Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
April 11th 09, 06:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 20
Views: 451
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
March 3rd 09, 07:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 4
Views: 178
XP network settings
It's bound to the network connection.
Error Message When You Try to Turn On Welcome Screen or Fast User Switching
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315347
John
Dave wrote:
I get a message saying...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 2nd 09, 08:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 125
Command prompt
Use the CD command to change directories.
We don't know how you got to the C: prompt, did you get there via the
Recovery Console?
John
cy wrote:
Hi All,
Sorry if this is a silly...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 2nd 09, 01:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 17
Views: 293
memory not show correctly
The /PAE switch does not allow Windows XP to use Physical Address
Extension to access RAM above the 4GB boundary, this feature is not
available on XP. The /PAE switch will not allow Windows XP to...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 1st 09, 05:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 171
Dual Boot / Alternate Boot Questions
David wrote:
Note: there are four primary partitions allowed. The extended
partition is a primary partition. The first logical drive in the
extended partition will be numbered 5.
Timothy...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
February 28th 09, 11:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 6
Views: 195
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 27th 09, 04:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 199
Hibernation & pagefile
How to move the paging file in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886
The hiberfil.sys cannot be moved, you can disable hibernation to regain
the space occupied by the file.
These are...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
February 26th 09, 02:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 15
Views: 664
Converting system partition to NTFS
You're welcome.
John
Herbert Eppel wrote:
Thanks for your further helpful comments.
I'll think about it and report back if I decide to do it :-)
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
February 26th 09, 01:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 15
Views: 664
Converting system partition to NTFS
With a laptop and a fully charged battery you have eliminated the major
risk of a power failure without a UPS when doing the conversion. The
alignment (with BootItNG) and the conversion process...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
February 26th 09, 11:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 15
Views: 664
Converting system partition to NTFS
We have no way of knowing how Acer prepared the drive, many OEM's still
use rather antiquated tools to prepare and deploy their images so we
don't know what to expect from these OEM installations. ...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 25th 09, 09:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 160
PC keeps rebooting
What is the rest of the bugcheck error message? Does the message
include a file name?
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error messages are most often caused by
faulty or bad drivers. Try using the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 25th 09, 03:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 172
duel {option} boot with 2 hard drives
You're welcome, I'm glad to hear that you got it working properly.
John
MrKosta wrote:
John John:
Thank you so much.
This works like clockwork! lol
Satisfying choice on my part to find...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
February 25th 09, 01:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 1
Views: 296
Client for Microsoft Networks
Look at the Network Adapter in the Device Manager and confirm that it is
running properly. You can have Windows reinstall the drivers for the
adater from the Device Manager.
John
Joe Rose...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
February 25th 09, 01:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 4
Views: 472
Memory Stick vs Mapped Drive
If you have SP3 installed you should be able to assign a different
letter to the USB stick, use the Disk Management tool and see if you can
apply another drive letter to the stick. If you can't...
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Forum: New Users to Windows XP
February 25th 09, 01:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
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Replies: 4
Views: 472
Memory Stick vs Mapped Drive
If you have SP3 installed you should be able to assign a different
letter to the USB stick, use the Disk Management tool and see if you can
apply another drive letter to the stick. If you can't...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 25th 09, 04:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 172
duel {option} boot with 2 hard drives
If the operating system on the "other" drive was independently installed
on the same computer then you can just connect the drive to the other
SATA controller and then you will be able to boot to...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 25th 09, 03:03 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 335
Path is too deep error
Terry R. wrote:
The date and time was Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:14:01 PM, and on a
whim, John John (MVP) pounded out on the keyboard:
Terry R. wrote:
The date and time was Tuesday,...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 24th 09, 09:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 335
Path is too deep error
Terry R. wrote:
The date and time was Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:43:41 PM, and on a
whim, Pegasus (MVP) pounded out on the keyboard:
"Spamcop User" wrote in...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 24th 09, 05:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 172
duel {option} boot with 2 hard drives
How do you now boot these different operating systems?
All you need to do is add an entry pointing to the other operating
system to the boot.ini file.
John
MrKosta wrote:
How can I have a...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 24th 09, 03:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 335
Path is too deep error
Spamcop User wrote:
Windows cannot handle properly anything [folders] over 8 levels deep...
Nonsense, as long as it doesn't exceed the maximum path length there is
no such limit.
John
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Forum: The Basics
February 24th 09, 01:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 4
Views: 203
How Disable Autoplay?
wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:59:51 -0400, "John John (MVP)"
wrote:
Download and install this patch:
How to correct "disable Autorun registry...
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Forum: The Basics
February 23rd 09, 04:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 4
Views: 203
How Disable Autoplay?
Download and install this patch:
How to correct "disable Autorun registry key" enforcement in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953252
Reboot after you install the patch. The patch will add...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 20th 09, 01:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 186
tcp ip enough to acess ntfs disk
You don't need to have NTFS drivers to access an NTFS disk over a network.
John
wrote:
say you wanna acess from network a ntfs disk in a pc booted from
floppy-does boot...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 20th 09, 01:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 12
Views: 237
msdos.sys and io.sys
Don Phillipson wrote:
"Bill Cunningham" wrote in message
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If they are for compatibility why is msdos.sys empty of...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 19th 09, 11:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 12
Views: 237
msdos.sys and io.sys
Bill Cunningham wrote:
"John John (MVP)" wrote in message
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The zero byte files are there for compatibility reasons with...
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