Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
June 20th 09, 07:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 5
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IE8, a cautionary tale.
Hello,
Has been there since IE6 (in earlier versions, I do not remember)
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
June 20th 09, 11:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 3
Views: 272
Laptop Display
Hello,
There should be another disc labelled something like Drivers and Utilities
disc. Insert the disc and follow instructions to install the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 19th 09, 07:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 210
User Interface Lockdown
Hello,
From http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm :
press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold
down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 19th 09, 06:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 145
ms dos prompt feature
Hello,
When you open a DOS prompt, click on the top left icon of the window,
Properties, (change as desired), OK, 'Save properties for future windows
with same...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 19th 09, 06:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 210
User Interface Lockdown
Hello,
If you not able to undo the changes that you did previously for some reason,
take a look at this site for various registry tweaks to enable back the user
features -...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
June 19th 09, 06:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 16
Views: 450
Can't run defrag or Chkdsk in XP
Hello,
Chkdsk is scheduled to run. This means that you need to restart your
computer so that Chkdsk can run at startup. Once CHKDSK has completed, you
will be able to...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
June 19th 09, 06:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 16
Views: 450
Can't run defrag or Chkdsk in XP
Hello,
Chkdsk is scheduled to run. This means that you need to restart your
computer so that Chkdsk can run at startup. Once CHKDSK has completed, you
will be able to...
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Forum: The Basics
June 19th 09, 04:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 7
Views: 283
Invalid or Corrupt Zip Files
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Thanks for posting back on the working solution.
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Forum: The Basics
June 19th 09, 04:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 7
Views: 283
Invalid or Corrupt Zip Files
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Thanks for posting back on the working solution.
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Forum: The Basics
June 19th 09, 02:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 7
Views: 283
Invalid or Corrupt Zip Files
Hello,
Zip files can come in parts. But it looks more likely that you did not
download the ZIP file properly ending up in a corrupted ZIP file.
Try downloading the ZIP file...
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Forum: The Basics
June 19th 09, 02:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 7
Views: 283
Invalid or Corrupt Zip Files
Hello,
Zip files can come in parts. But it looks more likely that you did not
download the ZIP file properly ending up in a corrupted ZIP file.
Try downloading the ZIP file...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 19th 09, 11:42 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 181
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 19th 09, 11:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 206
Change default paper size to A4 for all users
Hello,
Have you tried configuring the paper size to A4 in the printer properties
(Start control panel printers)?
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
June 19th 09, 07:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,509
media player 11
Hello,
What is the error message? Copy and paste the exact error message with any
error codes in your reply.
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 18th 09, 11:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 290
keyboard
Hello,
Try changing to another keyboard and see if it fixes the problem. If so, you
need to change your keyboard.
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
June 18th 09, 10:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 4
Views: 434
Autoruns
Hello,
It is safe to delete duplicate entries as well as entries with 'file not
found'.
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
June 18th 09, 10:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 4
Views: 434
Autoruns
Hello,
It is safe to delete duplicate entries as well as entries with 'file not
found'.
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
June 15th 09, 06:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,348
Playing mp4 files.
Hello,
MP4 files should be playable with Apple's QuickTime Player -
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
June 15th 09, 03:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 12
Views: 326
CD/DVD Drives
Hello,
How old is it? It could have reached end of life. Try to see if it is able
to read a DVD disc that works on another drive
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
June 15th 09, 03:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 12
Views: 326
CD/DVD Drives
Hello,
How old is it? It could have reached end of life. Try to see if it is able
to read a DVD disc that works on another drive
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
June 15th 09, 03:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 12
Views: 326
CD/DVD Drives
Hello,
That fix is only if the drive doesn't even appear.
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
June 15th 09, 03:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 12
Views: 326
CD/DVD Drives
Hello,
That fix is only if the drive doesn't even appear.
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
May 27th 09, 02:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 7
Views: 241
Reformatting HD or uninstalling and defragging?
Hello,
I recommend reformatting the whole hard disk and installing a new copy of
XP. You will need the drivers and software that came with the system as you
will need to reinstall them...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
May 27th 09, 02:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,474
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 24th 09, 08:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 156
system restore
Hello,
What is the error message? You may want to post a new thread instead of
replying to this one
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