Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 7th 07, 11:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 8
Views: 200
Disk defragmenter does not open
Chuck Kordcik wrote:
I can't open disk defragmenter. I am sure taht there is an easy fix to this
problem. I appreciate your help.
I assume you are trying to open it by right-clicking on the...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
May 7th 07, 10:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 12
Views: 400
IE7 Links Causes Pop-Ups (Balloon)
JCO wrote:
I was not trying to imply any inappropriate behavior on your part. My tone
was definitely not meant in that way. If I sound that way to you... I
certainly apologize.
No...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 7th 07, 10:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 140
disk space
larry wrote:
Hello
I am trying to install a game on my PC , xp home sp2 the game is 260Mb ,
well it want install because it says i have only 105mb free disk space and it
needs 260MB...
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Forum: The Basics
May 7th 07, 02:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 13
Views: 244
Hidden pagefile.sys
Beemer wrote:
Using My Computer/performance/advanced I have set the following pagefiles:
(a) Disc C: 5-50MB pagefile.sys
(b) Disc D: no pagefile.sys
(c) Disk G: volume "Scratch disc" no...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
May 7th 07, 02:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 12
Views: 400
IE7 Links Causes Pop-Ups (Balloon)
JCO wrote:
Great information and I'm guessing I will be turning it back on too.
Leave it off, and see what happens when you surf. You won't like it.
Your correct on the Windows Update. That...
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Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
May 7th 07, 12:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
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Replies: 3
Views: 203
Firewall or not
MedRxman wrote:
If one uses a wireless router(Linksys) which supposedly has a built in
firewall, is it necessary to have another Firewall running?
Personally, yes!
The firewall in the router...
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Forum: Customizing Windows XP
May 7th 07, 12:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Replies: 12
Views: 400
IE7 Links Causes Pop-Ups (Balloon)
JCO wrote:
This did not work, however, I was able to turn off Active Scripting, which
is on the security tab (advance).
This works, but of course, it will shut donw other options that may be...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 6th 07, 11:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 110
I cannot get Disk Defragmenter to work
David Halpern wrote:
It keeps saying ChkDsk is scheduled to run
and that I should run Chkdsk /f.
But whenever I do this Chkdsk won't run either.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I have...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 3rd 07, 03:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 79
No I386 Folder in C drive
smlunatick wrote:
2) You copy the folder yourself. Why anyone would do this copy is
unknown to me since the CD would always be available? Coping the
i386 folder for reasons, other than...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 3rd 07, 02:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 101
Search Indexer with virtual size of 250,000 K
Wowbagger wrote:
Running Windows XP Pro, SP2 on a machine with 1Gb RAM
Same here.
Windows Task Manager shows 48 processes with a commit charge consistently
above 500M / 2460 M. According to...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
May 1st 07, 03:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 16
Views: 543
Looking for employee desktop monitoring tools.
* voipfc wrote, On 4/30/2007 10:48 AM:
Is it wrong for employers to seek to guard against such things?
It's wrong to assume going in your employees can't be trusted and must
be watched. There...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
May 1st 07, 03:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 16
Views: 656
Looking for employee desktop monitoring tools.
* voipfc wrote, On 4/30/2007 10:48 AM:
Is it wrong for employers to seek to guard against such things?
It's wrong to assume going in your employees can't be trusted and must
be watched. There...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 1st 07, 02:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 85
help to recover images
* wrote, On 5/1/2007 6:32 AM:
Hello there,
I have a Dell latitude with many important images in it. Of course
the day before thinking that it would be a good idea to have a
...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 1st 07, 02:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 115
Pagefile Volume - I/O Error Status 0xC000009a
* Nobody wrote, On 5/1/2007 8:40 AM:
I am stuck. I am pretty sure my problem is the Pagefile Volume.
Don't be. I think the problem is elsewhere.
I recently restarted my computer and came up...
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Forum: The Basics
April 30th 07, 01:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 3
Views: 192
Write protection on flash drive
^^Aconite^^ wrote:
Was working fine then tried to delete some files "write -protected" i can
open the files no prob, the read only box is not ticked and according to the
troubleshooter its...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 30th 07, 01:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 85
XP reinstall & missing HDD partitions.
TerryS wrote:
I would appreciate any input as to what next.
How can I get the rest of my hard drive back?
Is the data on the three Logicals lost?
Is there permanent damage to the hard...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 30th 07, 12:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.private.directaccess.windowsxp
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Replies: 1
Views: 104
BSOD on shutdown
Michael D. Alligood [CertGuard] wrote:
First let me start off by saying I have exhausted all known solutions
for the following problem, so I am looking for something creative here! :-)
3...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
April 30th 07, 12:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.private.directaccess.windowsxp
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Replies: 9
Views: 494
BSOD on shutdown
Michael D. Alligood [CertGuard] wrote:
First let me start off by saying I have exhausted all known solutions
for the following problem, so I am looking for something creative here! :-)
3...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 29th 07, 05:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 10
Views: 316
Pagefile.sys on a USB-memory
bjolen wrote:
The main reason for my question is that I want to test if the start up and
shut down of the OS will improve. I anticipated that an electronic memory had
much shorter access...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 29th 07, 05:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 152
Why is DOS so slow in Windows XP?
Bible John wrote:
I cant get into much detail with you, but if you contact the experts on the
alt.msdos newsgroup they will tell you. But try running a DOS app in XP and
then try ain 98 and...
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Forum: The Basics
April 29th 07, 05:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 229
Why is DOS so slow in Windows XP?
Bible John wrote:
I cant get into much detail with you, but if you contact the experts on the
alt.msdos newsgroup they will tell you. But try running a DOS app in XP and
then try ain 98 and...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 28th 07, 11:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 219
Process explorer help please
Gerard Verhoef wrote:
Dennis McCunney wrote:
*All* CPU time is owned by *something*. The System Idle Process is what
runs when nothing *else* is running. It's the idle loop Windows sits...
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Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
April 28th 07, 11:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
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Replies: 10
Views: 316
Pagefile.sys on a USB-memory
bjolen wrote:
Is it not possible to use an USB-flash memory for this purpose??
No. Not in XP. Why do you *want* to? This is a questionable idea, and
would be unlikely to provide any...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 28th 07, 10:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 128
defragment vs disk optimize
brunetto wrote:
My internet security offers a disk optimizer. I periodically defragment the
disk and want to know do I need to use the optimizer as well.
"Disk Optimiser" is usually another...
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Forum: The Basics
April 28th 07, 06:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Replies: 15
Views: 409
Defragging a New XP Install
FLATLINE wrote:
Wow im looking back on my post and I sound like a jerk. LOL Im sorry for
that. I was a bit frustrated that day. I think the problem is that the drive
supporting my OS was only...
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