Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 24th 09, 04:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Hi Anna,
To check if the onboard video was the problem, I installed an old PCI video
card, disabled the onboard video, and rebooted. This time the machine posted
just like it has been and then...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 24th 09, 02:57 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Gerry,
I was able to press F8 and choose "disable automatic restart on system
failure" but it did not seem to change the startup behavior. It still posts,
then goes to a black screen and reboots....
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 24th 09, 02:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 23rd 09, 01:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Memtest86 passed, so it looks like it is not memory. I'll move on from here.
"Charlie" wrote:
Hi Mark,
I ran the diagnostics on the hard dribve (SeaTools for DOS) and they passed.
No...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 23rd 09, 03:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Hi Anna,
Thanks for the ideas below. I'm in the process of following up on all the
suggestions, but thougth I'd address some of your questions. See the
responses below.
Charlie
First of all,...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 23rd 09, 03:35 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Hi Mark,
I ran the diagnostics on the hard dribve (SeaTools for DOS) and they passed.
No I'm running Memtest86. it's running fairly slow so I'll probably let it
go overnight and check the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 23rd 09, 03:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Hi Gerry,
I'm working on some of the hard drive and memory tests now (it's taking
quite a while). I'll try to get the stop error report per your suggestion
tomorrow.
Thanks!
"Gerry" wrote:
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 23rd 09, 03:30 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Hi Richard,
I just finished running the diagnostic tests on the hard drive. I used
SeaTools for DOS and ran both the short test and the long test. Both passed.
I'm moving on to check memory...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 22nd 09, 04:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
Hi Rich,
No options for anti-vrius in the BIOS. Using Amercian Megatrends v2.61
I don't recall getting any drivers when I purchased the OEM hard drive.
I've got the BIOS set for the "OnChip...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 22nd 09, 04:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
The motherboard is an ASUS M4A78-E with American Megatrends BIOS. There is a
BIOS option for the "OnChip SATA Type" and I have it set to IDE. (other
options are RAID or AHCI). That should do it,...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 22nd 09, 02:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 19
Views: 350
Continuous Reboots During XP Home Installation
I'm running out of ideas on how to troubleshoot an XP Home installation and
need some help. I've clean installed XP Home on a new hard drive (SATA
160GB) and have proceeded through the part where...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 17th 09, 03:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 200
can't afford screwup on dual boot
I took your answer to be setting up 2 OS on different partitions on the same
hard drive. I don't have a problem with that as I do know how to set up
partitions, and will get to that after I get...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 17th 09, 02:43 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 200
can't afford screwup on dual boot
First I'd like to thank Anna and Timothy Daniels for the suggestions about
external racks. I gave them a thought but it's not what I want. As to the
suggestion about a virtual drive I like that...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 16th 09, 12:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 200
can't afford screwup on dual boot
I don't need dual boot, but at the moment have way to much time on my hands.
I'm trying to learn more about setting up computers. I just don't know which
OS disk (home or 64 bit) to use on which...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 15th 09, 06:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 200
can't afford screwup on dual boot
I have an MSI 7325 (K9N4 SLI) with AMD Athlon x 2, 2.8 gh cpu. 4 gigs OCB 800
mem, 2 Asus 9600GT GPU's config for SLI. I have 1 250 gig WD with XP home and
an 80 gig Seagate with XP pro 64 bit....
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 25th 08, 01:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 1
Views: 485
xp security.
Hi,
Since I have security on xp with a firewall and anti virus program and
updates turned on, then why do I need another one which is furnished by my
internet provider called mcafee which I think...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
November 13th 08, 11:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 2
Views: 302
EVENT ID 7000
uninstalled photoshop elements ,stills locking up down to 2 error messages
content watch,THE CONTENT WATCH MONITOR SERVICE FAILED TO START DUE TO THE
FOLLOWING
ERROR. THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
November 13th 08, 12:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 2
Views: 302
EVENT ID 7000
my computer keeps locking up even when the screen saver is running and no
other programes.In the event viewer I have the same 4 errors each time.
EVENT ID 7000 "PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS CONNECT DEVICE...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
November 2nd 08, 07:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 0
Views: 190
turn off button
Hit start, The pop up for shut off or restart pops up . Hit restart or shut
down button and it does not work. Have to use button on computer to shut
off.?? Help!!
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charlie
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Forum: The Basics
October 31st 08, 03:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 16
Views: 448
Daylight saving not working
Thank you for the step by step instruction. It seems to work now. I also
tried a fix called DaylightSavingFix.exe and that works too in case anyone
have similar problems.
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Forum: The Basics
October 30th 08, 12:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 16
Views: 448
Daylight saving not working
Thanks for the response. I already tried the TZEdit.exe utility and it's not
working either. I edit the current Central time and it looks correct in and
all but when I close that utility out and...
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Forum: The Basics
October 29th 08, 08:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 16
Views: 448
Daylight saving not working
This patch does not work either. I got the same error message when trying to
apply the patch on top of SP3. Any other suggestion?
"Rich/rerat" wrote:
Update for Windows XP (KB951072)
Brief...
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Forum: The Basics
October 28th 08, 07:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 16
Views: 448
Daylight saving not working
I already tried KB931836 and it's giving me that error I've written above. As
for the Austrialian, I need the USA version.
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Forum: The Basics
October 28th 08, 06:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 16
Views: 448
Daylight saving not working
Yes, I did check that box and it's not working.
"Gerry" wrote:
Charlie
Start, Control Panel, Date and Time, Time Zone. Have you checked the box
under the Globe? However, it didn't work...
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Forum: The Basics
October 28th 08, 05:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 16
Views: 448
Daylight saving not working
I live in central time. It's not suppose to go back one hour until first
Sunday of November. I've read that this has something to do with SP3 not
including Time Zone changes. However, I've not...
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