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Forum: General XP issues or comments July 16th 10, 04:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 101
Posted By Jon
Trouble with installing updates

I tried to install the updates and got this message:

Some updates could not be installed

The following updates were not installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 2.0 SP2...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 16th 10, 04:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 185
Posted By Jon
Trouble with installing updates

I tried to install the updates and got this message:

Some updates could not be installed

The following updates were not installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 2.0 SP2...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 3rd 10, 11:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 143
Posted By Jon
back up disc

i bought my laptop which came with windows xp home edition installed but as
usual there was no disc included my computer will no longer boot up and asks
for the boot disc. is there a boot disc that...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 2nd 10, 09:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 76
Views: 1,811
Posted By Jon
Vanishing hard disk space

I had the same thing happen on Dec 23, 2009. I use 10 G of a 40 g hardrive.
Girlfriend said there was low disk space. I had 0 space free. Freed up
space by deleting unused programs to get 300...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP January 1st 10, 12:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 0
Views: 233
Posted By Jon
Very Slow Start Up, Running And Close Down After Trojan Removal

Hi. I have a friend with a windows XP home edition PC which was infected with
several Trojan and other viruses. So far we have run Avast virus removal
tool, Super Antispyware, Windows Live Onecare...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP January 1st 10, 12:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 4
Views: 593
Posted By Jon
Very Slow Start Up, Running And Close Down After Trojan Removal

Hi. I have a friend with a windows XP home edition PC which was infected with
several Trojan and other viruses. So far we have run Avast virus removal
tool, Super Antispyware, Windows Live Onecare...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support August 8th 09, 03:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 325
Posted By Jon
File association - Powerpoint Viewer

"Elmo" wrote:

Jon wrote:
I've installed Powerpoint Viewer 2007 on my wife's computer, but when she
clicks on a powerpoint file, e.g., .pps, she gets an error message:
"This file does...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support August 8th 09, 01:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 325
Posted By Jon
File association - Powerpoint Viewer

I've installed Powerpoint Viewer 2007 on my wife's computer, but when she
clicks on a powerpoint file, e.g., .pps, she gets an error message:
"This file does not have a program associated with it...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 17th 09, 10:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 110
Posted By Jon
event viewer

Is your user id has administrator rights? Cos only administrator has the
right access to do the changes on the machines including the application. Gd
luck.

"simonk" wrote:


I can not open...
Forum: Printing and Faxing with Windows XP March 30th 09, 02:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax
Replies: 1
Views: 409
Posted By Jon
faxing installation

when im installing my faxing its never work the installation process,when i
click ok it never continues the procees, why
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP October 31st 08, 02:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 4
Views: 287
Posted By Jon
Wireless connection problems

Hi,
Thanks for replying, still having trouble, can you talk me through what to do?
Jon
"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

Hi
Check the Wireless configuration it might be that it does not match/ or...
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP October 29th 08, 04:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Replies: 4
Views: 287
Posted By Jon
Wireless connection problems

Hi,
Can anyone help with this; I've just got an old laptop from being repaired,
the problem I am having is that I cannot connect to my Sky Wireless Internet
connection, it finds the wireless router...
Forum: Microsoft Messenger October 13th 08, 11:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
Replies: 12
Views: 2,061
Posted By Jon
Unable to connect to Windows Live Messenger

hi i have not been able to log in to my messenger in months error
code70080005 keeps showing up what can i do to fix this problem

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

My fellow MVP Jason Tsang...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 6th 08, 07:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 153
Posted By Jon
Network OK but internet not working on PC

Here we go (sorry about the change of my user name from jd to Jon - I'm using
the web interface to the newsgroups)...

PC THAT CANNOT SEE THE INTERNET...

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support July 17th 08, 09:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 334
Posted By Jon
Service Pack 3

Thanks. When I do this I there is no command prompt, the screen is just
blank. Any further ideas?



"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Press F8 on restart for "Safe Mode with Command Prompt"

HOW TO...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support July 17th 08, 08:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 334
Posted By Jon
Service Pack 3

By error I installed service pack 3 whilst logged onto my laptop with two
users. My computer now freeze's with a blank screen upon start up and I
cannot even get to a command prompt.

Can anyone...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 20th 08, 03:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 163
Posted By Jon
Desktop icons are wider than usual

I'm having the same problem. Resetting resolution (recommended resolution or
not) has no impact on aspect ratio. Everything on my screen is stretched
(horizontally) about 15-20%. I've never had...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 14th 08, 06:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 145
Posted By Jon
How do I disable the auto driver search! It causing problems

Although I continuely use the same USB Key, Windows XP doesn't remember the
device, and triggers and driver search and load dialogue. This also occurs
with a hot pluggable SATA harddrive I have. I...
Forum: The Basics May 24th 08, 05:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 3
Views: 425
Posted By Jon
Remove CHKDSK Task during Windows Startup.

Thks John.....it ok now...

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963

John

Jon wrote:
Forum: The Basics May 21st 08, 08:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 3
Views: 425
Posted By Jon
Remove CHKDSK Task during Windows Startup.

Hi,

I have a CHKDSK task runing each time I start the Windows (XP Home Sp3).
I might have accidentally added it by replying some prompt when running
CHKDSK while Windows was up.

How can I remove...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP April 25th 08, 05:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 6
Views: 518
Posted By Jon
Sluggish Performance

Nass, Tried several times to email this but was returned each time

Hi Nass,

The speed does seem a bit better. I did all that you asked and concerning -
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software

...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP April 20th 08, 03:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 6
Views: 518
Posted By Jon
Sluggish Performance

Hi nass, Thanks for your response. Here is the information you requested:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler
Event Category: Scheduler Events
Event...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP April 19th 08, 04:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 6
Views: 518
Posted By Jon
Sluggish Performance

I have a Dell with a Pentium 4. Lately 15-20 minutes after start up it
becomes really slow, even typing this now the characters do not appear right
away. I've done virus scans, I use Ashampoo...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP January 15th 08, 04:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 7
Views: 251
Posted By Jon
Slow start up IE7 closes and icons disappearing

Thanks for the info. Can you please explain how I go about configuring
the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account as
mentioned below. I have no idea on this sorry. ...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP January 14th 08, 09:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 7
Views: 251
Posted By Jon
Slow start up IE7 closes and icons disappearing

Hi The culprit was the Skype Add On Mastermind Browser helper object
skypeIEplugin.dll.
Re the event viewer error messages the following report shows one of each as
requested. Thank you.

Event...
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