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Forum: General XP issues or comments February 15th 10, 01:30 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 235
Posted By Rich Barry
Does upgrading to a HyperThreaded CPU require a reinstall of Windo

Ch, I think you are getting WinXP and Linux mixed up.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810231





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Forum: General XP issues or comments February 13th 10, 02:36 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 168
Posted By Rich Barry
Multimedia Audio Controler

Chris, to find them online you have to know what your looking for. To do
that try Belarc PC Audit. It does an inventory of your system. Look for
Audio chip or card. Usually it's a
AC ' 97 ...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 13th 10, 01:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 1
Views: 985
Posted By Rich Barry
Registry problem

Isn't there a setting in the Bios for that? If you enabled it stay on
it will.


"JT" wrote in message
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I recently had to reinstall...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 11th 10, 11:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 16
Views: 1,902
Posted By Rich Barry
XP Home will not boot up

Tommy, I always recommend Michael's terrific Article on Repair Installs.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

I think you said you would not mind doing a clean install. If...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 11th 10, 03:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 171
Posted By Rich Barry
System Restore all off, still creating restore points on 2nd parti

Bill, I use two drives both formatted FAT32 and when I turn off System
Restore on all Drives, it's turned off. With NTFS you might have a issue
with permissions on the other drives
But, just...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 11th 10, 03:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 16
Views: 1,902
Posted By Rich Barry
XP Home will not boot up

Tommy, read this first then try Chkdsk again
http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-chkdsk.html



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Forum: General XP issues or comments February 11th 10, 02:57 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 302
Posted By Rich Barry
Dual Boot problem after latest Windows update

Win7 like WinXP should have a way to repair the bootloader. With XP it is
the Recovery Console. Win7 might have something built in to do the same
thing. This site may help.
...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 10th 10, 06:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 2
Views: 889
Posted By Rich Barry
XP won't start... BSOD

Check below. Scroll down to 7E.

http://www.aumha.org/a/stop.php


"Reidtel" wrote in message
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I have a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 9th 10, 07:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 307
Posted By Rich Barry
Explorer Bar-Folders

Jo-Anne, what do the shortcuts display if not folders ? Unlocking the
toolbar has nothing to do with displaying folders. That just gives you the
option to move the Taskbar to the top or side of...
Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar February 8th 10, 09:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
Replies: 1
Views: 1,481
Posted By Rich Barry
capture video

Wow, google has something for everybody.
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=923

"Novice1" wrote in message...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 8th 10, 06:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 350
Posted By Rich Barry
very slow computer

You, definitely want to uninstall that Superantispyware if you can.
Open Task Managerselect Processes. In the column labeled CPU note down the
processes that are
10 and higher. System Idle...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 8th 10, 06:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 7
Views: 963
Posted By Rich Barry
error code 1000008e on or soon after boot up

Have you seen this MS Article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903251




"K." wrote in message
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I have a 4 yr old...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 8th 10, 05:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 1
Views: 576
Posted By Rich Barry
Documents and Settings

Dimitry, once you disable the User accounts you can delete their
Folders. But, double check here
...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 7th 10, 11:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 4
Views: 616
Posted By Rich Barry
Re-booting

Don, rt click MyComputerselect PropertiesAdvancedStartup and
Recovery-SettingsUncheck Auto restart box. Next time this happens you may
get a BSOD with error
message. Post the message back...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 6th 10, 04:42 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 5
Views: 801
Posted By Rich Barry
startup upon stand-by -- no reactions to mouse and keyboard

Check in the BiosAdvanced for Legacy USB enabled. Try rt clicking
MyComputerselect PropertiesHardwareDevice ManagerUSB Controllers. Rt
click on each one and choose uninstall. Restart and let...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 6th 10, 04:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 230
Posted By Rich Barry
Upgrading an OS, changing an OS, Downgrading an OS?

Brian, you can do a clean install of your OEM XP as many times as you
want as long as it's on the computer that it's tied to. Shenan where are
you? You explain this a lot better
than I can.
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 6th 10, 03:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 444
Posted By Rich Barry
OK to uninstall XP Hotfix/Security Updates??? Out of ROM

Those $ files are for uninstalling the windows updates if they are a
problem. Rarely, I say with a smile on my face are they a problem. I
personally delete all of them a week or
two after they...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 5th 10, 07:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 209
Posted By Rich Barry
computer won't shutdown

Jim, take a look below

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

"JimRobbins" wrote in message...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 5th 10, 06:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 1
Views: 657
Posted By Rich Barry
XP SP2 Installation error

Farley, take a look below. My kids dog was named Farley. He was my
favorite dog of all time. Terrier mix. He died a few months back. I still
miss him.

...
Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar February 4th 10, 08:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
Replies: 4
Views: 1,449
Posted By Rich Barry
Question about video and DirectX

Do you have SP2 or SP3 installed? DX9 was part of the SP2 package.
There has been no other updates for DX on WinXP since
at least six years ago. For Vista and Win7, there is DX10 and 11. When...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 4th 10, 08:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 250
Posted By Rich Barry
.Net Framework 1.1 won't install

Moon, follow the advice given from Mark and Peter who responded to your
post on 2/2. It worked for me.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922377 I used Method 2.

"moon4707"...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 4th 10, 02:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 31
Views: 877
Posted By Rich Barry
Security Essentials

Well, truly forgetting that XP had it's own firewall I did indeed
come away with the impression after reading about MSSE that it
did not have a Firewall. At the time that was very curious to me....
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 4th 10, 01:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 328
Posted By Rich Barry
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

Thank You Mark and Peter for directing me to the right source of info I
needed. Papa Bear Lighten up. Way to anal.
"moon4707" wrote in message...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 4th 10, 12:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 496
Posted By Rich Barry
.NET Framework??

There is no need to keep Net. Framework unless you have Apps that
depend on it. For example, I have a ATI Graphics Card that
uses a Catalyst Driver and Control Center that is dependent on...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 4th 10, 12:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 31
Views: 877
Posted By Rich Barry
Security Essentials

It's been so long that I forgot I turned off Windows own Firewall.
Comodo works fine for me since I am not on a local Network.
In the past MS efforts to protect my Computer have been less than...
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