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Forum: General XP issues or comments November 13th 11, 01:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 302
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
OT Installing old program on a 64bit system

Tim Meddick wrote:
P.S. There's a chance this won't work.

In the case it does fail, you should uninstall the program (using "Control
Panel" "Programs and Features") and re-install using the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 13th 11, 12:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 302
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
OT Installing old program on a 64bit system

Bob CP wrote:
On 11/12/2011 8:25 PM, Tim Meddick wrote:
P.S. There's a chance this won't work.

In the case it does fail, you should uninstall the program (using
"Control Panel" ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 13th 11, 01:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 302
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
OT Installing old program on a 64bit system

I have an old genealogy program which I tried to install on my
sister's Win7 64 bit system with absolute failure. Yet a few months
ago I installed it on my wife's Win7 64 bit machine and it is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 25th 11, 04:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 148
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
windows dont recognize USB2.0 external hard drive 2.5"

Alonso wrote:
after connecting to USB port of desktop PC USB2.0 external hard drive 2.5",
windows dont recognize it does not shown. New WD portable HDD 500Gb, worked
when checked in...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 27th 11, 10:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 120
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Lost ability to hibernate

My XP notebook will no longer hibernate or standby. It appears to do
so, but on restart it will begin then show a blue page with a lot of
information then start dumping memory to disk, requiring...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP August 16th 11, 12:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 9
Views: 1,282
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
A bootlog analyzer for Windows XP?

Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 8/15/2011 5:31 PM, Ant wrote:
Hello.

What's a good bootlog analyzer to see what is taking so long to boot up
my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3? It boots up...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 16th 11, 12:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 12
Views: 168
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
A bootlog analyzer for Windows XP?

Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 8/15/2011 5:31 PM, Ant wrote:
Hello.

What's a good bootlog analyzer to see what is taking so long to boot up
my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3? It boots up...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 8th 11, 04:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 209
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
"Smart" File Move Utility?

Tecknomage wrote:

Does anyone know of a utility that will *move* files AND change ANY
entries in the Registry that refer to any files that are moved?

There is always a problem when you move...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 30th 11, 05:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 18
Views: 314
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Is this newsgroup slow to download?

David wrote:
I've wondered this for a long time -- in fact, for years. Is this
newsgroup slow to download, or is something wrong with my own system? When
I download unread headers from other...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 21st 11, 11:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 24
Views: 282
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
How to compare filenames in different folders?

David wrote:
I have a need to determine the filenames that are the same in two different
folders. This is a recurring problem, and often the folders have several
hundred files, so this is not...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 23rd 11, 08:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 31
Views: 351
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
can "mute" be toggled?

Jo-Anne wrote:
I've taken to watching videos on my WinXP laptop. I mute the ads by
left-clicking on the volume button in the system tray, then checking or
unchecking the "mute" box. Is there a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 3rd 10, 03:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 207
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Windows XP laptop loses connection to Windows 7 workgroup

Yousuf Khan wrote:
From time to time, my XP laptop loses connection to my other PCs
running W7. Neither the W7 machines, nor the XP machine can see each
other during that time. It doesn't...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 3rd 10, 03:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 318
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Windows XP laptop loses connection to Windows 7 workgroup

Yousuf Khan wrote:
From time to time, my XP laptop loses connection to my other PCs
running W7. Neither the W7 machines, nor the XP machine can see each
other during that time. It doesn't...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 3rd 10, 03:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 318
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Windows XP laptop loses connection to Windows 7 workgroup

Yousuf Khan wrote:
From time to time, my XP laptop loses connection to my other PCs
running W7. Neither the W7 machines, nor the XP machine can see each
other during that time. It doesn't...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 23rd 10, 04:26 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 3
Views: 125
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
MSconfig

Is there a utility in Win 7 similar to msconfig.exe? I need to stop HP
Restore from running on startup.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

You're not really drunk if you can lie
on the floor without...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 1st 10, 12:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 742
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Backup program needed

Gerald Ross wrote:
Henry wrote:
Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM.

I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and now I'm
looking for a good backup...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 1st 10, 12:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 742
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Backup program needed

Gerald Ross wrote:
Henry wrote:
Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM.

I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and now I'm
looking for a good backup...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 1st 10, 12:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 742
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Backup program needed

Henry wrote:
Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM.

I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and now I'm
looking for a good backup program. The one that came...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 1st 10, 12:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 742
Posted By Gerald Ross[_2_]
Backup program needed

Henry wrote:
Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM.

I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and now I'm
looking for a good backup program. The one that came...
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