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Forum: General XP issues or comments April 7th 10, 03:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 231
Posted By John[_45_]
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,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 18th 10, 02:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 146
Posted By John[_45_]
System has recovered from a serious error

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:01:01 -0800, A Sweet Shelly A Sweet
wrote:


Ever since getting this error message, my computer has been running slow,
having lines pop...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 28th 09, 02:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Replies: 33
Views: 1,195
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 15th 09, 09:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 158
Posted By John[_45_]
Can download auto-updates but can't install without shutdown

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:09:33 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
wrote:


With the Notify Only option (and sometimes with any of the others) enabled,
you'll only see AU's "Updates are...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 14th 09, 01:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 200
Posted By John[_45_]
Can download auto-updates but can't install without shutdown

I have three computers. All are running XP/SP3 and are kept current
with respect to Windows Updates. All three have auto-update set for
"Notify me when updates are available, but let me decide when...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 20th 09, 03:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 191
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 20th 09, 02:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 191
Posted By John[_45_]
Can only boot into Safe Mode

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:55:45 +0200, "Pegasus [MVP]"
wrote:


"MCPAlvarez" wrote in message...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 20th 09, 01:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 23
Views: 306
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 19th 09, 08:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 296
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 12th 09, 10:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 296
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 12th 09, 02:16 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 166
Posted By John[_45_]
Changing available programs when USB device is plugged in

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:03:10 -0400, Lem lemp40@unknownhost wrote:

John wrote:
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:01:08 -0400, Lem lemp40@unknownhost wrote:

John wrote:
When I plug my camera...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 10th 09, 09:17 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 166
Posted By John[_45_]
Changing available programs when USB device is plugged in

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:01:08 -0400, Lem lemp40@unknownhost wrote:

John wrote:
When I plug my camera into the USB port, I'm offered a choice of two
programs: Microsoft Camera Wizard and...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 10th 09, 05:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 166
Posted By John[_45_]
Changing available programs when USB device is plugged in

When I plug my camera into the USB port, I'm offered a choice of two
programs: Microsoft Camera Wizard and Photoshop Elements. I don't
want to use either one of those, I'd rather open Windows...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 26th 08, 03:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 196
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 9th 08, 08:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 173
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 3rd 08, 01:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 173
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 2nd 08, 11:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 30
Views: 333
Posted By John[_45_]
CAPS/Ctrl key hack, why hasn't someone written this utility?

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:20:05 -0500, Bob I wrote:

Please see Control Panel, Accessibility Options, Keyboard.


Cool. Thank you. I've been using XP for years and never knew...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 30th 08, 12:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 203
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 30th 08, 02:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 161
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 30th 08, 01:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 161
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 26th 08, 04:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 238
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 25th 08, 07:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 238
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 25th 08, 07:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 361
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 25th 08, 06:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 238
Posted By John[_45_]
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...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 12th 08, 01:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 213
Posted By John[_45_]
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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