Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
January 20th 09, 12:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 1
Views: 174
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
January 20th 09, 12:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 2
Views: 183
laptop hard drive spin down
Hi m r,
Normally it's manufacturer's settings that causes the spin down. Check that
if you have such software (e.g. ThinkVantage for ThinkPad computers).
"m r" wrote:
My hard drive rarely...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
January 20th 09, 12:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 3
Views: 287
can't burn CD or DVD with Windows XP
Yeap as said before, XP cant burn DVD. As for the CD though, maybe you bought
an unformatted CD...
"Jane" wrote:
When I try to write to a CD-R, it seems like it is copying the documents
...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
January 20th 09, 12:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 8
Views: 451
Low Virtual Memory
Hi,
Increasing the Virtual Memory does help a little, though you wont get the
same effect as to increase the RAM itself. Furthermore, Virtual Memory eats
up your hard disk space. Personally, I...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
January 20th 09, 12:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 8
Views: 451
Low Virtual Memory
Hi,
Increasing the Virtual Memory does help a little, though you wont get the
same effect as to increase the RAM itself. Furthermore, Virtual Memory eats
up your hard disk space. Personally, I...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
January 20th 09, 12:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 10
Views: 546
Toshiba laptop and XP
Lemme be the psychic...
You are trying to install Windows XP in a laptop that comes with Windows
Vista yet you encounter blue screen every time you try to do so?
Set your SATA Drive to...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
January 20th 09, 12:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 10
Views: 546
Toshiba laptop and XP
Lemme be the psychic...
You are trying to install Windows XP in a laptop that comes with Windows
Vista yet you encounter blue screen every time you try to do so?
Set your SATA Drive to...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 20th 09, 12:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 145
Desktop takes time to appear
Hi Saurabh,
There could be several reasons to why it takes a little more time to load
your desktop. Possibly, you are having too many startup applications running
in the background. They could be...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 18th 08, 03:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 183
HD question
Hi Dan,
I am afraid you have got to get a migration software like Acronis or CA DNA
and such.
"Dan Conrad" wrote:
I have an asus P4S800D-X MB running XP SP3 with 80 G IDE hard drives.
Want...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 18th 08, 12:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 507
Screensaver autoactivation after reboot?
Hi Sven,
Were you intended to set screensavers that come with Windows XP or those
that you download from the Internet?
Try to do registry edit for this entry :
PLEASE BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY...
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Forum: The Basics
December 18th 08, 12:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 12
Views: 293
Need help pls
Hi Youngs,
As said by previous posters, that the real problem of having multiple
antivirus is conflicting resident scanners. I have avast free edition for my
personal use, and I think it is good...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
December 17th 08, 01:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 2
Views: 189
Blank screen when I start
Hi,
oh man, you should not have played with MSCONFIG if you don't know what you
are doing. Pops in your installation CD and run recovery console.
"Parth" wrote:
Hi,
Please note that...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
December 17th 08, 01:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 5
Views: 284
go (Away) google
Hi JR.
"Antivirus 2009" ? what kind of anti virus is this? probably you are a
victim of a scareware.
"JR" wrote:
What can I do to remove go.google? It redirects away from many of my I.E.
...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
December 17th 08, 01:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 2
Views: 224
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
December 17th 08, 01:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 3
Views: 232
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Forum: The Basics
December 17th 08, 01:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 15
Views: 448
Where is 'folder options'?
Hi gecko,
Sorry for the late reply. In any case, you can't do that if you are at "My
Computer" tab. try going a little deeper
"gecko" wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:13:01 -0800, inavlis
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Forum: The Basics
December 17th 08, 01:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 12
Views: 293
Need help pls
Hi Youngs,
As stated earlier use the F8. If the problem still persists, pops in the
installation CD to do a recovery console. Your data will still be intact
though your app stability may get...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 17th 08, 12:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 421
System Restore possible conflicts
Hi,
yes it is possible, since they have the abililty to disable your system
restore.
"Memyself" wrote:
hello again folks,
Can anyone tell me if it's even possible that System...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 17th 08, 12:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 249
Clean install of XP on dual boot (XP & Vista)
Hi Stroy,
You can try to do the following :
Boot your system to Vista. then right click on "My Computer" to go to
properties window.
Select the advanced tab, and click settings under "Startup and...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 17th 08, 12:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 234
Of topic - computer graphics tools
Hi Man T,
It depends actually. If you want to learn still designing Adobe Photoshop or
Illustrator will do. or Expressions (Since this is Microsoft's forum :p)
"Man T" wrote:
Sorry I know this...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 17th 08, 12:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 507
Screensaver autoactivation after reboot?
Hi Sven,
Is your computer connected to certain domain? Or does it come with third
party software that manages the screen saver and such?
"Sven Berg" wrote:
My screensaver is set active with...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
December 14th 08, 04:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 7
Views: 271
Computer Freezes oatWindows Bootup
Hi Belprive,
"an Norton Anti Virus, Super
Anti Spy and a program called Remove it, which someone suggested I use in
another newsgroup"
I suggest you to remove every single one of them (except...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
December 14th 08, 03:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 4
Views: 287
Laptop shutdown question
Yes you could, normally you can set it by using the Dell driver.
"Barry" wrote:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1720, came with Vista.. I removed Vista and installed
Winxp Pro. "love it"..
Well...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
December 14th 08, 03:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 4
Views: 287
Laptop shutdown question
Yes you could, normally you can set it by using the Dell driver.
"Barry" wrote:
I have a Dell Inspiron 1720, came with Vista.. I removed Vista and installed
Winxp Pro. "love it"..
Well...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
December 14th 08, 03:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 5
Views: 296
Hibernation vs. Standby
Hi Oreally,
there is no real effect on hard drive life. You could save some electricity
usage by using hibernation though.
But, since hibernation is storing the data into the hard drive, you...
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