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Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 10, 11:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 582
Posted By Al[_5_]
Svhost.exe using 100% Processor on XP Professional

Bob - svchost functions as a "host container" for threads being executed -
several will be "running". Usually malware will have names similar to
system files. Is the title you posted "svhost" ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 10, 11:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 582
Posted By Al[_5_]
Svhost.exe using 100% Processor on XP Professional

Bob - svchost functions as a "host container" for threads being executed -
several will be "running". Usually malware will have names similar to
system files. Is the title you posted "svhost" ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 10, 05:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 282
Posted By Al[_5_]
Multi Boot problems

Mike - number one rule - always install the "earliest" Windows
version first - in your case order would be -XP, Vista, Win 7.

Google or Bing for "VistaBootPro" - an utility that will provide a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 10, 05:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 282
Posted By Al[_5_]
Multi Boot problems

Mike - number one rule - always install the "earliest" Windows
version first - in your case order would be -XP, Vista, Win 7.

Google or Bing for "VistaBootPro" - an utility that will provide a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 10, 12:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 218
Posted By Al[_5_]
WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 PUBLIC BETA IS NOW AVAILABLE!

The SP is not specific for Win 7 - it is a "combo" including "SP1 Beta" for
Windows Server 2008. Installation and usage requires Windows Server 2008
R2. Purpose is to improve Remote Desktop and...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 10, 12:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win2000.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 50
Posted By Al[_5_]
WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 PUBLIC BETA IS NOW AVAILABLE!

The SP is not specific for Win 7 - it is a "combo" including "SP1 Beta" for
Windows Server 2008. Installation and usage requires Windows Server 2008
R2. Purpose is to improve Remote Desktop and...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP May 27th 10, 03:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 9
Views: 2,742
Posted By Al[_5_]
Application Non Responding (Vista)

Silvio - Note from your post " am running Vista Home Premium SP2 and few
days ago I added a new graphic board. I also installed some new software and
my system became very slow...." - first...
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP May 27th 10, 03:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Replies: 9
Views: 2,742
Posted By Al[_5_]
Application Non Responding (Vista)

Silvio - Note from your post " am running Vista Home Premium SP2 and few
days ago I added a new graphic board. I also installed some new software and
my system became very slow...." - first...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 27th 10, 12:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 227
Posted By Al[_5_]
U3 flash drive

U3 drives have proprietary software installed - note the following

"Reformatting the drive will remove some of the software, but not all of it.
The virtual CD-ROM drive cannot be removed by...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 19th 10, 11:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 340
Posted By Al[_5_]
Acronis TrueImage installation destabilized xp

Ability to boot in into Safe Mode but not "normal" mode indicates a driver
problem When in Safe Mode run System Restore - afterwards determine reason
for instability.
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support March 5th 10, 01:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 4
Views: 553
Posted By Al[_5_]
How to Add GBs to Recovery disc D?

Do not use the recovery partition for data storage - it's function is ONLY
to provide recovery and it's size is limited to space necessary to hold the
original installation.
At one time the...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support March 5th 10, 12:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 4
Views: 449
Posted By Al[_5_]
frequency and color

Safe Mode uses VGA (16 bit) - Normal boot failure but Safe Mode boot success
indicates a driver problem (as suggested by DL)
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 5th 10, 12:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 355
Posted By Al[_5_]
Installing XP from a device other than a CD

Booting from a USB HD or thumb/stick and installing OS relatively simple -
copy OS files to the USB HD and install - an USB thumb drive must first be
partitioned and made active (usually by using...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support March 3rd 10, 07:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 387
Posted By Al[_5_]
Boot Problem

Option #1: Startrunmsconfigboot.ini tab - select "check all boot paths"
ok
Opyion #2: Startrunmsconfigboot.ini tabselect "Time out" set to 1-3 sec.
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 19th 10, 10:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 7
Views: 1,063
Posted By Al[_5_]
Windows XP 64 - Blue Screen of Death - no event logging?

Some confusion here - Event viewer can be used to view the "log" on a remote
computer (the 32 machine) - setting the terms of event capture on the 64
machine does not effect logging on the 32...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 23rd 10, 10:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 139
Posted By Al[_5_]
Blue Screen when loading into windows XP(include safe mode)

Boot from the XP CD - bypass option to use the Recovery Console - as setup
continues , it will indicate it has found a Windows installation and offer
the option to perform a repair - select Yes. ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 23rd 10, 10:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 146
Posted By Al[_5_]
mobo beeps

Beep codes are specific for the installed BIOS. Some codes are identical -
for instance the single beep at boot means a successful "POST" - Power on
self test. The codes for your computer should...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP January 23rd 10, 10:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 22
Views: 457
Posted By Al[_5_]
mobo beeps

Beep codes are specific for the installed BIOS. Some codes are identical -
for instance the single beep at boot means a successful "POST" - Power on
self test. The codes for your computer should...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP January 23rd 10, 10:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 22
Views: 457
Posted By Al[_5_]
mobo beeps

Beep codes are specific for the installed BIOS. Some codes are identical -
for instance the single beep at boot means a successful "POST" - Power on
self test. The codes for your computer should...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support January 5th 10, 11:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 12
Views: 1,300
Posted By Al[_5_]
2 Hard Drives One OS same system.

You can create a dual boot system utilizing dual installations of XP as you
describe. Immaterial which drive you install XP on first (With dissimilar
OSs the earliest version is installed first)...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support December 13th 09, 12:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 456
Posted By Al[_5_]
Reinstalling Windows Without the CD

It is not unusual for an OEM to include the i386 folder, and usually so when
they do not provide a CD. The message regarding "a newer" version" is a
result of installation of XP SPs.
To use a CD,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 8th 09, 07:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 159
Posted By Al[_5_]
CD Boot.

Thomas -it is a common courtesy to newsgroup readers to post "Fixes"
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support November 26th 09, 06:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 14
Views: 450
Posted By Al[_5_]
Windows 7 upgrade

Ken I agree with you - and Win 7 with Vista and XP pro Mode via Windows
Virtual PC is a blast. Lots of confusion regarding XP to Win 7 - You can
use Win 7 Upgrade version for XP to Win 7,...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support November 19th 09, 12:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 3
Views: 338
Posted By Al[_5_]
How do I remove the dual boot choice at startup?

Click StartRuntype "msconfig" - select "boot.ini" tab - check "Check
all boot paths".
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 1st 09, 10:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 241
Posted By Al[_5_]
Upgrade to Windows 7

Beginning with Vista Microsoft changed the platform upon which the OS was
designed and continued with Windows 7. Windows XP "permitted" applications
to be installed which performed administrative...
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