Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 29th 07, 07:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 11
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Obtaining a Hotfix from Microsoft
Thanks Gerry, I already received the hotfix from Microsoft, and with no need to fork over $59 and then hope someone else will decide that yes, you really are entitled to receive that hotfix free of...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 28th 07, 06:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 11
Views: 283
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 28th 07, 04:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 11
Views: 283
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 28th 07, 04:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 11
Views: 283
Obtaining a Hotfix from Microsoft
Exactly - and I do not have a Software Assurance Agreement, Professional Contract , TechNet Subscription, MSDN Subscription or a MSPP (Microsoft Partner Program).
M and D
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 28th 07, 03:57 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 11
Views: 283
Obtaining a Hotfix from Microsoft
I have the issue described in "Sounds do not play after you resume Windows from hibernation on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2". This is KB892559.
The article states: "A...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 25th 07, 05:40 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,348
Can't Turn Off AutoComplete for Forms
[IE 7 on Windows XP]
I do not use AutoComplete. Here's my problem: When I go to Tools - Internet Options - Content - AutoComplete Settings there is no checkmark next to "Web addresses" and "User...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 7th 07, 06:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 2
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Iexplore.exe Using 99% CPU
I really can't tell. I haven't been experiencing this problem long enough.
M and D
"Arnie" wrote in message ...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
July 6th 07, 03:42 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 2
Views: 104
Iexplore.exe Using 99% CPU
I have Internet Explorer 7 installed on Windows XP.
This problem started about a week ago, I think. I open IE 7 to a web page - CNN.com is a good example. As soon as I right-click on a link and...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 29th 07, 04:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 14
Views: 310
UPDATE: Time for a New Video Card?
"Power...Either that of your video card/motherboard/power supply to initialize the monitor properly or the one on your monitor."
Excellent ...thank you for that.
If I try my monitor on a different...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 29th 07, 04:16 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 14
Views: 310
UPDATE: Time for a New Video Card?
[XP Home SP 2]
The story so far (briefly): When I restart my computer, the Welcome Screen is noticeably pixilated and the colors are off. In addition, thin, vertical purple lines appear. Eventually...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 25th 07, 12:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 14
Views: 310
Time for a New Video Card?
Hi Dave:
Thanks for your help.
Unfortunately, my motherboard doesn't have on-board video.
The image of the Welcome Screen does look like 640 X 480. Here's possibly another clue: I'm starting to...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 25th 07, 11:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 14
Views: 310
Time for a New Video Card?
Thank you for all that info.
Same behavior happened with my previous monitor and previous video cable, but it's easy to try a different video cable or even a VGA cable (instead the DVI-D cable I...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 25th 07, 06:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 14
Views: 310
Time for a New Video Card?
If it were the monitor or the DVI cable, I would think this problem I'm having would not be limited to when my computer restarts...if a monitor or a cable are bad, they're bad anytime.
If it was the...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 25th 07, 05:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 14
Views: 310
Time for a New Video Card?
This only happens on restarting my computer...sometime. The rest of the time the video image is flawless, so it's not the monitor.
Still, you would think if the video card were failing I'd be having...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 25th 07, 02:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 14
Views: 310
Time for a New Video Card?
[XP Home SP 2]
When I restart my computer, the Welcome Screen looks like it's on a 'bad trip' and within a few seconds my monitor goes black. This happens much of the time, but not always, when I...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 10th 07, 04:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 13
Views: 253
Chkdsk Reports Nonexistent Errors
Hi again Wesley,
I believe that "0 KB in bad sectors" refers to the surface of the disk, whereas the reports I am seeing in Event Viewer refer to logical errors.
Nonetheless, I've concluded that I...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 10th 07, 02:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 13
Views: 253
Chkdsk Reports Nonexistent Errors
Hi Bob. Thanks very much for your suggestion. The thing is that my XP CD is the original gold release and I'm now at SP 2. When I run CHKDSK at bootup I believe it's running before Windows...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 10th 07, 02:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 13
Views: 253
Chkdsk Reports Nonexistent Errors
Thank you sincerely for responding to my posts.
Evidentally we've been reading the same articles in our research.
I understand and accept that CHKDSK in read-only mode can produce erroneous...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 9th 07, 06:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 13
Views: 253
Chkdsk Reports Nonexistent Errors
A follow-up to my original post:
According to the MSKB article I cited in my original post: "This problem occurs because the Chkdsk utility may not find references to all the security IDs if the...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 8th 07, 09:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 13
Views: 253
Chkdsk Reports Nonexistent Errors
Folks, I am way out of my league on this one so I really hope someone can help.
My C:\ drive has the problem described in "The CHKDSK utility incorrectly identifies and deletes in-use security...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 8th 07, 06:30 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 4
Views: 141
Update: A Quirk During Shutdown
After doing a bit of investigating I determined that this strange XP-logo screen flashes on and off twice: once during logoff and a second time while shutting down.
A similar thing happens in Safe...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 7th 07, 02:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 0
Views: 146
Logging Tool for Shutdown?
There seem to be several applications that can log and/or analyze XP's boot and startup process. Is there a tool that can analyze the shutdown process?
M and D
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 4th 07, 04:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 4
Views: 141
A Quirk During Shutdown
I have a normal Welcome Screen with icons for the several user accounts.
The screen I am describing has the same blue colored background with the words Windows XP and the XP icon, and that's it. It...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 3rd 07, 11:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 4
Views: 141
A Quirk During Shutdown
This really is a minor issue but it would be nice to solve it.
I have Windows XP Home SP 2. My computer shuts down without a problem, but it does have this quirk: The very first thing my computer...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
March 25th 07, 12:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 6
Views: 147
Intermittant Video Aberration
Thanks for everyone's help. I'll try cleaning the contacts and, if that doesn't do it, I'll try putting the card in a different slot. I hope this is the worst problem I ever have with a computer. ...
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