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Forum: General XP issues or comments July 28th 14, 01:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 18
Views: 1,015
Posted By John John MVP
XP computer stopped working. Why?

On 7/24/2014 7:24 PM, Beyond X wrote:

Technical Information:
***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, ----)

More often than not this can be resolved by running a chkdsk /r and
fixboot commands from...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 21st 14, 02:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 79,079
Posted By John John MVP
Watch Startup

On 7/21/2014 9:45 AM, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
John John MVP typed:
On 7/19/2014 3:06 PM, OldGuy wrote:
There must be some app that will monitor exactly what is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 21st 14, 01:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 79,079
Posted By John John MVP
Watch Startup

On 7/19/2014 3:06 PM, OldGuy wrote:
There must be some app that will monitor exactly what is happening
during Win XP startup from boot to a stable windows desktop. What might
it...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 14, 02:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 857
Posted By John John MVP
Remove File Association

On 7/10/2014 7:37 PM, Tim Meddick wrote:
..

I've no idea why this application does not support opening files from
the command-line, but the fact is that it does not...

It's because the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 22nd 12, 12:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 240
Posted By John John MVP
allow non-admins to use COM port?

On 21/04/2012 3:55 PM, Iceman wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:28:10 -0700 (PDT), wrote in messagenews:8328256.824.1334777290006.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynlp3:

...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 21st 12, 07:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 5
Views: 793
Posted By John John MVP
allow non-admins to use COM port?

On 18/04/2012 3:22 PM, wrote:
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?
...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 4th 12, 03:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 774
Posted By John John MVP
Is there a way to run a service a set time after Windows starts?

On 09/01/2012 10:58 AM, vfclists wrote:
I have a program that works as a service and works with the network on
a low level. It appears that a service it starts too early, so I want
to configure...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 28th 11, 01:36 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 843
Posted By John John MVP
Parallel vs USB

On 27/12/2011 4:13 PM, Aldingo wrote:
Not clear have the parallel or serial interfaces in POS printers some benefits compared to USB
interface? There are still mass-produced a large number of POS...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 17th 11, 03:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 334
Posted By John John MVP
Android OS vs Windows XP

On 16/12/2011 7:04 PM, Aldingo wrote:
wrote in :

Aldingo wrote:
I am wondering what is advantages of using Android OS over the
...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP November 27th 11, 02:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 13
Views: 1,897
Posted By John John MVP
High end laptop: Recommendations?

On 27/11/2011 9:48 AM, John John MVP wrote:

Note typo, HD resolution is 1920 x 1080...


On 27/11/2011 9:36 AM, John John MVP wrote:

Sorry, the send button got hit before I was done..

How...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP November 27th 11, 02:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 13
Views: 1,897
Posted By John John MVP
High end laptop: Recommendations?

On 27/11/2011 9:36 AM, John John MVP wrote:

Sorry, the send button got hit before I was done..

How much money do you want to spend on this laptop?

Are you going to use this laptop at home only (or...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP November 27th 11, 02:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 13
Views: 1,897
Posted By John John MVP
High end laptop: Recommendations?

On 27/11/2011 7:36 AM, Terry Pinnell wrote:
I realise that this is going to boil down largely to personal preferences,
but I'd appreciate suggestions please.

In many years of PC usage I've...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 28th 11, 11:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 180
Posted By John John MVP
Microsoft to Windows XP: Please Die, Already

On 27/10/2011 8:42 PM, Patok wrote:
Here is the article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242575/microsoft_to_windows_xp_please_die_already.html

From that article:

"Redmond usually supports its...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 24th 11, 01:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 30
Views: 508
Posted By John John MVP
Covering the desktop with icons

On 10/23/2011 8:20 PM, Al Sparber wrote:

Yes it slows down the system because the icons needs to be refreshed all
the time at boot time. John John is a pedo and should not be relied upon.

...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 24th 11, 01:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 30
Views: 508
Posted By John John MVP
Covering the desktop with icons

On 10/23/2011 7:45 PM, Patok wrote:
John John MVP wrote:
On 23/10/2011 6:56 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
I helped a friend the other day with a problem on his XP laptop PC, and
noticed he had...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 23rd 11, 11:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 30
Views: 508
Posted By John John MVP
Covering the desktop with icons

On 23/10/2011 6:56 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
I helped a friend the other day with a problem on his XP laptop PC, and
noticed he had completely filled the desktop with icons of all sorts.
Programs,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 19th 11, 08:19 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 35
Views: 664
Posted By John John MVP
Delayed Write Failed - could I have lost data?

On 10/19/2011 4:07 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
John John MVP wrote
Rod Speed wrote
John John MVP wrote

The data was in the write cache,

You dont know that the data he deliberately...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 19th 11, 08:11 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 35
Views: 664
Posted By John John MVP
Delayed Write Failed - could I have lost data?

On 10/19/2011 3:55 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
Here is an example of what can happen. I use FreeCommander and may be
copying with 2 windows open. One window with the files I want to copy
and the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 19th 11, 07:48 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 35
Views: 664
Posted By John John MVP
Delayed Write Failed - could I have lost data?

On 10/19/2011 3:15 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
John John MVP wrote

The data was in the write cache,

You dont know that the data he deliberately copied to the USB drive was in the write...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 19th 11, 06:58 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 35
Views: 664
Posted By John John MVP
Delayed Write Failed - could I have lost data?

The data was in the write cache, it wasn't flushed to the disk so it was
lost when the computer was rebooted.

These may be...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 19th 11, 05:30 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 35
Views: 664
Posted By John John MVP
Delayed Write Failed - could I have lost data?

On 10/19/2011 12:45 PM, wrote:
Last night I was copying files from a Windows XP laptop to a USB
external hard drive. Then when I tried to safely remove the hard
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 19th 11, 12:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 329
Posted By John John MVP
Using Partition Magic to change XP from NTFS to FAT32

On 10/18/2011 11:17 PM, wrote:

One way or another, this NTFS crap is going in the ****ter where it
belongs.

Is this still about the security warnings that you get when you...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 17th 11, 02:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 231
Posted By John John MVP
Windows XP update strange sentence?

On 10/16/2011 9:00 PM, Whiffy wrote:
I hoped I'd not be the only one to notice the un- prefix. It normally
says "unauthenticated".

Why does it say "authenticated local attacker"?

......
Forum: Customizing Windows XP October 14th 11, 01:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 3
Views: 1,728
Posted By John John MVP
Networking Problem

On 10/14/2011 9:19 AM, Frederick wrote:
I currently have three XP (P3) machines networked together via CAT5 to
a wireless router. I call them machine-1, machine-2 and machine-3.
All are in...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 13th 11, 06:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 265
Posted By John John MVP
setting password in BIOS

On 10/13/2011 2:03 PM, Tim Meddick wrote:
"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
...

...and there is no system performance...
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