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Forum: General XP issues or comments February 7th 08, 03:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 219
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
Wireless capability dissappearing....

LetsGoBuffs wrote:

The light remains amber, as if the switch is in the off position (it should
be blue when the switch is on).

Sounds as if the switch...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 6th 08, 10:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 158
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
I can't make a picture my background

voodoopred wrote:

I have tried to use a picture as a background but whenever I click on one of
the pictures nothing happens (It isn't highlighted either)....
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 6th 08, 09:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 169
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
microsoft frontpage

Booann wrote:

I am sorry I forget that, I am running Windows XP Home Edition and using IE7.
Hope this will help. Thank you.

You needed to read the ENTIRE REPLY ....

Post...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 6th 08, 08:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 169
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
microsoft frontpage

Booann wrote:

Every time I sign on to my computer, all of the temporary files in bin
Microsoft Frontpage go directly to my %temp% page. I have deleted them a
number of...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 6th 08, 07:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 106
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
WinMgmt could not initialize the core parts

XP, SP2, all updates installed.

Have been having odd problems for about a month, and my look at the
event log shows that on bootup "WinMgmt could not initialize the core
parts"

When I am reviewing...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 11:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 224
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
Can't Restore to Earlier Time

Tassie wrote:

Does any one know please what is going on here?

Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do.

When you CREATE a restore point, it will...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 10:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 408
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
How to delete/uninstall addons

franktee wrote:

Sorry, but I'm really not sure of what info I need to supply.

Your post was about as useless as your telling your doctor: it hurts.
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 08:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 408
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
How to delete/uninstall addons

franktee wrote:

Thanks in advance for remedy in subject matter

You are a moron. HTF is anyone supposed to assist you when you post
something as stupid as that?
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 08:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 196
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
missing systray icons

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Are you saying that there are times when you don't see any?

I'm sure that the OP isn't asking that. I have the same problem
sometime: programs...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 08:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 406
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
How to know if a clean XP install is good?

shanex wrote:


Thanks for that. But how does this work?

You asked how you would know if it worked. He answered your question.
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 07:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 332
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
What does Ghost do with program files?

"Bob Harris" wrote:

GHOST has several options, but the most common one a disk image. That will
backup/restore the entire hard drive, with the exception of a few...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 05:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 332
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
What does Ghost do with program files?

" wrote:

Will Norton Ghost preserve everything on my hard drive? I'm using
Windows XP, and I have purchased by download MS Office and
Dreamweaver. ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 08, 05:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 203
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
backup

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

The End User License Agreement permits you to make one copy.

Make as many as you like.
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 4th 08, 03:31 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 19
Views: 296
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
How can I restore full system from a backup - new idea

"John H Meyers" wrote:

It's also a little late for the OP,
who may have only his NTbackup at hand.

Thankfully he isn't hiring anyone here as a consultant,
who would...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 3rd 08, 05:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 212
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
Hard Disk Drive 0 not found...

"Charles W Davis" wrote


In attempting to cure an exceedingly slow Windows XP SP2 system. I have
updated with all critical and optional updates. I have removed...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 3rd 08, 04:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 161
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
paragraph spacing error

tzeltal wrote:

All of a sudden when I hit the ENTER key in a NEW Word document, it spaces
far below on the page. When I hit backspace it returns to the end of...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 3rd 08, 04:36 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 200
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
Is my Windows XP Registry too big?

Telenochek wrote:

My windows registry size is 350MB. I do have a lot of CAD (computer
aided design) programs installed, but I was just wondering if this
affects...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 3rd 08, 04:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 19
Views: 296
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
How can I restore full system from a backup - new idea

"John H Meyers" wrote:

But you have to do both, since it takes an already-installed
running Windows to run the restore program (NTbackup.exe),
unless it can be run...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 2nd 08, 02:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 19
Views: 296
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
How can I restore full system from a backup - new idea

"John H Meyers" wrote:

My question:

If I wipe my drive (or install a new drive)
and re-install XP Pro, is there anything that I can not
completely restore from my...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 2nd 08, 10:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 186
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
Deleted "My Received Files" Items

"Mark Dormer" wrote:

The built in Disk Cleanup does remove files but you have to tell it to
delete stuff.
And I don't believe it ever cleans up anything inside My...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 1st 08, 01:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 159
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
How to locate & install the backup utility?

Talira wrote:

I have a store on ebay and it is very
important I back up my files weekly.

Then spend a few bucks and get a REAL backup utility.
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 1st 08, 01:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 128
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
Silverlight 1.0

linda wrote:

I have a problem with the silverlight update

We're freakin' happy forya.

http://silverlight.net/forums/
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 1st 08, 01:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 294
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
WINDOWS UPDATE

AIANDAS wrote:

I guess you seem to have a befitting nick

Chose it myself. It's useful when replying to dumbass questions.
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 31st 08, 11:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 294
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
WINDOWS UPDATE

AIANDAS wrote:

Is there such an option forthcoming for these updates???????????

You could always hang yourself... or buy a MAC.
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 31st 08, 11:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 144
Posted By Uncle Grumpy
Using Backup utility

Ed wrote:

Thanks to both of you. I think I'll just do it every 15 days the way i was
doing it.

You'll one day regret it.
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