ubuntu, Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit.

For the last year or so until sometime during the last week (I was on
vacation, so I don't exactly when), the mouse has worked fine in the host
OS and all 3 guest OSes.

During the last week the mouse picked up a strange behaviour in the 32 bit
XP guest only.

2 symptoms so far...

1) If I click in the title bar, the window moves such that the point in
the title bar where I clicked moves to the top left corner of the desktop.

2) Sometimes (I'm sure there's a pattern, I just haven't figured it out
yet) if I click on "my computer" on the desktop (maybe other icons as
well) it will create a vertical toolbar on the left edge of the screen
with the bits and pieces you would expect to see if it opened in Explorer.

Further weirdness is that if I connect to the 32bit XP system using remote
desktop (from the 64 bit Win7 system), the mouse works as expected.

Any ideas on how to remedy the situation are most welcome as I'm stumped...

Bruce
]]> Windows XP Help and Support Bruce Bowler http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085170 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085137&goto=newpost Sat, 05 May 2012 00:47:39 GMT When I use 'add photos' to an email and choose low density all works well
except when photos are rotated which results in a Photo Publishing Error,
Sorry we couldn't upload your photos.

Does any one know a fix for this.

Thanks, John.

]]> Windows XP Help and Support Machinist60 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085137 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085126&goto=newpost Fri, 04 May 2012 05:55:31 GMT We are involved in offering process management alternatives for program remote controls and digital remote controls. For more information :- ... We are involved in offering process management alternatives for
program remote controls and digital remote controls.
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]]> Windows XP Help and Support Abhay Upadhye http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085126 http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085023&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:22:25 GMT hello all
does anyone know how to change the COM port settings so that the ports are 'enabled' for users other than just the administrator?
many thanks!
]]> Windows XP Help and Support dantimatter@gmail.com http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1085023