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Animated GIF as wallpaper question by kraut
Is it possible to use an aniamted GIF as wallpaper on an XP system and if so how do set it up? I tryed selecting an animated GIF as wallpaper but XP said it...
December 29th 09 09:58 PM
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Initialise removable storage device? by simonc
I have a DOS batch script which runs backups using NTBackup to a DAT160 external tape drive. The batch script uses rsm to identify the logical media guid to...
December 29th 09 08:48 PM
by 3c273 Go to last post
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desktop clock by SS
Is it possible to have the day (ie Mon/Tue etc) showing on the clock that appears on the desk top. Using win xp home. thanks
December 29th 09 06:57 PM
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Restricting User Access Hours by Zakhary
I'm not sure where to post this, so am posting it in "general" As a parent, I would like my children to not be able to use the computers during certain hours...
December 29th 09 06:42 PM
by Pegasus [MVP] Go to last post
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Temporary user profile by simonc
When I turn on the computer it boots into the windows xp login dialog. If I put in the password fairly promptly it logs me on with no problem. If I leave the...
December 29th 09 03:57 PM
by simonc Go to last post
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IE 8 will not allow Adobe Reader download by steve
Recently I updated to IE 8 on a winXP Service pack 3 machine. I believe the machine was infected with something at the time. I was using Avast and AVG...
December 29th 09 03:43 PM
by undisclosed Go to last post
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Does most of of windows XP machines have .Net framework installed? by Quick Sense
I am building an application that targets Windows users. My application uses ..Net framework 2.0 or later. I would like to know what I can expect on a...
December 29th 09 03:33 PM
by Anteaus Go to last post
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Windows cannot find "logon.exe" by artsami2
Last night my computer got infected by some Trojan virus after listening on a song. I closed all applications and ran my spyware and anti virus programs...
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December 29th 09 02:29 PM
by Jose Go to last post
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Theoretical question. by Brian V[_2_]
I just had a theoretical question: Say someone bought a computer from a store. It had windows xp on it. Is there a way to tell if it was an original version...
December 29th 09 09:09 AM
by VanguardLH[_2_] Go to last post
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2 Graphics cards? Switching the old one? Accelerator/expansions? by Brian V[_2_]
When is it appicable to have two graphics cards? I saw a demo on the web as how to do this. It sais they have to be side by side, have the same GPU and they...
December 29th 09 08:07 AM
by Brian V[_2_] Go to last post
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Is "Eject" the same as "Safely Remove Hardware"? by [email protected]
I just moved a bunch of files from my hard drive to a USB drive. For some reason, Windows was not showing the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray...
December 29th 09 07:35 AM
by Pegasus [MVP] Go to last post
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Create new admin account and copy settings by Kent[_2_]
Dear all, I want to create another admin log in account for my Windows XP and copy all the settings, including those things on desktop to the new...
December 29th 09 07:26 AM
by Kent[_2_] Go to last post
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Remote control volume indicator by swordfisch
Previously, when adjusting the volume on my media player (windows, version 11) via remote contol, there was a graphic (green bars) indicating the volume...
December 29th 09 06:18 AM
by swordfisch Go to last post
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deleting temp files in C by GreenCarol
I looked at FAQ and opened C:\Windows - folder marked 'Windows". There are over 200 folders all say $NtUninstall; some have 'spunist' all are microsoft corp...
December 29th 09 04:39 AM
by GreenCarol Go to last post
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Unable install NetFramework 2.0 (kb928365) by franktee
Appreciate any help with installation. Winxp Pro. SP2 TIA franktee
December 29th 09 04:03 AM
by PA Bear [MS MVP] Go to last post
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Don't know where else to put q's. 2 questions. 11g Dongle and wire by Brian V[_2_]
What is and Acer WLAN 11g USB Dongle? It is some program that is on my computer and pops-up at start-up. I'v double clicked it, and nothing happens. I went...
December 29th 09 02:55 AM
by Dr. Dos Go to last post
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Windows Installer Issue.... by John Morley
Hi All, A couple of weeks ago, one of our (under-protected) office PC's was infected by some sort malware or spyware (I wasn't involved in this process)....
December 29th 09 02:23 AM
by Jose Go to last post
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HP Printer Installation by ctgolfer108
Trying to install an HP Officejet 6500 Model E709n, the installation is stopped due to the following error: Enum The installer cannot acces this...
December 29th 09 02:19 AM
by Jose Go to last post
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unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool by Cat_in_awe
About every 24-36 hours I get this error in the Event Viewer: "The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the pool was empty.",...
December 28th 09 11:03 PM
by philo Go to last post
1 161
Mouse Pointing Functioin by Anders Hellstrom
Can XP be set up so that an item is selected by just pointing to the item? My friends XP seems to work that way and it is driving him crazy. I hope someone...
December 28th 09 09:40 PM
by Anders Hellstrom Go to last post
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