Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 7th 10, 03:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
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How to suspend XP without exiting window?
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 02:08:03 -0700, Eric
wrote:
For XP with SP3, I have tried sleep mode, but the fan and power for my PC are
still on, I would like to suspend XP,...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 18th 10, 02:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 146
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 28th 09, 02:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,195
End of UseNet ?
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:28:32 -0800, "Avatar" wrote:
Does the MS decision to leave out Windows 7 newsgroups as well as a
newsreader in the OS a harbinger of the future?
That the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 15th 09, 09:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 158
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 14th 09, 01:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 200
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 20th 09, 03:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 191
Can only boot into Safe Mode
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:26:13 -0700 (PDT), Jose
wrote:
By Diagnostic mode - do you mean Safe Mode?
No snip confusing mix of top-and bottom-posts
By Diagnostic Mode I mean...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 20th 09, 02:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 191
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 20th 09, 01:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 23
Views: 306
Windows XP PC Maximum Runtime
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:38 +0100 (BST),
(John K.Eason) wrote:
The XP updates this month (July) did *not* require a reboot here...
Regards
John...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 19th 09, 08:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 296
Win XP and support for SATA drives?
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:11:26 -0700, "Timothy Daniels"
wrote:
"John" wrote:
"Walter R." wrote:
Can I install Win XP SP3 on a modern computer which
uses only...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 12th 09, 10:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 296
Win XP and support for SATA drives?
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:50:38 -0700, "Walter R."
wrote:
Can I install Win XP SP3 on a modern computer which uses only SATA drives?
As I understand it, there is no support for...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 12th 09, 02:16 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 166
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 10th 09, 09:17 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 166
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 10th 09, 05:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 166
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 26th 08, 03:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 196
Programs adding themselves to Start Menu
The XP start menu has a section where recently-run programs add
themselves. Normally I don't mind this because it makes them easy to
run again if I want to. But I'd like to change this behavior in...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 9th 08, 08:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 173
System hangs when copying or moving files
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:40:00 -0800, TERRY
wrote:
Hi J.I,m not sure how your loading pictures onto your desktop or wheather
your useing a card reader or plug.When...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 3rd 08, 01:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 173
System hangs when copying or moving files
I keep having a problem in which my system locks up while copying or
moving a large number of files. A typical example goes something like
this:
I unload 20 or 30 pictures from my camera into a...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 2nd 08, 11:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 333
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 30th 08, 12:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 203
Where is SP3?
I have Auto-update set for "Notify me but let me choose when to
download." A month or so ago, SP3 was offered and I didn't dl it
right away, just left the shield sitting there.
About two weeks...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 30th 08, 02:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 161
Desktop settings
On Fri, 30 May 2008 11:13:35 +1000, Alan Edwards
wrote:
Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:
1.Control Panel-System-Advanced-Performance...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 30th 08, 01:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 161
Desktop settings
In the grand scheme of things, this isn't a big deal, but it's
annoying me:
By default, the labels under XP desktop icons use white lettering on a
transparent background (i.e., it looks like the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 26th 08, 04:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 238
DVD Drive -- "No Disc" error
On Sun, 25 May 2008 23:00:25 -0400, "Anna" wrote:
(Apologies to John, the OP if we're slightly off on a tangent here, but I
assume he's rec'd sufficient responses to resolve...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 25th 08, 07:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 238
DVD Drive -- "No Disc" error
On Sun, 25 May 2008 11:00:22 -0700, Malke
wrote:
John wrote:
There's a problem that I've had several times with my DVD drive, and
it just happened again...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 25th 08, 07:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 361
motherboard
On Sun, 25 May 2008 06:58:00 -0700, eddie_qld
wrote:
I'm learning about Computers (slowly),where would I search to find a
suitable RAM upgrade to suit a...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 25th 08, 06:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 238
DVD Drive -- "No Disc" error
There's a problem that I've had several times with my DVD drive, and
it just happened again yesterday.
Basically, the system gets into a state where it says there is no disk
in the drive, even...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 12th 08, 01:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 213
SP3 gone from WU?
On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:58:20 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
wrote:
[To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of previous
message(s) in your replies to the...
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