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Forum: General XP issues or comments June 8th 10, 03:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 105
Posted By Rob
Windows Task Manager Does Not show applications

I run Windows XP Svc Pak 3. Clicking Ctl/Alt/Del pulls up Task Manager, but
no applications are shown on the applications tab. How is this fixed?
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 8th 10, 03:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 317
Posted By Rob
Windows Task Manager Does Not show applications

I run Windows XP Svc Pak 3. Clicking Ctl/Alt/Del pulls up Task Manager, but
no applications are shown on the applications tab. How is this fixed?
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 18th 10, 05:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 5
Views: 666
Posted By Rob
Stuck in Advanced Start-up Options Reboot Loop

You could try to clone the old hard drive onto a new hard drive. Often times
this will solve the problem. You can do this with Norton Ghost or the free
program clonezilla. With clonezilla you...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 17th 10, 08:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 11
Views: 792
Posted By Rob
Can't log into Windows XP.

What I suggested should not be that difficult to perform so long as you can
find the parts:

You simply need:
1. Another computer such as a friend's
2. Open up your computer and see what type of...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 16th 10, 04:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 11
Views: 792
Posted By Rob
Can't log into Windows XP.

Thanks John I added the common too

Also thanks for the info on the registry. I had complete forgot that it was
indeed stored as files. So in this case Software should be loaded, modified,
and...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 16th 10, 06:59 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 11
Views: 792
Posted By Rob
Can't log into Windows XP.

"worldc8804" wrote:

I had a virus on my computer called 'Internet Security 2010' which i tried to
remove with 'AVG Free 9.0'. My anti-virus software required a restart in
order to remove all...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 4th 10, 11:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 336
Posted By Rob
svchost.exe consumes CPU memory

"PA Bear [MS MVP]"

Thankyou for the advice.

I upgraded AVG April 2009 and have a 12 month licence subscription. Have
always run this antivirus with updates without issues. its a home pc and
used...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 3rd 10, 11:11 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 336
Posted By Rob
svchost.exe consumes CPU memory

I'm running Windows XP Home, Version 5.1, Service Pack 3 with 2GB RAM.
When the machine is connected to the internet (no applications open), a
svchost.exe file consumes about 90% of CPU and the...
Forum: Microsoft Messenger November 20th 09, 08:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
Replies: 0
Views: 1,211
Posted By Rob
Display Name asked at every sign in

For the last week, 11/15/09, Windows Messenger v 5.1.0715 has been asking the
following every time it starts up.
"Please provide a display name so you can sign in. Do not use your e-mail
address...
Forum: Microsoft Messenger November 20th 09, 08:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
Replies: 10
Views: 1,949
Posted By Rob
Display Name asked at every sign in

For the last week, 11/15/09, Windows Messenger v 5.1.0715 has been asking the
following every time it starts up.
"Please provide a display name so you can sign in. Do not use your e-mail
address...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 21st 09, 09:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 145
Posted By Rob
XP FAST (Files And Settings Transfer) wizard freezes on old co

Thanks Shenan,

My main objective was transfering e-mails, contacts, tasks, etc held in MS
Office Outlook 2000 and transfering word & excel data file.

Coping the Outlook 2000 PST file and importing...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 20th 09, 03:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 145
Posted By Rob
XP FAST (Files And Settings Transfer) wizard freezes on old comput

I'm trying to migrate files and settings from a old computer running Windows
2000 Pro (SP4) to a new computer running Windows XP Pro (SP3) using the XP
FAST Wizard.

I'm using the XP CD to run the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 11th 09, 12:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 200
Posted By Rob
Touchpad and Wireless Mouse Issue

New mouse didn't work either. I actually have more abilities with my
wireless mouse. Some features are not working on my touchpad, i.e. right
click is working on wireless not touchpad. It's got...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 11th 09, 03:36 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 200
Posted By Rob
Touchpad and Wireless Mouse Issue

Unfortunately, the touchpad sensitivity suggestion did not help. Yes, I have
the same problem once I disabled the touch pad.

(My computer is free of viruses. Other than this issue it is working...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 10th 09, 05:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 200
Posted By Rob
Touchpad and Wireless Mouse Issue

My computer acts like the left click button is always pressed whether I am
using the touchpad or my wireless mouse. I have checked my mouse settings and
all appear fine except it will not let me...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 11th 09, 04:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 173
Posted By Rob
Creating a CD boot/recovery disk for XP Home

Where do I find within windows xp, the menu item or whatever to create/burn a
cd boot/recovery disk for XP home edition?

Thanks
Rob
Forum: Customizing Windows XP July 2nd 09, 12:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 17
Views: 745
Posted By Rob
OT Removing hover label balloons over taskbar icons

"Twayne" wrote:

Tim Meddick wrote:
You are saying that you can turn off tool tips for the items in the
QUICK LAUNCH AREA ONLY and by doing so NOT turn off tool tips for the
items in...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 09, 03:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 161
Posted By Rob
Servicehost.defaultGrp not responding during shutdown

Thank you Malke. I will try your suggestions, and let this post know my
results.

Rob

"Malke" wrote:

Rob wrote:

I've had this problem for some time. I know others have had it too, but
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 09, 02:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 161
Posted By Rob
Servicehost.defaultGrp not responding during shutdown

Thank you for the advice. I do run McAfee AV on my PCs, notebooks, etc and am
hesitant to remove it (or Norton which is the standard AV on my work PCs). I
believe they may be the culprit, since i...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 13th 09, 01:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 0
Views: 310
Posted By Rob
Servicehost.defaultGrp not responding

I've had this problem for some time. I know others have had it too, but can't
find a thread in these newsgroups about it. Help please...
Rob
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 09, 01:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 161
Posted By Rob
Servicehost.defaultGrp not responding during shutdown

I've had this problem for some time. I know others have had it too, but can't
find a thread in these newsgroups about it. Help please...
Rob
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 5th 09, 03:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 205
Posted By Rob
Remote Assistance external IP Address.

Thanks hatsoff

The pointer to teamviewer did the trick.

Cheers

Robert

"hatsoff" wrote:
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 30th 09, 07:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 295
Posted By Rob
Sudden reboots, Event ID 1003, 0x0000009c

"laltobelli" wrote:

Hi Gerry,

Thanks for the links, I'll have to go through them in a bit more detail.

The system is a whitebox desktop with an Asus P4P800 motherboard (Intel
P4,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 30th 09, 05:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 205
Posted By Rob
Remote Assistance external IP Address.

It was from the friends PC that I did the checks. I also ran through the
procedure for creating the file which again only gave me the internal IP
address.

Thanks

Robert.

"BeeCeeBee" wrote:
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 30th 09, 05:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 205
Posted By Rob
Remote Assistance external IP Address.

I have been at my friends PC to check.

It was his sent e-mails that I checked for the IP address.

I also went through the remote assistance steps to recreat the file. Which
did not give me the...
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