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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support December 28th 07, 04:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 7
Views: 333
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Sound works, then doesn't during start-up

As I said, you need to visit the mfg's website to get updates, the route you
took will not show that the mfg has released a newer driver. Check the PC
mfg's website, if it's a custom built PC check...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support December 27th 07, 08:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 7
Views: 333
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Sound works, then doesn't during start-up

What is "it" that told you updated drivers were not needed? Download new
drivers from the sound card mfg's website

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Forum: General XP issues or comments December 27th 07, 08:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 184
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Disable CD Autoplay?

http://www.google.com/search?q=disable+autoplay+xp&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP December 27th 07, 08:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 5
Views: 360
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Vista and XP computers picking up an IP thru both wireless and ethernet adapters

Then just change the connection order.

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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP December 27th 07, 07:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 5
Views: 305
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Dialup Pest

They are both incorrect I quote from Trend Micro;

"HijackThis is a free utility which quickly scans your Windows computer to
find settings that may have been changed by spyware, malware or other...
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP December 27th 07, 07:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 5
Views: 360
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Vista and XP computers picking up an IP thru both wireless and ethernet adapters

Not so at all, wireless will not disable just because your connected via
ethernet. Go into the advanced network setup and change the connection order
on the nic's, set the LAN first, wireless...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 27th 07, 06:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 177
Posted By David B.[_3_]
copying files greater than one cd

Depending on the software your using it may or may not offer to span
multiple disks, if your using XP's burning engine it will not. I would get a
DVD burner, they can be had for very cheap from...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 27th 07, 06:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 3
Views: 231
Posted By David B.[_3_]
sata hard drive 3Gbit/s or 1.5

I ran in to that very problem with a customers machine, finally tracked to
that, moved the jumper to 1.5, problems solved.

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Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP December 27th 07, 06:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 5
Views: 305
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Dialup Pest

Hijackthis is not a spyware scanner and should not be used by the uninformed
without some guidance.

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Forum: The Basics December 26th 07, 09:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 5
Views: 458
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Changing user and registered user name in WinXP

It's still there, do a registry search for RegisteredOwner

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Forum: The Basics December 26th 07, 05:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 3
Views: 391
Posted By David B.[_3_]
XP Pro Upgrade License Question

XP Pro Upgrade is not available in OEM, retail only.

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Forum: New Users to Windows XP December 26th 07, 05:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 7
Views: 985
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Unable to Access Secure Websites with Computers running Windows XP

Thank you Andrew, your replies always give me a good laugh.

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Forum: New Users to Windows XP December 26th 07, 05:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 6
Views: 1,464
Posted By David B.[_3_]
sharing programs

You should contact AOL tech support to determine how to create additional
user accounts.

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Forum: The Basics December 21st 07, 08:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 12
Views: 527
Posted By David B.[_3_]
System Restore

Not with Windows system restore, can't say if your using a 3rd party app.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/getstarted/ballew_03may19.mspx

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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 21st 07, 01:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 471
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Swapping laptop HDD's?

The hard drive will not cause the no power issue unless it's shorted, pull
it out and confirm that you still have the power on issues.

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Forum: New Users to Windows XP December 21st 07, 01:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 9
Views: 2,713
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Driver unavailaible for Sony vaio vgn-c25G

Hmmm, can't say I've ever had that issue, was it not the original product
key or was it one that didn't have the version of Windows it belonged to on
the sticker?

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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 20th 07, 09:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 471
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Swapping laptop HDD's?

Then I don't think the fan is your problem if it won't even power on when
the unit is cool, you likely have a problem with the system board.

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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 20th 07, 05:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 471
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Swapping laptop HDD's?

Also, if you do decide to remove the heatsink, keep in mind that the CPU may
get yanked out of it's socket along with it, so pull straight up to avoid
bending the CPU pins, and you'll need to...
Forum: The Basics December 20th 07, 05:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 7
Views: 467
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Unistall Pro and go back to Home edition?

Didn't think so.

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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 20th 07, 05:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 471
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Swapping laptop HDD's?

You need to keep in mind that in a laptop, the fan won't necessarily turn on
when you power up the laptop, assuming the fan is bad just because it's not
turning is a bad thing. You need to get the...
Forum: New Users to Windows XP December 20th 07, 05:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 4
Views: 545
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Standard and quick reformat

I always do the quick format, not the standard format :)

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Forum: The Basics December 20th 07, 03:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 7
Views: 467
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Unistall Pro and go back to Home edition?

Was XP Home even available in VLM?

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Forum: General XP issues or comments December 20th 07, 03:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 294
Posted By David B.[_3_]
e-mail

Congratulations, you have won the useless post of the week award.

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Forum: New Users to Windows XP December 20th 07, 03:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Replies: 9
Views: 2,713
Posted By David B.[_3_]
Driver unavailaible for Sony vaio vgn-c25G

Your product key problems were nothing to do with Sony, it was because the
product key on the sticker was for an OEM version of Windows XP (likely home
or pro edition) and you were using retail...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support December 18th 07, 09:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By David B.[_3_]
PROBLEM AFTER NEW MOTHERBOARD INSTALLED

Unless the new motherboard is an exact or similar replacement that is
perfectly normal. You need to perform a repair installation to get your
original XP load running again.

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