Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 10th 14, 11:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 13
Views: 858
Remove File Association
[*.clp] files, that have been saved with the application "ClipBook Viewer
[Clipboard]" (clipbrd.exe), can *only* be opened with the;
File Open...
...menu function, from *within* that...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 30th 14, 03:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 942
Convertio: FAT32 to NTFS
P.S. If, in fact, he, or anyone else, does want to know, there are many
third-party partitioning tools, such as the very capable Partition Magic,
or EAESUS, can convert a drive (partition) from...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 30th 14, 03:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 942
Convertio: FAT32 to NTFS
I do believe that the OP's question was not; "How do I convert Fat32 to
NTFS...." but, rather; "Is it a wise thing, if I did so convert the
drive..." - ...and so, presumably, he knows *how* to do...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 30th 14, 02:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 942
Convertio: FAT32 to NTFS
I'm sure the OP did actually mean - convert his 'hard-drive' to NTFS - it's
exactly I'd say it as well...!!
Also, I would just like to add to my original reply - I would never
make *any*...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 29th 14, 07:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 942
Convertio: FAT32 to NTFS
Converting your system drive from Fat32 to NTFS will only be good for your
PC's performance - it will not affect the reading /writing to any other
media (CDs, floppies, etc.), whatsoever.
Do be...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
January 21st 14, 07:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,895
ntp server
NO IDEA WHO HAD RE-POSTED THIS [OLD] POST BUT;
(...for all those who find this in any current search )
You can find [a] list[s] of NTP [News] Servers...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
October 29th 13, 03:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 437
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
October 17th 13, 12:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 557
Automatic Update Download OFF but still Downloads
Yes, I agree [philo] - Sometimes, just turning off "Automatic Updates" in
the Window's Control Panel extension of the same name, is not enough...
If, for *any* reason, you need updates turned off...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 18th 13, 11:35 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 494
No sound
You make some valid points - and my [first re-post] contribution was based
on the assumption that suggestions such as yours, and other similar ones,
would also be posted...
However, though my...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 18th 13, 12:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 494
No sound
If you can get an application, such as Sound Recorder, or Media Player, to
"play" any recordings (i.e. the application looks like it's playing with
the progress (seek) bar moving and time display...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 31st 13, 09:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 776
Spelll Cheker
Google Chrome has a reasonably good built-in spell-checker, for any text
that can be entered within web-page text fields - however, it doesn't
support dictionary definitions. But, the way Chrome...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 26th 13, 03:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 389
Power Save does not work
Sometimes, the timeout power-save mode for cutting power to the monitor is
overridden by the settings in your BIOS (system settings that can be
accessed at start of your PC's boot-up...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 14th 13, 10:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 596
Guest account and power profile question
Rather than changing the Guest account's privileges (something that was
never designed to be done with the special 'Guest' account), instead, try
this;
Power profiles are what's known as"Global" -...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 27th 13, 10:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 538
Show I.E. hidden files
So glad you got the point, and was able to make use of it...
Glad to be of [some] help!
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 27th 13, 08:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 538
Show I.E. hidden files
You need to look where your "Temporary Internet Files" folder is set to :
open the "Internet Properties" control panel extension; and under the
"General" (tab), then in the middle section...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
April 23rd 13, 10:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 7
Views: 42,940
Control Panel
Unfortunately - not!
You can copy the file: gpedit.msc - that is not the problem - but when you
try to start it on a XP Home PC, it will say that you nee to import the
correct 'snap-in' for the...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
April 17th 13, 10:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 42,940
Control Panel
Use the Group Policy Editor (under XP Start Menu's "Administrative Tools" )
to limit user-level access to many Windows components, including access to
the Control Panel itself...
If you can't find...
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Forum: The Basics
April 16th 13, 12:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,660
Microsoft Security Essentials
I suggest that you [temporarily] turn off MSSE (double-click on it's
taskbar icon to open MSSE's interface, goto 'Settings' tab, set the
Real-time protection to "off"), then download and run the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 12th 13, 11:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 681
CHKDSK: no Winlogon result
I didn't know the reasons for it, but knew the behaviour - exactly right -
just what I was trying to say!...
There's a difference between a little accumulated data corruption (which, I
was also...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 12th 13, 02:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 681
CHKDSK: no Winlogon result
It's my opinion that computers, like cars, can be "driven" a certain way by
it's owner so as to make it more vulnerable to certain types of fault - in
my own personal experience (with WinXP) I have...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 11th 13, 11:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 681
CHKDSK: no Winlogon result
Also like to add; there is no real benefit in using the exhaustive [/r]
switch (rather than, simply, using the [/f] switch, instead), unless you
have received error messages stating, specifically,...
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Forum: The Basics
March 10th 13, 02:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,342
flickering icons
That's fine, my pleasure to help!...
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
wrote in message
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 8th 13, 12:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 614
Transman.dll error loading
Go to the Symantec / Norton websiteč, and download the appropriate *removal
tool* that they provide as a solution for this very issue.
The problem occurs because the uninstall software included...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 8th 13, 10:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,377
Some Anti-Virus/Malware Questions
Regarding your question of incompatibility issues with McCafee - All "true"
Anti-Virus software (that will satisfy Windows XP Security Center that you
actually have one installed) are "mutually...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 8th 13, 09:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,377
Some Anti-Virus/Malware Questions
I've been using Microsoft's [free] Security Essentials for about three
years now and have had no problems with it. I was using AVG prior to this,
and made a change as their [resident] program had...
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